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PKUSS STATEMENTS DENTED
. BY SIMPSON AND' MANAGER
Charlie Simpson and his manager; Mac
Dhly, ,.callcd< nt thin oflYce yesierdhy ami
denied the sHitcments made by un English
writer regarding Simpson's trip to Amerlea.
Tho paragraph which was published in "Tbd
Herald ' on' Thursday evening, stated- time
Simpson, while in America, was out of work
and homesick.
"The Inaccuracies in- the comments," said
.Timpsnn, "are obvious, but there may bo
icome people who will, heli'ovo t'hem. SI'eknusH
ibrought mc home earlier than' I "anticipated,
hut while in America 1" was kept busy. As
vus published in 'The Herald' whon I'-re-
'Afrncd, I had four contests while- away aud
'inrned good money over each-.. of them."
, '"Charlie made good- In. AineiTen'.-. stated
Daiy, who acted as Siuipron's manager on
the trip;' "and he would . have come, home' a
rich man but for Iris illness. Before we came
away Charlie was signed' up wllh Johnnie
Dundee, and, in addition, he was promiscif a
match with Johnny Kilban'c, featherweight
champion of tho world. S'im'peon was a grim
draw after his first bout, bin aggrcrslve
methods being to the lilting of life' Americans,
(f he had not conic back it might have been
mother case of poor Lcs. Darcy,"
si ydium entertainment- .v
An attractive programme of boxing, and
vaudeville has been arranged- for the enlerv
la lament at the Melbourne Siud'lum' on Wrd-
rif«rlu\' rtvnDlnir UinW'nCftwa'pdyi ivnfl flhmMlG 1
Umpson' will give dirplays with their sparring
pM'tners, nnd in view of their important
.ihampionship match on' next Saturday night;
their exhibitions will arouse interest. U will
be Simpson's first- appearance In action In
public since his return from America. Three
special contests will be' boxed, in addition (o
bouts iir the novice competition.
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