HOW STACE SCORED ON POINTS

NZ Truth, Issue 1063, 8 April 1926, Page 10

HOW STACE SCORED ON POINTS

Victory Over Volaire In 1

. "'■"■. (From, "Truth' s" Greymquth Representative.) - ■ |i Oeorgiß Stape defeated Eugene Volajre on points at Oreymouth

'.^ffpEKHjiwas ' rib -doubt X — won, and even the greatest friends •■ : of Yolaire had no kick at the de- . cisipn rpf referee Arty Beban. ""With youth" .on his side, Stace . was too ■, fast 1 for 1 the veteran Eugene>-and too clever to come within range of the Jatter's heavy artillery, '^rr ■ , '■'■,■■.■: :.■ : '.; Had; one-half of the vicious s^yings let loose by; Yolaire reached their objectivei"* Stace would have been "out", f ? or As it was, the atmosr • Jaher^/arouhd- the ring was sadly ■' plinci6urea^.v,:';- ; .■■■,.' :■■,-.;■ •":, - '■ ! -./'. ■'. <l The "weights, were, announced as 10.4 . m case, ; and both contestants were m fine condition, as the pace kept up for most of the 15 rounds proved. Had Stace been wanting m that respect, he would have shown the effect of the solid right to the jaw : ■.;■'. which dropped him like a shot rabbit m the sixth round. ; '■.'■.'<■ ■.."::■;. iS it was, he was up before the 'count could.ibe < started, and thereafter employed his advantage m reach to keep yblaire at a safe distance. ''■'''■'■' .'■■■< :. '. . ■

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In a nutshell, Stace won the fight by his wisdom, in keeping away, and peppering Vplaire with straight lefts and rights to the fade. In almost every, instance, he beat Volaire to the punch, and threw him out of gear. " On the other hand, . Eugene' 3 most effective weapon was a left rip to the body, a punch to which the leads of Stace left him open. Vofaire had the better of the infighting, but evea m this department Stace was not far behind. He was twice cautioned not to hold. , ' Volaire tried the patience of the referee by his persistent failure to step back when a break was ordered and his habit of leaning upon the other man. > Otherwise, the fight was very clean right through, and, wa's interesting by reason of the fact that, at any moment, Volaire might have landed one of his sleep-producers, and thus succeeded m his obvious attempt to gain victory, by the only way open to him— the knock-out. '

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