OLYMPIC BOXING

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 116, 12 November 1935, Page 4

OLYMPIC BOXING

THREE N.Z. NOMINATIONS

T. ARBUTHNOT INCLUDED

(By "Aeneas.")

T. Arbuthnot, the Wellington holder of the-New Zealand amateur welterweight championship, was one of three boxers whom the council of the New Zealand Association decided last night; to nominate to ' the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association as wortny to represent the Dominion at the Olympic Games in Berlin next year. The .other two are C. Gordon, Patea, and N. Fisher, Christchurch. Arbuthnot won the Wellington welterweight title last year but was not available lor the New Zealand championships, in which the welterweight title was won by W. G. Parris, runnerup to Arbuthnot in the Wellington tourney. This year Arbuthnot retained the Wellington title, and, in winning the Dominion championship, defeated W. Purdie, the 1933 New Zealand and Australasian 'champion, in the final. Clarrie Gordon, who is a twin brother of Vivian Gordon, has shown consistently good form since he commenced boxing competitively at the age of 15. He has haa 41 contests of which he has won all but three. His successes include the winning of the Dominion flyweight championship in 1931, the New Zealand and Australasian featherweight, titles last year, as well as the Jamieson Belt, awarded annually to the most scientific boxer in the Dc minion tournament, and the New Zealand featherweight title again thi.< year. In view of his reputation graat things were expected of him at tie national tourney at Dunedin last nonth, and some critics were disappointed by his displays in his preliminary bouts. In the final agair.st \V. Hawes, however, he shaped with his accustomed brilliance and won handsomely. Norman Fisher was regarded by some as the most consistent performer at this year's Dominion tournament. He met good quality opposition in fighting his way through to the championship, but' proved more than equal to the demands made upon him. He is what is known as a boxerfighter and, when one or two minor faul'.j have been eliminated, should measure well up to the Olympic class. In his home city there are enthusiasts who already consider him ■as the best featherweight in- the world. ':'■■•