FIERCE CONTEST
United Press Association—By Electric To'?-
graph—Copyright.
SYDNEY, Bth December
At the Stadium there was a terrific hitting contest in the lightweight championship. Norman Gillespie' (9s IVjlb), the title holder, beat Jack Roberts (9st 71bj, of Newcastle, the referee stopping the contest in the ninth round, and awarding the decision to Gillespie, who floored his opponent, and was himself floored several times in a bout which was the fiuvcest for years.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1929, Page 6
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72FIERCE CONTEST Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1929, Page 6
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