BOXING
♦ “TWO CONTESTS NOT RUN STRAIGHT” WELLINGTON ADOPTS RULE AGAINST BETTING (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, Match 16. The assertion that at least two of the professional boxing contests held last year were not "run straight” was made .by the president, Mr R. W. McVilly, at the annual meeting of the Wellington Boxing Association to-night. Mr McVilly said that an investigation had disclosed that betting, in which members of the association had participated, was at the bottom of the trouble. Action had been taken by the committee, and he hoped that in the future there would be no more irregularities. On the motion of Mr L. A. Tracy, it was decided to make the following addition to the rules: "Any person who wagers, or who has wagered, or who is or has been Interested in wager money, bet, or stake, made in connexion’ with any bout or or who has offered any money or other pecuniary gain to any competitor in any bout or bouts, cannot be a member of the association.” This is to come into force to-morrow.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22662, 17 March 1939, Page 3
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