Baffling Decision on Deciding Fight Leaves American School One Point Behind Shanghai, Feb. 4.
ITH rivalry running high and the score level after twelve!
bouts of boxing at the American School yesterday in the Fifth Annual Competition for the Mercury Press Challenge Cup, Herbie Gallop (SAS) and Roy Ling (WDPS) entered the ring to decide the final result.
From the outset it was apparent that Gallop was distinctly superior as a boxer and fighter to his plucky opponent. In the first round, he landed several times with a crisp and damaging straight left while he managed to cross his rival with innumerable right hooks that had the Western scholar a little groggy. Although Ling recovered early in the second round to land with both hands, his punches lacked power and direction, came into his own and weaving like an old un planted a nonstop barrage of rights and lefts to his rival's face and midriff.
He was using his head well and shooting in punches with both hands from every angle-punches that had plenty of steam behind them and which hurt, Again the American boy's round by a large margin, Ling sade a gallant comeback in the final round {o split it with Gallop, but still the American, though ting rapldky, was giving as. much fas he took. Both stood toe to toe an effort to score a knock-down, but when the final bell sounded both a couple of seconds The bouts showed one thing very clearly. All the boys have learned a great deal lurider the instruction of Billy Tingle and quite a number of them, 4f they decide to carry on with the isle ort, will be heard of quite often in the were on their feet with only one re sult appearing possible. But the win-her was oficlally announced as Li Bewllderment. followed, 'This decision allowed the Western District Public School to gain the day by' the margin of one little point, 20 to 19. 'The Cup was then' handed to Ling, the captain of the winning team in' whose possession it has been for the past two years, by Mr, Mul-
Possibly the best bout of the evening from the point of view of boxing fond fighting. skill was. that Between Robin Henningsen "and Christopher Day," Both of cherubic countenance, they appeared, when entering the ing, like a couple of shy little girls, Tarleton Wins British
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