OVERSEAS SPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 167, 17 July 1930, Page 7

OVERSEAS SPORT.

CARNERA AGAIN.

Giant Italian Boxer Matched

With Australian.

GEORGE COOK IN U.S.A.

(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright)

(Received 9 a.m.)

NEW YORK, July 16.

George Cook, the ex-Australian boxer, has been matched to fight Primo Camera, the giant Italian boxer, at Cleveland on July 29.

N.Z. LEAGUE TEAM.

WIN AT ARMIDALE.

SYDNEY, July 16,

The New Zealand League footballers to-day played well against a North Western County team at Armidale. At half-time the scores were: —New Zealand, 18; North Western County, 6. The game ended with the score in favour of New Zealand 34 to 19. ,

The local side included players representing the towns of Moree, Inverell, Tenterfield and Werris Creek. The game was most interesting, the home side holding its own till well into the second half, when the New Zealanders, who displayed fine combination, added 14 points before the final whistle.

The scorers were: —Tries: Dodds and Amos, two; Gregory and Watene, two; Brisbane and Wether ill, one. Gregory converted four tries and kicked a penalty goal.

BOXING IN U.S.A.

HEENEY TO MEET RISKO.

NEW YORK, July 16

Tom . Heeney (New Zealand) was to have met Eisko in a boxing bout at Cleveland on Thursday, but the contest has been postponed until Tuesday of next week. Eisko dislocated one of his shoulders while training.

In a boxing bout at Hartford, Connecticut, Battalino retained the featherweight championship by knocking out Fernandez in the fifth round.

At New York "Kid" Chocolate easilywon on points from Luigi Quadrini in a bout of ten rounds.