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"Hit hard and first" is what Jack Dempsey, former world heavy- weight boxing champion, is telling this ambitions student of boxing at the University of Miami, where Dempsey has been appointed in-

structor of boxing.

a good defence and a style which JACK DOYLE SENDS BIG

will cause Foord a good deal of trouble. Foord likes an oppon- ent who stands well away and permits him to rush in and swing his heavy punches. This Welsh- man, with his "tight guard, takes the fight to close quarters and uses short punches to the body.

Neither is particularly adaptable in style. Both, moreover, have look- ed formidable against some oppon- ents and moderate agamst others. With his better equipment in tactics Farr may win.

WORLD TITLE BOUT

HOUSE DELIRIOUS

DUTCH CHAMPION DEFEATED

IN AMAZING FIGHT

(By HAROLD LEWIS)

LONDON, FEBRUARY 16. DOXING'S PUBLIC HERO NO. 1, JACK DOYLE, THE IRISH

· HEAVYWEIGHT, SENT OVER 10,000 MEN AND WOMEN EXCITEMENT AT THE EMPRESS DELIRIOUS_WITH STADIUM, EARL'S COURT LAST NIGHT, WHEN HE BEAT IN THE SIXTH ROUND HARRY STAAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAM- London, February 16.

Harry Staal, heavy-weight cham-PION OF HOLLAND. THE TOWEL WAS THROWN IN. The Oxford crew for the

and gratefully received by University Boat Race from Put-pion of Holland, arrived yesterday in The fight was the crudest, and at the same time the most London for his fight with Jack Doyle exciting, that has been offered ney to Mortlake was announced yesterday by the president, J. S. at Earl's Court next Monday in the London crowd as a first-class boxing spectacle withm memory. It National Sporting Club programme is no exaggeration to state that the youngsters who took part in Lewes, as follows:

As he had a fight as recently as a novices lightweight competition on the same programme knew Monday, he will do light training more about boxing, each one of them, than Doyle and Staal

combined. only.

*M. G. Ashby (Qundle

St lb

12.10

& New Col), bow 12 9 2. *J. S. Lewes (King's, Parramatta & Ch. Ch.) 3. D. R. B. Mynors

(Eton & New Coll.) 13 4. R. G. Rowe (Eton

& Univ.)

12 91⁄2

13.

5

5. *J. P. Burrough (St. Edward's & St. Ed- mund Hall) 6. *J. D. Sturrock (Win-

chester & Magdalen) 14 0 7. *J. C. Cherry (West-

minster & B.N.C.) 14 2 A. B. Hodgson (Eton

"& Oriel), stroke G. J. P. Merifield (King Edward VI. Southampton, and St. Edmund Fall),

19.

ORDNANCE RECEIVE SEVERE SET-BACK

A new date has been fixed for the Yet the crowd loved every, was the referee, and officials of the Johnny McGory-Sarron world title second of it. The hall, holding British Boxing Board of Control fight It will now take place on 10,200, was packed to the last were in the ring to produce the April 15, instead of April 19, at seat, and hundreds stood to gloves and cut the end off the tapes. Harringay. They change of date watch. The percentage of wo-"EARLY EXPOSURE" is due to the fact that a dog-rac- men present must have been the Staal exposed himself within ten ing programme is fixed for April highest known in this country seconds as a wild swinger, pure and since the days of Carpenter. simple. One admired, at the start For 10 or 15 rows from the and throughout the fight, the cool Doyle, and one marvelled ringside, the scene was similar poise

at his

complete ignorance of to the stalls at the opera.

defence. In the middle of the first Doyle was beseeched to appear by a chorus of “We want Doyle. They round he allowed Staal to land a filled one's ears with their roar when swinging punch that seemed to

travel two yards. The Ordnance received a severe

en- the strapping young Irishman 1set-back in their quest for the

Doyle went down with a thump tered the ring, cheered madly at 11 121⁄2 Third Division League soccer

championship, when they were de- every punch he landed, almost sob and took a count of seven seconds. feated by the Seaforths in their bed when he was floored in the first There was panic in his corner after- round with one of the most ridicu-wards as Staal came lumbering at postponed encounter at Caroline Hil yesterday by the only goal, lous punches that ever was allowed him with blows, some of which miss-

ring. 7 10% scored by Chisholm. Duffield, of the to land, and, when he left the ring, ed by nearly half the width of the

modestly triumphant, mobbed him.

“BLACKSMITE”. PUNCH Ordnance, missed a penalty kick a

CROWD SATISFIED

The succeeding rounds kept the This decision comes at a much ear-few minutes before time.

Sailor, soldier, boxer, music-hall] spectators, in a state of palpitating Hier date than usual, and has doubt. less been hastened by the good form Head of

race and cabaret singer, film artist, Doyle suspense. Staal was the toughest shown by the eight when they raced at Putney, and are very little in-recently returned to the ring in Eng-human being seen in a British ring and defeated the London Rowing ferior in pace to the senior crew, so land in the hope of being "groomed" for years. He gradually tired un- Club crew with great ease on Satur-that a real revival of Oxford rowing for a championship fight. He re-der the tremendous punches Doyle ceived £1,250 for this fight of last rained upon his his left ear day last over the lock-to-lock course has at last. come about at Henley.

I am glad that the decision has night a fight for which any third-and his stomach. But he was always been made so soon about the stroke. rate British heavy weight would throwing out at blacksmith Of course, unforeseen circumstan-Hodgson, who I believe has the mak- have been glad to receive $100. And punch, and Doyle's jaw always seem- ces may interfere with the Presi-ings of a great stroke, can only be the public, who must have paid up-ed ready to receive it.. dent's decision, but ill-health seldom neft by the removal of uncertainty wards of £6,000 the prices ranged worries a crew who are going well as to his place. The crew have now from three guineas downwards In any case, in the Isis crew, Oxford a whole week in front of them in were more than satisfied have no fewer than eight spare men which to weld themselves into a uni The fight was staged with all the but finished, the Dutchman nearly all of them in strict training like form whole. That is an inestimable ritual of a championship.

COX.”

*Old Blue.

EIGHT SPARES

the River

As late as the fifth round, when Staal was bleeding from the ear and the nose, and appeared to be all

The men won the fight with a wild punch

the resentative crew. The Isis advantage which it is hard to over-were officially weighed Doyle, 15st, which caused Doyle to drop his hands

Staal, 31st 12th. Mr. C. the

CTEY

are