A DRAW IT WAS GIVEN

NZ Truth, Issue 1195, 25 October 1928, Page 12

A DRAW IT WAS GIVEN

Pocock and Broadfoot Have Another Outing (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special' Christchurch Representative.) When fighters of similar styles meet there are usually some fireworks,, but the powder was damp when Clarrie Pocock met

Jim Broadfoot at Christchurch. BOTH seemed inclined to mix it when they did eventually get going, but their fighting lacked any variety, and except for a bit of solid punching m the middle stages, it was a fairly somnambulistic affair. To make matters worse, the ring, erected partly over a temporary staging m the municipal concert chamhpr was a flim^v iirrfln?pmont ber, was a flimsy arrangement. Three times Broadfoot fell clean through it to lie at the feet of th ringsiders. The Aucklander was lucky that Pocock never knocked him through the front side, or he would have dropped

into the orchestral well—a few feet below. " After an even opening round, Broaflfoot settled down, and by quicker hitting, took the second session by a fair margin. His ability Jo make the Christchurch ma" mis V°Ul\te? ""* a \™* 25% but/° 1 c l ocknQh^^ n^tJS t£ol7 gradually asserted itself over Sroaafoot,g vicioug swings an(i i eft hooks. -j-he tail end of the fight was all em \favor of Pocock. Th(j j udges differed m their opinions and the decision was left to Referee A. Smith, who, hesitatingly, awarded a draw. t