SHARPLES TOO GOOD FOR FRASER

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12902, 1 July 1936, Page 7

SHARPLES TOO GOOD FOR FRASER

A middleweight contest between R. i Ifak&er 1 (10.10) ' ■ bind -F. ’ ■ Sharpies (10.10) was fast .and willing. Fraser had 'a', good fight and, "making the most of it, dropped has opponent early an the round.' ‘ Sharpies,' however, . was on his fleet in an instant and (came back' hat'd only to stop further (punishment. Undaunted, he continued to) attack arid Frasier was' showing isigns of distress at the end of the round, although he'got home one or two' -right swings. Sharpies was all out in the third and landed effective, rights’,-arid lefts -and'uppercuts, knock ing Fraser partly through the ropes for the count of eight. Ffcaser j’ did his- be.st to rally, but Sharpies w-as , Well ahead and was awarded the decision. ' ' > • SHORT AND SNAPPY . -s ,V A quick knockout ended the catchweight contest between R. Wade (10.4) and S'. Hollis. (11.4). The'bout promised well, both men going in hard, hut Hollis landed a right cross which finished his' appo-nent’s cpi-eer about 30 seconds from the opening gong. SECONDS THROW IN TOWEL A catchweight contest- between W. Brown (11 stone) , and J. Prendergast opened cautiously. Prendergast gothome with a. few good lefts and his opponent countered with right swings which were hot overvcffective. Brown however, suffered considerable punishment and his seconds threw in the towel at File end of the first round. WRESTLER v. BOXER More than ordinary interest was evidenced in the match between A. Read land D’Arcy Hceticy, these two having tried conclusions in the .squared circle previously, but a-s wrestlers. As- Read had definitely asserted his superiority as a mttihan, speculation was rife as to which would make the best showing in tire fistic game. ITeeney‘s we’ght was ’ announced as 10 stone Gib., and Read list. 51b. As was expected. Read devoted most- of his time to clowning and frequently adopted tactics usually associated with wrestling, while Heeney bored in, apparently -determined, to avenge his defeats on the mat. Read toyed with the idefu of doing a, little boxing in the third, but was unable to restrain his talents for show, despite the fact- that he was by this time well battered. v Heeney, who had spent all his time boxing, was an easy winner; hut Read must have gained a certain amount of satisfaction from the fact that he kept the audience in an uproar -of mirth throughout the bout:

NO DECISION BOUT A no decision bout betw'een A. Gregory (10.6> and D. Gregory (10 stone) followed. Both men worked hard and with more experience should develop into fair, opponents- of the gam'e. The referee was Mr F. Dominey. HAWES BEATS AITKEN (Press Association!. CHRISTCHURCH, June 30. In a professional boxing contest tonight, P. G. Hawes (Christchurch). 8.12. beat R. Aitken (Wellington) O'..') in tep rounds on points. Hawcss timed his punches better and gave Aitken ’a. good deal of punishment with hooks and jabs, but Aitken used a straight left cleverly. JACOBS AND FISHER DRAW ! t (Press Association). WELLINGTON. June 30. Providing the crowd with a. -spirited contest-, Em Jambs (Wellington), and E. “Kid” Fisher (England) draw in a ten round professional middleweight boxing match at Petone to-night. Jacobs, who had already a points decision over Fisher, was, if anything, the aggressor over most of tiro distance but. clever defensive work by the Englishman resulted in most of Jacobs blows getting no further than Fisher’s guard.