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SPORTSMANSHIP OF NEGRO BOXER.
Willing to Fight for Charity.
London, Jan. 19.
MARATHON GOLF RECORD.
Twelve Rounds Played in a Day.
Sydney.
THE CHINA MAIL.
TEMPERAMENT.
CRICKETERS DO NOT ACCEPT DECISION.
The
[By "Old Nick."]
tendency to-day in all branches of sport is to control the temper to the extent of not making an exhibition of yourself before the onlookers, no matter how great the justification.
Scanlan tried to knock out the coon, who fled before the furious onslaught, Scanlan chasing him round the ring, writes "Old Nick" in the Sydney Referee. The pursuit ended. with Scanlan out of breath and his objective not achieved. The nigger, sensing his distress, came back at him. Scanlan went into a clinch, and a moment Inter, the eye of the coon bulged, and rolled around, showing the whites. A second later he shrieked, "He's bit me."
There was no doubt about It. Scanlan had bitten a piece clean out of Felix's chest. Disqualification promptly followed. The enormity of his offence came to Scanlan with a rush. He cried Ee a child. The disqualification worried him not at ali.
But, as he put it himself, "What will they think on an American who so far forgot himself as to help himself to a mouthful nigger?" The late Mr. W. F. Corbett, of The Referee, promptly dubbed Scanlan The Coon Biter.", Scanlan fled to the States. The name followed him, and he retired from boxing alto- gether.
a stump with his foot, thus causing the balls to fall off. Tom Flynn, Victorian umpire, gave him out "hit wicket."
Giffen, mad as eighteen haree, auid that the decision was bad. He said the appeal was made after the ball was "dead."
The game was held up for half- un-hour, when Giffen continued his, innings, the Victorians protesting, Giften made 85. The point was referred to the Marylebone Cricket Club. Of course, Giffen was quite wrong, but the Victorians did not worry, because they won the match by 18 runs.
At the time Giffon was practically a law unto himself. Usually an ex- ceptionally nice chap, there were times when he was obstinate as a mule. This was one of them.
Alan Marshall created something| of a sensation in Queensland on one occasion. He could play cricket, too, for on going to England "Wisden's Annual" one year includ- ed him in their best five cricketers of the year. Back again to Aus tralia he was playing one afternoon for North Brisbane against Toom- bul in the "A" grade competition round about 1914. He was given] out ibw. Instead of retiring with good grace as a properly-constituted batsman should, he rushed at the umpire with bat uplifted. The official ran as if his life was in danger. Then came the extraordin ary spectacle of batsman chasing umpire round the field. But unlike Giffen, Marshall had to retire.
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It has been said in regard to boxing that an outlet to loss of temper would be the knocking-out of the opponent, but experts agree that In boxing more than in any other aport it is fatal to be other than cool, calm, and collected, no matter how desperate the situation. When Tommy Burns met Jack Johnson at the Sydney Stadium for | the heavy-weight championship of the world, he figured it out that he had no chance against the "black panther," so he arranged to talk Johnson out of the fight. It was an admirable idea in the circum- stances, but the black fellow beat him to it. Only an Amerlean knows how mad an American would be if la coon referred to his wife, at the same time using her Christian name. At any rate it had the desired effect when, as the pair fuced such other in the opening round, Johnsen, with an unpleasant leer, remarked, “Tommy, I'm going to send you home in such a state that your little Julie won't know you!" If ever an athlete "did his block" Burns did then, and any chance he may have had died at that Sullivan walked up to him and, with cular, and using bad grammar in CANZONERI LOSES TO MARY HAD A LFL'
moment.
Right Out!
was
Kicked Out.
Perhaps it may not have been loss of temper but a desire to bring about a spectacular finish which induced Pat. Sullivan to err when opposed to Billy Casey at the old Gaiety many years ago. At any rate, he knocked out Casey all right, but not in the way allowed by the rules. When Casey was prostrate,
a beautifully-aimed and timed kick, sent Casey to sleep for several minutes.
