BOXING.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2434, 28 July 1924, Page 5

BOXING.

MacDONALD WINS BLENHEIM BOUT. CALLAWAY’S PLUCKY FIGHT. [Per Press Association.] BLENHEIM, Last Night. Lackio MacDonald, of Dunedin, defeated Carl Callaway, of Blenheim, on a technical knock-out in tho fifteenth round of a professional bout on Satur. day night. The fight went practically the full distance, and all but two or three rounds ended In MacDonald’s favour. In the fifteenth Callaway was floored. He could have been up at the count of five, but stayed on one knee till the count of nine, when he resumed tiie figlut. Within half a minute of the final gong ne again went down, a,nd this time was too slow in regaining his feet. One glove was still on the floor when the referee reached the count “out.” Though outclassed by a stronger and heavier man, Callaway put up 8 good performance and took a tremendous amount of punishment, and was always smiling. He was warmly cheered on leaving the ring.

THE Arsri’RAliLVN GAME, [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [Aasf. aid S'.Z, Cable Association.] (Received Sunday, 7 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 27. At the Stadium, Harry Young defeated George Tosh, knocking him out in the third round. At Melbourne, Jim Newbury knocked out Jack Niven in the tenth round. WHY ABANDON GAIMES? FANTASTIC BOXING DECISIONS. (Received Sunday, 7 p.m.) LONDON. July 26. At a luncheon to tho Olympic competitors, Mr Merrett said several of the boxing decisions were most contrary to English ideas of sport, but he deplored the propaganda against the games. He suggested the nations with high ideals of sport should confer to bring others up to the same level. George Cook toasted Miss Shand. NOT A FOUL BLOW. TUNNEY FOUGHT FAIRLY. (Received Sunday. 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 25. Motion pictures publicly shown of the Tunney-Carpentier fight, reveal that the blow in the fourteenth round was not a foul. HEENEY AND COOK MATCHED. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND BELT AT STAKE. (Received Sunday, 7 p.m.) LONDON, July 25. “Sporting Life” says Heeney, of New Zealand, has been matched with George Cook, at the Empire tournament at Wembly on August 9. The contest, though only of ten rounds will practically decide the heavyweight championship of Australasia.