GORDON BARRED
FIGHT FOR WELTER TITLE NOT AUSTRALIAN RESIDENT (Rec. 8 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 25. Clarrie Gordon and Hockey Bennell, the previous holder of the Australian welter-weight title, have been excluded from Stadiums, Ltd.’s, official list of claimants for the title vacated by Vic Patrick. There are eight claimants who will fight in an elimination tourney for the privilege of meeting Tommy Burns for the title. Gordon is debarred on the grounds that he Is not a resident of Australia. His projected fight with Joe Hall, scheduled for Saturday week, was cancelled last night because Gordon refused to return fi'om Melbourne in time. A rift between Gordon and his trainer, Fred Atkins, is rumoured.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26214, 26 July 1946, Page 5
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114GORDON BARRED Otago Daily Times, Issue 26214, 26 July 1946, Page 5
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