SPORTS AND GAMES

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 March 1926, Page 7

SPORTS AND GAMES

. boxing, ' (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, March'?. At the Stadium,’' J Len Johnson, the coloured’, r man, } defeated • ‘‘Tiger" Payne (the American).’on points in twenty rounds. ?’ ’ ’MELBOURNE, March 7. Grime beat McCarthy on points in twenty rounds. RUGBY FOOTBALL. LONDON; March 6. . / At Twickenham, in glorious weather, twenty thousand, ' including His Majesty, were present for the Rugby match,.Army v. Navy. The former 1 won ■ by 24 to 10. HOCKEY. LONDON, March 6. At Inverness, at hockey, Scotland beat Ireland by 2 to 1. ■ BILLIARDS. .. . .LONDON, March 6. In the amateur billiards ’ chariipionsliip final, the closing scores were: Earlam, 1001 (best break 125), Helyer, 666 (best break 60):' ■ , Clark McConachy, the professional billiard player of New Zealand, who is touring the South Island under the

guidance of Mr Shanks, will appear at the Federal Billiard. Saloon on Thursday, March 11, at 8 o’clock. Mr McConachy will concede his opponent, Mr Donohue, who is well-known in local billiard circles, 450 in 750, and an exciting game is expected. Negotiations are in-progress to promote a . series of matches in the four centres of New Zealand between Mr C. McConachy and Mr Walter Lindrum, the Australian crack. SWIMMING. BUENOS AYRES, March 6. D’Linco Riqueline, of the Argentine, swam 27 miles across the river Platte, near Bueons Ayres, in twenty-five and a-half hours.

ROWING.

DUNEDIN, March 6. The New Zealand Rowing Association Championships to-day unfortunately had to be postponed owing to choppy seas. The time to start was 12.30. The Committee postponed the events from hour to hour until four o'clock when two races were run off as follow: — Maiden Four-oared race, one mile— Avon 1, Awarna 2, Port ..Chalmers 3. Maiden Double Sculls. —Queen’s Drive (Dunedin) .1, Avon 2. . , DUNEDIN, March 8. The postponed regatta was rowed this morning under ideal conditions, resulting in a splendid performance. Results. — Chapipionship Single Sculls, li miles. —W. A. Stevenson (Waitemata), 1; J. W. St. Clair (Hamilton) 2; E. O. Trail (Wanganui) 3, tour lengths. Time 9.49. Four Oared Championship, 2 miles. —Otago (Brough, Werges, McAra, Anderson) first, Hamilton (Sandos, Bayley, G. St. Clair, Curtis) second, Wairau (Gibbons, Saunders, Adams, Badman) third. Otago led throughout and when challenged by Hamilton, increased the lead from one to two lengths. Time 12.13. Championship Double Sculls, 11 miles. —Waitemata (Stevenson, Smith) first, Hamilton (J. W, St. Clair, Molesworth) second, Wanganui Union (Traill, Kruse) third. Won by three lengths. Time 9.33 4-5.' Championship Pair Oar, 11 miles,— Hamilton (G. St. Clair, Bayley) first, Hamilton (Sandos, Curtis) second.

Petone (Hickson, Warden) third. Won by two lengths. Time 9.57 1-5. Junior Fours, 1| miles. (Not Championship).—lnvercargill Railway, 1; Queen’s Drive, 2; Wanganui, 3; Aramoho, 4. Tibe 9.25. Youths' Fours, 1 mile.—Awarua, 1; Queen’s Drive, 2; Avon, 3. Time 5.9. Junioi' Pairs Oar, one mile.—lnvercargill Railway, 1; North End, 2. Time 7.2. Exhibition Fours, 1| miles.—Waitemata, 1; Aramoho, 2; Wairau, 3. Time 9.27 1-5.

CYCLING. i - > , AUCKLAND. March 8. Seven thousand people were present at the opening of the Blandford Park Stadium on Saturday night. The . scratch race, in which rive men started from the mark, the one mile cycle, was won by Nicholson, of Auckland, wrio got a jump in the last half lap, while Herder and O’Shea yieer watching each other, and this enabled Nicholson to win by a wheel from O’Shea, ' who beat Border by inches, Time 2-24 3-5. O’Bhea got a verdict against Border by a wheel in winning the threelap open race, but Border easily disposed of all opponents in the sprint raae of one lap, in which he was giving away up to seventy yards. . TENNIS.

The match between the Hokitika and Grey Tennis Clubs, on Saturday, resulted in a win for Hokitika by 17 sets (165 games), to '6 sets (128 games). In the men’s singles fftid doubles, Hokitika did suffer any reverses. In the ladies’ singles they lost two games out of six. In the ladies’ doubles, Greymouth proved the superior players, whilst in the combined doubles, Grey were successful only once out. of six matches. GREY LEAGUE CLUB. The Grey League Football Club held its annual meeting yesterday. The balance sheet showed the club to be in a good position.. The following officers were elected :— Patron, Mr F. Roache; President, Mr H. Moore; Vice-Presidents,. Messrs J. Brown and C. Pugh ; hon. secretary, Mr W. T. Ryan; treasurer, Mr J. Thomas j auditor, Ml F Hugh; delegates to Centre, Messrs Moore and Thomas.