BOXING.

Otago Witness, Issue 3100, 13 August 1913, Page 58

BOXING.

CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES. August 25 and 26. —Wairongoa Shield contest, Otago v. Canterbury, at Dunedin. September 22 and 23 —Suggested dates Australasian Championships at Dunedin.

The tournament to bo hold in His Majesty’s Theatre towards the end of this month promises to bo a very good one. Several six-round bouts arc being arranged, and more than usual interest will bo taken in some of the contests.

An effort is being made to bring Hock Keys and D. Murphy together, and it is mooted that Murphy will bo sent against tho crack English welter-weight, Johnny Summers, who is at present in New Zealand.

A book on “In Fighting,” by Frank Klaus, tho clever world’s champion middleweight, has reached me, and it contains some very useful information which should not bo lost on some of our local ringmen, who can well do with a little more knowledge than they have at present. Referring to tho recent Now Zealand boxing tournament, “Cestus,” in the Canterbury Times, has the following to say:—•

“ Taking the boxing on the whole, the form shown was about equal to that seen last year in the bantam, feather, light, welter, and middle classes, but a long way below par in the heavy class. The referee gave the competitors ample consideration ; in fact, hij leniency was in some cases grossly traded upon, and Mr Cooke could well have disqualified two or three competitors for repeated breaches of the rules after being admonished. That ho allowed the latitude h- did in the early part of the competition was duo, no doubt, to tho fact that competitors were nervous and over-anxious. Later on, however, when tho competitors had settled down, there wore some very bad breaches, which certainly should have brought disqualification. The worst case—and one of the worst that I have seen at a Now Zealand championship meeting—was that which occurred in tho Kerr-Vornall bout of the second night, in which Kerr offended so often and in such a bare-faced manner ns to provoke a hostile demonstration from tho audience. The referee administered a caution, but it should have come much earlier titan it did, and should have been followed by something more drastic. By his foul tactics Kerr quite destroyed VornaH’s chance, and as Ills methods were not penalised, others possibly were induced by his escape to take chances. In other directions Mr Cooke carried out his duties excellently; so well, indeed, as to make one inclined to overlook the particular case referred to.” OTA G O A SSOCTA TlO N. At a meeting of the committee of tho Otago Boxing Association on Thursday night a letter was received from the Canterbury Association intimating that it would ho unable to send a team to Dunedin tin's month to compete for the Wa iron go a Shield. In consequence of this notification the local association has decided to hold a novice tournament on August 25 and 26, at which there will be a number of six-round bouts. Letters have been despatched to Easton and Woods (Invercargill). Stewart (Timaru), Edwards, Withey, Goodman, Boreham, Smith, and Torrio (Dunedin) asking them if they will be ab’o to compete in the bouts. SUMMERS v. KEYS. AUCKLAND, August 7. Three thousand people witnessed tho match between Summers, champion welter-weight of England, and “Hock” Keys, an Australian light-weight, at tho

Town Hall last night. The men entered the ring nt exactly even weights—• namely, 9st 13glb. The contest was billed for 15 rounds each of three minutes, and went the full limit. Summers was awarded the decision on points.

MURPHY v. KEY'S. WELLINGTON, August 8. The Wellington Boxing Association tonight decided that Murphy bo matched against Keys in Wellington on August t'7 or September 1 for a purse of £IOO, with £ls expenses to Keys and £7 10s to Murphy, the limit to be lOst.

WELLS BEATS O’KEEFE. LONDON, August 4. Bombardier Wells beat Pat O’Keefe. The fight went to the 15th round.

WELLS DEFEATS ME IT EG AN. SYDNEY, August 10

In a contest for the International Lightweight Championship Matt. Wells (England) defeated Hughie Mehegan at tho Stadium on points. There was an enormous crowd present. It was a great fight. The Englishman’s science, which asserted itself early, served him well throughout, and in spite of the Australian’s gameness and hard hitting he kept tho issue beyond doubt.