BOXING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 288, 9 November 1925, Page 4

BOXING.

CONTESTS IN AUSTRALIA,

SYDNEY, Nov. 8. At the Stadium Ferandez beat Milton, the referee stopping the fight at tte eighth round. —Press Association. MELBOURNE, Nov. 8.

At the Stadium Stewart defeated Payne, an American, the latter’s seconds skying the towel in the fourteenth round. —Press Association. ■ BRISCOT BEATS RING. LONDON, Nov. 7. Frank Briscot, the Belgian, beat Ring, who was disqualified in the sixth round for hitting low. —A. and N.Z. cable. AVILLS BEAT JOHNSON. , BIG CROAVD DISSATISFIED. NEAVARK, Oct. 26. In their fight to-night, Harry AVills, the negroe, gave Floyd Johnson a most severo lacing in the shortest time known in Newark ring records. In two minutes, during the first round of a scheduled 12-round bout, the man from lowa was backing from AVills’s punches, and immediately Johnson’s seconds threw in the towel. The referee rebuked them, but the result goes on record as a technical knock-out.

Newspapermen declared it was a rotten show, and a disgrace to boxing. A crowd of 13,000 roared disapproval, but the referee said he was compelled to act following the towel’s arrival.

AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING,

NEAV YORK, Oct. 27. The New Jersey boxing authorities are investigating Moya Johnson’s queer fight against AVills. AVills followed his usual style of holding with his long left arm and pounding the body at close quarters with the right. He backed Jonnson into a comer and plastered him about the body with punclfes. Johnson wa3 on his feet and looked in no immediate danger. He was almost as much surprised and stunned as the crowd when the towel was tossed in.

DEMPSEY’S AVELCOME,

IN MEXICO CITY.

SOLDIERS CALLED OUT,

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27

Jack Dempsey arrived for a series of exhibition bouts. Tho first fight occurred at the station, but it was amongst the great throng'participating in tho greetings to the champion. The only fighting the champion was forced to do was to use his elbows to prevent himself from being crushed to death. The police were powerless, so they summoned the soldiers', who fixed their bayonets. There were many bloody noses and cracked heads.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

ENGLAND BEATS IRELAND. LONDON, Nov. 8. .At amateur Soccer, in dull weather, England defeated Ireland at London by 6 goals to 3. The attendance numbered 10,000.—A. and N.Z. cable.

SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP,

GOODSELL’S EASY WIN. . TRIUMPH FOR YOUTH OVER AGE. ». SYDNEY, Nov. 7. In the sculling championship, Paddon early established a lead of half a length, rowing 36 to Goodsell’s 38. Paddon was rowing powerfully and Goodsell with great ease. At the mile tlie latter had secured a clear length’s lead, which he increased to four lengths in the next half-mile and to five on passing Cabarita. Paddon now appeared to be tiring, but made desperate efforts and reduced the gap to three lengths. Fifty yards from home Goodsell eased slightly anA' Paddon came up, but it was no use, and Goodsell won a magnificent race by one and a-half lengths. Time, 22.50. Choppy water and a head wind made heavy going. The race was a triumph for youth over age.—Press Association.