"HE WHO RUNS AWAY-"

NZ Truth, Issue 1183, 2 August 1928, Page 10

"HE WHO RUNS AWAY-"

Griffiths Puts His Faith In (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Dunedin Representative.) The Australian contingent notched their first win m Dunedin on Saturday last. "POMMY BARBER, virtual feather- Griffiths up where he could get a I weight champion of the Common- whang at him. wealth, strolled home over Tommy Up till the last round, when Barber Griffiths. was obviously tired out with stalking .... . his prey, there was little to enthuse It was a poor fight m comparison over with recent scraps. Barber swept m and reeled Griffiths Barber did his best to make a fight with a right flush to the jaw and the of it, but Griffiths went m to box,, not Dunedinite grabbed Barber's arms and fight, and Barber tired himself out try- body and lurched him to the ropes. ing to catch up close enough to crack Barber appealed for holding and then the local boy. Hllllilll m,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,^,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ,„„ „,„„„„„„ „- boxed on and had Griffiths fought jjr »««, ■ »•„,„„„ »m, l ! L,,,,"if I""!,!!""!"!.,, -k Griffiths down for alL the way on the || jnnTFT ' T7-/r>CC U/Amns H nineretreat, coming m || AaVU 1 itiUbt, WAijbKb v a right and left occasionally to || 11 to the head had poke up his light- II The Tunney-Heeney fight \\ him down again, ning left, but he || bri m its wake a del of y and at the count was getting the || quer ie S concerning that tech- II of four th * J? 1 )? 'worst of most of =i nical X O § = saved Grifthe exchanges || « Men ' must bet and women If ™is the £uU SJJTS g£! II So^witrpf nB " They II — f &*£! edin, and his con- II , Wagers that hinged on a y t ion on Barber's dition suffered m |1 knock-out cannot be evaded on || part caused a comparison with |i tha quibble technical." H temporary .stopthat of Griffiths, II The humane referee prevent- U page m the last who looked better || ed the knock-out — Heeney was || round when Grifthan he has done II finished and unable to defend || fiths was supportat any stage this ||. • himself. _ H ing himself with season. II He had done his best and |1 one glove, on the The weight and. || some of those who supported jfi floor, speed of Barber's |f him are now doing their best || Referee Kilmarattack, however, || — no t to meet their obligations. II tin was right m tied the Dunedin || But "N.Z. Truth" cannot II calling the count boy up at the end || support them. II over Griffiths, as of the scrap, and is II the rule provides the final gong * hat when a saved Griffiths / . ■„. boxer has any from a knock. Griffiths perhaps, em- other part of the body other than the ployed the right tactics m not going feet In contact with the floor, he is m to his man, but many times he deemed to be down, could have safely swept m and out Pat. O'Connor, m Tommy Barber's as he has the speed, and Barber was corner, didn't think so, though, and he fighting fairly open. hopped across the ring as soon as However, Barber was ever keen to Barber's hand was hoisted and spoke carry the warfare to the enemy, but hia piece to Kilmartin. he was handicapped to some extent by Though • it was a crook fight, Griffiths holding. Barber did his best to make » a ' Barber is also a boxer as well as good one, and displayed speed and a fighter, as Griffiths was frequent- free hard hitting from both hands. |y reminded. His mee ting with Johnnie Leckie on But at least half of every round was Saturday week is going to be the piece devoted to Barber's endeavor to ball de resistance of the season,