LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3756, 9 March 1926, Page 60

LAND AND WATER.

BOXING. WORLD’S WELTER WEIGHT TITLE. NEW YORK, March 2. The State Athletic Commission has ruled that Mickey Walker must arrange to defend the world’s welter-weight title by March 21 against either Tommy Milligan, of Scotland, or Joe Dundee, of Baltimore. CONFERENCE AT WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, March d. • At a conference of Boxing Association delegates to-day it was decided that purses for professional contests must not exceed £2OO, and must be divided o i a •ft -10 basis. Lop resentations which were recently Baade to the Government that the eonuol of amateur and professional boxing in Ketr Zealand should be separated were considered, and a motion was carried eongratulating the Minister of Internal Affairs on his refusal to grant recognition to ?. separate boxing association in Chs. r-.e’iureh, as the conference was firmly of i'le opin' i that separate control of pWcssioual and amateur boxing would not be in the interests of amateur boxing, but; would be fatal to it. CASEY DISQUALIFIED ON FOUL. DANNEVIRKE, March 4. The professional fight at the Town Hall last night between Hairy Case.. (Queensland) and Dick Elmour (France; had a sensational s.*ding in the second rov.id when Casey, after on oven first round, unintentionally hit. hia opponent below the belt. Casey v.;** disqualified and the fi r awarded to Elmou/ on a foul. Elmour was removed from the ring in great pain. The general opinion was that the blow was accidental. POLE VAULT. LONDON. March 2. The Oxford University polo vault was Won b.v R. L Hyatt (America), who cleared 13ft Sin-—a university record. RECewj) POLE VAULT. NEW YORK, February 27. At Baltimor* Charlie Hoff, a Norwegian, established what is claimed to be a new world’s indoor record for the pole vanft. of loft o&in. HOCKEY. INDIAN ARMY TEAM FOR NEW ZEALAND. DELHI, Match 2. Army headquarters has decided to send an Indian Army hockey team to New Zealand in the middle of April. The team will play about 18 matches before sailing for the Dominion. It will be recruited from the Indian regiments and will consist of 15 players, three of whom will bn British officers and 12 Indians of other ranks. SWIMMING. MISS STOCKLEY AT NEWCASTLE. SYDNEY, March 2. At Newcastle the 100 yards Ladies’ Championship resulted: —V. Thomas (Newcastle) 1, E. Stockley (New Zealand) 2, V. Williams (Newcastle) 3. Time, lmin 41sec. Frank Doyle has definitely accepted the Invitation of the Waitemata Swimming Club to visit Auckland this month. Kirkland and Christie were unable to secure the necessary leave to make the trip. March 0. At the swimming sports in the Ladies’ 160 Yards Championship New South Wales (Claire, Couldwell, Vera Pawley, and V. Armstrong) won by a yard In lmin •2 3-9scc. The New Zealanders did not •ton . , >di

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. WALES DEFEATS ENC..AND. LONDON, March 1. Wales beat England by 3 goals to 1. Play in the first half was rather ose, neither side showing effective combination. Three minutes before the interval Fowler scored with a fast left-foot shot. Twelve minutes after resuming Walker headed through lor England. Directly afterwards W. Davies goaled for Wales. Fowler scored the third Welsh goal 17 minutes later. For a long time the Welshmen were penned in their own quarters, but the Englishmen, although they made determined efforts, finished the attack badly. —Reuter. ROWING. CAMBRIDGE JUNIOR SCULLS. LONDON. March 2. The Cambridge Junior Sculls for the Fairburn Cup resulted in a dead heat. One of the contestants was F O’Rorke (New Zealand). WRESTLING. KARASICK DEFEATS MEESKE. NEW YORK, March 4. At Portland A 1 Karasick defeated Meeske by one fall in 27 minutes. Meeske was thrown so heavily that he was unable to continue.