RING RECORDS

NZ Truth, Issue 1211, 14 February 1929, Page 10

RING RECORDS

COMES TC^CONQUER Glasson Steps Out and Meets Leckie LOOK FOR~THAT PUNCH New Zealand m general, and Wanganui m particular, is pleased that champion, Johnnie Leckie is back to work again.

IN his try-outs Leckie has shown that he -is stamped with the hallmark of a champion, and when he passed through Wellington on Tuesday he reported he was fighting fit. The injured hand was good enough to punch holes m a wall, but Johnnie had no intention of taking on an

earthquake's job. To Wanganui ho went to keep his tete-a-tete with the recently arrived Charlie Glasson. Wanganui is an association that has never had any of the good breaks of the game, and during its career it has had more downs than ups. For some unknown reason patronage has always been poor m the river city and at times so scanty were audiences at really good fights that the opinion was expressed that residents would not go to see Dempsey and Firpo meet.

/Possibly those times have changed, arid it is hoped they have. To-night the most exacting should be satisfied.

Every town m the country is clamoring for Johnnie Leckie and his name alone should fill the hall. But Leckie is not the only pebble on the beach on this summer's night.

Glasson has tripped all the way from Melbourne to try out this wonder boy he has heard so much of.

Reputation is nothing to him — he, like the gentleman from Kentucky, wishes to be shown. ' Over the other side Glasson is rated very high and when he stayed the distance with Van Reeden his stocks soared to the mountain tops. Had not Van Reeden made the pro-

verbial . catsmeat out of McAlister and Kid Socks? And had the Yankee not been foolish enough to try and rig a fight he would have been kept m the country to meet Willie Smith and La Bavba. Glasson- recognises the importance of to-night's bout and he is going to give of his best. He will need to if he wishes to stem the L< ec k i c tide. A word m season. It has been brought to the notice of "N.Z. Truth" that fouls are often claimed

m Australia and the antics of McAlister against Griffiths at Palmerston are of too recent date to.be forgotten.

Fouls are .always unsavory and it behoves the boys to keep their punches well up. Also the referee would be very wise to be ultra-alert. The preliminary programme arranged

is of the best and the amateurs will have the house m high spirits when the" two principals enter the ring.