SPORT IN BRIEF

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33774, 21 February 1975, Page 24

SPORT IN BRIEF

Agosto outclassed Bunny Johnson, Britain’s Jamaican-born heavy-weight boxing champion, celebrated his first appearance as holder of the title by outclassing Pedro Agosto (Puerto Rico) over 10 rounds at Manchester. Johnson earned the 'points verdict with a compeI tent and thorough, though unexciting, performance, which lacked only real punching power. He won the fight by four points—a margin of eight rounds to nil, with two shared, which may have been a little unflattering to Agosto. Hunt wins squash Geoff Hunt (Australia), the world’s leading professional squash rackets player, picked up an easy £5OO by beating his fellow countryman, Cam Nancarrow, in the final of the third series of [the Yellow Dot tournament !at Manchester. Hunt won 9-3, 9-0, 9-2, in a match that ■lasted only 37 minutes. Nancarrow is ranked the world’s i No. 2. j Round of 64 The British golfer, David Jagger, shot a 64 and took a one-stroke lead on the first iday of the sixth Nigerian

open championship at the Ikoyi course, Lagos. Jagger, who set the Ikoyi course record of 59 in 1973, had eight birdies. Arnold O’Connor and David Jones shared second place on 65. Soccer play-off The South American soccer champion, Independiente (Buenos Aires), will play Atletico Madrid for the InterI Continental Cup on March 12 and April 11. Atletico, in last season’s : European Champions’ Cup competition, is substituting | for the winner, Bayern (Munich), which said it had no time to meet Independiente, the South American champion for the last three years. The first leg of the cup match will be played in Buenos Aires and the second in Madrid. I Cricket captain Anura Tennekoon will captain the Sri Lanka team to compete in the first World Cup cricket tournament in England this year. Tennekoon, aged 21, led Sri Lanka in its two matches against the West Indies earlier this month and has also captained the national team against 1 India and Pakistan.

Polo victory Five penalty goals by Paul Withers helped the English polo champion, Stowell Park, to a convincing, 11-3, victory over Rangitikei in the Dunhill series at Bulls yesterday. A penalty goal in the dying seconds of the match enabled Stowell Park to register its highest winning margin in nine matches in the North Island.