BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 247, 12 October 1908, Page 4

BOXING.

"Irish-American" writes to the Editor:—"! was surprised J didn't sec ye tit. th' boxin' tourneyiinint on Thur.-id'y night, it was gi'-reat! Whiniver spalpeens gather lergither to throw lists at win anither I'm tiier'. 1 cudn't kape away even it 1 waiitid to, 'n I didn't. •Mr liyetalian ber-r-lud rises to tlier occashun, an' 1 wanter to be in th' thick iv til' bill and th slousli. I've got iHt time i'r thim coves as can't light tlier j way outer a papycr bag. I'm l'r th' blioys iv th' liglitin' breed ivery time. "Well, as J was sayin', this tourneymint was a rale bag slap-up atl'aair. Au illigaat Perfessor (I seen it in tlf papycrs) was tlier to see that no wan got a cross-buttick or a fowl sliot at no one elst, ail' a lively orehestry was euga-aged to play th' Fun'ral .Uar-ivh an' 'Wee l lie Comju'ron 'JSro C'<jiues, ail' lh' young lier-r-luds rolled up .to bar-rk deliance and Lh' itilier cove's nose, an' tli' fun was last an' suddinl. Th' Jlanawatoo chanipeens came up lo knock th' local bhoys into butt hex', nut tli' -Nuo I'lym'tli la-ads were too lull iv ir-ron-sand or .somctliink an' beat tli' .Manawatoo-ters bv three to wan.

"I'll' bantams pranced rouhnd th" ring f'r iv while <ui' then iirhl outer wn.i anither f'r live roulmds. In tir lasiit rouhnd Imtli rusht in to show 111' itiler feller how to box, an' til' puce was thre-meiidous. The Alanawatoo-ter s touL most with his fa-ace an' a gintlemin bcarin' th' classical mime iv Jeremiah O'Brien took til' medal. 'l'll' l'erfessor sed he uiver seen sicli splilendid bantam lighters in his natdliural. an' thin th' ucx' couple came up f'r iher hidin'. "Th' iinal iv th' featlier-wates was th' nieetin' iv th' long an' Hi' shor-rt iv it. A big long cove.from I'almerst'n waved his ar'nus wildly ar-rouliud a little chap from Xoo l'lyin'lh an' oecashunly landed oil th' solar plectis (as tile l'erfessor wud an-ay). Th' shmall cluip look as if ho wus enjyin' himself, but lie been luuig for six weeks, an' tliried to look as if wus enjyin' himself, but ho liail no ehanst. Aftlier th' bout th' l'erfessor sed he niver seen sicli splendid liglit-wate lighters in his natchural an' th' next couple put on th' raits. ''ln th' fiwelter-wate illass a cove iiinned Williams danced about like a kinny-mattygraft gone daft, an' wint on as if he'd lost a pur-rse with th-hree quid in it, but Steele, th' local cliampcen, was as cool as th' tip of a terrier's nose 011 a hot day, an' sthriick Williams like as if it was a nail-drivin' competisliun. Steele was given th: prize ail' th' l'erfessor sed lie niver seen sich splendid swelter-wate lighters in liis natchural, an' th' nex' couple stept tliroo th' ropes an' faced up. "It was a gv-reat go! A bloke named Nightindale met a malm wearin' a glare like a motor-car-r lamp, an' both I ruslit in to kill th' ither chap before they got kilt thiinsilves. They were both out f'r stoush an' it was iv th' i give an' take ordher—what they didn't give they took, an' wiliat they took they didn't hold till they giv' it back with interest— an' so each roulmd wint on gittin' hotter 'll' hotter. Th' fifth roulmd wus a stunner! Tli' malm with til' glare 011 his countin'-house ruslit in with liiurther in his opthics an' set up a windmill sthroke to pump th' ithsr : fellow out, hut Nightindale put down his thinkin' box an' kep' puttin' it In the oppvsit pla-aee ivery time his opponittt lasiit out. Whin th' gong soimdid f'r th' sixth rouhnd they ruslit in an' 1 swished with greater violence thin b<v for#, makin' th' skin an' hare lly. Kightimlale threw his fist onet or twict iiar-rd at Cole's lamp-glasses an' the Manawatoo-ter lasiit til' eloudid atm'spliear more wildly thin iver, an' things grew mixed. Ur-reat clouds iv stlieam ; iilled th' scene iv battle, an' th' loud Jireatliin' iv th' combaytints wus only broken by th* whizzin' iv th' blows ci 1' ! they closed an' thin ruslit rouhnd th' 1 ring like one malm tied in 11. knot or a 1 an' yelled, 'doit both sides an' make it ' wanst. Tli' crowd stood on th' seats I an' yelled, '(«o it both side an' make it will ill',' an' both sides left tlier' ginrle blows on th' corner iv th' planner an' dealt out stoush quicker thin ye cud deal out a pack of car-rds. An' thin tli' air was full iv a sound like fallin' meat, and'.tli' l'erfessor shouted, 'Night- • iudale's th' winner,' an' th' crowd cheered an' sat down. Tli' l'erfessor sed ho . niver seen sich sphlcndid lieavy-wate 1 fightin' in his natchural. ''lt was a gr-roat night, all' ivorywan wint home an' dlireamt he was fightin' Tommy ISur-rns f'r th' champeenship an' • ! beat 'ini in. wail hit."