BOXING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 198, 30 November 1910, Page 7

BOXING

v. LANG. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London, November 28. Mr. H. D. Mcintosh has arranged a twenty-round contest between Bill Lang and Jack Burns.

A PROHIBITED SPORT. Berlin, November 28. The police have prohibited the AngloGerman Boxing Club, of which many Germans are members, from giving displays, on the ground that the exhibitions of private clubs are assuming a public character.

TO-NIGHT'S TOURNAMENT. IN THE DRILL HALL. A medal has been donated by Mr. J. Bennett for presentation to the most scientific boxer in the novice competitions at the tournament to be held in the Drill Hall this evening by the New Plymouth Boxing Association (registered). The award will be made by the committee of the Association. Arrangements for the tournament are well in hand, and the affair should prove very successful. An unusually good programme has been arranged, and there will be plenty of good boxing to interest the audience. Most prominent will be a six-rounds contest for the amateur heavy-weight championship of Taranaki, between Jack Tuke-Morris (middleweight champion of Wellington and heavy-weight champion of Manawatu) and G. J. Hawkins, a local boxer of much promise. There is every appearance that this bout will be a very fast and exciting one. Another "clash" that should provide rare interest for lovers of the noble art will be between two light-weight boxers of undoubted ability, N. Bond (Wanganui) and A. G, Maxwell (New Plymouth). This will be of six rounds, as also will be a contest between two-middle-weights, J. L. Power (Okato) and S. Lovegrove (New Plymouth). Besides these contest's, there will be nine bouts in the two novice competitions. The seating accommodation is being arranged in the form of an amphitheatre, so as to afford excellent views of the contests. Five shillings will be charged for admission to the gallery of the hall (from which a splendid view will be obtainable) and to the chairs nearest the ring, two shillings for admission to the seats on the floor" behind the five-shilling chairs, and three shillings for admission to the raised seats.

Mr. J. J.. Stagpoole will act as referee. Mr. Stagpoole at first preferred that a referee from another centre should act, but an attempt to arrange this failed, and Mr. Stagpoole, who deservedly has the reputation of being one of the best and fairest referees in New Zealand, will therefore again be seen in this capacity. The other officials will be:—M.C. and weight and costume steward, Mr. L. B. Webster; medical examination, steward and principal usher, Mr. G. Griffiths; official seconds, Messrs. A. J. Bailey and F. Lovegrove; call-stewards, Mr. A. Lovegrove; timekeeper, Mr. J. Bennett; ticket-box steward, Mr. H. Evans. A slight alteration has been made in the novice light-weight competition. Francis has withdrawn, owing to a family bereavement, and it is therefore probable that Barrett will box a bye in the first round.