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PROVISIONAL

DATE FOR KANE- JURICH BOUT

Recognised By World Championship- Committee

(By AIR MAIL) ..

THE CHINA MAIL, ¿AUGUST 24, 1988.

It was announced in Liverpool, for the first time in his career, will yesterday that the date had been train away from his native Gol- suggested by Mr. Ted Denvir, borne, and training quarters have manager of Kane, who recently been arranged in Delamere Forest. underwent an operation on his A special trainer will be engaged, left hand, and is expected to be and it is expected that Ernst London, August 14. able to start training shortly.

Weiss, Austrian bantam-weight Peter Kane, Golborne (Lancs.)

Kane's fight with Jurich for the champion, and Billy Nash, of Lon- and Jackie Jurich, of California, world title, held until recently by don, will be the British boxer's

chief sparring partners. will fight for the World Fly- Benny Lynch, of Glasgow, has Weight Championship at Anfield been recognised by the Football Ground, Liverpool, on Championships Committee. September 22, subject to con- firmation by the American's

camp.

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FOR FIRST TIME

World

It has been decided that Kane,

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Jurich came to this country to fight Lynch for the world title, but the match was at catch-weights be- cause of Lynch's inability to pass the scales at & st.

THE M.C.C. HONOURS HAMMOND

Lord: Baldwin, president of the M.C.C., breaks fresh ground in intimating to W. R. Ham- mond that he is nominating him for membership of the M.C.C. A rare compliment to England's greatest cricketer, greater in light of the conser- vatism supposed to enshroud the inner circles at Lord's.

Last year W. R. Hammond ap- peared as a professional. Now an amateur, and captain of England, he played the highest innings on re- cord against any Australian Eleven in the Lord's Test..

Such an innings by the captain, when a tight corner was still, tight- ening, merits, high recognition. It has had its influence in inducing the M.C.C. president to take this step.

Right through the world the M.C.C. action will touch a populaṛ chord. It does honour to the M.C.C. as well

as to Hammond and the team he is leading against Aus- tralia.

When Lord Baldwin was Prime Minister of England he and his wife were uncommonly keen en- thusiasts in Test cricket. He makes a very fine, well-informed speech at cricket gatherings, his knowledge of the game, and its personalities being incomparably greater than that of nine out of ten men in public. life in this country.

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1987

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NEW CHAIRMAN OF POLO SELECTORS

LORD COWDRAY APPOINTED

The Council of the Hurlingham |Polo Association have issued the

following statement:

Lieut. Colonel C. H. Gairdner, the Chairman of the Selection and Management Committee, Westchester Cup, 1939, has aşk- ed the Council to accept his re- signation owing to pressure of military duties,

The Council have appointed the Viscount Cowdray as non- playing captain and chairminan of the Selection, and Manage- ment Committee in his place, and. It is hoped that Lieut.- ` Colonel Gairdner will be..able to continue as a member of the Selection Committee.

Mr., Gerald Balding has been appointed captain of the team on the field.

NEW CHAIRMAN

Lord Cowdray is 28 years of age and is a comparative newcomer to first-class polo, writes. R. Sheep- shanks. As chairman of the selec- tion Committee he will preside over Col, V. N. Lockett, a man 30 years older than himself and a member of the last team which in 1914 won the Westchester Cup

Other members of the committee are Major J. T Harrison, Col. E. G. Atkinson, also an ex-inter- national, and Mr. „Tyrrell-Martin, captain of our 1988 international team. As non-blaying

Lord Cowdray, with a handicap of 4 goals, will?have

one of eight players not one of whom has farhandlesp. of less than seven goals. The appointment will be received by the public which follows polo with respectful surprise.