LATE SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 19515, 15 May 1922, Page 6

LATE SPORTING

BOXING. AUSTRALIAN CONTESTS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, May 14. (Received May 14, 5.5 p.m.) After tin uninteresting contest Mendies lost to Tingle on a foul in the ninth round. MELBOURNE, May 14. Spargo gained a point’s decisiori. over Bud Ridley in a contest which went twenty rounds. CARPENTIER v DEMPSEY LONDON, May 12. It is definitely announced that articles have been signed for another CarpentierDempsey fight to take place in Europe before June, 1923. Carpentier states that the, American climate upset him. He, believes he can beat Dempsey in London or Paris. It is understood that the purse will amount to £75,000 —two-thirds 'going to the winner and one-third to the loser. Descamps, interviewed, said Carpentier understanding infighting, summed up Lewis’s tactics from the first rush. During the final clinch Carpentier had Lewis groggy by means of left upper-cuts and saw he could and must deliver the coup de grace at the moment of the breakaway. The fairness of the blow could not be questioned under any rules. Lewis’s manager, Harvey, made a statement that the referee was holding and talking to Lewis at the moment of the knock-out. Lewis did not admit he was beaten. Later the boxers lunched together. - Lewis, in a'speech, said: “Wo are the best of friends again.” It is understood Carpentier receives £7500 in addition to half the cinema rights; Lewis £3,500 and one-fifth the cinema rights.

THE OBSERVER’S CRITICISM. LONDON, May 14. (Received May 14, 11.30 p.m.) The Observer says : “If the public is gulled into accepting the proposed Demp-sey-Carpentier match as genuine, in which Carpentier holds a chance of victory, they will get what they deserve though the spectacle will probably be of longer duration than the Jersey city fight, seeing such a strong friendship has sprung up between the two principals and managers. It is the duty of newspapers and boxing critics to speak out honestly and strenuously against this match, which is _not a sporting match at ail, but only an excuse for four men and many of their hangers-on' to wheedle money from the public.” CRICKET. COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP OPENS. ASHTON’S GREAT LUCK. LONDON, May 13. (Received May 14, 5.5 p.m.) The first week of country cricket was marked by fine weather and many remarkable bowling and batting performances. It should be a season of stirring contests, especially those between the leading counties of 1921. Surrey is immeasurably strengthened by the fact that Hobbs is batting with his oldtime brilliancy. Fender, in addition to excellent bowling, has brought off a number of amazing slip catches. Hitch is giving evidence of developing into a fine batsman in contrast to his past hit or miss methods. Yorkshire’s crushing victory over Glamorgan revealed Holmes and Oldroyd in their best; form. Both made fine centuries. Macaulay’s bowling was very deadly. Parkin was another who early made his mark and Durstan, who is very keen to accompany the next team to Australia, secured the first hat-trick. McDonald came like a lion into league

■ericket, but thus far he has performed like a lamb. There is no indication yet of the intention of the incoming Australians to remain in England. Oldfield, when questioned by the Australian Press Association, said he considered O’Keep as the only likely recruit for English cricket. Astonishing luck came to Hubert Ashton the Cambridge triple blue. A ball struck his wicket and a bail lept into the air. Ashton turned towards the pavilion, when Chapman, the other batsman, shouted. Ashton seeing the bail re-settle on the stumps dashed back to the crease before Boddington, the wicket keeper recovered. LONDON, May 14. (Received May 14, 11.50 p.m.). Surrey made 470 against Hampshire at the Oval. Fender scored 185 by a fine exhibition of hard hitting. He scored fiftytwo off fourteen consecutive balls. HOBBS REPLIES TO ARMSTRONG. LONDON, May 14. (Received May 14, 11.30 p.m.) Hobbs, in an article in the Evening Standard, refers to Armstrong’s recent criticism of cricket management. “Armstrong and I do not see eye to eye on. a number of things, but I agree with him up to a point on this question. I wonder what Armstrong thought of the gates in England last summer, and if he considered it proper in the interests of the game when he declined to play full time. Armstrong thinks we play too many professionals. Well, individual niembers of the Australian team pocketed big sums of money for playing.” ENGLISH RACING. DERBY PROSPECTS. LONDON, May 13. (Received May 14, 5.5 p.m.) Ante-post betting in England is becoming less and less popular, and the clubs are finding it difficult to create a live market for the Derby to be run on May 31. Lists of quotations are published daily in the newspapers, which frequently describe them as sham betting and almost daily allusions are made to the farce, bookmakers determining the prices while the public look on. St. Louis’s easy victory in the Two Thousand Guineas made him an automatic favourite. He is a grand colt, trained by Gilpin, but the position is clouded by the fact htat Gilpin has Re-Echo in different ownership, recalling the problem of the 1920 Derby when the same trainer had Spion Kop and Sarchedon and the longpriced candidate won. comfortably. Gilpin delights in mystifying the public and ReEcho and St. Louis will not be tried together until they meet in the Derby. Pondoland’s easy win over a moderate field in the Newmarket Stakes did nothing more than strengthen St. Louis’s position, but the bookmakers clipped a couple of points from Pondoland’s price, shortening the other quotations in sympathy.

BILLIARDS. LINDRUM’S VICTORY. SYDNEY, May 14. (Received May 14, 5.5 p.m.) The final billiard scores were: Lindrum, 16,002; Stevenson, 6545. Stevenson states he was much taken in over the game, as he thought play would have been' of an all-round-thejtable variety. Lindrum denies he confined himself to red ball play. He states that less than six thousand of his score was made from that class of play. TENNIS. JAPAN’S DAVIS CUP TEAM. NEW YORK, May 13. (Received May 14, 11.30 p.m.) The Davis Cup committee has received a cable stating that Kumagae is unable to play in the series. While Shimidzu and Kashio will make a good pair, it is thought that Japan’s chances are greatly lessened by the absence of Kumagae.