BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1926, Page 6

BOXING.

CONTEST IN MELBOURNE MURTON WINS ON A FOUL. By ’ Vlegrapli—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Nov. 14, 5.5 p.m. Melbourne, Nov. 14. Teddy Murton won on a foul in the ninth x round against the negro Ansel Bell. The latter swung low and dropped Murton, for which Bell was disqualified. A SYDNEY MATCH. Received Nov. 14, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 14. At the Stadium, the Frenchman Ivan Lafflneur knocked out Gordon Kiely in the fifteenth round. The loser was easily the better fighter, and was strongly leading on points against the cruder performer, when he managed to stop a heavy swing, which ended the fight. SIDELIGHTS OF THE RING. NEW ZEALAND NEWS AND NOTES. November 16.—Victorian Bert McCarthy v. Salvino Jamito, at Wellington. November 19.—Bout al Levin. December 2.-—Chas. Purdy v. Bert McCarthy, at Wellington. Charlie Cann, Dominion bantam titleholder, does not think there is enough in the game to keep him interested so has decided to give it_best. Tommy Griffiths should be good enough to fight his way into the vacancy. Reg Trowern is contemplating a return to Australia in the New Year. In his fight with Salvino Jamito last Monday night at Wanganui Purdy again unwound some great evasive moves and was particularly brilliant with his feet, not to mention his fists. For three parts of the journey he gave the Filipino some troublous times and even at infighting gave the copper-hued battler no peace. His swife left-rights to the face at times bewildered his opponent, but the Manilaman “took a tumble” and in the final sessions gave the Northerner some of his own medicine, his body doses, however, being rather more painful than curative. Purdy drew first blood in the sixth, but Jamito evened the score on the eighth. The fourteenth and fifteenth rounds found the Filipino in close pursuit of his rival and Purdy was given some very strenuous exercise in these rounds, but his great lead over the earlier portion of the fight was still fairly obvious, and the referee made no mistake. The pair have now met five times and on each occasion Purdy has proved his superiority. The New’ Zealand light-heavyweight, Ed. Parker, now in Sydney, will probably oppose Frenchman Marcel Thurn on November 17. If the fight eventuates form points to Parker as the winner, as he holds decisions over Merv Williams, the Australian middleweight who recently gave the Gaul a terriffe hammering.. BRIEFS FROM ABROAD.

Georgie Rivers, Los Angeles flyweight, came a cropper in his recent attempt to swipe the flyweight crown from the brow of Fidel la Barba. While not disgraced the titleholder had Rivers “scratching” all the way. Another team of overseas pugs are in Sydney. They are: Ernest Tyncke, Belgian middleweight, Frank Paul, a 17-year-old boy of 10 stone, who has yet to taste defeat, Bert Bartlett, a hard-punch-ing lightweight, and Jack Jones, Welsh feather champion. None of the team is of high class, and they have chosen a tough spot to try themselves out. Tnycke is noted for his singular toughness and a fairly hefty dig—and that’s all. Gavino de Leon and Joe Esler served up anothej sensational affair at Sydney recently in which the Filipino managed to reverse the decision given in a previous bout. The contest was a wonderful exhibition of unadulterated stoush and gamenes-s, and both boys, punchdrunk and weary, showed visible signs of the hectic combat at the clase. Esler received a cut over the eye which necessitated the insertion of several stitches. Billy Grime, the clever Melbourne dual titleholder, proved too good for American Joe Hall over 20 rounds at Melbourne recently. Grime is an adept at “sizing-vp” an opponent, and in this, their second meeting, he demonstrated that he had taker, full stock of the man whojgave him so much trouble at the firsts outing. Billy Richards and Eddie Butcher are matched to dispute Butcher’s welterweight title on November 17. Unless something unforeseen happens Butcher should still be Australia’s best after the fight. Tom Maguire, trainer and mentor to Billy Edwards, has taken a wise course :u deciding to spell his charge after the beating lie sustained at the hands of the American negro, Williams. The decision means the postponement of the proposed return between Edwards and Joan Llaffinenr, the Frenchman who gave the Newcastle boy a stiff fight before going under some three weeks ago. Teddy Baklock, London flyweight, startled the natives in America at the end of August by his display in his first fight in that country. One well-known critic summed up his prowess as follows: “W’izardly boxing skill, combined with blinding speed and aggressiveness show Baldock to be an opponent worthy to test a champion’s steel.” High praise from a critic very grudging in his boosting of .English pugs! The fourteen rounds victory of Tommy Milligan, European welter and middle title holder, over Ted Moore, a fellow countryman, marks the most promising event in British ring history for some years. In slugging Moore into oblivion in a thoroughly tradesmanlike fashion the Scot lias accomplished something the best Yankee biffsmiths could not do. Moore has spent the last couple of years in Dollarland mingling in affairs with the world’s best, and in a brace of fights with the redoubtable Harry Greb had by no means the worst of the exchanges. Several others in the running for world honours have crossed pads with the Plymouth man and have learned to respect the dream-inducing power of his venomous left hook. Milligan’s superiority was most marked, and Massa Tiger Flowers will have cause to fear for the safety of his crown. Death has claimed that wonderfully tough and unorthodox middleweight, Harry Greb. The end came in hospital, where Greb had undergone an operation. The Pittsburgher was. born on June 7, 1894, his father being a German and his

mother an Irishwoman. Greb has taken decisions from some of our greatest present-day fighters, his fists having taken toll of Tom Gibbons and Gene Tunney, conqueror of Jack Dempsey. He held the middleweight title until defeated by- the present holder, Tiger Flowers, some twelve months ago. Greb had no great opinion of Dempsey and always maintained, “I could lick that sucker any old time.” This confidence was gained by his experiences as sparring partner to Dempsey in one of his earlier championship fights.

American negro Sunny Jim Williams is creating havoc among the best Australia can place in opposition to him, and to the names of Tiger Payne. Marcel Thuru, Tommy Uren. Harry Collins, Billy Edwards and Merv Williams, he has added, as another conquest, the holder of the heavy-weight title, George Thompson,--who, -but a week or so before had won his claim to big men kingship by his disposal, in 58 seconds, of Ern Shepherd. Thompson is quite the best heavy Australia has produced in the last three or four years, and he put up a game and clever battle against the experienced and hard-hitting negro, who has put on weight and now scales as a light-heavyweight at just over 12 stone.