BOXING.
NOVICE TOURNAMENT. The amateur boxers,, can' 1 usually ha depended on to provide, good,-willing contests with occasional fire\vorks, but if the average enthusiast was asked; which he considered the most enjoyable tournament of the year, he would probably reply. “ Why, the novice night) of course.” Various reasons may be ’ascribed for this preference, but-the principal one. is that the hoys are 1 all keen to give of" their best, and a willingness to mix .tbings is invariably shown.- This year’s novice tournament is listed fhr, His Majesty’s Theatre next Monday flight, and judging from the entries that have been received); there should be some exceptionally good’bouts There is a spirit of friendly rivalry among the various schools, and the instructors have spared no pains to see to it that their boys take the ring in the pink of condition. Most of the weights will be well represented, and in -view of th-: open tournament next month a good deal of interest attaches to this fixture, as giving some indication of the amateur standard. in Otago , this season. Some good novices have been seen working'out at the various schools, and those who attend the tournament on Monday night ,are assured of a first class entertainment, and’if the experience of previous tournaments is. anything to go on there will he not a little comedy as well,’
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21033, 23 May 1930, Page 5
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225BOXING. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21033, 23 May 1930, Page 5
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