BOXING RING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21541, 12 July 1933, Page 17

BOXING RING

WIN FOR WELLINGTON TEAM AUCKLANDERS 1 GOOD SHOWING MARTIN AND PURDIE WIN [ BY TELKGKAm —OWN CO!tIIKSI'ONI)KNT] "\VH LI <IN( I TON. Tucsd a y The largo crowd which witnessed the return inter-provincial amateur boxing contests at the Town Hall last night between teams representing Auckland and Wellington were delighted with the exhibitions. Of the six bouts "Wellington won three, Auckland two and one was drawn. In the bantam-weight contest L. Larson, Wellington, out-pointed V. Kelly. The Auckland lad started off impetuously and had his opponent rattled until halfway through the opening round when Larson took the aggressive and dealt out severe punishment with both hands. Larson had an advantage iu height and reach, but Kelly, who is a born littlo fighter, kept boring in continuously in the second round and had all the better of the exchanges. Larson held the advantage in tho succeeding rounds, but Kelly won the admiration of tho crowd for his downright gameness. Larscm won by a comfortablo margin.

R. Martin, Auckland, out-pointed N. Miliar in their welter-weight clash. There was little action in this contest. Martin had the better footwork and did most of the leading. A good right hook by the Aucklandcr drew blood from his opponent's ear in the second round. Martin did better when ho allowed Millar to do some of the leading. The Auckland boxer did some nimble side-stepping and rightly got tho verdict, although there was not very much between them.

Pretty Boxing "W. Purdie, Auckland, was too fast for 11. Cameron. Tho Aucklander had an advantage in height and reach and had all tho best of it except in tho, fourth round, when Cameron landed a snappy right swing to the head which had Purdie groggy for a spell. Tho Aucklander was on top throughout tho final round and showed some pretty boxing to comfortably take tho verdict. The tussle between L. Pavnter, Auckland, and W. Price, which rightly ended in a draw, was one of tho most thrilling contests ever seen in tho local ring. Paynter knew nothing about straight hitting, but he was in tho pink of condition and as hard as nails. Throughout tho entire five rounds they slugged each other with all tho ammunition in their stores and tho house roared with approval as each round closed. They went at it hammer and tongs to the close of the contest, which ended to thunders of applause, which was renewed when a draw was declared.

H. Dunn, Wellington, knocked out A. Hogg in the fourth round of the feather-weight bout. Some pretty boxing was seen in this contest. The Aucklander brought his punches over with snap from short range, but Dunn, showing nice footwork, soon assumed the aggressive and had his man nearly oyt with a left rip to the body at the end of the second round. Hogg boxed brightly in the third round, but Dunn clapped on tho paco in the fourth session, using both hands cleverly. Feinting with his loft he drove a hard right to the Aucklander's jaw and Hogg went down for eight. He rose very groggily and a right to the head felled him like a stone, his head hitting tho canvas hard.

Bruno'u Sunny Smile F. Finnegan, Wellington, defeated F. Bruno on points. This was a bright little spar. Bruno soon won favour with his sunny smile, which was never so broad as when ho was taking punishment. Finnegan loves to fight, and he warmed to his work with uppercuts with both hands as the battle progressed. The Aueklander was inclined to swing with his right too much, while Finnegan took the shortest routo to his objective. The crowd was so pleased with the bright display that a draw was demanded, but Finnegan rightly got the decision. After the contests,. Mr. A. Curtayne, chairman of the management committee of the Wellington Boxing Association, expressed the pleasure it had given his association and tlje Wellington public to see the spirited contests which had been put up by the Auckland team. ,A s souvenirs of their visit he asked each Aueklander to accept a \trophy. Mr. G. Bush, president of the Auckland Boxing Association, and Mr. L. M.cDojiald, manager of the team, thanked the Wellington Association for tho hospitality which had been extended to tho team.

The Waikato Boxing Association has arranged a further meeting between Ray Nicol, of Invercargill, and Bill Sullivan, of Hastings, tho match to take place at Hamilton next Tuesday night, if the contest proves up to the standard witnessed at the Auckland Town Hall recently, followers of the sport in the Waikato will have an entertaining evening.

The annual amateur championships of South Auckland will bo conducted hy the Matamata Boxing Association tomorrow evening.

" Subscriber," Taumarunui, asks: — Will you please tell me if Jack Penipsey and Gene Tunney fought ten or twelve rounds in both their contests? — Both matches were of ten rounds' duration .—A til letic Ed i tor.

I COUNTRY WEEK HOCKEY CITY TEAMS TOO STRONG A correspondent, "Follower," Hamilton, writes:—"l was very to see in the Hkhald recently that 'Fair Play' has taken up the matter of country week. For many years I have wondered why this competition should bo called 'country week,' when the city team carries off the laurels. This is not to he wondered at, considering Auckland has some 20 teams from which to pick, while some of tho competing country centres have only two club teams from which to select their re) >rescn ta ti ve tea in. "L believe before any country team can enter for country week it has to adiliate with tho Auckland Association, costing £J, and then a further £1 for entrance fee. To my knowledge the Auckland Association docs not bother about its sub-associations, such as arranging friendly matches during the season, either out in tho country or in tho city. I would like very much to see a cup donated for tho country teams, barring tho Auckland city teams from competing for same, and so give tho country teams a fair go."