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BOXING
SNOWY CLARKE'S BRILLIANCE.
The question of .suitable matches
for "Snowy" Clarke presents no
small problem for local promoters.
Ihis champion s speed and cleverness
puts him in a class of his own so far
as local boxing is concerned, and at
his weight, or even considerably a-
bove it, there seems to be no one
capable of effectively coping with him.
Freddie Walsh was the victim for
last Friday. Walsh, who was narrowly
defeated some weeks ago in the
lightweight title bout, with Harry
iirice, has a fair turn of speed, hits
with style and precision, and ever
. fights with a stout heart, might have
been expected to give Clarke a good
run for his money, but despite an advantage
of nine pounds in weight, was
'simpiy not in the running. Clarke
weighed 8.13 and Walsh 9.8, and the
contest was over eight rounds, witn
Bert Bennett third man.
There was little between them in
; the first term. Clarke's left flashed
to Walsh's face severai times, but
Walsh came in-.close, driving to the
body with both hands. From the second
roiuifcLjpftwards, however, Clarke
set .the tempo* and for the most part,
had Walsh on the defensive. At
; times Walsh launched surprise attacks'and
caught Clarke napping to
land some effective blows. Clarke,
however, quickly recovered his poise,
and after using his feet and ringcraft
to nullify Walsh's onslaught,
tame back to pile up points with ripping'
drives delivered at a bewildering
speed. Walsh was in a bawl position
in the fourth as Clarke cornered him
to slam in blow after blow, but gamely
punched Bis way out. The fifth was
the best round"'of the fight, the two
boys exchanging punches with a will
\ Walsh scored with a straight right,
and though jolted hy a left from
Qarke/ came in close to hook to the
head. Taking the lead, Walsh drove
Clarke to the ropes, and rained in a
succession of short-arm jabs, but the
position was reversed as Qarke, with
clean double-handed punching, battled
his way out to drive Walsh into a
corner. The fight might well have finished
in the sixth: "Walsh staggered as
Clarke droye a right-hander to the
head, -and shortly afterwards sagged
to the canvas. • He was up again almost
immediately, but obviously shaky
£nd at' the -mercy of his opponent
Clarke elected to with-hold his fire,
-however, and the end of round found
.Walsh fighting back again, though
with little sting in his punches, f or
die most part of the final rounds,
Walsh was smothering before Cfa.rVe l s
irresistible onslaughts. Shortly before
the finish he again came out of his
shell td swap punches, and following
a nice straight right and a left hook,
staggered Clarke with a beautiful
right uppercut. There was, however,
no* doubt'about the decision in favor
of Clarke
Easily the best of the preliminaries
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Bradman (8.9) and Joe Blakb (9.7).
Bradman is a lad-who has shown imj
proyement with every fight, and on
Friday he put up the best showing ot
his career, giving away some twelve
pounds in..weight, but fighting tiger
Vishly to take the points decision. He
' was assisted by Blake's tendency to
send his punches on a round-about
route, and frequently beat Blake, to
the punch or caused him to miss completely.
Both were willing to fight and
there was plenty of action throughout.
The incessant battery vsjhich
Bndmtan maintained eventually had
its"; effect,- and the heavier man was
?the first to wilt, displaying a tendency
to, hang on .before the end of the
fifth. The last round was fought at
a terrific speed, and Bradman, cooler
and punching more effectively, clinched
a great victory.
Bull McCoy (8.10) was knocked out
by Wally Lingard (9.8) in the second
"term of a bout scheduled to go six
^rounds; Eddie Cain (9.9) won a good
four-rounder from Tommy Ball (9.12);
and Jack Poat (10.12) had no difficultly
in taking the points decision in a
four-rounder with Joe Mack (10.10).
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