BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 104, 25 January 1908, Page 9

BOXING.

(Br Merccbt.) . TW Manawatu Boxing .Association held its second 'tournament iii DevinoV Empiro Hal? in Palmerston last evening, hut at the tima of writing no details of the boxing are to liand, so criticism is hold over until next week, r Jack (Twin) Sullivan, who • knocked out* Bill Squires, was defeated in 25 rounds by A 1 Kaufman on Thanksgiving Day. The contest took, place at' Coif roth's arena, am! it was voted as |>oor a display for .heaviest as has been seen for a long tiyno. Bill Squires is to "have one more chanco. This time his opponent will ho .Jim Flynn, tho. latest victim of Jack Johnson. A promoter up ill lial;e>-;Sf.!:l offered 'a purse of 2500 dollars for. ibo go. Both men accepfccd, and Squires is already in training at Bakersfiold. The affair ..was to haro.taken place on tho night of December 20. but no cable result, or other word has been received; . ..... • '

Webb, champion sculler "of the world, waa presented last Saturday evening at tho Wangamvi Council Chamber by the Mayor with an illuminated address, expressive of tho Waiiganui people's gratification of his attainment of. the sculling proiniersbip. Iu tho conteit at Hull wo had a forcea.it ( of the conditions which must 'bo fncul at a general election. Tliu Liberal «nd tbe So.< cialiste are vying with oach otlmrin their ondeavours to persuado the laatt capable and least educated sections of tho community \ to loojc upon their votes as ammunition to bo used in a war upon property.—"l'all M>J} (laaotto." •