BOXING

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 177, 21 April 1924, Page 4

BOXING

INTER-’VARSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS OTAGO RETAIN SHIELD Otago’s fine string of boxers sucoesefully held the shield for the inter’Varsity championships at the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon and evening. They won in the bantam, feather, and heavy-weight class. Auckland annexed the light-weight, A’ictoria College the welter-weight, and Christchurch tho middle-weight championships. Tho boxing throughout was good, tho contestants being not afraid to mix it, and any lack of ring tactics was made up by their willingness. All were in fairly good condition, and the many knock-outs proved that they were not afraid to hit. The contests were of four two-mm-ute rounds in all cases. Air. Earl Stewart was the referee. Following are the results:— THE FINALS.

Patterson (0.U.), Bst. Iflo., beat Stubbs (A.U.C.), Bst. Gib. Patterson, although the smaller of the two. won all the way. He kept plugging Stubbs hard with a good straight left, and when the tall Aucklander tried to win for his college a right swing kept him worried. P. AV. Aitken (0.U.), 9st. 21b.. beat W. G. Hughson (C.U.0.), Bst. 121 b. Ota."o’s representative forged steadily ahead, quickly piling on points with a good straight left, and right and left swings. Canterbiiry’s representative was sore pressed in the secund, round, but landed a lieavily-loaded right in the third session. Aitken staved him off, however, with his straight left. If Hughson could haxe mixed it more, using a loft swing instead of a right swing, he must have had a good chance of winning. F. P. Frean (A.U.C.), 9st. 121 b., beat C. J. Cotter (C.U.C.), 9st. lOl'o. Cotter won the first round with good straight lefts. His more powerfullybuilt opponent relied solely on heavy swings to the head, and early in the second round the Canterbury man walked into a right swing. Ho got up, but a few sccaonds later collapsed on to tho ropes without being severely hit again. V. F. Conningham (ALU-C.), 10st., beat G. J. Scott (A.U.C.), IQst. 81b. This contest opened tamely, ConniKgham failing to mix it, and relying on a splendid style to give him the decision. The Aucklander, however, was connecting with some clean hits, which forced Conningham to attack in the third round. He got the best of these exchanges, but in attempting to do the same in the last round, he stirred up a hornets’ nest, emerging from the fray with a split over his right eye. He was lucky to connect with a heavy right swing, which staggered Frean, who got up at nine, .the gong going shortly after. “Conningham, tho winner” met with a mixed reception. Tho A’ictoria College man was luckv to catch up, his finished style, and more particularly his guard, feinting, and for-twork, just scraping him home from tho more pugnacious, if somewhat cruder Aucklander. “Box another round” would have been a bettor decision. J. T. Burrows (C.U.C.), list. 21b.. beat H. E. Fyfe (0.U.), list. Fyfe had tho longer reach, and troubled his opponent with a straight left, connecting time and time again. The boxing was all at long range, but Burrows insisted on making a stand-up fight in the third round. Fyfe loft himself open for a left hook which never camo. Ho gave as good as he got, however, and, although the weakest of Otago’s finalists, was unlucky to lose the decision. Had he used his weight ’and reach to let the other man do the retreating , instead of backing throughout, he would have won easily. The stockier and more powerfully-built Canterbury man won by his better fighting spirit. J. G. Leckie (0.U.), list. 111 b., beat E. S. Craven (C.U.C.), 12st. Craven took the offensive and got the best of matters at close range. Leckie in the in-fighting got his arms underneath his opponent’s, and, using his weight to raise his arms, left Craven unable to do any damage. Leckie was inclined to hold his man. He was losing on points, 'out ran across the ring "as soon as tho gong went in the third round, and. swinging his long right, knocked Craven flying. The Canterbury man phickily got up. and more by good luck than good management staved off the inevitable for a. minute and three-quarters, until he again fell foul of another right swing from Leckie, who was going his hardest to finish matters. Craven fell like a log, and Referee Earl Stewart awarded Leckie the contest. That promising oolt. N. McArthur, proved too good for V. Hodge, in a special feather-weight contest of five two-minute rounds. The local amateurs gave a good display. Eugeno Volaire gave an exhibition two rounds of shadow sparring, and then boxed three rounds with Scott, a promising A’ictoria College lightweight, who was barred from a chance of representing his college as ho had been unable to attend sixty-five per cent, of th? lectures. Ho made a very good showing against the well-known profc.uional, who was sporting enough to take sonic sharps taps without retaliating in kind. Tho-s was a crowded attendance, and interest was increased by the cries sent out from the rival college camps. RICE BEATS AA'ELSH CHAMPION. London. April 15. At the National Sportin” Club Rice beat Dannv Morgan, tho AVelsh champion, in the eighth round. He floored Aforgan in seven successive rounds, and the referee intervened. —Sydney “Sun” Cable. PARKER GETS DECISION 0A T ER McCLEARY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, April 20. Brian AfcClear.v and Parker (Timaru) .met last night for the lightheavy championship of New Tho contest went the ?ull 15 rounds, and at the finish Parker was awarded tho verdict. The contest was one of the best seen at Chirtschurch for a long time and both boxers were Jmidly applauded at th« conclusion. There was a large attei'danco. CARR KNOCKS OUT PRINGLE BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. Westport, April 20. At Millerton last evening a professional boxing bout, i '‘ )r „ rounds for a purse of £lOO, between Jimmy Carr (Millerton) and George Pringle (Wellington), was' won by Carr who knocked Pringle out in the sixth round after a fairly even go.