PRIZE FIGHTING
McVEA BEATS LESTER. A VERDICT ON POINTS. ■(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) SYDNEY, October 1. Sam McVea, the. coloured heavyweight boxer, gained a verdict on 1 points in the. twenty-round contest with Jack Lester for the Heavyweight Championship of Australia. Sam McVea, who weighs . 20oHbi&., and is twenty-six years, of age, ihos been boxing since he was aiine-teen. He metJiaok Johnson on three occasions. He, lost the first two-ibattleiri oar* points, and in. the third was knocked on: in the twentieth round. Jack Lester is an, American, and is- only twenty .years of age.
MATCHES FOR WELLS.
[Received This Morning, 12.15 o'clock, LONDON, October 1. Mr White has. arranged that Wells shall box Gunner Mow on October 18th. Mr White .states that the .cancellation of tlie Johinson-Wells match has cost ham £6OOO. '
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10438, 2 October 1911, Page 5
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134PRIZE FIGHTING Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10438, 2 October 1911, Page 5
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