BOXING

Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1929, Page 5

BOXING

. STRIBLING v. COOK BOUT. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). NEW YORK, July 18. At Kansas City, before a crowd of twelve thousand spetcators * Stribling gained the decision over George Cook the Australian, in a ten-round boxing contest. . The crowd frequently cheered the Australian for his gameness, but the fight throughout was slow and tedious to watch. Both men landed clear punches in every round, but there was much clinching and holding, which caused a lack of action. Stribling icleaijly outboxed Cook who scored in tlie fifth round only All the other rounds went to his opponent by an easy margin. In the seventh round, Cook was knocked through the ropes and he claimed that his back was injured, but went on gamely. Stribling was Mice warned for holding m clinches, the referee having great difficulty in separating the mfcn, and in the sixth and tenth rounds he wrestled Cook to the floor. The fight generaly is rescribed as having been uninteresting. TOAI HEENEY. NEW YORK, July 18. Tom Heeney is matched to meet Vit torio Campolo, the giant Argentine heavy-weight boxer, in Brooklyn either oil July 31st or August 14th, the date depending on the speed of Campolo’s recovery from a boil on his leg. Campolo won on a foul from Aituio Dckuli in a fight on Wednesday. TOAIAIY FAIRHALL. SYDNEY, July 19; At the Leiehardt Stadium last night, there was a contest between Tommy Fail-hall 10st lj-lbs) and Billy Thomas (lOst 8lbs) wliicn went the full distance, the former getting the decision on points. It was on the whole an even bout, after the first round, when Fairhall sent his opponent down. Thomas hung on for a while on rising but after recovering, he made ft good fight of it.