In the Ring

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 111, 13 May 1933, Page 6

In the Ring

By "Aeue»i"

FOR AUSTRALIA

AMATEUR BOXERS

TRIP THIS YEAR

Contestants at the Now Sealand amateur boxing championship meeting in Blenheim this year will have something more than the mere honour of winning a title to fight for, as the New Zealand Boxing Council has definitely decided to accept an invitation from the Australian Amateur. Boxing Union to send a team of amateurs to Brisbane to compete against the " Australian champions. The New Zealand championships will be decided on September 7, 8, and^O, and after that a team of seven boxers, together with a manager and a trainer, will.be selected to make the Australian trip. The full details of the tour will not be finalised until a meeting of the council next .week, and it is.not yet certain whether a flyweight or a lightheavyweight boxer will be included in the team. ■ ■ ;'■. v The .Australian amateur championships are to be held in Brisbane on, September 25, 27, and 29.' The contests with the New Zealand team will take placo in the same city on October 2 and 4. Present intentions arc that the New Zealand team should leave on September 19, so that they will have the advantage of seeing the Australians in action before they meet them. On October 2 three of the New Zealanders will -meet three Australians, and on the second night the remaining four will appeal:, the programmes being filled out with interstate contests. On the- second night also the-first three New Zealanders will also go into the ring in order to give the programme a thorough international setting. The fares of the' team to and from Sydney will be paid by the' New Zealand Boxing Council, and from Sydney to Brisbane and back by the Queensland Ainatcur Boxing Union. The main duty of the manager of the team will bo to enter into negotiations with tho Australian' authorities for a continued interchange of visits between the two countries, and if these are successful, and the indications are that they will be, it is almost certain that New Zealand enthusiasts next _ year will. have the privilege of seeing a team of" Australian amateurs- in action against the best of this country. The visit of the New Zealand team will do much to strengthen the interest in amateur boxirig in this country. It is ten years now since a New Zealand team went to Australia, and the success of New Zealand boxers in the face of considerable difficulties in the Australian championships went a long way towards1 the public realisation of the-i standard of amateur boxing in this country. Visits' to Australia were fairly, frequent after the war, but'in that period only. otic Australian team has beerisceii^in New, Zealand.' ; Oho of 'the "most" successful New Zealand. teams was that taken to Hobart by, Mivß. A. Dawson, r present treasurer of the New Zealand Boxing Council, in 1922. Four boys, Charlie Purdy) Fred Hansen, Dick Mcale, and Lach'ie McDonald, were under Mr. Dawsoni's care, and the first three succeeded in gaining titles, while McDonald was the runner-up in the lightweight championship, only losing the verdict after an extra round had been ordered. The 1923 team went to Melbourne. It comprised T. Griffiths (bantamweight), C. Purdy (featherweight), P. Pascoe (lightweight), L. McDonald (welterweight), L. O'Neill (middleweight), and H. McCormack (heavyweight). Purdy and McDonald won titles on this occasion. Another New Zealander who brought this country prominently in the limelight in /the early years after the war was Brian McClcary, who on two occasions- won the heavyweight title. , ■ . ■ WELLINGTON BOYS1 SUCCESSES. On Monday . last trainer "Jim" Donoghue, of the Mirainar ■ Club, took a team of five boys to Garterton to compete in the Wairarapa Asseiation's" tournament, and they met with very fair success, three of the boys winning their fights, one Scoring a draw, and another losing narrowly. The results were: W. G. Parris beat T. McOvd; J. McLean drew with O. Cadwallader; B. Cameron won from D. Udy. on a technical knockout; D. Sindall lost to S. Young; and H. Allott beat A. McKay. BRIEF ITEMS. ' Bert Lowe and George McEwan are to meet in Dunedin on May 23 in a contest in which the latter's middleweight title is to be at stake. , The progressive Mirainar Boxing Club has been forced to call a halt to its activities, for a-time at any rate, on account of the lack of a suitable hall in the district in which to promote a tournament, ...Th.e Capitol . Theatre, in which the club usually holds its tournaments, is engaged for some time to come, but the club hopes to be in action some time next month.