BOXING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 4 July 1929, Page 3

BOXING.

1 BYRNE WINS ON POINTS. " SOME STRENUOUS FIGHTING. t vu.stra.iia.il I’reEß Asiyotualioi*.; j NEW YORK, July 2. 2 George Cook (Australia) and Byrne (America) met in a. ten-round contest - to-night at Philadolphia, and alter a ,- willing but coaiiparatively even tight the verdict Went to- Byrne. 1 Tho-first roulull- was evenly contested, and the second- and third: went in L Cook’s favour. In. the fifth Byrne be- - eanijp decidedly aggressive, finishing by i landing, two rights- to Cook s jaw. I Cook, still maintained his advantage . j by winning the fifth; delivering heavy > punches to Byrne’s head and -body. The. - next two rounds were characterised by ! hard, even fighting. i After that Byrne began to display Ins ; superiority and carried all beiore him • In the- ninth round Byrne landed a left and right to- the head and three lefts to i the body. Cook -gave a, left to the body. The American drove the Australian to ; the ropes with lefts and rights to the ■ face • and then put a left to the body. ■ Cook landed a, right to the body; then Byrne clinched. Each -landed rights to , the- body a-ud they again clinched. C'cok put two rights to the body on in-light-ing. Byrne put a lolt to the body', missed with a, -right to the face, but landed a hard right on the jaw. It was Byrne’s round. The tenth round saw both men righting hard. Each landed heavily with rights to the body. Cook put a left to the head while Byrne ' staggered him with hand rights -and- lefts to the head and then hard rights and lefts to the body. 000-k missed with a right to too head and Byrne landed two iiight,s_ to the face, then a harder one. Cook missed with an uppercut as the bell rang, giving Byrne the round. _ _ The crowd booed tile decision although in the opinion of sports writeis Byrne’s Whirlwind finish in the last * round easily overcame the Australian s early lead.' Cook started furiously, carrying the fight to the American in the first three rounds, but seemed unable to maintain the pace.