AMATEUR BOXING

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 115, 19 May 1925, Page 4

AMATEUR BOXING

THE WELLINGTON CHAM-

SHIPS

SOME ATTRACTIVE CONTESTS

Some thoroughly interesting contests Tvere witnessed fit the Town ijall last evening, when the elimination contests of Ibe Wellington amateur boxing championships were decided. The hajl j was well filled, and the enthusiasts | went away more than satisfied wjth the quality of the. pugilistic fare provided. During the evening. Jack Crowley, last year's bantamweight champion, was introduced, and it was announced that as thp result of an accident he would be partially incapacitated for life. Paf.rons o£ the sport were invited to attend a benefit in his aid on Monday night. Tin's announcement was the signal for a shower of coins from the audience, and as the result £14 was added tptbo benefit fund. The referee was Mr. Earl Stewart, and Messrs. J. E. Staples. P. \V. Woods. G. Aldridge, and B. A. Guise acted as judges. ' .' The semi-final and final contest? will be staged this evening. FLYWEIGHT. C. Woods, tut, 91b, defeated J. CotteriJl, 7st 91b, in a flyweignt contest. Cottenll opened well and scored nicely with welUplaced deliveries ft>; the head, but m the second round Woods forcsd the pace. He connected several times with a, heavy right, and in the final round dropped his opponent for the count, of six. Woods, though the shorter in height, was too strong for has opponent and gained the decisioii. BANTAMWEIGHT. n E. Priestley, 7st 131b, outpointed H. Catherall, Bst. Priestlay dropped his opponent in the first round, and though he connected freely in the succeeding round? he was unable to land a. knockout punch. Catherall was-very reluctant to lead, and Priestley won decis-" iyely. It was not a,'good fight. A .fine display of gameness was given by B. Edgecomb, Bst lib, who took a bad beating frpni'H. Ivarsen, Bst l^Jb. The winner used both hands well, but his opponent, despite tji.o ' heavy punishment ho received, came back gamely all the time. Edgecpmb ]p«t, but "he was accorded au ovatjoij for his sameness." ■-. ' ' A. Borch. Bst' O-Jlb, was too aggressive for O. T. Jeffrey, whom <he defeated on points. The loser's timing was bad, and he repeatedly missed with both bands. Burcb. forced the pace throughout and won by his aggressiveness. , FEATHERWEIGHT. : There was a sensatipnal ending to the featherweight contest between F. Keith, Bsfc 61b, and G. Adams, 9st. For the first round and a half Keith had matters all'his own way, arid he scored freely to thfe heaji and body with both hands. He had liis man in a bad way iv the second round, when A^ams. v.ho l^d been gamely, trying to fight back,shot out a nghtrhand punch which dropped Keith like a log,-' and he was counted out. M. White; Bst 91b, =took a bad beating at the hands of M. Gastein, 9st, but he earned unthusjasfjc applause for h|ss particularly plucky showing. Gasteiij, a hard two-handed fighter, never let-up during the whole three rounds, but White.was always ready to make a iight of it. On several occasions he cnught tho aggressive Gastein with a right swing,, which must -have -hurt his opponent. Gastein won comfortably hut.White made a good fightr of it. . The audjenca were greatly amused by the action provided by, Jim Gurry Bst 131b, and G. Taylor, Bst .lOilb.(»urry showed hipiself to' be a second | "Hop Harry," and his eccentric jumping and ducking greatly amused the house. Gurry was ahead on points when in the final round he was di>qiwlified. for .hitting his opponent while ho was down. It di(j not appear to be » Sgrjous breach of the rule. \ D. Livingstone, Bst 81b/ gainecT the decision ov«r M. Brockie, Bst 81b. LiyiiigstQpe gaiije.d the points of the first two rounds, but Brockie camo hack strongly and made up some of the !eeway. TJjc loser, was hampered by ;m lujury to his ear, received in the first rpund. ■ LIGHTWFJGHT. The best fight of. the evening was undoubtedly that, between J. Rodda, 9st 121b (Blenheim), and "E. Morgan, 9st IIJ-lb (Wellington). The Wellington boy opened in aggressive "southpaw" style «nd hooked a hard left-hand punch to thj. sojar plexus. Rodda doubled up, but-clung gamely to his task, and was sgpn fighting back strongly again. He swung some heavy rights to the head and body, and just before the gong had Morgan in trouble. ' The second round , saw hard give-and-take fighting, and! both boys were badly punished. In the third round Morgan went in to fight, I aud Rodda~gave punch for punch. There wore some fine rallies, and'though Rodda was always willing to mix matters, Morgan always shaded him. It was a great fight, with Morgan the winner by a narrow margin. Both boy's were loudly cheered, as they left the ring. E Livingstone,' 9st 131b. (Pa)roerston Aorth) scored a technical knock-out over G. Porter, 9st 61b, in the first round. Sorter stopped a hard right to the jaw and, in falling, struck his head with some force on the floor. He rose gamely, buj; was very groggy, and the referee, Stopping the fight, declared in favour of Livingstone. ' There ■ was very lit'Uo between J. i.lirns, 9st 131b, and W. Greathead. 9st 8 b, who boxed three interesting rounds). Gresthead used a good straight'loft, but Bui'us uotehed points in the close work. The verdict went to Grealhcad by ji narrow anargiji. : WELTERWEIGHT. C, Brown, lCst 21b, outpointed 0. I l? nk\ ,}Ost 51b, by a very narrow mar--! gin. .1 he. loser toiinected pn occasions with a heavy right swing, and he also scored points, by nis aggressiveness. trowp used hoth hands well, but he displayed a bad fault of chopping with the heel of the right, glove. He had very little to spare at the finish xjght-heav'y weight. Gerald Evatt, list ll^b, defeated B. ;Drank in, 12st, on a technical knockout, the towel coming in from the latter s corner, owing to an injury to his right hand, at the end of the second round, Evatt several times! had his map groggy, and he was well ahead on points. when l<ranklin acknowledged defeat.