CLEVER-AND PRETTY

NZ Truth, Issue 1185, 16 August 1928, Page 10

CLEVER-AND PRETTY

Pleases Crowd, Though It Was Only Boxing

Seldom indeed has a crowd voiced its approval of an out-and-out boxing match as it did at Wellington last week.

SCIENTIFIC stuff nine times out- of O ten leaves the audience cold—it is the slather and whack artists that get 'em on their feet, yelling encouragement. ' vssss. fjgr*" decis" >n over Carroll came to us with a reputation of a bit of a killer, but his first fight viri Wellington showed he was more of a stylist. ' ' He showed up as a nice mover, possessing plenty of speed at both ends, but totally lacking as a purveyor of hefty wallops. Thus it looked like excellent matching to stick up against Purdy—and so it proved. Purdy started off m his characterstic style of endeavoring, to turn himself out, a style that results m his opponent treating the air to an awful thrashing. Carroll suffered this experience m the early stages, and it was not till the fight was half over that his second, Bam Chapman, brought about a change of tactics. He made Carroll concentrate his attack to Purdy's midriff, and it was a delightful'change' for—well, not Purdy. Starting to feel the strain of next-to-no training, Purdy, after assimilating a few left hooks to the pantry dejStmenVwas slowing up" and^ the further it went the alower became Charles.

Nobody sensed this better than Carroll and he made his man travel on those tired legs. He rushed him, punched him and pushed him and a goodly portion of the «m»;s*£?»■ timeMaumeasain ' Respite that Purdy tried to gain by going into a clinch was rightly denied him by the referee, who, a la Joe Wallis, was using his weight all night. Purdy could not hope to win, though he took hold of the bit m the last round and tried to stage a grandstand finish. It had to be Carroll and Carroll it was. . . . . There were a few dissentient voices, and strange to say, quite a goodly, number who would have given Purdy a draw out of it. On the run of the bout that reasoning is hard to follow. J rr-ne riiany misses registered by. Carro\i certainly went against him, but this phase he evened up by continually being on the offensive. There is no doubt about Purdy's punching having improved as a result of the Australian trip and his right J« carries a decent sort of a Puncn. ..v, „ . There should be no diffloulty In matching the Pair In.a return^ it would be a wonderful exhibition to witness.