BOXING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 91, 18 April 1922, Page 3

BOXING.

UNIVERSITIES' TOURNAMENT. CANTERBURY WINS SHIELD. ' The boxing carnival provided by the students of the New Zealand universities . was held in the Town Hall last night • under the auspices of the Northern Boxing I Association, when his Excellency the Governor-General was an interested spectator of the bouts. Generally the boxing was Interesting, though, apart from two special bouts, it was not of the standard which might be expected from the Dominion's colleges. A feature of the evening was the manner in which Nell McLean, of Auckland, an exceptionally powerful hitter, won hiR two bouts and. the heavyweight championship by disposing of each of his opponents by a knock-out. neither man standing before him for a minutel The feather-weights were distinctly disappointing. R. Young (Wellington), 8.11. beat J. Patterson (Otago). 8.10, and Jeune (Canterbury), 8.13, but beyond a left lead and defensive footwork none of the competitors has advanced far in the noble art. In the lightweights Farquharson (Canterbury); 10.0, beat Colvin (Otago). 9.8, and . Lewis (Wellington), 9.13. In Lewie the winner met a distinctly promising lad. who uses both hands fast and with some accuracy, and tbe deciding bout was a good , one, the Canterbury boy getting a slight lead by being a fraction quicker with his left and cleaner in placing his right crosses ' to the face and body. The welter-weight competitors were all lively. Coningham (Wellington), 10.3, beat Maxwell (Auckland), 10.5, but was beaten In turn by Jefcoate (Otago), 10.9, who had disposed of Crabbe (Canterbury), 10.8. Jef- ■ coate proved a bustling boxer, who showed J little defence but w'Srired his opponents • throughout by a continuous attack. Coninghaui showed a fair defence and a good ■ left, but when roughed by the Otago man ' into fighting back, a lack of resource was shown up, and a bout in which both men ■ took a lot of punishment went in Jefcoate's favour. The middleweight class was probably the best all-round one of the evening. Fraser (Wellington), 10.12, proved too cool 'and ' clever for Macken (Auckland), 10.12, who - sent in the towel in the second rbnad. Lowther (Canterbury), 11.4, fought a steady bout against Lamb (Otago), 11.4, who tried to mix it, but rarely got past his oppo- . nent's defence, and was punished with left • and right to the bead. In the final Lowther took the aggressive against Fraser, beating him to the punch' with his left, and showing the more resource when the Wellington man fought back. After two even rounds the Canterbury man's attack bad Frazer's 1 defence broken down, and he scored regn- ' larly with left and right to the face, 'and . won the verdict. • In the heavyweight section Craven (Can- ' terbury), 12.2, set a lively pace against McRae (Wellington), 12.2, and a brisk set-to saw the Canterbury man, after being steadied by a heavy right to the chin in the first round, completely master Mcßae by a continuous drive of the left to the face and win easily.. The situation was entirely changed when Neil McLean (Auckland), 12.7, came on the scene, for he knocked ont Klrkland (Otago), 12.2, with a powerful left • hook in a matter of seconds, and repeated the performance inside a minute when Craven faced him In the final. During the evening two special bouts of four two-minute rounds were provided in Keenan, 8.9 v. Hatton, 9.1, and Otway, 9.13, v. Brien, 9.4, in which Hatton and Brien were awarded the decisions. Mr. Frank Burns was referee.