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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 140, 20 July 1914, Page 6

Another unseemly demonstration, as the result of a decision that' did iiot please a eertain section of the spectators, took plaee at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night last. The contest was between a very promising Australian and an American boxer, who has shown form that entitles him to take a prominent position in the ranks of the welter-weights. The imported pugilist vas awarded a points decision over the local'representative, and then the. out--spoken* and demonstrative patriots gave expression to their disgust by lighting fires under the seats, and subsequently assaulting-the building itself with bottles. The 'outburst was so wicked that the management felt called upon to cool the ardour of the protectants with the hose. ThVs is not the first occasion on which a gang of the rougher element l>as misbehaved itself at the big boxing arena. In the latest, as with the previous exhibitions,' the unruly intolerauts quarrelled with the referee's decision. They may be forgiven their intense but unreasonable patriotism' which will not allow an Australian to declared .tie-' feated in a close contest, bui what cannot be passed over is the bare fact that these disputants are usually in the cheaper parts of the Stadium, and so are not in a position to see the little things that come directly under the notice of the adjudicator. r All the pretty work :\t close quarters, the, blocks, stops, and evasions—-which all count in the assessment of points—the "bleachers" are unable to see. They poie a man leading, hear the thwack of the glove contact, and roar approvingly for what they tjeem to be a great shot. Things, are not what they seem to the eyes far jtway from the ringside. Nevertheless, these fellows, will persist on occasion in (iisputing violently the~referee's decision. These demonstrations will do' th'c' game no good, and the Stadium management, which is making an effort to keep the sport, clean, will have to deal summarily with the "bleacher" who is alsl> a "tough.". .