CHALLENGE TO DEPT. CHAMPIONS,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, · 1926.
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TUNNEY WINS.
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Bloxham beat Ball by 2 up and Ferous for cars-Reuter's American | 1 to play.--Reuter. Service.
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London. Sept. 2. The Mid-Surrey golf tournament semi-finais resulted:
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FAILS AFTER 16′′HOURS,
Rugby, Sept 20. With the deciding game be- 3liss Marriott of Barnstaple, Who tween the Kowloon Cricket Club swims under the name of Mist Jane]TT, on London and the East Point Recreation Purwin and who left,Cape, Gris T.T. on Shanghai
Banks. Club Enished the Kowloonites be New at nine o'clock last night in an came second, division champions attempt to swim the English Chan-Hongkong Bank
do. and will next season change nek had to leave the water at mid- places with the Police Recreation day to-day when about six miles of Chartered Bank Club for the second year in auc- Dover.
Mercantile Bank,, A. & B. cession. Last time it was the for fitgen hours and had to give
Mise, Marriott was in the water; other way about.
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Decision After Full 10 Rounds.
WINNER NEARLY OUT OF 'RÍNG,
Dempsey 15 lbs, Henvlen.
Philadelphia, Sept. 20. The principals in tonight's world's heavyweight boxing, cham- bionship then round battle weighed
Round by Round Description: How in at 5:30 pm, today as follow:
Dempsey Failed.
Philadelphia. Sept. 23. Tunney Wan by a 'derision and -the crowd rushed the ring.
Tunney was the first to enter the ring. The was voritorously cherred! and was smilive matblobile,
Dempsey previved a similar ová- !
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Tapitey swept forward and gree! - ed the champion with a warm hand- shakes
Dempser riched in and max out
a right.
Tunney' elinehed.
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Hard blows
Tunney landed with w hard eight to the head and two hafia, got Dempsey distrussed in the ropeą į and out-fought him.
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Tunney easily wwwn the fast two rout, the champion landing only a few hely blows in the secour mand
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Heavy Blows Delivered.
I h Third round Dempsey landed two upper-etrs.
Tanneris mouth was bleeding bat Dempsey was driven to the ropes,
In the fourth round the champion Beni Tunney nearly ever die tropes with a right, and left to the head and hard blows to the stomach.
The gehallenger retaliated and foreed Dempsey to finch.
The champion tried for a knowl out, vinly in the gifs. Tunney sobered but was confident
Dempsey landed a hard right the fare and Tunney countered in the body in the gisth.
Tuaner made the abamping miss. A hard swing to the jaw mauled i big badly about the head; the champion staggered hung in te the rupes; and then both landed good? blows in the entry of the ring.
Dempsey Spits Blood.
In the seventh round Dempsey cat. Tunney's right eve at clore quarters.
In the eighth round Tunney Beverly drove Dempsey to the ropes with a left to the mouth and rights. to the head. The champion hit Tunney in the body and made him wince, looking towards the referen
The nineth Forande any Dempsey land's hard right to the body. Tunney returned a right la fan jaw and the champica, tegadne very webbly, spitting blond in a horrible sight..
In the tenth round the bogorš clinched. Dempsey whe swinging wildly and rushed in. Tunney kept him but with a left. The champion forent Tunney to the ropes with
raig of have blows.
Tunney Unmarked.
Both the champion's eyes were almost closed. Nevertheleste he got a hard righbloge, shaking Tunner?!
The challenger, thin completely closed Dempsey's left eye and finished the fight with a punishing † right to the body.
The police had to riear the ring before
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Dempsey embraced the, conqueror
amidst storms of applaaser
Taney barely bere any marks of the battle.
Jack Dempsey 190 pounds.
Gene Tunney 1831-pounds.
The tent is tomou to stars be tween ? and. He in the evening. Reuter's
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This Fight of Fighte
Philadelphia, Sept. The stages for this fight of fights
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Fourth sind results:-
Her beat Holland 4 and 2. Wilson brut barge 8 and 5. Bloxhamr beant Frostick and 2. Ball bens Gaudin 4 and 3.
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NOTES, BY MAIL.
London, Sept. 9. Walton-Heath. In the semi- finals of the English native
THOSE CONCERNED IN THE BIG FIGHT. "
GENE TUNNEY:
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Jack Dempsey. 3 1 favourite.
COPYRİGHT KEYSTAME VIEW GO, NEW YORK
Tex Rickard, promoter.
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up her no effort because of ex haustion and adverse, conditions.- British Wireless Servicg.
The deciding game at Taikoo was very close and the result was in doubt right up to the hat head, W. Hill's rink liad a lot to do with the victory. Enst Point are to be sympathise with in getting, 30 close to the honours and then.. loslig, but they have the satisfac- tion of knowing that they played the game in all ways. May they have better luck next season!
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FINALS TOMORROW.
