IN THE RING

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 201, 25 September 1929, Page 5

IN THE RING

M1LITARY R0X1XG TOURNAAIEXT. SUCCESSFUL FIRST NIGHT. ; Tho aunual cadet and territorial | boxing touniament. which was lield in | tlie Hastings 1 Ari 1 1 JJall last night, ; was an outstanding siiccess. The j entries recoived were exeeptionally i large — so large in iact that last night no less than 21 bouts, each of two two-minute rounds, were put th rough. All the eontests were staged under ariny lmxing rules, the competitors being represented by colours, red and green, rather than hy naine, and thc winner was denoted by the holding np of the desired coloured flag. ; The bouts were roferecd hy Captainj AI. E. Johnson, Al.C., and Lieutenant j F. E. Ivimoy, and wero presentod in two classps, novice and open. for both j cadets and territorials. The judges wero S.S.Af. ,T. H. Ivearney, Alessrs J. I). Donovan, S. Glendining and J. Hai ris. Sorgeant-AIajor G. O'Leary was annouiicer and Al.C. X"o weights were given, simply tlie comiiany heing aunoimced. Tlie seini-linals and linals will he dociiled to-night. Willi oue or two oxccjit ions. the wholc of last night's competitors were noviccs. Tlie results were as follows CAD1CTS. Paperwcigbt.

j 1). Exeter A Co. v. -). Ilargreaves C i Co. — Tliese lads niixed it lrom ihe I starl and were very even. Exeter, j however. had the hardcr punch, hut I Hargreaves the more aggressive. There i was little hetween them. Exeter was j Ihe winner. j Flyweight. ' S. O' Neill C Co. v. G. E. Harris A ; Co. — There was plenty of "stoush" in i this. O'X'eill heing the hetter hoxer. 1 He sccnred a popular verdict. j K. AYalkcr C Co. v. F. Brown A ' ! Co. — Brown had a big aclvantage in | reach hut Walker was game and aggressive and infiieted a lot o" punish- , ment. Tlie verdict went his way. Bantamwcight. : R. Simley C Co. v. P. S. O'Rourke 1 A Co. — O'Rourke was mueh too fast and olever for his opponent and witli a punch to tlie abdomcu had Simley ( down for the coimt in the first rouncl. Featlierweight. 1 S. E. Esam C Co. v. F. Walker A j | Co. Fircworks markcd the opening of this bout. No quarter was asked or cxpected, Esam especially being very aggressive, rel'usiiig "to give liis opjioneiit a moment's peacc. Walker , stuck to liis gims gainelv through a gveat round. The second was a repetition of the first, Walker putting up a game cxhibition, but before tlie end, the referee stopped ihe eontest and declared Esam the winner. S. Duke C. Co. v. E. Rolander AY.E.L. Duke liiul tlie greater heiglit and reach, but was also something of a contui'tioni.st, liis riim antics Iiighly amusing the crowd. There was _ not much hetween them, lmt Duko finislied strongest and secured the verdict. L. Gerrard (AY.E.L.) v. F. L. Arurpliy A Co. This was anotlier wliirlwiud battle. Gerrard being tlie aggrcssor, with liis hard left. In the second round, however, it was Afurphy who forced the pace, hut lie could not keep out of tlie way of that left. It was a good serap, won by Gerrard. Semi-finak L. Gerrard (X.E.L.) v. A. Bower C Co. Bowcr was the better hoxcr but Gerrard was very aggressive and did all tlie leading. Bower did much bctter in the second round seoring well rvitli his straight left, but there were few thrills in the bout. At the end there was nothing hetween them and an extra lialf minute ivas ordered. Tn tliose 30 secailds Gerrard forced tlie pace and Bower retuliated and nt tlie end tlie verdict went to Bower. It was a. popular win. Lightweight. F. A. Lowe C Co. v. G. W. Baird. Lowe liad a big pull in hcight and reach. Botli "were like a pair of tigers, I hitting anyAvlicre and ci'crywhere and ! at the end of the first session hoth were done to a standstill without a punch left. They couldn't even push ; eaeli otlier ovcr. Away they went again like tigers in the sccond spasm, which rvas a repetitiou of tlie first. j hoth simplv fighting hv instinct hut game as they are made. Lowe was i the winner. •T. .T. Calnan GY.E.L.) v. L. R. i ATurrow A Co. Tliis was tlie star turn J of tlie even ing Afurrow set out to '*fix'' Calnan witli oue punch. hut Calnan ' ducked and Afurrow saw stars when he toppled over. T "p he got and again - he turned a Nomersault over his opponent. T"n once inorc. he was knoek- j e(l down twiep onlv to get up and i oiincli Calnan through Hie ropes. - Climbing hack. t'u? ]iair went at _ it again hammer and to'1rrv and this timo | r'aln'n clickcd. and Afurrow went out for the oount.

AYoltorweight. AY. Good all ,('. CoA v. L. Greenfield «\ CoA. — This w-is a hurricano affnir. | Goodall going a'l out for an eaCv j knoek out. lmt GroenfipLl fought hack. j There wero more fivnvorks in tho see- ' ond, with Greenfield tlm better hoxer and Ge-ulall fighiiim himself to a standstill. He uo-tbered the storm, however. The verdict went to Greenfield. TERRTTORT ALS. | Foatliorwoight. H. Aforgan (AI.G. Co.) v. D. ARKee lAl.G. Co.'i. — AIcKeo proved him- : self the hetter hoxer and secured the verdict. after an intoresting, hut not exciting bout. , A. Torran GAf.RA v. C. AfcTvee CAI.G. 1 Co.). — A'erran had tho advantage of heieht and reach and also possessed a j solid punch. AfcTvee. however, scored j well with his left and in the second round liad A'erran on tlie run and missing hadly. Tt was n good eontest, rvith AlcTvee a popular winner G. Lewis (Af.G. Co.) v. B. Stallard (AI.G. Co.). — Lewis was the possessor of the most science, hut ^tallard rvas a heavy puncber. Science, however, told lts tale and Lewis rau out an easy winner on points. ' I Lightweight. O. Kemp AI.G. Co. v. F. Bennie 6th. F.A. — Kemp was forced to smother a lot by his aggressive opponent but he stuck to his guns. although he took »a lot of _ pnnishment. Bennie was an easv winner. T. Wilson Af.G. Co. v. D. McKonnio N.E.L. — AAilson had a big pull in heiglit and reach. lmt AfcTvennic was a veritable tornado and had liis blows

landed early it would soon have been all over. His direction. however, was bad. Tlio second session was the firsfc repeated, with AlcKennie shooting wikl blows in all directions, it being AVilson's reach and height that savcd him from getting into serions troublc. AlcKennie was the winner. AYeltcrweight. R. AY. Horne AI.G. Co. v. B. Duke (Al.R.) This was a fireworks cxhibition. Both wero out for an earlv finish and both took a great deal of pnnishment, Horne being dropped as tlie first gong sounded. Jn tho second ell'ort, both again went "all out," wiih Duke doing the best work hut Horne attacked with vigour and turned tlie tables. haviug Duke on the defonsive as tlie gong went. Tlie verdict went to Duke. Aliddlcweight — f'mul. t T. Hunter AT.R. v. AY. J. Burton j Af.G. Co. Burtou was a wholc licap | too good for his opponent and the bout i was rcally a *'spar'' for him. Jt was, however. (piite an intoresting cxhibition, Hunter nnikiug a very game ell'ort.