SPORTS SHORTS

Serial Waves, Volume 1, Issue 9, 12 September 1940, Page 1

SPORTS SHORTS

Yesterday, thanks to the various ’Company Commanders on the Ship, all ranks were able to spend most of the day at the Ship’s Championship Sports, Tie were treated to some fine Boxing & Wrestling, apart from the swimming events, which were enjoyed'by all® In the bouts of the morning, the first was a welter weight between Al Stock, former N Z professional Lightweight Champion, who fought E Razey, but Stock’s ability told, • and he won with a technical KCo In the next bout TI A Ritchie beat C Currie* J L Wilson beat A L Cockbum on points* In the semi-finals of this weight a bout that aroused the enthusiasm, of the onlookers was the one between Al Stock and - U A Ritchie who stood toe to toe for two rounds* Stock eventually disqualified, later Stock was admitted to Ship’s Hospital suffering from burnt feet, having boxed . in bare feet in the last contest® Cpl Bourne was a crowd pleaser, and soon had the nickname Ginger pinned on him* In his first fight he fought J Pasco and was one of the highlights of the day* Another bout finished - Pasco’s lack of wind told on him and the decision went to Bourn Another boxer who showed that he had been in the ring before was Cpl Hepburn who won his first fight from E Coe* In the Lightweight devision in the elimination stage J McDonald won the decision from J 0 Smith* Another lad who has had some experience in this weight was J McAlpine who won an easy bout with J T Smith® In this weight J 0 Smith in his bout with J McDonald had the misfortune, to dislocate his am and the bout had to be stopped® Another crowd pleaser ??? in the Light-Heavy was Sjt Chand! who did very well and reached the Finals in spite of the crowd and was beaten by Cpl Bourne* Cpl Bourne is a nephew of the famous Jimmy (iroribark) Haggerty, who cleaned up the whole Convoy in 1914* . , D Coy of the 24th provided a duel between Pte White and Paddy Ryan and although this looked as if it would develop into something it was stopped owing to Ryan receiving and eye injury® White in the afternoon fought 2 fights and reached the Final in which he fought A Marshall who proved very fast on his feet,- and he plucked one from nowhere and White did not see it* The Referee counted the usual 10® The chaps who took part in the contests must be admired for the number of* contests they had to fight and on such a sweltering day® Col Bourne who gave such a good account of himself, has held Canterbury titles in the Light-heavy and Heavyweight di vi si ons besides being the N Z Chanpion in 1934® He fought Mourice Strickland in 1931 and represented Canterbury at Rugby in 1933/4* Nice work, Ginger* . Cpl Hepburn, who was seen a. lot, represented South Auckland at the N Z Championships* Cpl W. G- Muir who was in the ring but as a Referee and. not a competitor was Lightheavyweight Australasian.’. Champion 1934, but met his Waterloo the following at the hands of a sailor - Dennis Lindsay® A. hand injury kept him out of it yesterday. J McAlpine was Lightweight Champion of Hawkes Bay and runner up in the Auckland Champs last year® A Marshall is another well known Auckland amateur* SHIP’S CHAMPIONSHIPS Open & Open Heavyweight - Cpl Bourne Light heavy Champion - Cpl Bourne 2nd Ship s Chaupion Middleweight -J N Walker Welter Weight Champion - A Marshall Lightweight Champion - J Me Alpine* OOQOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOATHLETICS Final 75 Yds - 1 Mathewson (19 AT) 2 Haller (14 For) 3 Opie (24 Auck) Final - Hop, Step, & Jump - 1 Rickett (24 Auck) 2 Stranger J P (24 Auck) 3 Penny(l6RoC) Final - Long Jump - 1 H Smith (24 Auck) 2 P E Haddock (24 Auck) 3 Penny (16R0C) & Handcock*

WRESTLING

fhc wrestling also provided a few thrills for those who watched the bouts, the highlight of the day being the Semi-final of the Light-heavy, between Harris & Spice, which proved easily the best bout. ► The Championships resulted in wins for the following ■’ Light Heavyweight Champion - Pte I Harris (24 Auclc) Lightweight Champion - Sjt Braddocks, Welterweight Champion - Spr Eado (15 For) * Middleweight Champion - Pte Mendes (24 Auck) Heavyweight Champion - Pte I Harris (24 Auc APPRECIATION Our greatest appreciation & thanks to those Officers & men who so willingly gave their services to the organisation & running of all the sports that have been held on the Ship- Io all realise how much time & work they have had to put in to make the show the success it has been, so all we can say is THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 090000000000000 A LETTER HOME (TUNE - “Trap me up in my old Stable Jacket) Dear Mum, He‘re at sea on a transport - .. The boys think it rather good fun - > The transport’s the same as wo left on; The Censors on board must be dumb* /- (Chorus) A soldier leads mostly a dog’s life .. He works hard from daylight till dark And from four until five is the one time He ever gets off for a lark. Our medical wallahs are frightful, They scratch-and they stab quite a lot - I’ve ached with their damned vaccination, I’ve swooned on the deck with tet prop. The nurses on board here are swell, dear, There’s Andy and Cally with stripes - r Its the truth, dear, (you’ll never believe it) There’s one girl in kilts plays the pipes* He recently held an inspection Of privates and N C Os too - I’ll bet had the officers been there • The quacks would have found one or two. One Shuttleworth, dear, is the Colonel, Of course he should be in this song But I can’t find, a rhyme for his name, dear, I guess, dear, its just too too long. . The nurs ’ry is filled now with measles - Its surely a childish complaint, ■ But with mumps complications its different - A picture no artist could paint. The drew alongside, dear, ' (Sorry, but you should know He at least thought there must be a better than to mention the Boche, name of a ship - Censor*) Then the rocket came hurtling across, dear, It only contained old Bill’s watch* The day that this damned war is over Till be most eventful for me, With my fingers to nose at the Colonel, I And Duigan, Sir John, G- 0 C . I

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