EXCITEMENT IN SYDNEY.

Mataura Ensign, 6 July 1910, Page 6

EXCITEMENT IN SYDNEY.

SYDNEY, July 5. Crowds gathered beforo the newspaper offices awaiting the result of the fight. There was considerable excitement and much disappointment frics' failure. NEW ZEALAND CONGRATULATIONS. FER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, July 5. Before the final bouts of the Otago Boxing Association's championships commenced to-night the president (MiMyers) faced a very large gathering of boxiug enthusiasts in His Majesty's Theatre and made the usual preliminary remarks. Then with evident hesition he referred to another matter. "Just after hearing of that great battle in America," ho said, "I think it would be 'British' if we wero to congratulate the winner.—(Applause.) I am glad to hear that applause. The great majority of you here, as I would myself, would have given a very great deal to know that the champion of the world was a white man.—(Applause.) However, so far as we know it has been a fair and square fight, a good fight, and the better man won.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore, as this is the first meeting of boxing enthusiasts in this Dominion since the fight took place T think it is only fair and 'British' that on behalf of the Boxing Association of Otago we should offer the winner our congratulations."—(Applause.)