Boxing Tourney Will Be Best Yet

Northern Advocate, 30 July 1938, Page 8

Boxing Tourney Will Be Best Yet

j Spurred on by the unprecendented j success of last year’s boxing tournament, the Whangarei Boxing Association has organised an even better programme of contests for tonight’s tourj ney. I Making a splendid effort to bring I local talent to a pitch of perfection, j Mr. Mate Alach has shouldered the rej sponsibility of training the Whangarei j contestants. Since their appearance last j year, he has had them in strict training j and tonight will see the result of his i patient wor. Mr. Alach lias been reI cognised as one of the Dominion’s fin- ' est expert physical culturists and ! his repeated successes as a boxI ing trainer- have won him con- ! siderable renown. His gymnasium in j Eathbonc Street has been the scene of | keen activity during the last few j months as the local contestants, under | Mr. Alach's guidance, have prepared I themselves for tonight's bouts. i | Among the visiting contestants will | be the finest Northland talent which i proved its ability at the Northern Wai- | roa tournament in Dargaville a forl- ! night ago. An opportunity was then given the Whangarei Association officj ials to select the best fighters available i in the north for the benefit of Wha- | ngarei’s sporting juiblic. ; Principal bouts will include that between Mel Painter and Ken Moran, both of whom need no introduction to Whangarei. Moran won his laurels last year when he look the honours against strong opposition in the Auckland Provincial and the New Zealand championships. His experience as an Empire Games representative will Island him in good stead tonight. | Other lop-notch contestants will be I Sheridan, Canavan and Woods, the latter a versatile fighter who would be an attraction on his own. Knowing the sporting instinct of Whangarei. the association has left no stone unturned to make its 1038 tournament a success never before achieved in the north. Eighteen bouts arc scheduled, and every one will feature boxers who have already won their spurs in the ring.