El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-25
AUSTRALIAN SPORT
HELPED BY YiNkS
Visit of Americans Arouses
Increased Interest in
Boxing.
By T. S. Andrews.

Sydney. Australia, Feb. 1O.-CBy
which many supposed was on the wane
for a time, is really in better shape
than for years, and If one or two high
class men in the heavier classes could
be developed, it would have a big
boom.
The advent of the American boxers
last October instead of hurting the
sport, as many imagined has been
just the reverse, and really has helped
it greatly, despite the rawlings of a few
writer's on boxing. The crowds at the
Stadium in Sydney, conducted by Hugh
=. Mcintosh, have increased. and the
same holds good at Brisbane in Queens
land; in fact, there are two big clubs
at Brisbane now At Melbourne the
sport has been neglected because the
large Stadium there was torn down
10 months ago, and only small shows
have been held. However, Mr.. Mcln-
tosh has secured a fine site in the
heart Of the city, and plans have been
completed for covered arena, which
will be completed in May. Then Mel
bourne will work in with Sydney. At
Kalgoorlie, in West Australia. up in
the mining district. a big club has
been formed. and in the future bids
will be made for big contests Not
only that but at Freemantle and Perth,
also in West Australia, a syndicate
has been formed to erect big stadium
and work in with Mcintosh in secur-
ing star attractions. With all these
big clubs running it does not l0oz
as though the sport is on the decline,
and besides, the government officials
believe in the boxing game. as long as
it is properly conducted, and the peo-
pie certainly want 1t. for crowds OF
5000 persons at a big contest is
common.
At most of the smeller clubs week
" competitions are being held, and
this is doing much to develop a better
class of boxers. The entries are al
WAYS large. and it will not be sur
prising to hear of Australia again TAX
ing her place at the head Of the list
Prince Goes "IncOg."
II is a well known fact that most
Of the British royal family. that is,
the male line, has a great liking for
boxing The late king Edward was
lover of boxing, and the prince OF
Wales attended many of the bouts OF
the National Sporting club in London.
1t remained for prince Leopold of the
British royalty to have a real exciting
experience at a boxing match, and one
he will never forget. At the Claboy1
Smith contest in Sydney, January IA,
prince Leopold attended "incog. He
did not want to be recognized, so he
mingled with those in the five shill-
ing seats In the eleventh round rail
began to fail in torrents. but the
prince was so tightly wedged in that
he could not move, or get out. and
there is some doubt whether he cared
to- for the battle was so exciting that
probably not half a dozen persons Of
the 1000 present left the arena The
prince remained till the end of the
twentieth round. soaked to the skin,
but never let out a whimper.
Hugh Ward Sees 1t.
The experience Of prince Leopold was
not the only one that night. Hugh
Ward. the American actor. was deter
mined to see the bout although he was
putting on The Girl from Rector's"
at the Palace opera house, taking the
part of Prof. Maboon himself Hugh
had a period of 35 minutes he was off
the stage between the second and
third acts, and he engaged an auto
mobile to race to the Stadium and
back, figuring he would have % min
uteS at the fight. At 9 o'clock Ward
rushed to the Stadium and saw five
rounds, taking an extra two minutes
because of the excitement and rain
Then he rushed out and told the taxi
man to speed her up. The taxi driver
d1Q, DuI was stopped dl Darling
Hill by policeman for speeding. Hugh
had on his Scotch costume and poking
his head out of the window told the
copper he was in a great hurry. The
policeman thought Ward was a mem
Der Of the Scotch commission, which
was in the city at the time, and after
begging his pardon permitted him to
rush along. Hugh reached the theater
and rushed in just as he heard the
call man" yelling out for ''Wardr'
In his haste he rushed upon the stage,
but forgot to put his wig on, and he
was also soaked. Someone in the gal
1ery caught on and yelled out: II say,