BOXING
ItAl VALLEY TOURNEY On Saturday ovi*niii|?, in spile of tlic -fact tlnil. tin' "night was a very west and tmpleusanl olio, ther? was an exee.llcnt house for I.lns Ifcii Valley lioxing'tour ne,y. A good all-iowiil exhibition <?' hu'.\.ing was given. The Wellington boys showed good courage, although they hail experienced a very rough steamer tri|>. Tlii' audience with enthusiastic Ihroiighmit. Messrs I'ari.sh and T. Sniilli,, frnm lilenheim, acted as referees, Messrs Alex. Ingrain (l!ai) anil Laud (Blenheim) were judges. .Mr A. 11. Ingram glove steward. Messrs Clay (Will) and Douglas (lilenheim) timekeepers, and Mr Clins. Maule second for the Welling ten Ddvs. Templefon (8.6) and Carpenter (10.3) opened Ihc tourney in 3 one minute rounds. They showed plenty of courage and made ;i willing go. This resulted in a drau. Bi-uili'stnri (Waii v. Crispin (Canvastown), 3 one minute rounds, resulted in a win. for Mrodestoii. Loth showed marked improvement since the last tourney, Crispin winning .Mr M. Harto's prize for the most improved local bov. Slideli.ih (9.3) v. J. Simmonds (9.6), 3 two minute rounds. As Slteehan was still suffering from the effects of influenza lla* light was made ano decision bout. J. Simmonds (9.2) (Wlenheiin) v. MeCJee (9.1) (Wellington), 3 two minute rounds, resulted in a win for McGee. Williams (B.Bi (lilenheim) v. Moore (8.7) (liiii). 3 one minute rounds, the award was for Williams in the second round. Bradman (10.2) v. Daster (10.9) (both fiom Blenheim). The fight, was stopped in the second round and a win for Daster was declared. In (he boys' round—Eurness (Blenheim) and \Vrnlt (Rat) showed themselves to have plenty of garneness, and made a willing go of it. .The fight of the evening was between L. Turner (Wai) (11.1) v. J. Tasker (11.8) (Wellington) of 4 two minute rounds. Tasker was floored in the first round, and tool* a small count. Turner proved too good for Tasker, the former gaining (he decision after the bout had gene the four rounds.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 16 July 1929, Page 3
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