The Boxing Ring

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1000, 17 June 1930, Page 14

The Boxing Ring

Notes from Far and Near By “LEFT COUNTER” Fixture* Richards v. Stone. Wellington, June 19. Taylor v. Smith, Denniston, June 21. Donovan v. Bloom, New Plymouth, June 25. Richards v. Trowern, Auckland, June 30. Shack v. Donovan, Stratford, July 4. Fitzmaurice v. Bloom, Gisborne, July 18 - ... A boxing tournament is to be held at Whangarei on June 18. • • • There is some talk in the South of bringing over Pickrang to meet Cleverley. Pickrang has been a surprise packet in the Australian ring, defeating all except Redmond, who knocked him out when practically out himself e © • A reader sends in an account of a boxing match printed in the Arabic language in an Egyptian newspaper Sorry, but I have been unable to secure a translation. The only indication that it is a boxing report is the block of the battlers in action at the top of the double column article. • » * The Auckland provincial amateur championships will be held in the Auckland Town Hall on Monday, and Tuesday evenings, July 28 and 29. With about five weeks to go the gymnasiums should soon be very busy. It is not too soon for those boxers who have not fought for a long time to get into trim.

A rising young feather-weight and son of an old-timer of 20 years ago, Ted Nelson defeated the Australian feather-weight champion Crowle in a non-title contest by a knockout in four rounds. Nelson, if he is as good as the Australian papers say, should be worth importing to New Zealand for contests with Donovan and Deckle. • • • It is reported from Wellington that Pete Sarron was offered a contest with Johnny Leckie but the American was not in agreement with the New Zealand Association’s recent rule alterations and declined the offer and intimated his Intention of packing off to Sydney. Sarron has plenty of nerve if he expects more than a purse of £ 200 after being defeated in his last three starts. Billy Richards, the Australian welterweight, who arrived in Auckland last week, and who will fight Reg. Trowern in Auckland on June 30, after meeting Stone at Wellington on June 19. signalised hie departure from the Commonwealth by bowling over Billy Thomas for the long count. Thomas made a fair showing when he was here so a line on Richards’s ability can be drawn from his defeat of the 'Welshman. * • * Fights Wanted “Shorty” Woodwards, of Whangarei, who, as stated in these notes last week, is desirous of getting a start in the professional ranks in New Zealand, had 80 fights as an amateur, winning 76, including 14 by the short route. Going to Australia he started in the professional ranks and had a number of successes, including a points victory over Dick Elmour, who fought in Auckland a few years back. Woodward, who weighs 10st., has been out of the game for a time but he is keen on getting into action again. He is training hard at Whangarei and is willing to tight for a small purse to get a start in New Zealand. .• 0 0 Fight Befor* a Fight A sensation followed angry words at the weighing-in for the fight between Jack Hood and Harry Mason at the Albert Hall. London, recently. When Hood stepped on the scales Mason said: “I see you have got your own referee.” “You can’t get my goat that way. I shall not need a referee tonight.” replied Hood. “You'll want two .referees,” said Mason, striking at Hood, who dodged the blow. Onlookers intervened and the boxers were hurried to their rooms. In the contest that evening Mason astounded the spectators by defeating the champion decisively. The title was not involved. Mason was overjoyed with his victory and stated afterward that hq intended to train hard and prove that he was good enough to beat any welter-weight in the world. Mason came out to Australia, but his lazy way and lack of training were not to the thinking of Australian fans and he returned home without honour and with little cash.

Schmeling Follows Scott Well, the world has a new heavyweight champion and an unsatisfactory champion at that. Sharkey seems to have been the only fighter in the ring on Thursday last, Schmeling filling the glorifying role of punching-bag. But Sharkey, forgetting that he was fighting for the championship and thinking that he had an inanimate punching-bag in front of him. let go one of those punches which he practised so carefully in his preparation for Scott. Ard lo! Schmeling followed Scott’s example and grovelled on the canvas. “Fowl” will be forbidden meat in the Sharkey household for a long time to come and it will take Sharkey a whole lot of chortling and chuckling to laugh off his latest defeat. It’s funny that both Sharkey’s latest opponents have claimed fouls and that one was not allowed and the other was. After his crying exhibition, Sharkey should be confined to the nursery and not allowed away from his dolls and toys until he has grown up sufficiently to take an adverse decision like a man. * « « Will Dempsey Come Back After the Scott-Sharkey fight the opinion was advanced in these notes that the American had gone into the ring with the full Intention of fouling the Englishman and had got away with it. In the fight with Schmeling llie American may have done the same thing, making the mistake of trying the same trick too often. Or it may have been accidental, although few true and unbiassed critics will hold this view r . The question that will interest the boxing world now will hinge on the old champion Dempsey. The public will not be half as interested in Sharkey getting a return match as they will be in the possible return or Dempsey, who said that if a foreigner won the title he would seriously consider making a come-back in an effort to retrieve the championship for America. It is a question vvhich will be fiercely debated for a time, but only Dempsey knows the answer. Several who are in the know have stated plainly that the "Manassa Mauler” will return, while others, equally supplied with information, say there is not a chance of him treading the canvas in other than a controlling capacity. WRESTLING GOSSIP George Walker will wrestle Fred Ebert at Wellington next Monday evening. This will be the third occasion that the pair has met. Walker having won both previous matches. 0 0 0 Benjamin F. Roller, a New York physician, and one-time wrestling champion of the United States, has joined the ranks of the benedicts. 0 0 0 Stanislaus Zbyszko, one of the Ik greatest wrestlers of all time, has retired from competition, and in future will promote wrestling contests at Madison Square Garden.