REFEREE LEAVES RING
POOR BOXfSIG CONTEST INCIDENT AT MELBOURNE U P A -H» Electric Telegraph-Copyright (Received 16th July.. 1 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. A boxing contest in the West Melbourne Stadium between Ken Overlin and Attilio Sabatino ended abruptly. After seven rounds of one of the worst boxing exhibitions presented by overseas boxers in Australia, the referee. Jack Carrol, who had repeatedly told both men to put more action into their work, lifted his hands in disgust, signalled “no fight,” and left the ring. The crowd, which had been singing and whistling popular songs while the boxers sparred, cheered the referee’s decision.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 16 July 1938, Page 10
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