PUG PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 913, 26 May 1923, Page 12

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The Petone lightweight, Jack Burns, has Joined up with Tim Tracy. Ho fa a game and willing- boy. but as yet he Is not a hard. puncher. The Stratford Sports and Pastimes Club staged another amateur tournoy on Wednesday last week, and were rewarded with a fair attendance. Jho original programme provided for ton bouts but owing to some of the contestants defaulting, thcro wore only eight bouts. Some were very interestint* but on the whole the bouts did not enthuse the audience as much as the last tournament did. Mr. W. R. Foley was again referee, his decisions boing generally approved. The star bout of the evening was the six round contest between the welter weights, A. Duggan, of Hatvora. 10.7, and B. O'Keefe, of Palmerston North, 10.6. Duggan. who is a forceful fighter, had his man shaken m tho third round, but O'Keefe made a good recovery. Ho could not quite mako up tho lee-way, and Duggan won on points. McLachlun, &•■*, a Patea flyweight, bent Ditlton (Stratford), 6.5. on points, doing most of the leading throughout tho four rounds. After an cvon four rounds, Fromont, 8.13 (Wanganui) defeated tho Stratford liffht-welght, Blennerhassett, B.U- nn points. In tho othor Hght-

weight contests, Mercer, 8.13 (Patea) knocked out Treweek, 8.10 (Stratford) , m the first round, and after a willing ! go, E. Dudding, 9.8 (Stratford) beat | R. Hayward, 8.8 (Hawera)l on points. In the welter-weight, O'Brien, 10.7 (Te Kiri) defeated Watson, 10.S (Pa- | tea) on points. In the light heavyweight, L. McGuire, 12.2 (Auroa) defeated J. Carruthers, 12.1 (Eltham) on points after four un- interesting rounds. -\ | Twins from Patea, named Gordon, each ! 2.9, gave a two-round exhibition, tho : unique display delighting the audience, which showed its appreciation .with a shower of coins. These were collected ] by, the secretary, and trophies iwill be j presented to them, the announcer, C. Gray,: being greeted with hilarious i laughter when he gravely stated that the boys would rank as professionals if they accepted the coin. A cup, donated by a Stratford sport, was awarded to R. Hayward foV the best fighter. The Taranaki Boxing Association has definitely matched the heavy-weights, Young, of Wanganui, and O'Sullivan, Auckland, for June 4 at New Plymouth. Mr. W. R. Foley, ot Stratford, will referee. Frank Bremnuhl, a prominent N.Z. amateur of twenty years back, has joined the committee of the Taranaki Boxing Association. Frank has a clever youngster who is following m Dad's footsteps. ..■''■■ The Hawke's Bay Amateur Boxing Championships will be held m the Municipal Theatre on June 20,. 21. Entries close iwith the secretary, A. Rosenberg, on June 14. ' The North Island Amateur Championships will be held m Napier at a later date, so boxing should be m the boom m Hawke's Bay. '. The Napier Association should show a good profit on their last tourney, as the Municipal Theatre was almost fulL Special concessions were made to footballers and others with the idea of popularising the Bport. "^ ,F. Hansen will most likely be matched again m Hawke's Bay, but with another opponent, probably Lea Murray, Stewart ' Smith or^. Clarrie Blackburn. Hawke's Bay fans are getting tired of the local pugs, they want to see something, new. Duke Maddox lias been appointed Honorary Physical Instructor, for the Hastings V.M.C.A. . r Roy Overend and Jerry Whittome will most likely meet on the second night of tho Hawke's Bay Championships. This ■■ match was postponed on account of Overend being laid up with an attack of 'flu. It should be a good contest, as iboth boys are fit and well. They aTe both good boxers, with a good solid punch, and flght without a clinch from start to finish. Some of the Hastings sports who backed Hannah were very disappointed with his showing against Hanseri. On paper it looked like a sure thing for Hansen, as Le9 Murray knocked Hannah out m six rounds, and it took him fifteen to beat .Hansen. Form m 'boxing, as m racing, is hard to beat. Kameda, the Japanese ju Jltsu expert, is now doing the shows with Harry Sandow and Herb Robinson and Co. Next week the troupe will be at the Waikato winter show and will follow to Hawera and Palmerston North. Kameda has the reputation of being, m a class by himself at the jujitsu business. It is definitely decided to stage a pro. fight m Hastings on June 21, the night of the H. 8 .. championships, and the contestants are to be Roy Overend and Jerry Whitpme. The above is a very ta.sty morsel for the local fans who take a keen interest In the pugilistic career of Overend, who !s a well-conducted lad and a good fighter m the ring. Paul Hannah gets the following off his chest:— "l noticed m 'Truth' of May 12 that Carl Callaway is moaning about me refusing to fight him, on the grounds that I was not m condition and then I accepted the match with Hansen. This is not quite correct, for although I was not m condition I agreed to meet Callaway for the H.B. Boxing Association on April 2G as a substitute for the OverendWhittome fight, but as you know, the whole programme was abandoned. I i will meet Callaway anywhere at any time. Fred Hansen got the decision over me at Napier last weekj but I did not strike form during the fight, and if any association will arrange a return match I am satisfied I can ; reverse the decision. This was my ! first fight since my long spell, and j somehow I could not get going." The whole trouble was that I carried too much surplus fat. Hansen is a hard hitter and a strong fighter, but was at least a stone heavier than I was. His condition was good, too, but if he can make welter weight wo would be a good match for any association. I am also anxious for a chance at Murray at. catch weights, I intend leaving shortly for Australia, but before I go I would like another match m New Zealand, and will guarantee any association a good flght, and if the association is not satisfied with my showing I will bo quite content to leave it 'to them to decide whether I should be paid my end of the purse or not" "Shadow" (Whakatane) writes: — "You say m your lost issue of 'Truth' that Laurie Cadman must bo consiAored a lucky young man to g«t as many fights as he has had. I don't think you are giving a good game boy a fair hearing. You must not forget that he has drawn record houaos at Whangarel, Wostport, .Darg-aville, Chrißtchurch and New Plymouth, besides one of the best houses m tho Town Hall. Auckland, so you must admit the public are the best judges. You also appear to overlook the fact that In most of his fights he has be-on giving a lot of weight away, besides other advantages In height and reach." A Wellington fan who was at the Napier tourney says: — "The HannahHanaon fight was a real good one, full of interest right through, though Hansen had tho best ot each round bar the third, but only by a very small margin. The flght was waged m a real sporty spirit, and plenty of pep was put into tho- punches. Hannah did not appear to bo fit the top of hl« form. T!u; 'Cullawny-NoUson light was tho minor professional flght of the evening, and considering Callawuy'* absence from the ring for tho last twelve months, taken together with the fact that he met with a serious accident last September, ho did remarkably well m holding hla heavier opponent. This- fight 'was fought with v lot of feeling, onri Callawny easily outboxed iNolhion In tho first two rounds, losing tho next two. m which ho attempted to trado punches with his burly rival. In rounds flvo and six Ctvllawny boxed confidently and punished NelJson with uppercuts In close while Nellson was hanging on. being almost out on his feet and bleeding profusely. To my mind and lots of others Callaway won the fight. I did not see the Scarfe v. Sam Lang, ford mill nor tho Donovan v. Clinton go, but the general opinion wan that there wasn't much between tho firatnamed nrni Clinton was robbed m the second. Tho Broomfleld lnddles pave a good exhibition and the Hawkes Bay Hporta showed their appreciation. They are good aporta up there, and voiced

