CANTERBURY NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 407, 12 April 1913, Page 3

CANTERBURY NOTES.

The Canterbury Rugby League Competitions for the "Thacker Shield" will commence .on Saturday, April 19, at Addington. A couple of-^preliminary matches have been arranged for next Saturday when Aldington will play Sydenham, and St Albans will try themselves against' Linwood. Mr. A. Hooper presided over a meeting of the Canterbury Centre last Saturday night, and welcomed the attendance of the president of the N.Z. Council (Mr. D. W. McLean) and the local vice-president (Dr. Thacker). • It was decided to affiliate with the Sports Protection Association for, tha season, and the offer of the services of the St. John Ambulance Association was accepted. i A cheque was subscribed to the Sports- i men's Memorial Fund, and a subsequent resolution passed that the clubs should : be affiliated free of charge for their first season. . ■ ' <

forward than a boxer, was up against a serious proposition m Pooley. He had a bit of weight m his favor, but was three inches shorter than Albert. In the first round Pooley, who is somewhat like Jim Halt > ■^iaJfig^a^r^aaor^-and-rsmal^nesST of head and fajpe, after peppering Sharp with a long left, swished the fight across Jiiri's left lead and knocked htm kicking. It was a fair beauty that burst Jim's lug and drew the ruby freely. - He got up at three, but didn't know much about what was doing, and Pooley was not too hard on him for a few seconds. Then he seemed to remember that it was a fight arid not a spar, and poor Jim-had a tough time of it and a norphul one m the second, leaving off incarnadined and dazed. In the third Pooley slammed a terror of a right to the chin and Sharp went down and out . r; .:'.-. ; There is no question but" that Albert Pooley is a likely man. He is : b'elow^.his normal weight, through' climaiic^" Influences and hard work in -campi but/fbuilt up again and then systematically;;trained for a fight, I fully believe that th> ( .. tall young Aucklander will be found among the very front-rankers ere long. He starts with two . great recommendations: | absolute fearlessness and hard hitting.' ! He is young, ambitious, a clean liver, and m good hands, those of the astute and clever Mick Dunnr Surely a suitable opponent can be found for Pooley m a ! real fight He has shown so well that he would now be quite a good attraction.against a decent vis avis. ",""",'/■,",,. Regio "arid'^liou. /'p'Hallofan/' 1 another Maorilandet, / tsoxed 3; thi'e l e' fi&'ce; 1 rfgh'tirig founds.' Lou. caused" tshrieks l of* laughter by his awesome V 1 right sky-scrapers. There's something m this boy if he , can be cured of his propensity to start his right in! the biue dome. Maybe, he has been figuring that lightning strikes downwards, and look what damage it does. What? . , ■■■"■■■ '. Billy Shields, of Palmerston. N., was among the boxers' who were due to scrap on the Thursday afternoon of last week.