BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 9, 11 June 1913, Page 8

BOXING.

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. Per Press Association.

Wellington, Last Night., t . The Wellington Boxing Association's amateur championships tournament op- . ened to-night. Results: — s. Bantam weights.—E. ' MeNichpll) ' (Christchurch) Bst 2\h, .beat, B..Andrews (Wellington) Bst, on points. Andrews made the. pace at the first, but McNich- . oil. finished with a good margin. Featherweights.—F, Leary (Welling- : ton) Bst 31b, beat G.. Krews (Welling- , ton), 9st. The winner had the fetter of the argument all through, and was easily the better of the two. J. Smith (Petone) 9st 131b, beat D. A. Cole (Wellington) lOst. Smith knocked Cole down twice in the first round, and the referee stopped the fight. Lightweights.—J. Hunter (Wellington) lOst, beat R. Aitkin (Manawatu) 9st 131b. The winner had the better of the fight all through, and Aitkin's towel was thrown in in the third round. J. MacFarlane (Wellington) 9st 121b, beat 'A. Leary (Wellington) 9st 41b. Leary .stopped in the second round, complain* ing that MacFarlane Was holding, and the,fight was awarded to the latter. Welterweights.—F. Flan (Wellington) j lOst 61b, beat D. Ryder (Wellington) lOst 81b. Ryder went down twice in the third round, and was in a bad way

at the end. Middleweights.—B. Finnie (Wellington) list 21b, beat J. Murphy (Welling- I ton) list. The work was good all 1 through, Finnie piling on points towards 1 the finish. l a , ; ' A NIGHT AT THE PANTECHINCON. Quite a splendid evening's sport was witnessed by those who attended the boxing display at the Pantechincon last night, by invitation of Mr. A. J. Laugham, the instructor. Several very interesting bouts were put on, which augurs well for the boxing tournament 1 next week. The first was a three-round bout between O'Brien and W. Oliver. The latter, who showed good science, had much the better of the contest. S. Craigie, a novice, made a good showing against Willett, who is a cool fighter. Laugham and J. Crowther gave an exhibition spar. The former had too much science, though the latter stood up pluckily. The best bout of the evening was that between Willett and Plumb. The former was the heavier, but the latter made the most of the fighting. Willett also gave an exhibition of scientific ball punching. A wrestling bout, in which Hine threw Crowther after 6 min 33 sec of strenuous work, concluded the evening's sport.