A BOXER’S LUCK
A good story comes from South Africa telling how Max Gornik, the Australian middle-weight, won himself 15,000 dollars in a diamond rush. Besides being a fighter, Gornick is an extraordinarily good runner, so when he heard that a rush to some newly-dis-covered diamond fields was to begin, he decided to take his chance. All who took part had to wait at a certain point until the authorities gave the word “go,” and then get to the new claims as fast as their legs could carry them. Gornik was fit from a recent contest, and had no difficulty in being one of the first to “stake out.” An hour or so later he was offered 15,000 dollars by an American for his claim, and as Gornik knew nothing about diamond prospecting, he decided to sell right away. That was more money than Max has ever earned by fighting.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 127, 19 August 1927, Page 11
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150A BOXER’S LUCK Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 127, 19 August 1927, Page 11
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