BLOCKING THE FIGHT.
JOHNSON v. WELLS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, September 25. Mr. Churchill, after full enquiry and taking the best advice, has decided that the Johnson-Wells contest is illegal, and, unless it is voluntarily abandoned, steps will be taken to prevent it. He implies that, if necessary, a summons will be obtained with a view to getting the promoter bound over not to cause a breach of the peace. The promoter will endeavor to prove that the contest is legal. MATCH At AY TAKE PLACE IN PARIS. Received 20, 11 p.m. London, September 20. Johnson and Wells have signed to box under National Sporting Club rules, in order to prove that the issue at stake is the right to box. Wells, interviewed, said that if the match were stopped it would be transferred to Paris.
White, the promoter, said that if the legality were upheld the contest would proceed; if illegal, that would finish it as far as England was concerned. The Sporting Life says that even if the promoter was bound over and the' match proceeded, no subsequent legal action could be taken, unless an illegality l causing a breach of the peace occurred.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 82, 27 September 1911, Page 5
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196BLOCKING THE FIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 82, 27 September 1911, Page 5
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