BOXING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 36, 25 January 1911, Page 3

BOXING.

XEW ZEALAND COUNt IL. Ai a meeting of the committee - f the New Zeal.-i-d boxing Conrail at Christchurch <m Friday, co ires pondenep was received from fc.vdr.ey in connection with a iiruptwii! to semi an Australasian :■ am of amateurs to take part in an Empire amateur sports festival. to be fM'kl in London at the time of the Coronation. The suggested programme of events included one boxing contest and that for heavy weights. Correspondence on the subject was also received from the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. It was decided that, while in sympathy with the project. the standard of boxing in New Zealand in the heavy-weight class was not of a sufli iently high quality, to warrant the council in rc-r<-amending that representative b< selected. Ti e Hawke's Lay Association v. is granted p< rmi -ion for the m-.t-.-h bet •.•I '-'f W. Rudd. of New Z* aland. and J. Blackmore. <4* Sybil* ,*.. f r the Iroavv-v. eight chani--pt-Hisrip of New Zealand. the i.> steh. to take place on Jamtat v 2< : th. Correspondem-e was ivc«i from J. Smith, the. Westport Asso :-i:tion. ami the Christchurch Sports Club in November. 1909. The Westport Association urged th- removal of the disqualification in view* of Smith’s services to the sport on the West Coast, as well as the exemplary life lie had led since the disqualification was imposed. It was agreed to reinstate Smith as from March Ist next. JOHNSON AND JEFFRIES. RETURN MATCH SUGGESTED.

Vancouver. Jan. 16. The San Fra:tci«c<> “ Chronicle " r.-nounces that Tex Rickard is end .-’.vouring to arrange a return natch between Johnson and Jeffi cs. Abe A-teil. •!.«• l:nr.i.am weight clampion. has outpointed Pn'sy Kli te in a ten-round bat th*. KI bro t» <*k a lot of purishmerit in t i e hope of landintr a knock-out blow. In the ninth round lie landed a eLuui left on the champion’s jaw. L*;t Attwel! retaliated with a volley that dro’ - his opnmron; to the rr pcs. Both were fighting staunchly when tin* gong sounded. The h<>.*::m. r match between Danny Webster, lire well known featherweight. ami Rivers took place yerv ■ < r lav.

1> was scheduled to 15 rounds, bit at the end of the 131 b round the put ice interfered. \\ cisSier was unmercifully punished, and was floored four times in the last r.Himl. after which the police mjterrd the ring and t«>ok charge of the building until the crowd had k ft.