LATE SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 19893, 15 June 1928, Page 6

LATE SPORTING

TUHMEY-HEEHEY FIGHT

TOP I’ll ICE OF ADMISSION. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyrigni. NEW. TORE, June It, (Received Juno 15, at 1 p.m.) A message from FflTFhaven, New Jersey, states .that the top price for the Tuuney-Hccney bout will bo 40dol, the prices scaling down to odol. Tex Rickard expects to rako in 2,000,000d01. The Yankee Stadium, where the bout is to be held,' will seat 97,000 people.

AUSTRALIAN-N.Z. BOWLERS

Press Association —By Toi&grapk—Copyright. LONDON, June 14. (Received June To, at 1 p.m.) The British Thomson Houston Club at Rugby beat the Australian-New Zealand bowlers by 119 to 113.

TURF IN ENGLAND

NEWBURY CUM’. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 74. (Itceeivcii The Newbury Cup, 1,28250v5, resulted. —Kinghinjanga. 1, Vantage Bello ", Khedive Z. Nino started'. Won by a length, with four lengths between second and third.

TROTTING

APPEAL DISMISSED

[Pas United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, June 15. Tho Trotting Conference judges dismissed tho appeal of C. J. Meade, owner of the horse John Dee, against the decision of the New Zealand Trotting Association in reversing tho placing of John Dee as made by theOamaru Jockey Club following its running in tho Waikaura Trot Handicap at Wingatui in March last.

OLYMPIC GAMES

AUSTRALIAN TEAM ARRIVES. LONDON, June H. The Olympic competitors arrived at Plymouth by the Naldera. Les Duff says all are in the fittest condition, thanks to strict training. The athletes engaged in a regular routine of physical jer\s and games daily, with massage. The swimmers trained in the ship’s pool. The party will disembark at Tilbury to-morrow. Their headquarters wiirbo tho Onslow Court Hotel. The tragically-sudden death of the ship’s master (Captain Dayas) cast a gloom over everybody. The Olympic representatives placed a wreath on the coffin before it was lowered into the sea.