FIGHTERS WHO FOUGHT

NZ Truth, Issue 1191, 27 September 1928, Page 12

FIGHTERS WHO FOUGHT

Te<3 and Tommy Trade Thumps Ail The rsfight ■'■■;•■■' (Fi-om "N.Z. Truth's" Special Aucldand Representative.) That Ted Monson, ,dJ :6 » and i Tohuny Mclnnes, 11.1%, went the distance at Auckland on Monday is perhaps the best proof of their marvellous stamina. , ,

FOR fight they did and the -'packed house had the satisfaction of seeing one of. the most gruelling affairs for many a long night. The first round gave a very\fair idea of what was to follow.-^ ■■■■■■■. ' /•."■ • It was far .more of a ding-dong double-fisted exhibition of pure stoush than of scientific boxing, and [.was never lacking m excitement and interest. ,"' .;,' Monson's methods differed fronr those, of Mclnnes.. , . ' Monsbn- seemed to prefer to keep his opponent at the' end of his glove, -while Mclnnes was all for in-fighting ana short arm upper cuts to point or head.Ted met Tom's onslaughts ■ ''jwith smothering tactics, but he came out of them with telling right swings to., the heart and the head. When the Aussie, with a well-timed left to the 'jaw, put Tommy to ' the boards for'four m the second it was not expected that they would go the distance. From then on it was one long succession of chop, and block, and Referee Burns made sure it should be. an open go by breaking the men whenever they came into holts. Monson, sending m stinging right swings arid well-directed lefts, connected time and again with the tough Scot. i ....-•■ Tom lowering his head, would hurl himself at his man, piling m jolts with .every ounce m them, upper-cutting, crossing, hooking and pounding' into the solid frame of the Aussie, who cleverly smothered at times or took his medicine on the ribs. and jaw./" v Broken apart by the referee, Monson would drive Tom to the ropes, and Tom, not being concerned with covering his figurehead, took a whole scaleful of devilling on his face and head. It was no affair of open gloves,

At Hastings ' TO-MORROW night at Hastings, the local association is putting on ari amateur evening and a good programme is promised. One of the attractions will be the presence of Tom Heeney, who is showing associations great consideration m tearing in-and-out and roundabout the country for boxing evenings. Back He Goes UARRY CASEY likes Palmerston and after last week he should like it even more. . : Now he is going to settle m the Manawatu town and carry' on from there m future. . { He is to go to a job thei-e next week, and keep fit for his next outing. . ..-■■#■ # -* »■' Fairhall's Date THE Wellington Association hoped to have Tommy Fairhall as a principal about 'the second week m October, but Tom could not arrive m time. . His first' bout m this country will be on October 23 when he will meet Charlie Purdy at Wellington. .'"• . The meeting of the twain will draw jaorft than a few.

and every blow was meant to tell a tale if it connected. It would be hard to say that either man. was the more willing. If Mclnnes was on the ropes taking the father of a whaling one moment, he came out of it and by sheer weight drove Ted across the ring". A. score of times the yelling- crowd •fully expected to see one or the, .other crumble under the flail of gruelling ; 'punishment. ? Mclnnes earned displeasure m rouncT eight by swinging a blow to MonsoiVs head a moment after the gong went. -"/ Monso'n made some wild swings with his/ right, Tommy making him miss " badly, but clever head-work by the Aussie, when driven on. to the- ropes, ■saved him; many times. ' Tne crowd gave vent to some dissatisfaction when Mclnnes was warned for holding. Slam, bang, biff was the order of the night, arid but for his marvellous ability to take the hard stuff on his headpiece Tommy must have been a beaten .man more than once. On the other hand, only his toughness could have enabled Monson to : stay the distance, for the tattoos played on his body and heart were more than egg-breakers. Once or twice both men gave signs of grogginess, but they stag- ,; ed some marvellous come-backs. Meeting m mid-ring, each by sheer weight of blows, tried to put the other down. Round ten was probably the greatest of the fifteen. Tommy steadied the Aussie's onslaughts by, a concentrated attack on his head and face, to be stopped himself, just on the gong, by a vicious right swing to the jaw. A tenaciously-fought fight was finally awarded to Mclnnes, amid great applause, -but the decision was no dis-ci-edit to the hard-hitting loser.

Eddie Ready THOUGH there is nothing offering at the moment, Eddie Parker does not get tired and weary. ~ He keeps on m light training and awaits the day when the word will arrive. ■ Parker is looking- really well and there is a chance he may ,be matched with Lachie McDonald. Jim Brpadfpot is said to be keen to fight Parker — but he is no * more keen than Parker is. .."■.* •'.•,■- At His Feet THE top rope broke early .during the Casey-Purdy fight at Palmerston and was hastily patched. Towards the end of the fight the two boys put too niuch strain on the top strand and they landed out at Tom Heeney's feet. ' They were both lucky to miss' the studs that held the stays for the canvas, and, even as it was, Casey hurt his head more than a little.

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