BOXING.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13746, 30 May 1910, Page 5

BOXING.

Over forty entries have Wen icceiveu liv the- ChrLstchureh Sports Chib for the Canterbury Championships, whicli wi'i be decided :.z the Theatre l'oynl on Thursday and Friday. }i. Fciiihuis, u'lio was lor scverai years-honorary secretary oi the Tran-- :- \n:\\ Boxing Association, will compete in the light-ivojgct class at the Canttibtuy (.'haciniouships, coiniuoncii;:; on Thursday evening. R. W. Mur.t. an Knglish bantam-weight, will also be a conifHtiLor.

J. J. Malonpy, who last season won tho heavy-woight professional chanipionshii) of Xew Zealand," and who rert'iitly for Sydney with the inf/cntion of making a lengthy stay ther- , ., has written to the secretary of the Christehurch. Snorts Clubj cninpiainii.g o; a match Tor the championship hei;ig arranged l.etwocn Herbert end Picton, and insisting that he is tlu; holder of tho title. Tin? rules of the Now Zealand Council provide that the holder of a championship forfeits his title if he leaves the Dominion for an extended, period. As Mabccy hau ftnno'jiiced that lie expected to bo absent for several months, tho Council considerc*l that th.» title was vacant, and gave tho Christchnrch .Sports C'uo rerinission to match Herbert and Picton.