BOXING.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 196, 17 August 1920, Page 7

BOXING.

KEENAN BEATS JARVIS. ON A FOUL.. A FAST FINISH. DI-SA-TOINTIXG AMATEURS. The Town Hall became bedlam last night when A. Jarvis, the lightweight from Adelaide, was disqualified iv the middle of the last round for holding nnd hitting, and J. -Keenan, the Auckland boy, took the decision. The flfteen-roiind lightweight contest was held by the X.8.A., anil the' large hall was well packed. The tight Ing as a whole between the two lightweights was rather slow. Keenan gnve every evidence or having improved his general ring-work since the last meeting, and although Jarvis had a little the better of the lirst nine rounds, Keennn's righting tactics balanced t-hls in the last five. As a nutter of fact, with, the fifteenth to go the decision might have gone cither way. hut .I:irv!s. though weakening, had the better of the last, and was "pasting"' the boy iv Hie corner when •the referee spoke. Hut he went on driving, and that was tbe unish. They fought at even weight. Many of the amateur bouts were disappointing, but one or two, notably the six rounds between Otway and Whlttome. ntre willing. The referee for all the bouts was Mr. F'Burns, and his decision* occasionally met with a mixed reception from the amateur critics In the gallery. THE FIGHT DESCRIBED. Bot-h boxers weighed-in at D.Tj. Jarvis scored once or twice in the opening round with a right that came up pretty fast, but the Auckland hoy found his mark just as often with a nice left: Next round went to the Australian, who came up to chest and face and down on the neck with vicious double-handed hitting. Again in the third session Jarvis had the crowd on its feet by a quick movement tlint put the local boy ou the retreat, but he rallied and put home a couple of good left hooks. The Australlan's leads with his left were too quick at this time, and he had the better of (he tussle for a couple of rounds. The liftli and the sixth, with ln-Ilgh,li:ig mostly, were very even. Jarvis developing a nasty right cross and a quick upper with the same hand, with these he at times penned Keenan. but the Aucklauder dodged them skilfully. There was little but uneventful in-flghtitig for three round- more, and on the ninth Keenan led right and left to the face, and followed wilh the same strokes to heart and wind. In the tenth bout the advantage was decidedly to Jarvis. who got his opponent into the open long enough to pelt hlni with a couple of double-banders. It was left to left in the next, which Jarvis opened with three straight jabs to the face. and Keenan with a til., that sped in through the Australian's gloves. The bout was warming up at last but there was nothing in it. for the Auckland boy was a match for the man from Adelaide in foot and head work, and also in the close range .fighting, which, troth to tell, did no harm on cither side. Then on a sudden Keenan began to do all the leading, and at the end of the twelfth session it began to look more like a light. A feint with his left made an opening for the Aucklander to slash upwards, bnt he hit the other's glove, and had to come at the same tactics again before he could get ttbrough. Meanwhile the scrapping was at •close quarters, but it soon opened out enough to let Keenan get in a pah- of low body punches. A straight left stab to jawJolted him a liltle. but lip came three times with the same medicine, and the Australian sought safety In clinches. Jnrvis was obviously the weaker now, but the spell did him good, and the nfteenth had the spectators all agog. Keenan went right In and drove liome left and right, then he caught his mark with a left' hook, and Jarvis drove In three riglits that got the Aucklander moving back. He worked hard nt short range nnd drove Keenan Into the corner, where he seemed to lose his head u„ Ba _" e foul - I'inuing the boy there while he slogged. The referee's decision was quite right.

AMONG THE AMATEURS. F EA T HER W.EK3 H TS. E Otway (9.0) and J. Whutome (B.R) •started to light at tbe iflrst gong, aud Otway ■began It. Though the advantage was at hrst very slightly In favour of Whittome the other had the better range of weapons' !■?.. hUi sbre «"<l hooks and lippereuts set WMttome Into using Ms- agllitv to avoid the returns from his own punishing straight left The last round kept the crowd on its feet while they hoth went hard at It. hut Whittome was the stronger, and a right hook put Otway down on the boards. The referee stopped the tight before the round was finished, and was right in givin- Whittome the verdict. Otway started the light and Whlttonie won It. It was the ">est short [fight of -the evening, and neither escaped unscathed. H. IBrlen (S.l-I beat "A. Francis" (Sin Three hits and a clinch was the kernote of the whole six rounds. All [lie blows were wenk and the business was terribly monotonous. Brien had the best footwork. LIGHTWEIGHTS. -. Th , e *-.„ two-minutes 'between F. G. Stanley ,10.0) and (3. Brown (Tl.lOi went completely In -Stanley's favour. Brown -ot in a lovely left in the lirst, and later "on Stanley, with left and right, had him st-ig-gerlng. Stanley used his anus too freely to pinion the other, hut he went right'home with some line cracks, usually v right huuk It was all hitting at the end. with the advantage much la favour of Stan lev who nevertheless held too much, but was" forced to this hy Brown always coming iv for shelter. The referee did the best thing possible when he would uot give a decision between J. Walker (10.0) aud (J. .lenzie. (!3.11i

Walker with his -long reach lilt often- but without weight, and the other could do scarcely any better. The right hook might have ibeen made specially for A. Saunders (0.13), judging from the constancy with which he got home with it against S. Gordon (9.11). There was uo decision In so oue-rrided an affair. TWO MIDGETS. When "Dempsey" met Carpentier by proxy, in the "persons" of E. and J. Donovan, two brothers, aged live and seven, the whole house was hugely interested while the two fought like Bends- -for two rounds and a-half. using every point and every ■punch known to the game until -Carpentier (five years old) with a slogging left put Dempsey (seven years) on the boards for six and finished the business when he staggered up with a right uppercut that made him take the count.