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Show CAN LONDON BOBBIES KAYO NEW YORK'S "FINEST"? BRITISH COPS ARRESTING ATTENTION HERE Can the pick of London's 22,'OOQ Bobbies lick the beat of New York's Finest"? Two of the British bluecoatS, Ham I Mailin, hi avywi Ight, ami Jack Slauley, light-heavyweight, ore going to try it In January when they box at the nma-or nma-or boxing tournament being staged bv the International Sporting club. 1(1 I 1..M AI.D Both are champions. They've llcl ed all opponents through a series of elim-I elim-I inatlon bouts held biveen the many precincts of the London polios depurt- ment. I Of course they pack a waliop AM I policemen get their jobs because tho ban hit. But their interpretation of I the Marquis of Queensberry rules like lnost Englishmen, Is to win n poinis if possible. Boxing is a part of the regular I training of the London BolVies They I have three classes heavy, middle and w elterw eights. "There are no lightweights in Ron-! Ron-! don's police body," according to Inspector In-spector A. J. Sprlggs of Scotland Yard, j who is chaperoning the two boxing j coppers Mailin weighs 195 pounds. ie doesn'l look It in civietf. Also He's Irish He shows It decidedly hi his I brogue and big smile. Stanley's weight d. 16.". pounds. He comes from a clan of fighting Scots. 1 lis ring recprd covers more years than ;that of his- huddle for he's 27 vears old. Both are "full blown" constables, according to the language of the Bob-bier.-, There is nothing of the bruiser type of fighter In their personal makeups-. They're more like gentlemanly Bombardiei Wells, who rislted this country several years ag and fared so badly. As policemen thej hsve excellent records. Their beats are in the heart of London, where they march up and down swinging their clubs in the Jaunty manner that the Bobbies are noted for. , But can they lick New York's "Finest"? "Fin-est"? There isn't a popper. In Cni bis tovn who concedes them a bancc. A -nuie und wallop! That-k wh . bbbbbb! |