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I ♦ — —- I AN EMPIRE CHAMPIONSHIP. . (By Cable—Fr<« iiMci«tio»-Copj I ifbL (Australian <uid N.Z. Cable Association ) (Received December 4th, 6.6 pja.) I/ONDON, 1 December ». Mr Lucas, manager for Cook, in t Wtir ti "Snorting Life," h of the opinion tint ( belt for an Empire championship is impoe flible. The bslt should be open to a cotonia who was resident in Britain lo» three to ail months, but he mutt drop the iitW when ft left the country, this to prevent the Uil going aatray. This plan worked well in AM tralia, but to talk of an Empir® champion uliip would lead to trouble, because it coal be fought in onj part of the Empir*. I must be remembered the champion of Ead land ud a colonial without ft till# v W own copld not - for •& Empir» cbua pionahip, which mutt not be Jugflcd wiUi. A NEW YOBK FIOHT. NEW YORK, December 2. Mike MoTime, the Irish middie-wei|tM out-pointed Jeff Smith in • •JowflfteMwwmi bcrut. »
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17320, 5 December 1921, Page 5
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