Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-20
THEY CANT
KILL BOXING
in AUSTRALIA

| Uncle BilP Naughton, dean of the
fight critics, writes interestingly on
the future of the glove game in Aus
tralia, and seeing that he halls from
the land of the kangaroo, carefully
reads the Australian exchanges, and
gets latest bulletins from returning
fighters, Uncle Bill should be pretty
well posted on the subject.
The following remarks by Naughton
are from the San Francisco Examiner
of recent date:
Australia Is trying to corner the
boxing market. The game of the
glove is in a highly flourishing con-
dition out that way and the prevalence
Iof @paImy days has caused new.
clubs to form and new stadfums To-
spring up like mushrooms.
Naturally competitions is keen IN
THE scramble for talent pugilists the
world over have been offered Antipo-
dean contracts at reInunerative rates.
Georges Carpenter, the FrenchmaIl,
who defeated Bombardier Wells, is the
latest to accept an engagement from
/ the Sydney matchmakers, according
| to all accounts. and he will be on
hand in the city named to box Eddie
McGoorty or some other opponent at
Easter time.
Here In this country numbers Of
boxers of note and quite few of the
other kind are recipients of Austria
Ian offers and are In doubt as to the
advisability of accepting them.
Not SO long ago the Rushcutter's
Bay stadium had the field to itself.
Now two other full-sized stadiums -
the Olympia and the Newtown- have
been built on the outskirts of Sydney
and still others are projected.
One of these will be the headquar-
tiers of the National Sporting Club of
Australia, which has Just been formed
and which has capital of a quarter
million dollars.
Under the circumstances the fact
that the Australian natchmakers are
raking the globe for fighters is MOTH
| ing to marvel at. 1t is to wonder,
however, what the effect Of the ring
renaissance will be- Common sense
suggests that some of the stadfums
viii have to go out OF business before
very long. - ,..r~
"Ref0rmerSo Busy a.
Already those who are constitu-
tionally opposed to boxing in Austria
ia are viewing with alarm the rapid
spread of boxing halls. Recently a
Ideputation from the Public Morals
Association waited upon the lord may
or of Sydney to object to the granting
of lease of the exposition building
| by the city council to a man who in
tended TO use the place for conduct
ling glove contests. The members Of
1.-THE deputation assured the lord mayor
they were not opposed to Legitimate
sport" The spokesman said: We
are not kill-joys. We have not come
to. decry anything that makes for
physical development. On the con-
tFaFy, we are enthusiastic supporters
of all forms of athletics It is the so
called boxing matches we object to-
The insinuation that boxing is not
a form Of athletics" is about as Sc
we're an arraignment5 as the sport of
the ring has been subjected to. How
ever, the lord mayor informed the
members Of the deputatfon that the
city council would, in all probability,
word its lease so that boxing for
money prizes would be forbidden
!; Every once in a while there is agf-
tation against boxing in Australia, but
those who are responsible for it make
little Roadway. The Investment Of so
much money in stadium building
shows that the glove game is on a
sound footing and that the promoters
fear neither killjoys nor nnarsports
If Carpenter goes to Australia as
announced it will interfere materially
with the plans of Gunboat Smith.
Manager Jim Buckley is expecting a
fcablegram containing the news that
Gunboat's terms for a match with
Carpenter in Paris have been accept
ed and takes little stock In the re-
port that Georges is about to take the
Iout-trail
There was quite discussion II the