DECISION REVERSED.

NZ Truth, Issue 604, 13 January 1917, Page 11

DECISION REVERSED.

Tommy Uren Whips Fred Kay.

A Decision Which Found Favo

CBy Special Cable.)

: There was a great crowd at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night last, when the middle-welgnt championship of Australia was contested. The^boxers for the occasion were the nolder, Fred Kay, and the contender, Tommy Uren; the welter-weight champion of the Commonwealth. . Since Darcy's departure to America, K»*y has held the championship, and a tew ■weeks ago he was forced to fight Uren for it, the verdict given by Ref-< en» Scott being;, for .Kay, a decision Which wa« immensely unpopular, and plso incorrect m "the opinion of many good judges. - •■ . .; t The return niateh on Saturday night was eagerly, looked forward to by the .. fans, as it was expected that Uren would re-double, his efforts to show that Scott was wrong. • The weights were: Kay 10.12, Uren ie.7. ■■■ • .■■ .-• '• . ■ ■■ ■■ ■: : / The fight went the full twenty rounds, and Uren from the beginning set out to make a one-horse race.: of ity and he succeeded; Prom the beginning- he fought hard and severely pynished theusually, elusive elongated on§, but his el usiyeness seemed to have" deserted him 'on this occasidh, due no doubt to. the fact that Uren never once let up. At the conclusion \of the twentieth round, there was only one possible decision, and that was for Uren and Scott decided for Uren, the verdict being reeelved "wltti tumultous applause.