Boxing

Long Run ; the various fields, ploughed and otherwise, were waterlogged, which made the going very heavy.

The pace set was fast from the start, and the field soon strung out ; over the plough, a bunch of five were almost level in the lead, headed by Warin. Down the North Road they began to string out further. Corning up Clifton, Smart took the lead, but was passed again by Sedman. No comment can, of course, be made on the time.

The final placings were

School House. Rise. Day Boys. Grove. 1. Sedman. 2. Smart. 3. 4. 5. Warin. 6. Moore. Newman. Whalley.

7. Crook. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Ogley. Dodds.

Ruddock. 7. 8.. McLean. 9. .

Watson. 10. 11.. 12. .

Johnston. 13.

14. Biggin, J. 15. 16. Iliffe.

Smithson.

Quarrie.

Campbell.

17.. 18. Ward Smith. 19. 20. Little. 20.. Points :-13. 19. 20. 32. Time :-23 mins. 40 secs.

113oxing.

The Inter-House Boxing Competition was held on Wednesday,. March 15th, and Saturday, 18th, with the Final on the Saturday.

C. D. Trimmer, 0.P., who has taken a special course in boxing at Aldershot, kindly came to referee the finals. The general standard of boxing throughout showed little improvement from last year, and can be adequately described as " fighting.'' In many cases the result would have been quite different if they

had known more about the science of boxing, and not gone into the ring with the intention of knocking their opponent out in the first second. It is often said that when one gets into the ring one forgets almost everything one has learnt about boxing, but in most cases, particularly the heavyweights, the boxers seemed to have no idea of the elements of the sport at all.

It is to be hoped that the standard of boxing throughout the School will improve considerably if we are to get experienced referees to come down and referee the School boxing.

The lightweights showed most promise, particularly Russell and Buckler, who showed considerable knowledge of the sport.

Among the heavyweights Baker confounded the critics and showed great pluck in beating Douglas, who would have done better if he had gone into the fight more. The bout between Worsley and Baines deserves little mention except that it was just " hitting," and it must have been difficult to decide which was the winner.

The Boxing Cup went to the Rise, who gained 5 points, whilst the School House received 4, the Grove 2, and the Day Boys 1. Detailed results are given below.

Semi-finals Finals. 6 st. to 6 st. 7 lbs. Antrobus (R.). w.o. 6 st. 7 lbs. to 7 st. Buckler (S.H.) Bye Buckler v. (S.H.) Hollway (G.) Bye J- On points 7 st. to 7 st. 7 lbs. White (R.) v. } White (R.) 1 Russell Smythe (G.) v. 1 (S.H.) Russell (S.H.) Bye ) On points 7 st. 7 lbs. to 8 st. Johnstone P. D. (R.) Bye Johnstone Arnott (D.B.) P. D. (R.) v. v. Smart On points Smart, C. A. (S.H.) (S.H.) 8 st. to 8 st. 7 lbs. Quarrie (R.) Bye ) Quarrie v. (R.) Warin (S.H.) Bye On points

8 st. 7 lbs. to 9 st. McCready (G.) Bye 1 Newman (R.) } , v.

McCready v. Newman , (G.) Hardacre (D.) (R.) ) On points