STRICKLAND BEATEN
UNPOPULAR VERDICT BOUT WITH NEUSELAT WEMBLEY (Received October 20, 2 p.m.)' LONDON, October 19. The German heavyweight boxer Walter Neusel defeated Maurice Strickland (New Zealand) on points in \a bout of twelve rounds at Wembley. Loud and prolonged, booing and catcalling greeted the verdict. Most of the critics disagree with thai verdict. The "News Chronicle's" boxing correspondent says, "I made Strickland a comfortable winner." The "Daily Telegraph" comments: "It was the most unpopular verdict for 20 years."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1937, Page 14
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