BELL WAS NOT HEARD

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 18

BELL WAS NOT HEARD

Round Over Twenty-five Seconds When Closure Applied WAS DOWN TWICE AFTER TIME

(By Cable— From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Sydney Representative). Pat. McHugh's stoush emporium at Leichhardt has witnessed some peculiar decisions m recent months, but the biscuit and the barrell is unreservedly handed over after last Friday night's offering.

NO more sensational circumstances could have surrounded a 1 fight than ■"When, .-Charlie Purdy lost his -welterweight title to Wally Hancock, the fighting sailor. Purdy was knocked out for the first time m his life and was finally beaten twenty-five seconds after the gong had gone for the cessation of the fourth round. Purdy m all was on the floor on four occasions, two of his visits being after the end of the session. It was a packed house and the crowd made so much row that the referee failed to 'hear the bell. Purdy apparently heard it, . for he dropped his hands after the second knock-down, only to find himself! again m a. horizontal position.' Then pandemonium reigned, and when Purdy got- up only to be sent down again the roar must have been heard m Pitt Street. Only a few m the close .vicinity to the ringside knew the gong had sounded, and they made desperate efforts to call the referee's attention, while still others called on Trainer Pat. Connors to climb into the ring and acquaint the referee with the true position. - ■ It was too late, however, for the referee had stopped the contest and: given his verdict, " . Purdy was not. in his usual pby-, sical condition and was stung early m the, first round by the sensa-' tionai; hard-hitting Hancock. , The New Zeal and er endeavored to box his way, out of trouble, "but the traincd-to-the-minute Hancock-' was at him all the time, and if. anything was holding his own when it, came to boxing. Purdy landed a number of. fine! iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiniii|iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii([iiiiiiiiimiuiiiii

straight lefts, and caught Hancock with a beautifully timed right to tlie jaw m the second round, but the punch failed to shake Wally. Purdy was plainly worried by the aggressive opposition and kept bounding and bouncing round the ring, endeavoring to evade Hancock's left hand; which carries the heaviest punch of any boxer seen here for years. Hancock fought the best tight of his career. There is every chance of the pair meeiing m a return m a few weeks' time.