LAST COUNT

NZ Truth, Issue 1290, 28 August 1930, Page 13

LAST COUNT

Competitor ..■■ Collapses tragicTbout Tragedy stalked into the arena on the second night of the amateur championships at Palmerston, and ' at noon on Saturday a competitor was meeting the One Referee. pROM Blenheim came Percy Bush to win the heavyweight title. He won by default the first evening, and then on the second took the ring with the Southland rep. *> There was only one round, and during that three minutes there was scarcely a • blow struck. It was more of a scuffle than a boxing exhibition. . ■Bush came back to his corner, acted peculiarly for a few seconds, ahcL then collapsed to the floor. - A ■ doctor was immediately m the ring and he ordered the boy to hospital, but from the outset it was hopeless. Cerebral haemorrhage allows' few to escape. On Saturday the boy died. Delegates and competitors were deeply hurt, and for the final night, parties larly at the function after the meeting was over, there was a certain feeling m the % air that any jollification shown was forced. ... The Council, out of the ' insurance fund, decided to defray all the expenses m connection with the funeral, which was l/eld m Blenheim on Tuesday. Wreaths ' came from eighteen associations, and there was also one from the Council and one from the competitors. To his relatives the deepest sympathy is extended, and "Truth" can assure them that boxing is the poorer m. their loss. No Percentage ATAGO'S remit to allow for the' giving v of pros, a percentage of the house did not find favor with many delegates. The small associations could see that they were going to feel the pinch if this became law. Boxers would not go to Hawera, for instance. ..when there was a 'show of getting a fight m Dunedin. " And it was voted out. '

Ui'.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiuiiiiiiiiiuiiii bring honor to the country. In the case of Purdie he is a very fine boxerfighter, but at present he is too prone to wait for his opponent to do the leading. ' ' The big fellow, Gardiner, has it. m him and to his credit he did fight and mean it last week. If he can foi-g-et that hit and run tactics he is so ready ' to adopt he will be all the better. "Truth" thought the standard, taking the meeting on the whole, was just fair, and some, of the judging and refereeing not much better. There will always be bad decisions, but last week there 'were four that calied for comment. Martin, Auckland, did not lose to Thomas, Wellington. • TKen- Richmond, Otago, was. treated badly when Knuckeyi> Hatrkes-Bay, was proclaimed; the winner. How." CleveWey, Auckland, got the vote dyer Furze, Taf anaki, is a-, mystery;§arid it must have been a sympathy vote that gave Bruno, Auckland, the

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiin tion will teach a boy to" go downstairs. ■■-.•_'■'. The dangerous man will ever be the fighter who will take toll of his .opponent's wind before starting to worry about taking his senses- away; : And if those present last week hadj any desire to, -learn-something they I 'should have profited by the displays of young Lowe, who specialises on body punching. . " . "Truth's" advice to every amateur is to first perfect -a. good straight left and then develop the best match winner of all — that left hook to the body. . The championships were a success, .but to - make them so the Manawatu officials had to have the co-operation of all the delegates. It was a solid three days and nights, with Saturday afternoon) the only breather, afforded, '.v r ''; „ Next year the scene of action- will be Ashburton. The south association- can thank President Bert Johnston for the vote going their way.