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TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1928.

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"THE FANCY"

FARNOL'S BOOK OF HISTORIC BOXING BOUTS.

HOMERIC CLASHES,

or

It is a far cry from the million- dollar flutic battles of to-day to the days when fighters pounded each other with bare fists for 30 or more rounds for the honour of being dub- bed champion of England America, and stake-money amount, ing to £10 or thereabouts. Mr. Jeffery Farnol in his Epic of the Faucy (Sampson Low & Co., Lon- don. 7s. Gd. not) has presented vivid pen-pictures of the Homeric clashes of champions of the early duys down to the time when the hig clever man had conquered a small elever man," and Champion Jack Dempsey, "the lion.". had beaten Georges Carpentier, the panther."

After a pon-picture of a grim battle to the death by Roman gladiators with steel-clad fists, the author proceeds to relate encounters of the Ring from the time of John Broughton, the "Father of Boxing," who died in 1789, and who during his lifetime had, as his premier patron, the Duke of Cumberland, "the Butcher" of the '45 rebellion.

Other fights described are those between Humphries and Mendoza; Johnson and Perrins, the latter a comely, giunt, one-time leader in a rustic choir, who was defeated after 62 rounds; Dutch Sam and Tom Belcher; Gully and Pearce the latter "one of the best and greatest of The Fancy: Tom Cribb (the, Black Diantond) and Molineaux; Thomas Winter, called "Tom Spring," who "by his matches skill, courage, and clean sportsmanship lifted the game as high, or higher, than it had ever been," and Bill Neat, of hard-smiting ferocity; dem Ward, "a landscape painter above the average," and Simon Byrne; Bendigo and Deaf Burke.

A Desperate Fight. Further bouts are described in a racy style that could only be nitain- ed by a lover of the game. These include the clashes beween Tam Sayers and William Perry; Jim Mace and Tom King; John L. Sulli- van and Paddy Ryan (this fight at Mississippi City was witnessed probably for the first time by a number of women); Peter Jackson and Frank Slaven; Fitzsimmons and Corbett; Joffries and Fitz- simmons; and last, but by no means lenst, Carpentier and Dempsey.

In all there are 20 fights recorded, and the book, appropriately Blus- trated as it is with portraits of the champions, cannot be other than in- teresting as well as instructive to students and admirers of the "noble art.".

As examples of good and bad sportsmanship two extracts from the book might be given. The first relates to a desperate fight between "Tom Spring" and John Langan an Irish champion.

BOWLS.

COLONY CHAMPIONSHIP

MATCHES.

FIRST KOUND TIES.

A SWEEPSTAKE,

WON BY DECEASED SHANGHAI OFFICER

DRAFT SENT TO HIS MOTHER.

THE CHINA MAIL,

The mother of the late P. S. George Adams, who, it will be re- called, died from pneumonia in Shanghai in March is to receive a prize won by her son, in a sweep- slake. The late officer, before his death took a chanco in the Louza The closing date for the first Station Police Derby Sweeptakes,| round of the lawn bowls champion- and, after the lottery was drawn ship of the Colony has been fixed it was found that his ticket, one for Saturday, July 7. Thirteen of the first to have been allocated, matches in the first round have won first prize,

ukpenwore a UMISAWOOD, I. "

Berkeley, Cal-The queon of the courts, Miss Holen Wills, cham plon woman player of the world, in her fol appearance. in this country before going abroad., In a few weeks she will embark for Europe, where she will play in England, Franco and periapa Fiol land, to detend ' lhe.tills 'she won Last year at Wimbledon. She will be paired with Miss Penelope An. Хогвод for Еигорева doables matchoo.

been played, but there nineteen Hes to be decided.

Results to date:-

are

Preliminary Round.

