BOXING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14660, 30 January 1912, Page 2

BOXING.

THE TIMARO ASSOCIATION. I ANNUAL MEETING. 1 The following report Trill be presented at the annual meeting of the J?imaru Uoxing Association, to be held at the ■■ Grosvonor Hotel this evening at S , o'clock. " Tlie Association commenced the j year with a cred.t balan-o of £'4l 3s j lUd, and as members will notice wound up with a credit balance .-f £42 2s Id; this your committee consider very satisfactory, considering tlie heavy expenditure incurred during the year. "An unfortunate acei'Jeiit occurred the evening of the professional contest in tlie Drill Hall. As members are no doubt aware, a portion of the seating accommodation collapsed and one man's injuries were so severe that lie was incapacitated from 'vork for about, six weeks. This accident cctst the Association about £2O, otherwise the balanco would have been more substantial. However, the Association can congratulate themselves in hav.ng ovorcqaio the unfortunate occurrence, and in having got over the difficulty so lightly. Tlie man injured was very fair in the matter, and cour committee wish to thank him for the sportsmanlike manner in which he met the Association. Another matter which was a source of considerable expenditure was arranging and erecting The stage ar.'l seating accommodation at the Drill Hall. This, wc may state. eutn'H '> considerable amount of labour, cartage, etc., but, as tins hall 's. the only one suitable at tlie present L'.w in Timaru for the holding of our contests, your committee had" no other option but to make the hall as comfortable as pa*s.ble for our patrons of tlie sport. The tir.ount of £S7 was cxpe-iil-c A in sending representatives of " .-our Association to keen in touch with the other c'uliii in the Dominion. The- foUowhrnieii represented the Assoc'ation in the afferent classes:—ri. Fiia-imnion; (aeavy;, AY. Wiina (feather), and J. C»»'i and AY. Stewart (bantam), si. Fitzsimmr.ns and W. Wurin were runners-up in their dilrei'eat- classes, anil J. Gumi was put .mt in the uiial of the bantam :h.ss bv ti.p winner. Leok'c. Gunn was subsequently selected to go .vith the Nov Zealand team to Urkbi::;;, and although ho did not meet with success ho acquitted hiiu.'elf ,'evv favourably.' "Five contests were held under tie auspices of the Association. :nrhi.i:i;g . the professional heavvweight cL'inpionship of Nnv Zealand i.ct.vcen ,1 Mitchell, of Milierton, and C. HerJcrt, of Oamaru, and although your Association came out. with a small fiiiencial less, the committee considered this maieh advisable in the lrte.-isls of the members anj the spo.-t gi i .r----aJly. The following are names o:' men who were winners of the different contests during the year:—March Ccutest—S. Intzsimnions, J. SI, ir-jl.n. ond J. Hegarty. June Cmit-ist— South Canterbury Cluinipioashios. Heavy-weight, 11. Campbell; im-Jdie-weight, M. Anglaud: * wolter-wMghr. •J. iiiuxsort; feather-weight, Vf. AY arm; bantam-weight, J. Ciuun. 0 1,/jer Contest—N. Bennctta, 0 H. .M..jrison, W. Webster, 0. O'Skea. N.ivem ber Contest —N. Dennetts. J. tinnn. Professional Championship of V w Zealand —C. Herbert, (Oamaru). Jaiiunrv Contest,—N*. Bennetts, T. Lister M."Gr ; ,th. Matthewson. j ''Messrs H. Goodwill arid M. ,T. O'Donnell represented your Association a.s delegates to iho auiiual c.in'crenco. held at luveriargill at the t.iuo of tiie champion meeting. The number on the active list of Asi.ioia t'on now stands at GO, inciu-ling <ificebjarers. Several new members are to bo proposed for the incoming year. which would bring the membership to a very creditable total. The im.uibcrs arc to he congratulated on '.he p-ompt manner in which subscriptions have been paid. Your commit toe sinc-;rc-iy hopo that tiio sport will not t icedo in science or popularity, and thrit the number of adherents will increase,. 'Jhe aim of the -Association is to i.ndßrr-rur to induce the young idea to part in this manly game, which r s loth healthy and instructive, During il.e yoi-.r the hon. secretary (Mr P. Waddell), who lias carried out his du"is with credit to himself and ,lvo V.soeiat'on sine its inception, was i i.-ccd through pressure of private b'isinrss to resign his office, and Mr J. O'T.eiry, a member of the committee, was elated in his place. "Tho thanks of the Association ;.re due to all thoso who assisted at our contests, to rol'ec-lir-nector Kiely, of Chr'sh-hurcli, tho local poll-e, Mfcti-rs Dawson and Co. (for their donation of a medal for competition), to AY. AY. j Wade (for a set of gloves), to tii" medical examiner, Dr Ulrieh (who has i attended every contest under very I difficult circumstances, and who hr.s always been very obliging both to ;he committee and Convry.'titorsl, aid to Mr R. J. Cot'ke (for his ---aimMo services as referee.) Tlie Association are to bo .congratulated on having a man like Mr Cocke, who takes sich rn interest in tlie sport, ajid >'.' ho lifts done sx> much to promote the s,>ort in South Canterbury." The total income for the year was £458 3s lOd, gate nionev furnislr'ng I £330 12s 6d. 'lllß exrwiiture on the co»t?-"t-i preparations. amounted to £319 2s 9d.