BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 16, 19 June 1913, Page 18

BOXING.

j THE NEW PLYMOUTH TOURNAMENT. . —r- ' '- : ' ■•• ! B SECOND NIGHT. There was a fair attendance at the Good Templar Hall last night for the w concluding evening of the boxing tourna- a nient, conducted under the auspices of »] the New Plymouth Boxing Club. Again « some fine boxing and wrestling Were wit- d nessed, and though several local and £ South Taranaki performers Jailed to put * in an appearance, yet sufficient material » was in attendance to provide a good two hours' sport. The officials, as on the t first evening, again worked well, every- 1 thing moving smoothly, a word of praise g being specially due to the secretary, Mr. E. W. Griffiths, for the conduct of his first, tournament. The decisions of the referees, Mr. F. 11. Dyer, of Auckland (boxing), and Mr. Langham (wrestling) again gave general satisfaction. The audience was again impartial in showing its appreciation of good work wherever displayed. Mr. Tabor, during the < evening, apologised for the disappoint- i ment caused by the non-attendance of < several of the promised performers, and ■ also thanked those present for their at- i tendance and impartial bearing. He also 1 expressed the thanks of the committee '; to Professor Hugard for the loan of a | number of chairs from the Theatre : Royal. The results were as follows: i LIGHT WEIGHTS. W; C6ohllbeß>;(Awat un a)',V;,J. ;Listpr (New Plymouth) ,9st. Coombes forced the vpace in'the first round, and connected on several occasions. Lister stood up pluckily, though his boots interfered, somewhat with his footwork. The second round was more even. Lister was aggressive at the start, but Coombes, who was not fighting so wildly, got in some severe body blows and evened matters up> at the finish. The third round saw both sparring for an opening, Coombes having the better of a dull round. Round four was much more willing, Coombes doing most of the at--1 tacking. The fifth round was greatly in Coombes' favour, he driving his opponent all .over the ring. The referee stopped the fight, and his verdict !• "Coombes wins," was the signal for a 1 round of applause, a share of which was ' awarded his plucky opponent. Bliss (Auckland) 9.10, v. Chapman 1 (Tongaporutu), 9.8%.' Bliss had the bet- ! ter of the first round, which proved very willing, Chapman making some c mighty blows which mostly hit the. at- ' mosphere. The second round was also i the Aucklander's, Chapman showing great capacity for taking punishment, though at times he put in a punch which i however, when it did land, lacked dash, r The third round was a repetition of the second. Chapman came up fit in the fourth round, when he niade a slightly better showing, connecting with the>face on one occasion. He also stopped two pr three with his own countenance. Some l of his swings were still very wild. Chap-1 man clinched a lot in the fifth round,] which was easily the Aucklander's. The! final round saw Chapman stand up and „ mix it better, both giving and receiving ° punishment. There could be no other « verdict but "Bliss the winner," though the crowd recognised the game manner - in which Chapman stood up to his gruel- [' ling by applauding him.. ' W. Coombes' (Awatuna)' 9.13, v. S. ' Mitchell (Auckland) 10.8. Coombes ' forced the pace for the start, and landed 1 one or two on the face and another on f the back of the neck. Mitchell, who was *' boxing coolly, failed to follow up an 7 advantage twice. The second round was " willing, if unscientific, Coombes again I did most of the forcing, and scored occasionally, but Mitchell, waiting his ie v ohance, shot the right in gently three l P times. For fully half the third round Js' Mitchell did not attempt to' hit his ops" ponent, simply dodging wild blows by ie shitting his head. In the fourth round P" Mitchell.appeared to be merely playing !tt with his opponent, who slipped under the e " ropes, when Mitchell kindly assisted him "* to rise, and then stood off. In the final ! " round, Mitchell put in a blow to the e " point which landed harder than he in-' [>• tended, and dazed Coombes. Mitchell ts sportingly stood off when he had 8 - Coombes at his mercy, an action that :0 the crowd was quick to recognise. Ie Coombes then retired and was heartily P> applauded for his game showing. I EXHIBITION BOUT. id W. Olliver and R. Ollivcr boxed a fourio round no decision exhibition fight. Some i- very good science was shown by both r. boys. The first two rounds were comparatively tame, but after that, the lads both warmed up, and gave a lively display. W. Olliver was too scientific for his less experienced cousin. Both boys were applauded for their display. WRESTLING. e A. White (New Plymouth) 11.10, v. o W, Thompson (Hamburg, Germany), j- 10.10. After a couple of minutes' wrestling !. for a hold, both got to work in earnest. White assumed the aggressive, but e Thompson showed great 'cleverness in j. extricating himself from some nasty' |f corners, and after about five minutes lg almost succeeded in turning the tables. A few moments later White nearly secured the verdict with the chancery ir hold, but Thompson cleverly got away. c Some smart, work followed until the full s ten minutes elapsed without a fall, and s the referee awarded the contest to ' e Thompson, who had the greater variety e of holds. It was a close go, but r Thompson's cleverness just more than counter-balanced his opponent's weight. E. Hine (New Plymouth) 11.7, v. G Willctts (Palmerston North) 12.0 After some strenuous and clever work in which both showed good science, Wil:J letts nearlv succeeded in securing a fall with the hammer lock. Hine, however. " got out of difficulties, and getting "on ' the scissors hold, Willetts was unable to > get clear, and his shoulders were pinned ■- to the floor, Hine gaining the verdict in 9 min 15 sec. 0 FRATERNISING. ■ At the conclusion of the tourna- [. ment, the competitors and committee e were the guests of the New Plvmouth Boxm Club at. supper'at Mr. R." Cock's (< Piccadilly Dining Rooms. After the it wants of the inner man had been well 1 attended to by the popular proprietor, a short toast list was gone through, the following toasts being honored: "The f King,' proposed by Mr. George Tabor, f chairman; "Kindred Sports," proposed ' »•" M , r- Winptts . ft nrt responded to by '• Mr. Garcia: "Referees," proposed by Mr. >, Geo. Griffiths, and responded to by Messrs. K. U. ]) V er and A. J. Langham, the former urging the Society to » encourage the amateur ideas against the' professionals; "Xow Plymouth Boxing Association," proposed by Mr. F. H. Dyer, and responded to by Messrs. Geo! Griffiths (chairman), ami R. W. Griffiths (secretin-); "Visitors and'Compeutors,' proposed by the chairman and responded to by Messrs. Coombes (Awatuna), Bliss, and Mitchell (Auckland) and Chapman (Tongaporutu); "The Time-keeper" (Mr. J. Bennett), and •The Press," proposed by Mr. E. W. Griffiths, and responded to* hv the representatives of the "Taranaki Daily News" and Taranaki Herald. During the evening, the chairman, on behalf of Mr J .Bennett, presented Mr. W. Coombes, of Awatunn. with a gold medal in recognition of the assistance he has given the Aviation by competing and the game Eghw he had put up.