BOXING.

NZ Truth, Issue 58, 28 July 1906, Page 3

BOXING.

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Mr> . --Gerald Sinclair, . of >Blenheimv has been writing to the Wellington Boxing Association for information 'concerning the formation :+ of a boxing., association in his district- Mr Sinclair has been informed that while theWellingtoa,Association will extend its"hearty co-operation in any schemer that wilL 'give the sport a fillip in the Marlkorough province, his best course iwould be to communicate either with the New Zealand Boxing Council, which exercises jurisdiction over alt' 'regjsteredl.fboxing 'associations throughput the colony, or the Canterbury, Centre, which holds' sway over the territorial disfcicts of Canterbury- ; - Nelson-Blarlborough, An impression has- got -about (that■J. Cassidy, who figured, in the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court the other ' iday on a charge of vagrancy, is a member of 'the Wellington Boxing Association. "T he officials are making it. known everywhere that the said Cas-•■si-dy. is in no way connected with their .Association, nor has he been coach-' ing aspirants for future fame in the. -roped arena under their aegis. The, .Association is making a "dead -.set"* .against the professional- talent • which! _has,com«^into such- prominence- in-Wel- ■. iUrigton of late, and 'the stoushers* • chance oFfixing up "shleinter 'goes'' is-. ' ' 'Buckley -s . ' ? ' The Association is striding: might and; main to see that the (jwrovisjons of the .Police- Offences Act Amendment Act. are rigidly carried •out. and.in.thatVta.sk they .have 'the;; tfeady, assistance '-of. the officers of-.* the* daw. '. At the-annualvmeetirig^of 'the- Tara-*: jvaki' Boxing Association .(Stratford); Jast week, -there-, was-some • talk of>dis^ hanseling the Association and realising on the assets, which were valued at £12. The balance. of assets over liabilities as shown in vthe^balance-sheet, was £3 18s 9d. The majority of. 'those present thought that another Attempt should Tie made to keep the 'Association going and this suggestion, was acted upon. Dr. Paget was elected President, Mr Alf. Bayly (wellicnown in Rugby football ejrcles) VicePresident, and Mr W. P. Kirkwo.od as Jura, sec. arid treasurer, replacing Mr Sexton, who has a seat on the committee. The Association agreed with the suggestion of the "Wellington Association re the formation of a "governing centre. The matter of holding ■a tournament was left in the hands the, incoming committee to deal s with. The Wellington -'Association has beenmaking enquiries irom the Council at Ohristchuroh in regard to a design for the N.Z. Championship medals. Mr A tack replies that a design was adopted in lUOI and has been adhered to: since. It has been customary to give winners the standard medal value £4 and the runners-up an order for a trophy of the _ value of £2. ; . From all reports (writes Secretary ,Atack, of the N.Z. 8.C., to the local Association) your Association will be extremely fortunate as regards representative entries for the championships and the meeting, should surpass anything yet held in the colony. .The 1903 meeting here was a great one, but will not compare with the representative character of that of 19f1<3, if all the districts who say they will ■be represented act up to their words. From what has reached me, I under-, .stand that Auckland, Taranaki, Can- . •terbury, South Canterbury, Ofcago rand possibly Nelson and Westland will -send competitors and there will be. your own representatives. As compe-, are gaining in experience, by, areason of local competitions, the form ißhawn should -be far the best seen ; isince formation of the Assccia'■tdon and the competitions will natur■aSlj be very keen, seeing that a trip .to Sydney is an extra inducement to*. .*» competitor tfo show the best heiS' J •capable of. ; . The Hon. Secretary of the New- Zealand Boxing Council is writing to the ivarious local Associations with re'jgard ta a- conference to be held- in(Wellington, on August 11. There are,, he points out, a -number of questions 'which can very well ..be discussed; amongst others the Australa3ian< fagreement and amendment of the Po-; flice Offences Act Amendment Act. Mr> LAtack rightly concludes that good; jwouid come from a bringing together of the scattered forces. Wairarapa is- suspending "boxing- ope-., 'rations for the season and Manawatu "threatens to follow suit. Properly the 'New Plymouth, Stratiford, Wanganui and Manawatu districts could be made a splendid field .■for tine carrying "on of the sport, .jtrst :as Christchurch, Ashburton and Tim-: : aru is. Some of the people running?the country boxing, associations are not fast enough- to catch wormscon a hot summer's day. s With reference 'to • the-correspondence- ■ which has been, passing between the and Wellington Boxing As- ■ fsociations regarding subscriptions tothe fund now being raised by the former body in aid of W. Murphy, the. .ex-feather-weight champion of the •world, the local Association, after, due-' consideration to. >the mat-

ter decided that in view of information which it had received it would not l)u justified in making any vote from the funds of the Association. Members of the Committee had noticed that in recent issues of sporting' papers on the other side, Murphy had ' intimated his desire to be ina/tohed in 'Australia and stating that he would ; again, be heard of at boxing contests at an early date. Cotnmltteemen, i therefore, considered that it was improbable Murphy would content himself with following an ordinary occupation and in these : circumstances they did not feel justified in doing anything in the direction indicated. At the same time the members of the Committee, individually, stated that if they felt assured that Murphy would stick to business they would have no hesitation in subscribing among themselves to the fund ; but from circumstances which had come r.to their' knowledge they did not at the present time feel ' justified in doing anything further in the matter. J. Batcueior, '. the heavy-weight of Westland, who has been disqualified 'for life ' from competing at competitions under the rule's, of the New Zealand Boxing Council for misconduct at the Ashburton tburney a few weeks ago, is believed to have gone over to the other side. When on his way ,from Greymouth to Ashburton, Baii chelor pitched a pitiable tale aftout 1 being hard-up, and • a prominent, naem.- --,' ber '' of the "Wellington .< Association ,took compassion on him and loaned.'him fifteen shillings, the stipulation C'beinn: that the money was to .be re--•paid a week afterwards. Nei.ther-Bat-tchelb'r nor ■the "sponsU 'have been, seen .since- and- the chances are-the latter , will, now have-' to be put down' on; the<vbad*debfr list. . If all that one' hsars, true, Bsttcbelor lias been at the isame ga,m& before.