NEW ZEALANDERS IN SYDNEY.

NZ Truth, Issue 437, 8 November 1913, Page 3

NEW ZEALANDERS IN SYDNEY.

Fitzslmiwons's First- Victory. "

The inevitable • George Newbury (Balmain) and Billy Shields, "tbo i hardy and fast younjr* 'New ; 'siea- jlander, boxed a hard 'len 1 1 .'wJo^Uinnte ' rounds. If Shield§%^^bn€^n^rly-as fast, and Cleveland - hard' as^fie' 'used' i to do with Jl SuiiimersV he'd" iiaVe i •won by-a^stceet^jbut h^JseeSsa^ltu^-i

I up. v . and .ineffective (maybe he's anotheryyictLUi. to the panning . Town I njany 'vfe»ocii_y>,' and isfewbury esrn- >f ed a Wellfd^^x^sdvawurd; . Thiff- Bal-y main.JlatjL^s.^vpi^h,. wa.tc4up^; heJ-K^B?-. ! on c6inii% > , ;a'lpn^ - _ai>^e -time, land^ •probably owing ;to.' a -little cj_»ai y i,. : had with, his handier/ he\ quite reui. f'out the* Btrangl<B^old;y6n.; r .this;^,<^ica;-.' i sjon- Ajtyhow, Newbury is always aI trier, and never dali. <t ; ' Billy Elliott and Joe White (tho [matty Efaglirih lad who 'ha;s , majde^ j Newcastle his home for ,; six yesrs; past) put m a splendhi ten- rounds that , alone was. worth ytho money; and, 'at the-- end, Beferoe Mick Dunn very wisely- and properly called it a draw.- . ttt ''''•■ TbeVe wasla. real treat m the uteet.ng of 7 the fwo strapping- heavyweights, Syd Fitesi^ranpns (the -New Zealand nephew of the world's wonder. Bob) and Harry Marqitet. It had been intouded that Alec Foorley should bo Marquet's opponent,, ■but the tail young Aucklander Was ■taten ill, and Ftfcv a brother -**afaori," took his place. Syd toaght as he never hns donebefore. Tboogb Maxquet was a better man than he had previously shown, ami punished the body 'badJy. ntzsimmons kept his lovely left going, and bad the oth*Jr fel;l©w*s face, in a mess from the second Sxonnd onw«t\|jf. The befl undoubtedly lost Syd ths- fight by the k.o. -routo m tho dfth, and Marquet wtts.j i.never quite right after warda, He

has greatly improved, and,' this time, fought dead. fair; but there's -a lot of horse-power behind it -lefV hand '■ of young Fitz, and eve-v time it landed it stopped Harry dead m his tracks, and drew the ruby copiously. Syd Fitzsimmons should never forget that he has a left hand! Mick Dunnte verdict for Fitzsimmons was loudly cheered. It was a tough thing to judge, but tbe grand old . exponent .of . the JCace Tschool judged >rt {just right.