Trowern Fought A Good Fight

NZ Truth, Issue 1152, 29 December 1927, Page 12

Trowern Fought A Good Fight

II (By Cable. — From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Sydney Representative.) f| f| When Reg. Trowern and Tommy Fairhall met at the || If Stadium on Friday nig-ht last, it looked as though the rug- f| II ged New Zealander would triumph. || H He entered the fray choatiful of winning 1 confidence and If If attacked, as he did when the couple previously met. || 1| Trowerri forced the fighting and was always willing and || II over eager to make a fight of it. II |j Fairhall also fought with dash. He backed away, wor- If II ried his man with steadying left handers, and refused in- || |i vitations to stand in and slug 1 it out. || || Trowern banked on Tommy cracking up over the long- || !| er distance, but the Australian left nothing" to doubt. If 1| Reg. was a trier up to the last second. Referee Wallis j| |jj crowned Fairhall. If U Vic. White on Monday Night retained paperweight || ]| championship by outpointing" Roy Baker over fifteen rounds. H If His victory was due to his ability to evade Baker's punches If j[ and counter. II i F l)M iiiiNrit!tfiMiinutiiiiiniiuiitiiin«iiiiuiMiiiiiiiiiii!iil!iltitiMi iiiiiiiiiiiifiuiiitiijiiiiiiiiuiiniiiiiiiuinuMirniniiii iiniiuiiijiiiijiiiiMjDiiiiiitiiNiuuiiuiiiiiiiitiiiiiDiMKiiniiiiniiiiilauuiiniiiiT' f ?jiuuuiiiiiimiillliniuiiiNMiiniißltililHininiimmnmiimnmian^^