SPORTS AND PASTIMES
THE TURF. KING’S FILLY WINS. LONDON, April 19. Scuttle, the best filly the King has yet owned, and an entrant in the Qaks, has won the Brandon Handicap, the King’s first racing success of the year. —Australian Press Association. boxsmg. i LACHIE MCDONALD WINS. SYDNEY, April 20. Lachie McDonald, 11. If, outpointed Mon son, 11. 5 i, over 15’ rounds for the middle-weight championship of Australia', at Leichardt Stadium to-night. The New Zealander scored well with rights to the head. He opened both Monson’s eyes in the eighth, and floored him for nine in the twelfth. Alonson fought back well from the twelfth, but the New Zealander’s superior boxing enabled him to gain the majority of points. The decision was well received. —Australian Press Association.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 163, 21 April 1928, Page 3
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