OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20721, 14 November 1930, Page 11

OVERSEAS SPORT.

i 1 UNITED STATES ATHLETES. i 5 VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND. i . I (Received November 13, 10.-15 p.m.) ' SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12. i Three prominent University athletes have been chosen to visit Australia and New Zealand and will leave San Francisco on December 24. They are Harlow Rothart, of Stanford, shot-put star; ' Rufus Kaiser, University of Washington, milo runner; and George Simpson, Ohio Stale sprint champion. BOXING IN AMERICA. • VICTORY FOR STBIBLING. (Received November 13, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 12. In a 10-round boxing bout at Atlanta, Georgia, Young Stribling won the decision, from Dekub. It was a slow and uninteresting contest. ——————————— t PROFESSIONAL BILLIARDS. PROGRESS OF THE MATCHES. LONDON, Nov. 12. In the fourth round of the international billiards tourney tho scores are:—Davis, 12,700, including breaks of 404, 202, 288, 286 and 280; Newman, 11,566, including breaks of 622 and 1106. At snooker Davis has scored 469 and Newman 452. McConachy ireceives has reached 9607, including a break of 248, and Lindrum, 5964, including breaks of 652, 308 and 695, unfinished. At snooker McConachy's score is 354 and Lindrum's 322. RUGBY FOOTBALL. ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES. LONDON, Nov. 12. In the Rugby county championship matches Hampshire beat Eastern Counties by 8 points to 7, and Surrey beat Middlesex by 15 to 13.