BOXING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 91, 17 April 1929, Page 4

BOXING

COOK WELL POUNDED NEGRO PUNISHES AUSTRALIAN. HAMMER AND TONGS AFFAIR. [ Australian Press Assn, j Received April 16, 7.50 p.m. NEW IORK, April 15. At Toronto Gains (Canada) secure! I the verdict in the ten-round contot j over George Cook (Australia). Gains weighed J3.7Z and Cook 13.12 J. Tho negro led in the first roun!, I pounding the Australian to the ropes \»ith blows to the head. The secund round was even, but. Gains again came to the fore in the third with hard lefts to the body. Cuok was missing and continued to miss iu the fourth, but landed several stdr punches to the head, drawing blu".! I from his opponent ’s nose. The round • was e\ on. 1 Both fought furiously, tak’.i'g | punches and giving punishment in thu filth, but tht Canadian led. The negro had tht Australian dizzy in the sixili round under a terrific attack, taking the round by a wide margin. I'h'j seventh found Cook’s nose bleeding ami his opponent making a target of it. Tim Australian seemed content to hold on. This was Gain’s round. Cook fought more gamely in the eighth and the round wgs even. Cook was desperately tired in the ninth and swung blindly. He tried boxing ih.3 negro, and Ih e round was even. Th--tenth was a hammer and tongs affair, both men trying to slaughter each other, but it was Gain’s round, OFFER TO TOM HEENEY BOUT AT BERLIN IN JUNE. [ Australian Press Assn. ] Received April 16, 9.50 p.m. NEW YORK, April 11 Joe Jacobs, the American agent for Schmeling, states that Tom Heeney has received an offer from a jßtfriin promoter to meet Schmeling in Jun? at Berlin.