their disapproval when the local boy was handed the plums when they considered the visitor was entitled to the victory. Boxing' is very popular m Napier and also at Ahuriri, where an old-time pug, Jim Murphy, keeps the Union Hotel,. <Jim sends kind regards tc Wellington friends. He Is a committee man and stage manager for the Napier Association." Since Eddie Parker (Timaru) annexed the light-heavyweight from Brian McCieary there have been quitea number of scalp-hunters after Mm. However, he is after another string to his bow m the meantime, and last w6ek the Timaru Association applied to A the council for permission to -match the "baby" champion of the fistic art with J. Heeney, of Gisborne. holder of the middleweight .championship. When , Parker fought MfcCleary he was only three or four pdurids over the middle-; .weight limit 1 and should liave no difficulty m getting this off In training;' 1 Heeney has accepted the challenge, and the match, is to be put; on. as part of a very attractive programme 4n Timaru. next month. ,V \ , .'■_ '. T.tn Robinson is back m the game at Gisborne and wants another light. He writes as follows: "It is twelve months since I was disqualified by the Wanganui Boxing Association m my fight with Facoorey. I have lived out a most unjust decision, and before the end of this month I. am willing to box anyone at one week's notice for the featherweight championship of New Zealand. The records Will show that m the past I have to my credit two decisions over Charlie Cann, two decisions over Hary Gunn, m the latter by knock-outs, and have fairly beaten all featherweights m the Dominion. I also went the limit with Hughie Dwyer, a man one stone heavier than myself, and as I still consider myself m the prime I would be pleased- to have, another fight at any time." Paddy Connors sends along 1 the following: — "Whilst reading the 'Ring Records' of the last edition of Truth/ I noticed .where an Aucklander, visiting Melbourne, stated that Stewart Smith iwas the 'best light-weight m Australasia. Perhaps his judgment is correct, but to prove it right to the hilt, why not try Smith out m a IBround contest with the recently arrived Tommy Fairhall. If Stewart can 'beat Tom, then I would give him a good chance of beating any of the leading; light-weights m Australia, but I have doubts atoout it However, Fairhall would be a real good trial horse for him, and if Stewart cannot make $.9, then Tom will let him come m at 10 stone. Stewart's backers would 4>e well advised before they put In their £1000 to box any light-weight, to let their champion try his boxing akfll against Tommy; FairhaH's. I myself consider Tom the best boy of his "weight tn New Zealand, and I iwas always considered a very fair judge. ; Whoever fights him will have to step lively to win." ■■■ ' ■: ■. • ■' ■ ■ ■ ■;■.■■-■ - .