BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 176, 24 January 1914, Page 8

BOXING.

Tlil-i " K\li( K-uIT." WHAT IT IS ANtTITS l-l-TKCTS. Mr. Lynch, ii former captain of the Oxford l/nivcrsity Boxing ( lull, and a skilful practitioner, b.i,, written a treatise on the modern ci|iiivaVnt of "the SWcet 'Science of bruising." to Wllich Lord Lonsdale has iul<Jc-<l" jmi introduction. "The cardinal blows siml countcriilnv-," .'.ays his loidship. "are most accurately described, and anyone who follows your instructions accural elv must, derive tlic greatest pos.sihle advantage." Lord Lonsdale {iocs on to raise a point of sonic controversial interest hy suggesting that Micro is no special shot, which, if properly delivered, puts a man down and. out. that "there is no .such tliiii»- as a 'knock-out blow' except the blow that 'knocks out."' The statement reminds us (»:iys a, Tillies reviewer) of the Kcntonfe' that "gold is fo.mid when you lind it," with whiih ii fai'noiis professor of mineralogy be",.m ;i course of lectures on the world's gold deposits. I Jut, the vast miijorilv of i-\[it'i-ts arc agreed that a Wow to the j.uv, landing an inch <ir two above the point of 'the chin, provides the recipient with a free ticket to a.drcani- , land from which no tale of a dream has 'ever been brought, back-not even by I those, weary well-beaten victims who ; have .sojourned I here for ten minutes :or more. A slid vi-ht, cross-counter is the mean of administering the knork- ■ out blow which has so often pulled a i 10-t tight out of the lire, so to speak. | thai, one is .surprised at Lord Lonsdale's j ileiii-il qf its peciiliur ellicacy. The physiological explanation i.s not vet linnllv settled, but the Iheorv of Professor ()s----home, of Melbourne Vi-ivcrsily, i.s accepted liy luosi medical men. ' According to that amhorit;.. a blow delivered near the point of the chin disturbs the liuuls in the semi-auricular eliannels. which are the organs of ei|'.lilibriuni. ami so causes an immediate loss of all sense of balance. Seeing ilmt ina aftereffects of :•. knoek-oiit blow of tiiis kind are signilicanl. (lie alternative theory Hint concussion of the-brain is produced' can be safely abandoned. So t]]jit one of (he chief arguments of those wellmeaning persons who insist that boxing is a -brut ii and dangerous business is no longer tenable.

Tommy Jiunis. writing to a Sydney writer, stale, that IVlkcv and (hmboa't Smith were matched to meet on \ew Year's Day, and if I'elkev got tile decision he intended taking him to Australia. Pelkey al-o dropped a line to the same writer, and'in commenting on the recently published statements ' regarding the alleged frame-up between' him and liurns, said: ''ln (he lirst place, Tommy Burns and myself never had, ;is was stated, a four-round bout in Calgary; it was a six-round bout, and one of the hardest, fastest contests I ever had. and it was understood that there was tii he. no knock-outs in Calgarv or in the province of Alherla. 'The contest was a, no-decision affair, and it was advertised as such. (If course, we all know that a successful man must have enemies, and there are a few Americau writers who try to make their living by knocking Tommy Burns, but these same people are only knocking themselves. I have found Hums „. man, every inch of him. About Burns and 1 '.piarrelling over money matters, this i.s a lie pure and simple, as we had no'disagreement over money matters. Tommy limns ilws given me more money for the three contests that I had in his arena than I received for any of mv previous contests. If il were not tor him 1 would not be the white heavy-weight champion of the world to-day, and auv moiicv he has coming from my contests or theatri-i-al engagements through the contract I have signed .with him. is coming |„ him as he earns il. 1 ], ; m. r, mm i „„; since being with Burns that nionev is not everything with him. as il is with some people. If everybody were as free with their money as .lie is I am sure we would not have so many poor people in this world. Purns has matched me to IWit t.'unboat •Smith, twenty rounds, in San I'l-anciscn, on \ew Year's l.)av. lam glad of the opportunity, as i'feel very confident that I can defeat him. if Smith beats me I will take my medicine like a man and wish him all the luck in the world. I hope to visit Ausiralia it I am successful over Smith, as liurns hitsi had an offer from a sporting man ii, .Melbourne." Mr. R. L. Baker, proprietor oE the Sydney Stadium, left. Sydney on the .ird inst for Knrope. It is his intention primarily, to secure Georges Carpentiev champion boxer of Europe, f or the Australian circuit. Mr. Raker will , o turn via America, in which country he bopes to iirrange contracts with' Gunboat Smith Mdlie Ritchie, and any others of first-class boxing fame whom" lie may he able to get into touch with. The Australian promoter will also seek to arrange a conference with the world's hoxnig authorities, in order that uniformity may be secured on mam- important points.