BOXING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15047, 17 July 1912, Page 6

BOXING.

INEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE. ':':■;. ..;.'■ . $f!m: w t '" " :; * ALTERATIONS IN THE ROLES. [BT 'FELKGKAPH.—riinsS ASSOCIATION.] ":. ; .\ ' WEU.WGTON, Tuesday. The jSew Slealand Boxing Conference opened to-day. A proposal to establish North Island' and South Island championships was vetoed. Mr. Isaacs (Dunedin) moved thai entries for the championships bo limited U~ one entry from each class from each alFdi :i> A body. Ar. amendment ;;;.;.' was moved, by Mr Cooper (Wanganui), that the entry in each class he limned to £V: ; aj**- . Tb* nMaon was carried. At wad moved by .Mi. Cooper (Wanga•nujj, that the rides be so altered ns to provide for tho appointment, of an official announcer for championship ir.eetings. Mr. Goodwin (Tinuu-u}'proposed, as an amendm«Hl, that there should he an official anitfmacer fur all meet togs. The motion was carried or the voices. It was decided that the duties ot the announcer should be to introduce the contestants, and afiaouaee their class and weight. He is to obtain from the judges their decisions, and if they are in agreement, he is to immediately announce tho decision. If they disagree, he is to refer the matter io tks rejkwo, vriiTic.** ikv-isi'm he is to an- ; Bounce. :, /:.":'. ; 'j--\";.-:"■■■. ~ ' Oli the motion of Mr. Beauohamp Platts {Wellington". '•■„ wa. se ulved; "That, in tho opinion oi this association, it-should' be understood that, in the case of any association importing a professional from Australia, and whist in the Dominion such profes-nional is engaged by associations other thai: the one which imported him, his travelling expenses* to ana from Australia should be shared pro rata by the 'association* under whose sospuiea ho appears. ')•';:; Thei conference also decided, on the motion of Mr. Goodwin (Tiraaru) that i:i the event of the New Zealand champion-:''(-jaip mealing extending over more than cam evening*, the eompetitcrs must weigh in on each evening on certified scales. '■'%:''. It was resolved to recommend the council i>.-Sio!d Ihe next New Zealand championship meeting in 1913 at Timaru, and that jhe next Australasian championship meeting be in Dunedin. On thf! motion nt Dr. O'Brien (Palmerston North), it was resolved that no relative of uuy competitor be permitted to judge ox rcfeiee at a meeting in the bouts in w..-,i.h such competitor is engaged. M v. H. White (Wjaipukuiauf moved: "That as soon as two professional boxers have signified their acceptance in writing {by telegram or letter) of a match arranged by any local association, the secretary of the council shall be notified by iwive of the names of the competitors and the date fixed, and neither of the competitors shall be matched by any other association for one month prior to the date fixed for such match. __ The conference decided to recommend the council to define the travelling expenses which should be allowed to amateurs when fulfilling negotiations with associations. Mr. Humphreys (Giebonn) moved: : 'Thit it be a recommendation to the council that the Gisborne Association should bi? constituted a centre." At present they are under the jurisdiction of the N< rthern Association, and they desired to conduct their business through the council. This was carried, as was also a, motion that no entries should he accepted for championships except through an affiliated CONTINUED. .V.l l "* WSUtGBAPH.—Pi«B3S ASSOCIATION, j Wevlingtos, Tuesday. The animal tourviamcnt of the New Zealand Boxing Association was cotitiuued to-night, and was poorly attended, owing to the unfavourable weather. Among those present were Hi|[Excellency tie Governor, the Prime Minister (Hon. W. -i F." Masaey), and the Hona. Herd man and Erniser. Results are as follows:— Feather-weight: Ban* (Wanganui) beat Digby (Christehurch), Mills (Canterbury) beat Adair (Gisbovne). Heavy-weight: Mathewason (Otago) beat Lowe (Gisborne), Fitzsimmons (Timaru) beat Macquarrie (Southland). Bantams: Rutner (Wellington) beat Payne (Auckland), McMirm (Christ-] church) beat O'Farrell (Otago), Gunn (Timaru) beat McMprran (Wellington), j Middle-weight: Monaghan (Ohakune) beat Cade (Christchureh), Boreham (Otago) beat Fmnie (Wellington). Light-weight: Stewart (Wellington) '. beat Bond (Wanganui). Welter: Watchorn (Manawafcu) beat ■ llitchcll fioickJand). .':'" '.v : . ;''.. NOTES AND COMMENTS. Tommy Barns, has posted £200, with a challenge,to Johnson, for a 10-rounds* con- | in hold? barred. At lis Vegas* the night before the John-son-Flynn battle, Rudio Unhols and " Stanley Yoakum " mot in a 20-rounds' contest, which was declared a draw. , Th» proposed matyh between Arthur Jiouglas and Billy Elliott (a Now Zealahder), which w as to have been fought at Brisbane, has been abandoned. Writing of the match at tho National Sporting Club, in Which Jim Driscoll beat Jean Poesy, the E'ronchjtnan, in'a contest for £1200 and the feather.weistht ojiampionship of the world, an English critic says:-r- ---" The victory was a triumph of boxing skill of th® highest In defence and attack Drifcoll was as neatly faultless as human being ooultl be, and ho defeated an opponent •flrhp will be admired for over by all who «|W tho bout." The following cablegram was received in, , "Sydney last woek-end from Las Vegas:— " It has been asoertaifted on tho evo of the big battle that tho tefms of Johnson's con-" tract with Hugh D. Mcintosh for an Aus-, tralian contest are on a grand scalo. The tcntr&ct \vas signed through Mr. Tom Andrews, v/ho rcpresente Mr. Mcintosh in ''■fyfuutm-.hw contracted to fight Mid also to bo matched e champion will : WWiiw»lwk m "ta tiki J[

\ ' • tv pUci ;,jitv n mx imuMi-- .lr.k'««w wdl leave Vancouver for AufcfaralM in SeptemKir. d .Before clinching the contrail. .loltrt-«n tr wanted to wait till after his battin with so Flmn, 'but firiallr said that he was so mr* J. of "winning that'it did no* matter whether u ho waited or not. Tho contract. was thereh upon signed."* Mr. Mcintosh had ;. private k cablegram to the same effect.