SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 July 1924, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

BOXING. MACDONALD DEFEATS CALLAWAY END COMES IN LAST ROUND. BLENHEIM, July 27. Lackie AlacDonald, of Dunedin, defeated Carl Callaway, of Blenheim, on a technical knock-out in the fifteenth round in a professional bout last night. The fight went practically the full distance, and all but two or three rounds eiided in MacDonald’s favour. In the fifteenth round Callaway was floored. He could have been up at five, but; staved on one knee till the count of nine, when he resumed the fight. Within half a minute of the final gong he again Trent down, and this tiihe was too slow in regaining his feet. One glove was stilt on the floor when the referee reached the coiiiit of ‘'out.” Though outclassed by a stronger and heavier man, Callaway put up a good performance and took a. tremendous amount of punishment, always smiling. He was archly cheated on leaving the ring. THE AUSTRALIAN RING. SY&XfcY, July 27. At the Stadium Harry Young defeated George Tosh, knocking him out in the third round. MELBOURNE, July 27. Jim Newberry knocked- out Jack Niven in the tenth round

HEENEY TO FIGHT COOK. LONDON, July 26. Sporting Life says that Heeney "(New Zealand) is matched with George Cook (Australia) at the Empire tournament at Wembley on August 9. The contest, though only of ten rounds, will practically deckle the heavyweight championship of Australia and New • Zealand 1 THE TUNNEY-CARPENTIER FIGHT J NEW YORK,'Jnly. 25. j Motion pictures publicly shown of * the Tunney-Carpentier light reveal that * the blow in the fourteenth round was ' not a foul. t v CRICKET. 1 1 ENGLAND V. SOUTH AFRICA. ] THE FOURTH TEST MATCH. [ LONDON, July 26. j The fourth test between England and i South Africa commenced at Manches- ] ter in dull, threatening weather, and on a soft wicket. , The Africans won the toss and bat- , ted. South Africa, in the first innings, f had-lost four wickets for 116 when . heavy rain caused the abandonment of f play for the day. Details: SOUTH AFRICA . First Innings. Coifimaille,, 1.b.w., b Tate 8 r A'arci, b Tate 50 . Susskind, 1.b.w., b it. Tyldesley ... L Nourse, b Tate 18 . Taylor, not cut 18 ( Extras 11 1 Total for four wickets 116 J Ernest. T’yldesley was emitted from the iingiisn team ami Hands replaced Dixon. The 'mu ten. opened in tou. instalments forty-five, fifty - seven, twenty-seven and forty minutes—between 11.30 a.in. anti 4 p.m., when neavy rain finally settled matters.. Afterwards the sun shone gloriously. The abandonment disturbed a. section oi the spectators, numbering over a thousand, .who inspected the pitch and then moved to the pavilion, wheie Hornby, , brearley and others reasoned with them ' and. got them to disperse. | i There was just T6U .minutes of play, ' I and South Airien’s score was a gooo ‘ oeginning in the circumstances. The wicket was slow akd the rain spoiled 1 it to a certain, degree. There was no drying under the sun, and the coming •rain prevented it from becoming reall> difficult and in a. measure rather handicapped the howlers. Ward player. ' masterly defensive cricket in spells oi forty-five, fifty-seven, and ten minutes. He might have been caught when at z2, but it was a hard catc-h. Nourse played attractive cricket, but gave •« ch a nee . w hen seven, Alt ogot her wi th stoppages tliere were sixteen bowling spells and sixtv-seven overs. COUNTY MATCHES. LONDON, July 25. In county cricket Hampshire in theii first innings made 163 (Miead 69). .McDonald took five wickets for 55 runs. In the second innings Hampshire made 168 (Mead 60). R. Tyldesley took five wickets for 37 runs. Lancashire in their first innings .made 199 (Makepeace 72 and E. Tyldesley 64). Brown took five wickets for 29 runs. In their second innings Lancashire made 89 for one Wicket. Gilligan has announced that, acting under doctor’s orders, he will not play in to-morrow’s test match, as he is suffering front a severe blow over the heart front delivery by Pearson in the Gentlemen v. Players match at the Oval early in the month. Mr. Douglas will captain the English team to-morrow against the South Africans fourth test match, at Manchester. LONDON, July 26. The leading county cricket championship percentages are: —Middlesex 77.14, Yorkshire 73.33, Surrey 67.69, Lancashire 66.31, and Somerset 65.29. TENNIS. FRANCE AND BRITAIN MEET. LONDON, July 26. i At Eastbourne, in the semi-final ol the European zone of the Davis Cup contests, Cochet (France) heat Kingscote (Britain), S—6, G—4, 4 —6. 6 —3, [ 6—3. In the first match Laeoste beat Gilbert (Britain), 6—4, 7 —5, 6 —3. CANADA PLAYING CUBA. OTTAWA, July 25. Jack Wright and Willard Crocker (Montreal) defeated S. Yillalha and R. Banet (Cuba) in the Davis Cup doubles, 7 —5, 7—5, 6 —2. PLAY IN UNITED STATES. NEW YORK, July 25. Kinsev brothers defeated Sehlesinget and Kalm, 6 —3, 6 —l; and Patterson and Wood defeated Baggs brothers, 6—2, 6—l. VICTORY THROUGH ANDERSON. SYDNEY, July 27. Metropolis defeated the Stanford University tennis players by four rubbers to two. The victory was largely due to Anderson, who dirhinated the singles and the doubles. , DAVIS CUP. COPENHAGEN. July 25. i In the Davis Cun doubles. Czecho- . Slovakia defeated Denftiark 3 sets to nil.

