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CHIEF DET. INSPECTOR IN -BOXING RING SNAPPY POLICE CONTESTS It being hs 41st birthday, Chief Detective Inspector "Air Reynolds of the Hong Kong Police valiantly. shipped into a breach in the box ing tournament the first of its kind staged by the Force at the gymnasium in Headquarters on Saturday night, and was counted out through an error of judgment as to how long he would take to get (Ap-up after being floored by a much

younger opponent

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1929.

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS

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ROYAL MENAGERIE

required courage, and determina" VETERAN'S " PLUCK tion, and they'llbe also to see those two good qualities in the Army.

The fights in the tournament had been clean, hard fought, and straightforward, and that was a very good point. He regretted, The Inter-unft and individual however, to see that 'teams had boxing championships tournament been entered by only three regi of the South China Command,ments out of a possible, five. It which had been in progress at was a pity that the Queen's were Whitfeld Barracks, Kowloon, since unable to put up a team, and it Thursday, was brought to a suc- was also regrettable that such a cessful conclusion on Saturday night ne body of men as the Gunners when some of the semi-Anals and also could not enter a team. the finals were decided.

H.E. then proceeded to Amongst the large number gratulate the Bedfs, and Herts, on of Officers present

H.E. winning the tournament. were Major-General C. C, Luard, plause.) They had had to put up C.B., C.M.G.. the retiring General'a hard fight right up to that night Officer Commanding and his suc- with the K.0.5.B, who had made cessor, H.E. Major-General J. W. a very gallant offort to beat their British contingent not on duty be Matinees: Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays

Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.D. rivals. (Applause.) The

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The C. D. 1. earned the appraba tion of practically the whole of the.

Somer cause everybody who could attend Of alaven bouta

put on, set L., the General sald, were in was present. He was highly com only one resulted in A knock camp, and therefore had difficulty monded by the Captain Superinten- out, whilst in another the referee in getting to the tournament, but dent (the Hon. Mr. E. D. C.. Wolfe, (Mr. A. Murdoch) stopped the they also had made a great effort | C.M.G.) for his exemplary sports- fight on account of one of the to show what they were worth.manship.. Aghters being in a bad way after (Applause.) being knocked down.

Only three regiments entered a team-the KO.S.B., the Bedford- shiro and Hertfordshire Regiment, and the Somerset Light Infantry, The Queen's Royal Regiment and the Royal Artillery only entered individual fighters. The Bedfs. and Herts. won premier honours of the tourney with a total of 20 points. They were closely follow- ed by the K.0.S.B., with 26 points. whilst the Somerset L.I., were third with 14 points..

During the interval the Band of the 2nd Batín. King's Own Scottish Borderers rendered some very en- joyable selections.

General Luard's Address

At the conclusion H.E. Major General C. C. Luard gave away the trophies. Before doing so he ad- dressed, the men of the Command In Inspiring terms.

Results:-

Bantamweight

Pto. Pearce (Somerset L.I.) lost to Bdsm. McConnell (K.0S.B.) on points.

In the final Bdam. McConnell | (K.0.Š.B.) met Dinr, Tomlin (Somerset L.I.) bye, and last on points because he could not over- come his opponent's longer reach.

Featherweight

The final in the featherweight class brought together Pte. Hume (K.O.S.B.) and Pte. Foster (Bedfs. and Herts.). Hume won on points after a close fight. -

Lightweight

In the final of the lightweight class, L/C Gordon (K.O.S.B.) met Pte. Wood (Bedfa. and Hert.), and beat him.on points.

Welterweight

Pto. Woods (Bedfo. and Herts.) and Pte. Boyer (K.O.S.B.) met In the first semi-final. Boyer was knocked out in the third round.

He said that that was the second boxing championship tournament held by the South China Command.

The next pair of semi-finalists They were unable to manage a were Pte. Gillies (K.0.3.B.) and tournament prior to last year be L/C. Frost (Queen's). Frost won cause there, was only one British on points after knocking his man

With down in the last round. Regiment in Hong Kong.

the advent of the Shanghai De- fence Force last year, opportunity was taken to hold a tournament and it went off well.

This year they were fortunate to have four British Battalions in Hong Kong and again they wore able to hold a tournament. He thought that he could say that it was again a success.

Boxing, the General said, should be encouraged in the Army as every man who boxed had to be fit, and fitness was very much wanted in the Army. Boxing also

The final between Pte. Woode (Bedfs. and Herts.) and L/C. Frost (Queen's) was won by Woods on points.

Middleweight

Pte. Woollery (K.O.S.B.) lost to Pte. Newberry (Bedfs. and Herts.) on points in the first semi-final.

The other semi-final, was between L/C. Woodhouse (Somerset L.I.) and Cpl. Pithers (Bedfs. and Herts.). The latter won on points.

Kowloon's 7 to 1 Eight bouts were handled by Sergeant "Micky" Hunt, the physi

Kowloon won cal culture expert. seyen of them and thereby gained two points in the series of sporta contests with Hong Kong, making the total nine all. The contests were the nature of practice also In for the "Interport" against the Police of the International Settle ment, Shanghai, to be held in Shanghal next month.

'All available accommodation in the "gym" was occupied and other Bupporters cheered from the gallery. The Results

The results were as follow, Kow- loon (waaring green sashes and Hong Kong red) being mentioned first throughout.

-Lee.-Syt. (A 17) Lamont 145 Ibs. bent Lee.Sgt. (A 8) Nolan 146 ba, on points after an extra (4th) round.

P.-C. (A 15) Linden 142 iba. lost to Lce. Sgt. (A 42) Russell 147 lbs. on points.

Lee. Sgt. (A 166) Jessop 155 lbs. knocked out -Lce-Sgt. (A48) May 168 lbs. in the 1st round.

P.-C. (A 184) Danbrowsky 168 Ilbs. beat Lee-Sgt. (A 147) John- son 165 lbs. In the 2nd round.

P.C. (A23) Brand 161 lbs. beat Lee-Sgt. (A 180) McGreavy 158 lbs. in the 2nd round..

(Continued on Page 9.)

in the second-round, the referee stopping the fight after Newberry was knocked down.

Light-heavyweight

L/C Allen (Bedfs. and Herts.)

to Was have met Cpl. Gainey (Somerset L.I.) in the final of this In the fast, Fte. Newberry class, but he was forced to retire (Bedfs, and Hert) met his region medical grounds, and Gainey mental mate, Cpl. Pithers, and lost received a walk over.

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