"SPEEDY, BUT NO BRAINS"

NZ Truth, Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 10

"SPEEDY, BUT NO BRAINS"

Willie Smith's Opinion of Baldock Willie Smith, the South African bantam champion, has been expressing the opinion, that Teddy Baldock is speedy, but that he ;has no brains.

CYDNEY "Sportsman's" scribe aays P that Smith is a keen, intelligent young man, and from what has been seen of him he is a credit to his country. He had his first scrap . m a' Naval Brigade / bout, which he won. aimiiiiiuimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Then he entered for the amateur . junior championsh i p of the Union and also won that. Next he . went to the senior grade and took the flyweight honors of South Africa five years ago. Willie then tripped to Paris for the Olympic Games and took the bantam championship of the world.

When Smith returned from Paris he won further amateur bouts including tlie feather-weight title. He tried to retire, but after six months', spell came back as a professional and went to England after London's idol, Teddy Baldock. • ' ..-

| Lucky Pearce | 1 (From "N.Z. Truth's" Sydney 1 | Rep.) | 1 ALTHOUGH Jimmy Rearce -| I " (10.9) got a points decision 1 I over Harry Stone (10.4!/ 2 ) at f I the Sydney Stadium last Satur- 1 I day, he was lucky. 1 I Pearce fought below his usual | | form, and was frequently puz- | = zled by Stone's kangaroo tactics. | 1 He made many misses and his | i timing was bad. |

"The fans there considered the match a , boiled-down certainty for Baldock, but m the second round the odds m his favor had shrunk considerably, while during the third the betting took a complete swing m my favor," says Willie. miHiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmimiiiiiy Without boast-

ing, Smith indicated that he clearly outpointed Teddy, and made ' Baldock miss terribly and lose his temper. "Teddy is speedy and , can wallop, but he doesn't use hi s brains," said- the South African. . Smith does not know who he is going to meet m Sydney, but hopes to enter the ring against Fidel La

Barba, who is also m Sydney. Both boys are m their prime and have the goods to deliver. Willie thinks that Australia is going to be a groat boxing country again. He found the game slipping m America.