After losing the Second Brigade boxing championship by five bouts to one at the intermission, the Fourth Regiment, U.S. Marines, last night rallied to a fighting finish and ended up losers only by the odd bout in nine. Larry Baker closed the rousing programme with a fine win over plucky Puddy Stoppa after Petey Hayes had taken the decision in his four-rounder with George Rose, and Chuck Haines had "won a listless bout from Peter Pohan in the semi-final.
Closing a card marked by several knockdowns and large quantities of blood, Baker gave an exhibition of boxing as he outpointed the harder-punching Stoppa. The winner was the aggressor throughout, dancing in and out to score chiefly with straight lefts, while Stoppa countered on occasion, trying to peg in his right hooks and uppercuts.
Before this six-round main event which saw the Fourth Regiment losing the championship to the Sixth Regiment, but only by a single bout after a poor start, Haines and Pohan met in a semi-final of which much had been'expeeted. The two boxers the packed Canidrome Gardens audience, however, as each showed too much respect for the Badminton Title Play
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