PASTIMES OVERSEAS.
TENNIS IN AMERICA. (Australian Press Association.) NEW YORK, August 31. At the Brookline tennis tournament Miss Betty Nulhail (England) and Lott (America) won Hie national title by defeating Mrs Co veil and Austin (England), 6—3, 6—3. In the final for the men’s national doubles Lott and Doeg (America) defeated Bell and White (America), 10—8, 16—14, 6—l. WRESTLING AND BOXING. MELBOURNE, September 1. In a wrestling contest at the Melbourne Stadium last evening John Pesek defeated A. D. Santell on points in eight rounds, after a rather uneventful contest. Neither man secured a 'fall. There were 12,000 spectators. NEW YORK, August 31. George Cook (Australia) is to fight Young Stribling on Monday at Macon, Georgia, instead of at Atlanta. PEDESTRIAN ISM. MELBOURNE, September 1. The i 0-miles cross-country championship of the Victoria Amateur Athletic Association was won toy C. Chcgwidden. Time, 57m. 445.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17805, 2 September 1929, Page 8
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