BOXING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 911, 22 August 1907, Page 9

BOXING.

(By

“ Head Stop.”)

AUCKLAND GARRISON CHAMPIONSHIPS. WRESTLING AND BOXING TOURNAMENT. The executive of the Auckland Garrison Officers’ and Non-Com.s’ Clubs are sparing no pains to make their coming 'boxing and wrestling tournament a success. The entries for the various events are large, and as every competitor has the honour of his company in his keeping, the very best and most exciting bouts may be looked forward to by the general public. There are many old and well-estab-lished boxers and wrestlers taking part in the tournament; some have even attained to the dignity of a championship, and there is any amount of young blood waiting to fill the ranks of the “Has Beens.” The arrangements at the Drill Hall tomorrow and on Friday will be of the best class, and the public are assured of two evenings’ splendid sport during the tournament.

The Canterbury Association has selected the following team to compete in the New Zealand championships at Auckland on August 30 and 31: —L. Watson (bantam), R. Mayze (light), J. Gilmour (middle), and J. Lloyd (heavy). It is possible that Tresize will be included as feather-weight representative.

The following will represent the Wellington association in the New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships at Auckland on the 30th and 31st inst.: —Bantam-weight, B. Tracey; light-weight, G. McCarthy; mifidle-weight, H. Fletcher; heavyweight, H. Sandow. The feather-weight representative is yet to be chosen.

It is reported that there are three entries from Invercargill, Southland, for the New Zealand amateur boxing championships, to be held at Auckland on the 30th and 31st inst.

A private letter received in Christchurch states that the Queensland

team to compete in the Australasian championships will be Cantwell (bantam), Bagley (light), and Scanlon middle). No official word on the subject has been received by the secretary of the New Zealand Council.

Mr. Lindsay Cooke, who has for some time been an enthusiastic supporter of the Northern Boxing Association, has presented that body with a ballot-box and a brass gong, the latter being much in evidence during the various contests lately held under the auspices of the N.B.A. Mr. Cooke has always been a liberal patron of sport of all kinds, and the Northern Boxing Association are lucky in having so liberal a patron on their executive list.

There were some very interesting displays of sparring at the N.B.A. rooms last Friday night. Toohey, who recently boxed with Murphy in New Plymouth, sparred with Gibson, and later on gave a lively exhibition with Ross. The latter boxer had a good set-to with a stranger who was too light to extend Ross. The strang-

er showed that he had been at it before. The Howard Bros, put up a lusty three rounds, and Messrs. McLean and Millen had a couple of rounds’ go, which ended in favour of McLean. There was a representative attendance of the executive, and an enjoyable evening was spent both by the competitors and those who were priviledged to be the audience.