BOXING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 267, 31 October 1911, Page 2

BOXING.

1 IGH I EldiiT ( HAMI'IONMIir. MEIiEGA'.’ EETAi'-S THE Ti : LE. S-.dimy, Oct. 21. “ Ycuth ar.d ::treegt!i must l>e .served. r l'he trutli of tb” old adage I;’.a.: one’ again proved on Saturday i'i'rl’t, He:-!; Kov.-., afl;’:’ havitig -st diii’.!'.”’! :■””!> a !<-d on points Dial i; .':.’i’':m:l ani'-.ist ”C' t:ii:: I'iat !’<’ .-.oiild r.’'’,ma the lightweyght cliamplonsliip l’".im Hiig'ne i'altnred in liis .- i;-:d -. and. woakemug rcry rapidly, v.as ■ mil <’!il;o iucapalilc oi’ d ■i'e'ico or | ofie'we. His : 'cond.', i.-a !i;:i ng Dini I their r.mii v.m: ln';’te:i, threw in ill-.-tow'.’l in the i’ourtennth round, the vietory rir.♦ ing with Mohegan, who tlm.-. :• laius tho clia'iipionsliip tiHe, and is I fry t holder cf th” i bnmpion.ship bi'ii ] pre. ted by .Air. Mclntosh. i’!n.‘i:g!i <!,’!’.*at.'d, the honours of the

•■oiliest I'l'ct.’d with Key::, whose v.'on■.li-; l:il shoving came ;>s a I'o'.'i-latam to th - majority of tin- : pe-tators and r.stoni. bed <-. on his must *'■:•.nguin” Millport t.s. Both men weighed uiider the iightv.-. ight limit. (JO.st), but of the pail Mc’iigan looked nmeh the heavier iiiiiii. Kvy. v, lie ni ver vi eigiitd over !)st "lb

a iii'H he lin’d tic- champioii.ship, locked sligliter and frailer than former- , i ’.it r< i l l looked in wonderful condition. Nor dill his look', belie hi:’i, as his : iis’io p.’.oiit sliov. ing [/roved. Jieh.y a::, too, looked r”ii'.arkal>ly well, arid wit Lout tin’ shadow <;f a doubt owes his victory to that fact. Hix youth and strength allowed I>::ii to outstay Keys, and then will'!) the latter tailored to v. orrv l-’.T’t dev. n.

Never has a < b;’.i:s;,'io;i been made to look so ( heal: ns K”y.s mad:- Mohegan look. The tactics which have gained

Mehogan all bis victories were of no avail i’g.iinst thi-■> maivdic.us piece of lighting machinery which rained punches oil hi’n from every direction, and then nin-bly back-moved, stepped inside, or .slipped all the champion's rel>li”s. Sitparlati. e’y clever as of yore. K-e.vs ialibed, punched, and ripped Mehegau rdmor-t at will. With his head ■bob' ing on his .‘.'i-nildeas hJ«> a cork in th” tta-.cs, ?*' '.’hogan kept after his elusive fee ail the time. Time after time lie ti'i.’d to hind a convincing punch, but just as invariably tailed, and the punch which v.as intended t<> sweep Ke vs fro-’.', before him sjient itself in ill ” It ea mot be denied that Mei’eg.i'i bit K ” —that woi-Id be absurd -Imt .’.till even when the champion did manage to laud al! the ."ting was taken nut of th? blow by the fact that Keys

wis going away from it when it lar.d-.'d. Finding that his celebrated smother, on whis-b h" s ’ems to have boon relying too much of late, presented r.o diificiilties to txevs, Zl’ehegan stood more erect, and boxed more like lie did when he ’fir. 5 "on the championship. The change in tactics, however, was all to iiu p-.n-posc. Keys’ lightning-like jabs and i'i’is continued to kind with iTeqvmi'.y. Grii’ily tho champion battleu mi. Never had Ii" he—i so punished I’e‘ore, never iiind.’ to iouk so cheap: vet what could he do I" Hardlv anything. Trim, h” could unit, tiie conte: t ::;rl not yet er,' ! -d. and hope to got the chance of lat’cting a convincing blow. AVkile Keys emiid irate! the pace he "as sei ting Mohegan knew that ilia cliiiik' of tho c-invincing Mow would III", er come bis vm' . Still Key- - tire.

Nimble as a cimket. Keys mined round him. The ease with which he e-.ruped Meliegan’s blows w:m superb. ?.'o;i 1 be Vit-terian at times being eom-p-!'-->l to smile grimly in a< know k-dg--.i his oppmmnt’s ::l:ill. So the rimtest prot-'-i-ded til! the twelifli v'.:>:..i_ Thou Kevs commemed to lire, i'lie tol'iug 0:1 him. lie v. as 1 ia th- lliirtei-nth iwiml. and was ■■<l for tilt- first time in th." con-i-.-r lie was mil weaker in the next rim-id. a-i'l carl'- v.a-- I: nor bed down fol 7 so-c-'dr with left ami right swings to t -■ ■ 1.1 v.'. lb- a 1 ■■■ gr-;ggv. 10 1?' kali t’ir.ball v, r:-s-led doss again, lint v. as again immediately, only to m knoek.-d down with a right -viii’g. and his seconds tb’-t-w 1 he town: in. i’lm lig’u v.as over, and .Meh< gan i. ~1 -•<,-s-l ’till-’ det • m d ■ ■■ I his tit io. iirn’ii ami .str.-ngtlt itad prevailed ovei ~ -j. ■ i;ili. and impair.-d stamina. It aiis ;; stirring route t. a contest that v. id live long in the iimmri-.'" <■> tho -e ala: v. i’-;e '1 it. • i '-LiN DELL D! i-T CfS SID. PI- \P- I I v. : ■< a hca-.-. rm'.ht ;..m . CMin BAI 1 km.Dm.! mu Sid. Pearce tn the six- j teng'ii round of their contest at thei

Sidney Sport-. Ground on Satardi'.y I aftei'iioon. Fo-ir boxer though Bell is | he neverthele'.s was always Pearce : | master, and really should have won in I much quick''" lime than he did. Still, a shower of rain which fell during the eailv stages of the contest made the foon'nc a "ride insecure, with the result 1 thai Bell liceame increasingly cautious in his methods as the light progressed, thus giving his opponent ample time to pull himsoil' together again. i’l’rm c'l'taiiii.v displayed gnt. incontestably establishing Hie fact that lie can withstand punishment, but otio'i-v. is” his .-hooting was wretched, even lor :• me. ie*'. It is, imwever. possible that lie may improve, thougn even that seems very unlikely. fl is iamontable to see so powerful, so in:;<*"'i.iiie:”>ll\-develoin. d a man as Bell ,o "inelb-tive. He can hit heavily iie SA'S tir. Imt those’ pernios are few and lai’ between. I* or .-.ixcei'n weary rounds Bel! wasted lime and strength in attacks oi an entirely futile nature. Then suddenly he swung a mightv right. Bearce was too slow to evade it, and the contest ended Jb se -mds afrerw ards.