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Show RING SEASON OPENS EARLY IN LONDON j LONDON, Oct 2. The London boxing season has opened early this year. At the. ring recently Fre.i Archer survived 20 rounds of an encounter en-counter with Colin McLuchlfin, of ) America and was given the verdict on points. McLachlan brought with him a formidable for-midable rerord of reported knockouts to his credit. British boxers w5re duly impressed, but Fred Archer, ai Londoner, took the newcomer on nn I ' boxed a draw with him McLachlam i was wrath at the verdict and demanded de-manded another bout The second i contest between them took placo at ttpc "ning." "McLAChlan," says the Dally News, describing the fight, "Is,, a rugped, strong fighter with no defense He can hit, but he has not et learned 1 the proper way. Archer, a better boxer, scored dozens of lefts, and almost al-most closed his rival's left eye Tho loser won no more than three of thv rounds, and the best, that may be said of htm Is that he Is game to the coro. The majority of men would have been disheartened at such persistent assault as-sault and battery as his face endured." en-dured." Roland Todd, of Doneaster, fought Krank'.e. Burns, the Australian mid-I mid-I tS weight, at Liverpool and won in the twelfth round. In the third, round Burns was knocked down: twice, and again In the ninth round., After ho had been badly punished ) jils seconds threw In tho towel. oo |