BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 9

BOXING.

•y ; , ;^: fitfNNIN6S ; i)EI?EiTS ; TURNER.; V; : : : ' : ' ■ .At -the. Boxing! Association's '.carnival :at'' Au<!kiand, : on ltdhday, Oyehing,.! tlio attraction.df th'e'evenirig;was the fifteen, rounds professional .contest .between "Bob" Turner, of Australia;-'and■•H.urinings;;,of H.M.;-Navy,■'■ for a purse 0f,'50 sovs. :'.ln addition .to' tho star item,- Ross 'find Cran'o, Pembeiftiiy and Cotterall,:'Scasav -and (Olson,*!; and: O'Brien and Veal boxed.ior;trophies pi'dvided.by..tie.association, .Crane;-Pembcrthy,. Olson",'.and O'Brien; win-, ning. ■-■■■_ The.principal event .went' tho-.. full •fifteen rouiltls, and. at the .finish' iHuhnings./got tho (verdict,. a.;decision .which was: rather> ad-! yd'rsoly ".received.:j Tho , judges .evidently:'gav,e : •Hnhiiingsja.lot of dre'dit'for, his leads,- which, however, did very little damage; in the main gdingV over .Turner's "shoulder dry round, his head. -Tuinbrj gave a'; clever display, .but, > according to'an' Auckland paper, ho'had only himself to . blame •' '-■'"for' ;: the' ; decision; going, against him, for'he would not go in and fight, being content to:smothori and let his'opponent i do all'the .leading, \while r.ho was- hooted, continually dot lying on his: man ,in ithb clinches. Probably; .sentiment '.'makes .one'{pleased - that the sailor.-won,but when it 'is reduced to cold, i hard facts, onoiban -only/ express the. opinion i.that Turner was .much thecloverer of tho. pair, (and at no .part, of : the contest did Hunning's (appear, to-have'him. beaten"; • ..;...' '; ~ "Tho -weights l wore nnndunced as .-Hunnings i9st.UlJlb., and Turner'lost;,4lb.,.although the latter'-.looked heavier, but was' not in the:best i6f{condition; being a'bit;on the fat side. "When thoyV shaped up •* lor.' tho; first ' round' the. men were ;■ ■ Willi matched ;as" .regards''height. " Hun* nings wosfirstto lead,' swinging a right which wont' ovbr Turner's shdnlder. Hunnings'then shot a 'straight left,• Tumor -countering, and then sending in a right to the chin, Huntings retaliating 'with■" a rib roaster, but; there was very little* damage..dond.. . :. .': !The'fight,'.round bj-.-rdund,- was: practically a. repetition of 'tho, first, .Hunnings 'swinging a right,- And occasionally scoring with his 1 left, while Turner smothered and clinched, fighting mainly for the -body, and; this -prevailed' lip :to:-the'ninth round.. ■':-: •• In thp ninth round; Turner loosened up a bit,; and,/'after;Hunnings had sent a right to the; jaw,. which Was tod; high up to '■ havo a bad effect'.Turner got in and scored heavily witlrboth hands, and .tho sailor was making heavy, weather of it, and, had Tumor followed up his (advantage, the fight would have ended then; but Hunnings weathered the-storm, cominc up greatly refreshed fdr tho tenth round. From now to*, the end, Turner appeared to hold,the. upper hand, but took no risks, and was Content to stand off his man, evidently un,dor. the impression he was • winning'- com. fortably. ' .-Mr. T. W.;Brown' was (referee. ,(' ;. i . . : THE. SOUTHLAND'TOURNASIENT;'. , ' ...ID* 'foloßrnoii.-Prein 4««oelnil«n.t ; Irivercarotll, September 22.' ' Tho following are tlio results of the Boxing Association's, touriiamont-— • . Light-weights. i ~Newall ((Invercargill) beat ■Saunders (Dunedin); Konheally (Invercargill) beatßoss (Wyndham); li'Quarrio, a bye. .Foather-woights.—Adams beat X co; Thomson beat Jarrett; Jarvis beat H.' Robinson (Dunedin). ■~■'.■- "' V , :-•■•'■- /Welter-weights,—Rose beat Heriot; Hammond beat Broad; Ferns beat Moiiv,: .■.".■■ • Heavyweights.—Stark, beat M'Quo; llaldney (Dunedin) beat' M'Dermott; Rollins heat D. Eyan; M'Ddnald, a;l*ye. ......