SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 August 1924, Page 6

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

TAILTEANN GAME?-.

THE FINAL PDACINGS. SY GABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, LONDON. Aug. 15. Miss Shand’s time tor tne 4UU metres swim at the Tailteann Games was Gmin 39sec. The final international placings were: Ameiica. 64), Ireland 43), Australia Hi, England 6, South Africa G, Canada ;>, New Zealand 2. Scotland 1. The balance of the swimming results were: — 800 metres final.—Charlton (Australia) 1, Radmilovic 2, Christie 3. Won by ten yards. Time, 11.55. Henry won the KM) metres in 64secs. Miss Gwitha Shand (New Zealand) won the ladies’ 200 metres easily. In the final of the tennis singles championship lVillard (Australia) beat Bayley (Australia) 6 —4.. 6 —4; and in the doubles final Suence and Richardson beat Condon and Ravmond 6 —2, 6—3.

BOXING.

FIRPO TO MEET WILLS. NEW YORK, Aug. 14. Luis Firpo (the Argentine heavyweight boxer) has signed formal contracts with Tex Rickard (the fight promoter) for a battle with Harry Wills (the nego boxer) on September 11. At the same time he disposed of his share of the motion picture rights to Rickard for an amount understood to be 10,000 dollars. Firpo, it is understood, gets 37) per cent of the gate, and Wills 27) per cent. THE AUSTRALIAN RING. SYDNEY, Aug. 17. At- the Stadium Harry Young beat George Tosh in three rounds, when the police, stopped the contest. The loser was severely punished. SPARGO OUTPOINTS WILSITER, MELBOURNE, Aug. 17. Spargo outpointed Curley Wilsher, the Canadian champion tenth or weight, in a, twenty-round bout. The loser fought gamely against a sunerior opponent.

TENNIS.

THE DAVIS CUP. CONCLUDING SINGLES. AUSTRALIANS VICTORIOUS. NEW YORK, Aug. 16. In the Davis Cup preliminary between Australia and Japan, the Australians won the concluding stages. Patterson defeated 1 Okamoto 7 —5, 6 —l, 6 4; and Wood defeated Sehmidzu 6—l, 6—4, 6—2. a^ei ' S am e Wood had no trouble in defeating his opponent, playing brilliantly, excent for a- brief spell m the second set, when he temporarily lost control, hut he soon rallied. 1 atterson’s service was too speedy and tricky, and lie nonplussed Okamoto by a deluge of aces and smashing placements. Okomoto, however, placed well and held the lead fo> r most of the set, losing the last three games. MATCHES IN UNITED STATES. NEW YORK, Aug. 16. ,ii , 01 ’k, Helen Wills successfully defended her title of women’s champion of the United States, defeating Mo 11a Mallory 6—l, 6—3.' At Newport, William' Johnston, former American champion, defeated Norman Brookes (Australia) in th. e semihmus of tennis tournament , f 1 an exhibition game Brookes and defeated Tilden ancl Wiener b—4, 6—4, 5—7, 6—2. UNIVERSITIES' AT PLAY.

T 1 Of r 1 syaw, All s- 17. . -*-9® .Stanford University tennis team neat. Combined Univoirsities by nine rubbers to three.

BILLIARDS

FALKINER DEFEATS LtNDRUM

SYDNEY, Aug. 17. In a billiards mateli of lOjNjO up., ralkiner (England) beat Walter Liudrum by 426 points.

ATHLETICS

OR OSS-COUNTRY CH AMPIONSHIP. (B\ r TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION ) WELLINGTON, Aug. 17. I lie New Zealand cross-country championship, live miles, was run on Saturday. There was a largo attendance. Duly two provinces, Otago and Wellington, were represented, and the coains were:—Otago; W. Tanp (ca.pt) t - B. Bibby. W.' H. Hobbs and R, G. Cox. Wellington: \V. Scratch arc! (cant,). F. B. Silver, E. Dome, D. Todd and B. Kent, the latter taking the place of R. H. Rose who was indisposed. ’ Scrntchard led at the start, but at the second lap, Tapp, Brown and Ribbv (allOtago men) were ,in front, Tapp ? ,r “ „.9 wn V ore never displaced. Hobhs fiftf iSlh i’°m 1 ? 1 ,' t,lird flacc. Bibby was faith and Todd was sixth. Tapp’s time nod w n Yr I ? set V ofcago won 11 Points /uid Wellington 20.