JACK JONES THE VICTOR

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1930, Page 9

JACK JONES THE VICTOR

DEFEAT OF GLEN LE6LJE

KNOCK-OUT IN THE FIRST ROUND.

LNTER-PROVINCIAL CONTESTS.

(By Wire— Special Reporter.) Hawera, Last Night.

A clean knock-out about half-way through the first round gave Jack Jones (Hawera), 9.8 J, the victory in his return fight with Glen Leslie (Auckland), 9.8, at Hawera to-night. . In the special amateur intcr-provin-cial contest Wellington beat ■ Lau ™^ l bv 2A matches to IJ. The amateur bouts were very keenly contested and in each case the winner’s margin was very slight. Other amateur bouts tffere als provided and the excellent programme thus provided compensated for the exceptional brevity of the contest. Mr. Earl Stewart (Welling ton) refereed. . Both professionals looked very fit but Leslie appeared to be in slightly the better condition. The Auckland n opened out first and had Jones on the ropes. Jones bored the resultant hard in-fighting seeing him hurt Les lie with snappy rights to the ribs as they stepped clear. Leslie came again, swin<dn<y righto and lefts to force Jones into °a ’smother. Jones stepped away, returning with heavy, blows to the head. As Leslie tried to side-step Jones jei - ed his right across with his weight behind it. The Aucklander tried to risebut his strength had been taken by the force of the punch - and he was counted out. : INTER-I’ROVINCIAL FIGHTS. M. Strickland (Wellington), 11.1, beat D. Wills (Hawera), 11.0. Wills Strickland back with a furious attack, before the Wellington man settled down. Strickland landed a _ tew good punches towards the conclusion ofthe round but Wills steadied him with a straight left. Wills again opened strongly with a left to the head and rights to the body. Strickland kept Wills off with straight lefts. Wills grazed the Wellington man’s jaw with a heavy right. Strickland retaliated and was having the better of a hectic rally when the gong sounded unheeded, the time-keepCr having to sound ,it aoain. Strickland had Wills in the corner early in the third round but. the Hawera man diinced clear. _ He missed with a right swing but Strickland was back-pedalling towards the end of the round. The fourth round was one continuous mill. Wills did the attacking but Strickland fought back coolly, missing far less frequently than the Taranaki representative. Another round was ordered, when Strickland carried the day with cleaner work. The decision, though undoubtedly correct, was not popular. ■ Thomas (Taranaki), 8.11, beat Knopp (Wellington), 8.9. The first round was even, consisting chiefly of torrid work in close. Thomas carried the second round by a small margin, for though the Wellington man’s defence was good he found it even' harder to penetrate Thomas’ guard. Both did well in close in the second round. Thomas landed some heavy body blows early ,in .the third round. He snapped up his right and later put Knopp down to one knee with a left. The Taranaki man maintained. his advantage in the last round "to win by a slight margin. Murray (Taranaki) 9.3, drew With Oxley (Wellington), 9.4. Murray opened up strongly but it did not worry Oxley, who crossed his right very well. Twice Oxley landed a heavy left at -the wong. Murray made the pace again in the second round, and though Oxley ducked his right swings not a few found their billet. Oxley was fighting in the third session and jarred Murray repeatedly with both hands. Murray replied with a right and left but the round, was Oxley’s by a large margin. Both landed some weighty blows but the Wellington boy’s seemed to hurt most in the fourth. Murray did most of the scoring in the first minute of the fifth round. Oxley, steadied him with a right and they mixed it in midring just before the gong. Oxley chased Mmrray in the sixth and there Were some heated- exchanges. Murray stood up well, however, and was coming back at the finish. There was sustained applause when both hands were lifted. R. Furze (Taranaki), 10.7, was the favoured man in his bout with L. Strickland (Wellington), 10.12, but the latter, with the advantage of a longer reach, boxed coolly and cleanly to take a close decision. Strickland shook Furze, who was early aggressive, with uppercuts. Encouraged by TOis he went in to connect cleanly with both hands. Both went in twodianded in the second round. Strickland was made to misS with an uppercut brought from the ground, but he shook Furze with a right behind the ear. Furze jerked Strickland’s head back with rights and lefts. Strickland tried a straight left at the end of the session. Strickland was down for the count of one in round four. Furze was doing better and though occasionally stopped by straight lefts he connected with some good punches. Round five was evenly contested with Furze doing the leading, but Strickland, .helped by a decided advantage in reach, was connecting the more frequently. A fast pace was maintained in the sixth. Both connected frequently but Strickland was landing' two blows to his opponent’s one.

OTHER AMATEUR CONTESTS. Roebuck (New Plymouth), 7.11, beat Adams (Hawera), 8.1. Adams was the aggressor early, and though he missed with some heavy swings he connected with others. Roebuck showed up well in a bout of in-fighting. He had Adams on the ropes, connecting with a good left just before the gong. It was Roebuck who did the leading in the second round, launching several good twohanded attacks. Adams fought back well, however,- neatly evading some punches, though the New Plymouth boy’s longer reach troubled him. Round three opened with some heavy in-fight-ing before Roebuck peppered Adams at long range. Both wore willing to mix it, Roebuck having the better of it for Adams to be penned in his corner at the gong. Kitt (Napier), 10.7, knocked out Hutchens (Taranaki), 10.4. Kitt early landed a heavy right to the jaw which staggered Hutchens. The Elthain boy went in again and another right swing put him down for the full count. It was Kitt’s third fight.