BOUT'S SUDDEN END

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 79, 30 September 1938, Page 6

BOUT'S SUDDEN END

TOWN HALL BOXING

FRANKLIN OFFENDS

JACOBS BEATS FISHER

Another sudden ending was witnessed in a Wellington Town Hall boxing match this season, when Joe Franklin, of Gisborne, was disqualified in the fourth round of his scheduled ten-round bout with Clarrie Rayner, of Blenheim, lightweight champion of New Zealand, last night. After Franklin had received frequent 1 warnings for holding, the referee had no option but to raise Rayner's arm in victory following a particularly bad breach by the Gisborne boy, when he dealt out some heavy punches .to Rayner's face and body after he had been ordered to break. In the first three rounds Franklin j had incurred the wrath of the crowd and the referee with his persistent holding. At the start of the fourth round Mr. Maxwell delivered a fur-; ther caution. "Sorry," bellowed Franklin, as he darted into another clinch to hold again. There was another pause as Mr. Maxwell pronounced in solemn tones that the final warning had been delivered. A few second later Franklin rushed Rayner into a neutral corner, where the champion fell against the ropes, finishing up by sitting on the bottom rope. ' Here Franklin landed a heavy punch before the contestants could be separated. On the break Franklin went round behind the referee and landed further blows to Rayner's body and face. As Rayner collapsed, the referee pulled Franklin away, at the same time disqualifying him. The gong went immediately afterwards. Franklin approached the referee with hand outstretched, with the intention of apologising, but Mr. Maxwell would not accept the peace offering. Franklin then strode around the ring amid a storm of "boos," arguing with the crowd, but left the ring before Rayner had reached his feet. Shortly afterwards Rayner was able to leave the ring without assistance. He weighed 9st 61b and Franklin 9st. FEW HIGH MGHTS. There were few high lights in the Era. JacobSr"Kid" Fisher bout. The former, the light-heavyweight champion of New Zealand, never appeared to get fully into his stride, and although he won there could not have been a very great difference in the points. It was announced as a catchweight contest. Jacobs, with the advantage in weight, height, reach, and punching ' power, by no means had an easy vic--1 tory. Except in one round, he chose io meet Fisher on his own ground, infighting. Here he lost all his natural advantages, and Fisher, an adept at stealing punches, picked up many points. However, most of the effective punches came from Jacobs. MAIN BOUT DESCRIBED. Rayner hopped into action in his usual vigorous style, but for a time Franklin's crouching stance had him disconcerted. Rayner sent a couple of stinging lefts to Franklin's nose, and blood began to flow. Rayner kept the pace up and Franklin sought refuge in a smother, following a couple of hard rights to the head. It was Rayner's round. After some in-fighting in the second round Franklin, with quick lefts and rights, scored well to his opponent's solar plexus. He followed, with a neat right to Rayner's face, but the latter was unperturbed. Following some j rapid punches by Rayner, Franklin 'began to hold but a sharp caution ended this manner of respite. The gong went with Franklin lunging in with his left. Rayner's superior speed was demonstrated in some long range boxing in the third round, and he scored with light 'lefts to Franklin's face. The latter began to hold again and the crowd objected strongly, but Franklin was profuse in his apologies. Rayner was the favourite at this stage and a right upper-cut to Franklin's jaw was appreciated. Both were going hammer and tongs for the remainder, of the round and both dealt out plenty of. punishment. The fourth, and final round was as previously described. AMATEUR PRELIMINARIES. Amateur preliminaries resulted as follows: — H. Todd (Newtown), lOst, beat G. Parsons (Tartan), lOst, on points. Parsons was game and full of life until the concluding stages when he tired, but Todd, with a longer reach, had the edge on him throughout. His straight left was the deciding factor. D. Lena (Newtown), sst B^lb, beat A. Hepplestone (Tartan), sst 121b, on points. Lena won the first two rounds by a comfortable margin and this carried him to victory, despite an excellent rally by Hepplestone in the last round. L. Philp (Railway Workshops), 6st 81b, beat J. Nolan (Newtown), 6st 9Jlb, by a technical knock-out in the second round. Nolan's performance against a hard-hitting and elusive opponent ! was one of the features of the evening. I The crowd was enthusiastic in its appreciation of a game performance. G. Coker (Durning's), lOst, beat G. Imlach (Newtown), 9st 121b, on points. j After a slow start Coker found his feet I in the second round, and threw punches I from all angles, A, sufficient percentage landed for him to get the verdict. T. Maloney (Hedberg's), list 51b, beat F. Moyes (Tartan), list, on points. Plenty of atmosphere was disturbed, ! but good boxing was absent in this bout. Maloney took the decision on ' his aggression. I R. Hutchinson (Newtown), 4st 61b, drew with T. McPherson (Railway 'Workshops), 4st 7|lb. These midgets provided good entertainment. The referee was Mr. Alan Maxwell, and the judges were Messrs. W. P. Sommerville and P. W. Woods, wane, Hessketoon.