To prevent the possibility of doing the Marines a favour by killing each other off, the bluejackets yesterday stepped into the ring with sixteen-ounce gloves. The precaution proved a wise one, for the rivalry to represent the Fleet was so keen that more than one man would have crashed to the deck had lighter gloves been used.
The final bout was the one which packed the most interest for here Jackie Ausborn, the Fleet champion, as matched against a new and very real threat to the title in Harry Groll. whose backers have been predicting Ausborn's doom. They fought three unds and in that time Groll showed he is a dangerous man ^n the Both are terrific hitters and in spite of the pillow-like gloves, the third round was called short when it look-led like one or the other might be sacrificed to a mere trial bout Although both can get into the class, one of the: nesday a
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