Biff Briefs

NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 18

Biff Briefs

Wants Morgan AN offer has been made from Christ- " church to pay the exes, of M. Carey to Wellington should he be given an opportunity to meet Ted Morgan: Morgan is at present concentrating on' his final exam., the passing of which makes him' a full-blown plumber. Till -tliat struggle' is over he is not worrying a great deal about boxing and, m his absence, iTinv Tracy suggests that Frank Norris.is a likely one to meet Carey. Heeney Out THE defeat of Tom Heeney at the * hands of Van Porat practicallj pqts Tom out qf the big. money * According >toi the cable reports '.-■ Tom wa: well and truly beaten m all points o: the game. As of yore, his gameness stuck t( him and only for this he hav< been stopped. A lacerated lip, which he sufferec early, vtias now started to givey trouble arid it is even said that the injury maj bring about Tom's retirement. Outstanding •THERE has been a good deal of kici coming from a certain quarte anent the absence of bouts m Welling ton. ' Looking at the annual report an< balance-sheet of the association i strikes "N.Z: Truth" most forcibly- tha the kick- giver would have been bettej advised to have, kept quiet. There is an: outstanding amount ow : ing by the person who is doing th< squealing, and y it is no few shillings either. Whispered MOT a great deal has been heard o Les. Murray since he* retired anc went into the motor business, but £ whisper reached "N Z. Truth" the othei day that he is doing a bit of lighi work: Does this mean he may come bad and have another fly? -It/ may, bu,t.'.th« chances are that Les. is just keeping himself m good trim, m case he has to' start cranking Baby Austins! i Christchurch At Easter THE Christchurch Sports Club ha: matched Jack Paul and Reg. Trowern for. Easter Monday night. The} will fight, for a £125 purse.' plus expenses, and a 10st. 81bs. limit has beer stipulated. The club has decided to run onlj three fights each v season, coinciding with the ' Riccarton racing carnivals, and Easter Monday's: mill. will be theii first .fight of the. season.

Returning ... IUST when Hermie Rathner appeared to have a great -chance of winning a New Zealand title he was forced to go outoif the game, a growth m his nose being the trouble. Now Rathner reckons he is all right again and from reports he is going to come back again. Annual Meeting m THE annual meeting of the Wellington Association will be, held on Tuesday evening next. There has been a bit of complaining about inactivity on the part of the association, but this comes from shortmemoried people. ' . \ ; Last season the association staged m all, twelve tourriies; 'quite a good year's work. Back Home *- \ JACK CROWLEY has returned from his trip' to Sydney and is keen to get going against some of the feathers. He had one fight over the other side, against Tommy' Doble, one of the best second-raters there, and went down to defeat. . ;. It was asking rather, much of Crow- ' ley to tackle such a stiff opponent for ' his initial pro. engagement.