Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16

AUSTRALIAN LETTER
All the Fight News From the
Far-off Antipodes.
FRENCH BOXERS FAILURES
Three Out of Four Whipped, Leon
Truffier the Only Man to
Score Victory.
FRENCH BOXERS FAILURES
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
SYDNEY. Australia, December 9, 1872
During the past fortnight the Frenchmen
have been much in evidence at the Sgd
ney stadium. Four Of them have had en-
gagements-Leon Bernstein, Jean Poesy,
Paul TIL and Leon Truffier. Their record
has been three losses and one victory.
the result Of each match being:
Wednesday. November 27-Leon Bern
stein France) was knocked out by Herb
Mccoy, resident lightweight champion of
Australia, in the tenth round.
Saturday, November 30-Jean Poesy
(France) lost on points to Frank OGrady
(Australia), after twenty rounds.
Wednesday, December Paul Til
(France) left the ring after ten rounds
with Sid Sullivan Australia).
Saturday, December Jimmy Hill
(Australia) threw the towel in the ring to
Leon Truffier (France) after the seventh
round.
Herb Mccoy, the Melbourne light
weight, who is meteor of the present
season, remains decisively the best of the
resident Australian lightweights, and he
will certainly. give Hughie Michigan a very
tough battle when that champion comes
back. Mccoy has shown improvement.
both in punching power and In skill.
When he first was introduced to the Sgd
ney Stadium this year he had a very
scratchy left. but he now uses it as an
effective lead, and can cross with the
right in a way to stagger any lightweight.
Further. the boy Is a born fighter, full of
courage and eagerness, and with won
derful stamina and recuperative power.
However hard he may be punched in any
round, the minute interval before the
next one sees him SO speedily recovered
that he commences again, apparently as
fresh as when he began. This year in his
appearances at the Stadium he has made
solid money running into thousands in
pounds sterling. He celebrated his new
aff1uence by getting married a week be-
fore his match with Bernstein, but matri-
mony evidently increased his readiness
for the ring. He was much too good for
Bernstein. and the contest was one-sided
except for the fifth round, when some
brilliant work from Bernstein staggered
Mccoy, and made 1t look for few mo-
knocked out. The sixth round. however.
saw Mccoy fully recovered. and in the
next few rounds he went in with the air
Of a man who was determined to finish,
and he succeeded fairly easy.
Bernstein's most aggressive weapon
was a right swing. and he sacrificed much
to bring it of. He took punishment he
might have avoided in order to get
position for that right swing. but when
he delivered it II was seldom effective.
On the other hand, the lightweight cham
pon's left seldom seemed out of Bern
STEMS face, while right crosses and
swings landed on his head with almost
monotonous frequency. And these meth
DDS were varied by heavy right rips to
the body Round eight was nearly Bern
stems last. for. taking two right swings
on the head as though he did not feel
them. Mccoy got into close quarters and
bombarded the Partisan about the head
and BODY with right and left jolts and
uppercuts. Bernstein emerged from the
rally with a wilted appearance. The
minute revival Bernstein, and boxing
with care through the ninth round. he
took no more harm. but the tenth was his
undoing. Mccoy brought him down with
q sharp right Jolt. and Bernstein was
out" The referee (Arthur Scott stop