BOXING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15325, 11 June 1913, Page 9

BOXING.

emergency the club has called on the villagers, who have responded by_providing an efficient sentry patrol over the whole course between jeven' o'clock in the evening and midnight. From midnight to daylight six sentries are supplied by the club. Six; of the volunteer village watchers go on duty at a time, the first watch being from" seven to nine o'clock, and the second from nine' until midnight. Two putting greens near the roadway are each guarded by a special man. while the other watchers look after groups of greens which are close together. During these two watches members of the club go round tho links in pairs to see that all is well. /These precautions ■will be maintained until the championship meeting. ■■••As'- an acknowledgment of their services the. club has extended the privileges of the villagers . on ' the course and increased the value o£ the prizes. It is said that recently a motorcar containing three women and a man drew •up alongside £ne of the greens early in the morning, but moved on again quickly when they discovered that tho course was guarded.

WELLINGTON TOURNEY. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday.' * The Wellington Boxing Association's '• amateur championship tournament opened to-night. Following ; are the results : —. Bantam-weight : G. McNicholl (Christqhurch), Bst 21b, beat B. Andrews (Wellington), Bst, on points. Andrews made the pace at the start, but McNicholl finished with a good margin to his credit. V Feather-weight: F. Leary (Wellington), Bst 31b i beat J. Karews (Wellington), 9st. The winner had the better of the argument all, through, and was easily the better of the two. J. Smith '(Petone),9st» 131b ';■■■ beat ■ D. A. " Cole 1 (Wellington),; lOst. Smith knocked 'Cole down twice in the first round, and the referee; stopped the fight. • • ' ■ Eight-weight: J. : Hunter (Wellington), lOst, beat R. Aitken (Manawatu), 9st 131b. The "winner had the better of the fight all though, and Aitken's - towel was thrown-in in the third round. J. MacFarlane (Wellington), 9st 121b j beat A. JLeary. (Wellington), *9st 41b. Leary stopped in'the second . round, complaining that MacFarlane was holding, and the fight was awarded-to the latter. ' Welter-weight : F. "Flan, (Wellington), lOst 61b;.'6e»t D. Ryder (Wellington), lOst 81b. Ryder went down twice in the third round, and .was in a bad way at the end. Middle-weight: B. Finnie (Wellington), list 21b, beat J. Murphy (Wellington), list The work was good all through, ! Finnie piling on points towards the finish. . / . r ' .. . « : NOTES AND COMMENTS. ? The - Northern Boxing {'Association quite expects to . receive record entries; for - the amateur championships to be decided in the Town Hall on July '( arid 8. Reports from ; local gymnasiums are very favourable, and the carnival is expected to bo.quite the best . yet r held. As popular 'prices are to :be charged, the attendance each evening should be very large. | | Quite a record number of bantam-weights v .fero being, put through their paces at the local gymnasiums, and this class of boxer is , expected to be represented in large numbers , at the carnival. There are also many promising heavy-weights in the district, and it is , also expected that McQuarrie, of Gisborne, , will contest the championship. o /: The- Gisborno championships are" to be . held this month, and already several Aucklanders have decided.to compete.'' Three of i them —Bliss, Bennetts, and , Mitchell—will, . leave shortly for the east coast centre. Evidently some Australian boxers are under the impression that boxing in Auck- . land is booming. . At the meeting of the Northern Association on Monday evening a letter was read from Jack Read, one of the most prominent of the light-weights on theother side, asking for a, match with Picato during the Christmas holidays. The writer > stated that he had been approached by the association's representative, in Sydney, and , had agreed*to' box Picato for a purse" o£- > £500. As the association has no official re- [ prcsentative in the Commonwealth, no action was taken.' "~ ' Y [ Tho association also discussed informally ( the pronosed visit to New Zealand of Lang- ■ i ford and McYea. No decision was arrived , at, but it was apparent that members were not favourably impressed with the scheme. Hock Keys, the clever Australian ■ lightj weight, is to meet J. Hagerty in Wellington t early in July. The Northern Association , has not yet approached IJeys with regard, to a match, but no doubt if Porter or Hagerty could be secured, arrangements for a special carnival would be quickly made. J. Hagerty, who suffered defeat at the hands of Len Porter last week, expects to return to Auckland about the last week- in August. Another meeting between this pair , will be welcomed by local supporters of the game, and no doubt the -Northern Association will endeavour to arrange another ' match. w ; . ' . Sam \ Kemp . writes that he is willing 4to ■ meet Battling Simmonds in . a welter-weight contest. , Simmonds recently issued a challenge to, any welter-weight in the Dominion. Kemp's address is care Pine Lodge, Grey Lynn. •' . v • Hughie Mehegan formerly Australian light-weight. champion, ; will make his re- ' appearance in an Australian ring on July 12, when ho will meet either Herb McCoy or Frank Picato. New York State is on a good wicket and scoring heavily. Tho boxing clubs in Nevr York took in about £200,000 during the year ending November 30, 1912, according to the , report of the State Athletic Commission. The State's share of tho receipts was £10,000. ' The public paid about £265,000 to witness 1 boxing bouts since the commission was ap<- . pointed. ~ ✓ , Lynx.