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Ron Clarke Says...
ONE of the most remarkable angles on the age-old discussion con-
cerning boxer versus wrestler was put forward the other day
by Walter Miller, whom Perth will remember as the "Masked Wrest-
ler" when matmen first came to Perth some years ago and who is
still closely linked with the game in Australia.
Miller says that he once threw
down the gauntlet to Jack Dempsey
when that man was king of the boxing
ring and that Dempsey AVOIDED
HIM!
It happened this way.
A Los Angeles newspaperman
once printed that Miller believed a
boxer could not stand a chance
with a wrestler, not even the mighty
Dempsey.
Things developed and Miller pub-
licly declared that he would be at a
certain gymnasium on a specified day
and time to test himself against
Dempsey.
The place was stormed by the pub-
lic, by pressmen and photographers.
But Miller waited in vain for the
world champion boxer to appear. The
same day the Manassa Mauler entered
a newspaper office, saw Miller, wheel-
ed around and disappeared.
But who is game to say that Demp-
sey was scared?
Ladies In Sport
THE effect of war on sport is par-
ticularly noticeable in those
sports which cater for mixed sexes.
In both local tennis and badminton,
female representation this year pro-
mises to be stronger than it has been
for many years, one reason being that
many married women whose husbands
are on service have more time on their
hands for sport.
Apart from this, however, numbers
of prominent women players of other
years are returning to competition for
the sake of the game itself.
In the entries for the Easter tennis
championships at King's park the
names of Mrs. G. Parsons and Mrs.
G. Murray are notable ones in this
regard.
As Misses Nellie Trewhella and
Myrtle Herbert they were prominent
players a few seasons ago and the
reappearance of both will be wel-
comed by tennis followers.
The women's entry generally is a
gratifying one.
Badminton resumed during the week
and again women were strongly repre-
sented.
Last year's State champion lady,
Mrs. Waring (formerly Miss Sylvia
Styants) turned out for Royals on
Tuesday night and with her sister,
the Stimson girls and Mrs. Jones,
showed excellent form for the sea-
son's opening night.
Mrs. Jones, incidentally, is making a
comeback after an absence of four or
five years. Formerly, as Miss Eileen
Parrish, she was a prominent player
in State championships and held a
doubles title with Miss Betty Jamieson
(now Mrs. D. Barton).
Mr. and Mrs. Barton, both leading
badminton players for many years,
are now located at Lawlers, and prob-
ably they'll introduce the game up
there.
T. Outridge, Jr.
IT doesn't seem long since members
of the Subiaco Football Club drank
the health of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Out-
ridge on the occasion of the birth of
their first child.
The other week the Outridge "baby"
made his first mark in the realm of
sport—a valuable 59 for Subiaco Cric-
ket Club in the C grade final.
Now a lad of 13, Tom Outridge
junior looks like becoming as good
at cricket as his father was at
football. A left-hander, in Darlot
Cup matches he played two not-out
innings for 13 and 15.
Tom jun., incidentally, is the under
fourteen swimming champion of
Aquinas.
Another Fleming
THE name of Fleming appears on
the list of players training with
the West Perth Football Club, but it's
not our old friend Ted, although club
officials hope that its owner will prove
as good as his namesake.
Actually the new Fleming is only a
lad who played with the juniors last
year.
He shows plenty of promise and in
his sound marking and neat left kick-
ing reveals something of the charac-
teristics of the veteran Ted.
The newcomer, by the way, is a son
of well-known trotting trainer and
driver Reg Fleming.
Out Of The Cradle
THEY seem to be robbing cradles
for footballers in Melbourne.
A likely starter for the Melbourne
league side this season is a 15-year
old boy, Mears, who has made a
promising debut in scratch games,
while another of the same age, a
boy named Bryant, has been train-
ing with St. Kilda. Bryant is 6ft.
tall and was champion State school-
boy athlete last year.
Incidentally Bill and Frank Brophy
started with Subiaco in this State
when they were 16 years old and By-
field played in the finals for Clare-
mont last year at a similar age.
Billiards
AMATEUR billiards in this State re-
ceived a setback last year when its
energetic secretary, Sam Dyson, don-
ned military uniform, but an able sub-
stitute has been found in Bill Hannah.
Bill is one of Perth's best snooker
players and a more than useful bil-
liardist. As acting secretary he can
be depended upon to infuse a lot of
the Dyson enthusiasm into his work
and the game should be kept well alive
this year.
An almost immediate start is to be
made with the interclub competition.
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