BOXING

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 56, 29 November 1929, Page 6

BOXING

BARRON v. JONES. All records for a first morning’s booking for a boxing match in Wellington were exceeded when the plan for the first appearance of Barron opened on Wednesday morning. For two hours the staff at the box office had difficulty in coping with the applications for tickets, anil since then there has been a steady demand until yesterday there appeared little prospect of the association being able to accommodate anything like the number of patrons who want to see the American in action. Snrron’s training work has been watched with great interest. He fully justifies his record as a hard fighter, it is reported, but lookerson have been surprised to find that the visitor is also exceedingly clever on occasions when opposed to light, fasf 'partners. Jones, once having settled down to serious training, has shown marked improvement. and, while some of his friends’ doubted his ability to make the stipulated weight of 9.5 comfortably, his weight yesterday was one pound only above that and by Monday next he should be well within the. weight. Intending patrons who have not yet secured tickets should do so at mice, and if early application is made, seats in quite good positions arc obtainable. Holders of reserved seat tickets, for Monday will be entitled to reserve the same seats when the plan opens for Sarron’s second appearance against Grime on December 17.