SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20501, 31 August 1928, Page 12

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

SWIMMING. women’s'marathon. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyrlgnt.) TORONTO. August 29. Ethel Hertle (New York) won the 10~:ile Wrigley Women’s Marathon swim on Lake Ontario. Olive Gatterdam, of Seattle, was second. There were 52 competitors. Ethel Hertle, the winner, who is only 20 years of age, receives 10,000 dollars, and Olive Gatterdam, second, gets 30Q0 dollars. Ethel Dower, of Denver, was third, and receives 1000 dollars. Miss Ederle and Mrs Corson, _ the Channel swimmers, failed to finish in' the money. Eleven gave- up during the . race.—Australian Press Association. NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS. DEFEAT oT~TORONTO. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) TORONTO, August 29. The New Zealand bowlers defeated Toronto to-day by 195 to 131.—Australian Press Association. WIN IN TEST MATCH. OTTAWA, August 30. (Received August 30, at II pan.) At Toronto the New Zealand bowlers won the second test match of the Canadian tour, defeating the Toronto rinka by 168 points to 135. —Australian Press Association—United Service. RACING IN ENGLAND. THE EBOR HANDICAP. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, August 29. (Received August 30, at 8.30 p.m.) The Ebor Handicap resulted: Cinaquest 1, Toureen 2, Polyanthus 3. Fourteen started. Won by three-quarters of a length, a neck between second and third. —Australian Press Association—United Service. GOLF. UNOFFICIAL WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) NEW YORK, August 29. (Received August 30, at 5.5 p.m.) At Detroit, Hagen defeated Johnny Farrel in the United States open golf championship by one up in the first of three 36-hole unofficial world’s championship matches.—Australian Press Association. BOXING. CONTESTS IN ENGLAND. WORLD’S FLY WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, August 29. (Received August 30, at 5.5 pm.) At Clapton, before 50,000 spectators, in a 15-round fly-weight bout for the championship of the world, Johnny Hill (Scotland), the European champion, outpointed newsboy Brown (America). Teddy Baldock defeated Johnny Brown, the towel being thrown in in the second round. The Boxing Control Board announces that it does not recognise the promoters’ claim for a contest for the British bantam-weight championship. Johnny Curley, in his first contest since his Australian tour, defeated the American, Sammy Shack, who was disqualified in the seventh round for hitting low. The attendance was a record for a British boxing meeting.—Australian Press Association—United Service. GRIME TO MEET GRINGER. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, August 29. (Received August 30, at 8 pm.) Grime is scheduled to fight Gringer at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, on September 7. —Australian Press Association.