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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 28, 1937.

J.H.HO'S SURPRISE MCAVOY'S

DEFEAT AT

PADDINGTON

..

Filby And Mulliken

In Final

MARY HEELEY'S

SUCCESS.

(By A. WALLIS MYERS)

London, April 3.

There was little to inspire the semi-finalists at Paddington yester- day; showers and poor visibility were against them. And it must be confessed that many of the rallies were almost as dreary as the wea-| ther.

TRIUMPH

Beats Phillips By K.O. In Fourteenth

DOYLE'S SUCCESS

London, To-day.

HONG KONGA LAWN TENNIS

Annual Meeting To-morrow

The annual general meeting of affiliated Clubs of the Hong Kong Lawn Tennis Association will take place in the Board Room of Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co., Ltd. (by kind permission) to-morrow at 5.30 p.m. to transact the following business ¿----

Jock McAvoy, the British ASSOCIATION and Empire Middleweight boxing champion, added an- other title to his lot, last night when, at the Wembley Pool, he knocked out Eddie Phillips, the holder, in the 14th round of their schedul ed 15 round contest for the British Cruiserweight box- `ing championship. There was a sensational upset in G. L. Rogers, the Irishman, re-the earlier stages when McAvoy tired from the men's singles with a took a count of two in the first strained foot, giving E. J. Filby around from a right clip to the jaw, Read and confirm minutes of last- walk-over, and as R. E. Mulliken, but he retaliated strongly in the annual meeting, adoption of 1 Report after a prodigious first set, de-second, when he sent the holder to [and Accounts for 1936, election of feated J. H. Ho, the other invader, the canvas for count of eight officers for 1937, two young Englishmen will fight with a terrific right to the jaw. League Secretary and four non- out the final this afternoon.

A series of blows from a, two-representative Councillors, Tennis fisted attack cut a deep 'gash Phillips' cheek-bone and in

inLeague matters 1937.- the Two Representatives from each 14th round, a left and a right to|Affiliated Club are invited to at- the jaw sent Phillips down for the tend. final count.

The Chinese reverse was scarcely expected after Ho's fine victory over Shayes the previous day, but Mulliken is a member of Ho's club and has been playing him regular- ly during the winter.

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McAvoy is now the Middleweight and Cruiserweight champion.

more mechanical match. Its only bout.

redeeming feature was the stub- bornness of both men.

section of Hon.

JF.A. PAY OFF

INSURANCE DEFICIT

ENGLISH TEAM

FOR TOUR

NEW FREE-KICK RULE

The F.A. Council also adopted the following recommendations of the joint sub-committee of the F.A. and the League which in- vestigated the question of com- pensation to injured players:

--- (a) That the Football As- sociation pay to the Football

eration the League Mutual Insurance Fed- sum of £5,446, being the deficit of the fund over a period of 10 years.”

(b) “That the Football As- sociation pay from the receipts derived from replayed Cup- ties (rale 30, sub-section 2) to the Football League Mutual Insurance Federation the sum of £600 per annum for the next four years, to meet the average yearly deficit of the Federation. The position to be reviewed at the end of that period."

FREE KICKS

A meeting of the council will take place soon after the ter- mination of the annual meeting to If they had agreed to hazard the

DOYLE BEATS LEVINSKY transact the following business :—— issue in the first set and to bar the

On the same card last night;

Read and confirm minutes of the volley, confining every rally to de-

Jack Doyle, the very popular Irish-last Council meeting, election of fending strokes from the baseline, man, out-pointed King Levinsky, of an Executive Committee for 1987, they could not have provided

[the United States, in a 12 round receive entries to the Tennis League for 1987, suggestions re- The American took terrific pun-garding Tennis League formation ishment, especially from right of divisions, etc., recommendations handers to the face, but his endur-to the Executive Committee for The Rules Revision Committee's ance was remarkable.

recommendation -- regarding free- The encounter was a typical One Councillor from each affiliat-kicks to the defending side in the sentative Councillors, together with the International Board are to be ed club and the four non-repre- penalty area was also adopted, and

the officers and the Hon. League asked to make it compulsory for Secretary are invited to attend. them to be kicked direct into play

League Entries

beyond the penalty area, as is now the law for goal-kicks.

CONDITIONS AGAINST

VOLLEYING

Admittedly, the wet court and the poor sighting were against volleying sorties, but the standard

slogging match with no pretentions to boxing and very often reached a crude stage.-Reuter.

This was Jack Doyle's first win of driving was so low that if either on points in his boxing career, and player had come in on his deeper is accounted for the fact, revealed shots he might have found a return after the fight, that he brokersá that could have been tucked away. bone in his right-hand in the se-

The long first set, interrupted by cond round.-Reuter. rain, lasted well over an hour; and when the Englishman had won it his opponent was virtually through with the fight.

U.S. BASEBALL

Miss Ford and Miss Heeley, both Only One Game Played

from the Midlands, are the women finalists. Almost with identical scores they defeated Miss Nuthall and Miss Goss respectively.

New York, To-day.

Only one baseball encounter in the major leagues was held yester- Miss Heeley, who started the day, heavy rains and bitter cold match in grey trousers and, after interfering with the rest. In spite the rain interval, finished it in re of a four-bagger by Dick Shot, for gulation attire, had to ward off a the Pirates, the Cardinals. won their most determined rally by Miss game by 3 runs to 1. Gogs, a left-hander with plenty of

pluck.

MISS GOSS FIGHTS BACK

NATIONAL LEAGUE

R. H. E.

Pittsburgh St. Louis

1

6

1

3 8 1 Miss Heeley appeared to have the The National League encounters match safe when she led 6-2 in between Boston and Brooklyn, New the second set, but Miss Goss, York and Philadelphia, and the strengthening her forcing shots on American League, clashes between the forehand and finding moderat- Philadelphia and New York, ing replies, recovered to give quite Washington and Boston, Chicago an uncertain aspect to the result, and Cleveland and St. Louis and Detroit, were postponed owing to Her stroke to save the set in the rain. The National League game 12th game was one of the best of between Chicago and Cincinnatti, the day, and until she finally lost was held up by the cold-Reuter.

her service a third set looked quite i. possible.

Less reconciled to the adverse conditions than her adversary, Miss Nuthall hit too many losers against the ever-steady Miss Ford to give herself a real chance.

Even when she led 4-1 in the second set the efficient retrieving of Miss Ford levelled the

HOME FOOTBALL

Rochdale Dispose Of Accrington

London, To-day.

In a Third Division (Northern)

by shrewd, placing to an, and football match yesterday, Rochdale |

unruly

defeated Accrington by 4 goals to forehand the Leicester player got 1. The match was played at Roch- home in the 12th game.

dale. Reuter

1937.

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Club Councillors

are asked to the necessary fees) must be made note that entries (accompanied by

The Council decided to take no at the meeting. Forms on which action in regard to a letter sent to should be given details of ground the representative of the Sheffield location, etc. are enclosed.

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