OVERSEAS SPORT

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 76, 25 February 1930, Page 2

OVERSEAS SPORT

BOXING. SYDNEY, Feb. 23. At the Stadium last night, Monson (11.3 J) won from Edwards (11. in the sixth round. The latter had the best of the first four rounds, but tired in the filth and gave up in the next. GOLF. NEW YORK, Feb. 22 A message from Savannah, Georgia, states that Horton Smith (278) beat Bobby Jones by one stroke for the Savannah open championship. The latter, nevertheless, set a course record of 65 in the third round. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. LONDON, Feb. 22. At Association football, Scotland beat Ireland by 3 goals to 1. The match was played at Glasgow. RUGBY. . LONDON, Feb. 22. At Edinburgh, Ireland defeated Scotland by 14 points to 11. YACHTING. MELBOURNE, Feb. 22. The second heat of the Forster Cup was won by Tassie 111, from N.S.W. 111. YACHTING. MELBOURNE, Feb. 24. The final race for the Forster Yachting Cup was won by N.S.W. 111. from N.S.W. I. The weather was squally. These were the only boats to finish. N.S.W. 111. won the cup with 20 points. Gwylan (Queensland) was next with 12. BILLIARDS. LONDON, Feb. 23. Clark McConachy, the New Zealander, succeeded in defeating Lindrum in the finish of a closely-contested match, which lasted a fortnight. McConachy began the last session on Saturday with a deficiency of 219, but a brilliant break of 416, following smaller items, put him on the road to victory. Lindrum in the last fifteen minutes made a plucky effort, taking many risks, in a vain attempt to snatch the game and match from the fire. The final score was: achy 24,224, including breaks of 505 ;and 416; Lindrum, 23,787. In the Smith-Newman match, the final was: Smith, 24,355, including breaks of 514 and 957; Newman, 19,475, including a break of 1053.