BOXING.

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 February 1920, Page 3

BOXING.

(By "Looker-on.")

Nominations for tne Blackball tourney (.uosd to-nignt. »ixi\ .u. jjiuioaii, secretary or tUu BlacKbau Association, inioii.is me i.\ac nominations are roiling m well ior u-ie tourney, moulding s.mie li'om .tioki-

tiKa, .ounoliie, Vvaiut.i, ana an. exceptionally large number irom Lueyinoiicn. i'rank Griffin left for Sydney on Thursday last. Frank intends to try his hand at the nstic game across the i'asnian, where tne disqualiucation imposed on him n\ the Uoininion does not take effect. All "West Coast spoils will watch this lad's entry into the ring in Sydney with considerable interest, and we all hope to hear of Jus eariy success there. Frank was accompanied on the trip by .Mrs. Griilin. Neilson, who will represent Blackball in the lightweight division, has " come through a solid preparation, and judging by a try-out with Bong it looks as it tne visitors in this division are in

for a hot tune. Still, "Looker-on'' Knows one lightweight from GreymouiJi who will be m the una I with Neilson. A telephone message from Runanga this morning stated that Joe .Garvey and one or two others from out tlierw had a successful try-out last evening, with a view to upholding the State Colliery reputation at Blackball on Friday night. Joe will take on the niiddleweights, and should be capable of putting up a fine performance. The other boys from out there are also showing themselves apt pupils, and it will not be surprising to see another champion unearthed trom among them. Frank O'Neill is doing light training and reports himself to be in great condition. As I stated several days ago, Frank's next appearance will be against Peter Cook here at Easter. "The writer last evening dropped into the new boxing school in Euglert's flail, and had a look at some of the

boys in their final try-outs before going to Blackball. ''Bob Emerald" had finished his work when the writer dropped in, but those present were busy •discussing the "go," and judging by their remarks everyone was highly pleased with the performance-. This lad is in great condition, and is one of the prettiest boxers seen out on the Coast for some considerable time. With a little more experience he will yet be heard of in the front rank of New Zealand's boxers. An interesting spar last evening was ■ne between "C. Bums" and Dick

Pascoe, both lads put in some interesting work. "Burns", who will be one- of the middleweight* at Blackball, is a very solid fighter and posseses some beautiful uppercuts of a particu- , larly dangerous nature. Pascoe is only a new aspirant for fistic honours, but considering the short time he has been in training he surprised everyone by his showing last, evening. He is a very willing boy, • d with careful * handling will soc:.: be in the front rank. Another icw-comer to the game last evening was "W. O'Donnell," and since I last saw him in work a couple of weeks ago, it is marvellous the improvement he had shown in the meantime. This lad is the makings of a first-class fighter, and together with Pascoe will be making his debut •at Blackball. "O'Driscoll" and '"O'Brien," two other lads in this school, are showing great promise, and have been nominated for the different sections at Blackball.