BOXING INCIDENT.
REFEREE'S UNUSUAL MISTAKE Matt Wells, one-time light-weight champion of the world, made an extraordinary mistake when he refereed a figlit at The Ping, London, a few weeks ago. It was a 12-rounds bout between Leo Phillips, of Birmingham, and Fred Chandler, of Kentish Town. N At the close Wells told the announcer that Chandler hid won. As Phillips had looked all over a winner,"the crowd made great uproar. After five minutes of hooting, Wells informed the announcer that ho had found he had made a mistake, as his card clearly showed that the boxer in the comer from which Phillips had come hid practically every round. He had tonfnsad the identities of tha two men.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21173, 4 May 1932, Page 16
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