Wouldn't Go Out
One can hardly imagine anyoneį losing his temper when playing: billiards. Yet the great Roberts fumed when the other man was building up a break. He let off steam by saying to no one in parti.
the process, "Who do you think the crowd are paying to see?"
Stevenson and Melbourne Inman had no time for one another, even Then as to cricket. George Giffen when they were playing only ex- made a blot on his copy book when | hibition matches; and many a snap he captained the South Australian they had at each other when show- team against Victoria on Adelaide | ing in Australia. Oval in 1889,
Perhaps all these ebullitions are
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LAMB.
"She's My Niece" Claims Uncle Sam !
AN INVESTIGATION.
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece got somewhat grey. When "eople asked who Mary was, The lamb replied "Oh, yeah!”
UNKNOWN.
L088 of temper put a pro-
Jadick Wins World mising boxer, James Scanlan, an American, out of the game
Title on Points. Не altogether.
fighting Peter Felix nt the National
Philadelphia, Jan. 18. Sporting Club, Sydney. Felix was
Johnny Jadick, a virtually un- no draw at the time, and Scanlan "Jack" Blackham, was captain of due to the state of the player's liver known boxer, to-night won the gave him the fight only out of good-the Victorians. Giffen was batting, at the moment of his indiscretion. world's junior welterweight cham heartedness. He was under the im- and Trumble bowling. In those days
pionship when he gained a deci- S. Gard, a member of the North pression that Felix would be con- each State selected its own umpire. Returning to the question of sion over Tony Canzoneri in ten A negro boxing champion, hail-
out in the sixth Giffen had made nine runs when supremacy, I do not say that we rounds of hard and fast fighting. go Ing from Panama, has just done Brighton Golf Club. played twelve tent to
80 did not
A new assault on the nationality his best to dissociate himself from rounds and four holes on his club round, and
take Trumble hit his pads. He appealed have ceased to be the best football Canzoneri's lightweight champion the avaricious motives attributed links. Gard claimed that he had his training seriously, But for lbw. South Australian umpire. players in the world. What I do ship was not involved, since both of Mary and her little Lamb has. to professional boxers. Al Brownbeaten the English record of 12 in
when, Fisher, said that Giffen was not out. maintain is that our supremacy is boxers fought at catchweights as begun in the United States, follow- is the Burotra of boxing, He la rounds and two holes. The Eng in a clinch, the arrangement was Trumble sent down another ball. | seriously challenged and that, if we far us the lightweight title wasing the death recently of Mrs. Mary. Hughes, of Liangellen, who here, there, and everywhere, fight-lish player travelled 40 miles, whispered to him,, Felix exclaimed, In attempting to hit the ball Giffen do not put our house in order, it concerned.
get the whereas Gard covered approxim"I'm going to beat you!" Summon- fell. The fieldamen nearby appeal-will pass from us just as our own Jadick has been fighting as a
always regarded as the ing whenever he can
ing the last of his fast-disappearing ed on the ground that while Giffen indifference robbed us of our tennis professional since 1925. In hie original Mary. chance. He was in Wales three ately 41 miles.
Gard has been playing less than strength the thoroughly infuriated I was turning his somersault he hit supremacy.-R. H. Bruce Lockhart. entire ring career he has been months ago and promised to fight if the any European champion
a year, yet he averaged 85 atrokes
round. He started at 3.58 a.m proceeds were devoted to charity. No match could then be arranged and received every assistance from members of the club. He putted and Brown went home.
Now Luigi Quadrini, the Euro-out on each green. pean feather-weight champion and champion of Italy, has offered to fight Brown. As soon na he was apprized
wish, of Quadrini's Brown cabled that he would "be there" (at Cardiff) early in Febru- ary to keep his promise. It will cost him a lot of money and time,
When he returned to the club a pain house he complained of round the heart and was in an exhausted condition for some time.
The American record is 228 holes and the British 252 holes.
In England. H. B. Lumsden, starting just after 2 a.m., complet
but Cardiff Royal Infirmary willed 12 rounds (216 holes) before 9 not be Tardy in recognising that in Al Brown the world has a man who fulfils all the requirements of the "noble art."
