AMONG THE AMATEURS

NZ Truth, Issue 407, 12 April 1913, Page 6

AMONG THE AMATEURS

Brisk Bouts m the Country. Tournaments at Palmerston North and Dannevirke. Better luck should have rewarded the efforts Vof the Manawatu Boxing' Association, which, at the Palmerston North Opera House \6n Wednesday.' last, • put on .a , bright- programme of amateur^ boxers. There was but affair gathering of the fans, and this ;is hard to iaccount . f or, inasmuch' as the : Manawatu; races were held during the day, and their patronage of; the noble art was reasonably expected.: Something apparently more ■ important, the weights for Thursday's "trots" for; instance, seems to have had a greater interest, As it is. the Association loses over the deal, and, generally, the idea, of fostering amateurism gets it on the. neck. ? -, Due to the energy of the Association's' officials, there was plenty, of good amateur/talent available, and the -boxing was,, on the whole, fairly good, the bout of the; night being the return match between. 'Freddy- Kerr. and *VSco tty' '• Jervqis, ;,.which: again resulted m Freddy's number being hoisted. • : • .■..■■'■ Mr. T. Sampson officiated as referee, and his decisions were favorably. received.. The results of the, bouts were: Fly' (Novices), Kerr (Manawatu) won on 'points from Stone (Manawatu) ; Light, "Wurn (Timaru) won f rom Treweek (Manawatu) m the second round, the. latter being disqualified i of s holding ; M. Flann (Wellington) defeated Downes (Manawatu) on points. In the. light-weighr novice bout between Knapp (Pahiatua) and P. Brown (Manawatu), the latter turned it up m the third round. As stated, Freddy Kerr (Manawatu) . won from "Scotty" : Jervois (Tokomaru) on points m the feather class, m a ljgh£- weight bout, Thomas, a likely, customer from Bltham accounted for Sugrue (Manawatu) i by a knock-out m the fo.urth roundi The welter bout ' between Dalziell \ (Manawatu) arid Gillespie (Timaru) was marred ? by the latter' s wrestling tactics, and after exhausting the referee's patience he was. disqualified m the second round. Taken all tlrrough it was a good night's sport. The Marton lad, Porter, is full of promise, while the ElthamiteT .Thomas, is a powerful .. puncher, but lacks defence. Wurn, the feather-weight -who won over Treweek, is a Timaru lad, and his: style Bhowed that he • had prbnted by v his training with Jimmy Hagerty. ? • AT DANNEVIRKE, At the •Danneyirke Boxing Association's tournament at • Dannevirke on Wednesday , evening, Wellington's Billy Mack defeated Walter Ireland, of Waipawa, on points m: a six round bout. The Wellington man had the better of weights, -h\ii the' fight was lady-like tlirougho at. * , V". . Syd Porter, giving away eleven pounds, went, under to A. llavUl,. of Palmerston North,: on points. The. winner, had, the advantage throughout, his- left soon marking Porter's right eye, which got worse as the go progressed./ In .the fifth round Porter was much, pasted, but he. weathered the storm m good style; Hayill, though tiring m the last, was the most effective boxer, though Porter put up a plucky fight. ■ ; '\ •'•■*.. .- " •■;■■•: ;-:;^ ! ,- Lyn Trusc'ott returned from Australia on Wednesday last A He will probably settle m the Dominion. , Don Muridy,, who recently defeated Jim , Mitchell ■. at Millertori, Jef t. for Sydney" yesterday' (Friday). 'Mundy.'s intention is .to get himself into thorough , condition across, the 1 Tasman, and he will then be .ready to tackle Fred Willaims, or the holder of the title, for the heavy-weight championship. ";■'■