BOXING

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10306, 15 January 1927, Page 10

BOXING

THE KNOCKOUT

CABFEXTi'ER IX NEW POL!

A Pari* message states that George.', Carpeutier. who recently leUnc l a million {rants (at the present rate

cf exchange about £B2eU) for a six months’ music hall engagement, w;H shorth be playing lead in a new play. The Knockout, with the comedy star (Mile. Spineili). Carpeutier is preparing to recover the Trench heavyweight title, which he has never tried to regain since *tki sensationally knocked him cur. NOTES AN D NEW S. Before the Dem.psc-y-Tunuey fight American writers referred to Dempsey's three years’ absence from the ring as a big handicap, and alter the light they were unanimous that a man could not be out o! action that length of time and reproduce his form. Yet if one turns up the record cf Jim Corbett he will find that three years after he lost the title to Fitzsimmons, and at the age of 34. with only one brief intervening bout, lie came back far enough to give Jim Jeffries a rare lacing ior twenty-two rounds, and lost in the following round on a knock-out. Had the bout been limited to twenty rounds, according to the writers ol that day. Corbett would have gained the decision.

Billy Grime, it is stated, has received an offer of three fights at Madison Square Garden, New York. Under the management of Tex Rickard. In a recent statement Grime said that while anxious to visit America, Im did not intend to sign any agreement until lie was absolutely assured on various points. The Wellington Association is reported to be negotiating with Grime to visit New Zealand before going to the States. Lindsay - Robinson, feather-weight champion of Maoriiand, never lets pleasure interfere with business, business in his case being a dairy farm, from which he delivers the milk in an aged Ford (writes a Sydney “Bulletin” correspondent). Once when he was out on his rounds he received a telegram from the president ol u,o Hastings Boxing Association: “Have you forgotten your fight here on the lOtli ? ’ Lindsay sent back a laconic “No." Came another wire: “Challenger arrived here in state four days ago; when can we expect you?" “As soon us I've turned the tows out.” Robbie replied. He leit Gisborne that night, reached Hastings (lot) miles away) at dawn, licked his man the same evening, and' was back on his round next clay.

Sydney hotelkeeper, ex-clinmpion boxer, municipal councillor and ardent charity worker, Wally AYeelces has enough variety in life to keep away the cobwebs of monotony (says a Sydney writer). Of late lie has acted as deputy-referee at Ruslicutter Bay Stadium". AVally first, attracted attention as amateur lightweight champion boxer ol New South AA ales, and he later took over and successfully managed several large Sydney hotels. Then, ns a■ municipal councillor lie headed important civic reforms in AATtverley, and he gave the land and built a natty little Sunday school for a Bondi church. His pet ’ hobby is promoting benefits for deserving causes. A leading American writer who had reference to the number'of fights that were fixed before the contestants entered the ring, received the following from a reader: “You say that possibly 30 per cent, of boxing matches are framed, faked or otherwise cooked. Only 30 per cent? You must still believe in Santa Claus!’ It is not often that a manager of a defeated boxer announces through the Press his appreciation of the manner in which the referee handled the bout. Y r et this is what the manager of Hindley, one of the best feathers in England, did, after his man had lost the decision against Curley, in a match at Birmingham on November I for the featherweight championship of England. Jimmy Clabby, at one tirne considered tile cleverest middleweight in the United States, met with an accident at his home in Hammond,. IncL, the ether clay that may lay him up several weeks. Jimmy.was out hunt-: ing and was shot in the leg by tlie accidental discharge of his shot-gun. Six years 'ago? Jimmy was worth 100,000 dollars'in Australia, but lostit on racehorses.