BOXING AT WESTPORT

Grey River Argus, 19 September 1932, Page 3

BOXING AT WESTPORT

School Boys’ Tournament (Brum Our Own Correspondent). WESTPORT, September IS. The .•'‘tendance at 1h e Srnooi Bcxing Cl’.r.mpionships wa not k’L? ;l "‘l ' v; -’ i<t in I •• : .ig with the r.w.’i at pj(. gramme 'Hided. Mr H. E. Poll,•ml. ./facially ( j.’iied tom i.anieni. Th' \ i’ , n(;.- i’ the soce.idary school con- ( -.5 w 1 * <) Gorna 11, Comerford, Ki! k any and »1. Craig. The primary winners weie R. Hawes Gray, P. Casoy ami E. Hogg. The Foote Shield was wo,i by St. Canice’s, with 20| points and the Cox Shield, by the Stale School, with I*J points. The Keating Cup wtis won by T'chnical School, with 13 points, '.rhe medal for the most scientific boxer was won by Gray, St<W p School. The special bottf, bctwec n Cook (Millerton) and O'Gorman (Westport) wa> won l', v the latter. ADAMS DEFEATS McEWEN. £Per Press Association). INVERCARGILL, September IS. Ln tip. return professional boxing contest between George McEwen (11.1) the New Zealand middleweight chai’ipion, and Les Adams (10.4), both o'. Invercargill, last night, Adams won on joints after fifteen rounds of hard and fast box’ing. Adams outclassed his opjionent for ten of the first thirteen rounds, but Ale Ewen made a remarkable recovery, lie dropped Adams for the couni. of nine in the 15th round, but although having him at his mercy hp could not knock him out The decision met a mixed reception. The title was not involved. J. Mosely, featherweight champion, has bei'n included in Southland s team tor the New Zealand championships at New Ply mo utli. WALKER V. SCHMELLING. NEW TURK. 'September 17. The Wa.lkor-Schmelling bout has been jost'-oned till September 2C.