Those who expected that the resumed fight for a wife at the Hammersmith Boxing Tournament would prove decisive were disappointed.
The match—of ten hectic rounds—was to' decide between two suitors for the hand of Miss Rose Clarke, a telephone girl, of Berwick-street, W. The rivals were John Shear, a West End waiter, and John Staples, who lives at Soho.
But apparently the young woman is still to go unclaimed, for though Shear was declared the winner of the contest, Staples shouted as he left the ring. 'I bet a fiver he doesn't have the girl."
After the fight Staples said: '"T am short, but very determined. I am good for another ten-round contest next week, because my pal agrees with me that the decision was not given fair, He was holding' all the time. That means we shall have to fight again."
Shear said be was ready and willing to fight again, and there the matter is left.
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