Answers To Correspondents
P.P.— George Nepia played Rugby league in Britain for two seasons, 1935-36 and 1936-37, and also played the game on his return to the Dominion. He was full-back for New Zealand in both tests against the Australian Rugby league team in 1937.
FIGHT FAH.— Jack Dempsey beat Georges Carpentier in a world heavy weight title bout in Jersey City on July 2. 1921. Dempsey won by a knock-out in the fourth round. He was not knocked through the ropes by Carpentier during the bout; this was achieved by Luis Firpo (Argentina) in a fight against Dempsey in New York in 1923.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32298, 16 May 1970, Page 9
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