SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 15778, 15 April 1915, Page 4

SPORTING

TIMARU RACES.—TO-DAY. Press Association messages report that tho South Canterbury races ononed in fine weather, tho going hard. Results:---Otip'.ia Hurdles, IJOsovs. 11m. —Kim t9.5j 1, Peerless (9.0) 2. Margo" (11.51 A Scratched ; Kings way. Merrie Valet, Coy. and Master Stead. Won easily. Time. 2min 4see. Kosewill Hack Handicap. lOOsovs. of. - Bon 1 8.1 1 1. Charlevillo (7.0) 2, Free 18,81 o. Scratched r tiara id 1 ) j ha? and Pavlovna. Won by a length ami a-liaif. Time, liuin 2?sec, Smithi'lek] Handicap. 120sovs. sf. Dinner Gong (8.9) 1, Afl-m Loch (7.9) 2. Fabnkoff (9.4) 5. Scratched : Clynelish a net Daytime. Won lay a head. Time, Iroin 1 3 Ssec. BOWLING. _'lho mid-week game between Otago and Kail ima. Chibs was played on Kaituna Green. Score? : 0. K. Sundstrum, Grave, Scott. Robson (s) 16 A. Langford. Hughes, Shaw. Connell (a) (‘■oxhead, Bryce, King. Edwards (s) 11 Taylor, Milk, Moody, Stevenson (si ‘ 27 42 FAKED TICKETS, Faked totalisator tickets representing about £2OO were worked off at Hie. Avondale races yesterday by means of split tickets, the- numbers cut from old tickets being spliced in and pasted on to tickets bearing the club's stamp of race then beingrun.—Press .Association. BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP. J ("vs Willard’s first tight, with Lou Fink, in 1911, he lost on .1 toul, hut in succession he knocked out E. Burke, Lou Fink, AI Maudcim. Joe Ca vanagh, ami Bill Shiller. who -are all men of no great consequence in the fistic world. Frank l.von and Gominsky were beaten in 10-round affairs, and in 1932 John Young (twice; and Frank Bowers were knocked out hv him in short order. He fought no-dei'i-siop bonis with two “white hopes"—Arthur Pelkey :ml Lu'her M'Carthy—and then Sailor White. Soldier Kearns, Prank Bauer, and Jack Icon were all knocked out in brief bouts. His most important engagement up to that time was when he met Gunboat Smith, who secured a, points verdict., the bout going 20 rounds. Charier Miller (iron- with him at San Francisco in a, four-rounds contest, and he nfliTwn’ds heal Miller in eight rounds. ills last match prior if' meeting Johnson wn? with Bull Young, in August, 1913, am! Young was knocked out in Iho lit hj round. Willard's 1 n-'xt fight for the championship will probably be with Hie negro Earn MAY;',. A 'well-known New York boxing writer tlni' spoke a. few weeks ago about the i-ham-c of Willard: 'The first good man who lights Johnson will make a. ' has-been ’ 11,' hiin Moran look a. gruelling from Johnson in Paris, but at tho end 01 20 rounds Johnson was sc; weary he could havdlv raise his minds. Moran was nothing' beside Willard physically. Willard is a, giant in size and strong 1 Ip, and he lias plenty of endurance*. Gunboats sniTsbos nri the elfin didn't rock him. lie can Hake it.’ And km can hit. He has a chance to wear Johnson down.”