Boxing Championships.

The preliminary bouts of the boxing were held in the King-Edward Barracks on Saturday morning. Victoria College had only four representatives, the team containing neither of the extreme weights, bantam and heavy.

In the Featherweight, W. F. Wilson (V.U.C.). put up a very good showing against Hughson (C.U.C.). Hughson was the more experienced boxer, but Wilson scored repeatedly with straight lefts, and at all times had his opponent thinking. Hughson won on points by a narrow margin.

In the Lightweight, P. B. Marshall (V.U.C.) met Frank (A.U.C.). Frank is a very pretty boxer and a delight to watch. Marshall boxed forcefully, but at times missed badly and did not reproduce the form shown in the College try-outs. Frank won a good fight.

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I. A. Hart (V.U.C.) had the better of the first, round against Petre (C.U.C.) in the Welterweight preliminary. By the third round, however, Hart's condition had given out, perhaps due to the fact that he had had some difficulty in making the weight. His opponent had things much his own way in the fourth round and was awarded the verdict.

In the Middleweight, Drader (C.U.C.) had too long a reach for A. R. Cooper (V.U.C.). Cooper possesses a good solid punch, but did not get many opportunities of landing it. He would have done better to have mixed the fighting more and got in closer to his opponent; four two-minute rounds were rather more than he could stand.

The Finals of the boxing were held the same night and produced some good bouts. The biggest surprise was the defeat of J. C. Leckie (O.U.), New Zealand light-heavyweight champion, by J. T. Burrows (C.U.C.) in the heavyweight division.