BOXING

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11662, 29 October 1923, Page 3

BOXING

HEENEY BEATS SAVAGE A BUIEF ENCOUNTER. Per Press Association. NAPIER, October 28. The professional boxing enntfvt on Saturday night between Jim Savage (Wanganui) and Tom Heeney (Gisborne) lasted just two and a half min utes. Savage early inflicted an injury to his opponent’s eye, but Heeney vor\ eooti sent Savage down for* two Seconds, and immediately landed a loft and right. Savage took tho count for three. Savage then staggered across the ring and Heeney expected the towel to be thrown in, but on the referee’s “box on” he went in and landed a solid right and left which elided tho contest. The amateur bouts resulted: —I. Scarf© (Napier) beat B. Stevens (Hastings). D. Clinton (Palmerston North) beat D. McKenzie (Napiei). T. Donovan (Napier) beat C. Lane (Hastings). VOLAIRE V. BLACKBURN TOWN HALL TO-MORROW NIGHT. 1 Matters connected with boxing will be well to the fore during to-day and to-morrow, as delegates from all ovei the Dominion have assembled in Wellington to straighten out the rules governing control of the sport. In connection with their visit, the local association is promoting a tournament to-morrow night, when two of the most vigorous exponents at present in the Dominion, in \ olaire and Blackburn, will be seen in action, while four amateur preliminaries, all productive of first-class exhibitions, will precede the principal contest. Blackburn arrived in town on Saturday, and reports himself as in his best form since returning to the Dominion, while the hard-hitting and clever Frenchman , will be seen at his best. The keenest of interest is being taken in all the bouts, as evidenced by the demand for seats, and the indications from the booking are that there will not be a vacant seat in the Town Hall. Intending patrons should make a point of being well oil time to avoid the inevitable rush at the doors, and those who have not procured their tickets will he well advised to lose no time in doing so. The usual system of early door tickets is in vogue, and holders of these will be given admission at 7 o’clock. What tickets are available for sale at the boxes to-morrow night will be available from 7.15 p.m. FAIRHALL FOR SYDNEY NEW ZEALAND ENGAGEMENTS CANCELLED. Tommy Fairhall, the clever Austra- , lian boxer, has been compelled to retire from the ring for some eight weeks as the result of a severe injury to his jaw, received in the final stages of the last round in the bout against Volaire at Greymouth. He lias, therefore, decided to return meantime to the Commonwealth, and is to leave for Sydney by the Manuka on November 9 th. During his four-months’ stay in the ; Dominion, Fairhall has won all the seven bouts in which he has taken : part, defeating Paul Hannah, Freddy Smith, Clarrie Blackburn, Les Murray, Jack Finney, and Eugene Volaire i (twice). In all probability he will be , back in New Zealand by Christmas, al- • though, if sufficient inducement is ofI fered, lie might consider appearing at I the Sydney Stadium. His return to f Australia has necessitated the indefinite | postponement of his bouts at Napier j with Harry Stone, and at Auckland | with Stewart Smith. COLLEGE BOXING AN ENJOYABLE EVENING AT ST PATRICK'S. Visitors and pupils of St. Pttrick’s College were treated to an enjoyable evening's boxing on Saturday, the occasion being the annual tournament of the college. ’The preliminaries were boxed earlier in the week, leavin'g only tho finals to bo decided in each class Mr T. Tracy was the referee, with Messrs R. D. O’Donnell and A. Guise assisting. Dr. Cowan presented a valuable silver cup to the most scientific boxer in any class. The cup, and also a gold medal from the Wellington Boxing Aoaociation, was awarded to Mark Conners. Details of the boxing are as follow: —* Flyweight.—Final: O’Donnell beat Hempseed. Featherweight. Final: Donovan beat Fitzgibbon. Bantam.—Final: Power beat MeGrath. Special Lightweight. Final: Hart beat Hura. Lightweight —Ulenberg beat O’Gorman, Gibbs beat Ward. Second round: Gibb 3 beat Elenberg, Goodson beat Malfroy, Uniacke beat Jeffrios. Semifinal* Gibbs boxod a bye with Percy, Goodson beat Uniacke. Final: Goodson beat Gibbs. Welterweight.—Courtney beat Harrington, Rutter beat Redwood. Second Round: Courtney beat Rutter, Swindell boat Gilbert. Final: Swindell beat Courtney. Middleweight.—Taylor, C., beat Gardner. Second round: Taylor, C., heat MoPa.rla.net, Barueo through an injury lost to Conners, Gaynor beat Dennehy, Wallace teat Hodgkinson. Semi-Final : Taylor, C., beat Conners, Wallace boat Gaynor. Final: Taylor beat Wallace. Heavyweight. Final: Burncs beat Blalta. IN AUSTRALIA DEMSKY LOSES ON POINTS. Bv Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright (Received October 23, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 28. At the Stadium, Louis Plees, Belgian lightweight, defeated Paul Demsky on points in a hard-fought contest. Demsky was downed five times. GORNIK v. DUNSTAN. October 23, 5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, October 23. Max Goruik knocked out Jack Dun etan in the eighteenth round. Dunstan was leading till tho fifteenth, aftei which he wont to pieces, and wae knocked down several times.

CYCLE ROAD RACE

WARRNAAIBOOL TO MELBOURNE.' O'SHEA AGAIN SUCCESSFUL. Bv Telegraph.— Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received October 23, 5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, October 28. Tli© Warm am bool cycle road race was run under favourable conditions, L 95 out of 275 entrants starting and fast times were made. Though three Victorians occupied the leading place? at the finish, O'Shea (New Zealand), the scratch man again secured the fastest time. 7hrs olmin 41sce. R Wells (Victoria) with sGmin allowance finished first, R. Osborne (Victoria) 6:nin, second, and C. Wells (Victoria 56mm, third. The winner's time was dins 37min &ec. HUMORED MILE RECORD LOWERED BY BEASLEY. An attach was made on the professional road record, of 100 miles, accomplished in shrs Imin 7sec, and made by M’unro in 1910. J. Beasley got well, inside this with 4hrs 37nun 57see, The big road race, for which 337 cyclists entered, was raced from Warrnairjbool to Melbourne, a distance of 185 miles. The limit man (70 minute* start) started off at 6 a.m. and was followed in rapid succession by other riders iron*, various S-tales The Dominion entrants were handicapped follows:—O'Shea scratch. 801 l 18mm, 40min. AMATEUR CONTEST McLEOD THE WINNER. The amateur TOO mill’s race from Colac to Ale; bourne resulted: —N. McLeod (6min allowance), 4hrs 55min 22sec, 1; A. R. Small (20min), shrs 9mm 22 t *ec, 2. C. Cutting (ISminj, shrs 40min 22sec* and Ramsden (Oueer.s land) secured fastest time, 4hrs 52win 42vsee. At the finish of the Warrnnrobool raca O’Shea beat Beasley home by a bare length. The New Zealander swerved just before the line was reached and Beasley entered a protest-, but this was dismissed.