NO CHANCE FROM START

NZ Truth, Issue 1044, 28 November 1925, Page 12

NO CHANCE FROM START

Demsky GiVes Adriajio A Lesson HLIPINa MSTS ELEVEN ROUNDS I ..(From "Truth's" Special Sydney Represehtative.) The; return ; match betwe en Paul ,Demsky and Mariano Adriano was staged at the Stadium on /Saturday night. From tjie offset Adriano had no chance. He was igiyeh a boxing lesson, •

Bleeding and battered, with lips torn to shreds* he was stopped m the eleventh round. Early m the- first round Demsky stopped a neat right on- the chin, and from then' on he fought very carefully, but towards the end of the first session he evened .things by knocking the Filipino out of his stride with a crushing right./ In the early rounds Paul picked his spots with straight lefts and short right jolts. In the Wxth, 'Adriano found that his' left eye was almost, closed and his left ear was a little above normal size. Nothing Definite. Napier has been endeavoring to match Dick Elmour with Reg. Trowern for the first week m December, but at time of writing nothing definite has been settled. Elmour is willing but the weight question is holding Trowern back. • Hansen Bobs Up "Again. Word comes from north of Fred Hansen, who has dropped out, of the 1 picture) the last twelve months or so. Fred wants to meet any list, man m the game and reckons he would show up well. The trouble is there are not many fighters of that weight. - Terms Don't Suit. Blenheim wanted to get Mark Carroll over their way to meet Dick Vercoe, and they offered the same terms as Wanganui did when Vercoe went there. Sbuter, Carroll's trainer, would have none of this, and incidents ally m passing he wrote that he wanted to nominate his; own refer ee^

; It was 'during this session that the visitor endeavored to force matters, but -Paul handled -the situation m a cool manner, and was never m trouble. By the tenth, Demsky's uppercutting had blood, dripping freely from the Filipino's. lips. In the eleventh he was literally painted with his own gore, but was game through it all, and was ever ready m the desperate hope of landing a punch that would prove to be the winner: ■ Mariano at v the end of the round notified the referee he would not be able to continue. / Feather Title. The Marlborough Association has succeeded m matching Lin Robinson and Dick Vercoe for the feather title, and the bout will come off jin Blenheim* on December 5. In all £105 is being given, twenty.-five of which goes to Robinsom as ''exes." In being so ambitious the Association deserve to get the support of all the residents of the river town. Will Murray Meet Piirdy , Is it possible to get -'Murray and Purdy matched? Auckland say they will do the necessary, but Murray does not care to go north. Wellington will also stage the bout, but Purdy has engagements that preclude his leaving the Queen City. It is a pity that some arrangement cannot be arrived at, for it'js the most logical bout possible. Spaldings' make only ONE quality Tennis Ball— their famous plugless, gelatine-lined ball. The Ball demanded by ; world's crack players.*