BOXING PURSES

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 13

BOXING PURSES

BREACHES OF RULES

PUNISHING OFFENDERS

COUNCIL'S POWER

When the New Zealand Boxing Council was first informed that some of .tho [ affiliated associations had committed , breaches of the rules by exceeding tho i purse limitationj it circularised all as- - sociations, drawing attention to the ' fact that the rules laid down that tho maximum purse that could bo given was £150, except in special circumstances, when, with the permission of the council, £200 could be awarded. The circular was ignored, and purses as high as £700 were offered to Pete ISarron and Tommy Donovan. Some of the associations made no secret of the fact, and the council felt itself powerless to discipline tho offending bodies.. The rules of the New Zealand Association provide, under Part V., which , refers to the regulations for boxing I contests, that any breach shall render j ■ a local association liable to a flue of i not more thaii £10, or suspension, as , the council may decide. Under. Part i VII., referring to offences, penalties, and appeals, rule 60, clause 2, states: ; ,"If any association commits an offence tho council shall impose a fine, not exceeding £5,. and report the offender to the next mooting of tho New Zealand Association." Under Part VII. also, rule 62 provides: "Where any offcuco is reported to any general meeting o£ tho association the meeting may by resolution dismiss tho case or may impose such penalty by way of disqualification, suspension, removal from office, or fine not exceeding £5, as itthinks fit." ,: For the purpose of considering the breaches by certain associations in the matter of purses, and in order to consider an adequate peiial clause upon which the council may act, a 'special general meeting of the New Zealand Association, was called to-day. Mr. Earle Wimsett, of the Manawatu Association, presided. The delegates included: W. T. Hannon (Southland), F. J. Campbell (Otago), G. Bush (Northern), G. A. Meyrick (Hawera), W. T. Vaughan (Nelson), J. Garcia (Taranaki), T. W. Ilcrcock (Napier), 'J. Strickland (Hawkes Bay), J. D. Hutchinson (Christchureh), R. W. M'Villy, A. Curtayne, and W. G. Talbot (Wellington)', B. Aislabie .(Gisborne), Dr. P. P. M'Evedy, Colonel R. St. J. Beere, B. A. Dawson, D. K. Hoggard, J. R. Simpson (New Zealand Council), and G. P. Aldridgc (secretary). The meting was asked: 1 (a) To consider the council's report upon, the Wellington, Northern, Napier, Taranaki, and Otago Associations for breaches' of the rules in the matter of purses and expenses given to boxers; (b) to consider the action of these associations in forwarding incorrect returns to the council. (2) To consider Rule 60 (clause 2), which does not provide adequate penalties for offences committed by local associations. (3) To consider amendments to the rules so as to give tho council power to adequately deal with offences by local associations. "The first matter I think we should consider," said Mr. Wimsett, "is whether this meeting should be open to the Press. I want the meeting to decide this before I .make my introductory remarks, which might be misconstrued." On the motion of Mr. M'Villly, seconded by Mr. Bush, the proceedings were taken in committee. • DECISIONS OF MEETING. It was decided to fine all offending associations £5, and the council was given power to inflict fines up to £50 in the event of future offences. A maximum purse of £300 with £40 expenses was authorised for overseas' boxers in their first contest in tho Dominion. Tor. Subsequent contests in which visiting boxers take part the maximum will be- £200. The maximum for New Zealand boxers was fixed at £200, with a maximum of £10 travelling expenses when a boxer has to travel to a contest. The meeting decided that in future each association making a match must notify the council immediately in order that the council may stop associations competing with one another. The council's proposal to send a team of amateurs to Australia in September next was endorsed, provided that the team meets an Australian team and" not merely State champions. A notice of motion was "Teeeived from Gisborne recommending that at the next annual conference a committee be set up and control all professional contests in New Zealand, and that ■ the committee be stationed in whatever centre the New Zealand championships arc held in that year.