BOXING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21974, 24 December 1936, Page 15

BOXING

HENNEBERRY'S COLLAPSE LONG REST ORDERED (united press association— copvbight.) SYDNEY, December 23. Intense nervous strain from business and personal worries and long training caused Fred Henneberry's collapse in the Sydney Stadium on Monday night. His seizure is attributed by his doctor to petit mal, a minor form of epileptic fit. A long rest from boxing has been ordered. Henneberry's father and his fiancee both died this year. In one of the main boxing attractions of the year, the Queensland boxer, Ron Richards (list ljlb) knocked out Henneberry (list 4Jlb) in the tenth round on Monday night, The end came rather unexpectedly. Henneberry, who appeared to have victory within his grasp, stopped a forceful left hook, and the pair fell into a clinch. The referee (Joe Wallis) separated them, and Henneberry fell in a heap on the canvas, his head striking with considerable force. It was several minutes before he recovered. Henneberry stated later that he did not remember falling, but thought that he tripped. Richards did well in the early part of the fight, which was strenuous, willing, and skilful, but Henneberry wore him down and was gradually overhauling him when the end came so abruptly.