BOXING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11247, 27 June 1922, Page 10

BOXING

H.M.S. CHATHAM v. WELLING-1 , TON A SUCCESSFUL TOURNET At the Town Hall last evening, in the presence of His Excellency the GovernorGeneral, and. a largo number of interested spectators, a boxing - tournament was held between the men of the H.M.S. Chatham and a team local boxers. In all the bouts the bt»xin<? was clean and hard, but the sailors lacked condition, and were successful in winning only one bout. -w . . His Excellency, who was introduced by Mr T. M. Wilford. M.P.* *xpre»*c«l hw approval of boxing as a sport, and stated that he would always endeavour to b* present at a tournament in which the naval men were competing. Lieutenant O'Donnell and Mr P. H. Woods acted as judges, and Mr B. A. Guise wa s the third man in the ring. FEATHERWEIGHT PARKED, v. HUDSON. W. Parker (Wellington! technically knocked out Cook's-Hate Hudson in the second round, tho towel being thrown in from the sailor's corner. In the first round the local boy connected freely, and the naval man vro.% saved by the gong from, being counted. In the second session it was only the boxer« T”'* c * £ which kept him on his feet, and hf& showing waa most creditable. PEARCE v. BROWN. Between C, Pearce (Wellington) and Leading Cook's Mate Brown were three lively round©. The sailor took severe punishment, but refused to be knockedout, and was, loudly cheered for his game effort. Pearce received the only possible decision. LIGHTWEIGHT McGregor v. commee. P. McGregor (Wellington) defeated A ble-Seaman Commee after three torrid rounds. In the opening session tlie sailor looked a winner, and connected freely with right and left, but. the loc®l- - weathered the storm, and made ins opponent miss a groat deal. Tho decision met with a mixed reception. ROBINSON v. PAINTER. The contest between H. Robinson (Wellington) and Officers' Steward Painter haa an unfortunate ending, the sailor being disqualified in the third round tor going down without being hit. Up to the time of the occurrence the local boy was well ahead on points. BLACK v. CANTY. Ship’6 Boy Canty defeated P- Black after a very willing encounter. Canty used -his superior reach to advantage, and connected freely with a well-timed straight left. Black fought back well, but uie decision was easily the sailor s. JAMES v. OWEN. E. James (Wellington) knocked-out Telegraphist Owen in the second round. In Hie opening session James swung freely with both hands, and a knock-out Beemed likely at any moment. In the second round James went in to make short work of his opponent and connected with a hard right to the body. The sailor fell, and was counted out- the claim from Owen’s corner for a foul was disallowed, and much hooting followed. HOBSON'v. SMITH. * H. Hobson (Wellington) technically knocked-out Ship’s Boy Smith, in the third round. The naval man fought all the way, but lacked condition, and was severely punished in the third session He went down to a righ-hook, and the referee awarded the fight to Hobson. WELTERWEIGHT GUNNION v. RJDGWAY. Able-seaman Ridgway boxed three hard, slogging rounds. The sailor was aggressive from the outset, but Gunmon slogged hard whenever his opponent was within striking distance. The naval man was very unlucky to lose. MIDDLEWEIGHT STEWARD y. YOUNG. In a middleweight contest, W. Steward (V'ellington) knocked-out Lea.ding-seaman Young in the third round. During the first two rounds honours were even, both contestants using both hands freely. In the third round, however, the sailor s condition gave out, and he went down to a heavy battery of blows, and was counted out. McARTHUR v. WILSON. J. McArthur (Wellington) technically knocked-out Leading-seaman - Wilson, the towel coming in from the sailor's oorner at the end of the second round. The naval man won the first two hy ills aggressive tactics, but be was too tired to have been able to weather the final session. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT GEAR v. JARVIS. In the light-heavyweight division, C. Gear (Wellington) defeated Leading-stoker Jarvis after a very close contest. Jarvis connected well with heavy left-hooks, and nsed effectively a well-timed right upperent. Gear did most of the leading, and was in better condition than his opponent. The judges disagreed, and the referee’s decision went to Gear. EXHIBITION SPAR. PAUL DBMSKY t. BTRACHAN. During the course of the evening Paul Demsky, the clever Australia lightweight, boxed a much appreciated exhibition spar with Able Seaman Strachan. The latter out up a very good showing against a boxer who is undoubtedly one of the best lightweights in Australasia. HUTT VALLEY ASSOCIATION. NOMINATIONS CLOSE TO-MORROW. Attention of amateur boxers is drawn to the fact that nominations close with the secretary on Wednesday, June 28th, for the feather and lightweight open championships under the auspices of the Hutt Valley Boxing Association. The novice class for all weights closes on the same date. Already there are several entries, and some exciting bouts are promised. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE McCLEARY BEATEN BY McQUARRIB AN UNEXPECTED ENDING. PER PRESS ARSOOTATYOM. DUNEDIN, June 26. The contest between Brian McCleary, heavyweight champion of New Zealand (Christchurch), and Paul McQuarrie (Bluff), for the New Zealand heavyweight title, attracted a big attendance to His Majesty’s Theatre to-night. The purse was .£l5O, the winner to receive iJIOO and the loser XSO. McCleary's weight was list 9lb and McQuarrie’*? I2st 71b. The champion's chances were generally favoured, hie opponent being about teu years his senior. McCleary early proved that he was 9&siiy the better boxer, and round after round he piled up points. McQuarrie utood htfavy punishment, and had the champion's blows carried weight the challenger must have been knocked out. On the other hand, McQuarrie, though lacking in McCleary's knowledge, carries a heavy punch, especially with the right. When the thirteenth round opened McCleary had a big margin of points to his credit, and the end of the contest came so suddenly that the big crowd could hardly realise what had happened. McCleary connected with a straight left, .and before he could recover McQuarrie swung a hard right to the jaw, the champion going down for two minutes.