NEW ZEALANDERS AT THE STADIUM.
Sydney "Sportsman" gives an account of the doings of New Zealanders at the Sydney, Stadium oh a recent Thursday afternoon: . ' ' . Harry Marquet, the wiry New Zealander who made such a good impression on Thursday, March" 6, m a three-founds fast spar with Gordon Coghill, was to have met Mick Dunn's pupil, Albert Peeley, m the ten-rounder at the Stadium on Thursday- afternoon; but the swarthy Maorilander had injured a hand m training, and Jim Sharp ("Second" opines probably the boxer of that name from A Tenui), a .big-limbed countryman of Marquet, arid, strange to say,; also of Pooley, who hails from Auckland, filled the vacancy. .■ It will be remembered that Pooley was given out by referee Angelo Marre when he met Sam McVea's big protege a few weeks back; 'though, , as a fact, he was not out at all and .quite, unaware' that' he was even m danger of being so, till, as he walked around the gentleman to get to work on Ewers again (whom, till that one punch, he had .quite outclassed and outpointed, though over two stone lighter and five, inches shorter), Mr. Marre told him, ''You're out." Since then Albert has done a lot of good and severe work as sparring partner to Les OT>onnell, and after that — well, the man that can give and take with Les need fear nothing with hair on it. , ' It may be understood, then, that Sharp, who is built more like a crack football
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NZ Truth, Issue 407, 12 April 1913, Page 3
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249NEW ZEALANDERS AT THE STADIUM. NZ Truth, Issue 407, 12 April 1913, Page 3
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