SCHOOLBOY ATHLETES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 224, 10 December 1927, Page 11

SCHOOLBOY ATHLETES

gymnastics and boxing DISPLAY AT KING’S COLLEGE si U< L a . boxing contests. w°o Vl he]d tO ,^ th ,t rain the gymnastics of on the gymnasium instead " °" tbe lawn, but as the weather an irnn later ' the boxing was held in ?iU7Y° vlsed rins of matting on the nn t l', lS la "; n ' The young team of gymnasts performed difficult feats on the l ln a a creditable manpSally good ' Wlll,amSOn ' was es *

GOOD BOXING DISPLAY fine llttle boxers were seen in the boxing contests. The mabad the right idea o£ ne u ™ a holf hapds and r®® 4 . but the other boys made up for their lack of boxing knowledge by their willingness. TwS S ma boys ’ Be ale and Abbott, put i contest. The former obtained wort Ih 1 iOP- h , IS clever foot and head work showing him to be a boxer above the average. Abbott made a very plucky showing, and as it was only y® ?2 co i\ d time with the gloves he should blossom into a little champi on. Results are as follow:

Qymnasfics.—Williamson, SI points. 1 Stuart, <7 points, 2; Jagger, 66 points 3 Tatters fie Id; 61; Smallfield, 53; Mortenson. 42; English, 35.

Boxing—Semi-finals: Biddles beat Perks; Stuart beat Mitchell; CramerRoberts beat Smallfield; Black beat Abbott, Rhodes beat Gunn; Jackson beat Jaggers; Abbott beat Mackay; Beale beat Brown; Hume beat Jenkins; Garland beat Abbott. Finals: Heavy-weight— Stuart beat Biddles; middleweight, Sv^' I ? er ”^u°^ >^ rts T Black; lightweight, Rhodes beat Jackson; bantam-weight, Beale beat Abbott; “mosquito-weight,” Garland beat Hume. ’