BIFF BRIEFS

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 18

BIFF BRIEFS

"deckle's Hand CONSTERNATION ■ ruled m Welling- ■^ ton on Tuesday when the news reached Bill T'albpt that Johnnie Leckie had injured his right hand and could not turn up for Monday's date. A; fortnight's postponement, was asked for by Leckie, and had to be granted, as there was riot a person to nil his place. ' # ♦ • Failed There AN effort was made to get Tommy; " Barber to fill the breach; but back came word from Dunedin that he had a bad eye and was unfit to carry on. With this information things were getting desperate, and the aid of Jack" Kilmartin, the Dunedin referee, was sought. Out Of Work TOMMY GRIFFITHS was the next 1 one looked for, and Kilmartin found* him during the evening. Alas, Tommy had just returned from, a holiday trip to (Central Otago •and was; in i,no. condition to take an engagement at such a short notice. What N<Txt? * , AN the receipt of this information, v Bill Talbot and Mick Stewart reckoned the night was off — they had donetheir best and had failed. However, the- next morning, it was decided that the amateurs would •be called on and now on Monday evening; the lads will get an opportunity of showing Tom' Heeney that there are still some fighters left m the country. ''' # ♦ * Not Him CROM south comes word that Tommy 1 Barber will not meet Johnnie Leckie again — m New Zealand at least. Barber is quite within his rights and he is now going home with the singular distinction of being the only boy to hold a decision over Leckie. '..#.. ..*''■ / ■*' ' ■•' "'. Expected To-day / . MORMAN RADFORD, accompanied by Pat O'Connor and Tommy Barber, are due m Wellington from Dunedin this. morning. ' ".. : Radford will /have to stand by till.Leckie's hand heals— and, of course; he will have to; be recompensed by the local association . •.■:.••■■: ■■■■ • At Palmerston '....* AT Palmerston, on Wednesday evening next, Harry Casey . will . meet Charlie Purdy. The fight is being eagerly discussed arid the house should be a big one. Some first-class preliminaries are promised. ■ • * * The Glaciers /•REYMOUTH is keen to get Tom i* '"■ Heeney- down the Coast arid, as an iiiducement, "they "mention showing ■film .'the glaciers. '; ; - ;. - . . • ■•■ ; If Torii' should ;go 'to the-: Coa^t::he. will be killed— with kindness and hospitality. '-■■ :■' , .;•■ '•■ .''.• ■•■ ■ . . '• . ■.■•■'■ #■-■-. . Still Smarting >.. THE North Otago Association is still •■ srharting over Greymouth getting the championships. .'.'-. In a letter to "N.Z.. Truth," the' secretary reckons that, because .Greymouth has had a championship meeting and Oamaru has not the latter .town should have got next year's dates.'' >^'y ; '.''•■ It may be news ; to OamatUvt^at there are quite a , lot . of ; ..as.sd'cij&U§rfs "that have not yet .had : 'aL ' championship tourney—^associations th^t ..have, done every \ bit as much work- for" the -game as Oamaru. v ■ ' ; .;v ; ..v ' :■'■■< .','. And they are not squealing about the decision to make Greymouth the venue. ■ •■■■ w'-: .' ; # ■■ ... # :■;?. .::.* ' ' ■>■ • How He Won It ;, ; > "WHO did Tommy Burns win the , " heavyweight title from?" asks a correspondent m Dunedin! ..';,-.■. '/ : • Burns, became .-champion, when he defeated Philadelphia Jack O'Brien'. When Jeffries retired m 1905 the title went back to Bob Fltzsimmoris. • O'Brien beat Fitz. and then m turn Burns "accounted'f or O'Brien. ■ • "■•■■ #.•'.•-■ Not His Fault ; /CORRESPONDENTS, writing m con- / riection with "N.Z. Truth's" remarks on the faulty and illegal punching at: the amateur championships, rjeckon that the referee is mainly to bilairie'for this. . ! They are of course entitled to their opinions, but "Truth" says the major portion of the # blame is on trainers' shoulders. ' . ■••,,. i A referee's job. is to supervize and control a fight, and prevent foul punching, but -it is' certainly not m hispror vinee ;.'; to ' teach the boys. •'•' That is the trainees job. '■'." ."•■'■' ■ *:., ' *...*■ / Defeated HAD TROWERN and Reg.: arrived **' back m Sydney recently' after their wild goose chase to South Africa. Last week Reg., had his first? fight at - Leichhardt when he met Eddie Butcher. . ' ' # ' ■ ■•;.-■.• :■•■•'. : :•■■■ Comparisons OPPONENTS to the. present control of boxing say the amateur is ,:not. 'getting a fair go. . ".■ He would do a lot better if he' was m other hands, they assert. ...i' , When Australia is mentioned- the opposition shuts up like the' celebrated. clsntii ■ : -'.;'■ v-> Over the water the amateur- is on« hisown — In more than one way/ In l'act, he is so much on his own that he just manages to exist. * ' ,* V * • Doing Well ;. BERT BROWN, the erstwhile Palmerston feather, is doing well m the ' States, and last week he even got into the cables. . He had defeated Vie. Foley, the Canadian star. , iFoley has all along been rated a very good boy and he has decisions - over Doc. Snell, who fixed Grime, Bud Ridley arid Joe Lynch. . ' , , Brown, though not/a great deal has been heard of him, has made his name, arid men that accounted for Grime were riot able to handle the Palmerston lad. i. ■■'■■■■- .' *'■ ..• . ■* ■ ■■.'■' .* '' A ••"■ •' Morgan , v \.v..l AjFTER Ted Morgan "won his, title at **|.the'" Olympic Games, the cables, were singularly silent about .his damigedhiand.. V. ■ . . ; » However,' the other day, word came through that the injured hand was to . je x-rayed. A split bone is feared. •'■'., • • ■ ' • Fo Sydney SINCE Johnnie Leckie was offered that last contract from Sydney, ittle has been heard of : ;his intention's. ■; "N.Z. Truth" 1 .knows : that ..Tbhhriie. las one or two things m mindf— one )f them a 'very important .event—-be-'ore lie considers a trip- tri v the other ;jde. ; -■. ■ ;■-■ •.■-,■■■■■■. ;,■ " ; ".