AMATEUR BOXING

Evening Star, Issue 23371, 14 September 1939, Page 5

AMATEUR BOXING

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS TO-NIGHT [Ter United Press Association.] INVERCARGILL, September 13. The semi-finals were reached in most sections of the New Zealand amateur boxing championships this afternoon and evening, and the tournament will be concluded to-morrow evening. There were many lively bouts this evening, but the most dramatic was in the middle-weight division. W. Enright (Southland) and R. Branch were expected to iprovide the best bout or the day, but it was over in five seconds with one blow, Enright using a terrific right hook. In the light-weight bout between M'Girr and Morris in the afternoon the judges gave a wrong decision in error, and in the_ evening they reversed the decision, giving it to Morris. Both are now out of the tourney, however, with injuries. FLY-WEIGHT. B. Maddern (Taranaki) beat W. Drew (Otago) on points. C. Worth (Auckland) beat G. Hastings (Manawatu) on a technical knockout. _ A. Cameron (Rakaia) beat C. Larson (Wellington) by a knock-out. FEATHER-WEIGHT, M. Parr (Otago) beat R. Davis (Waipukurau) on points. A. Byrne (Hutt Valley) beat L. Parsons (Manawatu) on points. L. Pennington (Auckland) beat W. Brown (Southland) on points. G. Thomas (Taranaki) beat T. Baty (Gisborne) on points. LIGHT-WEIGHT. D. M'Girr (Christchurch) boat S. Morris (Wairarapa) on points, H. Calder (Southland) beat G. Bridge (Wellington) on points. T. Dunn (Hutt Valley) beat H. MTvor (Auckland) on points. J. P. Musson (Ashburton) heat G. Toon on points. WELTER-WEIGHT. W. Little (Auckland) beat B. Fairbrother (Hutt Valley) on points. SEMI-FINALS. D. Heeney (Gisborne) beat L. Huzziff (Taranaki) on points. W. Little (Auckland) heat D. Coughlan (Manawatu) by a knock-out. MIDDLE-WEIGHT. SEMI-FINALS. W. Enright (Southland) heat R. Branch (Auckland) by a knock-out. B. Maddern (Taranaki) beat H. Cameron (Rakaia) on points. T Hoggarth (Greymouth) heat C. Worth (Auckland) on points, HEAVY-WEIGHT. P. Schimanski heat D. Mullet (Wellington) on points, A. Lucas (Hawke’s Bay) heat W. It. Kemp (Auckland) by a knock-out. SEMI-FINALS. D, Anderson (Southland) beat P. Schimanski on points. A. Lucas (Hawke's Bay heat 0. Marsh (Greymouth) on points. BANTAM. J. Jenkins (Auckland) beat T, Hoggarth (Greymouth) on a foul. H. Foote (Wellington) beat L. Salmon (Southland) on points. LIGHT-HEAVY, SEMI-FINALS, It, Withell (Ashburton) beat T. O’Gorman (Westport) on points. T. IRollenson (Auckland) beat D. Anderson on points.