BOXING.

NZ Truth, Issue 123, 26 October 1907, Page 3

BOXING.

(By Upper-Cut).! -The proposed mill for a purse of. 50sovs, subscribed by the Northern Boxing Association of Auckland, between Tim Tracy of Wellington, and Jack Ross of Auckland, has been postponed indefinitely. An attractive curtain-raiser to the Hanley v. Godfrey feather-weight professional championship of the Bominion, to be decided at the Wellington Opera House on November 25, will be a six-round spar between Tim Tracy and T. McG-ibbon, who has several first-class performances to his. credit m the roped area on the other side. That his credentials are excellent is evidenced by his victories over such good men as L. Truscott (20 rounds). Joe Walcott (15 rounds), Bill Casey (12 rounds), "Bull" Nicholls (15 rounds), Ted Mahoney (8 rounds), , Bob Turner (10 rounds), and "Ran- ! ji" Burns (12 rounds). McG-ibfcon, Who is a well-spoken young fellow, | and a decided cut above the ordinary pug, is now located m Wellington, where he hopes to permanently sojourn. It is going to be a merry set-to between Tim and the stranger and patrons at next month's carnival should see something tip-top when the pair get the mittens on I ajrainst each other. The unusual incident of a university professor giving an illustrative demonstration of' the "knock-out" blow Was witnessed by a large audience recently at the athletic training school of Messrs Dan Creedon and Geoff Moriarty, Flinders-lane, Melbourne. Among those present were many professional men, and they were as keenly interested m Professor Osborne's display as the rest, chiefly young athletes. Professor Osborne did not find it neressary to "put 'em up" and "biff" an oppenent into unconsciousness ; he had brought with him for the purposes of illustration tme.who had been well and .truly . "knocked out" by having bumped up against the "old man with the sevthe" m the past. By means of a skull, Professor Osborne showed how a blow on the point of the chin had the effect of shaking up the fluids with which . the three arches below the temple are filled m such a way that the nerves were prevented from transmitting to the brain the message concerning the disaster which had happened m, the "rough up" that had occurred outside. Practically the same thing hannened, Professor Osborne said, m the case of a knock-out by a solar plexus hit. Boxing, said Professor Osborne was one of the finest of sports, and less harm was likely to happen to the devotee of it than to the follower of almost any other sport. Of course, there were rare occasions when serious consequences might ensue, but they were rarer m boxing than m most other strenuous exercises. Any sound man or youth could safely indulge m boxing with benefit to himself m every way. •Hock Keys got the verdict over Frank Thorn at Wren's Athletic Pavilion on the 13th inst. Weights at the ringside were : Keys, 9.6 ; Thorn, .9.4*. Keys was the favorite at. 6' to 4 on. The contest was fought out m a scrupulously fair manner, and while Keys showed himself to be a remarkably skilful exponent of thje game, Thorn did the greater amount of work, forcing the fighting almost from start to finish. The defence of Keys was almost invulnerable. Thorn scarcely got what could be termed a real good punch through his guard, while, on the other hand. Keys landed some fine i I straight lefts on the face. There j were some brilliant rallies at times, m which Thorn showed to advantage at close ■quarters, Keys being the most effective at long range. No ! knock-downs occurred. ' At the close j of the twenty rounds both men were still strong on their feet, though Thorn seemed to be m rather the better shape. The last three rounds were fought at a terrific pace, the crowd the while being m a great state of excitement. At the finish there was a great deal of doubt as to what way the referee's decision would 'go. Many thought that Cosson would order an extra two rounds. He, however, declared m favor of Keys. a verdict that was well received.