JACK DOYLE
IN BOXING'Sin
LUXURY CLASS
LONDON SAW REAL
MCAVOY
public pays to see Doyle and not to see the fight. But on the subject
RETURN BOUT WITH of future opponents one piece of JOHN HENRY LEWIS? advice must now be offered to pro-
(By HAROLD LEWIS)
London, April 29..
was the
The most remarkable aspect of Tuesday night's boxing at Wembley extraordinary popularity of Jack Doyle. Despite the clumsi ness of his victory over King Levinsky, the majority of those who saw the fight will insist on seeing Doyle again.
moters.
LURE OF THE BIG PURSE
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It is high time it was realised:
(By Hotspur)
Newmarket, May 1. that the British boxing public are regarded by the American boxing
Exhibitionnist won the one Thou- fraternity as a joke. One after an-sand Guineas here this aternoon other of their boxers, whose careers after a splendid race by half a leng are on the decline come to England th from Spray, who beat the odds- to pick up a fat purse.
on favourite, Gainsborough Lass, by Baer came here accompanied by a head for second place. a mighty fanfare of publicity, and Steve Donoghue, who rode Ex- he fought like a weary man. Levin-hibitionnist, has won all the other His right hand, in which a bone sky was worse, but he, of course, classics, but this is the first time has been fractured, is to be ex-never was a top-lighter, and one that he has been successful in the amined to-day by a specialist, and did not expect so much from him as One Thousand. it is fairly certain he will be un- from Baer. able to box for two or three months. In the meantime promoters will be falling over each other in their anxiety to secure his services.
Alf.
PROSPECTS
more.
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``J. H. LEWIS AGAIN
Sassoon's
It was also Sir Victor first victory in a classic race, al- ethough his colt Hot Night was se- cond in the Derby and the St. Leger
11 years ago.
NOT WORKING The two-year-old form is not working out at all well. Exhibi- tionnist was given only 7st 8lb the Free Handicap, in which Gain-
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To bring over worn-out boxers takes British boxing nowhere. The limportation of Small Montana and John Henry Lewis were fine strokes. They gave British boxing It is not easy to discuss the fùa fillip. But we do not want any ture or the prospects of Doyle.
has-beens. Since he returned to the ring he has had three fights against We are likely to see John Henry Robinson, Harry Staal Lewis here again. In March of last and King Levinsky. All
these year he defeated Jock McAvoy insborough Lass had 8st 11lb. Doubt- opponents proved to be of low the defence of his title of world less the hard ground of last year is going to be responsible for a num- calibre, and except that Staal floor-light-heavy-weight champion. It
ber of results not in accordance ed Doyle with a crude punch the was a points win and, to judge from Irishman has not been tested at the film, Lewis won with a good
with preconceived ideas.
Exhibitionnist was described all.
deal to spare without being able to hurt McAvoy seriously.
the programme as bred in France.
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She is in the Oaks (June 4) and her running this afternoon sugges ted that she will not be troubled by the extra half-mile at Epsom. It is most unlikely that Gainsborough Lass will be started in the Derby, She, too, is in the Oaks, and that probably will be her next race.
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All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns,. where they will be examined on the don and defended his title at Wem-2nd JUNE at 10 a.m., by Messrs. bley against Len Harvey and again won comfortably. He would come again, and I hear that Wembley are already in touch with him.
MCAVOY AT HIS BEST McAvoy, who beat Eddie Phillips on Tuesday to win the British light- heavy-weight title, was a better Mc- Avoy than we had ever seen before. Had he fought with the same ag- gression, speed and cleverness against Jack Petersen when they
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McAvoy scaled only 12st 2lb on Tuesday, and is not likely to get much heavier. But he retains the speed of a very fast middle-weight, and he was so clean in his hitting, so unexpected and swift in his at- tacks, and so deadly in his counter punches that if Lewis had been his opponent instead of Phillips we might to-day be boasting the
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