To-morrow on the Royal leng To-morrow night the finals in Kong Yacht Club green. the home the novices boxing tournament of do.. ream will receive a visit from a the 1 East Surrey Regiment will do. team chosen from the Scottish be held at Murray Barracks, when Oriental Navigation Company of the Volunteers. A the championships in the regi-Shell Transports fine afternoon's enjoyment is pro-mental Competition will also be Star Ferries ... miseri, and 1 am told that special decided. arrangements have been made for This week the novices tourn
Refineries. providing for the "inner man."* ment has progressed, producing & China Sugars
number of rattling bouts. Last Malabon Sugars The following are the teams night's results are appended.
Mining. chosen to play-
To-night, the 4th round and Benguets .... Scottish Company: Hazel semi-finals of the novices com- Kailan Mining AG. Shaw. Henderson and Ramsay petition, together with
the Langkats (Combined) (skip): Goodwin, Fletcher, eliminating series of the cham- do. (Single) Mekelvie and Duncan (skip)pionships, will be completed, leav-Shanghai Exploration Craig," McKeliar, McTavish andling al finals for to-morrow,
Shanghai Loan. Drummond (skip).
Last night's novices results Rauba Yacht Club-Croucher. Car (anch, bout 3. rounds. usunt Ser- Tronoh Mines penter, Shellshear, and Edwards vice conditions):-
Ural Caspiang skip Wooth Creig. Erayfield, Land Russell
Docks, Wharves,. (skip): Davies, Sg. Wilson (A Compang) | Anderson. Lang and Shields,
Godowns, &c. askip).
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Featherweights..
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Pte. Jordan (A) beat Pte. Bran (Red Wing) on points,
Pte. Tucker (A) walk over from Pte. Piner (B)
The final in the inter-Depart mental competition was played.
Lightweights. last Sunday on the Police green LCpl. Williams (Red) and a very exciting game was wit Pie. Goodheld (B).
HOBBS'S FUTURE.
Not to Become Coach to Public School.
London, Sept. Interviewed by the "Evening Standard" at Seurborough, Hobbs denied that he had been offered a position as coach by 'n Public School.
He thought he was not likely to accept, even if such an offer. were made..
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Ete. Smitir beat Pte. Smith.
derful howls and head after head Pte Hodge (C) hent Ptc. was deservedly applauded by the Osborne (A), extra round. large number of spectators who had turned up to watch the play. There was not two shots' differ- ence in either side until the 19th head when McLeod let his oppon- ents lay four, and it is certain that this head was the deciding factor in the game.
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At the conclusion of the game! the cup and replicas were pre- sented to the winning team, after which a challenge was thrown out. The winning department to play a team picked from "the Rest," the losers in the game to provide spoons.
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This game will therefore take place on Sunday, on the Police green starting at 3.30 p.m. sharp.. The Sanitary Department team
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DONCASTER CUP WON BY BON GRACE.
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It is estimated that between amateur golf championship, Twill be chosen from: Taylor, Lam- "125,000 and 150,000 spectators will Ellison. the holder, Royal Liver-ble. Smith, Gregory and W. Hill, 100 to 8 against. Willow Stream. Wm. Powells
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Hotels are swamped, accommoda-Pokes, by 2 and 1.
Seven ran.
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(Revenue) McLeod (Prisons), Glommen finished four lengths Air Force champion, beat Hollands (P.W.D.) and J. Clark ahead of Bon Grace, but was dis
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HOW THEY ARRIVED.
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tion is not obtainable and no Yeat remains on Tex Rickard's hands.
Dempsey's Boast Before the Fight.
The weather is the only doubtful factor reported.
Sidebottom, Stockport, 4 and 5.
It has been raining steadily in the morning. Should the ral continue.
At the ringside.
Rain censed at two o'clock. The
son appeared, quickly drying the tlers of wet seats.
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The crowds were already wending their way to the stadium through the gates which were opened at three. The evening was sultry, -
Spectators were pouring in" a coutinnal stream, including many women.
Dempsey arrived at 7.30 from Atlantic City.
Interviewed by Reuter, he said
that he was in fine fettle and expected to polish off Tunney quickly.
At 7.56 the first pruliminary bouts began.
Every fighter on the programmie was a heavyweight.
It was announced that the at- tendance was 130,000. The receipts exceed $2,000,000.'
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London, Sept. 10.
the fight will be postponed till Frinative amateur golf championship team as he thinks hest.
day.
Both boxers are on edge...
Tunney Popular.
Mach' declares his confidence in victory.
Betting is still 3 to 1 on Dempango whom the majority, expent to win inside five rounds.
Victory for Tunney, however, win be very popular.
At least one station ivjil be broad- casting on a special wave-length to enable Britain to pick up a blow -by-blow report-Reuter's American
Service.
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The reserves are Brawn, and beat Squadron Leader Hayward, Fletcher (Education). the Air Force Champion, by 6 and
4 over thirty-six holes.
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I understand that the Interport to-morrow, kick-off at 5 p.m. Un Pane team is due back from Shanghai Club team:-Rodger: Howard, to-morrow. We shall then prob- Wallington; Lyon, Stewart, Wat-Do-Berlin Ellison won three holes out of ably be able to find out why they Limaker, McBride, Key. Reserves, New YorkTM
Bon; R.B Bell, Valentino, the first six. Hayward won his lost the Interport. first hole at the twelfth.
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