BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1922, Page 3

BOXING.

CHARGE AGAINST RICKARD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. New York, Feb. 16. The Grand Jury indicted Rickard on a Charge of assaulting young girls. Rickard pleaded not guilty and was held on 10,000 dollar bail. He *\vas granted a week to prepare his defence. \ One of the features of the Deunpsey-Car-pentier flint which struck Australia was the army of police employed to keep order, says the Sydney Bulletin. It is the same at most Yankee gatherings apparently. Thus at the recent fight at Cleveland (Ohio) between feather-weight champion Johnny Kilbane and Danny Frush— a foregone conclusion, which attracted only a handful of 2500—there were 95 policemen in attendance. And they were needed. When Kilbane outed his man a riot started round the ring, in the course of which a < score or more citiz/is were dubbed. At Sydney stadium a dozen policemen meet all requirements, week in and week out, and the huge place has not known a serious disturbance since Newcastle arrived there in 1914 to sec Les Darcy lick Fritz Holland, and being disappointed, tried to burn the place down. At Melbourne and Sydney Cricket Grounds during test matches the number of John Hops used inside and out is even smaller relatively to the size of the crowds. In the words of tte last visiting English XT, "One bobby can do with a crowd what it takes a dozen to do in England.” He ungraciously puts it down to hereditary dread of the uniform—un the mistaken assumption, apparently, that all Australia and not a mere fragrant of it had a birthstain.