FATAL BOXING CONTESTS
INQUEST ON JACOBSON,
A NECESSARY PRECAUTION.
Freds Asaociation-By Tologrnph-Copyright.
SYDNEY, March 23.
At the inquest on the. boxer Jacobson tho verdict was "Accidental death." The medical evidence was to the effect that, though the fall was the direct cause of death, the deceased was in an unhealthy condition, \nd totally unfit to enter for a boxing contest. As a result of the. incident the Stadium, authorities decided! to hold a strict examination of the contestants prior to boxing contests.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15100, 24 March 1911, Page 5
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