HLI Chronicle 1914 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE. 71Thero was a hot cncounter. a.nd both men were downand lip, and then a swinging right settled the matter.\\'EI.TER \YEIOllTS.First Series.-Private MacLarell beat Private Bracken.Bracken conceded a trifle in weight, but he hadthe best of reach. }IacLaren fought pluckily, and theverdict in his favour was not llnexpected.-Pte. Smithbeat Private }Ioore. There was not much to chooseas to height, reach. or weight. and both were out tofight. Both punched hard. and Smith's long right wasoften breaking through to land on neck and jaw.Smith did the leading and sent in hot stuff with theright. Moore. although returning well, being slowly butsurelv worn down.-Private Hawkes beat PrivateDormld after a good fight.-Private Shannon beatPrivate Arthur. Well matched and well set up, bothquickly proved adepts at the business in hand, and aclean and even match resulted.-Private Hayes beatPrivate Keary. Two big hard.hitting fello~s. bothquickly brought swinging rights into play.--PrivateSmart beat Lance·Corporal Scott, sending him out inthe first thirty sceonds by a flukc.-Private Patterson abye. . .Second Series.-Private j)feLnren beat Patterson.The loser shaped well, but, catching the right on thejaw. was knocked out in the first half·minute of the-opening round.-Pl'ivate Hawkes beat Private Smithafter an evenly contested match.-Hayes beat Shannon.The last rOllnd was most evenly contested, but Hayeswon by a narrow margin of points.-Private Smart abye.Semi.l!'ill.als.-:HeLaren beat Hawkes. }IcLaren hadthe best of the opening ronnd. and Hawkes was down.Qnee to take five of the count. He did well with theleft in the next meeting. finding the point beautifully,but l\>lcLaren got home with right and left. In thelast meeting he did all the leading and got in most ofthe effective work, well deserving the award.-Hayesbeat Smart. The latter injured his wrist early in the-opening round and was compelllld to retire.Final.-lVIcLaren beat Hayes by a narrow margin 011points in a mo~t interesting bout.LIGHT \rEIGHTS.First Series.-Privat.e Currall beat Privat-e Farquhal'.A brisk opening round resulted in points being leveL1!'arquhar did most of the leading in the last round, butCUITan was always out of danger and got in most of thework.-Private Shermtt beat .Private Snedden. Sher.:ratt proved a glutton for work, and went for his manfrom the first minut-e like a whirlwind, winning with avery comfortable margin of points.-Private Early beatCorporal Campbell. In the last round there was cleanhitting on either side, and Early won by a narrowmargin of points.-Lance·Corporal White beat Private,Grey, outing him in thirty seconds.-Lance.CorporalWood beat Private Highlands. A very pretty andexceedingly clean bout in which Wood llsed a swift hookright often to advantagc, and in the last round soeffectively as to win.Second Series.-White beat "'ood. White conceded;something in height, but he was more hefty than ·his.opponent, and was quicker on his feet. Wood gave in,;and White obtained the verdict.Semi·Finals.-Private Sherratt beat Private Curran.-A hard.hitting bout in which Curran certainly had thebest of the two opening rounds. He was quicker andthe more scientific, but had to take a lot in a lastslogging rouncL-Private White beat Early, knockinghim on! in the first thirty seconds of the opening r~nl1d,FinaL-White beat Sherratt. The latter went outin the first half-minute of the opening round._'hDDLE WEIGH'rs.]