BOXING.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 90, 17 April 1929, Page 16

BOXING.

I DEFEAT OF G. COOK. CAXADTAX XEGRO WINS OX POIXTS (Australian Trpss Assn.—United Service.) 1 TORONTO, April 16. Larry Gain?, the Canadian negro | heavy-weight boxing champion, out- ' classed George Cook, the Australian, in a 10-round contest an<l won comfortably. Gains weighed IS!)Ub and Cook 10411b. The negro led in the t'uvt round, pounding the Australian to the ropes with blows to the heaii. The second was even. Gains again came to the fure in the I third with hard lefts to the body. Cook was mi-sing. Cook continued to miss in rhe fourth j round, but landed several stiff punches to the head and drew blood from hir opponents in*-e. The round was even. Both men fought furiously and gave and took punishment in the fifth, hut I the Canadian led. The negro had the Australian dizzy in the .sixth under a' terrilic attack. He won the round by I a wide margin. The seventh round found Cook's nose | bleeding and his opponent making a target of it. The Australian seemed to be content to hold on. Jt was Gain's round. Cook fought more gamely i'i . the eight and the round was even. He j was desperately tired in the ninth and swung blindly. He tried boxing the negro. This round was even. The last round was a. hammer and tongs affair, both men trying to knock | each other out. It was Gain's round. I

OFrER ro TOM HEE'iXY.

! rr.OPOSKD MATCH AT BERLIN". (Australian .mil N Z. Pre s - Association.) NEW YORK, April 10. | Mr. .Toe Jacob*. American airent fori the Herman lio\cr Sclnnelinj. >av* Tom | Heeney. of Now Zealand, ha- received I an offer from a Berlin promoter to meet. Schmelinji in .Tune at Berlin.