HUNGARIANS FIGHT 2½-HOUR SABRE DUEL
(Received 24, 9.55 a.m.y BUDAPEST, Aug. 23. It is believed that ihe longest dtiei in history Was fought by Chief-Hngineer Zboropjaj and Dr. Prueler, a fencing expert. The dtiei lasted two and a-half hourS, They usbd light cttvaity sahres. Both Were wounded early in the cbmbat and again in the twelf th round, when a second wanted to stop the fight, whiGh continued until tiie 51st, when it Was deelared ended owing to the exhaustion of the duellists. The duei originated over an argtunent at a meeting.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 186, 24 August 1937, Page 7
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