CANN v. Facoorey.

NZ Truth, Issue 772, 21 August 1920, Page 8

CANN v. Facoorey.

Cann Cops. s - f . Recently the flptic art has not flourished m Stratford, that la to Bay that part of the art that consists In appearing In the ring and doing It for the delectation of the fans. The other day a sports and pastimes club got Itself created and the drat evidence of the exist- i ence of the club was given at tile Town Hall, Stratford, on August 10, when after a number of amateur oouts, B. Facoorey (Auckland), tried to pull the professional bantam championship away from the present holder C. Cann (Wanganul). Facoorey stripped at 8.4, and Cann at 8.3%. JBpth were In the pink, and at the end of the scheduled fl/teen rounds were good enough to go on • for a long time. Facoorey has a good, vworkmanllke straight left, and he worked It m fairly frequently. He set a good pace from the, start, and gave a fine exhibition of clean, open fighting, but Cann j was much the cleverer Jn . the In- i fighting and thereby kept himself forward m the scoring. In- the last few rounds the challenger livened things up and there were some lively interchanges, but Cann was not out to be wiped up, and, despite Facoorey's spirited bid for the title, he continued to hold his own and a bit more In the scoring, the tally of which was taken by Tim Tracy, who said, after declaring Cann the winner on points, that the challenger was not far bohlnd the winner. ! Wanganul Is having a tourney next '■

— : r , month, and it Is said that the star item thereat will be another go between Cann and Facoorey, while a team from Stratford may figure m the amateur bouts. Altogether It was a decent little exhibition, and as there was a bumper house and solid takings at the door, the club should be encouragad to stage more scraps.