BOXING TOURNAMENT.

Grey River Argus, 27 September 1909, Page 3

BOXING TOURNAMENT.

AN ENORMOUS ATTENDANCE.

A BRILLIANT EXHIBITION

The sxceUenit exhibition of boxing which took (place in,; fihe Public Hnll on Saturday eyeniiig, Reflected gxeat credit on the (jpeifotimei's and ' 'he C>mmititee. The hall >a& crowded to the doors every : availabl© space bedng oc"cupied. Neyeribefoxe has such a l^rge crowd : squeezed into the hall, md the taking readhed £ijs--k record for the Coast. , Throughout.^^ the evening the proceedings ; were anosit orderly, and mo biiujte&ty was witnessed. ■" Tt Sv<«med: ais if every xoimpeitiitoir had learnt the lesson (thfait-sicien.ee, not i.u>.jsh■men; tconints Mr Riussell Ifi)ad a rather a task imposed upon him, ■ as 3no6i£ ibf me bouts wer.e very r yen. He'jiawever acquiitted himsiif n jindddly/aiid !his decisions were -v .11 received .'-The Boxing all round showed a marked improvieonent, and the audience were given a. great " c ispla y. The chief. inrtereisit. was centred jn the Lligfct Weighit ChampioniShip between T. Txaoey and Jack Griff en, and a be,tter exhibitipn could not be seen anywhere. : : -It was a brilliant and clean iight, both men beinig in good; conditaon :and evenly 'matched. The fight', lasted id rounds, and Tracey's win was very popular. The commit- ; tee deserve Very great credit for matching these men. as ttiheir scientific boxdng will do much to Kit the ispotft to a high . standard. The following are the' results :— JFeatheinveig-ht— G. .Stewart (9St) v. W. .Mflindy (gs.t). The first bout was eveoi,;lso(th imen itsakrinig and receiving, punishment. 1" In the second round Stewart received seweiial ibkxws on the f aeff The third round saw Steavart in itiwulblte, and Mundy \ysus declared the winner after a really good fighit. Ldigihit-wei-ghit (finali) Smith (i.ost) v. ThkMnipsion Kiost). Thds ibout avss of •shoirt duration Smith landing Thompson a sitrai^ghit left on the jaw, a-nd he was counted out. . . \ ißoy/s-. — Southard [Bst islb) v. Mussen (B'S.t nllb). This was a real 1 di'nigdonig go from sifeoit to. finish. Southard igadned podmits in. v th© first round, but Miuseen tired him ouit inflititing a good deal of pumishihien.t - ißfataitann.— Louisidh " . ( 7s* ■: ; 1 cjlb) ,v. Parkie (Bstt 3'lb). Parkie made the pace from the sitart and forced the fighting In the second round Lbuischgx>t some servdceaible iblows ' in, and Pairkie ■shbiwed sdigmis •" of "disitress. In the third round Louiisch followed- up hs^ admnttaige, and was declared the winner amitf dheens. \ -: 1 GRIFFIN V.TRACEY.

Both men entered the iing in l he pink tof condiitdon and' were; confident of victory. Gniffii^s was gst81b and Tracey's iost. The first Toumd wals devoted to Sipaning, but : it could at once be seen that Tracey was an old general at the (game. He was re-? maaikalbly clever at dodigd»g punrishmento Griffin appealed to be too eaiger, and jumped about a good deal unnecessiairily, in view, of the;b.ig baittle ;before him! In the' "second round the men opened out more, and som)e heavy blows were^ exdhanged. Giiffin -was. severe on Ti^cey gettang one or jtwo. ho^me. The jfihixd ;->und saw 'both, men eager and anxious, and the audience- were . treated tor a real good seiM-a Griffin wais 1 forcinig the fight anid was inflicting a good deal of -punishment. Tiaoey was taking it kindly, only waiting bis show to pay toack with interest. The next few rounds saw an even go, and the enthusiasm of the public was -great. At the sixth round Griffen sho^ved signs of. -tiring, land Tuacey landed some heavy_ blows on his face. Just before the ; gong- went Tracey had Griffin at his jnercy, ibut stood back and would not hit. The -next round, was devoted to sparranig, bath," desiring no douibt to rest. In 'the" ninth round Giiffin showed, "renewed energy, and the round was a severe one r for' Trac-., ey. He received all he wanted,: and was glad, to get; to his couner.-. The tenitii moiund' skirted lively but Griffin had lost all ipower. His hits had no srtfcng in 'them, and did not disitress Tracey. In the eleventh round TrAoey landed Griffin on the ja^w, and he went down ifor 6 seconds. On gertltusg up he looked dazedt and Tuacey walked over:. to the ropes aad waited unltil ithe gong- went: His manly action in not taJcing advantage of ■GTiff -

en's comdiitjon won for him great applause, and he- was repeatedly ops . — pliaiufded. The. referee ithen declaTed --^TraJcey ithe winner. Grdffin fought well and showed considerable improvement in his style, but Tracey was. too clever a generaJ 1 for him. Tracey -remarked thjalt it wais the hardest fought fight thaiit he had ever taken part in and he congratulated Griffin on. his ©xceHenit display; :.:- .Heavy-weighit (final)— Bevan (i2Sit 12Kb) v. A. Mundy (usit BKb). There was 'great hopes (that ithis would be a real good go, buit before a minute i had passed Mundy ,<wenit down and was counted out. The ibout was considered unsartdisfaotofy amd the referee: declared .it no contest-. His decision was greeted with cheers. Tfce committee had a meertiinig and decided.' "to deal with the case at the nextmeettog- "' . ■ " ■ '■ "" ■' '■"•■'.": ," V' : V. -•.""■' •In the final fox fh'eboy's event Museen defeated Fflwneßis 1 aftier an interesting encounter. ' In the final for the feather-weight Mundy and Ovens had .a real good go, the referee beaoig iunable to sep: ara'te them "amd decltetred it a draw. Both competitors will receive a anedal. During jtihe. evening Mr James pun© challenged either Txacey,. Giiffin or Rhodes. Al3 : three are anxious to take up the "challenge. '■„■■/, ~ : :