BOXING

Evening Star, Issue 19923, 20 July 1928, Page 11

BOXING

TO-MORROW NIGHT’S CONTEST. Dunedin boxing, enthusiasts have had their appetites whetted for all the good things that are to lie provided by the Otago Boxing Association in the nex* few weeks, and to-morrow night’s contest between Norman Radford, of England, and Johnny Leckie, featherweight champion of New Zealand, is creating remarkable interest locally. It is recognised that this contest will be one of Leckia’s severest tests to date. Radford has met some of the best feather-weights in England, South Africa, and Australia, and he has shown up remarkably well in local try-outs. Leckie is in fine trim, and an excellent. contest should be seen._ It will he preceded by suitable preliminaries. Mr J. Kilmartin will be the third man in the ring. RANFURLY SHIELD BATCHES GAME BEING COMMERCIALISED. (Pee 'United Press Association., MASTERTON, July 19. Regarding his message to Christchurch about dropping the Ranfurly Shield overboaid, the Mayor of Masterton, himself an old footballer, who played in all grades of Rugby from fourth to senior, explains that what he objects to is the subordination of the playing ol the game to spectacular representative matches and gates. “ Rugby,” he said. l is a game to be played, and the measure of its success is to be gauged by the number of men playing it. The game is being commercialised. There have been no regular senior games in Wairarapa since June 30. My point is that it is not right to shut down the competitions at such an early stage in order to go chasing that shield.”