BOXING.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 249, 18 October 1920, Page 7

BOXING.

i COOK WINS FROM HOLLAND. VERDICT' IN SEVENTH ROUND. PAUM.BRSTON >>X>RT.H, October 14. Boxing enthusiasts filled the Opera House to-night, and the Manawatu Boxing Association must have been pleased with the large attendance. Wiith the exception tested! featucr "" eight ' ?" honls wele con " : Cieorge Cook won the principal event in the seventh round. Holland started full of vim and vigour and fought sturdily up to the fifth round, but the strengih of youthful Cook (twenty-one years) began to tell in the sixth round, and it was quite a weakened and tired Holland (thirty-eight years) when the end came In the seventh. Then Holland stood dazed In token of defeat. In the first round Cook upper cut and missed right and left swin«3, which Holland cleverly ducked and smothered. The second round was mostly In-lighting, and in ■the third round Cook was active in kidney punching, from which Holland suffered. In the fourth Holland got a good right swing to looks ear, and Cook missed a right hook. In the fifth both got warmly engaged «t In-tighilng, and Holland booked a right to the jaw In the sixth Cook iepemed his right and left swing experiment with success, and then came with a ri£ht hook to the ear and a left Jolt to the eye. In the seventh Cook loosed all his batteries, and hooked and jabbed, which soon 1 nolaml dazed. Holland became help- -->. nnu was unable to avoid punishment, when -the referee declared Cook the winner. SACRED HEART CHAMPIONSHIPS. REID SCHOOL CHAMPION. The seini-finnls and finals in connection with the annual boxing championships of he Sacred Heart College were decided on lTlday evening before a very large nttemlance of parents and friend* of the boys Some decidedly interesting liouis were*witnessed, several of the contestants showing very fine form. Held won the school championship, giving a good clean display. Mr. F. Burns whs referee. Partlcu.ars are:— -Midgets.-Final: Kearney beat Burke, and won the special trophy for the voungeat winner. Flyweights.- Nightingale beat Delgrosso after an extra round had been ordered. Rantnms.—Semi-final: Rutler beat Relllv Beach a bye. Final. Butler beat Bench. " I'catherweights. - Semi rinala: O'Rrten beat ■ Donovan: Molloy beat Jones. Final: O'Brien bent Jones. Lightweights.—Semi-final: Hurley beat Cotter; White a bye. Final: Hurl'ev beat \" bite. Middleweight* (School Championship).— Reid beat Landers.