SPORT OVERSEAS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 209, 5 September 1927, Page 7

SPORT OVERSEAS.

Dempsey Takes A Fall With Sparring Partner. TUNNEY GETTING BEADT. CHICAGO, September 4. The famous boxer, Jack Dempsey, who is training for his bout on September 22 with Gene Tunney, world's champion, for the title, had a narrow escape from serious injury yesterday while he was boxing with Benny Gruegcr. They were roughing it along the rope* in their training camp near Chic-go when Krueger fell back ard through the ropes and Dempsey pitched out after him.

Both men misled falling on to a brick pathway. They were not injurvd and reMiiiicd boxing. Four sparring partners engaged Dempscy in a four-rounds sparring drill, and he finished the day with a cut lower lip, the result of a fusillade of left jabs to which he had been subjected.

Dempsey's lark of defence sgaintt left-hand jab* was apparent throughout. He will continue boxing to-day and tomorrow, but will reel on the'next two da vs.

Tunney, who arrived in Chicago on Friday, took up his training quarters in a secluded suburb near the city. He «i» idle yesterday and will do no sparring today, but he experts to begin ringwork on Monday. He has three jarring partners.

"NOTTS IN KNOTS." ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET. LONDON*, September 4. The popular Australian idea that English county cricketers are pastraaaters of playing out time wa* rudely upset when Notts journeyed to Glamorgan, requiring a mere draw, not even a win on the first innings, in order to win percentages and their Ant championship since 1907. Few would have prophesied that the season would end in such a blaze of sunshine and sensation, yet two Glamorganites, who between them were responsible for some of the most unexpected wicket skittling seen in English cricket, dismissed the most solid of the county batsmen for a meagre 81. Even when Notts continued this morning no one expected the eight remaining wickets to fail to secure the 119 runs necessary to save an innings defeat, especially in view of the fact that the reliable Pay ton and the more reliable Whysall remained. But soon it was ■ case of "Notts being in knots." Every chance was accepted. Glamorgan were doing everything they ought not to do, and the crowd became wildly excited. The only flash of Notts' usual brightness was seen when Barrett and Voce made seventeen for the last wicket, the highest partnership of the innings. Glamorgan, who hitherto had not won a match, thus presented a second successive championship to Lancashire, whose captain (Major Greeen) sent a measage of sym> pathy to Notts, and recalled that Notts was in similar case in 1892, whta Someset were responsible There were scenes of the wildest excitement at Swansea during and after Glamorganshire's dramatic defeat of Notts. The opportune victory will give a much-needed fillip to the Glamorganshire Cricket Club, whose record had suffered owing to the wretched summer. At Nottingham the cricket enthusiasts were intensely disappointed, and the arrangements for a civic welcmoe and jollification were cancelled.

AUSTRALIAN SPORT. BOXING, WRESTLING AND WALKING EVENTS. At the Sydney Stadium on Saturday Johnny Squires outpointed Tiger" Cline in a 15-rounds bout, which was vigorously contested throughout, say* a A. and N.Z. message. Both men took severe punishment, but Squire* hit more cleanly and at the conclusion bad a comfortable margin of points in hi* favour. At the Brisbane Stadium Hughie Dwycr retained the middle-weight championship of Australia by defeating Frankie Burns on points, in 15 round*, after a spirited contest.

In a wrestling match at Melbourne on Saturday Mike Yokel defeated Billj Kdwards in six rounds, by two falls to ono, mays the same agency. The 50 miles walking championship of New South Wales from Sydney to Camdc.i was won on Saturday by G. 11. Smith, of Botany, in Oh 17m* 32* 2-5». After going 25 miles the winner was drenched at intervals with buckets of water. Smith established a new Australian record, clipping 2m i>l. 3-o* off the pre\ious record.—(A. and K.Z.)