FAIRHALL DEFEATS STONE.

NZ Truth, 15 March 1924, Page 11

FAIRHALL DEFEATS STONE.

A Fair Contest. The Northern Boxing Association was favored with a packed house on the occasion of the meeting of Tommy Fairhall and Harry Stone at the Auckland Town Hall last Monday. When the fight came on there was great interest m the appearance of both men. Stone, whose weight* was given as 9.13, looked the more solid of the pair, fairhall stripped at 9.10. The first round did not produce much excitement Stone feeling his way carefully, taking most of the punishment, and the round ended slightly m favor of Fairhall. In the second Stone shone, scoring- freely with both hands and having a slight advantage m reach he tried to make his opponent look foolish. Clinches were the order of the third round, Stone, scoring with, his left, while Fairhall evened upon the infighting. The round finished even. Fairhall made all the fight m the fourth and piled up points against his adversary who seemed to be contented to hold out his left and count upbn his superior reach to keep him out of trouble. The fifth was a little tame. Stone scoring with his left. Fairhall used the same member to advantage and came out with- things a little on his side. Stone's rushing tactics m the sixth had Fairhall on the ropes, several times, the latter holding his own well m the best contested round of . the evening. The^seventh round was very ordinary, neither of the fighters doing their best. In the eighth Stone came into his own and had Fairhall thinking hard on several occasions scoring with lefts and rights freely., It was easily Stone's round. Fairhallwent after his man m a determined manner m the ninth and he made things willing. The tenth was very even, both boxers hanging on too much. Stone had a little the better of the exchanges m the eleventh. In one instance he held on to Fairhall's hands, levered- himself round, and delivered a nasty left 'to the face. The twelfth found Stone doing a few smart tricks, Fairhall retaliating with both hands to the body. The thirteenth finished even after a heavy round of infighting. In the fourteenth Stone had Fairhall all round the ring, putting him through the ropes. Although he had Fairhall on the run it must be said that very few clean blows were struck by him and the main reason that Fairhall was finding the ropes was because he was being pushed there. The final •round was Fairhall's and he received the declsioii which was m every way correct. The referee was not strict enough m the ring. In the first round Stone used the shamrock; In the third Fairhall used.his. elbow; m the seventh the same boxer butted his opponent; and m the eleventh ho deliberately tried to throw Stone. After hearing so much about the powers of Young Trowern the crowd did not give him a fair hearing m his bout with McClaren. Trowern won the fight m every department but the referee awarded the decision to his adversary, who did not show half the science of the Whangarei boy. The crowd was very pleased at his losing. Forbes* and Thaham fought a willing fight m the paperweights and were awarded a draw — a pbpuiar decision. The bout between the light-heavies, Haydon and Goodman, after a good deal of wrestling, went to Haydon. Cammock got the v decision over Postleweight m the bantamweight contest. A certain section of the crowd did not receive the decision well, but it was quite correct.