MILITARY BOXING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19748, 22 September 1927, Page 15

MILITARY BOXING.

tournament next week. SOME GOOD BOUTS PROMISED. The annual military b°*>, r 'K, tournament under the auspices of the jl'-'tarv Hporti Association, will com me sice in tha Dnl Hall Rutland Street, on Mon4»3' evening nnd ' will continue throughout the week. There will be about 200 competitors. in_ eluding senior cadets, territorials and reservist#. , . .i. Some excellent roiitfst# are promised. A classes, from midgets to heavy.weight*, wi.i be included. The eliminating roundi wnl of one-minute duration. The semifinals will be decided with iwo-mimite rounds, the finaiisU in the various clasees bosms for three minute# There is a great deal of interest in the team compelHion for theshield and medals presented by Ihe Auckland Working Men's Club. The compel ition is open to cadet companies, five com petititors comprising a team. Ina »c»l» of pointa allow* a boy a hah-point for entering, two points for winning arid * possible half-point for losing tTie shield is sl pre»ent held by the hmgaland Com* P *Som« intensive training ha» bwm carried out by boy* during the past few weeks. With the aid of voluntary help from w«liknown boxers, the association has carried out instruction for a period of "jree or four month*. Training baa been held in the city on five night* a week, at Kingsland on three nights, at Mount Eden and Onehunga on two nights and at 1 arnel. and Poneonby on or.« night.