BOXING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14806, 9 October 1911, Page 9

BOXING.

McV&A'S EASY WIN.

A SKILFUL BLACK. An attendance of 21,000 gathered at the Stadium, Sydney, to witness tho fight, between Sam. it ea on<l ac ' c Lester. When McVea came into tho ring lie had an obviously lukewarm reception. appearance of Lester, on the contrary—that young boxer being apparently a pugilistio idol— Sheeted with, frantic and uproarious cheering. here was an instant of complete silence as the athletes—both men of splendidly developed phywPPd 40 tho eilo ° u nter. Then suddenly tho black s left arm shot out with a lightning fnnn^' through the opposing guard, and ound its mark. Tho silence was broken by a ThT/TJh,nu," nU f roDl ., tho massed onlookers. reverbeSinl m lie ' lts result > and the low time? it ? , murmur wero repeated several &'fetter a nose bird. Some hugging, a left and°t*h« ffe or i°. a fT ain the negro's flashing fight ™ fi,r n WM , ed by the Song. The won ' Fvnftl' u ?" s a,reac| y ft foregone conolurtUftWe in tlw uninitiated could see a world of ditfenence in th cvilibre of the two men ° f rounds If I™ »». MWtheless, through 20 u,,, '' th!'! °"' too, 111 1,1110,1 the same wav fended li " r ° ; u ' ta<:ke<l ' always t.he white d'eth?n£ »,. obvious that, he could gain nowhile a st^ri'v"/ f UP Inat^ra on his own account, stamina » • , cle!e,ic f*. given sufficient pluck and " knUk'om 0 S V V m " 'F° m the ignominy of a abundance fJJ!?. und 6taj,una he bad in aoundance. Exactly how many times that peonrod lightning stroke of McV>a found Lester's th™ h C ° it would be impossible to say. Hut on t m ' lnder difficulties sometimes lie stood it the to the end, and one of the best features of the affair was in the fact that his pluck had ennot Bl m S ueh r^ n)ti . on , by the crowd " There was ?h« h 'l. 0f mcident to vary the monotony of tho black# punishment of his opponent. Once he Mi him 80 heavily upon the ropes that MnVei lV' ce the wlute man slipped, and w?f L 1f T lro « sl y allowed him to recover himself—amid much applause, bo it said. Lester's th« ot,avin £ bled vigorously from the beginning, the appearance of his face in tho eighth round impelled some sympathetic onlooked to cry, • Let tho poll, stop the fight!" a suggestion which "Iwrr by tbo 006 Beeminsiy And, as said, the fight went on to the end there was really no reason why it should not. Uiven two muscular men fighting, even with gloves, a bleeding nose or a partially-closed eve is a common place not caßiJ y '« 4>e avoided. tor the rest, there was no suspicion of brutality in the contest. The black was always goodhumoured, while Lester, though distressed, emerged from his punishment well enough