TED MORGAN'S APPEAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17238, 19 April 1930, Page 16

TED MORGAN'S APPEAL

DISMISSED BY COUNCIL G.E.A. STAND SUPPORTED ,':ince the match between Ted Morgan and Keg. Trowern, held under the auspices of the (!i- borne Boxing Association in mid-February, resulted in the disqualification oi'l Morgan, followers of the sport in this district have been discussing various angles of the match, and endeavoring to forecast the action of the .New Zealand Boxing Council in respect to the appeal which .Morgan was known

to have lodged, lo day the secretary ol the Gisborne association received troin tlie secretary of the New Zealand council. Mr. Aldriclge an intimation that Urn appeal had been disallowed, and that Hie appeal committee of the conn oil had supported the action of the referee and of the CI!..A.

The ciicumst uices surrounding the close ni the Morgan-Trowern fight were sensational. The pair were fairly web niatchecl, ami up to the ninth round it seemed that neither bad any great advantage, (hough Morgan was evidently wearing flown his opponent and should have won in the ordinary course ol events. In the ninth session, however. Ti'owcrn came into collission with his opponent's hip. and fell to the canvas wearing a look indicating agony, while Ids hand was raised in appeal to tin referee. The latter. Mr. T. Smale. pro. eeeded to count Trowern out. but tin

gong interrupted the count, and at tie orders of the G.B.A.'s medical officers, Trowern was taken from the ring fo" examination. The medical officers found no indication of a foul having occurred, and Trowern was ordered hack into the ring, complying with this order after an interval of several minutes. During this interval. Morgan had held earnest converse with his chief second, and when called on to resume the light be refused on the ground that Trowern bad hern unduly loin: absent from the ring. The referee forthwith disqualified him for refusing lo continue, and the light ended most unsatisfactorily.

Morgan protested' to the Gisborne Boxing Association against his disqualification, and (he executive decider 1 thai the referee had acted in accordance with Ihe rules in giving the fight to Trowern. Morgan carried his cas.> (c ||,n New Zealand Roxing Council, by means of an appeal against the Gisborne ■i.ssocintion's decision, and has again lost. Trowern will he paid the balance of the nurse whieh was held by the G.B.A. pending the settlement of the appeal.