REFEREE'S REMARKS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 36, 12 February 1938, Page 22

REFEREE'S REMARKS

POOR TALENT AT GAMES

-\hls /EALAND BOYS

r y o£ the boys had been ])/ t 1 did not know the f f f game," v/as the outn r.adc by Mr. Sherrin, r t ozing events at the i £ r Game;; in Sydney, at the first day's comf C ler:r;«£ that he ha 3 If r r thari 7000 amateur c f r f^ing statement carries -/ f c Apr i n Ffeney, of Gisbome, all fr Z'-d J representatives were r <» n r<> r rjt encounters, but a3 r t r d • /■„ n the Dominion is in j a comparatively lean period the results S v/ere not altogether surprising. Hughie Sheridan, the bsby of the : Nt-v; Zealand team, v/as rather unfor- • tunate in that he met a phenomenal ' South African boxer named Joubsrt 8t ' the outset, and the foilov-ing para- [ graph taken from the "Cape Tirr.es" ■ gives some indication of the calibre of the man by whom Sheridan v/s3 opposed. • "Joubert, the No. 1 nomination, is aa ' eighteen-year-old schoolboy who in- [ tend 3to enter the teaching profession. . His rise to prominence has been phe- ; nornenal. He stepped out of the junior ranks to take, in quick succession, the Johannesburg, Transvaal, and South , African championships, and he v/as > I again successful at the national trials. [ His boxing is classical. He is a master ; of the short-arm punch and has a good , knock-out record. It will take an ex- " ceptionally good boxer to beat 1 Joubert." : According to cabled reports Sheridan ; was outboxed from the start and could ' not compete with the South African's i cleverness and ringcraft, but one re- ■ deeming feature was the fact that the • bout was won. only after a lively. ! encounter. | PARKER NARROWLY BEATEN. 5 • Jackie Parker, the Wellington and Newtown hope, lost to the English boy " Butler by a very small margin and I after an excellent display, so, taking all I things into consideration, the local bantamweight must have turned on a - creditable performance. r Ken Moran, of Auckland, like Parker t and Sutherland, was considerably ;• shorter in height and reach than his j: opponent, and although he forced the i fighting he was unable to counteract t these disadvantages. 1 Possibly the greatest disappointment s to New Zealanders was the defeat of . Collins, of Manawatu, who was re- ' garded in many quarters as the man • who had" the best chance among the New Zealand boxers of Winging home a title: Collins, it will be remembered, ■ was the "find" of the New Zealand r national tournament. r WITHELL OUTCLASSED. I It is very doubtful if the chances of t Ron Withell, of Ashburton, in the 3 heavyweight division were considered - by many to be bright, for he is little more than a novice, but on his perr formances at the national meeting he had to be included in the team, la '. running up against Sterley, of South ■ Africa, Withell was striking something ; really hard, and he was knocked out ' in the first round with a solid right to the jaw. It can well be imagined that 1 with his small amount of experience, ", nervousness was his most powerful [ opponent when he stepped into the > ring. Possibly, if he could have had i time to settle down, he would hava t given a sound performance. i C. B. Sterley was described by tha "Cape Times" as being a very stronglybuilt man of 13st 21b and a lancesergeant in the police force. He came into prominence about five years ago when he won a novices' tournament. Since then he has'progressed steadily and is the reigning police and national champion. Sterley has a solid punch in either hand and stands up well to pun- - ishment. He is 25 years of age and is s a first-grade Rugby footballer. Another factor that made Withell'a chances even more difficult was the I fact that he was suffering from a boil ' just below the elbow of the right arm 1 and was out of action for three days - shortly before he entered the ring. I SOLITARY WIN. t New Zealand's solitary win was ) that secured by Darcy Heeney, of Gisborne, over Tsirindanis, of Rhodesia, in ' the welterweight division. It saved the [ New Zealanders from being com- . pletely routed. ; When the New Zealand team arrives [ home it is anticipated that the boys will be taking part in an amateur i tournament at the gymnasium of the ' Miramar Boxing Club, and the Wei- - lington public will have an oppor--1 tunity of judging for themselves the ! standard of the present New Zealand champions.

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