AUCKLAND POLICE CARNIVAL

NZ Truth, Issue 692, 21 September 1918, Page 8

AUCKLAND POLICE CARNIVAL

Bouts and Tugs and Falls. The Auckland Police Carnival, held m the Town Hall on September 18 and 14. was a flnanolal and sporting success, and the Red Jersey Fund should benefit to the extent of £700. The "foorce" — from the "heads" to the "humbles"— wa3 well represented on both nights, and the public rolled up on the eecond evening to such an extent that there waa only standing room m the big hall. . Great interest was centred ln the tug-of-war. Eight teams entered, and the pulls were of three minutes' duration. An added interest was given by a clever automatic invention of Detective Gourley's — a dial, which indicated how the pulls were going:, and the cheering: w as sometimes deafening, when, as several times happened, the hand of the dial swayed backwards and forwards. The final pull lay between Southdown and Takapuna, the former winning after a keen contest, two of the three pulls. The boxing bouts were interesting,, especially on the first night. A pair of midgets m Ghent and Smith, gave a -sparkling exhibition. Ghent had ago and reach m his faA r or, but Smith was full of vim, and m the third of the twominute rounds, finished up by having his older opponent m trouble against "the ropes. Of the older class, Patrick and Huston gave an amusing rather than a scientiflo display. The former boxed m the Charlie Chaplin style, and Huston lost several •fine chances to land punches with power behind them when Patrick was "chaplalneslng." They would have been "pats" for Patriclc - :■ On the second evening Patrick was up against a "reachy" boxer named Cowan, and again the house was treated to humorous bouts on the part of Patrick, who had his opponent frustrated by methods which a well-known Australian boxer has used successfully m serious bouts. On both evenings Acting-Sub-Inspector McNamara had four members of the police force who gave an interesting exhibition of ju-Jltsu, and later, two lads under Constable T. Neil, gave a similar exhibition. Another item that roused the big crowd to enthusiasm was an exhibition of wrestling (catch-as-catch-can) between Fulton and Thompson. On the first night ho fall . was registered, but on the second evening Fulton went down twice m three bouts, but _i ere was this to be said ln his favor, he put up a great tussle against an opponent who had youth and nearly two stone to his advantage. The officials were: Master of ceremonies, Mr. Moss Ballin; Judges, boxing, Mr. P." Burns ; tug-of-war. Colonel Patterson and Sir Robert Walker;- timekeeper, Mr. John Russell, ; stewards, Messrs. J. W. Russell, W. Dervan, J. Watts, E. Burns, B. Dean and A. G. McHugh; seconds, Messrs. T. McGovern, A. J. Coulan, V. Cliff e and B. Donovan; secretary, Mr. M. J. Fleming; referee wrestling, Mr. T. Tuohey, and a staff under Detective J. Cummings looked after the guests and competitors. > \