MANAWATU BOXING TOURNAMENT

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 660, 10 November 1909, Page 7

MANAWATU BOXING TOURNAMENT

;■:.:£ :] .PBA^β ■■•tfn^j-CEABkB.:-'-,;.: ;:.;. :/ -;;^ ' *i-■ ,; jWvi'^'-v.-S^;; ■ .:> V:; ■■.'.-*; good;gathering .assembled at the: .Qpera "i to'witness tbp.tourßaniCßt of vii'iVtßo'Miiiiawtttuvßojfing. Association,' r X'lje jchiefS?? eyent was' the ( ; wn^t.: ■ between'-'. G}»rko pud '■;■:;:.[ XeCJiieV ■-J?re(iminpry■: boipg vbetween A; ~>.!::' Hijyilk'arid/Jager (secretaryv of ;.the .Hawke'a .".'.■"■. -.Bay 'Association)/"' who-' took ■, the -'place ■ of ;;'' ,M'CormiclC-'and/ bpiedvfowr' - rounds,: ': Hayill '■ had; tho best.' of his -lighter .', opponent, • who • : boied. plupkily, but?lacked .qonilitioui .v'.'jL'he re-, ,'■ : feree stopped'thoibout. before the finish:of the ;•;•, .lMt:^nd f ?Hayill ; h'aving'a;long ■' '. .>; \';p'\ '^, : V'OL 'v: ; '> The 'bout:' between '-. Shields,' , , of ■•■ Palmeirston , ■•:-"^'"^:'North^(a?t.),i:-end -''Lppper,,' Ketone '.(SstT: 121b;);' :..-,. •waa.mußh-more'interestinK. 'In ; "theiirßt round V. , : honours, wore , abglut'eyen, 'bsjj'in the second ,:.■.bhiolds -had.the'bestiof matter's;-getting home; ;■;/. '; a 6ouple;pf tiji)ej..\:];ji:!the,third.'roupd, Shields :;,';,: again'pj'oyed 'sujierip):, ! -l)rjngipg'lepper;to'his ■ ■:.:-. inees.,' The.:ipjjrph roupd, Loweypr, 'waa more ;■■'•/ .oypfij' Leppej'.giyipgias much -) lis,,hp receiyed. 7 , v Jftb/' Kftirly 'eyen, teing, if any.■v ,:, thins,;'in; tay^uriijfShields, '. but' both conir : ., ■■:, put'in ; yerytwilling work.. In the sixth '' ; ajiil last rpuhd both'had to'b'e 'sbparated many ; ' '".times. bhioldsVehowed ' the", b.est ■' forpi, :■;anil ■>/ ; ;-,; :j ; ; ; ; ■;. -■:■':]:'.. .:':■;■; '':''\'/ir :"- :: TaiMre4vti?fsats: ; Watclio'rnr."v:'.:'' / ,: i r', /) Q; 'Watchqrp,-.:Palniers'ton!' dos(.\ ; 7lb.); and' :■■.': v .Tsnofed,\ : pßtpnoi(lost. : 81h.);;tneu boxea. ■; Thq •; •'. iif^t ,. round vtas ftbpat -.-. even,' ,'i'ancred; ;fqrcing ■■■.'■ .•■■.'tne paep,.. In secppd,found VVetchprn had ..;,:■:,■'eU.'i^best;. of .p)fttters,va)}d':hail:h|s opponent ■'•/:■■ in:trouble, .pnly'a'clinttvljaving.l'ancreq, .who,' .:,'. got one whiqh nearly' h'nl^ied. tne contest. The :..'.';■ tnird round .was.even tijliliiear.'the end, when :.! honiq■:onr\T{ihcred heayiiy, 'but ; : ;,; thq ,■ gong s!(ye(} the'situation. , Again, .in the' '•'." \ i'otytb.:rpund,..T»n'pred Jjid the best :of the ■■■•'■; e^(ihapge,-pumshi)l3>;W.ntAhorn. : bpth.pn -.Kead '■~. . an4:bp(Jy r . : 'ln-the fifth r.ound.Tancved'had all : '.' of■. it, ■ andi'punished whp ';- ■.-■..; wttS now;plainly:d(?tressed. ;In thb sixth round ■!:■,: .Tnhcref) once.i!nor(j:'ftsserted;hipisel.f ) 'mid>.estab-, '■■ .;•■: lisped. such .a":,'lead" that; the "referee, had '■ no. . :'- 'difficulty in "■ awarding; hjoi thej verdict, which :.'■;■' : WS3 received' with.cheots.; Gpiibrally Bpeakjng, s : ;;' p{ condition. ,::'■'; .'"H y y ; ■ ";V^^hl-io?W%&P^U;;;^pnf est/--;:- ;■'' ?''; ■ '■' 1 :;. Wennnnd ;'and'fiey'itt 'an ; oshibitipn ■".:':'.' : epari"ond some oleyer bpyins. irne. ghqwn,'pnd :: \ >; then •followed ithe : ..:eyent:..of v -the ■■pight'-the ''mfttchJbra'igiO stake,- fifteen routfds, Ij'etvreen ''"'■' '.Clarke :• (lOst; •(•181b.),:'the, : Enßlieh . bpser, ■ apd ■ /;Xeckie (105t,.:13!b.),,}j | wlle-weight.champion of .v: New! Zealand. ;,...T\>Vifir<!t .-and, second rounda ■'-■■■' were .even, 1 .-Xeckjenilohdinß':off; '.The .third V'.;.'round;, was', willing, ;,'bjit>. mcr.tiy ended 'in .' '-'-' ; bUnphes, thefpoints'remaininß nbout.evi'n. In : ;,. tho;. fqnrth,round-.Clark*;. Rot home; nn upner- .:■:: ■; out, otherwise tho round \vns even. ■•■-. The fifth '.v: was-anotlier'.even,Ground,';Cl(lrke,(loing more ',: .leading/' nhd,,pnce. ; ;Botting to his' : opponent's ■J.". 1 ..' ehin.-;-The : sixth',round'was'.' ein'rke's, 'but :,',..: .I.eckie.' evened .'mnttors inithe.sov.enth by get-. ■■•. ting•■■.home';in. t6ning. : fn'*iori:,several times. '■ ■ : Tn thenoxt ;fqnr- -'the best .-'.■■■:V:-'of-;m'Atter?.v.fprning the pqcg'most of the time, '.■'■ ; ; '.;nnd;,seyernl.'°time.s'-boring. I.fckig .op "to tiio . .:':.To:pes.''v,The';.twelfth' antl thirteenth roundii .;. .'".werß.: nbont even,- both ■ men ,f?pttin? . ia : pond :v>! , :'wofk.,:' ; ;The>fourteenth.- ; piid./fift«ent^. rpiirid? ; .\... Xv("f? .tilsn vcyenly ;cdnw?tpd,;;biit \- |?rpnt deal v . ; /, of 'clinching/qcptirreil.v'TlioVreferee declared a '['.'.'■';■: &rftYty^ r •.'.'•.'.''>;-•■, i.~'*'* ::" t,>: .■:.;.': f^: , ;:...::- : : ; ■■■'.