BOXING
MURPHY TO MEET MITCHELL. tSy 3M*eWHih.—Sjtwiftl CiiTrsroiiniieoU Mastefton, May 25. Doimy Murphy, of Master-ton, "has accepted an offer by flic Hamilton B<ix> im Association to meet Mitchell, wci toi'-iv-eifilu, for a purse of £60, O'GHADi" AND HAOIKTiT. A meeting of tlio Wellington Boxing Association was held la-it evening, when the aceonnts of the r-eec-iit- provincial t:li.;inipi«iships at.the Toivii Hall ivero dealt with, ami arrangements completed for the foi'theoiping professional contest ou Jmie-S bHvrecu of Australia,' awl 3. Hagerty, Kght-'iveight-ehampbn of ths Uoininioti, Tiicro were present: 'Messrs. lii, Blumfe]} (prcsittcnt), in the chair, E. Staple.*, 1). HogßSril, H. U. Smith, N. Coffey, F. Gale,' C. 13, i Bridge, K. Daivsou, AV. Pordliaw, W, Cook, B. A. {Suisej and W. U. Talbot(f*on. ■secretary). The statements of receipts and cxpon-. dituro of the ehaiiipisuship taurney ; ' showed a profit of £33, which is to be I handed over to tl;o Carnival C'oinfniti tee, augmented, hy a donation of £15 from the association, thus bringing a total gain to tlto CarDir.il Fund of £50. A cablegram >yas tet-eived from Frank Q'Gfady, dated frwn Sydney on Satou* day last, iiitiroa-tin-g. that lie was leaving for Wellington on that day by the. Mauiigaiiai. The conmiittee then dealt with tho matter of preliin-ma-ries for tlio contest on Jun© 8, and decidcid upon the followhm: —R. Ttttcv v. L. Thomson, at Bst. filb.; W. J. OHivcr v, K. Learv, at Bst. 121h.: W. J. Macffli'lauo-vv J. Smith.'at 10si, For those? amateur bouts it was resolved that the system, of two judges anda referee be adhoreo; to. Mr, Alan .Hamilton Ivor, appointed to the prsueipal ■office, while Messrs.. E.-Staples and H, I), Smith were appointed judges. For the. O'Grady-flagetty roatdi, Mr. T. W. Sampson iva.s appointed referee, and Messrs. Haggard aiid Bridge were appointed oflicinl seedirfe.
Donations of sets of discarded gloves wero made to the following clwbs:— I'etonc, Victoria College, St. Patrick's College, St. Amu's Ciiib, Boys* Institute, and. the To Aro School, MJtBURN SAYL6R DEFEATED. An amusing incident is said.to havo happened prior to tiomnieiidng lmstiKties in iho boxing contest between "Fred.". liaye and "Sl.ilbunj" Saylor. at TiMbottrne, on May It?. Kayo had taken nil his position in the north-eiist corner, and Was seated there when Btonseii clahiied it as being his, and. whilst ■ "Cliatlic'/' Lucas, for -Kay, was arguing the jtoii.it as to why JJronscni should lay claim to it, Kay stood tip and walked to the other angle, meanwhile reittarkins: "Any old corner will do m'c/' At which someone remarked; "Well, J. gnoss it does iwt matter which corner yrm are in. Yei'f frill wot Micro very ksiie;." It so happened, iMwevrt, that Kay fa comparative iwvice) stood up to the all* C'o!i(.(i-i(-riiia A movifwn for the full twenty rounds, at the- Pn<l of which tlui refwovfl had no hesitation in declaring Kay to be the winner on paints.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2158, 26 May 1914, Page 8
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