BOXING

Hokitika Guardian, 15 September 1937, Page 3

BOXING

MAR IST SCHOOL TOURNEY. Held under the auspices of the'Hokitika. Boxing Association; in 1 the Princess Tin at,ic last evening, the Alaiiot Brothers High School at Greymout 1 I contested the school house championships, about 30 bouts'being staged. J All the contests were cleanly'fought and a comparatively good attendance much apreciatcd the bouts, several of which aroused enthusiastic barracking. ( ■j No little amusement was caused by j the antics of soMe of ibe- smaller con- j 1 testants and \dith tlnUhigh standard of j ' boxing, vfhijcjh 'p.ctailed a-'-gcod 'even- ‘ ings' eutertaiiitiii nt resulted. ' | Messrs N. Kiely and R. L’iko'n'acted as referees hhd 'Mr A. J. " Fraser filled the capacity of timekeeper. The f~l- , lowing houses participated in the contest:—Red, St. Patricks (Pt.); Gold fJt. Coluinbas (C.); Green, St. Pauls (PL); and white, St. Josephs (J.). I The tournament ended in. a win for I St. Josephs with 27 points, with St. i Patricks second with 23, St. Columbas j 12 and St. Pauls 18. In Greymouth, St. Paul’s won tho first night and St. Josephs the second. At the conclusion of the contests thanks for the invitation to stage a J tourney at Hokitika were extended to Fathers Finerty and O’Gormar: by tho Marist Brothers who also thanked tho Hokitika Boxing Association, for its assistance and for material supplied to those present for their splendid patronage and to Mr E. W. Hocnan who had arranged the most of the organising at tiffs end. The following are the results , of the various, bouts: — Pigeon Weight A. Mundy (PI.) drew with F. Costelloe (C.). J. Gould (PL), defeated C. Mundy (PI.), A. Fnuth (PL)’ defeated P. Kennedy (PI.V J. Gould (P 1.),, defeated J. Rathbun (Pt.). Super-dreadnaug' ts J. Rooney (C) drew with M. Woolj house (PL), W. Preston (Pt.) drew with J. Finlay (C.), T. Burley (Pt.) . defeated P. Marshall (PI), J. Rooney (G.) drew with J. Finlay,(C.) J. 11l musky (J,i. drew with J. Longloy (Pt.). Bantam-weight K. Thompson (Pt.) drew with 8Nash (Pt.), K. O'Brien (J.) drew with J. Stakes (PL), K. O’Brien (J.) d'ei'e-t----ed F. Summuer (J.), K. Aleates (G 1 -) defeated I. Thompson. (Pt.). I Feather-weight L. O’Brien (.).) defeated J.,. l Ward (C.), P. Costelloe' (C.) drew with P,, Kennedy (PI).. : ; • Middle-weights J Kennedy (EL) drew .with L. Trou- • land (J.).

Fly-weight J. Gray (J.) drew with T. Dwyer (C.), J. Graham (J.) defeated J. Knapp (J.), E. Harding (Pt.) defeated A. Knapp (J.), K. Thompson (Pt.) do feated E. Cauling (C). Dreadnoughts P. Ward (J.) defeated J. Blumsky (J-L Welter-weight A Phillips (Pt.) defeated N. Simons (Pt). Light-weights W. Aleates (O.) defeated O. Mcßride (PI), It. Bates (C.) drew with R. Kiely (PI). : ‘ ' Heavy-weights ; Iv. Fisher (Pi.) drew with AI. Clancoy (Pt). : ’