BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 52, 22 July 1914, Page 8

BOXING.

TO SUPPRESS BETTIXG AND HOIWDYISM. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright 2 Sydney, July 21. The newspapers stringently comment oil tin; rowdyism at Uhe Stadium- and at some ii>otlail matches. Mr. Cann has asked that the police report on the Stadium, riot and has issued orders that all persons suspected of betting shall he rigorously excluded from such exhibitions.

XKW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. (By "Molurai.") T.l.e New Zealand Amateur Champion ships wiil open al the Opera House, Wanganui, to-night, and so liumcvou' are the entries in tile varioiH Casses that the tournament will spread ilsr't over three nighL-. Forty-six boxers, fourteen associations, will step into the ring, and light fans on th'coast are ior.-king forward to some I'm.' i'"'scrap*." Taranaki only claims oil" representative, Wilis, of iF;uvcra. and if •he can make wc'.ter-wcig'.'t this lian!hittingi youth should keep his opponents .busy, lie a'so figures in the mid-die-weight «las<, in which he will be tiii against some very clever exponents ol the noble art—notably planning- (Cliri3teluivcf!)). The Xcw Zea'and Association lias selected Mr. Allan Hamilton. of Wellington. as referee, and lie is a man whose ruling is usually received with unanimous approval. Boxing, like other sports, owes much of its interest to its uncertainty, but boxers who are expected tc- give a <«>od account of themse'ves ine'mle:—TCii'itarns Croskerv 'Oisbornel; feather Bennetts (AlieVand); i'iglit-weiijlMs Stewart (Wellington 1: welters. Tlavil (Manawatnl. middle-weights. If-uinin" (Chri-fchureht. :>'vl l-.eiu-ies Savor(Auckland). The Wangnniii Boxing Association hns arrangements verv enn: pletft for this w-ek's toiinvv an«l record house? l shou'd reward their efTi;-! =