BOXING

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 17

BOXING

When a large part of the audience disagreed with the decision in tho tight between Sal vino Jamito and Bert McCarthy on Tuesday night it looked very much like a case of the wish being father to the thought. Jamito certainly made the pace a merry one from the jump, and did a tremendous lot of slogging. Also, the smacking of his glo\ r e made a lot of noise. Undoubtedly the Filipino was a favourite with a big section of the crowd, but his qualities as a fighter and his pluck in taking punishment blinded them to the merits of the other man, a fine boxer, who took tilings aa oooliy as the proverbial cucumber. McCarthy slipped out of tight corners with an easy nonchalence that seemed to suggest that he could get out of these situations at any time he chose. # • * *

It is quite true that Jamito did carry the fight to him, hut lots of the blows which he landed on the neck and head were round-arm swings and were not damaging, while the blows round the hack are amongst those which do not count in the scoring, and he made a lot of these. On the other hand, when Jamito did so much rushing, especially after the ninth round, McCarthy stopped some with a straight left to the nose with weight

behind, or when the darkie came in with head down McCarthy would uppercut him with a terrific right. • • • »

Nearly all the Australian’s blows counted. Half of the Filipino’s aid not. They were spectaoular. Jamito was spectacular all the way through the fight, in which he gave probably by far the best exhibition he has given since he has been in New Zealand. He has come to realise that in fifteen rounds he has got to start doing things at latest by half-way, and on this occasion he put pep into the whole fifteen rounds.

McCarthy was willing to let Jamito make the pace, but it must not be inferred that the Australian hung back, but rushing tactics are not in his kib, so he didn’t use them. He boxed, and boxed infinitely better than when he first appeared, and as the fight progressed it was evident that he had made some approach to his former prowess. In the in-fighting Jamito possibly had the better of the exchanges, although McCarthy took a Jot ot the stuff on his gloves. Nevertheless the Filipino did get him now md again in the jaw, for when he connected the Australian’s head shook with it. The white man several times scored neatly on the break. Jamito appeared to be disappointed with the verdict, feeling that he had made the fight, and in that respect he deserves sympathy, but the other man is a better and cleverer boxer than Jamito, who received as much punishment in this battle as in any in which he has taken part. McCarthy has now to meet Purdy, and Purdy, clever as he is, may rely upon it that it is no walk-over that is coming to him. Leaving the Town Hall McCarthy remarked that he would improve a lot more before his next fight; if he does, Purdy will need all his resources to gain the verdict. Tho point is, will either Purdy or Me-

Carthy make it a willing go from the start, or will there be 12 rounds of sparring and only two or three rounds of real business ? Onev or two lights recently in Wellington have not been as bright and snappy as they should have been. If McCarthy is as good as hie word, and can improve a good deal upon his performance, then he will be able to carry the fight to Purdy, and whatever the outcome, it will not be the Inst time that the Wellington or New Zealand public will want to see him.

Purdy is due to meet Trowern on December 13th for a purse of £loo, and this contest should be good enough to draw a full house.

A. J. Cleverley, the New Zealand amateur middleweight champion, showed how good a boxer he is against the navy man, Davie®. The latter was a very powerful man. and when he found his opponent too good for him as a boxer he sought to win by a k. 0., and this would have been the result had Cleverley not been too smart. The local lad time and again stepped back

to those dangerous-looking blows, and although he had one or two bad bangs ho never lost hold of himself. He is a worthy champion. This is the first year that a solo selector is picking crews, and although he will have a fairly hard task sorting them out, he is sure to have the full support of all members in his selections. • • • • Some heats of the novice p.iirs were rowed off during the past wc-ok, and so far the results have been as follow*: —5. Duncan (stroke). Wainecott (bow) beat G. Davis (stroke), Bowater (bow) by about half a length after a , very even race. R. Moss (stroke), F. Band (bow) beat G. London (stroke) Gough (bow) by about two lengths. • • • • The novices have considerably improved during their Training for this race, and should some of them continue to show the same marked improvement, selection in the regatta crews will come their way before the end of the season. # • * • The senior Treman fours will be rowed off at Pet one at 2.30 to-day. Mr T. Wheelwright, trainer of the New Zealand crew which has just returned to Dunedin, had a narrow escape from a serious accident while in Australia. He was knocked down by a motor-car in Bourke street, and was unconscious for several hours. He was taken to the Melbourne Hospital for treatment, and recovered sufficiently to return with the crew to New Zealand*

The Wellington Regatta Club committee met in tho Wellington Rowing Club on Tuesday last. There was practically a full attendance of the committee. It was decided to hold over the date of the Wellington regatta till the next meeting, in view of the probable attendance of a crew from Australia.- Regret was expressed at the meeting that members of tha new committee should be absent at the first meeting of the year. * r • f

This year the Regatta Club intend* to cut out the morning races from th« programme. At least three races have to be eliminated, and it was tentatively agreed to drop the senior and junior sculls this year. Another race has to be dropped, and it will probably be found that the light-weight race will be abandoned. • • • •

This year the Regatta! Club intends to make the annual regatta one of the events of the year. The club is fortunate in having one of the livest committees since its inception this year. With Mr D. Campbell as secretary. and Mr B. Smith as treasurer, things should go with a swing. What the dub has lacked in the past is driving force, in the way of collecting the necessary money for donations. This should not happen with the present gentlemen in charge. If the active members of the three clubs in Wellington will only support their own sport hy becoming members of the Regatta Club the financial success of the regatta is already assured. ODDS AND ENDS An outstanding performance was recorded in Melbourne on October 30th by Don Blackie, of the St. Hilda team. Playing against Fitzroy. Blackie secured the whole of the ten wickets of hisr opponents for 64 runs. At one stage he had four for 63. but he took the remaining six for cne run. The above performance is a record for Victorian pennant cricket. # * •

In this column last Saturday it was stated that the water polo team of H.M.S. Diomede defeated the Auckland representatives. This' statement was incorrect. The Diomede team played and defeated the Ponsonby Club by 3 goals to 1, and none of the Ponsonby men are Auckland representatives. However, the Diomede’s men are a strong combination, and no doubt will prove a worthy match for Wellington’s representatives.