THE "FIGHTING PARSON."

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1494, 17 July 1912, Page 2

THE "FIGHTING PARSON."

Queensland's "fighting parson," the Rev. llulton Sams, recently contested the light-weight championship'of thot State, the meeting between him and Saunders in that event beihfr described by the "North Queensland Register" as follows:— "The fight between- tho. Rev. Hulton Sams and Barney Saunders was undoubtedly the star attraction of the evening. Mr. Sams opened in his busv wny witli a good right, anil smashed into the fighting. Saunders has thickened out, and koks n stronger lad than he did last year. He is a cool customer, and refused to he Tattled. Sams tried n left, or two at tho body, but Saunders kept nis guard up,' taking no chances of 'a right coming across. Sau'mlers scored a nice right in the middle of this round, and a good left. Sams opened as usual in the second round and had the best of it all through. The third round was really good, heavv. 'fighting prevailing right through, aiid the local lad was out in front at the bell. In the fourth the narain caught Saunders a. fearful clout with a, right swing. It Shook tho local boy and dropped him lie was up at once, and Snm.s tried to win, but was too eager, ire hit wildly ami swung himself clean off his feet, falling heavily, and his head bounded off tho floor. Up again, the porson went out to win, but. he tired to nothing, and Saunders, coming again, scored well at the end of the. bout. It was a fierce rally, well worth peeing, and there was not much m it. The parson led at the start his fine knock-down punch telliii" but Saunders more than pulled this up by the way he recovered, and stood his ground at the finish, while Sams was goat to the clouds. The sixth round was in favour of the parson, and a seventr was ordered. This always seems a si»n' of weakness, but it was' ordered, autl tired and game, they oame out of their chairs to their coffee. Saunders's vouth stood to him. The parson had staked it all m on the sixth round, and he was all 2N? a m i the cx t ra on , p ' « n: l Sunders, fighting close and well, piled ~,p () le points. Sams came into the fighting and did well, but. he had lost his sting" and his rights were slow and badly directed and Saunders won a capital battle fnirlv and decently on his merits. Mr Sam's jumping over to his comer to be amongs'l Hie very first to tender his hearty congratulations It was a slashing good fight, and it is pleasing to, see a local lad win, but it was more pleasing to see the charming grace of the loser, foT it is not given to all of us to ,vell "