BOXING.
Australian Press Assn.—United Service FIGHT ITEMS. VANCOUVER. July 27. Air Tex Rickard announced that the actual loss on the tight was £30,000. Jack Al’Aulifte believes that Heeney might have recovered and that the referee had no right to stop the fight when the clventh round had only eight seconds to go. The challenger was game, but made many mistakes, the chief of which was that lie tried for Tiinney’s head all tile time, instead of ids hotly. Charlie Harvey fi loud ill his protests against the referee stopping the fight, and grumbled at Heeney because he failed to crouch in the eleventh round. Instead. Tom stood straight and was wide open. John Alortimer, Heoiiey’s English manager, said: “Tuniiey won fair and square and on his merits.” Tit IP TO XEAV ZEALAND. NEW YORK, July 27. Heeney states that ho intends to proceed to New Zealand on a few weeks’ visit to his parents and then return to America to continue his ring career. EIGHTS OFFERING AT SYDNEY. SYDNEY, July 30. Stadiums Ltd., are making an effort to get Tom Heeney to meet a heavyweight star in Melbourne, possibly Hansen, the giant Dane. Tf possible, two matches will he arranged for. Hcene.v.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1928, Page 1
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