BOXING TOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 235, 3 October 1936, Page 21

BOXING TOURNEY.

I SACKED HEART COLLEGE. HEAVY-WEIGHT TO P. KYNE. Some clever and willing boxing was seen in the finals of the Sacred Heart College annual tournament last night in the college gymnasium. The winner of Mr. B. Gardes' trophy for the most scientific boxer, R. Lake, had outstanding speed and skill. Opposed to a heavier man, he showed ability to punch quickly and cleanly )vith a straight left and to back-move. Only in the final round did the bigger of the two get a clear advantage by his superior strength. P. Kyne, of Pompallier House, won the heavy-weight final in a close figlit with R. McKenzie (Coolahan). The .Torn Jlolloy Memorial Medal for the winner of the light-weight division went to <T. Enwright. In the interval the Rev. Brother Tarcisius thanked those to whom the successful management of the tourney was due. His staff and the instructor, Mr. H. Donovan, had been untiring and the skill and good spirit shown by the boys were largely due to their efforts. The fact that 135 entrants had taken part was a tribute to the organisation. The Auckland Boxing Association had been particularly helpful in lending the officials and gear necessary. On behalf of the Auckland Boxing Association. the president, Mr. R. Rugg, congratulated the competitors on the skill and keenness displayed. Sacred Heart had produced much 'boxing talent and the present Auckland amateur heavy-weight champion, M. McHugh, was an old boy of the college. It was pleasing to see his brother, A. McHugh. win the college dreadnought class. He announced that he would" present HI Murphy with a special trophy for his plucky showing m his fight with T. Sharkey in the final of the special class. The officials were: Announcer,* Mr. W. Dervan; referee. Mr., F. Burns; 'judges, Messrs. >T. -Toplin and G. Bush; timekeeper, Mr. T. Finer. i In the following results the houses are j represented by Coolahan (C), Pompallier j (PI. Basil (B1 and Lenihan (L): — - Pnppr-wpiglit. — Somi-finals: F. Brooks TP) beat D. Dclaney (B) : I. Wnss (T-) ' beat G. Paul (B). Final: Brooks beat Wnss in a hard and even contest, the I winner scoring'with a good straight left. | Flyweight.—Final: M. Stewart (P) beat , E. Simmons (I*). j Jlidget-weiglit.—Final: B. Shechan (C) beat D. Bai (C). i JtosquitO-weiglit.—Final: C. Bree (P) , beat It. Urce (!'). Bantam-weight.—Filial: H. Gilbert (C) beat It. Greaney (L). Light weight. — Semi-finals : J. Enwrlglit (C) beat JI. McGreal (P) : R. Fitzgerald (B) beat It. T.vree (B). Filial: Enwriglit beat It. Fitzgerald in a close and willing encounter, the winner hitting more cleanly with a straight left and a right rip. Feather-weight.—Final: L. Malioney (B) beat It. Lake (L). The winner was heavier and stronger, but in the first two rounds Lake's good footwork and quick, decisive punching kept them even on points. Jlalioney was stopped repeatedly by a good straight left when coming in. His heavy punch wore down his opponent iu the final round, however. Welter-weight.—Final : .T. Ryan (L) beat G. I'enton (LI. Ryan was more aggressive and kept landing to the jaw, putting tne weight of his body behind the punches. ! Middle-weight.—Final: I. JlcGrath (PI! beat S. Belelier (L). The winner went in l at the gong and staggered Belcher with two successive right book!? to the jaw. , The loser rallied gamely in the second] round, but the stronger man kept liis lead. I Extra Division. —Semi-finals: T„ Jlollo.v (P) beat D. Tarrant-Hoskins (C) : P. Olson (L) beat H. Dacey (B). , Final: Jlollov heat Olson. Special Division.—Semi-finals: H. Jlurphv (B) beat C. Gardner (li) ;T. Sharkey (L) beat V. Katavich (P). Final: Sharkey bent H. Jlurnhy in a fast fight, both men going hard from start to finish. Dreadnought-weight. —Semi-finals: A. JlcHueli (LI beat A. Tn'buhovieh (P) : F. Walls (C) bent I'. JfcGirr (P). Final: JlcHugli heat Walls in a close bout,. McHugh's footwork and clean punching giving him the advantage. Cruiser-weight.—Final: A. Bnrtlcy (P) beat .T. JleLean (L). Bartley hit harder and kept constantly on the attack. 1 Liglit-heavy-weight.—Final : R. Pipe (P) beat F. Owen (P). Owen did most of the leading and over the first two rounds his superior speed and snappy punching gave liim a slight margin of points. In the final round, however. Owen went in hard and with heavy punching with both hands took the bout. Heavv-weight.—Final : P. Kyne (P> beat R. JlcKenssie (C). Kyne was the faster of the two and was continually first to the ■punch. Though his opponent made a tight of it in the Inst round and shaded . the winner, his lead on points was too i great. I