1938-12-13 — Page 25

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 13, 1938

Navy's Best Boxers On View

Ord. Sea. Howson Good

Heavyweight

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OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

(By "REFEREE")

Lightweight Semi-finals

A. B. Smith (Seamew) beat A. B. McWhinnie (Medway).

Stoker Smith (Kent) Davon (Dorsetshire).

NEW SQUASH CHAMPION

London, To-day.

beat A. B. At the Bath Club yesterday, K. C. Gandar-Dower, prominent all-round

Bantamweight Semi-finals

A. B. Edonsor (Birmingham) knock-sportsman and big game shot, won the amateur squash rackets title, beating ed out Ord. Perraton (Kent),

Stoker Sommerville (Seamew) beat D. 1. Burnett, Army champion, 29,

10—8, 1-6, 10-8. Ord. Cook (Kent).

Welterweight Semi-finals

A. B. Conlon (Diana) beat Stoker L. Stoker Clarke (Kent) beat A. B.

There was a dramatic ending to the first fight last night, in the Royal Navy Amateur Bantam Weight semi-finals, when A. B. Edon-Conway (Folkstone). sor, of H.M.S. Birmingham, knocked out Ord. Sea. Perraton, of Curran (Kent). H.M.S. Kent, in the second round. Both were at it hammer-and tongs when Perraton stepped right into a vicious right-handed blow and was down for the full count.

two-

Ord.

Middleweight Semi-finals Stoker Parrish (Kent). beat Ashforth (Birmingham).

Stoker Simpson (Birmingham) beat Sig. Boy Whitfield (Kent),

Light-heavyweight Semi-finals Stoker Rogers (Birmingham) . beat A. B. Nation (Eagle).

Stoker Carron (Kent) beat Ord. No-

(Eagle).

Heavyweight Semi-finals. Mne. Tucker (Kent) beat Mne. Pitt, (Birmingham).

Ord: Howson (Birmingham) beat Stoker Harvey (Herald).

BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP Bantamweight Semi-final

OFFICERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Welterweight Semi-finals

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Pay. Mid. Collins (Birmingham)

Boxing on the whole was very points. McTigue led with a interesting, although the best of handed attack, but Colon's ducking the evening's entertainment occur and weaving was very effective and red in the Boys' Bantamweight he managed to avade severe punish-ble semi-final, where Boy Hefti, ofment as a result.

TOO SHORT H.M.S. Kent was awarded a 'points decision over Boy Cook, of H.M.S. I would have liked to have seen Eagle, and in the Open Champion-more of Crd. Sea. Howson, of ship Lightweight Final, where Sto. H.M.S. Birmingham, in his success- Moar, of H.M.S. Medway, beat A. ful bout with Sto. Harvey, of H Boy Hefti (Kent) beat Boy Cook C. Byrne, of H.M.S. Eagle, on points. M. S. Herald, but the former se-(Eagle).

In the former bout, the decisioncured a technical-knockout decision was not well received for, although in the first round, when he had his Hefti forced the pace during the opponent groggy with a barrage of beat Mid Wilson (Dorsetshire). first two round, most of his blows short arm jobs to the head. landed on Cook's gloves and should- ers. Cook, by no means an aggres- sive boxer, had a beautiful left which he used very effectively in the third and last round, although he disap- pointed by failing to follow up his advantage. Hefti and a vicious right-swing, but he never made real, connection and on several casions fully exposed his jaw after missing his mark, but Cook much to slow to see the opening.

EVENING'S BEST

The latter fight between and Byrne was probably the

a

was

A. B. Willoughby, of H. M. S. Kent, who is a well-established Light-Heavyweight, had no difficulty in taking the decision off A. B. Na tion, of H. M. S. Eagle, and almost did as he pleased. He was given a TK.O. decision in the second round, when Nation was badly battered about the head and dazed.

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, was present and distributed cup and awards to win- Open ners and runners-up in the

finals Moar Championship

after each best event.

effectively with

R.

of the evening. Moar took the in- Also present were Capt. F. itiative and forced the pace through- Barry, R.N. or H.M.S. Dorsetshire, out, landing

a President of the China Fleet Box- straight left and had the best of itling Association, Captain C. Moody, during close-in fighting. Byrne had a of H.M.S. Eagle, Captain E.J.P.; pleasing style, but was erratic when Brind, of H.M.S. Birmingham and forced onto the ropes where he took officers of the fleet. severe punishment.

The Open Welterweight also exciting,

was

this

Final being affair.

an 8th Destroyer Flotilla

, A. B. McTigue, of the Duncan, just beat A. B. Conlon, of the Diana, on

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP Featherweight Semi-finals Stoker Chick (Dorsetshire) beat Boy Tél. O'Connell (Kent).

A. B. Upton (Birmingham)

.

Ord. Cooper (Dirsetshire).

beat

Lieut. Pares (Duncan) beat MacPherson (Dorsetshire).

***

Their League games during that period will be postponed and re-ar- ranged during mid-week: A. B. Read (Diana).

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Featherweight Final Stoker Chick (Dorsetshire) received walk-over from LS.A. O'Kelly (Folk- was declared medically stone), who

Lightweight Final Stoker Moar (Medway) beat A. C. out. Byrne (Eagle).

unfit!

Welterweight Final

Light-heavyweight Final A. B. Willoughby (Kent) beat A, B. Nation (Eagle) on a technical knock-

Inter-Unit Championships

The following is the present stand- A. B. McTigue (Duncan) beat A. B. ing in the Inter-Unit Championship: Colon (Diana).

Middleweight Final

Kent 52; Birmingham 40; Dorsetshire 23; Small Ships 28; Medway 18; 8th Stoker Simpson (Birmingham), beat Destroyer Flotilla 17; Eagle 15,

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