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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 701, 28 June 1929, Page 7

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The Australian representative hockey team has been selected from 47 norain- ' ated players, each of whom put up a j deposit of £ 5 as a guarantee of being definitely available for the New Zea- 1 land tour. The side is much stronger j than any previous combination that has left the Commonwealth. W. Rothwill j is the manager. A Rugby Stunt Glory be to the gods of Rugger! In the “good old days” we occasionally : saw a half-back who got the ball from ; a scrum within striking distance of the ! goal-line, slip round one side, and toss i the ball over the scrums to the first five-eighth, who had moved up on that side. The five-eighth would promptly return the ball over the scrum to the] half-back, who would either dash for the goal-line or else pass to another j centre-back. When Freddy Roberts I was New Zealand’s half-back, and H. i J. (“Simon”) Mynott and Jimmy Hunter were its occasionally had another frill or two— j sometimes this frill was a scissors pass I —grafted on to it. Of course, the trick I was not tried too often, and it was so from the goal-line. But it often was ‘ successful.

NZ BOXER RELATES BREEZY STORY OF EXPERIENCES IN AMERICAN BOXING RING

BERT BROWN’S RECORD With a string of victoric against some of the best men a his weight in Canada and th United States to his credit. Be? Brown, ex-feather-weight charr pion of New Zealand, is back in hi home country on holiday. H intends staying here about thre months and is keen to engage i a few fights to defray his expense and show New Zealand fans ths he is deserving of the good report that have reached these shore concerning his ability as a glove man.

Four years in distant lands have changed the New Zealander. He still the quiet, unassuming fellow v left his home to try his luck abr< and it is with difficulty that he Is duced to speak of his exploits. D ing his sojourn he lias fought his v from an unknown performer into limelight and has made a niche himself in the hearts of the spoi loving American public.

TO FIGHT NEXT MONTH Brown will signalise his return his home shores by taking th© ring July IS at Palmerston North. Eftc were made to bring Norman Gilles to New Zealand as an opponent, the Australian was not available, t Bob Delaney, a promising feath weight, will make the trip, llaniil is also considering matching Bro' and he may make an appearance in Auckland ring. While in America Brown engage in 30 contests, winning 25, draw ing one and losing four. Surel a good record for a beginner i the land of the dollar. When h goes back to the States, ho hope to get a shot at the junior light weight title held by Tod Morgar of Seattle. Many are the reminiscences t Brown has, including the ever-gn ones about the ignorance of Amerii

people as far as New Zealand is c< cerned. One American told him “must be a clever guy to pick up Ej lish so quick.” How boxing matches in States lin ing the duration of a bout are carr over twice the journey, shows h easy it is to get outside the Amerii law. In the State of Maine, six roui only are allowed but that does not s the promoters, and the bouts go 12 rounds, Brown told a Sun man. T is how it is done. The boxers announced, fight six rounds, and tl go to the dressing rooms for th minutes. They then enter the r again, are announced in full as in first instance, and fight again, t making 12 rounds in all. If one kno out his opponent in the first six roui of course, the other session does take place. While fighting on one programme that State, Brown had gone five rou and was in the sixth when his opp ent had an argument with the refe which finished with boxer and adjudicator exchanging blows. Brc retired to his corner and watched, never laughed so much in all my li he says. The police intervened ; the milling pair were separated. Brc and his opponent finished the rot retired to the dressing rooms, am few minutes later were commenc another six. Another bout in which he wa engaged took place in an old skal ing rink in Halifax. “There wer cracks in the walls through whic a dog could crawl, and the terr perature was below zero. W fought 10 rounds without gettin warm while the spectators, clothe in fur coats, stamped their feet 1 keep warm. You can tell how felt as we were stripped to th waist and clad in silk trunks/’ Finding himself in San Franci and half-way to New Zealand as fai money is concerned. Brown decidec journey home as, had he gone I again, he would not have seen country for another four years. When he returns to America he do his fighting on the Atlantic C< where there is more work for figh men and more money. He advises boys going over after the dollars to across the continent to the Atla seaboard where there is much n money to be made than on the W ern Coast. Brown is enthusiastic about American people. “They are g sports and give the boxers a fair r he says. The referees are on the w as fair as in any other country. Brown has started light training anticipation of his contest at Pair ston North and next week he wil getting down to solid work. H< working out at the city fire sta gymnasium under Eugene Donova