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ATHLETICS.

The finals of the Canterbury Centre championships under the auspices of the New Zealand Boxing Association, were decided on Saturday evening, at the Theatre Royal, which was crowded. The bantamweight final was) won by Pearce, and the feather-weight by A. Jones, after a very pretty and scientific bout with J. Wat sori. The light-weight championship was won by T. Gofton, who. heat last year’s champion, P. Oliver. The middle-weight contest wasi won by A. Nash, last year’s champion, after a very close bout with H. Shields. In this bout an extra round was ordered by the judges, The heavyweight was won by C, Neill (I2st 21b), a powerful hitter, who knocked out G. P. Cumming in half-a-round. Major Chafiey, the referee, and Messrs Campbell and H. E. Marsh, the umpires, gave general satisfaction.

The Olympian Games of 1904 will take place at St. Louis, being run in connection with the huge Exposition, which is to be carried out on a mammoth scale, apparently regardless of expense. Mr Leonard Cuff, formerly of Auckland, is the representative for Australasia on the In-’ ternational Committee.

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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 692, 11 June 1903, Page 8

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ATHLETICS. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 692, 11 June 1903, Page 8

ATHLETICS. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 692, 11 June 1903, Page 8

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