BOXING

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20956, 9 September 1933, Page 14

BOXING

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY SEMI-FINALS BEACHED IN" SOME CLASSES (PEESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) BLENHEIM, September 8. As the result of a long programme beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning and continuing till late at night, 38 further bouts in the New Zealand amateur boxing championships were disposed of to-day, and the semi-finals ] were reached in various classes. The attendance was large throughout the dav and the theatre was packed for the' night session. The day's results were as follows: — FLY-WEIGHT. E Knock (Auckland) 8-0. defeated A. Martin (Wairarapa) 7-5. W McKav (Gisborne) 7-12, defeaiea W. Cole (Otago) 7-10 J. ~„f„a + P d H Allott (Wellington) 7-13, defeated W. Evans (Motueka) 8-0. V. Gordon (Taranaki), 7st 10J1D, ae feated B. Boyle (Hawke's Bay), <st 41b. FEATHER-WEIGHT. i A J. Hawes (Ashburton), Bst 10£U>, ° n c a^ n yne k r' o ( U Marlborough), 3st Wtfb. defeated H. Donkin (Hawke's Bay), 8 Kosher (Canterbury) Bsl:l3lt.defeated I. Hogg (Auckland) Bst WJlb. W. Hawes (Greymouth), Bst 101b defeated J. Jarvis (Taranaki), 12ilb. BANTAM-WEIGHT. C Gordon (Taranaki) 8-3}, defeated G. Richmond (Otago) 8-5. R. Williams (Auckland), Bst 9Jlb, defeated A. Deere (Wanganui), Bst 41b, the referee stopping the match. L. Larsen (Wellington), Bst 31b, dcj feated L. Thomas (Marlborough), est !31b, on a knock-out. J. Cadwallader (Wairarapa) defeated L. Robinson (Hawke's Bay), Bst 31b. LIGHT-WEIGHT. W. Francis (Otago) 9-6|, defeated A. Warbrick (Motueka) 9-8. T Carroll (Wairarapa) 9-7, defeated G. Wylie (Hawke's Bay) 9-7. A. Day (Greymouth) 9-7, defeated R. Scott (Christchurch) ?-7M. Paynter (Whangarei), 9st <Jlb, defeated A. Waugh (Gisborne), ?st 41b. R. Purdie (Auckland), 9st 6ilb, defeated G. Downes (Manawatu), 9st 6Jlb. It was a good fight, and the decision met with a mixed reception. Downes pushed the Olympic representative until well into the final roundW. Francis (Otago), 9st 6ilb, defeated T. Carroll (Wairarapa), 9st 71b.

MIDDLE-WEIGHT. H. E. Neil (Auckland) 11-4, defeated M. Spring (Wairarapa) 11-4, on a technical knock-out J. Mansfield (Wellington) 11-1, defeated W. Shutt (Ashburton) 11-5. F Roguski (Taranaki) 11-3J, defeated W. *Hc son (Greymouth) 11-1, on a technical knock-out. „„,.... H E. Neal (Auckland), list 41b, won by default from J. McMahon (Manawatu). Semi-final. F. Roguski (Taranaki), list 3ilb„ the title-holder, defeated J. Mansfield (Wellington), list lib. The verdict was not popular. Roguski will meet H. E. Neal (Auckland) in the finaL LIGHT-HEAVY-WEIGHT. J. Ford (Wellington) 11-11, defeated P. Sheenan (Ashburton) 12-2. L. Painter (Auckland) 12-7, defeated W. Pascoe (Southland) 12-3. M. Soane (Motueka-Riwaka) 12-3, defeated A. Dasler (Marlborough) 11-94-F. Bell (Greymouth), 12st, defeated M. Soames (Motueka), 12st 31b. J. Ford (Wellington), list 111b, defeated L. Painter (Auckland), 12st 71b. HEAVY-WEIGHT. W. Pascoe (Southland) 12-3, defeated A. J. Bourne (Christchurch) 11-12. M. Rika (Whangarei), 15st 4Jlb, defeated E. Price (Wellington), 12st Sib. The crowd admired Price's showing against his bigger opponent, and would have preferred a decision the other way. A. Dasler (Marlborough) won by default from H. Reeves (Manawatu). D. Lindsay (Auckland) won by default from P. Brant (Timaru). W. Pascoe (Southland), 12st 31b, defeated S. Reid (Wairarapa), 14st 61b. WELTER-WEIGHT. M. Candy (Manawatu) 10-4 defeated D. Sterling (Christchurch) 10-3. B. Morrighan (Golden Bay), lOst 61b, defeated N. Mudgway (Marlborough), lOst 31b. R. B. Martin (Whangarei), lOst 51b, defeated J. Miller (Ashburton), lOst 71b. W. Purdie (Auckland), 9st 111b, defeated C. McKnight (Matamata), lOst 61b. Semi-finalists will meet to-morrow morning as follows: Bantam-weight—Cadwallader (Wairarapa) v. Larsen (Wellington); R, Williams (Auckland) v. Gordon (Taranaki). Feather-weight—W. Lang (Otago) v. C. Rayner (Marlborough); N. Fisher (Christchurch) v. A. J. Hawes (Ashburton). Light-weight—Paynter (Whangarei) v. R. Purdie (Auckland); W. Francis (Otago) v. Dey (Greymouth). Welter-weight—Candy (Manawatu) Y- Morrighan (Golden Bay); Martin (Whangarei) v. W. Purdie (Auckland). Heavy-weight—Dasler (Marlborough) y. Rika (Whangarei); Lindsay (Auckla"d> v - Pascoe (Southland). Light heavy-weight final—Roguski v. Weal. HAWES V. FRANKLIN With a ring record of 104 fights, 92 of which he won, drew five, and lost only seven, Joe Franklin, the Hawke's f£Zi* Professional feather-weight, ; should prove a hard opponent for Percy Hawes the hard-hitting local no less brilliant. The bout between these two will be of 12 rounds Both fhf n fi°L at , the , t , op of their foj ™» and tance g0 the whole dis ~ Judging by the record of some of the team from H.M.A.S. Canberra/who will be engaged in the preliminary bouts with a team of local amateur! there should be some mterestinl bos starts at R S£i P£ el "»»ary bouts starts at 8 o clock. Day sales and reserves are obtainable at £Sg?s United Service Buildings. g