LECKIE WINS AGAIN
WILSON OUTPOINTED IN HARD FIGHT BRISK NEW ZEALANDER (United P.S.—By Telegraph — Coppripht) MELBOURNE, Sunday. At the Melbourne Stadium ■b’ l '""' Leckie, New Zealand, defeated cuvot Wilson on points in 15 rounds, it a good hard fight all the time, witfl Leckie never quiet for a minute. Leckie, however, stopped a nea y punch in the eight round, which near?: ended the contest. , T , At the Sydney Stadium Bobby Salle, described as the ‘ Pacific coaj tiger,” knocked out Karl Salm, a G man welter-weight. The fight w only three rounds. There was P**of comedy’, but the German was j and ungainly, and never looked dan-
BORG’S NEW RECORD
GREAT 1,000-YARD SWIM (Australian and A'.-T. Press Association LOS AXGELES, Saturday. Swimming at Los Angeles lowered his own world's record * 1,000 yards. His time was sec. He was paced by a team of sev swimmers. _ j g The previous record over 1,000 was 12 min 16 4-ssec. which Arne did in September, 1924, at Gothenbttfs* Sweden, over a course of 50 metres.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 655, 6 May 1929, Page 6
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172LECKIE WINS AGAIN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 655, 6 May 1929, Page 6
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