WITHEY, A WINNER.

NZ Truth, Issue 380, 5 October 1912, Page 3

WITHEY, A WINNER.

The last bout of the evening was between H. Withey (New Zealand) and V. Neswhouse (Victoria). They were welters — welters m more senses than one. All through the first they exchanged wallops weighty enoug-h to knock each other out had they landed m the right spot, but they didn't. During the round Newhouse stopped a crack on the boko, and the claret started to flow freely. In the second Withey scored frequently with a right to the head. Newhouse did not appear., to be able to move out of the way of, it, although on occasions it, took aljng while to reach its destination. Withty also scored well with a left hook, and each time it landed Newhouse' winced. But he. was far from being idle, as at every opportunity he waded m and mixed it with his much fresher opponent. The last two rounds were also strenuous sections; and it spoke well for the condition of Newhouse to see him put up such a hard fight after leaving battled through four hur« rounds against a pluck}' opponent earlier m the night. The. last round told the tale. The other cove was fighting strong, but Newhouse had weakened somewhat, and took the thick end of the stoush. At the final call to corners Withey was declared the winner. A word of praise is due to Newhouse for the plucky battle he put up. * BOJREHAM BEATEN. ! . Middle-weights J. Kane (Victoria) and D. Boreham (New Zealand). It panned out a screamingly funny affair. The man from Gard's Am Conntree came with a rush early and biffed Kane on the jaw and ribs. Amidst roars from the crowd, Kane looked offended, felt the injured part, ihi-m grinned broadly. But' Boreham was not m a jocular mood, and was dead serious all the time. At times he came m, missed, and Kane leaped forward m a ladylike manner and tapped him on the dial. There were occasions, though, when he posed, looked savage,, and, as Boreham rushed, biffed him. on the 'jaw or body to let him know that he was In 'the 'ring. The crowd was again nearly convulsed with laughter m the, second. lioreham placed a tap to the ribs, and .Kane turned round and did a sprint round the ring, looking over his .shoulder to see if his vicious enemy was after him. On- another oc.'MSi.m he turned his back upon Boreham, who took the mean advantage of cracking him when he. , was ip this position. Then agajn Kane would- walk round the r?ni* with Boreham following !iko a dutiful child, then suddenly turn and punch Boreham on the boko, much to the surprise of that person. He' repeated these antics time after time, and the crowd enjoyed the performane'e. Alter thsy had gone the full distance, another round-w as ordered. Kane went for Boreham m dead earnest for a while m. the decider, but he could' not keep it going— he was m too good a humor, and before long again had thu urowd convulsed with mirth. , He dropped Boreham early for a second, and again had him down, for six when the jjonsr went. Kane was declared the winner. He is about the '" best-humored cli.lp writer has- sfeen 'in a; ring. "'" /"- "FiTZ" FIZZLES. *„.. Heavy-weights G. Coghill . (New South Wales) and the muchly-boomed S. Fitzsimmons. (New Zealand). Fltz made the pace a. cracker from the start, and scored frequently with both hands to the head. All - the time he kept smashing m and scoring, but Coghill took his time, and contented himself with banging home a hot 'un now and again. Towards fhe end of the round.. Coghill began to evade a lot of the Speckled -Wonder's relative's wallops, and sock m a punch or two. Early m the second, ' during- a rally/ Fitz, m moving back from a punch, spilled himself through the ropes on to the press table. On getting back into the ring he rushed, and swung a left to the jaw, dazing Coghill. He followed up and repeatedly swung both hands , to the jaw, good and hard. Coghill looked a gone coon, but managed to sec the round out after taking a good deal of punishment. During the. round if was noticeable that Fitz frequently hit with his open glove, and a couple of times the referee told him to shut his hands. If he had had them shut each time he biffed Cog on the jaw m the round there might have been a different tale to tell. Fitz was full of fight, and was dead eag-er to get to business m- the next. Coghill mixed it with him, and gave as much as he received. . Onwards, Fitz began to sock a loft to the jaw, and give Coghill a rough time m general. Just before the gong he swung both hands to the head, and had Coghill anyhow. The gong went, but Fitz failed to hear it, and landed a punch after the gong. He apologised. The last was another hotly contested section. Both were dog tired from their previous efforts, but they battled away determinedly. At the final call to corners Coghill was declared the winner. The decision met with a mixed reception. In writer's opinion, Fitzsimmons won, and won by a fair margin at that, but it is no use grumbling — the judges thought otherwise. Fitz did not show any great knowledge of, the game, but ho is a husky fighter, with a good punch m either hand, and with more experience and tuition should pay his way at the game — that's all. But, first of all, he should learn to keep his hands shut when delivering a punch, and also learn to keep his nut. BARR BESTED. In the final for feather-weight honors, G. Barr met P. Capewell (N.S.W.), a big, raw-boned Cornstalk. It was the fight of Capewell's life, as m the first two rounds it looked as if Barr was going to give htm "the poke."

The Cornstalk lasted, however, and j sneaked a decision. WITHEY "WELSHED." If there was a dubious decision, it was the one given over Withey m his final for the welter honors with W. Shaw (N.S.W.). Withey hit hard and often, and had Shaw ducking and div-in-g all over the ring. Shaw tired and took some stoush", mainly on his features. The judges disagreed and .the ref erQ&'s verdict was Shaw. It was a bad decision. THE AUSTRALASIAN CHAMPIONS. Bantam: C. McMillan (Tas.), 7.9'/ 2 . Feather: P. Capewell (N.S.W.), B.ll'/ 2 . Light: E. Graham, (Vic.),. 9.9%. Welter: W. Shaw (N.S.W.). 10.5j/ 2 . Middle: J. Kane (Vie), 11.3. Heavy: G. C. Coghill (N.S.W.), 12.8. It will be noted that m every instance the winners mostly nosed out with decisions against New Zealanders. The . visitors returned on Wed-

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nesday last, Sid Fitzsimmons, however, remaining behind m Sydney. It is said that lie is to be matched against Coghill, the heavy champion. It will thus be seen that on the first night, Monday, September -23, all the N«w Zealand representatives, with the exception of Ban; and Withey, went out m the first heats. The officials were: Referee, • Arthur Scott; Judges, Messrs H. Nathan, J. Thompson and Wally Wcekes. In Denny Bpreham's fight with Kane, an extra round was ordered, and it looks as if Denny ? s condition failed him, and the Victorian Kane Just nosed out with the decision. In the N PitzsimmonsCoghill disturbance, the judges disagreed, and it would appear that on the referee's vote CogniU got the decision. ' This now brings the writer to Mr W. G. Atack, . the,, manager of the team, who cabled across that the decisions m the cases of Gunn and Fitzsimmons were disgraceful, and who, moreover, at -some sort of a shivoo, joined m the chorus to a yell from the manager of the Queensland team that m New Zealand lots of things wouldn't be tolerated. Arthur Scott is an experienced referee of over 25 years' standing, and what lie doesn't know about boxing isn't worth troubling about. And, according to Mr W. G. Atack, his decisions were disgraceful. Poor Mr W. G. Atack ! What does he know of 'boxing? Is he not the gentleman, who, as referee at Christchurch some time back, got, into verbal holts with an unruly section of the crowd who jeered his decisions? That's a thing Arthur Scott would not do, and just tho sort of thing a referee iike Mr Atack would do. Mr Atack should curb his tongue and his • pen. "The Second" doesn't propose to cay much more, beyond answering- the conundrum, "When is a sport not a sport?" When he is Mr Atack.