BOXING.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20101, 3 December 1930, Page 15

BOXING.

CANTERBURY WINS SHIELD. CONTEST WITH OTAGO. The boxing contest between teams repre* tenting Canterbury and Otago for the Walrongoa Shield was held in the Oivic Theatre last night. There was a fair attendance only, which included quite » number of visitors froin the south. The Canterbury team won tho shield by securing six wins to Otago's one. One bout was a draw. The boxing was not quite ab good as might have been anticipated at such a representative competition, but there were several really first-class fights during the evening, and the audience was not slow to show its appreciation of those bouts. During the evening the president of the Chrißtchurch Amateur Boxing and Sports Club, Mr F. E. Grahara, presented the medals which had been won at the 1930 Canterbury championships. The club had carried out arrangements for the contests very efficiently, and there was not a hitch throughout the evening's sport. The referee was Mr J. D. Hutchison, and the judges Messrs E. J. Corcoran, C. P. Agar, C. 8. Thomas, and W. E. Mouldey. The following were the results:— FLY-WEIGHT. H. Cullimore, 7st 71b (Canterbury) bea«t M. Anderson, 7st 61b (Otago). Cullimore set out to win by the short route in the first round, and for half a minute An derson was beaten back and badly bustled by a barrage of left and right hooks. However, he kept his head, and was holding his own at the end of the round. The second round was slower than the first, and Anderson collected points with stra-ight hitting and clever countering. Cullimore was inclined to hit with the open glove and was warned by the .referee. Anderson was going at his besl in the third round, and although younger than his opponent fought very coolly. CuJli more's superior strength allowed him to carry mnr« "-tins in tho round, and he won comfortably, but Anderson weathered the' stomal and was a- puicky loser. BANTAM-"WEIGHT. J. Richmond, Bst (Otago) beat W. Davey. Bst l£lb (Canterbury). Davoy did not have it all his own way in the first round, and although he trapped Rich-

mond in a corner one® and landed a heavy left swing, he was made to miss frequently, a»nd Richmond scored with straight lefts and rights. The second round was a repetition of the first, with the Otago boy landing with a straight left to the head, the speed of which was boating Davey. Richmond roused the crowd in the third round with heavy straight lefts to the face which had Davey tired and bewildered at the end of the round, and the Canterbury boy did not land one solid punch. Davey could not rally in the last round, and Richmond made a happy hunting ground of his face with a left which Davey could not cope with. Richmond waß given the verdict FEATHER-WEIGHT. P. Hawes, 9st (Canterbury) beat W. G. Leckie, 9st (Otago). Hawes Bailed right in from the commencement of the first round, and within half a minute landed with a lightning left hook, , which travelled no distance but took Leckie right on the po.nt. He went down for four, and came up to be knocked down again for two. Within the next half-minute he was down four times, and was knocked out when ■ the referee stopped the fight. I R. Overend, Bst 121b (Canterbury) beat | P. Webber, Bst 121b (Otago). | Webber, a fast, clever type of fighter, jpened with a two-handed attack in the first round, but Overend checked him with a solid left swing which just missed a vital spot. The round was' a fairly even one. Overend won the second round, forcing the pace throughout ft and landing with both hands to both head and body. Overend's advantage was not a big one at this stage. Overend forged further ahead in the third, but although obviously tiring in the fourth round, Webber fousht a great rally at the end of the fourth round and landed two solid lefts and a right uppercut. Overend went for a knock-out again in the fifth, but the Otago boy was very game, and gave of his best, several times stopping Overend's rushes with straight lefts, and once caught him with a very fast right to the side of the head. LIGHT-WEIGHT. C. Buckley, 9st 41b (Otago) drew with N. Moulin, 9st 71b (Canterbury). Moulin and Buckley amused the crowd with two rounds of combined wrestling, boxing, and other antics. The referee warned both men continually for holding, and in the third round there was no improvement. Buckley came to life with a splendid minute's fighting, and by standing Moulin off landed several solid right cross-counters that had Moulin in trouble at the end of the round. The fifth was a great fight from end to end. Buckley rushed out of his corner, but was repulsed in a fast exchange of blows of all descriptions. They fought round

the ring, and at the end Moulin waa plHatf up points with a series of straight lafft* Both were tired in the sixth and final round* but were giving blow for blow at the finish, The deciison was announced as * Moulin was a little unlucky, WELTER-WEIGHT. G. Forward, lOst 41b {Canterbury) heal G. Hart, lOst 2lb (Otago). There was little between the two in t&a first round, which was confined in the Hain to heavy exchanges to the body at elosa quarters. Forward concentrated in a body attack in the second, and the Otago man was tired at the end of the two minutes. The third round was even going. The Otag* boy gained points for straight hitting, bu* Forward kept up the pace, and relying on a right hook to the head and body, won the fourth round. Both sought clinches throughout the fifth round, which was a tame affair. The Otago man fought a losing fight in the last round, in which Forward landed heavily to the head and body with a right, and was given the verdict. MIDDLE-WEIGHT. T E. Pocock, list 21b (Canterbury) beat Drew, list lib (Otago). Drew was a pound lighter than Pocock, but he was inches taller, and built like 800 Fitzsimmons. The first and second rounds were rough and ready, and did not stimulate a great deal of enthusiasm. - The third and fourth saw a little improvement, and Pocock a little further ahead on points. The Otag* man did not show any real attack, but Pocock could not wear him down, and he even smiled, in the imdd'e of a thrashing he was receiving in the final round. Drew was certainly a game loser, but the decision for Pocock was the only possible one. HEAVY-WEIGHT. 0. Gardner, 12st 21b (Canterbury) bea% W. Watson, list 111b (Otago). Gardner was content to box his man is the first round, and in the second Watson, made most of the going. In the third, Watson waded in and tried to trade blows witk the New Zealand champion, but he was well, gone when the gong saved him. Gardner connected with four right hooks in tueoession. and Watson was very groggy. The fight was fast and furious in the fourth, but Watson flagged, and with two uppercuts and a terriflo right Watson was down for a count of nin*. He rose and landed a right swing; bat Gardner had him in trouble again when the gong gave the Otago man relief. Gardner punehed Watson all over the ring in tlfc» fifth round, and just before the end of it the referee stopped the fight and gave fta verdict to the Canterbury man.