SWIMMING. INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS. LONDON, July 26. At the Harrow baths, in a contest between the Olympic swimmers of the British Empire and the United States, America beat Britain by nine events to two. In the men’s 440 vards, Charlton defeated Smith (America) and Howell (America) easily in 5.33. The Empire’s other victory was in the ladies’ furlong breaststroke, which was won by Miss Carson (England) in 3.39. In the 110 yards the placincs were • Weismuller 1, Henry 2, Duke Knhanamoku 3. Won T>v two vards. Time. 61 l-ssee. _ The ladies’ 440 yards resulted: Miss Ravoir (Ainerica) 1, Miss Shand (New Zealand) 2, Miss Molesworth (England) 3. Mon by four yards. Time. 6.40 4-5 _ A ll le half-mile relay America easily heat the Empire team, which included Christie and Benurepaire, in 10.39 4-5. In the ladies’ 440 yards relay America beat the Empire team, which included Miss Shand, by two yards in 5.23. • i? (Australia) had an easy victory in, the national graceful diving championship of England, winning with 159 points, compared with 136 scored by Knight, tne Englishman, who was second., Hockey. DUXEbIN TOURNAMENT. (BT T£I,EGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION ' DUNEDIN. July 27. In a , men’s seven-n-side hockey tournament yesterday, University A won the Hayward Cup. GOLF. HAWERA• MEN’S CLUB. Outside matches are always a, very pleasant feature of the season, and just now Hawera Men’s Club are having quite a run of matches with teams from other parts. They played AAaverley and Patea. on Saturday, travelling to AA r averley and having a match at home with Patea. They just managed to win . against both teams. Results were as follow : AVAVERLEY. Muir 0 v. O’Callaghan I, Wybourne 1 v. Beechey 0, Aiken 1 v. Ryan 0, Parsons 1 v. Cox 0 F. Johnston 0 v. Fletcher 1, Bradmorev 1 v. Hay-Mac-kenzie 0, Palmer 0 v. Little i,.Fox and Page all square, AVieks 1 v. Bright 9, Handley 0 v. Douglas 1, Dallison 1, v. Sullivan 0,. Pepper 0 v. Robertson 1, Pepper 0, v. Moss 1, Salmon 0 v. Vinnicom.be 1. AVaverley six wins, Hawera seven wins. The AVaveirley ladies, with their wonted hospitality, entertained the visitors in great style, and at the conclusion of the match both teams, after exchanging greetings, gave hearty cheers for the ladies. PATEA. Findlay Iv. G las.sort O, Gilbert ov. Lane 1, Jones 1 v. Caplen 0, Grainger 0 v. Duffill 1, Corfe v. .Meyriek all square, Fraser 1 v. Jobson 0, Roberts 0 v, Ritchie 1, Rook 1 v. McGregor 0, Goertz 0 v. Fergusbn 1, AA’vatt 0 v. Gorton; 1. Patea. 4 wins; Hawera five wins. The Patea men were entertained by the local players at afternoon tea, and all thoroughly [enjoyed the match.