SCHOOL BOXING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21325, 28 October 1932, Page 16

SCHOOL BOXING

MOUNT ALBERT GRAMMAR FIRST ANNUAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS OF PRELIMINARIES The first annual boxing tournament of the Mount Albert Grammar School was commenced in the school hall yesterday afternoon. Tho tourney is the biggest of its kind ever held in. an Auckland school. There were 150 entries altogether and the preliminary bouts were decided with commendable promptitude. Considering this was the initial effort of the school in conducting a tournament, and that some of the boys were donning gloves for the first time, the standard was quite good, and if some of the contests were lacking a little in science, they were characterised by willingness and splendid sporting spirit. The equipment and gloves were loaned free of charge for the occasion by the Northern Boxing Association and the president of that body, Mr. G. Bush, acted as judge. There was no necessity for a referee, as clinching was conspicuous by its absence. The tournament will be continued, this afternoon, when the semi-finals and finals will be decided. Following were the results: UNDER sst 71b First Round.— Topping beat Long, Naylor beat Worley. UNDER 6st First Round.— Turley beat Brandon, Fellowcs beat H. Clark, Lempnere beat Salas. UNDER Gst 71b First Round.—Woodroffe beat P. Clarke, Pulharn beat Horrocks, M. Robinson beat Pullen, Ball beat Howard, Wnghtson beat Round.—Pulham beat Woodroffe, Wnghtson beat Ball. 7st AND UNDER First Round.— beat Hickson, Andrewes beat Bowmer. Kemp beat L. Leman, Herbert beat Bollard, List beat Pickens, Cobcrott beat Brown. , ~, _. . Second Round.—Andrewes beat Kemp, List beat Herbert, Cobcroft beat Murray. PAPER-WEIGHT, 7st 7lb AND UNDER First Round.—R. Shaw beat Newton. Redfern beat, Warren. Baxter beat Rogers, Byerley beat D. Johnstone, R. Skelton beat Hud--B°Second Round.—Shaw beat McSkimming, Baxter beat Redfern, Byerley beat bkelton. FLY-WEIGHT, Bst AND UNDER First Round.—Rea beat Mackay, Belsham beat ft. Turner. Burgess beat Nicholls, Lydiard beat A. K. Smith Hanen beat Hawkcsby. Mountfort beat Yates. Harrison beat Bromner, Shadbolt beat Gillespie. Second Round.—Rea beat Belsham, Lydiard beat Burgess, Shadbolt beat Harrison. BANTAM-WEIGHT, Bst 7lb AND UNDER First Round.—Frerichs beat Stables. Jensen beat Cato, Cummings beat Mottram, Necdham beat Ling, Bane beat Clews. Nelson beat Hale, Heffernan beat Ashton, Singleton beat Mee. , , _ Second Round.—Frerichs beat Jensen, Necdham beat Cummings, Nelson beat Bane, Heffernan beat Singleton. FPLSTHER-WEIGHT, 9st 3lb AND UNDER First Round.—Millener beat Ruthe, McFarlane beat Brady, Duncan beat Smellie, Mellsop beat Nicholas, Macßae beat Stephenson, Healy beat Leman, T. Williams beat C °Sccond Round.—McFarlana beat Millener. Duncan beat Mellsop, Macßae beat Healjf. LIGHT-WEIGHT, lOst AND UNDER First Round.—Towers beat Breckon Brock beat Blakey, Mackie beat Bould. McDonald bent Peisker, E. D. Clark beat JKronfeld, Wilkiiiß beat Sprague. Watts beat Chapman, Martinovich beat Gardner, C. Williams beat Round.—Mackie beat McDonald, Clark beat Wilkins. Murtinoyich beat Watts, Williams beat Towers. WELTER-WEIGHT. lOst 9lb AND UNDER First Round. —Bookliss beat Ball, Cantlon beat Franzen, Bethel beat Mofiatt, A. Meyer beat Storey, Millener beat McGuire, Stevens beat Ibbotson. . .. Second Round.—Bethel beat Cantlon, Millener beat Meyer, Stevens beat Prins. MIDDLE-WEIGHT, list 4lb AND UNDER First Round.—Carruthers beat Leland, Burpess beat Gordon. Kerr-Taylor beat Parker, Sutton beat Faulkner. HEAVY-WEIGHT, OVER list 4lb Robinson beat Prins, Ingram beat Bannatyne, Finlaysou beat Webster, Overton a bye. BOY SCOUTS' TOURNEY Tho Boy Scouts' annual boxing tournament will be held in Scots Hall this eyening for the Legion of Frontiersmen Shield. Some lively boxing is anticipated. PROFESSIONAL CONTEST OXLEY AND HUGHES FOR TITLE Ted Oxley has been hailed in the South as the next New Zealand champion and ha will have the opportunity of proving those claims when he steps into the ring at the Town Hall next Monday evening to box Archie Hughes for the New Zealand lightweight championship, Since coming to Zealand, Hughes has done everything that has been asked of him, building up a great record. culminating in his winning the New Zealand title, and he haß established h.rnself as one of the most popular boxers to ever visit these shores. Oxley has had a sensational rise in the professional ranks and his previous match with Hughes ha* earned him a title bout. Whether or not he is good enough to beat Hughes oil this occasion remains to be seen, but although it is asking a big task of him to beat the all-conqi>ering champion, ho went within an ace of doing it before, and may succeed ,on this occasion. There is no questioning Oxiey's ability, there is no doubt about his terrific hitting; and the opinion is being freely expressed that with a knock-out punch in either hand Oxley may end matters before the 15 rounds are finished. It should be a great contest and spectators will be well rewarded for their patronage. _ The following amateur preliminaries will support the mailt event: —Broadhead v. Xeale, Bruno v. Donovan, Aitketihe*d v, Jones, Andrews v. Hogg, Cook v. Hill.