BOXERS MUST NOT LOSE TEMPER

NZ Truth, Issue 1272, 17 April 1930, Page 12

BOXERS MUST NOT LOSE TEMPER

Hastings Fight Did Not Go Far, But It Was Hectic TED ATTEMPTS TO ANNIHILATE LOU

; That Ted Morgan objected to the published statement that he lacked fighting spirit at Auckland, when opposed to Jack Paul, he showed when he met Lou Bloom at Hastings later m the week.

HOWEVER there is a vast difference between fighting spirit and going Berserk, and on this, his latest exhibition, Ted is m need of a curb bit to hold him back to his Hold. Making ten stone may or may not have upset Morgan, but the facts remains that he went m off the deep end after the first round. i As will ever be the case with slde- \ wheelers, Morgan went out intent on annihilating Bloom with his left rip, [and all the forcing was coming from one party. > That, however, did not prevent Lou. from coming Inside the left hand and connecting to the body with his own right. Just near the finish of the first, a left itriat went down low, so low that it shifted Bloom's shield inches, put liOU down, but the referee ruled it a legitimate blow, and Bloom had to get up. Then started the second, and the opening punch - Bloom threw— and threw is the word — would have been equally as low had Morgan not got out of its way. ' Morgan was now fighting at top, but he was getting more than he was giving, and when a right-hander landed on his chin he was more than a fraction upset. That blow was the beginning of the end — for Morgan. Looking on, it seemed that it would ■only be a matter of rounds and Mprgan would get home a decider, but he could not curb his Impetuosity, and he went out like a man possessed m the third. He was going to show the world he had fighting spirit, but In his endeavors he was not uslnp judgment, and once again he infringed and landed m the forbidden area.

By this time the house,was wild with excitement, and there were hoots, both for Morgan and Bloom. That public sympathy had gone round from Morgan to Bloom seemed I very apparent, and' the air was electric. . It was impossible for the contest to go far under such conditions, and when Morgan came out to finish Bloom m the fourth, instead of boxing for a while and cooling off, he made a fatal error. .<■ . Punches, with Morgan's left hand m the glove, were raining on Bloom, who with clever glove and elbow work was turning most of them off, an£ then came another low one, and the referee stepped m and hoisted Bloom's, glove off the floor. Morgan stamped up and down the ring, declaiming to the hooting house that he had committed no foul, but it was all of no avail— he was the loser. -Exhibitions . such as that witnessed last week are bad for the game and not wanted. - If there is one athletic sport which should teach self-control it is boxing. The boxer who cannot take a punch without getting rat- j tied is a menace to himself and to those he meets. "Truth" has always held that Morgan is a very good fighter, and outside of the ring we know him to be a quiet, likeable boy, and the advice is given to him for what it is worth. Should he not care to heed it he will most likely find that another exhibition like that of last week will find him m bad, not only with associations, but with the controlling executive.