BOXING

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 354, 11 September 1933, Page 3

BOXING

Amateur Championships Concluded lilSuArtoQ— -uoqnioossv ssa.ij Blenheim, Sept. TO. The New Zealand amateur boxing championships were concluded on Saturday night before a packed and enthusiastic audience which was delighted at the excellent bill of fare provided in the finals. The new champions are:— Feather: C. Rayner (Marlborough). Flyweight: W. McKay (Gisborne). Bantamweight: R. Williams (Auckland). Middleweight: H. E. Neal (Auckland). Light-heavyweight: F. Bell (Greymouth). Heavyweight: A. Dasler (Marlborough). Welterweight: W. Purdie (Auckland). Lightweight; R. Purdie (Auckland). In no case was a championship successfully defended. In addition to his championship medal R. Purdie won the Parisian Cup, which was being competed for for the first time, and the Jamieson Belt, while W. Purdie won the Morgan Cup. ; The results of Saturday’s bouts are:— Bantamweight, Semi-finals: L. Larsen (Wellington) 8.2 defeated J. Cadwallader (Wairarapa) 8.5; R. Williams (Auckland) 8.6 defeated C. Gordon (Taranaki) 8.1. Final: Williams defeated Larsen. Featherweight. i Semi-finals: C. Rayner (Marlborough) 8.12 defeated W. Lang (Otago) 8.13; W. Hawes (Greymouth) 8.10 defeated N. Fisher (Christchurch) 8.10. Final: Rayner defeated Hawes. Lightweight. Semi-finals? R. Purdie (Auckland) 9.4 defeated M. Painter (Whangarei) 9.61; W. Francis (Otago) 9.5 won from A. Day (Greymouth) 9.6 on a foul. Final: Purdie defeated Francis. Welterweight. Semi-final: M. Candy (Manawatu) 10.61 -defeated R. Morrighah (Golden Bay) 10.6; W. '"Purdie (Auckland) 9.8 defeated R. B. Martin (Whangarei) 10.5. Final: Purdie defeated Candy, Heavyweight. Semi-finals: A. Dasler (Marlborough) 11,91 defeated M. Rika (Whangarei) 15.41; I D. Lindesay (Auckland) 13.5 defeated j W. Pascoe (Southland) 12.3. j Final: Dasler ! defeated Lindesay. i j Flyweight. i l Semi-finals: W. McKay (Gisborne) 7.12 i defeated R. Knock (Auckland) 8.0; V. I Gordon (Taranaki) 7.10 defeated H. Al- j lott (Wellington) 8.0. : Final: McKay defeated Gordon. 1 Light-Heavyweight. j Final: F. Bell (Greymouth) 12.0 de-1 feated J. Ford (Wellington) 11.11. ‘ Middleweight. I

Final: 11. E. Neal (Auckland) 11.5 defeated F. Roguski (Taranaki) 11.2 i, last year’s holder. The most spectacular bout of the evening was thg final in the heavyweight class' between Dasler and Lindesay, who though boxing for Auckland is a naval rating. Both stood in the centre of the ring most of the time trading blow for blow and had the crowd wild with excitement; especially when the Judges announced a verdict in favour of Dasler. It must have been given by a very narrow margin.

In the bantamweight Williams defeated Larsen. It was a great mill in: which the former’s strength turned the scales in the last round. Larsen was down for six but came again and finished full of fight.

Roguski yielded the middleweight title to Neal after a rather dreary exhibition in which the Aucklander shaded his opponent. Neither is a scientific boxer. The light-heavyweight final proved a great contest in which Bell was always a trifle ahead on points. His opponent hardly knew how tb handle him as he has some stagey ring tricks up his sleeve. C. Rayner brought Marlborough the second championship in annexing the featherweight/'title from Hawes, but there was not much in it, and many in the crowd would not have been surprised if the verdict had gone the other way. ■

A really unpopular verdict was that by which McKay (Gisborne) gained the decision in the flyweight over Gordon (Taranaki), for though the winner was more rugged Gordon seemed to do most of the work. The judges were probably impressed by McKay’s clean hitting. W. Francis and R. Purdie fought a very close contest in the lightweight and the decision in the Aucklander’s favour Was not received with universal approval. ' However, he showed more finish than his opponent, who relied largely on his obvious superiority in strength. W. Purdie and Candy put up a good exhibition in the welterweight final, but the Aucklander was always a shade ahead on points. The tournament was a great success from all points of view, there being packed audiences throughout. The visitors will be taken on an excursion in the Marlborough Sounds.

“So although a smoker yourself,” said counsel lor the lady in an Adelaide breach of promise case, “you objected so strongly to your fiancee smoking that you jilted her? Well, 1 put it to you whether your attitude is reasonable or logical. Surely what is sauce for the gander should be sauco for the goose?” Defendant replied sulkily that he objected on prin' ciple to women smoking—especially smoking a pipe, as he discovered plaintiff did. Counsel laughed. “Well,” ho said, “most women smoke nowadays, and there can be no more harm in smoking a tiny pipe, as in this case, than in smoking cigarettes.” Verdict for plaintiff—with costs. Pipe or cigarette? What does it matter? —the tobacco’s the . thing! Some brands loaded with nicotine, are unfit for anybody to smoke. Other brands aro perfectly safe. Our New Zealand tobaccos, for instance, pracliCially without nicotine, arc absolutely innocu’ous. The toasting they get docs it. Delightful smoking i too! They aro unequalled for flavour and frag ranee. Only four brands, remember'. Riverhead Gold. Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog) and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead).