STRICKLAND BEATEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 250, 21 October 1937, Page 8

STRICKLAND BEATEN

A POINTS DECISION VERDICT VERY UNPOPULAR CRITICS SAY NEUSEL LOST (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, Oct. 19. Walter Neusel (Germany) defeated Maurice Strickland (New Zealand) on points in a twelve-round boxing contest at Wembley. Loud and prolonged booing and cat-calling greeted the verdict. Strickland Attacks Early. Strickland attacked in the early rounds, timing well, but Neusel landed heavily to the body. The pace continued hot. Strickland, who was a much better boxer, was fast on his feet and repeatedly landed a left to the face. Neusel continued to bore ir with more heavy body punches. A gruelling battle continued, the pace not slackening. Strickland's left eye Vi as bleeding in the eleventh round. Neusel Flo Yrs New Zealander. Th°)e were terrific exchanges in the twelfth round, Neusel finishing strongly and tlooring Strickland for a count of five shortly before the bell. Speaking from a microphone in the ring. Strickland said: “Hello, New Zealand! He.lo Mum and Dad! I thought I had won, but he has given it to ihe other guy.” Strickland was given an ovation on leaving the ring and Neusel was booed ir- m the ring to his room. The demonstration continued, drowning the announcement of the next bout between. Ernie Roderick and Jimmy Fur ceil, who began a fight amid uproar. Roderick won, the fight being stopped in the fifth round. Most of the critics disagree with the verdict. The News-Chronicle’s writer says: “I made Strickland a comfortable winner.”

The Daily Telegraph's critic declares that it was the most unpopular verdict for 20 years. MANAGERS COME TO BLOWS AN AFTER-FIGHT ARGUMENT POLICE ESCORT REQUIRED Received Oct. 20, 10.40 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 20. Bill Daly, Strickland’s manager, and Paul Damaski, Neusel’s Lithuanian-born manager, exchanged angry words after the verdict in Neusel’s dressing room. They eventually came to blows and had to be forcibly separated by the police, who afterwards escorted Damaski from the building. The Herald says that Damaski had a two-inch cut over an eye and a bruised nose. STRICKLAND TO PROTEST INTENTION OF HIS MANAGER Received Oct. 20, 11.45 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 20. Daly announces that he is protesting against the referees’ decision to the British Board of Control.