BOXING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 2 July 1924, Page 10

BOXING.

TIAIARU ASSOCIATION; . ' ,; -A meeting of "the/ committee of the Timaru'Xsoxmg Association was iieici fast mgm, tne ioaowuig oeing present. —.uesesrs jj: iJSßwar - . fcaairmaii), .W. jttes v‘ w eutfliiertsbn, U. Laurence, T. Cume, P. Lewis, C. Triggs, T. Csegar, fa. 'iipiady, and A. H. oiemons. An •"apology was received from .Mr hi. LarwaKer. A letter was received from T. Fairliair’asking for a Dout in Timaru, with either. Voiaire or .Parker. Received. .Mr A. Barnett, Asnburton, wrote gtating that ho had two good boys i'n : training and would like a, bout in Timaru at the next meeting. Received. .' A letter- was received from Eddie " Parker (Hastings) stating he was in ■good' training, and looked' forward to meeting bred Zimmerman on July iOtli. \ A-fitter was received from the New Zealand Boxing Association advising that the Wellington Association had fixed August 11 and 12, as the dates ior the New Zealand Championships. -'Air C. Norton, Temuka, wrote, re the expenses incurred in bringing in competitors from Temuka for the 3rd June tournament. ■Association was ng* responsible for the expenses incurred. It was also decided mat the entry of J, Moulton in the ; bantam class for th* Centre Champion-thi[«.-on 10th July, ■ be held over till j,cxr?meeting.The Christchurch Sports Club wrote forwarding an amended list of weights Hi’ Connection with professional and aiii'ateur tournament to be held on ul.miSth. ■ r . ■ ■■ <■ The North 1 'Otago Association wrote . advising that they intend holding the North Otago Championships on 15th ■July, and asking tlie Timaru Association =to endeavour to get competitors ‘tor go 'to Oainaru. Agreed to. In connection with the recent tournament, the chairman stated that the medals for the-pluckiest loser and the ", most scientific boxer were awarded to: d—Piuckiest loser, L. Ennis; scientifio boxer, J. Neill. . Air E. Zimmerman attended the N meeting, and was welcomed by the

chairman. The visitors returned thanks ana said he would ■ like it ... to . M known tnat lie would train at xitirry uuun's gynasium, opposite Westport UoaL Go. s, omces, between 3 ana 4 p.in. each day. A ROAIANCE OF BOXING: Timaruvians wifi read with surprise and amusement some l eniariis atur outed oy a Sydney paper to Hurry siou6, wno was aeieawiu in Tunaru u,> ii. Lamer. In tiie course of an interview with an Australian pressman, Stone said tiiat wlme in the nonunion lie engaged. m six contests, winning two and rosing the remainder, “in eacu case where tiie verdict was given against me,” he declared, “there was a hostile demonstration against tho referee. The crowd surrounded me and expressed their sympathy. Each time i was carried shoulder high to the motorcar which was waiting to take me home. Every newspaper criticised the decisions. They considered I had won easily. Afterwards, when walking down the street, utter strangers pulled me up, saying, ‘Bad luck, Harry, you were robbed,’ or something like that.