OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19389, 26 July 1926, Page 9

OVERSEAS SPORT.

INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM. NEW SOUTH WALES DEFEATED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 7.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 25. The Indian hockey team yesterday defeated New • South Wales by 13 goals to 2. The visitors outplayed their opponents in all departments of the game and their play was a revelation to local hockey enthusiasts.

BOXIN© IN AUSTRALIA. EDWARDS .KNOCKS OUT TANNER. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 7.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 25. In a boxing contest at ths Sydney Stadium last evening Billy Edwards knocked out Issy Tanner, in the sixth round. The bout was most willing while it lasted. Both men received heavy punishment. At Melbourne Grime defeated Fernandez on points in a 20-rounds contest.

TENNIS IN AMERICA. TOURNEY AT BROOKLINE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 24. In the semi-finals of the doubles at the Brookline (Boston) tennis tournament Lewis White and Louis Thalheimer, of Texas, who hold the national clay court doubles championship, defeated their fellow Texans, John Barr and Wilmer Allison, 6—3, 9—7, 6—4., Tilden and Weiner defeated Alfred Chapin and Berkeley Bell, B—6, I—6, 6—r3, B—6. In the final White and Thalheimer defeated Tilden and Weiner, 7—5, 6—o, 6—2. In the singles contest for the Longwood Bowl ' White defeated Harada (Japan),^B—6, 7—5, 6—l, and Tilden defeated White, 6—3, 6—4, 6—-3. In the final of the women's singles Miss Elizabeth Ryan defeated Miss Martha' Bayard (New Jersey), 6—o, 3—6, 6—3.

RACES AT BROOKLA2TDS. SPEEDY ENGLISH MOTORIST. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 6.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 25, Roy Charman, a competitor in the 200miles tourist trophy race for motors at Brookiands, averaged a speed of 72 miles an hour. His fastest lap was done at a rate of nearly 100 miles an hour. He finished fourth in the unlimited class race.