BILL LANG WINS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1914, Page 6

BILL LANG WINS.

WHITE HOPE FLOORED

THE DEFEAT OF PELKEY

Sydney files to hand contain an t account of the exciting contest when I BiR Lang knocked out Arthur Pelkey, I Oamada-a- White Hope, in the nine-1 tgenth-round of a strenuous contest] at the Stadium. AUSTRALIAN FLOORED. Sheer determination gave the Victorian his victory. He was severely | punished m thex opening round, ; through Pelkey whipping up his right! with terrific force to the region of the s heart, and in the third round he was ' sent to th© boards by a heavy ■ right ■ to the jaw. Lang went down with a • crash, and did not rise till eight? seconds had been called. i

. Pelkey, with victory in his grasp, I rushed liim and sent him reeling with ; another right.. Then he pushed Lang! over. The Victorian stayed on his I knees seven seconds. He looked an » easy man to defeat when he rose, but : I elkey's charges wore rain. Lang • staggered across the ring, boxing dcs- : perately all the way, and the cheering was tremendous when the gong ■announced that he had seen the round out. • ' , PELKEY ON DEFENSIVE. i Lang surprised everyone by assum- : ing the offensive in the next round, and placed a straight left hook and another straight left in succession. ; Pelkey got through Laaig's guard with a left, but the Victorian brought a right over twice to the head, and was making the pace strongly when the round ended. In the succeeding rounds Pelkey did. a lot of damage with his right, ■ which he ripped to the body or' ■brought up to the chin with stinging force. Lang's best work was done with his left, which on occasions sent Polkey's head back six inches. EASY CHANCES MISSED. Both meai missed easy chances of scaring—Lang through his- eagerness to cross with his right, a,nd Pelkey through his slowness in stepping for-' i ward. | The Canadian appeared to have an exaggerated respect for Lang's in- | fighting, and clinched tightly. Pelkey had his main shaky in the eighth and ■ crnth. rounds, and had a lead on points at the end of the tenth. Lang 1 came with a rattle in the eleventh j round, and, driving Pelkey against | tho ropes, hammered him with both i viands. He continued to force the contest till the end, and had Pelkey on 'the defensive. The visitor had begun to slow down, and his right hand lost a lot of its sting. lioth men were tired in the sixteenth round, but in the seventeenth Lang showed out strongly, and twice drove Pelkey to the ropes. PELKEY PUNISHED. Severe punishment went Pelkey's way, arid lie was in a tight corner wrfch his back to the ropes when the gong sounded. In the eighteenth round Lang went in to try and finish his man. So fierce were his rushes that Pelkey ■ was nearly forced over tjie ropc^^ahdj list before-the end of tho round a right to the jaw nearly dropped him. _ In the nineteenth, round Pelkey was tared and hitting wildly. Lang drove him across the ring and sent him down with a right to the jaw. He scrambled up before the last second was called, only to be knocked out VICTORY WELL RECEIVED

Lang's victory was received enthusiastically. He had stuck to what seemed m the early rounds to be a hopeless task, amd had not only managed to overhaul his opponent in the matter of points, but to wear him down and then finish him in first-class tashron. Pclkey's showing was good notwithstanding that lie made many