Desvite all the ballyhoo and publicity, the fight may be a financial flop, as it ig generally regarded as a good thing for the negro, especially if he' soon opens up the cut in Farr's right eye sustained during training The promoters have already cut the price of the cheap seats by more than. half, and the Welshman, who is guar-weight in Gr andthe fi eat Britain for 30 yea for thi length of time prospect of lifting the 2 shor ime ago he Bri that two former w rid champions it Bob Elm. e Welshman, however, achieved favouritism when he successively defeated Ben Foord, the South African; Max Baer, former world champion; and Walter Neusel, the German whom he compelled to take the full count for the first time in his career.
—Reuter
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