KEEN BOUTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 164, 14 July 1938, Page 28

KEEN BOUTS

I STUDENTS' TOURNEY. AUCKLAND TRAINING COLLEGE. Hard and fast lioxing enlivened tiie Auckland Training College annual chumpiuuship tournament held last night at the Auckland Gymnasium. The live new college champions are :—LiKht-he«v.v-weight, A. Simpson ; middle-weight. R. I'ipe ; weiter-weight, F. Campsty ; lightweight, A. AlcClew; bantam-weight. M. McGreal. I The results of the bouts were as lollov. s :— Bantam-weight.—Final: McGreal won by default from Kout. I.ijiht-weifc-ht. —Filial : McClew, 9.4, defeared Covey, 1>.3, on points. Covey endeavoured from the start to rush his opponent off his feet with a steady body attack, but he was kept at a distance by McClew's straight left. Welter-weight.—Rtithcv. 10.0, defeated McMillan. 10.0, ou points: Pile, 10.6, defeated Price, 10.i, on points. Pile withdrew from the competition owing to a broken nose and Campsty. 10.G, defeated Kuihe in the linal. Kuthe hit more cleanly Hi in his opponent in the opening stages, but Campsty came stronger toward the i end and scored with a number of powerful ' straight lefts. Middle-weight.—Semi-finals : Pipe, 11.11,

defeated Francis, 11.2, by a technical knock-out; Manson, 11.2, defeated York, 11.3, by a technical knock-out. Final : Pil>e defeated Manson on points. This In.Hi produced a i-.evi-r exhibition. Pipe. win) lia-1 the ability to score with both I liiinils. beini; staved off for some lime by Million's clever defensive methods. The lnller. however, rather overdid defence and mWxwl ninny chnnctvs ut taking she offensive. Ujrht-henvy-wlght.—Semi-final : Simpson. IL>.4. defeated (ieddes. 12..H, on points. ■ Final : Simpson defeated Hassal <>n points. I Although he fought «:uiitl.v, H:iss:il could find no effective counter for Simpson's persistent and varied attack. OflicialK of the Auckland Boxing Association who controlled the bouts were tliiinked by the vice-principal of the coll««<>, Mr. B. M. Kibl.lewhite. The officials were as follows : —Referees, Messrs. H Brien, J. Sloan : judges. Messrs. G. Bush, H. Brien, J. Sloan ; timekeepers, Messrs. C. Crowther, B. M. Kibblewhite; announcer Mr. W. Dervan; medical officer Dγ J Macky; custodian, Mr. W. Harper. Lively Exhibitions. One of the brightest spots of the programme was an exhibition bout" between Vic. Caltaux, -who on Monday Is to contest the New Zealand welter-weight title with Neville Mudgway, and Bob. Morrlgan, of Wellington. Caltaux attacked in his usual dashing style, but Morrigan fought back confidently, showing himself a master of defence. Hughie Sheridan, the British Empire Gnmee representative, showed up well in a spar with Young Gildo, the Filipino, who boxed cleverly on the defensive. Another Auckland amateur. Trevor Payne, cave Br t:n McKay a willing tussle. 'McKav is to meet Percy Kelly at the. Town Hali on Monday night.