A MUSIC HALL FIGHT.
THE WELLS-BLAKE CONTEST. (Received 10.5 a.m.) LONDON. March 4. The "Pall Mall Gazette" describes the Blake-Wells fight ns a Music Hall exhibition contest. Some in-fighting took place in the first round, Wells making Blake wince with a left and right swing. Blake, iv the second round, found Wells' chin with a straight left. Wells, in the third round, punished Blake severely, and the latter showed signs of "grogginess." Both clinched in the fourth round, but Wells broke away and rained blows on Blake's head and jaw and finally sent him to the mat.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 55, 5 March 1914, Page 5
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