BOXING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13526, 7 November 1911, Page 8

BOXING.

McVEA A* MASTER LANG OUTED IN SECOND ROUND. BLACK’S EFFECTIVE SKILL. '■'QM* ' —•—— “I thought I would heat Lang,' but not so quickly. Guess 1 got him early.”— ''Sam MeVea. > ■ t'McYfiSPi*- a -•goocF- -oiie ' indeed.- I' -felt particularly.,wefiv. -and.,, liked.-. my chance.. That left, ’ll‘ take some - : licklng;;v It was hfid luck for me to be: eaq r gfJu so soon. He’s the ‘■best I've Sam :Me master in .skill, design, and.:osecittitm^''H l all that mt- ■ the StadiUid night (says last Referee);'- Everymove was for^sptfletbiftgl'defi-mte'j o nearly every blow delivered-founds and' there was completeness-’-in tlie-effect/of each as helping towa'rds an end' Aimed at, - - Lang newer. looked ” better- when he stripped, and he never ( looked worse. ..while fightings.MeVea oiitegeneralled, out-paced, and; out-forced.' the 'Australian: - from. start to close. - Tlie one attribute on Lang’s side which did not suffer by comparison was hia pluck.. Yet a section of the crew’d hooted him-—hooted a brave fellow beaten, who had done his best.' The pity of it .is that they could,, not have been subjected to the same test. ■.Tommy Burns, and. Jimmy-dabby were introduced to‘the house, and met with a great; reception. - ’ - ■ As' usual, “Snowy” Baker was referee, and Mr W; T. Kerr timekeeper. Straightway MeVea began to figlit, while the white man moved- about nervous/, ly anxiouht' The black's.first,, blow., a left jolt, fnissed the jaw, but the nest made impact, over the eye, A clinch w:as,folio wed by Lang’s loft, missing.- MeVea rattled tbd o otlier ’fellow’s licaapiece with a left that'had heaps of steam in it; then he - made contact again • with the same member on the eye. Bill was puzzled. The attack was so well, directed and so nicely made—no fuss at all. : . Lang’s left stabbed the ; stomach.MeVea essayed a left upward hook, And the crowd, applauded Laug for heating it. The- black swung the right from low down, intent upon getting the chin. Again- was;,’hc_ baulked,, and once more; did Bill hoar’himself, cheered.; Lang’s left to the body was low. MeVea chopped a. Icft- dowm- t'o-the car as. his opponent's'head 1 -turned .side up, and be? fore /Bill, cbifld hecoyer- himself the dpposing riglit caught , his -jaw with, such fotce as ffd !i pfbyokea-clinch, when annular puntSh%dni-itd-Sanils. credit, Left to, the ey¥*M& right Mi the stomach carried considerable 'feting, but tne Australian still faced the sittration' bravely. MeVea s left swing grazed: the-eye* nest he chopped a right to the head- and hooked that fine sinister weapon of his, to . the,, ear hard, enough to.have spreadcagled most boxers. Twice again did MeVea. score before corners; while; two responses cleaved the atmosphere, .only,, ; . Lang took’ the initiative in the second-; his ■ left lead missed, then he rushed, to find the enemy- per,plexingly elusive; _McYea’s right swung round the neck hardenough . tdr’shift Lahg .to one - side. Just here the-black would.have been in trouble, had Lang;; noticed; the sitpation—McYw was;/overbalanced/’; momentarily. Both missed; 1 Now there, were some quick exchanges. MeVea hooked -a- ternhe ; right to the jaw, and, hey, presto! Lang went from ; the. perpendicular, to the, horizontal. Up at “nine,” left and light dropped Lang .again; tlis time fop “eight.’;, Drably the’white faeed.tlie black-,-to catch two lefts to the jaw and right to •the 1 other side which ’ended the., unequal .contest. Lang was .counted' out. Poor Bill. b ortiiue is not too kind to him.,.