MILITARY BOXING

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 7

MILITARY BOXING

LAST NIGHT’S CONTESTS FINALS ON SATURDAY The boxing tournament of the Auckland Military Sports Association was continued again last evening at the Drill Hall, Rutland Street. The semifinals and finals will be staged tomorrow evening. The organisation of the tournament is all that could be desired and a large crowd appreciated the way in which the 31 bouts were staged. Two bantam-weights, Connolly and Lawrence, put up the best fight of the night, both battling hard with solid blows to head and body. An extra round was ordered and the decision went to Lawrence. In the lightweights, Spicer and Manson gave a great display. Later in the evening Spicer was opposed by Martin, but the decision went to Martin after a very close fight. Cooke had two wins, gaining the decision over Pierce after an extra round. The fly-weights, Mens and Fraei, also made a good fight. In the territorials the light-heavy-weight final between Gifford and McLean saw some good work and heavy hitting. The fight was close all the way and the decision was in favour of Gifford. Mr. T. Samson was the referee. The results are as follow: CADETS Light-heavy. —Final: H. Hogg (34th Coy.), 11.9, beat H. Neal (28th Coy.), 11.7. Middle-weight. —A. E. McDonald (23rd Coy.), 10.11, beat S. H. Davis (43rd Coy.), 11.1, by default. Welter-weight. —E. Mincham (28th Coy.), 10.9, beat J. O’Dell (30th Coy.), 10.3; W. Bardsley (37th Coy.), 9.11, beat E. Buchanan (43rd Coy.), 10.2. Light-weight. —J. L. Spicer (30th Coy.), 9.7, beat C. Manson (26th Coy.), 8.10; R. B. .Martin (24th Coy.), 9.8, beat A. H. Greer (30th Coy.), 9.7; G. Cooke (31st Coy.), 9.11, beat H. Pierce (27th Coy.), 10.0, after an extra round; R. V. Martin (24th Coy.), 9.8, beat J. L. Spicer (30tli Coy.). 9.4. Feather-weight.. —T. Mathieson (21st Coy.), 9.0, beat W„ Preston (28th Coy.), 9.0; J. Griffin (22nd Coy.), -8.13, beat W. Walker (32nd Coy.), 8.13; K. Keene (22nd Coy.), 8.5, beat R. T. Webb (26th Coy.), 8.7; C. Manson (26th Coy.), S.lO, beat G. W. McLean (26th Coy.), 8.10; T. Matheson (21st Coy.), 9.0, beat J. Griffin (22nd Coy.), 5.13; G. Cooke (31st Coy.), 9.11, beat G. Barnhill (35th Coy.), 9.9; C. Manson (26th Coy.), 8.10, beat W. Keene (22nd Coy.), 8.5. Bantam-weight. —A. Purdy (22nd Coy.), §.l, beat R. Robinson (25tli Coy.), 8.2; P. Lawrence (25th Coy.), 7.12, beat H. Connolly (27tli Coy.), 7.13. Fly-weight.— R. R. Fraei (26th Coy.), 7.10, beat J. Menz (30th Coy.), 7.9; E. W. Halford (40th Coy.), 7.7, beat C. Harford (32nd Coy.), 7.3. Paper-weight. —H. V. Johns (29th Coy.), 6.10, beat F. T. Brown (40th Coy.), 7.0. Midget-weight. —W. V. Hogg (34th Coy.), 6.4, beat A. Egen (40th Coy.), 6.6. TERRITORIALS Heavy-weight. —C. N. Frear (A. 1.8.), 12.10, beat R. A. Saunders (3rd M.R.), 12.5, disqualified for holding. Light-heavy-weight. —Final: A. Gifford (A. 1.8.), 11.0, bea t W. W. McLean (Corps of Signallers), 11.4. Welter-weight. —R. B. Thompson (A. 1.8.), 10.7, beat D. Patterson (A.S.C.), 10.6, by default; F. Fraei (A. 1.8.), 9.13, beat A. R.. Mayhill (A. 1.8.), 10.5, by default. Light-weight. —F. Fraei (A. 1.8.), 9.13, beat T. M. Hill (A. 1.8.), 9.9. Feather-weight. —C. T. Moran (Ist Battery). 9.0, beat A. Biddick (A.S.C.), 8.11.

BOXING AT NAPIER

LECKIE AND CARROLL DRAW Press Association. NAPIER. Thursday. In two 10-round bouts here to-night Tom Griffiths, Dunedin, beat Jimmy Carr, Millerton, and Hector Leckie. Dunedin, drew with Mark Carroll. Wanganui. Both went the full distance. and the decisions were popular.