WAS WILD, BUT WEIGHTY

NZ Truth, Issue 1230, 27 June 1929, Page 16

WAS WILD, BUT WEIGHT Y

Hume Was Well In Front When White's Right Came After watching Vie. White for a couple of rounds 'on Monday nightj.the conclusion was formed that he ; was either a pretty good actor, or just an ordinary fighter. ]' : '^^-'-../. r y\\ ■:

KNOWING , the midget;s record, "N.Z. Truth" reckpnedV-he' was acting a good deal —hot m 'the ; sense of showing off, but just waiting his time to come m and take the stage. His,, opponent, ' Cyril Hurrie, avboy with a fine amateur record, but, as yet, without the necessary experience, was treating White to. a, boxing lesson. Hurne stopped a, solid right to the face m. the second and from then. oii he watched intently any movcVfrom thai; direction, Jujt, alas, he did riot see .the one that clipped him on the button and sent him dreaming. It was the ninth round and.; Hurne, well ahead on points—/. • White had not won a round — went into the attack. He /landed left, right to the face and was- back-moving- when White unloosed a right swing that spilt the; local boy on the broad of his back. , . : : :' Dead to the world, he just caught, the count of nine and' the refereb's; "out" beat him to it. It was a pleasing fight and m going down to defeat Hurne was not -by any means disgraced. Lack of experience,more than anything else, cost. him the fight. . There was riot a trace of nervousness about Hurne when he. squared off, and that he had confidence he showed by ripping m two , good right uppercuts as White advanced. Having an/advantage m both' height' and reach Hurne stood off "and -heboxed along.- prettily,, landing punches far more oftenthan White. A-.' ■ ■-.'"■■•■■

; iWhite, with nonchalance; . .tb.bk all that ,was coming and, even when penned m a neutral corner, he did not seem- to mind} taking- '.them. ; The blbw'g. inconvenienced him about as much as a mosquito bite ■■■would upset an' elephant, arid only, m bursts would he attempt to really fight back. Then it-Vwjus / : more . or less without success a s" TTifrric 1 was also the '-f aster.' j That; vVhite : '.was'; sitting back on aright-hand punch was- very ob- :: vipus, but when: he tried his right out he found it not landing. -A la Billy Grime, he would .poke his .left up ihto/Muirne's -.face 'andirijeasure ■off for . ; his'v'right, ■but, -when if shot a ■roll of the head brought Jlurrie inside it--:' * Hur.ne seemed to have got his second •wind m the .eighth and was .starting to punch 'with, a bit of venom and- that he' was winning comfortably on points was encouraging the boy, for he never , ihe'sitat^d to get m and lead. ■"'"•Then "came. the end.-' The punch can only be termed a fluke one to land as it .j-did, but had it been measured off to -a 'thousandth part of ari inch it could not have completed its mission with ■ greater destruction. Hurne lost, but nothing can be taken away' from him m defeat, while as for Wjiite, a particular little gentleman, he will be welcome again m Wellington sh'ouid he desire to come over again. yic. is a clean little scrapper, and even m. his hour of success he did hot forget, to say a good word for the boy whom he had jiist:- punched to the mat.