BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 95, 7 September 1912, Page 7

BOXING.

RUDD v. ZANDERS. AT SYDNEY STADIUM. A WIN FOR NEW ZEALANDER BILL RUDD. Some three thousand persons ?isited the Sydney Stadium to see tlie match between Ernie Zanders, the liewly-arriv-ed American middle-weight, and Bill Rudd, the New Zealand hard-liitter. It was not considered that the latter had "made good," and as the American had come out under special engagement and was also said to be in lina for the world's middle-weight supremacy, long odds were laid on the visitor. As a matter of fact, there was only one man in it, and that was Rudd. In describing the contest the Sydney Referee says: "Weights were announced, Rudd 11.3, Zanders 11.1, but tlie margin seemed bigger. Rudd's extra height, width of shoulders, and breadth of body seemed to give him a good advantage. Arthur Scott was, of course, referee, and Mr W. T. Kerr had charge of the clock. ''Rudd forced from the start, and looked like effecting .something decisive several times. He had Zanders in such trouble once or twice that the contest! might have ended ere another gong clang had Rudd known how to deal with the situation. The local man went after his j opponent with vim and confidence, and i Zanders poked the left in as lie jigged away, but always nervously. Rudd hooked left to the neck well, and, amid tense excitement, chased the visitor round the ring. It apeared as if the finish was to be then, but Zanders sidc-etepped it. Rudd hurled a weighty right',Which just skimmed the jaw, and, following 'up, crowded the other fellow into his own, angle, but ddn't know enough to keep' hint there and terminate the contest. "Rudd faced the second as one certain the day was his. and it seemed so. Im-' mediately he crossed the right to the jaw. and, rushing the lighting, caused Zanders, who backed away as well as he knew how. to suffer a hot time. Getting close. Rudd swung a right to the stonfach. which did the visitor no good. Zanders kept scratching with the left. Rudd did not mind that, he watched and waited, and eventually landed an apparently severe left on the throat. Zanders jabbed the sinister weapon to the face, and swung the right to tlie neck as Rudd stooped. Straightening tip immediately, the local man operated as if sure of his game; he swung left to the head force-! fully, and put a deal more power into | a right used in the same maimer—result, Zanders' knees sagged, and his body swayed, and as Rudd stepped back the American fell forward to be counted out, beyond any manner of doubt, but for the s faying clan#.

J' ii!l v" conscious nf his advantage, Rudd attacked with vigor directlv the third opened, and Zanders backed" awav before the fury of the onslaught to his own corner, where he bravely stood at nay, but was too weak to offer resistance worth anything. In most manly fashion Rudd held off. unwilling to punish a plainly beaten man. and the crowd applauded him: then Zanders lowered his hands as evidence of submission, and the thing was over."'