STRIBLING WINS ON FOUL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 841, 9 December 1929, Page 6

STRIBLING WINS ON FOUL

i CARNERA DISQUALIFIED IN PARIS BOUT BLOW AFTER GONG WENT United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright rARIS, Saturday. The Italian boxer, Primo Camera, met Young Stribling. of America, this evening. Camera was disqualified at the end of the seventh round for hitting Stribling after the gong went. Camera weighed 20st 71b and Stribling 13st 2Jib. Stribling did nearly all the hitting in the first round, including a right to the jaw, which evidently hurt Camera. Stribling was fighting vigorously and hit Camera twice on the body, and then sent a left to the head and a right swing to the jaw. When the second round opened Stribling Ignored Camera’s threateningleft, and scored with punches to the jaw. Stribling • continued to score freely, but his blows were most poorly timed. Camera began the third round more like a fighter, but his leads continued futile. H© landed a straight left which nearly knocked Stribling off his legs. STRIBLING BECOMES WILD Stribling became wild, rushing at Camera and often missing altogether. Camera did much better in the fourth with a right and left to the body, and a left to the jaw, but lie- was leaving his guard open. Stribling was now letting Camera make the pace. He landed a right hook to the jaw and won the round comfortably. Between the fourth and fifth rounds the referee cautioned Stribling about holding. Stribling, in the fifth round, tried to hit Camera’s right cheek, which was swollen and cut. Camera made crude lunges, enabling Stribling to score. Camera got Stribling against the ropes, but the American easily ducked and got clear. AMERICAN LEADS Camera seemed to be weaker. Stribling now had a large advantage on points. Fierce clinching and wrestling opened the sixth round. Stribling landed three times and then dropped Camera with a right to the point. Carnera hung on the ropes. Stribling tried to finish off the fight, but Carnera avoided him. Camera landed a hard right to the jaw. Stribling hung on in order to recover. Camera pun : ished Stribling considerably to the bell. Camera returned to the attack for the seventh round, in which there was some clinching. Then Camera floored Stribling, and almost knocked him out. Camera’s last punch was a right to the jaw which the referee ruled was delivered after the gong had gone. CARNERA’S LATE PUNCH It should be understood that as soon as Camera floored Stribling the gong sounded, but in the pandemonium following the blow nothing was audible. It seemed as if both men continued beyond the legal limit. Another account says there is no doubt that Camera never heard iho gong. He landed the blow just as Stribling broke away, and it floored him. Stribling was rising when Carnera rushed him, evidently not knowing that the gong had been sounded. The seconds threw themselves upon the giant. He could not understand what was the matter, and hurled them aside, trying to get at Stribling again. The crowd shouted and hooted. Carnera looked round puzzled. Then the result was. announced.

BAD-TEMPERED GIANT

WANTED TO FIGHT REFEREE AND CROWD CARNERA NO CHAMPION Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Sunday. The newspapers express varied opinions concerning the gong incident in the Stribling-Carnera light. Some think Camera was not guilty, but others consider that the gong could be plainly heard. The “Sunday Times” states: “Seconds held the wrists of the man of-the-mountains. For a moment it appeared that he desired to attack the referee, Mr. Leon See. He also seemed anxious to climb the ropes to engage in a free fight with the crowd. His performance definitely places him beyond the championship class. His violent temper must be curbed, otherwise we must shelve him from boxing.”

TERRIFIC HITTING

GILLESPIE WINS FIERCE BOUT AT SYDNEY SYDNEY, Sunday. At the Sydney Stadium last evening there was a terrific hitting contest in the light-weight boxing championship, when Norman Gillespie, fist. 4Jlb., the title-holder, beat Jack Roberts, 9st. 71b., of Newcastle. The referee stopped the contest in the ninth round, awarding the decision to Gillespie, who floored Roberts and was himself floored several times in the bout, which was the fiercest seen here for years.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUERS

BEATEN BY CUMBERLAND United P.A. —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, Sunday. In a League football match, Cumberland defeated the Australians by 8 points to 5.

CLAY BIRD SHOOTING

The Metropolitan Gun Club held its usual fortnightly shoot at Mew Lynn on Saturday. Results were as follow: No. 1 Match, of 7 birds.—M. Delich (14yds), H. E. Knight (14yds), L. F. Ramsey (12yds), W. Bundle (12yds), P. Is. Gallie (15yds) all shot the possible, and divided the stake. Mo. 2 Match, of 15 birds, for a trophy donated by Mr. M. Delich, resulting in a tie between M. Delich (15yds), W. Rundle (13yds) and L. F. Ramsey (13yds), each shooting the possible, and dividing the sweepstake. Rundle and Ramsey shot off for the trophy, Ramsey winning. Mo. 3 Match, of 7 birds, sweepstake, resulted in a tie between B. Graysgn (13yds), .T. C. Whitney (14yds) and' W. Rundle (14yds), each securing seven birds, and dividing the prize. Mo. 4, double rise match, of 10 birds, was won by C. E. Hodge (17yds), with eight birds. M. Delich (14yds), A. Macredie (15yds) and R. H. Bartley (13yds), divided the second money with seven each. The club will hold its Christmas shoot next Saturday, commencing at 1.45 p.m. sharp.