A. Chapman beat A. Hevey.

still

J. Fraser beat J. McKelvie, E. Eccleshall beat A. R. Whibley. J. Magill walk over from L. E Lammert.

N. Drummond beat W. Greig, J. A. Lindsay walk over from, A. Mardoch.

R. Sutherland beat L. J. Davies. A. Macfarlane beat B. W. Brad-| bury.

J. J. Whyte beat P. T. Farrell: W. Macfarlane beat W. Glenden- ning.

G. McLeod beat H. Overy. J. Archibald beat J. Clark. .` W. Russell beat R. Lapsley, J. H. Johnstone beat G. Hender

First Round.

TEASERS.

Answers to To-day's Questions.

1. U.S.A.

2. Also the U.S.A.

3. 54.

4. In the Stroud.

5. Dr. Barnado's Homes.

The drawing of the sweep took Bourne, Archbishop of Westmin="

G. His Eminenco Cardinal place two days before the Derby ater. and, as a result of this posthumous

win, Mr. E. C. Baker, Assistant thods is to be observed in the iron Commissioner of Police, has for-

warded a draft on the Hong Kong shots. More and more during re-

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snap and "bite" that almost stinctively the player stops the club

AMERICAN METHODS directly he has made the blow.

SOME DISTINCTIONS FROM BRITISH WAYS.

in-

His wrists appear to be at such tension that this check immediate- ly after the impact is inevitable. There is a good deal of divot-taking in connection with it. Everybody [By 'Harry Vardon.]

knows that an iron shot needs to be Every time the leading American struck, firmly (the limp or flabby golfers visit Britain there la away will not place the ball near the new interest in the study of their pin, even if it sometimes produces methods. Whether they win or a tolerably effective drive); but it is lose, these players command atten-a circumstance, of interest that the tlon because they possess certain Americans achieve the desired re- characteristics of style which are sults by hitting their Iron shots. peculiarly their own.

crisply and cleanly, without taking

It needs a good many such oppor- a divot, and following through to tunities to arrive at reasoned con- the normal conelusion of the swing. clusions, for the observer at golf This manner is, indeed, popular- watches his subjects in a variety as it always has been among the of circumstances instead of having older British players who were them set before him as in cricket champions long ago; but few of the or lawn tennis. Consequently, im- stars of the rising generation seem pressions as to ways that belong prepared to bear with it. distinctively to a rare take time to An exception is Dr. William mature. A point which has not Tweddell. The Americans have pro. hitherto aroused comment seems to fited by the simple procesa, perhaps, me to be worthy of consideration. of being old-fashioned, and declin- It is that they start the club backing to take risks with a new method in a manner different from that of iron play, which, by reason of the (which is typical of the British way. element of jerk that it introduces It is our system to make the head into what ought to be a perfectly of the club move round the right controlled shot, is not necessarily a foot and towards the rear early in wise Innovation. "Sports. Des- the awing. This is not to say that patch." the swing develops necessarily into a flat one. like the action of a man

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Shippleg ing at the top of the swing, when on a coroner's inquisition charged

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tion of Mr. Justice Finlay the jury Several articles country.

No evidence was

mowing grass with a scythe-a Old Bailey against Robert Cooke,

It was popular because, somehow for other, it became known as "the St. Andrews awing," and everybody thought that a method bearing such a title must be correct. It gave way in time to a more upright | manner of taking back the club, a system, which was found to secure better control of direction; but, even so, the inauguratory move- ment remains as a characteristic of British golf, the turn-away of the club-face from the ball and its consequent course brief but de- finite-round the right foot,

The change is that the swing now becomes upright much sooner than It used to do. The club goes up after a small turn of the left wrist instead of being awung flatly as far as possible before being raised.

Straight Backs,

It appears to be the cultivated art of the Americans not to do any of this turning of the club-face | away from the ball at the start of

the swing.

