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Finally rec'd a copy of The Glasgow Herald from my news-dealer, a trifle late but well received by our staff....EBU champion John L Gardner came from behind to halt Italia's Roberto Damiani in the fourth round....Damiani looked well on his way to a comfortable victory when Gardner landed a desperation left hook (that may have drifted a wee bit low) and a roundhouse right on the dark-visaged challenger's temple to send him stumbling into the arms of Referee Eugene Corri...Had Corri been officiating outside the ring as was often the custom, Damiani would surely have fallen....Gardner charged in and settled the (derogatory slang expression) with a barrage of punches to the head and neck forcing Corri to halt proceedings...Australia's Bill Squires thrilled the patrons of Holborn's Central Hall with a 4th round knockout of visiting yankee Salinas Jack Burns improving his record to 22-1-0 with 17 KOs, the three most recent in England and France....In Manchester Norway's Bjarni Thorsen was awarded a victory on a foul by Joe Beckett when the referee declared Beckett had struck his opponent low after being warned....The Scots-Canadian Jack Stewart was as surprised as anyone when his bout with Ludwig Schuhmann in Dusseldorf ended with his hand raised instead of Schuhmann....Referee Alois had to be escorted from the stadium...Backers of the touring son of Erin "Irish Jack" Burke were dismayed to read the wire report of his defeat in New York by a little known heavyweight from Maine by name of Jim Duncan....Glasgow punters are heartened by the recent victories of Scots pugilists Laurie Cameron, Derek Beattie and Sandy MacNab....A faction in British boxing is fomenting a protest within the IBU regarding the holding of the British Empire title by a colonial, to wit one Tommy Burns and his apparent disdain for offers to defend the championship in England; with some demanding he be stripped of the belt so two worthy Englishmen may compete for it....