LATE SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 19521, 31 March 1927, Page 9

LATE SPORTING

HOCKEY.' Press Association—By Telflgraph—Copy rigid LONDON, March 30. < (Received March 31, at 9.50 a.in.) The English women’s hockey team, which leaves for Australia on April 22, was beaten by the Rest of England by 9 goals to 2. BOXING. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, March 30. (Received March 31, at 12.10 p.m.) Herman Herse, the German middleweight champion, knocked out Frank Burns in the fourth round. (Received March 31, at 1.15 p.m.) The Albert Hall was crowded, the audience including the Prince of Wales, for the Herse v. Burns fight, which proved a hard-hitting affair with little science. Burns was thoroughly game. After being put down twice in the second round no was finally despatched in the fourth by a body punch. Dick Smith, an old cruiser-weight champion, refereed in the fight between Harry Collins and Molina. The Frenchman used his left vigorously in the first round, and had Collins at his mercy in the second. Tho punishment was so severe that tho Australian was unable to enter the ring in the third round. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, March 30. (Received March 31, at 12.10 p.m.) The British Army won the international tournament, defeating tho French army by 5 goals to 2. GOLF. CAMBRIDGE BEATS OXFORD. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, LONDON, March 30. (Received March 31, at 12.10 p.m.) In an intoruniversity golf tournament Cambridge defeated Oxford bv 9 matches to 6.