TROWERN WINS ON A "FOUL"

NZ Truth, Issue 1061, 25 March 1926, Page 14

TROWERN WINS ON A "FOUL"

VblaiiW Well Behind On Points • " .(From "Truth's" Special Dunedin Representative.).. When a boxer m the autumn of his career meets one 'who 'is m the full flush of spring he is under a heavy handicap — one that is usually gbeyond him. : „

HP HlS "was ; tlie' case '.when Eugene I Volairel, (10l4%) climbed through the ropes, -at; Dunedin .on Thursday night' to face ' Reg Trowei'n (10.1). The pleasant-faced, popular Frenchman, who has r fought hundreds of fights, has all his old craftiness and m still willing to mix it with ihe best of

them, but the' passing of the years ha.s robbed him of some of .his speed an:l taken a little of the sting ' from his punches. ■ ; His heart, however, "is as big as ever and he never ■flinches ' from . punishment. Of Trowern it can be. said at the; outset that lie ciuickb" convinced local' followers of". c reputation' which

had preceded him was riot without the most solid of. foundations. - From gong to gong Jie fairly bristled with the energy and keenness of youth, and he ceaselessly harried his game and heavier opponent. ' " ' ; Not only did he show all the aggressiveness of a fighter, but he dazzled tire crowd with glimpses of all the finest points m boxing! Unfortunately the bout came to an abrupt finish m the eleventh, round Trowern being given the decision'on a foul. " " ■■.;■ There, was a demonstration against the referee's action and . opinion' was very sharply divided concerning whether ' a blow was . delivered. The writer's view is that Vplaire.wti.'?' just uncoiling a rip to the body when the Is'orth Island boy stepped m and so caused it to connect much ' lower .than it otherwise would have.