The Archive · 1938

Advantage in Reach

Two other bouts which nearly ended with T.K.O. decisions saw S. Nissim and Joureval of the Fifth Troop each score an easy victory, the former outclassing M. Lemerci 2nd Troop, and the latter vanquishing Levenspeil, 6th Troop, Nissim and Lemercier had the same weight of 88 pounds but the former was taller by at least two or three inches which gave him'the advantage of reach, Throughout the three rounds the winner was rarely touched whereas the loser had to dodge this way and the other to avoid serious punishment, The other winner, Joureval, had an "edge of three pounds over Levenspeil who "Weighed 90 and was a more rugged boy.

The hardest of all the fights, however, was between the 65 Ib. Hosking The touring Corihthians who have achieved an impressive record, are expected to be represented by C. Longman; E. Martin, P. B. Clark; J.-K. Wright, W. Whittaker, L. Bradbury; H. C. Read, J. C. Braithwaite, K. Sherwood, R. P. Terrant, J. W. Miller, The Shanghai Football Association will be represented by: Ward; Collet Marcal; Brown, Thomasson, Sym-mons; Favacho, Cope, Roboostoff. Sousa, J. Ward, Reserves will po Curtiss, Costa, Fulton and Jack.

The following is the fixture list for the week-end,

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