SUNDRY SPORTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 30 December 1912, Page 5

SUNDRY SPORTS.

BOXING.

THE WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP.

London, December 29,

Bombadier Wells will meet Tommy Burns on March 14th for a purse of £7400. .Burns claims the championship of the world since Johnson’s forced retirement.

Sydney, December 29,

“Snowy” Baker intends making a bid to 'have the Burns-Wells fight decided in Sydney.

McOOY v. POESY.

, , Sydney, December 29. . McCoy knocked out the French boxer, J ean Poesy in the fifteenth round of a match. Poesy claimed that the knock-out blow was a foul, but the claim Was disallowed. i FOOTBALL. London, December 29. The Springboks defeated Gloucestershire by 11 points to nil.

CHESS.

THE NELSON TOURNAMENT,

Nelson, December 29. ” At the end of the 14th round of the Chess Championship Tournament, the position is. as follows, the numbers indicating won, drawn, lest and unfinished, in that order: —

CHAMPION WOOD CHOPPER.

(Received 10.5 a.ixu) Melbourne} December 30. 'Charles Miley chopped a 12-inch log in 25 3-ssec, beating the world’s record by two-fifths of a second. CYCLIINC. (Received 10.5 a.m.) Sydney, December 30. The six days’ cycle race started at 1 o’clock this morning on the Cricket Ground, and will conclude at 10 o’clock on Saturday night. Eighteen teams of two members each are competing. A. 13. L. Smith and Phil O’Shea represent New Zealand.

LAWN TENNIS.

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Per Press Association.> Napier, December 29,

The New Zealand Tennis Championship Meeting was continued at Hastings yesterday. There was a good attendance, and some fine play was shown; Swanston won the men’s singles, Miss Gray the ladies’, and Messrs. Ollivier and Goss the men’s doubles championship. Detailed results:— Men’s Singles. Swanston beat Brown, 6 —2, 6—2, 6—2. Swanston heat Fisher. Ladies’ Singles. Miss Gray beat Miss Travers, 6—o, 6—2. Miss Hartgill beat Miss Clark, 6—4, 6—3. , . Miss Gray beat Miss Baird, 6—4, 6—l. Miss Gray beat Miss Hartgill, 2—6, 6—4, 6—3, Combined Doubles. Ollivier and Miss Hartgill beat Brown and Miss Gray, 6—3, 9—7. Fisher and Miss Travers boat Margoliuer and Miss Clarke, 6—2, 6—3.

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