Aust. Boxers Win All Three

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30884, 18 October 1965, Page 3

Aust. Boxers Win All Three

(N.Z. Press Association) MASTERTON. The three visiting Australian boxers K. Skuse, D. Hogarth and H. Wagner—won their respective bouts at the Golden Games tournament in Masterton on Saturday night.

Skuse, the Australian light welter-weight champion, and recognised as one of Australia’s most promising amateur boxers, scored a split decision over New Zealand’s 1964 champion, W. Graham, of Wellington. The lightning left of the Australian built up a handy points lead in the first two rounds, and although the weaving Graham caused him to miss frequently, it was the visitor’s clean punching that carried the day for him. The middle-weight “test” between the Australian cham-

pion, Hogarth, and his New Zealand counterpart, T. Dunn, was a great exhibition. Dunn concentrated most of his punching on the Australian’s body but Hogarth, who was 81b the heavier, seemed little affected by this attack. In the second round, Hogarth scored with some hard left hooks and right crosses to the head and this seemed to slow up Dunn considerably. The New Zealander carried the fight to Hogarth in the third and final round but Hogarth weathered this and was much the stronger at the finish.

Wagner and J. Rush, from Rotorua, fought out a stirring battle in the light heavyweight division. The bout opened sensationally when Rush took a compulsory eight count within the first minute, but by the end of the round it was the Australian who was holding on grimly.

Both boxers threw caution to the wind in the second round as they stood toe-to-toe and showered round-arm punches in all directions.

The bout came to a sudden and unexpected end in the third round when a bad cut on Rush’s nose forced the referee to stop the contest. Until then, the judges had scored both boxers evenly. Gridiron The much better running and combination of their back field men enabled the Wellington gridiron team to beat Wairarapa, 22-2. Motor-Cycling Riding in slippery, wet conditions C. Furze, of New Plymouth, won the New Zealand quarter-mile grass track championship for stock motor-cycles on Sunday- The runner-up was M. Sherriff, of Palmerston North, while G.

Marsh, of Palmerston North, was third.

J. Hart, of Palmerston North, took the New Zealand speedway title in a magnificent ride. G. Smith, of Napier, was second, and F. Timmo, of Napier, third. Basketball

A New Zealand men’s indoor basketball team beat The Rest, 56-38. In a women’s match, The Rest beat New Zealand, 43-36. In the men’s match, the outstanding players were B. Bowden and A. Bland,, both of Wellington, who scored 16 and 13 points respectively. The top-scorer in the women’s match was the 19-year-old Robyn Doyle, of Hamilton, with 15. Rugby League In a fast moving, highscoring Rugby League game City Newton, of Auckland, beat a Ponsonby team, also of Auckland, 35-33.