BOXING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14853, 2 December 1911, Page 9

BOXING.

NORTHERN ASSOCIATION'S 'i CAR- • /.'■'.,nival. :.; ■':),;'■-/"[':'. The programme for i the carnival » which the Northern Boxing Association will hold on tho 11th inst. is _; nearly; completed. : Tbo principal contest will be one of 15 rounds between Tim ; Traoey and : AH. i Gault, ■ the two well-known professional. light-weights. ;> J Gault arrived yesterday from Wellington, where he was defeated ,by; Hannan.on Wednesday night. He 1 states that he forced Hannan on to the ropes, but the; Australian lad rebounded into Gault, tripping> him (accidentally) and * causing him to ■ strike his head violently oon p the ■ floor ;of >~ th© ; ring. This, ho eays, was tho causo of his knockout. .

Tracy, who is to meet Arthur Kelly at Millerton to-night, ], telegraphed yesterday ; that; he is in excellent form and very confident. ':< ■■ He will arrive here by the Bth 'inst.' Amateur bouts will- be /included in the Northern, Association's programme. A return match between;:,Treweek (Palmerston North) and O'Meara (Auckland) was arranged, ,but Treweek has caught a severe cold,'' and his medical advisor ' says ho ' will not be able to fight. O'Meara will therefore meet Ellis, th© clever Wellington featherweight, and the contest should tbe very attractive. '■ ,•'"■-,-' i *' ■ '■ ; ;.- ... ■ - -v / There will be two other bouts between featherweights. Powell and Marshall, who boxed very nicely at the Hamilton tournament on Thursday evening, will fight a return battle here. The other pair will be Conway and Gilchrist, who contested ; six rounds at the association's last tournament. A light-weight mat-ch between Connolly and Lewis had been arranged, but Connolly will leave for Sydney on Monday. V It is probable that Lewis will now bo matched with Ross. " /.'-.''. :\.' . '-■-■:;''^l : :.

VETO OF THE * KIDNEY PUNCH. fty Telegraph.— Auool *Uon.—OopyntOt:

;,.:■•■ : ; : - ■.'..■■ : : London, November 30. The National Sporting! Club has'decided to ■■ declare the kidney punch '(which >: was recently condemned"by a Coroner) ; illegal. ;