BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 219, 4 February 1913, Page 8

BOXING.

Tlil.Si'oTT MKKTS IiKOAIITY. Till-: K'.HIMKI! WINS ON POINTS. (Per Press Association). Napier, February 1. On Friday evening the Ilnw kc's Buy Amateur IVi\iitg Association held ;i Very m;h-'--,4iil carnival in flu- Princess Tin.-ill','. Hastings. There was a crowdcil house. The takings amounted to CI to. Till' chief itl'lll WHS il contest between f/Vii Trnscolf (welter-weight champion of New Zealand) mill .J. Ilegnriy. of I'iuiarn (light-weight champion of New Zealand) for ;i. purse of £.">(>. This produced 11 ino.4 interesting and scientific contest, flegarty. who had an unbeaten record, was conceding Kill) to his opponent, and the championship was not involved.

The Tiniani lad entered the ring as fit as the proverbial fiddle, and, during the earlier rounds, gave his opponent not a moment's peace. As the contest progressed, his pace slackened, but, until the final round, he was all the time keen to engage his bigger and more experienced opponent.

Truscott was not so fit as llegartv. yet he lasted remarkably well, and his superior science enabled him to find favor with the referee (.Mr. Sampson, of Wellington I oil points. The decision was not popular, for llegarty is a great favorite in Hastings, and-the crowd, in making their adjustment couhl look no further than "(lie little marvel" who liad made all the fighting. The bout was contested on both sides with the utmost lairnes.-,.