MCCABE REGISTERS
THE DOUBLE.
Takes Toll of Victoria Bowling.
p.m. and covering 40 miles. The full score was 990 or 821⁄2 per round, as against Gard's 1,025 strokes, an average of 86.
W. F. R. Boyce, the Queensland- er, played 108 holes in one day on eight courses,
In 1898, Freddie Tait, the most popular golfer that ever lived, backed himself to play a "Guttr" ball, in 40 teed shots, from St. George'a clubhouse at Sandwich. to the Chinque Ports clubhouse at Deal, a distance of three miles.
He was to hole out by hitting any part of the Deni clubhouse.
Actually he put his 32nd shot through a window of the club house, which threw a serving mald into hysterics.
Edin.
Bruce Southerland, in burgh, started at 8.15 p.m. on June 21, 1927 and played almost continuously until 7.30 p.m. next day. During the night fore caddles with accetyline lamps were employed. He completed 14 rounds.
5. J. McCabe, the 21-years old New South Wales baternan, has joined Bradman and a selected few of other Australian cricketers in the distinction of having scored a century in each innings of a match. In the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at Sydney on January 22-26, he scored 108 In the first innings and 103 not out in the second. This feat has been performed several times by Australian batsman, the classic Instance, of course, being by
The course is extremely hilly Warren Bardsley (for Australia and a large number of steps made against England at the Oval in the test exacting, and in the later 1909), Other Australian bats rounds there was drenching rain, men who have performed the feat but 282 holes were played. are Warwick Armstrong (Vic- toria), Don Bradman (New South
Wales) [twice], D. R. A. Gehra (Australians v. Essex in 1902). (South Australia), .. M. Gregory
McCabe's two three-figure inn- (for, · Australian Imperial Forces against New South Wales), Archie ings played a big part in New Jackson (New South Wales), A South Wales' victory over the Kenny (Victoria), Alan Kippax Shield holdere by 289 runs. Bat- (New South Wales) (twice, In- ting first, New South Wales scor- cluding against Sussex in 1930), ed 348 and then got rid of Vic CG. Macartney (twice, also in toria for 204. There was a fine cluding against Sussex, 1912), stand between McCabe (108 not MA Noble (New South Wales); out) and Bradman (167) in New LP. D. O'Connor (Queensland), South Wales second Innings, FALO'Keefe (Rost of Australia which was declared of 389 for 4 y.Australian XI. In 1922) HVA and Victoria were set the tank of Onyons (Victoria), V. S. Ransford making 493, to whi, Thomas (30). (Victoria), Vietor Richuraron and Oakley (98 not out) batter
South Australia),
wall but the Victorians could only muster 294 ((Victoria) and Victor Trum
the sixth round
AN EASY FIRST
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knocked out only once. To-night he forced the fighting and easily outpointed Canzonori, who appear- ad to be off form.
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A claim that Mary was a citizen of the United States was repelled with success by English writers some years ago. Now U. S. In- vestigators have returned to the attack.
Mr. William McDevitt, the lead. ing bibliographer of San Fran cisco, claims to have discovered # volume quaintly named "The Juvanilė Lire," published in: 1531. In it, he says, he found the words. and music of the old nursery and this (skys "the jingle, Exchange) ante-dates the birth of Mre, Mary Hughes by ten years.
An investigation is being made into the publication date of the newly-found volume..
She
Mrs. Mary Hughes, of Llangol- lan, was born in May, 1841. She died recently at Worthing. was always ready to tell how the verse came to be written round her. "One day when I was eight she would begin, "Billy, the eldest of my pet lambs, followed me to the village school.. He frolicked and scampered over the forms and the schoolmistress turned him out. "Three maiden sisters, the
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C. W.. F. Booker, W. Horatio. Hale, an ephnologist. This Mulcahy,
gave rise to the belief in the United
G. C. Worrall, L. M. S. States that the author and the lamb Lloyd
were of American birth.
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