Tony ‘Socks’ Byrne thinking about hanging up the boxing gloves

MODEST TONY BYRNE (pictured) is not the obstinate, persistent type. That is probably why you all have not heard of his pending retirement.

After a few more fights we’re told, the Tredagh protege hangs up his gloves. He’s adamantand there are few inducements left in the fight game to make him change his mind.

He has made his contribution to the fight game—a headline contribution for posterity.

FOR the past two years, the Hardman’s Gardens bread deliverer has reigned supreme; he rode the crest of a wave that became bigger and bigger. His Melbourne eclipse cast but a light shadow — if any — on a victory .sequence that won him fame. Any tears that we might shed would be undiluted crocodile. Tony stands on a pedestal. Let him dig in his feet and keep his exalted status—permanently. Why should he jeopardise it in quest of something that is unlikely to surpass in glory his greatest achievements ?

AN Irish evening paper, on Saturday last, gave details of an interview a Pressman had with Mr. Christy Murphy, Chef de Mission of the Irish Olympic team in Melbourne. As readers will recall, Mr. Murphy became ill shortly after arriving in Australia and was confined to hospital during the progress of the Games. Nevertheless, he was in touch with affairs through radio broadcasts and TV, while officials of various teams visited him daily. Although the Germans, Behrendt and Kurchat, were given the decisions in the bantam and lightweight semi-finals over Freddie Gilroy and Tony Byrne respectively, the German manager told Mr. Murphy that both Irishmen won Dick Moore, Bronx, New York, a native of Drogheda and former “D.I.” employee.