BOXING NOTES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 44, 26 April 1940, Page 55

BOXING NOTES

LARRIE MARSHALL, the wellknown welter-weight boxer, who twice previously had been turned down by the military owing to flat feet, has since passed the medical authorities and has been posted to Trentham. Marshall has a splendid record in the ring. * * ob Other well-known boxers who have joined the Forces are Darcy Heeney, of Gisborne, amateur welter-weight champion of the Dominion, and Al Stock, the Hamilton welter-weight. * * * In Auckland it is found that while many of the more senior amateurs have enlisted, and others are waiting to be called up, the gyms. are particularly busy. In fact there is every indication that. there will be more amateur boxers available this season than ever before. This is possibly due to the fact that the National championships are to be held in Auckland during August this year. * * * Les Sloane, who boxed in the Dominion late last year with no success, has scored a good win over Wyn Negus at the West Stadium, Melbourne, since his return to his own country. * * * In answer to an inquiry being made by a reader, it may be stated that the maximum amount paid to any boxer by way of expenses in respect of a particular contest, may not exceed £15. No expenses are paid to any boxer in respect of a contest held in the town in which he resides. This, of course, applies in New Zealand only. * * * Corporal Leo Evans, an English heavy-weight who is at present at Burnham Camp, has issued a challenge to

meet Maurice Strickland, and the matter is at present under consideration by the Wellington Boxing Association. x * * Evans, who is a Welshman, was previously in the British Army and held the heavy-weight championship. He has fought in many contests throughout the Empire, and in England his major battle was with Tommy Farr, to whom he lost. Evans requires three weeks in which to get really fit if the match is arranged, and meanwhile is giving exhibitions at the camp. + * There is likely to be a decided shortage of boxing gloves this season because of various restrictions and the fact that many Associations have made over part of their stock to the authorities handling the sporting activities in the camps. * « * Many boxers have been known to insure themselves against accident in the Ting, but there is only one known instance of a boxer being insured against disappearance. This was in the case of Battling Siki, who had a bad habit of becoming lost just on the eve of a contest. He would later be found in some cafe, enjoying himself. The Senegalese was accordingly heavily insured against "disappearance."