“HARSH REFEREE”
SHACK CONTENDS HE DID NOT HOLD BOXING BOUT SEQUEL "If I was JuUtar wdß* Lee, nave won a figut :n .my e * Sunmy Steel weight, has no ‘kick'against the d*. cision in his fight with Johnny Leek* at the Town Ha.l c-n eveai®» but considers tnat the referee, Mr. p Meale. was onnsually harsh i„ warning him repeatedly for ho,din*. I have fought :n nearly every com. try In the wor.d, and never have I been wamec. The refemm Z Sydney, and even in Dunedin, vW I fought Leckie before, have never had to speak to me once. The referee rMonday night warned me in the fir*round. and 1 was frightened to anything in case 1 was put out. if i held Leckie once, I have never yet. Once when 1 had LecU* the ropes, and was jus: going to throw a hard punch, the referee walked kk tween us, and Leckie got awav ncv did he do that for?” " Shack considers that, in- ’ fight with Leckie. he w ould knock out Leckie, and his main thought now to secure another contest, that he mav prove his words.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 990, 5 June 1930, Page 6
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190“HARSH REFEREE” Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 990, 5 June 1930, Page 6
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