BOXING.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11124, 6 February 1930, Page 7

BOXING.

TITLE CHANCE 'THROWN AAVAV. ;i If AY DOAV'N FIAE TIMES. ...MORGAN OV Kill EXCITED. /•'Artio llay, of Hastings... u (-Iterweight professional ■ champion ol New Zealand,, and holder of the “Truth”-" belt, won-on afoul in the fifth round of his - title light with led -Morgan (challenger.) at Hast, rigs on Thursday night. Morgan is the ex-Olynipie welter clrartipioii. 'Hay was thrashed-to a standstill, and was out-boxed, out-fought, and. completely mastered. He was down for dight and six ilv. the third. round, two and eight in -the fourth, and e-ght jn the fifth. As lie was coming no oil that occasion; at,. the- count of nine, Morgan, j,. who Ua'd been standing off, though not in his corner, c ame in -ami ..uppercut,..Jiim, s.uilditig him down again. Hay’s seconds'rushed to support him, and the referee (Staff Sergeant -Major-George O'Leary) held up Haws hand m token of victory.

A MAD DEMONSTRATION

There was absolute pandemonium in. the body of the theatre, and ttiusiderable excitement . at the, •crowded ringside. .ALorgan was held •in !his corner i-'byy his manager, ,and seconds, and tried to break loose.What he was about to attempt cannot be guessed, and it- wfcS a question whether he wished 'to speak to Hay or to strike him. .lie was, how. ever, kept in his corner. Th© decision rests upon the question as to whether J lay was 'technically on his leet or not,’ and the i-iugsiders were pretty evenly divided *>U the matter. Right or wrong Morgan lost Ins light through; excitement, and not through had sportsmanship, it was his delnit as a ' professional title-contender, aml the lease with, which lw' mastered Hay, the mere moral effect of whose l ame is almost a defeat, must naturally have caused a newcomer such -.Morgan to feel great excitement. Tj> t-ho'writer at least it will always remain incredible-that, Morgan act-, ,ied: with deliberate malice. . - * ligUsLng Iris hightiliauded stance, lie jUtfzzlerr Hay from the beginning, ‘atid it took the hcallengej- only two 'rounds to size up his man. Allei that- Hay wast done, and it must, leave been tlie.-wbi'st licking lie ever bad in the ring..; • v v • , r

HAY GETS AVORKEI) IT

Morgan was the stronger and more effective fighter,- a cleaner, crisper, and swifter boxer, a harder hitter, and altogether, cleverer than Hav. Only a "miracle could have saved the champion from r. knockout decision; and lie was at times fortunate in not perpetrating unintentional fouls himself. He was madly excited in more than one round .and rushed his man desi'ieiv ately. Once his knee, obviously without intention, came dangerously into play. ‘ jVI-orgn.n’s (Mr. I . Coniiors) told a reporter after the .fight that lie- had .nothing' -to >av .except that- Morgan was anxious for a return match, preferably in Hastings ft was announced at the theatre tl.nfc Billy Crime, of Australia, wished to meet, the. winner of the Hav-Morgan light. .The audience n,umbered, . about 1400, which, Togetlief with' tlie takings was a record lor the association.