BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1919, Page 1

BOXING.

(Grey Argus.)

Amateur boxing was shown in a very

| favourable light at the Town Hall, Greymouth, on Saturday night, when in the presence of a large number, sixI teen bouts passed off splendidly. There were styles of all kinds, and the variety from the Yankee and the smother methods to those of the old -Mace School, only added interest to the contests. The Association is on the right track in holding these tourneys, as they give promise of cultivating a good standard of boxing among the youth of the Coast, who certainly acquitted themselves ou this occasion surprisingly well. To the older generation the bout between a couple of re»turned soldiers (McLean and “O'Connor”) must have been ns interesting as any, as they stood and boxed in the free open style of yore, that was good to seo alongside the in-lighting and smothering of later days. A Hokitika boy provided a spice of comedy by confining himself throughout three rounds to the smother, without attempting to score points. The story is that he only had one aim—to avoid getting a single face punch—and he jusi about achieved it. He joined the audience every few seconds in hearty laughter over it. His opponent alone kept a serious -face. Garvey, Wilcox, King, Flannagan, McLean, “11. O’Connor,” Long, Duggan, and Arhon were the most finished boxers, but among the others Finnegan and Neilson ('who took what they got well) and the other lads from Blackball and Hokitika) all showed some grip of the science. The “ heavies,” Steele and Teen, in their bout, proved one thing —both can stand up to punching, the like of which, (as the advertisements say) “is seldom surpassed.” In the corners were Messrs Bill Cadman, Sailor O’Dea, Frank O’Neill, Dick Furness Dudley, Mundy and Lousicli, while Messrs Coll aud Oinlin were the official seconds. The referee, Air -Tack Griffon, despite the view that he could have decided a couple of bouts without ordering another round, acquitted himself very well on the whole. Messrs Nissen ,(President), Grogan, (Secretary), and oilier members of the Boxing Association did their best to make the tourney the success it was. During the evening Air Nissen presented the medals won at last tourney to the following:—!?. Wilcox, (light-weight), J. Garvey, (middle) ; D. King, (welter) ; W. Duggan, (feather), and T. Dudley, (bantam). The lioufs were all of three 7-minute rounds and the results were as follows :

Heavy-weight: Draw between .1 Steele and B. Teen.

Afiddle-weight: J. Garvey

Welter-weight D, King. Light-weight: I?.. AVilcox Feather-weight: W. Duggan. Bantam-weight: P. Flamiigan