College Notes.

This year Boxing has been as much in the boom as it was last year. The fact that there is now a Boxing Shield as one of the Easter Tournament Trophies has assured the future of boxing as a sport in the University life throughout New Zealand. There is always plenty of material available from the secondary schools throughout the Dominion, and if school champions would only maintain their interest in the sport when they come to the University the standard would be higher than it is at present. Last year, however, showed a marked improvement, and it is hoped that a still greater improvement, will be evidenced at the 1922 Tournament.

The Christinas vacation seriously interferes with the activities of the Club, because it is then that the prospective members of the tournament team must get down to hard training in order to get into anything like fighting form. Mr. Heenan, Senior, however, again took charge of the training operations for the Easter Tournament. and during the six weeks previous to the tournament was unfailing in his attention to see that there was plenty of outside material for sparring purposes. The Club obtained the permission of the Students' Association and Professorial Board to use the gymnasium for training during the latter part of the long vacation on Tuesday and Thursday nights. On these nights there was always a "scrap" worth watching, and some particularly fine exhibitions were given by non-members of the club who came along to give a helping hand. Interest naturally increased when the College opened, and there was always a goodly attendance of College men to witness the training operations of our "pugs."

The preliminary bouts, held for the purpose of selecting the team to represent Victoria College at the Easter Tournament, were fought on the 14th March. There was a good attendance of spectators, including two "profs." and some old members of the club who are ready to help things along. Mr. J. W. Heenan acted as timekeeper, and Messrs. Hoggard and Brosnan as judges. Bouts were put on in four weights, there being only one entrant in the welterweight class.

The results of the bouts were as under:—