SPORTS AND PASTIMES.
BOXING. MATCHES AT WESTPORT. (BY TEL.KOHAEH —I’iUiSS ASSOCIATION.) WESTPORT, Se.pt. 21. At the Westport Boxipg Association’s tourney .on Saturday evening, Geo. Curran (Wellington) and Jimmy Carr (Millerton) met'as catch weights in a 15-round professional bout, which was fought keenly all the way. ' Curran in the last round got in a right which put Carr at his mercy, and the referee stopped the fight, awarding Curran the verdict. George Pringle (Millerton), 9.0, got the decision from B. Biddulph (Blackball), 9.7, in a well-fought 10 3-minute rounds professional bout. ' MATCH IN SYDNEY. hY CABLE —PRESS » ssrv'nTlOX • Vl*'* 1 i< l SYDNEY, Sept. 21. At the Stadium, in a torrid few minutes’ fighting, Harry Young floored Dave Ross three times in the first round. The police stopped , the fight, and Young was declared the winner. TENNIS. PLAY IN ENGLAND. .
LONDON, Sept. 21. Betty Nuthal won the final- for the ladies’ singles at Westgate, and also the final of the mixed doubles with F. Price. , CRICKET. PLAY IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. ,At Haverford, Pennsylvania, the Gentlemen of Philadelphia in their first innings were all out for 315, and Ins eognito made 236. In the second inl nings Gentlemen made 141, and In- - eognito had lost nine wickets, for 215 i when time was. called. White made , 42 and 41 and took four wickets for b 54 runs and four for 75.. Lowry made j 46 and four. He was brilliant in his - first innings. 1 ■' . .—• _• .
t ATHLETICS. 5 a “SLIP” CARR’S INJURIES. i LONbON, Sept. 19. i “Slip” Carr has ' returned from s Europe. He fears his injury may end 6 his career, though he may further attempt to race in America on his way e homfe J PORRITT IN RUSSIA. WARSAW, Sept. 20,. 0 Porritt won the final of the 100 metres in 10 9-10 sec. He qualified for the final of the 200 metres, his heat n time being 22 9-10 sec, the best of thq a six qualifiers. e ■ ?_ CYCLING
big race in Sydney! ’ SYDNEY, Sept, 21 For the annual Dunlop cycling, road race from Goulburn to Sydney the weather was fine and the . roads good. The professional eyent for members of the League of Wheelmen was won py a scratch man, S. Opperman (Victoria) in 7hrs 3min 35sec. The amateur event was won -by H. Thomas (New South Wales), 25min allowance, in 7hrs 53min lOsec. . ,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 September 1924, Page 8
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