Biff Briefs

NZ Truth, Issue 1199, 22 November 1928, Page 12

Biff Briefs

What's What THE injury to Johnnie Leckie upset *■ , arrangements for his fight with Billy 1 McAliste)', but the Wellington Association 'soon er°t. busy. I The fight htvs "been offered to the Auckland boy, Frank Taylor, who put I up such a good bout with Teddy Green 'at Napier. The date remains, the same—December 10. .'■')■■( And Then n/TcAUSTER Will get his second opiT* porient . when he , meets Tommy Griffiths. I. • Griffiths, with his speed, should make a very fine match with the .Australian champion. , • Just Avhether this- will be staged m Wellington,; or elsewhere, is .not yet definitely known. •• ,'' •• . * At Auckland AUCKLAND likes Tommy Mclnnes, " and he. is back from his 'trip to Sydney, wliere he joined the ranlcs of the. •' married "men. Hfs next fight will be with Billy Harms, the South African. Harms is art attractive type of fighter and his style will blend with that of Tommy's. * The date fixed is December 3. '# ! . 'o' '.■■*.' Bad Luck , UARRY WHYBROW is to be ■sympa- *•*• thized with. Tlie injury to L-eckle has. put Harry back to scratch again. Whybrow was to have met Leckie, at Palmerstorii on November 28, and m preparation for that bout he had trained hard and. diligently. Now, with Leckie out, 'Whybrow is anxious to nieet any other feather m the country. ■[ • ' * ■;■. ■ •* *" ■'. Not There . .. ' . THERE was a stir m Wellington last f Monday, with the arrival of the "Mrninganui" fronj San Francisco. It. was . thought that < Fidel la Barba and Vie. .King", were passengers, but when the 'crowd streamed down the gangway the. two were not sighted. Perhaps they, have, caught a direct boat to Sydney.' #' # ■ # Quite Correct COME months back .Smith and John- •^ son niet'at Napier when Smith got a very lucky decision. So lurid were the. adverse comme,nts that the association matched them as a preliminary to the Green— Taylor go. This time Johnson was given the decision, having truly earned it.' If the two contests staged are the best they: can \giye there is little hope , for them m the future. ■ " . •' # « . Possibility . |T is .given out that there is a possi- * bility of a pro. match being staged iii Wanganui' before long." \ ' The, principals mentioned are Mark Cui'i'oil aiid the visitor, Eddie Kennedy. *\ „

Home He Went I AST week's Sydney boat took Teddy ■" Green back to Sydney, and he was a cobber for Norman Radford. Teddy had hvo contests on this trip for a like number of .wins. He enjoyed himself, and spoke worlds of the treatment accdrded him by the Napier crowd. • : \ * . « •'■■.. ■ ■■ ■ ■ '■*■ He Arrives bILLY McALlSTEß^ arrived off this "• week's Sydney boat, looking the part of bantam champ.ion ; of Australia. The news of Leckie's injury was rotten, he thought. , But if he could not get the best about he was 1 ready to take on the next best. ' *.. '. * - •■ .. For a Spell j TtfORMAN RADFORD decided after IT| his Christchurch . flght with Leckie, that he was m need of a spell. Sp last Friday he left, for., Sydney, where he will lay off for a couple of months. ,■ . „ ' s . • ! Radford is indebted to all who. have befriended hmv, and he hopes to be back before long. '.;• Working 1 ," CINCE he 'came back from Sydney "•* . nothing- has happened to get Jimmy. McEwen excited. , t v . : ' For a while he sat back and awaited, the .day when-; the.; call would arrive but now he is ".'working 1 1 ;.".'..'., .' ■ Jim wouicl be tickled immensely to get a start, and he is not bver:-anx.lous aboijt the purse and his -opponent.