OVERSEAS SPORT
BOXING. SYDNEY, Aug. 14. Peter Colby, lOst 121 b. outpointed Vine© Parker, lOst 121 b. (New Zealand) over ten rounds in the Sydney Stadium. Parker forced tho fight in the early rounds, evading Colby s swings and scoring well with body punches. He tired towards tho end. The decision met with a mixed reception. SIX DAY CYCLE PACE. (Australian Press Association.) PARIS, Aug. 14. Despite losing his team mate on Saturday and having to choose another for yesterday’s final of tho sixday cycle race, Opperman (Australia) finished third. The winners weio Tinani and Boucheron, who covered -3387 kilometres in 144 hours. Choury and Fahre were second.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 220, 15 August 1928, Page 2
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