Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-24

On the Ventura Is Pal Moore, who
was in Honolulu several months ago
on his outward voyage. Moore had
four fights In australia. When he
was matched against Hughey Niche
gan the public thought IL was joke,
andssome bets of 20 TO ! were made
against him. He knocked Michigan
down In the first round, and then car.
Red him to whirlwi1d 20 rounds,
| winning the decision. In the return
1 fight Michigan got the decision in 20
rounds, and Moore firmly believes that
/ he was jobbed by the referee. He
became rather soured on the Austria.
liam game, and says that he is mighty
glad to be on his way home, although
| he has nothing but praise for Baker
and his management Of affairs fstic,
Endeavor and Success.
! Continuing his talk on Australian
boxing, Baker said:
Naturally t;sere have been some
! disappointment in, the work which
have tried to do. in conjunction with
my representatives abroad, but, on
the whole, our endeaYor has met
with success. The best heavyweight
In England was p. o. Curran. whom
we cannot regard as having been bril-.
liantly successful out here, and We
were disappointed in Jim Sullivan,
the English middleweight, whose ca
reer stamped him as one of the finest
boxers in the world These were ex-
amples OF the best-laid schemes 60,
ing awry, More recently, Owen Mo-
ran proved himself to have the habits
Of q shooting star-he glimmered. for
a moment and then disappeared But
many successes. 4
Whenever see rivalry between
two men whose competition is one Of
the great boxing questions of the
world, try to get them both so that
they may settle the question in AUS
tralia When the Wells-M Michigan
matches in London made Australia
hot with dispute and excitement, !
got Michigan first, and then negotiat,
ed till Wells followed him. Finding
Summers and sgd. Burns rivals for
welterweight supremacy Z secured
then4 Wne1i Nee Offiliek appeared on
the English horizon and Ray Bronson
became acknowledged as the weller.
weight champion of America, / got
them, so that the question of weller
weight honors for the world might be
finally settled here. Having estab-
lished Dave Smiths claims in Austria.
liza against all corners, Il did not rest
until got McGoorty, with Clabby to
follow, so that Australia might de.
eide also the middleweight champion.
ship OF the world. Now j am after
Carpenter, and I'll not rest till he
comes. 49,.
Australia has also discovered Pat
Bradley, Harry Stone, and Pal Brown,
who take their place among the best
boxers of the world at their weight
Developing Australian Talent.
1T is one of my ambitions to deyel
op Australian boxing, so that Austria
liza may produce champions right
down the line from the heaviest class
to the iightest. believe that the ma.
terial is here for we have race OF
splendid athletic qualities, and al.
ready our quality is being proved
against the champions. of other coun-
tries. --..- 49,. !
MANY methods of improving Aus
tralian boxing appear possible, and |
have tried many Of them. No young |
athlete with the possibilities in him |
need fear that he will go without his |
chance. At Thursday matinees and
In the Saturday preliminaries in sgd. |
ney, and on similar occasions in Mel |
bourne and Brisbane, these opportu-
mites are offered. tried to make the
Wednesday night fixtures in Sydney |
a special field for the development of
less-known aspirants. l ran them for
a time at loss before let them go.
for they were scarcely fulfilling their
purpose.
"a year is not a very long time, but
in this past year | have never lost
sight of the desirability of producing
Australian boxers of the first rank
in every class. Today | am begin.
ming to think that probably the best
method of development in the long
run is to bring to Australia the finest
boxers ! can secure anywhere in the
world. That gives our own boxers eX.
perience, confidence and knowledge,
and helps to advance the general
standard here.
Covering a Continent
a As Mr.. Mcintosh was the first !
promoter to attempt to, bring groups
If international boxers b Australia I
or a long series of engagements, so
? am the first to try to give the same I
displays Of high-class boxing through J
/ chain of Australian cities. This is !
rery different from the task of the t
promoter, who snaps at two !
amous boxers for one engagement, /
md then lets them go. 1t means in '
,essant anxiety, and work without re- l
axation, but. so far, this systematiza-
ion of boxing has proved the best S
hing for the game. 1t is best for the t
'oxer. It rewards the promoter, b
ven though it turns his hair gray; {
md it keeps tue sport clean and h
ound, which is the greatest thing Of +
H. IS
Beginning from the Sydney Stad- t
um. of which | had secured possess f
ion, looked to Brisbane and Mel +
ourne, and in both capitals found v