THE CANCER GERM.

Auckland Star, Issue 291, 9 December 1925, Page 7

THE CANCER GERM.

DOCTORS INOCULATED. GYE-BARNAED THEORY. LONDON, December 8. . It is understood that six doctors have been inoculated with the living germ oi cancer, minus the mysterious chemical . agent, without which it is harmless according to Dr. Gye's theory. This theorj the inoculations are designed to test. i None of those who were inoculate? l have yet shown signs ■of cancer.—(A i and ST.Z. Cable.) \ CHESS TOURNAMENT. F A RUSSIAN CHAMPION. 1 MOSCOW, December 8. In the Moscow chess tournament, ; ' most excitine , struggle for first plao ! resulted in Bogoljubov, with 15 point. ' t out of a possible 20, defeating Dr. Laske: ! and Jose Capablanca. the world's cham ! pion, who scored 13J. , Torre, a youthful Mexican, wai . fourth. : A feature of the tournament has beei the test of ultra-modern methods o , opening with pawn play, in which Bogol , inbov was the foremost exponent. Bn f Dr. Lasker made a fine struggle with thi . older methods. Capablanca suffered twi . unexpected defeats early in the tourna ment. but he finished with a fine eerie: . of wins. Torre, of whom Capablanca said, "Ti f a few years this boy will surpass! us all,' , defeated Dr. Lasker in a very brillian j game. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) i 1 THE NEW CHAMPION. t (Received 10 a.m.} j MOSCOW, December 8. 1 Bogoljubov, the Russian, who won th world's chess championship, was bor f in Ukrainia .26 years ago. He learn I chess in 190 G. His principal tournamen t successes are: At Lodz, in Decembe: - 1912, first prize; at Berlin, in February i 1919, first prize, against Reti. Spie 3 mann and others; at Stockholm, in 191 c and 1920, three firsts; at Kiel, in 192! " first prize, against Famisch, Brincl 3 mann and'Reti.— (A..and N.Z. Cable.) OVERSEAS SPORT. LIGHT-WEIGHT BOXING TITU )\ NEW YORK, December 8. d The light-weight boxing championshi : title of the world changed hands £ c Buffalo last night, when Rocky Kansa o of Buffalo, defeated Jimmy Goodricl also of Buffalo, in/a contest of 15 round: c Kansas outpointed the champion, c Kansas had tried for 20 years to wi the title.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) >v c RUGBY ADVISORY BOARD. t m CAPETOWN, December 8. At a meeting of the South Africa) Rugby Football Union it was resolvei to express keen disappointment that ai Imperial Advisory Rugby Board had no been appointed, and it decided to accep the conference in 1927, when the appoint o ment of such a board will be urged again it' Lengthy discussion took place on tb s Naw Zealand proposals regarding th c holding of meetings of the Advisor; Board every three or five yeare, am r whether they should always be ii 0 Britain, or sometimes in Dominion: 1 prominent in the game. It was decide; {»I that tlie auestions should be brought uj } at the 1927 conference.— (Reuter.) t . 3 RUG 3? IN IRELAND. 1 NO N.Z. FORMATION. LONDON, December 8. 3 The Dublin correspondent of the "Daih Chronicle" states that he can officiallj I contradict the widespread statement that - Ireland is adopting the New Zealanc - formation in the coming international Rugby matches.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)