BOXING

Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1929, Page 3

BOXING

WELLINGTON. TEAM. FOR GREY TOURNEY. By Tplegrupfi— -Per rrpss Association. WELLINGTON, August .!?. The Wellington Boxing Assoc: a--: lion’s-tournament, held to decide tin amateur champions for 1929-30, v a concluded to-nigl/t, when some promising form was witnessed in Ihe semi finals and finals. There, ryas another good house, which quite tie entertainment. In the paperweight final.; F. ‘Ward beat' G. Isaacs. In the (flyweight final, K. Webb beat L. CJ Higgs. In the bantamweight- s.emi-lijials, C. Woods beat N. Hanson; and H. fCopp beat C. Woods. In the featherweight final, C. II is kyn beat F. Keith. In the lightweight semi-final, G. Thomas beat. J. Jackson, an;! in the final, Thomas heat H. -Thomas. The judges disagreed in ih : s bout, and Refere? jStewart gave his decision for G. Thomas. The verd-d- wn ironically received, and .'t was announced inpnedjately tliat both of th® brothers would be sent to C e New Zealand Championship tourney at Gveymoutii. In the weljterwpighjt §pmi-final, P. J.-Stqne knocked out F, {Ejfjqyris in the first, found, and ip thefmal P. J. Stone knocked out N.' jGJrpft in the second round. i

J n the middleweight , .division, J Connors won by default. 'ln the light-heavyweight final, W Pearce beat J. Tasker.

In {the heavyweight division, J. Boltop won by .default. The Jamieson Medal for the pio.sl scientific boxer at the tournament was awarded to George Thomas. COOK KNOCKED OUT. BY ITALIAN BOXER. United Press Association.—By Electri' Telegraph.—Copyright.) NEW YORK, August 12. The Australian boxer, George Cook, met Arthur Dekuh, a prominent New Ydrk heavyweight to-night, at the Starlight Park. Hie bout resulted in a win for the Italian who knocked out the Australian in the eighth round. The weights were:—Dekuh 15st 9flbsj; Cook 13st 61b In the first round, Dekuh’s long reach was troubling the Australian, v The Italian also gained the secondIn the fourth rpund. Dekuh, jyith a two-fisted attack, lauded repeatedly' to the face. In. the fifth round Jie repeated these, and cl inches followed. Then two rights to'the face from Rekuli cut Cook’s eye. In the sixth round, the Australian was down on one knee, rising with a bleeding mouth and np?e. The seventh proved to be Cook’s round. In the eighth the men clinched. Suddenly Cook dropped to the canvas, holding his abdomen, and claiming a foul. The referee, however, counted Cook out. Cook’s seconds declared there was a fpul, and that it was.a left below the belt landed in the cßpeh. The crowd booed the .victor, and shouted “foul!”. The reporters, hoyeyer agreed vyitli the referee .and judge that there had beep no foul. The. eighth round had lasted 58 seconds.