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Cap · 09-23-2022, 01:23 PM

From The Ballarat Independent March 1904.....Bill Lang's reign as Australasian heavyweight champion comes to an end before a large mob at the Stadium when referee Paddy Basto calls a halt to his fight with Jack Howard with Lang trying desperately to regain his feet, blood seeping from cuts over both eyes...Howard (13st 13lb) was ahead 6 rounds to 4 over Lang (14st 11lb) according to Basto's scorecard at 2:44 of round 11...From the opening gong both men put up a brutal stoush with little thought of defence...Lang was down twice and Howard three times and few ringside thought it could last five rounds with the punishment both were handing out, and at one point at the end of the tenth round, it appeared Howard's chief second was prepared to throw in the sponge but for a last second rally...Howard's record improves to 21-6-1 (16) while Lang's goes to 26-6-4 (20) and he drops in the international rankings...At Sydney's Golden Gate Club Jerry Jerome's march to a title shot is halted with a clean knockout by Cobar's George Stirling in the 4th canto of their headline bout...In the co-feature American Morris Harris loses a close decision to Jack Whittaker over 8, marred by excessive clinches and mauling...At Hobart Athletic Club Bill Turner "The Taz Tiger" batters Californian Charlie Horn to a sixth round technical knockout after putting Horn down five times for various counts...Turner outweighs Horn by almost a stone and a half...New Zealand's young phenom Alec Pooley needs less than two minutes to extinguish the lamp on Pat McIntyre after which debacle Pat decides to hang up his mitts and retire to his farm...In what promoter Hugh McIntosh had staged as a title elimination match at The Old Tin Shed, Colin Bell (13.8) and Ern Waddy (13.3) boxed to a draw after 10 uneventful rounds...The weekly periodical The Referee remarked that "...the contest had few fireworks despite the urgings of arbiter Arthur Scott and sporadic booing from the punters"...Waddy later confided to his brother that his left hand had not healed completely from an injury suffered in training and he was unwilling to risk further damage on Bell's tough nut on a split of a £50 purse...

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Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,973	From The Ballarat Independent March 1904.....Bill Lang's reign as Australasian heavyweight champion comes to an end before a large mob at the Stadium when referee Paddy Basto calls a halt to his fight with Jack Howard with Lang trying desperately to regain his feet, blood seeping from cuts over both eyes...Howard (13st 13lb) was ahead 6 rounds to 4 over Lang (14st 11lb) according to Basto's scorecard at 2:44 of round 11...From the opening gong both men put up a brutal stoush with little thought of defence...Lang was down twice and Howard three times and few ringside thought it could last five rounds with the punishment both were handing out, and at one point at the end of the tenth round, it appeared Howard's chief second was prepared to throw in the sponge but for a last second rally...Howard's record improves to 21-6-1 (16) while Lang's goes to 26-6-4 (20) and he drops in the international rankings...At Sydney's Golden Gate Club Jerry Jerome's march to a title shot is halted with a clean knockout by Cobar's George Stirling in the 4th canto of their headline bout...In the co-feature American Morris Harris loses a close decision to Jack Whittaker over 8, marred by excessive clinches and mauling...At Hobart Athletic Club Bill Turner "The Taz Tiger" batters Californian Charlie Horn to a sixth round technical knockout after putting Horn down five times for various counts...Turner outweighs Horn by almost a stone and a half...New Zealand's young phenom Alec Pooley needs less than two minutes to extinguish the lamp on Pat McIntyre after which debacle Pat decides to hang up his mitts and retire to his farm...In what promoter Hugh McIntosh had staged as a title elimination match at The Old Tin Shed, Colin Bell (13.8) and Ern Waddy (13.3) boxed to a draw after 10 uneventful rounds...The weekly periodical The Referee remarked that "...the contest had few fireworks despite the urgings of arbiter Arthur Scott and sporadic booing from the punters"...Waddy later confided to his brother that his left hand had not healed completely from an injury suffered in training and he was unwilling to risk further damage on Bell's tough nut on a split of a £50 purse... Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.." Last edited by Cap; 10-10-2022 at 01:42 PM.