BOXING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18628, 25 July 1930, Page 2

BOXING

CARNERA DEPORTED FROM U.S.A. ! United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyrignt (Received July 24. 7.5 p.m.) MONTREAL, July 23. Primo Camera, who was scheduled to fight here to-night, has been ordered by the United States Customs to proceed immediately to Ellis Island, New York, for deportation. It is therefore presumed that he will not meet Cook on July 29. HEENEY’S ATTEMPT TO COME BACK. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received July 24. 11.0 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 24. Tom Heeney’s bout against Tuffy Griffiths on Tuesday next, is the biggest attempt by the New Zealander to stage a come-back. Griffiths boxes fast and hits like a hammer.

SOUTH CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIPS.

A championship tournament for amateur boxers was held in the Scottish Hall last evening under the control of the recently-resuscitated Timaru Boxing Association. There were competitors present from Oamaru, Glenavy, Timaru, Waimate and Temuka. Although the weather was extremely cold, there was a good attendance of the public. Some interesting bouts were staged, and generally the decisions were well received. There was one, however, which did not find favour with the audience, and this was the lightweight contest between (Ennis, of Timaru, and Rodderick, of Oamaru. The visitor gave a clever exhibition, and some people found it rather difficult to understand the finding of the judges.

Temuka provided the most successful competitors, with H. Currie (featherweight), J. Spillane (lightweight), and J. Connolly (light-heavy weight), South Canterbury champions in their respective classes. These men coached by E. Parker. Oamaru provided the heavyweight champion in Schimanski, and Timaru the welter champion with Cam. Smith. The tournament was well conducted and on this the local Association is to be congratulated. The officials were: Official announcer, Mr A. N. Oakey; referee, Mr J. Stewart; judges, Messrs Colin Campbell, E. Earwaker, Segar, (Timaru), and Messrs Nelson (Waimate) and Sheen (Temuka). Messrs J. O’Leary and L. E. Eaton acted as timekeepers. Following were the results:— FEATHER-WEIGHTS. W. Weston, 8.0 (Timaru) beat W. Ellis, 8.6 (Timaru). H. Currie, 8.9 (Temuka) beat F. Weston, 9.0 (Timaru). W. Murphy, 8.11 (Timaru) beat D. Lambert, 9.0 (Oamaru). Semi-Final. Currie beat Murphy. Final. Currie beat W. Weston. W. Ellis and W. Weston gave a spirited display with Weston showing greater skill. He was all over his man in the first round and towards the finish dropped him for a count of nine, and only the gong saved Ellis. The second round was more even, although Weston again dropped Ellis and again the gong saved the latter. There was only one in it at the finish. Ellis was badly beaten, but showed wonderful courage and endurance. Currie assumed the aggressive against F. Weston from the commencement. Weston slipped several times when on the defensive, and retreated fro/n Currie’s attacks which at one stage threatened to bring the tv.it to a speedy end. Currie in the second kept Weston on the retreat, and although the latter fought back at times, Currie’s straight left piled up points. The final round opened with Weston going to the canvas, but he was up at one. Currie drove his right to the body and hooked with his left to the chin. Weston drew the claret with a good left to the nose. Currie kept forcing the pace, and towards the end of the bout had Weston breaking ground. “Currie the winner” was a popular decision. Murphy and Lambert were the next pair. Lambert swung his right but failed to connect, and Murphy uppercut him with his right and landed a couple of punches which lacked sting. It was a poor round. The second round saw Lambert swinging wildly, but Murphy uppercut him a couple of tinies with enough force to hurt. Murphy gained confidence and waited for Lambert’s swings, and making him miss countered effectively with heavy rights to the body. In the final session Murphy rushed Lambert to the ropes, connecting with a left to the head and a hard right to the body. Then Lambert swung for the head but it landed on Murphy’s shoulder. The lastnamed did better and had a good margin of points to his credit when the final gong sounded. Currie and Murphy met in the semifins.l.

Murphy attacked from the start, then Currier warmed up and they stood for a time toe to toe and traded punches, with Currie getting the better of the exchanges. Towards the close of the round he had Murphy retreating, but fighting back. Currie went straight at his man as they came up for the second session and dropped - Murphy for eight. The latter continued, and drove his left hard to the solar plexus. Currie hooked his left to Murphy’s chin and as he was practically out, the referee stopped the contest, declaring Currie the winner.

The final between Currie and Weston had not gone far before Weston injured his right hand and was unable to continue, Currie being declared the winner. LIGHTWEIGHTS. A. Ennis, 9.7 (Timaru) beat Rodderick. 9.9 (Oamaru). J. Spillane, 9.13 (Temuka) beat Ennis. Rodderick showed greater speed and more cleverness than Ennis in the opening bout. The first round saw them hard at it from gong to gong, with Rodderick using both hands to the head and body. In the second round Roderick connected with snappy punches on Ennis’s body while the latter connected with swinging blows to the head. Towards the close of the round Ennis made up some of his leeway with heavy punches to the body, but Rodderick came back and drove his right to the body and hooked to the head with his left. In the final session Rodderick opened with a fusilade of punches to the head and body, and Ennis rushed in to clinch. Rodderick kept up the attack and dropped Ennis for eight. On resuming, the Oamaru man swung hard to the head and had his opponent hanging or, when the gong sounded. The judges gave their decision in favour of Ennis, and there was a demonstration against this by the audience. In the final, ‘''Spillane was the aggressor from the start and early connected with left and right rips to the body

whereas Ennis rushed in to clinch. In the second session, Spillane continued to force the pace. Ennis fought back and although he landed several times Spillane countered effectively. It was a good round. At the opening of the final session Spillane missed with an uppercut. and Ennis hooked to the side of the head. Both were fighting gamely, with Ennis inclined to hang on. Ennis rushed Spillane to the centre of the ring, but missed and the latter sent in a hard right to the body. They were hard at it when the gong sounded. Spillane received the judge’s decision. WELTER-WEIGHTS. A. McKay. 10.7 (Timaru) beat T. Cleverley, 10.5 (Oamaru). Final. C. Smith. 10.9 beat A. McKay. Cleverley and McKay indulged in light sparring tactics in their first encounter and their effort could hardly be regarded as up to championship standard. They were a little better in the second, but apart from some light leads to the head by Cleverley, with an occasional swing and a clinch by McKay, there was nothing to thrill the audience. The last round saw a repetition of the other two. It was a dull contest from which McKay emerged victorious. Smith and McKay did a lot of missing in the early stages of the welter final, only an occasional punch of any consequence finding its mark. Smith landed a couple of fair blows early in the second session, and although McKay connected with swinging punches, his opponent continued to force the pace. The final round saw Smith on attack, with McKay smothering and hanging on. Smith won well. LIGHT HEAVY-WEIGHT. J. Connolly, 11.4 (Temuka) beat Birchfield, 11.7 (Glenavy). J. Connolly, who is in the middleweight class, contested the lightheavy weight championship with Birchfield. Connolly did more actual fighting, and landed some clean blows, whereas Birchfield rushed in to clinch most of the time. The judges disagreed and the referee ordered another round. Connolly did the best with punches to the head, and secured the decision amid applause. HEAVYWEIGHT. Schimanski, 12.7 (Oamaru) beat Manning, 14.0 (Temuka). Schimanski did not shape very well in the opening exchanges, but after receiving some hard punches to the body from Manning he opened out and sent his opponent down for eight. Manning hung on till the end of the round, but in the second. Schimanski dropped his opponent with a left hook to the jaw, and although Manning rose at seven the referee stopped the contest, declaring Schimanski the winner.