STRIBLING OUTBOXES COOK
GAMENESS OF AUSTRALIAN. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. " Received July 19, 8.15 p.m. New York, July 18. Young Stribling gained the. decision over George Cook (Australia) in a tenround boxing contest at Kansas City before 12,000 spectators. The crowd frequently cheered the Australian for his gameness, but the fight was throughout slow and tedious to watch. Both men landed clear punches in every round, but there was much clinching and holding, which caused a lack of action. Stribling clearly outboxed Cook, who scored in the fifth round only, all the othcre going to his opponent by an easy margin. In the seventh round Cook was knocked through the ropes and : claimed his back was injured, but he went on gamcStribling was twice warned for holding in clinches, the referee having great difficulty in separating the men. In tho sixth and tenth rounds lie wrestled Cook to the floor. The light generally is described as uninteresting.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1929, Page 13
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