BOXING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 307, 24 June 1912, Page 6

BOXING

WANGANUI AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. (By "Moturoa.") The feature of -the moderately large crowd which rolled up to witness the Wanganui Boxing Championships on Friday night was the big proportion of youths present, and the interest shown in "the noble art" by the rising generation was great. Mr. Tin' Tracey re- I fereed, but his decisions on at least two ' occasions were open to doubt. The tournament was well managed, and, on the whole, the boxing was clean, open and good-natured. The following are the particulars of the contests: FEATHEK-WEIGI-ITS. Hodgson (Wanganui) beat Heron' (Aramoho) on points., .after a pretty exhibition. Christian (Tokomaru) and Jervois (Tokomaru) fought willingly, the latter putting it all over his taller adversary. Christian was declared the winner, and the house rose with a howl and asked the four winds of heaven if such a bad decision had ever been given before. In the final Hodgson and Christian fought with more vigor than science, the former gaining a points decision in what looked a verv even battle. LIGHT-WEIGHTS. Crotty (Wanganui) knocked out Reid (Waverley) in the second round. Both have a lot to learn about the game. Bond (Wanganui) was having the best of a go with a lankv individual named Forbes (Aramoho), when other grew tired, dropped down and s i'.ingly awaited the count. The latU,- should have been called before the stewards and given a chance to explain his sudden loss of interest in the scrap. WELTER-WEIGHTS, i Forbes (Aramoho), who had been put out in the light-weight division, came up smiling again, but for a round Delahunt (Tokomaru) outboxed him. Then Forbes came to light, to the surprise of all, and using right and left with start- : ling speed, forced his opponent round and round the ring and, amidst great excitej ment, put him to rest with a shower of i Btraight punches to the face and a | beauty on the point. Forbes' inconsis- | tency would have earned him "life" if. the game had been horse-racing. \ I MIDDLE-WEIGHTS, j Crerar and Elt, both hailing from Aramoho, clashed with great violence, and put up a skin and hair-raising rough-up, wrestling and swiping wildly. Both dealt out bash .with two hands, and the amount of punishment given and received was just about equal when Crerar landed one on the point, and Elt was down and out.

HEAVY-WEIGIITS. Glading (Wanganui) and Eoss (Brunswick) got together and began to hit like 'sledge hammers. Ross took more than he gave, and was put out towards the end of the round. Caldwell, who had drawn a bye, then met Glading. The former (Upokongaroj fighter has several battles to his credit, and was 151b heavier than Glading. With well-directed blows he punished Glading, but the latter came back gamely. Caldwell's blows were the heavier, and in a willing mix-up Glading slid down the ropes and on to his knees. While in this position Caldwell ripped blow after blow into him, and Gladiug rose and walked to his corner, remarking that "he had had enough of it." Tim Tracey gave the verdict to Caldwell amidst shouts of "Foul!" The referee stated that he did not think the foul was intentional, and that may be so. Caldwell was greatly excited in the finishing stages of the contest, and although easily beating his man was striking wildly. The general opinion was that Caldwell was a very lucky man. The prize for the most scientific exhibition of boxing was awarded to Jervois (Tokoma.ru) who, as already stated, was the victim of a bad decision in the feather-weight division.