Two Fractured Ribs End Boxing Contest

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 764, 10 September 1929, Page 12

Two Fractured Ribs End Boxing Contest

INJURY TO PURDY DECISION AWARDED TO HAY Two fractured ribs ended the boxing contest at the Town Hail last evening, Charlie Purdy not being able to come up for the sixth round, and the decision and the winner’s end of the £l5O purse were awarded to Artie Hay. At the end of the fifth round a doctor was called to Purdy, and he certified that the Aucklander was unable to continue. When it was apparent that the contest had ended the large crowd, the largest to attend a boxing contest in Auckland for a long time, stood and shouted and hooted, and it was some time before the announcer, Mr. W. 33. Dervan, could make himself heard to explain the position. Auckland boxing crowds have received many disappointments, but last evening’s must have been the greatest. Purdy never looked like winning, and his showing was most disappointing. Scarcely a vestige of the skill which made him famous in New Zealand and Australia was seen and he did not live up to his gymnasium form. In his training he had shown himself to be a new and more attractive Purdy, but he might have been no more than an amateur in the way in which he fought in the ring. In fairness to Purdy it must be i said that he was at a disadvantage in i weight. Hay agreed to weigh in at lOst 71b, the welter-weight limit, but this he failed to do. His weight was lOst 101 b against Purdy’s lOst 3tlb. Hay was in great condition and was lighting attractively. He did not seem to find any trouble in connecting with the once elusive Aucklander’s face or body, whether at close quarters or at long range, and he won from the first gong to the end.

On a few occasions Purdy made Hay miss badly by ducking:, but this got him into trouble in the end, for when he went down Hay connected heavily to the side of the head. In the fifth round Purdy slipped and I-lay accidentally hit him when his glove was on the floor. It was only a minor breach and the referee merely issued a warning. Purdy did a deal of hanging on. Hay never looked anything but a winner and took the honours in every session. It is sufficient to say that if Purdy is to keep the name he once held he will have to show a great deal better form than he did last night. Before the fight the announcer stated that Hay wished to challenge Jim Broadfoot, of Auckland, for his light-heavy-weight title. Mr. “Dick” Meale refereed the professional bout and Mr. Mr. F. Burns the preliminaries. AMATEUR PRELIMINARIES W. Purdie, 7st 21b, beat R. New, 7st 71b. —This was an excellent bout, Purdie scoring well all thrpugh the four rounds. In the last term New bustled Purdie, but the latter fought back and scored a decisive win. A. Gifford, 12st 2Jib, beat C. Galt, 12st. —Gifford forced the fight in the first two rounds, which he won easily. Galt won the next two, but not by the margin that Gifford had in the preceding sessions, and the latter deserved the decision, although many of the crowd thought otherwise. F. Lindesay, lOst beat D. Cleverley, lOst. —These two boys must have been attending the recent wrestling matches, though they made a poor attempt with their efforts. It was push and shove for the whole four rounds. Lindesay was a trifle lucky in getting the decision, Cleverley's wrestling methods being, a little better than those employed by the winner. C. Kelly, 9st 121 b, beat F. Senior, 9st 31b. —It was a poor attempt at boxing. Neither showed much knowledge of the game. In the second round Kelly, more by luck than good judgment, had Senior groggy, but he did not know how to finish him. In the third the referee stopped the bout.