BOXING.

NZ Truth, Issue 74, 17 November 1906, Page 3

BOXING.

(By Upp«r-Cut). '

Arrangements are m train to bring T. Murphy and J.- Griffin together m Auckland. Should Murphy be unable to cross the Tasman, an effort will be made to match. Griffiii and Blackmore, who is now residing m this city, l J. E. K. Studd, the famous old Cantab, has just been elected President of the Polytechnic Boxing Club, London. Together with his brothers, C; T. and G. 8., he has eyer been an ardent apostle of the muscular Christianity creed. ' Hock Ke^s a>nd Bob Turner were to have met at Sydney Gaiety on Tuesda^ night for the light-weight supremacy of Australasia— Keys being the present holder of the distinction. Omhis Melbourne showing Hock should have been cherry ripe for the ordeal, while Bob, who boxes Tim Tracy m Christchurch on the 29th inst.. had been training hard with the .set purpose of regaining his laurels lost to Hock some time ago.

Hock Keys, though m rotten condition, dut-pointed Bob Greenshields, the champion Victorian light-weight— who had recently beaten Savral ("The Cakewalker"), Tim Hegarty and Lyn Truscott— at the Cyclorama (Melb.) on Monday week, and got a decision that was well earned. The great crowd was very much GreenshieMsy and hooted referee Basto, whose decision, however, \vas absolutely the only possible honest one.

That terrible hitter and impervious animal, Bill Squares, fought Peter Klino- the Paddirigton (Sydney) blacksmith, who has beaten every man tutor Waliy Weekes (ex-amateur champion) pitted him against, on a raised platform on Ascot racecourse, Melbourne, on Cup morning. It rained before and during". the scrap and Kling's rubber-soled shoes slipped all over the place. Srmires stood like a rock under Peter's furious rushes and terrific punches, knocked or bustled Kline: down several times and finally had him counted out to a pile-driver on the mark, m the third round. Klinp; challenged Sftuires to fight again on a dry floor where he could kee»p his feet. Ten thousand people saw the scrap which was for the heavy-weight championship of Australia and a purse of £500 put up by "Murmur" Wren.