BOXING NOTES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 39, 21 March 1940, Page 55

BOXING NOTES

Jenkin’s Funeral + Fight for Strickland + Les Adams Enlists

i [ "een STRICKLAND is keen to engage in an openair contest before the weather breaks and the Exhibition closes. An attempt is being made, by a number of prominent sportsmen, to locate an opponent for the big fellow. Arthur Greenhall is at present in-Aus-tralia looking them over.. Naturally the W.B.A. would require to control the fixture if it eventuates.

One of the greatest gatherings of sportsmen in the history of the South Island paid a last tribute to Stan Jenkin, when he was buried at Oamaru. Almost every sport was represented, and there were wreaths from all parts of the Dominion. Jack Jarvis, light-weight champion of New Zealand, is to go overseas with the Third Echelon. He states he will be able to procure leave for a contest if one is arranged, and is eager to be matched. Aten or twelve-rounder would suit the champion, * * * Yet another boxer who has joined up is Les Adams, of Southland. Late last year he announced his retirement from

the ring. He had fought more than 100 contests during 19 years of boxing. Adams won all the Southland titles, from bantam-weight to welter-weight, and later was runner-up at the New Zealand championships in the welter division. He figured longer in the game than any other boxer, and was still boxing as well as ever when he decided to retire. * * * It is a known fact that a boxer may make a good wrestler, but no wrestlers have ever been known to make good boxers. "Strangler" Lewis tried to break into boxing many years ago. He considered he could make more money in that line. He could box fairly well, and he had some big ideas until one day he put on the gloves with Jack Dempsey in the gym. He there and then decided to confine himself to wrestling. Ed * * South Americans were. "on their toes" when Godoy was matched to fight

Joe Louis for the championship, for Godoy was the first South American to fight for the heavy-weight title since Luis Firpo fought Jack Dempsey fn 1923. Since the bout it is said that Godoy’s countrymen are virtually "on their heels." % * * The latest news from the battle front is that those "in the know" were wagering that Godoy would not be standing | erect when the announcer finished introducing the pair, but it seems he fooled them badly, for he was upright: when the final bell sounded.

Expectant Fathers America — more or less as usual — knows what to do about it. Even when it comes to the problem of the modern young mother. In New York there is a Maternity Centre Association. It looks as though they’re going to have to alter the name to "Fraternity," etc. Recently a small battalion of men arrived and demanded training in the art of baby-rearing. Not easy, they voted, but they stuck it. Twenty of themall expectant fathers--duly received diplomas. So-you see-all problems solve themselves if you give them time!