BOXING

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 41, 24 December 1920, Page 9

BOXING

"DENNY" MURPHY v. "SEAMAN" BROWN. MONDAY, JANUARY 3. Keen interest is bein.g shown in the arrangements for the forthcoming professional boxing contest between "Denny" Murphy and "Seaman" Brown to he held in the Municipal Theatre, Invercargill on 3rd January next for a purse of £100 and the welter weight championship of N.Z. Since their opening announcement the eomnnttee have been fortunate in arranging a match between Brian McCleary (amateur Australasian heavy-weight champion) and the local boxer, C. Whitaker, who has just returned from Wellington after a course of instruction under Fritz Holland, and i - showing much improved form. McCleary is bringing with him a very clever light weight 111 McAleer, who will be matched with J. Mitchell, of Dunedin (winner in the recent Wairongoa Shield CompetitiSn held in Dunedin against Canterbury). These bout^ with the addition of W. J. Sycamore v. L. McDonald (Dunedin), M. J. Neylon v. S. Mackey (Dunedin) and D. Adams v. W. Rowe (Dunedin) should provide the best programme ever -staged in Invercargill. The local committee are sparing 110 efforts to make the fixture a saccess an^ carpenters have heen busy engaged j in building suitable staging in the theatre to accommoclate some 200 ringside patrons. The box plan opened at the secretary's office Esk street, on Monday last, and patrons would be wise to secure a seat as indications all point to a record house. Aclmission : — Ringside, £1 ; Dress Circle and Orchestral Stalls, 10s; Back Stalls, 5e ; Gallery, 3s.