THE BOXING RING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 854, 24 December 1929, Page 7

THE BOXING RING

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FIXTURES Bloom v. Jones, Westport, Decentber 26. Leckie v. Crowle, Palmerston North, December 26. Sarron v. Grime, Auckland, December 27. Leckie v. Sarron, Napier, January 1. Leckie v. Grime, Wanganui, February 14.

Reg- Trowern is doing light training and is open for engagements.

Donovan turned in liis best performance to date when he outpointed Crowle, the Aussie champion, at New Plymouth, but from reports the Australian did not fight like a champion and was probably in need of a gallop. Crowle wiM have to fight better against Leckie.

Finding that contests are not coming his way very quickly, Ted Morgan is considering crossing the Tasman to try liis luck in Australia. There are plenty of welters there and a good line on Morgan's capabilities should be gained bj' his progress.

Jim Broadfoot. light-heavy-weight champion of New Zealand, has been resting since his fight with Parker in Auckland, but he intends starting training immediately after Christmas. He can do the middle-weight limit and is open to fight anybody in New Zealand. He would like to climb into the ring against Hay, Lacliie Macdonald or Thomas. Promising Career Predicted Great expectations are held for the future of Llew Edwards, a young Melbourne feather-weight. and sports writers in Ausralia have been vying with each other in finding words to express their opinions. One writer says that if not pushed too hard Edwards, who is not yet 18 years of a-ffe, will be at least as good as Spargo and Grime in their Prime. He is reported to have all that goes to make a real champion—speed, style, stamina and ability to mix. Edwards recently the public spotlight upon himself, defeated Archie Hughes and brought

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“LEFT COUNTER."

•As in New Zealand, colds are still Harry Casey’s bugbear. He recently fought Jack Carroll at the Brisbane Stadium for the welter-weight championship of Australia and was easily defeated He was suffering from a of tU COld £ K ld grave Uup at the end of tli© seventh round.

Phil Scott has been placed fifth in last month’s American ratings. Sharkey is the first selection, Schmeilling second and Godfrey, the “black menace,” third. Von Porat and Campolo, who both defeated Tom Heenev are seventh and eighth respectively. The New Zealander is not mentioned—a difference from last year, when he gradually moved up to second place.

Bloom and Jones did not thrill a poor house at Invercargill on Monday, tli© reason being, according to report! that Bloom waited to land a knockout but missed his chance, Jones running out an easy winner on points. The pair meet in a return bout at Westport on Boxing Night, replacing the MorganStone affair. Milligan’s Come-back After marrying and retiring from the fighting game, Tommy Milligan is getting ready to make a come-back. He has intimated his willingness to go to Australia, and it is believed that if lie makes the trip he will be accompanied by Steve McCall, another Scottish middle-weight. McCall is or was a stable mate of Tommy McYnnes, and not long ago he gave his training companion a bad beating. Nothing much has been heard of Mclnnes, “Australian middleweight champion,” for some time. Claims to the Australian title did not give Mclnnes a great deal of success.

Grime in Training Billy Grime has arrived in Auckland for his fight with Sarron at the Town Hall on Friday and is training at the City Fire Station. Grime has been fighting for 10 years, and was last seen in action in an Auckland ring when he fought and defeated Reg Trowern. On that occasion Grime was on his way to the States. On returning to Australia he was labelled a back number, but he has shown a return to his old form and is once more a force to be reckoned with. He has opposed Sarron on four occasions and Friday will be the fifth.

Usually when a pair of men have met more than twice, the latter displays are poor spectacles. Grime and Sarron seem to prove an exception to this rule as they made a good fight in Wellington and are expected to do the same here. Kid Lewis and Jack Britain, to go back a year or two, were two boxers who met about a score of times and who provided great contests It has been said by a good judge that Grime and Sarron will alwavs make a good fight, however often they meet. He may be correct and he may not. Aucklanders will hope he is. It seems sure that there will be a large house on Friday, the fact that the American ‘‘Toy Bulldog” is fighting, out-weighing the number of times they may have met.

On Unorthodoxy and Referees Garnera has won his latest contest by defeating the German Diener in six rounds, but the report fails to convey the impression that the Italian is out of the ordinary, unless it is in size. It is a pity that Camera tvas not in the limelight during Jack Dempseys reign. If he had, the odds would have been that Dempsey would knock him cold in a few rounds A preliminary cable to the ‘fight stated that the referee, M. Leon See intended arming himself with a whistle to warn Camera should he fail to hear the gong a result of the climax to the second fight with Stribling. However, bee was not the referee, Matt Wells filling the bill. The cable does not say whether he carried a whistle. A suggestion that a referee should carrv a whistle is ridiculous. If a boxer is to be pampered because of his lack of control one can sit back and watch the boxing game go to the dogs. If a boxer cannot obey the rules there is only one thing to do—disqualify him. And if he persists, suspend him until he learn* the rules and how to obey them

I a PPl ,c s very much to Auckland, where both amateurs and professionals are allowed to do anythmg but kick, with only occasional half-hearted warnings.

The _ referees in Auckland should make it a rule, that if anything not permitted by the rules occurs, to stop the contest and issue a proper warning before telling the contestants to box on, instead of speaking in a subdued manner while the contest is still proceeding What Auckland referees lack is Control , and it is time that they remedied that deficiency.