RING AND MAT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1078, 16 September 1930, Page 13

RING AND MAT

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A cable from Milan states that Emilo Bernasconi, an Italian middleweight. is going to Australia this month.

Colin Gardner, amateur heavyweight champion of New Zealand, is reported to bo considering turning professional.

The Christchurch Association wants to stage a match between Donovan and Sarron. Donovan has three wins over Sarron out of three starts. Artie Hay was scheduled to leave New Zealand on Friday last for Australia. where he will meet Jack Plaines in it 15 round contest at the Sydney Stadium on September 27. On the understanding that he is given two contests. Tommy Fairhall is reported to be prepared to pay New Zealand a visit. The Otago Association is considering matching him with Keg. Trowern. The latest mail from America brings the news that Sharkey and Camera will light at Chicago on September 2D. The terms will be a 100,000 dollar guarantee to Sharkey with a privelcge of 30 per cent, of the gate. A new star, stated to be the best since Bert Spargo, has arisen in Melbourne in the person of a youngster named Bobby 111 ay, who lias beaten both Young Halliday and Gildo. the Bhilipino, two first-class featherweights. Blay may come across to meet either Donovan or Decide. Here are a couple of knockout records. Jack Dempsey in his first 32 fights knocked out 23 opponents, but this record is eclipsed by one Louie O’Neill, who in 32 fights to date has put 29 of his opponents to sleep. He does not pack dynamite alone in his fists—it must be a combination of T.X.T.. nitro-glycerine and dynamite. Negotiations for a match between .Tack Berg and Al Singer for the light-heavy-weight championship of the world have fallen through for the time being. Singer wants 40 per cent, of the gate and Berg 25 per cent, which makes the match impossible. According to the commission scale. the champion is supposed to get 37 i per cent, and the challenger 121 per cent. Sharkey Ungenerous “Scott quit when-he was punched in the body just as he quit at Miami when lie was hit below the neck,” said Jack Sharkey iii commenting on Young Stribling's quick' knockout of Phil Scott. “Ho was all washed up and finally got in a spot where he couldn't claim a foul to excuse his canvas-kis-sing complex.” After that nobody could say that Sharkey was generous to a defeated rival. Leckie - Donovan Popular The hall was too small to accomodate all who wanted to see the return bout between Johnny Beckie and Tommy Donovan at New Plymouth and those who were fortunate enough to gain admittance received full value for their money. The decision, a draw, met with general approval, but some considered that Donovan had the edge. Pete Sarron was given a great reception when he challenged the winner, but as ho has been oporated upon for appendicitis It is not likely that he will be able to fight for some time to come. Heeney on Down Grade Tuffy Griffith, young heavy-weight from Sioux City, lowa, plastered a technical knockout over old Tom Heeney, the New Zealand veteran, in the ninth round of a 10-round bout at the Queensboro Stadium on July 30. states a New York paper. Heeney was helpleste, his left eye badly cut, at the end of the ninth and the referee halted the battle without a blow being struck in the 10th. They entered the' ring almost together. First through the ropes was Tuffy Griffith, of Chicago, weight 187, age about 22. maybo 23, a youth with shapeless features and a wide adenoid gapo to his mouth. Heeney went up the steps on hairy pool table legs. There was manly fur on his wishbone and his sandy dome was frosty with years. Maybe Heeney was 40 years old. His ring shoes with the toes busting through and laced up with grocer s string, were the apparel of an old journeyman who has no romantic notions as to his future. Forty seems a considerate guess at his years.

Heeney may continue to make a fair living out of the fight game, but the day of big money, so far as he is concerned, is finished. Not by any stretch of the imagination can he be considered a contender.

John Freberg slammed Bob Kruse to defeat in a rough bout at VanAssociations have been formed at Hastings, Stratford and Hawera and have affiliated with the Dominion Union. The formation of associations at Wanganui and Greymouth are under way. * * * . Efforts are being mad< > to match ‘ Scotty” MeDougall and Tom Ray at Dunedin next Saturday. Dunedin is getting plenty of matches, one taking place nearly every week, a contrast to iast season, when onlj' one or two were staged. « * » Cus Sonnenberg. claimant of the world’s heavy-weight championship, won from Jack Wagner when Wagner was disqualified for kicking his opponent. Each man had secured a fall when the bout developed into a fist fight. # Sport Booming Wrestling is booming throughout the country and it appears that it will outdo boxing in popularity. In the States wrestling is fast becoming more popular than boxing and in several cities the boxing promoters are turning their attention to the grappling sport. A Quiet. Night? The newspaper headlines did not scream the news of the latest match between Thye and Edwards at Adelaide on Saturday evening when the pair wrestled to a draw, one fall eac.i. The report of the contest conveys but the bare result, so the pair must have had a quiet night for a change. Stecher a Bohemian A number of people have ask l the writer what is Tony Stecher’s nationality. lie s.tates that both his parents are Bohemian, although the name (pronounced Steker) is German. He was born in America and this trip to New Zealand and Australia is tlie first time he has crossed the water. Deserved Success Walter Logan's win over Tom Ray in Dunedin on Saturday evening will be popular with those who saw him in action in Auckland. Although he lost to lley and Pasha, Logan put up fine displays on both occasions and proved himself worthy of a match with any wrestler in New Zealand. Although Logan has yet to celebrate his 24ih birthday, he has had a long experience in the wrestling game and if he justifies his early promise he should make his mark in the wrestling world. He is bound to be beaten in some of his matches against more experienced men who can employ all the tricks of the game, hut as he gains experience ho should become one of the best at his weight in the world. To defeat a tricky wrestler like Ray is quite afeat. Whose Leg? An amateur boxing tournament was staged at Pahiatua in honour of the visit of the Auckland footballers, but the tit-bit of the evening was a burlesque wrestling match between Arthur (“Bubs”) Knight and Angus Finlayson, according to the Pahiatua “Herald.” Knight, a sparring partner of George Walker, weighed in at 16st. and his opponent at 14st 31b. They Performed all the antics and tried all the holds they could think of in the three three-minute rounds. Knigrii walked in for the last round carrying a chair and with a leer on his face. He hurled the chair over his shoulder and then went down on all fours. wher« the pair tangled arms and legs. The crowd was broken up when a small voice cried out, “It’s your own leg you’ve-got hold ofßubs.” A Wristlock Specialist Ted Thye is-one of the greatest drawing cards ever seen in Australia and is reported this year to be even a better box-office attraction than Lewis, Stecher, Cantonwine and AlcGill. According to an Australian writer. Thye claims victories over Eklund, Nicholls, Yokel. Kilonis, Cantonwine, Luricii. Karasick, Alley, Pasha, .Clapham and Edwards, to name some of those known in these parts, and is a star wrestler in every sense of the word. While other men specialise in headlocks. Boston crabs, crucifixes and scissors holds. Thye is a master of the wristlock, which he can snap on from many positions and evidently without effort, and it takes a strong wrist to break his holds. This year with Edwards, Thye has put on some hair-raising matches, but when the roughness, to which Edwards is addicted, is cut out, Thye is 100 per cent, wrestler.