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A roundup of the sports information of the week
August 02, 1965
BOATING—Demonstrating his skill in fluky winds, OLE BERNTSEN, a Dane, won the seventh and last race of the World Dragon Class Sailing Championships in Sandhamn, Sweden to tie his countryman Aage Birch in the final-point standing. Berntsen was awarded the title on the basis of wins against Birch.
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August 02, 1965

A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week

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DIED: FREDDIE MILLS, 46, former world light-heavyweight boxing champion, of a gunshot wound in London. Mills won the title from Gus Lesnevich in London, in July 1948 and lost it a year and a half later in his first defense, to Joey Maxim. Mills fought 96 professional bouts, won 73 of them, 52 by knockouts.

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