WAS NOT SO INSPIRING

NZ Truth, Issue 1194, 18 October 1928, Page 12

WAS NOT SO INSPIRING

Seeped Meeting of IVttnes And ■: /-\: : '. /'■:.. M!r»ißon' Is Dull

,■,•■•* (From "N.Z. Truths, Special Auckland Representative.) Taken ; all round the meeting" between Ted Monson and Tom Mclnnes on ISflbnday night might be described as a canny affair.

AFTER, the first . four rounds it became 1 very apparent that Moiison. was using 'his "nut,"/ and, as his chances of winning oil points were small, he .was hpljiing himself m checkj for a kayo.' - ; ■ . .'■! Perhaps it was for this reason that the fight was by no means as inspiring as the former one. Arid there was a full house m anticipation of just such a star turn. Monson opened well by making a line for; Tom's head and he swung ylcioußly with right and left, but McIhries niade him miss badly, and throughout the rest of the fifteen rourids Tom was not present to act as a shock absorber for the majority of the swiped which were : intended to give hirri,. his ; sleeping draught. . Mclniies was all for carrying the ! going into Monspnls. territory, .but the! Australian lad adopted a crouching stance. He either: bent, with left extended, or smothered with . his gloves and hunched left shoulder, ■ taking the hail of short-arm hooks and jabs on his ribs! ■■■■ ■'•■ : ' : ' - : ■•■;:■■■ ; Then he would suddenly . come to light, and drive into Mclnnes " with every indication that he was going to make a real. chopping. block, of him. , Certainly some of his punches and swings reached their mark", but by far the greatest number found the tough Scot lad several inches away. A clinging sort of swipe on. Tom's neck m round three swept the latter to the floor for a second. Tom was up .quickly, growled .something, tore into his opponent, and a hectic round brought howls of delight from the house. ,7 - ■.' \.\' From ; round six Monson oecame niore canny. • He took few chances of running '/up against one of Tom's gloves- and, for moments at a time,

Ted; stood .with his left extended while Mclnnes w^hich might be the best way to dig him out. Several dull rounds followed—dull, that is, after the display, of some weeks ago. . Once or .twice Mclnnes was given a kindly i slap on the arm by Referee Neale to remind him that he was holding, while on one occasion, when lie was warned, there were yells of disapproval from, the crowd, for Monson seemed, to escape ,the referee's notice when his' glove hooked around Tom's neck. . Yells of: "Get him, Monson!" en.couraged any sally the Aussie made, while the , opposition, when he stalled Tom off, yelled: "Why don't you flght, Monson?" • • Round ten reached, it was clear that -Monson could only win on a knock out. , ,^He slowed down and played possum .frequently, while Tom tried to punch his . way to the heart or the .jaw. In round eleven, which was a scorcher, Ted, after taking a heap of rapping from Tom, suddenly came to . light like a tiger and tore into the latter m midring- with some effect. Monson forced the start m the next, but the Scot made his swinging swipes at the head miss badly. ■ But barring a lucky king-hit the re.sult was a foregone conclusion and Ted was unsuccessful m settling the tough Highlander, who showed unmistakably that he would like to make a real job of, his man. . However, the Aussie was just too canny to run into .those short-arm jolts and uppercuts, which might have meant his nightcap. Monson loatTthe fight-on points, but he showed; some generalship, even" if his tactjes did not make it : a great, fight. , „