The Washington times., 1921-11-04

Not being much OF a drawing card1
In his. own country Godfrey sailed for
the Philippines, where he met the late
Kid Dencio. Dencio was at the top
OF his form at that time and he polished
off the skinny Australian In short
order. This defeat 30 discouraged God.
frey that he retired from the ring and
went back to working at his trade.
Like Bob F1tzsimmons. the most fam
Gus Of the Australian fighters. Godfrey
was a blacksmith. ....t
Godfrey Wins by X. O.
After working at the anvil for year
or more Godfrey was approached by
the manager of the Stadiums. Ltd.
with a proposition to box a younsster
who was Just beginning to show trace
of form. Godfrey declared that II was
no use asking him to return to the
ring as he was convinced that he could
not make good. However. the pro-
moter prevailed upon him to accept
the bout and to the SURPRISE OF God
frey and the promoter as well II drew
a capacity crowd. Godfrey won with
a Knockout In the third round and
from that time on he continued TO be
a success.
II was only recently that Godfrey.
who had held the featherweight title
for years, grew heavy enough to fight
In the lightweight division. He quail.
fled for a championship match by de-
featinR Lew Edwards. and then In the
match with Stone for the title he won
easily, although he could not stop the
veteran.
This is the first time In seven years
that the Australian title has been held
by a native son, Stone. New Yorker.
a.. al hn wing hald
the crown between them for that
period.
That Australia has lost the habit
Of developing great ringsters Is seen
by the number of veterans at the head
Of the various classes. Since George
Cook went to England to battle
Georges Carpenter the best heavy
weight In Australia Is none other than
Colin Bell.
Bell was in this country about ten
years ago and proved to be the worst
kind of a false alarm. At the present
time he is over forty years Of age,
bald and grey. and yet he outclasses
the younger division.
A few months ago Bell won a tour.
nament in which he was opposed by q
score Of youths twenty years younger
than himself. Last August the veter.
an met Lieut. Gordon Coghill, who
had made a name for himself in the
ring during war days. A right to the
jaw knocked Coghil clean out OF the
ring onto the press table, where he
lay until counted out.
Jimmy Clabby Is another ancient
who Is going great guns In Australia,
At the time the latest mail from
Australia was posted Clabby was
matched to meet Frank Burns for the
middleweight title and Clabby was the
favorite in the betting. Burns recent
ly won the title from Tommy Uren.
another old timer. who was through
fighting in this country ten years ago.
Clabby Was Good.
Clabby really was a remarkably
good middleweight at one time. He
appeared a few years before Mike
Gibbons, whom he defeated once or
twice when Mike was a novice. When
Gibbons became good Clabby decided
that this country was no place for
him, SO he sailed for the Antipodes.
where he has remained ever since,
with the exception Of short visit to
America several years ago. Al Nc.
Coy held the title at that time. Clab-
by took him on in a ten-round nodeci-
sion affair and won easily. "...
As a boxer Ciabby was even more
clever than Gibbons, but he was =
lighter hitter. In Australia his skill
f1l al