CARROLL EVENTS IT UP

NZ Truth, Issue 1186, 23 August 1928, Page 10

CARROLL EVENTS IT UP

Left Hand Spelt Disaster For Casey (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Cliristchurch Representative.) A left lead and a good defence for the body were the qualities which enabled Jack Carroll, at Christchurcfi, to reverse the ' decision Harry Casey obtained over him m, Wellington.

IT was a bloodless affair, tame at times, interesting generally, but exciting only m the last round, m which Casey staged a grandstand fln j an< Nearly two years ago the Cliristchurch Sports Club staged its last professlonal bout, an ill-managed affair that proved a financial flop and helped materially to cripple the club. The Carroll-Casey affair was flowing the new Municipal Concert Mall< • v If the fighthad been half as good as the management the fans would have been delighted. . But most of them went home a trifle disappointed. Casey, it is true, was suffering from a very bad cold, and he fought m fits and,starts. Carroll, too, had been unable to eat a solid meal for a week because of a badly cut upper gum, a memento of

his clash with Purdy, and he was content to work away quietly to a victory on points. The -Australian welter champion snapped home some dozens of pretty blows to the head with his left hand, but they carried no sting, Casey smothered up well for the first few rounds; v = but his condition started to give, and Carroll slowed him up °* *' *** "cTseV tuft, ignoring the other,s left, and receive a few taps on the ribs. Th _eferee wou|d chant "Breakl" hJhT^SrfoTSi-ti« wSLId ETlSinested ad lib Peaxea aa ""• . The last two ventures of the club have proved financially satisfactory, .What is needed now to set. it well on the road to prosperity is a real heman fight of the slather-and-whick variety.