They keep it square to the line of play as long as they

can; their whole tendency is to take the club-

F. Cullen walk over from W. F. J. head back straight behind the ball

After the 76th round the brave Langan opened his awooning eyes to find himself again and, most tho- roughly benton, Spring left the knee of his second and went up to Tangan and laid hold of his hand. The Irish champion had not yet re- covered, but, on opening his eyes, he asked in a faint tone. "Is the battle over?" "Yes," replid Spring.

"Oh, dear!" ejaculated Langan. son.. Spring immediately shook his hand again and said-"Jack, you and I must be friends to the end of our lives, and anything that is in my ] Gorvin. power I will do to serve you."

The other extract taken from ап account of a match between Charles Mitchell, of Birmingham, and James J. Corbett, San Francisco which took place in January 1884. The stake was 20,000 dollars, win ner take all. There was no shaking of hands, and, while it insted, the combat was fierce in the extreme. Says the author, following à chat- tering uppercut which had knocked the breathless and bleeding Mitchell down:-

Pitiless Corbett. Very painfully and slowly the battered Mitchell drew his feet under him, the while, through dis- grinned up at figuring blood, he the fierce face above him, jeering fnsulte until, losing all control of himself, Corbett struck at him as be crouched thus, such a blow an

J. Chalmers walk over from E. Korn..

I

J. Ferguson beat R. T. Taylor,

tie.

instead of starting it round the

corner.

Naturally, it has to turn off the straight line at some stage in order to be lifted sufficiently high for a

A. C. V. Ribeiro beat J. W. Beat- full shot, but it is remarkable how

W. Russell beat J. Archibald.. F. C. Goodman beat J. H. John stone.

R. F. Luz beat D. Munro.

R. Duncan beat A. M. Simpson. A. R. Clark beat D. S. Nelison. G. Wragge beat J. MacLachlan, W. Mair beat G. R. Edwards. T. D. E. Pendered beat J. Gregory.

little it does turn off for a half-

J. Hollidge beat H. M. Mac-swing or less. You see this trait Tavish.

in a marked degree in Bobby Jones, George Von Elm, Jesse Sweetser, Walter Hagen, William Mehlhorn, and, indeed, all the leading Amer- ican golfers of the present day..

Jones has a decidedly free swing; but most of the others do not take the club back so far as they might, even for A full drive, with the J.result that its face moves compare- tively little off the straight path, and only after the upswing is well

lief is that this system promotes under way. Presumably, their be

better control of direction than the principle of turning the club-head round the corner at the start of the swing.

Second Round

A. C. V. Ribeiro beat J. Hollidge

might have killed him (the more went again, to lie a moment like a shame, say 1), bùf the blow missed, dead man. Yet in that pain-racked

I am told that slow-motion and before he might strike again body and numb brain one thought photographs of my swing show the seconda leapt upon, the cham- predominated--to get up and fight. that I keep the club-face square to pion, who struggled with them So Charlle Mitchell rose, slowly, the line of play for a considerable fiercely, then suffered them to get and with all that remained to him distance at the start of the up- him to his corner,

of strength, the little man hauled swing. Apparently I do it with himself up by the ropes, and, turn flexible wrists that bend back ing battered face towards his marel- gently at the beginning of the less, foe, tottered forward.

aame, I am con-

Very terrible for this small and indomitable Mitchell was the third round. Brave an ever, he rushed and endeavoured to clinch, but, step- ping back nimbly, Corbett let drive a fearful right hand blow that smashed Mitchell's nose, and back The reeled on falling legs, steadied himself, crouched and sprang in again, only to be met with another atunning blow. in the same place, and, with arms wide-flung, down ho

swing. All the

And Corbett? Crouched like a scious of a turn in the left wrist at tiger, he laughed, and with tiger-the start of the movement. The like bound he leapt and, unpitying way described may come naturally as a tiger, smote with all his power to some people, but I am certain and, brave Mitchell, leaping con- you could not teach a middle-aged vulsively into the air, pitched down golfer to bend his wrists back. headfirst and lay unconscious. And | Champlon James. Corbett left the ring-laughing.

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