BOXING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVI, Issue 14912, 3 December 1912, Page 3

BOXING.

LOWE BEATS IRELAND. AND REGAINS HEAYY-AYKIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. WON IX THE TENTH UOIWI). Tho meeting ol' '• Barney'• Ti-ol.hkl, of Waipawa, and Boit. I.iiivc. ol' Gisborno, for a purse of £r,U and tho heavy-weight ehamnionsbip of .\'"w Zealand, has been looked forward (o with no little interest, in view of'Uie fact that on their l»*t'meeting Ireland sjicceoded in wresting the championship honours from Lowe, and naturally Lowe was anxious to regain his lost laurels. Hence a real >ood tight ivas anticipated, and it was no wonder that the spacious marquee erected at WaipiuWaii was crowded on Wednesday night (says Ihe Nanier "Telegraph. ) The mill was a good clean go. and Lowe, who had the";;dvanta<'e in weight (11-12).. against I I -J. won by a knock-out in the lentil round. Sir A. C. Russell officiated as referee. THIO EIGHT .DESCRIBED. Round I.—At the sound of Hie ..on" each man stepped brisklv iron, Ins corner. Lowe was first to" lead, hut the ~,sboruo man's aggressive tactics were counter-balanced hy Ireland's fine defensive work. j t looked as if Lowe intended to rely on a. vigorous attack •">' "t the end of t!,e round had' a lit 10 tho best ol the |, 01 ,t.. J.ound 2—Lowe continued to he aggressive, hut Ireland's footwork kept liim we!! „„ t of the danger zone, and tho round ended cpiietly. siightlv in savour o the Waipawa man. ' Round 3.—Lowe broke ..-need J,,., oro. Ireland's advance, the latter showing a gi eater tendency to come to cio<e quarters with j : i s opponent. Jre'and JSt "r; oa ; it tl,! ' s *»#> «-io. K o a llect but a. heavy right to the iV.co iron, Lowe disc.,.,-crted him s „ n Jfi? t A" a low moments. This was Hie s--«al lor a fierce onslaught hv H,e AV-,7-pawaman and icsultcd in some 1, vv V iKhting at close quarters, i„ , ;, it ,£ oth men gave s „d received a .'cod loal of punishment. Ireland iWo e Mit-in», and Lowe's delete i.liu.-li was mostly .nniined to a ',, ~'nW attack, left little to di.oso he t the men at the end of the round. wilb'T) • 1 ,-V LmvC ™™nien W l early I th the delivery of body hlo.vs an hnchs-s were i, vqnonti ,-j hroke cleanly and Ireland's • uvk e whiht l,mro eaellv bn k.» orou-id 7h< • round provided s„ nu > splendid j, .'j )t , n nLowe getting j,, , ;il ,,e , o]id ;:j '^ •d there or idd be no ( l n „i )t ,j Klt . j M » shght advantage over -he cLn pion. ' " LVund .3.—A very f j Vfn , , } ■ whit'h eacli man gave and receive hard punishment. Ireland lotting wit! marvellous rapidity and Lowe eettip,, in a sequence o.' heavy blows. j IV :.,„£ wi,t a heavy right to the faee. whVf Lowe cleverly dodged. b„t the j.tioi was caught by a left to the same place which found its mark, and H-.e W champion went to the flr.r U -. .vhe-e he remained for about two second On rising he broke ground for a few v>." incuts, and then faced Ireland's attack with vigorous lighting, the round ending briskly m favour of the champion. Rnimd 6.—The fighting continued to he of a most exciting character, and was extremely 'Yist. Ireland's gieat spend and Lowe's deter.nined oijjiosit/on drawing continued applause from the audience. Towards the end of the round Lowe's right shot out suddonlv and a moment later the ,gong allowed Ireland tune to recover from what -u as undoubtedly :< splendid and -veil timed hit on Lowe's part. Lowe's round. Bound 7.—This round opened smartly, and only form and stamina enabled the men to continue the fight at the ra.to it was now prosrressmg. ]>...; !U id was showing the wmrt of the rear, but Lowe returned to his corner showing tho Hirst sign of blood duri.v the c^jite-»t. i Ireland's determin.rd lo'adinnand fast footwork earned for hi..! the verdict in this round. Hound B.—This was the most 5:/,-.-ore round of the fight. A tremendous exchange between the men continued over the whole width of the ring, L:;we setting in some powerful blow.-;.' but there was little between the fwo. Ireland's fast hitting and splendid defence equalising matters. Round 9.—Tin's was the beginning of tho end. Lowe displayed plenty' of <confidence, and. appearing quite fresh forced the fighting from the stirr.. Ireland stocd up for a while manf.iilv before Lowe's tremendous deliveries, which had increased in .speed and fliowed plenty of power, and the ox-cham-pion's reward came when Ireland went to the floor, where lie rem-lined iVnfivo seconds. When he arose I.e. appeared to be all right, but en resuming proved to be considerably .attled. Lowe made the best of his opportunity and Ireland was saved once more forth t> time being hy the song. Round I.o.—Lowe commenced warily, but there seemed little need. Ireland had done his best before tho oK-.-ham-pion's forceful fighting, and was down ngain within one minute. A little later Lowe delivered the coaip-.lfl-R'ra-oe, which makes him once more c!iaov)ion, winning on a knock-out. BeturiiiEt; to liis corner he showed but little cidc-Lce of distress from what proved to be a splendid fight. I i