THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 3, 1938.
SCOTTISH FEATHER-WEIGHT BOXING
CHAMPIONSHIP
M'Cudden-Loses His Title To Frank Kenny
(By AIR MAIL)
London, October 17.
Frank M'Cudden, Glasgow, lost his Scottish feather-weight championship to Frank Kenny, also of Glasgow, in the City Hall, Glasgow, last night. The bout was scheduled for fifteen three- minute rounds, and in the afternoon both scaled the required 9 stone.
The opening sessions, while boxed on speedy enough lines, hád no great feature, so far as strength of punching was concerned. In the third round, however, there was a distinct quickening. M'Cudden exploited two-handed punching well, and a heavy left hook to Kenny's face had him bleeding freely from the nose, and a series of right hooks to the side of the head were distinctly troublesome to the challenger.
Kenny was strong in the rallies in A couple of stiff rights from the fourth, and he was more suc- Kenny in the ninth had M'Cudden cessful in coping with the cham-momentarily none too steady. The pion's right hand hooking, and once contest continued to have plenty of Kenny got in a beautiful straight|peace and action, and the challen- left to knock M'Cudden's head ger gained materially in confidence back sharply. The champion was the further the bout went, with first to punch in the fifth, and again M'Cudden the while, making big ef- he made great use of his right, forts to land a knock out. The con- but he missed a great opportunity test lasted the scheduled distance, when Kenny backed to the ropes and at the close the referee declared with his defence wide open.
Kenny the winner.
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CHAMPION DOWN
was cheered when
he
Kenny punished the champion with a series of two-handed blows, and M-Cudden went down, but rose almost im- mediately. Again M’Cudden missed a chance in the sixth, when Kenny again backed to the ropes, and the challenger, gaining
confidence. G. GOSANO MCud- UNDEFEATED
gave M'Cudden little rest with his heavy rushes. One great rally to- wards the close, with
-
to his
knees
den rocked, by a right hook to the chin, charac- terised the seventh, and the issue was very open at the half distance.
BOWLING ALLEY PRIZE WINNERS
Scoreless Wonders On Top
FOR 58
But La Salle Draw With University
Primo Carnera, former world heavyweight boxing champion, seen on the right sparring with a well-known featherweight, has been reduced to the last dregs and is now an extra in an Italian film company.
ENGLISH LEAGUE BEATS SCOTTISH
Wolverhampton, To-day.Lawn Bowls
A crowd of 35,000 yesterday
saw the English League de- The Governor, Sir Geoffry North- servedly beat the Scottish cote, led three bowls rinks against League by 3 goals to 1 in sunny Hong Kong Football Club at Hap- weather.
py Valley yesterday, but was beat- en by 70 shots to 55.
The Governor's rink had bad luck
The English defence took the measure of the Scottish forwards, in losing to J. Russell 16—28, for An undefeated half century by G. Gosano, and 23 by J. Gosano, en- and always looked more dangerous. having drawn level at 13 on the abled La Salle College to declare at
Boyes, the Everton left winger, 15th, Russell scored 15 on five of 123 for 4 wickets against University scored after a quarter of an hour, the remaining six heads. yesterday, but the match was and at half time England were drawn.
leading 2-nil.
G. Gosano, scoring 58, including |12 boundaries.
LA SALLE COLLEGE The following are the prizewin-|F. Catton, 1.b.w., b Matthews ners for the highest scores record-J. Gosano, c Tam, b Singh ed at the Hong Kong Bowling Al- leys during October:
Sapper J. R. Fawcett, R.E, Ten pins score 264, wins the Watson's Shield (to be held for one month) and an inscribed replica.
G. Gosano, not out
M. Remedios, e Gupta, b Singh T. Bayot, c Hooi, b Matthews R. Silva, not out
Extras
Total (for 4 wkts. dec.)
Dix, who was the best man on the field, scored England's third soon after the interval, and Walker got the Scots' only goal from a
Reuter, 58 penalty.
12 23
4
14
123
F.; Reis, A. Brown, A. el ́Arculli, F.
Messrs. D'Asis and C. B. Mar-Carvalho, V. Mendonca did not bat.
tinez tied with a Duck pins score
of 133. Each was presented with
BOWLING ANALYSIS
a silver mounted blackwood duck Gegg pin by Messrs. W. R. Loxley and Matthews Company.
Singh
Tam
Mrs. E. Soong won Messrs. W. R. Cheong Loxley and Company's award to Soares
for the highest score duck pins with a total of 183.
women
4
EWO LEAGUE
O. M. R. W.
8.5 8
9138,
7 1 26
UNIVERSITY
iny. Tam, e Gosano, b Arculli
In the second round of the Ewo
7 Reuter fails to mention the
5 scorer of England's second goal.
0
2
2 0. 20
3 1 13
0
2 1. 4
11
5
27
27
N. Sen-Gupta, b. G. Goṣano
W. S. Gegg, b G. Gosario
R. M. Soares, c, and b J. Gosano C. Matthews, b G. Gosano
League yesterday, the Scoreless C. S. Loke, e Remedios, b J. Gosano
Wonders beat P.W.R.C. by 305.
Scores:
S. Church
SCORELESS WONDERS
0. Cheung, 1.b.w., b Remedios
C. M. Hool, b J. Gosano Ameerali, not out
A. Ho, not out
.fr: 142 178 428 Extras i
E. Foggiano ....178. 185 141 484
R. Venezia
E. Hearther ~Total
W. Sharpe W. Bailey W. Woolgar O. Rell
Total
166 145 18548650 Total (for 8 wkta,) 168 142 171 476 R. Singh did not bat.
5. 1,872 18 BOWLING ANALYSIS
P.W.R.C.
140 99 131 370 Arculli.
66110117-298 G. Gošano .112118 188 368 Catton...... .220: 144 3172 686]J. Gónabó
1,567 Remedios
MIDDLESEX
HELD BY
SURREY
COUNTY RUGBY
CHAMPIONSHIP
London, To-day.
Only one County Rugby Cham- pionship encounter was held yes terday, Middlesex and Surrey shar fng 20 points at Richmond An- 0 other championship encounter be- tween Dorset and Hampshire, at Poole, was postponed..
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0. M. R. W. 11 # 29.1 14. B 16 8
3
17
6 1 24”
Other results were:"
Guy's Hospital 16 Cambridge U. 27, Oxford University, 16 Oxford Grey
bounds 14.
St. Bart's Hospital 8 'Army' 81
Reuter,
Sir Geoffry
·
Northcote
L. Newton. M. Carter J. Deacon
(Skip)
A. M. Brown R. E. Lindsell V. Seárle W. W. Hirst
(Skip)
N. L. Smith R. M. Henderson J. T. Smalley |A. L. Shields
(Skip)
J. S. Howell A. W. Hodges L. Lammert J. Russell 16. (Skip)
C. G. Sollis J. Rálston H. Pegg. V. Walker
16 (Skip).
R. P. Shaw
C. B. Robertson F. H. Glover A. Brooksbank 28 (Skip):
YESTERDAY'S SAILING RESULTS
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A. Sweepstake race was hold by Roy al Hong Kong Yacht Club: yesterday for Mixed Classes, and was wo Arjel, called) by Captain 12. Wilkinsoci | The race for “A” Class yachts was won
by Kittiwake, salled by Misa
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