BOXING.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18151, 14 August 1924, Page 14

BOXING.

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. ' (PBESB ASSOCIATION TZLZORAJI.) WELLINGTON, August 13. : Tug boring ■charup.onsiiips were concluded to-night, beiore a packed house, McCrue (Wellington) won the heavy-weight title by default from F. Green (Auckland). T. Griffiths (Oiago; was too clever for H Hayward and easily retained the bantam title. A. Hay (Hawke's Bay) had a hard contest with W. "Walden (Wellington), but won the v.-clter title«by his ability to use a Straight left. J. G. Leckio (Otago) defeated J. Garvey (West Coast) for the light-heavy-weight championship after an even but rather uninteresting contest. Drew (Ota»o) and P. ,Black mad? things wnlmg in tho feather-weight bout, tTut the .-'lago mun steadied his opponent with an uppercut, and was the stronger at the fjra-h, winning well. D Lovoridgc (Wellington) is the now lightweight champion, aft»r afi ecic contest with D. Trowern (Auckland). The pair fought toe to toe the whole way. L. O'Neill easily retained the middleweight title against F. Paget (Southland). The later wn ß outclassed. SIKI OUTCLASSED. (BT CABLE—Pangs ASBOCTAT'Oy COCTWOITT.) (ATJSTBAIJAK ASP N. 7.. CABI.K ASSOCTITKW.I NEW YORK. Ausrust 12. At Buffalo. Homer Smith, of Michigan, outclassed "Battling" Siki in a 10-rounds bout. PAYING OUT AFTER WEMBLEY. LONDO* Augiart }?. Major Wilson's manager say 3 thai th* atiam of promoting Saturday 9 congest, at Wembley caused Major Wilson to suffer a nervous breakdown. . Acting on legal advice. Major Wilson will collect receipts from the contest and lisperse the same as soon as possible. He lgrees with Gibbons'a proposal that. the Joxers in the preliminaries ehould be paid j iiat. if the Solicitor does not .object. Two of the contestants ore now siracded in London.