BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 211, 30 May 1908, Page 9

BOXING.

'/ (Br Meeoobt.) i la ~~ COMING EVENTS. : , June 10 and 11.—Otago Championships. Juno 16 and' 17.—Wellington Provincial Championships. July I.—Gosling-Gault match (Opera House). September.—Tourney (Opera House). At a meeting of, the Hawke's Bay Amateur Boxing Association held recently, final arrangements were made for a championship meeting between Tim Tracy, of Wellington, and Nat, Williams, of Palmerston North, in tho light weight division, for a purse of £40, also, Jim Lucas, Hastings,' and AValter Fell, Twyford, in tho middle-weight competition, for a purse of £30. Tho officers elected to conduct tho contest are as 'followßoferoo, Mr. AV. S. Fagan; time-keepers, Messrs. L. Benjamin and Syd. TJombs; ring seconds, Messrs. J. Brandon and F. James; weighing steward, Mr. F. L. Bono; Club surgeon, Dr. S. Copland; master of ceremonies, Mr. J. Hiron; competitors' steward, .'Mr. A. S. Hughos; door steward, Mr. AVm. Hart. It was decided to hold the competition in tho Princess Theatre oil Juno 15. Tho prices decided on wero: 55., 35., and'2s.; chaira on tho stage, 10s. ' • _ Some time ago the Otago' Boxing Association made a levy of £3 on each of its members 'to pay outstanding accounts. : AVith tho excoption of-somo' few of tho members tho levy was promptly met. • It is now; proposed, .to forward tho names of thoso members who have not paid to tho Now- Zealand Federation of Sport. As several of theso aro connected with other sports, it means that they will bo disqualified throughout New Zealand fromevery sports body affiliated' to the Federation. Albert Parker, the Champion Otago Lightweight, is anxious for a match, and is willing to meet any light-weight in the Dominion for a purse. Ho'prefers Tim Tracy. Parker, is. well known as a clever, willing boxer," and should have no difficulty in getting a match; • In connection lyith the proposed visit; of Champion ' 'Tommy" Burns to Australia, which\was referred to in. this column last week, the Sydney "Daily Telegraph"'says If Burns comes to this section of tho globo, we are not likely to provido a really good match for him, unless Bill Squires makes up his mind to follow the champion, and is as much ,an improved man, compared with his form on tho day lie met the world's champion in San Francisco, as letters to several Sydney, friends indicate he believes himself to be. Or, mayhap, Bill Lang, tho present Champion, of tho Continent, who is a strong and improving boxer, will be .matched against the, Canadian. Failing Squires ind Lang,'thero aro other heavy-weights, two of whom Burns might undertake to defeat in one ring. Tho world's champion is a firstclass showman,- and should there be no one to faoo bins in a fight he 1- is capable of giving entertaining exhibitions of boxing, -especially as a skilled sparring partner will almost certainly accompany him. vOn the night of May 19 a great crowd assembled at tho Gaioty Theatre, in. Sydney to witness a contest between Maorilandcr Jim Griffin and Sid Russell, of Sydney. The " go" lasted the full twentv rounds stipulated for, and resulted in a win for tho Australian on points. The winner scored heavily in the opening rounds, and though Griffin made a very strong run at tho finish, having much tho better of the four concluding rounds, he was unable to make,up the deficit, and he had to submit to defeat, which, from the reports to hand, he did very ungraciously, announcing that ho would never appear at the Gaiety • again. However, from all accounts, tho verdict was tho correct one and was borne out by the majority of those present. The Lord Chief Justice of England, in presenting ttho prizes won at a boxing'tournament, remarked that it had afforded him great pleasure to witness a- display in -which : good temper was mingled with keen rivalry, physical fitness, and a very fair amount of skill. Lest anyone should wonder what qualifications a lawyer had for discussing boxing, Lord Alverstono took tho opportunity of reminding his audience that over forty years ago he had assisted in»starting tho QueensbfJ7 Cups. Ho believed that a knowledgo or boxing, so far from beilig provocative of u n rnu em l L ro,vs ' ■ was a potent deterrent. lhe last man to bo a bully," declared his iorclship, _ is the. man who can. box well." But occasion aroso now and then for 'him to utilise his stall, as for instance when he saw a bully taking advantage of his physical inferior, and his lordship stated that it gave him -under such circumstances; to see tho boxer teach the aggressor a lesson. • events have been included in tho bill-of-fare at the Olympian Games, and tho following conditions have been laid down:—The rules will bo , those of the Amateur Boxing Association of Great Britain. The weights aro: Bantam-weights ost. 41b. and under; feather-weights, 9st' and under; light-woights, lOst. and under'-middle-weights, list. 41b, and under; heavyweights, any weight. >