BOXING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10608, 10 November 1910, Page 6

BOXING.

y " i THE NORTH OTAGO'MEETING The committee of the North Otago Association has spared neither pains noi money, tos secure matches for the most scientific and-successful fighting men of the»DomimOn Thev haie sought abroad from Wellington to the Bluff to get the. best that is to be had. and b\ offering good value in trophies .Hid libeßnl terms, have secured seven of the- best' matches that have yet been put on in New Zealand. It will lie a leathering of champions, not mere slot:gers, but stylists, who apply thenenergy in a scientific manner. Amongst these' are Hegarty, all Australasian champion, who is to meet Ellis, of Wellington, New Zealand -champion bantam weight, who only last ' iiiaht at Palmerston North defeated Shields, runner-up in the Australasian championships. Then there is Stewart, an-j other champion, who will find in Good-

man, of Dunedin, a "tough nut to crack; Ruston, a heavy-weight champion, will be pitted against M'Quarrie, of Invercargill, a burly and worthy, opponent. Young, the local man, who has been so successful in the past, will meet another of the JM'Quarrie family ;■ Seagar, of Tiraaru. will find Penrose, the Christchurch crack, a tough proposition, and Campbell (Kurow) and Armstrong (Dunedin) should provide one of the most strenuous bouts of the meeting. These, with R. Watson (Tlmaru) and B Johnstone (Christchurch.) have been specially arranged for. and there is not one of the fourteen fighters who has not been thoroughly tried in severe contests in the past and proved Inmselt something above the average. For the rest of the programme the open events are filling well and the entire, success of the tournament on Show, nights is as-, sured. ' ■""'