THE SQUARE RING

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 13 September 1930, Page 10

THE SQUARE RING

<9 GLOVED GLADIATORS CARET:I? OP .TACK HAINES .Taelc Haines, Australian middleweight. champion, has engaged in- 27 jbants under the guidance of his -train erj manager, .Tack Dunileavy, and ha.s won them- all. His tally of fights makes a total of 3G. He engaged in nine bouts

In., his bout (a preliminary) he was outpointed, but avenged his defeat in a return. There is not a tighter in the Commonwealth at the present time likely to extend Haines. .His stocks, have risen considerably ini his last few contests, which have been won by the k.'D. Sceptics contended that he did not carry a “chute- despat, cher, ’ ’ but of late they have had! to chew their words. Ted Tliye. the j well-known wrestler, has offered to purchase .Tack Dunleavy’s managerial rights of Haines, but there is nothing doing. OARROLL A.VD HANCOCK Jack Carroll (10.'3i) and Wa.lly Hancock (10.6-1) provided the main bout of the special exhibition menu at the Brisbane Stadium recently. It went the full I'd rounds, and as Carroll won two-thirds' of them, no one protested (when referee Bred Craig held liis hand on high (says the “Spurting 'Globe. ’’) Carroll gave a rare exhibition of polished; boxing. The speed and frequency ■of liis straight left hand amazed his 'opponent, and also the crowd, who enjoyed his smart footwork and hi's 'feinting. It was a contest between a brainy spectacular , boxer and a solid, tough man lacking in ringcraft. Ham enek has a wonderful left hook, but he was unable 1 0‘ score with it owing to the cleverness of Carroll, who landed sufficient punches to leave undoubted traces of his aecur acy on Hancock’s right eye and cheek. WAIL, IN OTAGO Otago apparently is not very highly favoured by some of the other associations. The O.'B.A.’s application for the next ’New Zealand amateur championships was turned down in favour of Ashburton, which nvill stage the 1931 championships, so that at least three years will elapse before Otogo will bo afforded the opportunity of holding the national championships, if it is successful in its application even then. Not since the change of boxing contra! from Christchurch to’ Wellington has Otago staged the amateur fixture, and it makes one believe.’ that Otago was be't'tejr favoured under the old regime (writes the Dunedin “Star.”) Both Southland and Greymouth had had charge of the championships, Otago being passed by. And yet Otago is rightly entitled ho. be regarded a,s y one of the most important of New Zealand’s associations, and one ’which is doing just about as much as any other body for the encouragement of the amateur side of the sport. • The Ashburton body may be a. very progressive association, but it has been active only comparatively recently, and compared with the Otago Association serge's a: much more limited district. Without being in any way parochial, it is. difficult to conceive that more good to 'the sport in general will result I from the championships being held at Ashburton than would have been the case had the fixture been staged in Dunedin. Apart from .the fact ’that the financial returns would undoubtedly I bo much greater in Dunedin, it may fairly be said that a bigger fillip would be given to the sport by holding the championships in an important centre such as Dunedin than in a small centre such as Ashburton. Is- the allocation of the championships to Ashburton intended to palliate the feelings of the smaller associations for the neglect of past years on the pant, of 'the major associations? The Otago Association was fairly confident of being allotted next year’s championships, and in' view of the consistent support by the 0.8. A. it is difficult to put forward any powerful reason why Otago has been passed by.

KXO:OK-OUTS IN PLENTY Something im the nature of a record must have, been created at a recent American tournament, when in a programme of nine bouts eight ended with but one man standing. A draw was the deieisiom in the remaining bout. As four of the fights ended in, the first round the crowd would be, stent home considerably earlier than it- expected. YOUNG- “VETERAN’’ RETIRES 'Rid .Terris, erstwhile lightweight championship contender, has announ- , ced! his retirement from boxing (says am American writer). The twenty-six-year-old veteran of more than TOO ring, battles took the worst whipping of hiscareer in a comeback’ ’ attempt against Pete Nebo, Elorida’ Indian, recently, and! is convinced that he cam

not continue as a top-ranking- fighter. PUTTING ON WEIGHT.

The fact that he had only one fight while; in the Dominion gave Ambrose Palmer plenty of spare time to accept some New Zealand hospitality, and that it must have agreed with him is evident, for the one-time middleweight has now grown into the heavyweight class. Palmer has an engagement with Frank Van. in Sydney, and if lie comes through this satisfactorily and can make list 91b, it is reported that lie will get a chance with Jack Haines. Van is the boxer who recently went twelve rounds with the Australian middle-weight champion. If Palmer fails to make the weight he will be matched with Deo Banding, a former amateur heavy-weight champion, who lias had 39 fights for as many wins. Bandias’s latest effort was to decisively outpoint Blackie Miller. ABOVE THE AVERAGE. Jack Paul, the Sydney welterweight, who, when lie was in New Zealand a. few months ago, outpointed Ted Morgan, is showing good form in Australia at present. Recently, mainly with the aid of a good left, he gave Tommy Carr, described as the welterweight champion of Victoria, a boxing lesson, and ran out an easy winner over fifteen rounds. Paul is a New Zealand boy who has- settled in Sydney, and that he is above the average is shown by the fact that out of 6G fights he has collected the winner’s end on 58 occasions.