LECKIE WAS GAME CUSTOMER

NZ Truth, Issue 1262, 6 February 1930, Page 12

LECKIE WAS GAME CUSTOMER

Nose Was Broken In Second Round, But He Battled On

DECISION AWARDED TO SARRON

Bring the right class of fighters together and a crowd will gather. The Wellington Town Hall was crowded to the doors when Pete Sarron and Johnnie Leckie came to grips for the fourth time on Tuesday night. !

•TWICE they met m Australia with 1 honors even. Then came the clash m Napier which good judges described as one of the best contests ever seen m the Bay. ' The fourth meeting was from all points of -view a disappointment. From the gong it ,was evident that Sarron had Johnnie to his right proportion. v

Leckie's best round was the first, but from then on he was subject to a bombardment, of rights and lefts to the face and body with . an. occasional uppercut oarrying heaps of sting. , A 'section of the crowd — the crowd that knows little of boxing— was early

to work m handing out groans to Sarron for allegedly delivering- the "rabbit-killer." ' There was no occasion for this as all Sarron's blows were of the correct order and the . twice that' Johnnie received the glove on his neck he contributed to by turning his head round. The rabbit punch is a chop to the neck with the heel of the glove. At the close of the ninth round Leckie called Earl Stewart to his corner, stating that his nose had been broken m the, second round and forthwith Sarron was declared the winner. ■ "< In the second round Leckie did get one flush on the nose and from then on it was obvious his breathing apparatus was not functioning acr curately. It is hard to judge the merits of these ; two good fighters on this particular showing owing to the early handicap under which. Leckie labored, but it appeared certain that Sarron has gradually but surely proved himself master of plucky Johnnie. The articles provided for 9st. lib. or a forfeit of £25. Sarron was right to scale, but Leckie came m at 41bs. over. Sarron will not press for the forfeit. It looks as though Wanganui's date with Leckie and Grime for February 13 will have to be abandoned as the New Zealanders injured, breather can 'hardly mend m that, time. ; . . An interested spectator rwho had a special purpose for. being m Welling-: ton was Tommy Donovan— Pete Sarron's next opponent. Just how Tommy feels after seeing Sarron's style of bothering Leckie is hard to tell, but certain it is that the fighting ' fireman would be deeply impressed. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ■ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 mt■ 1 1 > 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f i s m 1 1 1 1 1 1 r r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 rll j 1 1 1 1 ( i i 1 1 ) ii ■ *