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Show HIT Mil! A friend of Jimmy Clabbj. Tim! Somers. has Just returned trom the j Antipodes with the news that tho one-, time great middleweight boxer Is co-l ing to mke Australia his home. Som-j I era says: 1 "Jimmy Clabby isn't going to quit j the ring, but will make ills home atl j Napier, Australia in the future. He I was married last May to a New ZtJa-! ZtJa-! land girl. Jimmy seems to be as good a drawing card as ever. He draw down from 300 to 400 pounds every time h fight?. rh game It. going to II be good in Sydney ami otner spots, so he can keep as busy as he likes. Clabby Clab-by is pretty well fixed financially1, j having been careful of his coin In the ; last few years. That batch ot Amen- can fighters which has been touring Australia didn't do the game mucn good, tor they were an inferior lot. I Australians liKe the little fighters best and tlock to them. Tney bet on boxing "a groat deal, but Keep the I game exceptionally clean." I TENNIS CR1 1'lC. I The Davfs cup isn't going to be so j easily brought uack b the American team ot stars now a-broad, according to a French critic. Here's wnat he says about Andre Gobert, tnc Picardy net comet: "Andre Gobert may must tne nopea, of all contenders for tho Davis trophy cup. He Is one of those big men who uses his aize to advantage. This capacity capa-city accounts for 50 per cent of his genius. The other huif of nis power . is in the perfection of his stroke and the intelligence to exploit it tactically, un the- sorvlce line his volley practice covers both side lines. On tne base line his drive reduces automatically the angle of the most angular cross-court cross-court length ball. ' High volleys he makes at a height of elgnt feel." j KID McCOY. New Yorks new boxing law Is bringing out-a swarm of match-makers. Kid McCoy, hero of other days, Is among them. The Kid says: "In arranging a card I will do Just as the vaudeville managers do, put on bouts of all kinds, so that each fan is sure to see something he likes. L'or instance. I'll match a slugger against a boxer, as that generally makes a I good fight and gives the most satisfaction. satis-faction. Then 1 will mulch two sluggers slug-gers and two clever fellows. That will make a variety bill just like vaudeville. vaude-ville. 1 will take care to havo boxers from all divisions, so it won't be a lopsided lop-sided bill." |