SLASHING FIGHT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 187, 28 October 1927, Page 11

SLASHING FIGHT

NEW ZEALAND BOXER IN BITTER BOUT HEENEY BEATS RISKO By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright, j NEW YORK, Wednesday, j In a heavy-weight boxing match at j j Detroit, Tom Keeney, of New Zealand, j

It was a bitterly contested and slashing fight, and is termed the most bitter heavy-weight contest of recent years. Keeney -won six of the rounds with a margin of victory in two of the others. Risko fought roughly and had to be warned for fouls several times during the bout. Heeney’s victory is regarded as cleanly defined. He successfully weakened his opponent in the seventh round and then pounding savagely with both hands he began a fiery attack tp the head - 1 and body. I-le never once relented except when Risko was hugging him “like a long-lost brother.”—A. and NZ. Weird Boxing Bout Between Parish Vicar and Parliamentarian Dr. Hugh Dalton, M.P. for Peckham, and the Rev. George Potter, vicar of St. Chrysostom, Peckham, met in a comic boxing match which formed part of a recent entertainment for children given by the Camberwell Poor Children’s Treat Fund. A remarkable bout followed, of which the chief features were: Round I.—Most of the blows fell only on air, but when Dr. Dalton warmed to his work the vicar turned his back on his opponent and the round degenerated into a chase. Round 2.—The vicar seemed to think he was back in the Middle Ages, for he left his corner armed with a large sledge hammer which had to be taken from him by force. A clown entered the ring and was knocked out. Round 3.—r-Dr. Dalton took advantage of a light tap on the shoulder to stretch full length on the ground. Mr. Corri began to count. As the word “six,” Dr. Dalton heaved himself up sufficiently to strike a last blow which brought the vicar down beside him. Both were counted out, and the referee, Mr. Corri, declared a draw.