BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1924, Page 1

BOXING.

[nv Tia.t-atitAi'ti —l'Eii rnitss association.]

BON I N< : Ci! A.'.l PH )N->1 Ill'S. WELLINGTON. Aug. II

Tl-ore was a large aUeinhence at the Town Hail lu-night. when the New Zealand Boxing ( pioll'hips were i-otnmeneed. The results are as follows: Middle-weight F. Budget 11-t----(Southland) oiitp linte l A. Mcpnail I 1.l I (Canterburyi. after an even t"iir rounds. Pailget doing most of the leading. FI v-weight I. Taylor 7.'J (Auckland) scored a technical 1-f. ck-o’.il from (' Ho-kins 7.S'. (Wellington). Taylor wa' lunch strong.’r than hi> opponent. I-Ty-I. eight. - j. 1 e-kie _7.!1 .Dl-.go) outpointed C. Brosnaliaii i Jlf ((aoleiliury). niter a hard contest, in which the Otago mail showed a bctler knowledge of boxing. H was a line hunt. Bantam-weight The judges dis-a”|-ei d in the limit, hetwi-en A. Yt'dinol svj (Hawke’s Bay) and Neil Keily 7 I; >1 (West Coast), and the decision was given to the lornier. v.liieli met v. il ll e hostile I'ecept ion. I!antain-wei”hi I'. (trilliihs ; (Otago) I'-'ci’ived the referee’s verdict, allt r :i ilis'i'-crt'citH'iil l*.v tin* .). O'Sulliveii S.i: (Am after a good exhibit ion of boxing. Feathei-weight F- L. Drew. S Ult (Olaga) nulpoinied F. Richaulson S.7 '. (Hawke’s Hex), alier a tame cntl-te-l in wliieii the winner did the inn-.t all aching. .

Feethcr-wcight- H- Bhick (Wellington) defeated D. Armi-haw ( Auckland ). Light-weight R. Troweti lAui-,t-land) defeated Ivan Scarfe (Hawke’s Bay). j i’dit-weight.—l. Kmdley (Otago). deleiUed T. I loopef (Canterbury). _ I ight-’veight. lington defeated Paseue (West- ( oast). Welter-weight—X. McKnight t Auckland) defeated 11. Cotter (West Coast). Middle-weight.-F. Budget Otago) defeated A. Alephail (Canterbury). Middle-weight—V. Dro-nuhan (Canterl.urv) was unahl” to make the IV, -i dll a1.'.l d’-laillled to L. O Nelli (West Coast’).

N.Z. ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON. Aug. II

The lir.-t annual meeting of the recently eoii-litmetl New Zealand Boxing Association was held to-dev. Air C. I-'.. Saunders (Auckland) presiding. Il was decided not to receive the annual report of the New Zealand Boxing Council, and that the licmhpaarices of the Association he at Wellington. The election of ofhcci's risulteil: Yin,'-lVi-si,louts: F. J. Campbell l Dunedin) and A. P. Whatman t Master!on) : Members of the Cmim il : G. A. Dawson !•'.. Blundell. <L U- Ahlri’ilge. J. Simpson. D. R. H'nggard. Dr AL Evedy. Colonel R. J. Beer,’: Appeal Coninmtee. A. !’. Craig. C. R. Alerclith. 11. R. MeKenc.ie (Auckland i. and R. W. AlcVilly. The President of the Wellington Association automatically hoc,lines President of the New Zealand Association. ill view of its location in Wellington. Christchurch was agreed upon as the venue of the 1 Pdo New Zealand Championship Ale,’ting.