Biff Briefs

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 10

Biff Briefs

Tired TpHE Queensland featherwelgh-l, Eddie 1 Kennedy, is more than a little disappointed that he cannot get set for a contest. :He ; is . getting tired of waiting and will most likely hit off for home and beauty before long. Shifted UEAVYWEIGHT champion Eddie ** Parker has left Palmerston and is now, living m Hastings. . Eddie is back to his trade and the W ork he is at will help him take the surplus condition of£. Doing 1 Well WHEN Yin. Parker won the welter •• championship at the New Zealand tourney m Christchurch m 1925, "N.Z. Truth," m passing comment on him, prophesied he would go far m the game. . At that stage Yin. gave a lot more promise than Eddie did. Yin. Is going from one success to another and he will soon reach the top over iniSydney. ■ ' .

At Leichhardt :'.v : SJARRY CASEY is to do his fighting from now. on at the Leichhardt Stadium. Before Harry left on his return to Sydney he had one or two kicks, and perhaps they were m order. Still, New Zealand was very good to Casey, a fact that he cannot but admit. He Did A MILLERTON correspondent desires rk to know if Harry Casey met Eugene Volaire m New Zealand. •He did. on two occasions, at Christchurch and at Gisborne. .. ' ' The pair, of course, had met m Sydney prior to the New Zealand encounters. . • Boxing Night DILLY McAUSTER Is to have his • second fight at Palmerston, on Boxing Night: His opponent will be the Dunedin boy, Tommy Griffiths. Griffiths is m strict training for the match ahead, as he realizes that the i decision wiU mean quite a lot.