FIGHT POSTPONED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25030, 21 October 1944, Page 5

FIGHT POSTPONED

CALTAUX AND PATRICK (Reed. 7.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 20 Vie Calteux's fight with the Australian Vic Patrick has been postponed until November 4. The pair were to have met on October 28 for the welter-weight championship of Australia and New Zeajaml. Patrick requested a postponement in order to improve his condition. Caltaux is reported to have been reluctant to agree to a postponement. lie has been doing solid training and working up to concert pitch for the original date

AMATEUR BOXING A team of 12 Auckland amateur boxers will leave for Wellington this afternoon to take part in an inter-provincial tourney on Monday evening against Wellington amateurs. The team will be managed by Mr W. B. L. Power, with Mr F. Butler as trainer. A cud has been donated for competition between Auckland and Wellington amateurs by Mr W. Norwood. It will be known as the Interprovincial Cup, and it is hoped that next year it will be possible to inaugurate Auck-land-Wellington tourneys in both cities. The bouts for Mondav are arranged as follows, Auckland names taking precedence:— Light-heavy-weight: C. J. Honey v, H. Morgan, J. H. Kitchen v. E. O'Neill. Middleweight: W. Kingiratima v. P. Paori. T. N. T Helleur v T. Fox. Welter-weight: W. Burgoyne v. J. McKenna. Light-weight: C. J. Donald v. N. Woods, W. A. Porritt v. C. Adams. Feather-weight: S. McCowan v. R. Romano6, J. Kavali v. T. Ahem. Bantamweight: G. Broadhurst v. L. Pliilp, R. Callander v. N. Stewart, D. M. Taylor v. P. Touhy.

CONTROL OF BOXING (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Friday The fact that boxing in New Zealand was controlled by voluntary associations with no private promotion, and that consequently a duty rested upon associations to see that the sport was kept alive, was stressed by Mr A. B. Joplin, president, when a general meeting of the New Zealand Boxing Association was opened in Wellington today. An Auckland remit aiming at making It no longer necessary for a boxer to pay a percentage to the council out of money allowed for expenses was approved. A Wellington proposal to reduce the duration of professional championship bonis from 15 rounds to 12 rounds was defeated

LEAGUE FOOTBALL The Rugby League football .season will be closed this afternoon when City and Ponsonby will play the champion of champions match for the Stormont Memorial Trophy. City won the championship, but was beaten by 31 points to 17 by Ponsonby in the Koopo Rooster knock-out competition. Tho earnc is expected to be fast and thrilling:. SCHOOL STEEPLECHASE Otahuhu Technical.—The nnnii.il steeplechase of the Otahuhu Technical Flich School was held under unfavourable conditions ovor a course of about three miles. The school champion was E. Mawkes, who ran the distance in 10m 435. The results were as fol-lows:—-Senior School—Open: E. Mawkes; handicap, S. Kilgour, Under 18% years: D. Black, 17m lis-, handicap, K. Denning. Under M'/a years: Handicap, A. L. Mann. Intermediate School—Under 14V, years: Championship, N. Edwards, 18m '22s; handicap, J. MeCalman. Under 13: L. Trcvena. lUm 255; handicap, L, Trevena. Before the running of the steeplechase the prizes for the interhouse competition at winter sports were presented by the president of the Old Students' Association. Mr I, Massey. The white heron, for competition embracing all sports, was won by Seddon House. PRISON FOR MAORI

GIRL TAKEN FROM HOME (0.C.) KAITAIA. Friday A sentence ol three months' imprisonment was imposed by justices of the pence oil Percy .Joseph Dick, a Maori, when he pleaded yuilty in the Kaitaia Court to the charge that, with intent that an unmarried girl under the age of 18 should he unlawfully carnally known, he had taken the girl from the possession of her mother. Detective-Sergeant J. B. Finlay said that Dick had returned from overseas service about two years ago and had become friendly with the girl. Her parents refused them permission to marry, and they had decided to go away together, which they did. Dick was later arrested and the girl returned to her mother. Dick had previously been warned concerning his conduct with the girh, The justices said it was tip duty of the Court to protect voung girls unable to look after themselves. Dick was also charged with having had unlawful carnal knowledge of another girl at Dargarille, and on this charge he was remanded to appear at Dargavill©-