LATE SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 19023, 19 August 1925, Page 8

LATE SPORTING

dempsey-wills fight. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, August 18. (Received August 19, at 10.5 a.m.) After tbo Now York Athletic Commission had granted Kearns a license to do business in this State, lie ami Rickard, the promoter, each posted forfeits of 25.000 dollars for tbo Demp-sey-Wills light, to take place before J iily 4. Paddy Mullens, Wills’s manager, is expected to post the forfeit shortly. If Dempsey refuses to fight for Kearns, Mullens receives Kearns’s deposit. Mullens appeared before the Commission, and said that ho would not post tbo forfeit when the Commission declared that it would not recognise WilD as champion if Dempsey defa tilled.—Router. RIFLE SHOOTING. FNCO URAGEM EXT TO CADETS. LONDON, July 18. (Received July 19, at 11 a.m.) The National Rifle Association has no v received the King’s Trophy. The association will present medals of honor iu connection with the match. Every boy anywhere in tbo Enyiire who scones K'iO will receive a silver medal; those scoring 99 or 98 bronze medals.— Ren lor. ANOTHER CENTURY TO HOBBS. LONDON, August IS. (Received August 19, at 8.55 a.m.) Hobbs has scored another 100 (unfinished) . —Reuter. RUGBY LEAGUE. QUEENSLAND TEAM. BRISBANE. August 19. (Received August 19, at 10.5 a.m.) The following Rugby League players have been selected to lour Now Zealand : ~ Renneti, SleiiilioD, Armbrustor, Loilike. .Duncan, Thompson, Gorman. Spencer, Rarcells. Potter, .Parry, Paten, Craig, Franenfelder, M'Brien, Henderson, Aynsley, Edwards, Moores, mid Pun-oils. CRICKET IN ENGLAND. Trees Association. —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 18. (Received August 19, at .11.45 a.m.) The completion of Hobbs's century drew an ovation from tbo crowd in front of Dio pavilion, who insisted on a speech, Dobbs said: “I am very happy indeed to have achieved my lifelong ainbiiion in healing the record of Dr Grace. 1 would dearly have loved to have marie those two centuries on the Oval. Nexi io Dial, Dioro is no county i. would have preferred to score them against. Hum Somerset.” The crowd surged (ho pavilion, the cheering larding for a quarter of an hour.

The sensation of to-day's cricket was Yorkshire's victory against Sussex. The la tier mpiired 141 runs with eight wicki-is in hand. They still had six wickeis left at lunch time, when only ■lll were needed. Then a. startling change loolf place. Macaulay became deadly and took four wickets iu quick succ;’:-.-ion. Kilner interposed and took one. Then .Macaulay finished Die innings. The last six wickets cost only 17 runs,—A. and X.Z. Cable.