COOK KNOCKED OUT
Unprecedented Incidents ONLY 500 SPECTATORS LONDON, June 7. There were unprecedented incidents at White City, Cardiff, where George Cook was billed to fight Ben Foard. The fight was postponed from midweek owing to rain preventing the use of the open-air stadium. To-day rain limited the attendance to between 400 and 500. As the boxers received only a percentage of the gate, it eventually decided that they shouls’ ask the spectators’ wishes. From the ring, Fooid appealed for a postponement, saying: “Have a heart, we can't fight publicly for nothing,” The manager announced that he pro ferred delay, although he was willing for the fight to go on if necessary. Amid the subsequent uproar a voice shouted: “I have come 50 miles intrant to see the fight,” which accord ingly went on.
Foord, after severely punishing ihe Australian, knocked him out in th? ninth round.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 148, 8 June 1936, Page 9
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