OVERSEAS SPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 7

OVERSEAS SPORT.

English Tennis. MISS NUTHALLS SUCCESS. LONDON*. April 17. Miss Betty Nuthall defeated Misi Lumley Ellis, o—7. C—2. and won th< Surrey bard o<">urt« tennis championship and Mise Clarke do feated Sherwell (Australia) and M:m Valantine. <*— J. 4 —«. tf— l, in the fiaa of the mixed double*-. I BILLIARDS TITLE. I BEECE OUTCLASSED. I ----- «*— • April 77." In the first heat -•!' th* profe«»inn« I billiard* championship Inman t<>jo« I defeated Kcece (.V527 i. SOCCER IN SCOTLAND. THE LEAGUE FINAL. LONDON. .April 17. The final pamo in ihe Scottish Af*oria tion win j'layed at Cila-^nw when Celtic beat East Fife l>y ihr<*< 2"al« to one. There were 70.000 spectators. TENNIS CHAMPIONS. BIG EALLY IN FRANCE. PARIS At-iI: 17. Th<» Au*tr.tl ; an. Cerald 3\v.v--. • . 1 ientered for liu- Kkikli !■■•*. ■ championships, which l-ejjin at >t. (.!■ ■■:.• nn May 24. O;ber rntrar:'' arc •":.. Arr.erica.ns, W. T. Tilden nr.ri D. Hunu-i ■ the Spaniard, Manuel Alonsi', ar.d \hc Italian, Morpurpo. All the leading From h playr-. J-avc entered. i j SIX DAYS , CYCLE RACE. WIN FOR VICTORIAN TEAM. >YDNEY. Ar-i 1 17. The -!\ <:a>- - r\ i- la.-e t :..]• I ir. The «:r,nci. --- ». Ht,--«i«".J and K. Rf*« .Virt.-.r;a with s<w ]••::.--. T .-..\o:cd i :iCt. BOXING IN AUSTRALIA. DEFEAT OF WILLLA.MS. SYDNL\ Air.: 17. At the. Sydney -»t« ],•:•:; 1 v '■' ---f doles;,-! -Sunny" .hv.-. W- i ; «r « r. : , :n l.'i !• ui.'d- H"- ■ •:■• :■ r" • : h»A l>fc:i warned 1\ tin- !■;•:•■ '>:..• l.r would have to '.:S:.'For the fir«t f*-w round* the fight was very tame. Tie cr<>wd frfO\n-ntiy ■ uunted out the c-onte-tan> af'T *.h<) h.id bcou warned. However. M-»'io ".:•<'■:.< .1 n\- and at-tH.-kf'l fu:int!«iy. \*<\W \ -um-hinp Wiliini!,.-. "}.". -■•■'.-:] iiir.e-. v. A , 'V , Melr-Atini* , Stadjuir: inwan de f<.!:•■•! ••!ilo«}i;f i-n i«mii"- in I'. tkuihl*.