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Ryan Fails In Eighth Round

At Nottingham recently Jackie, to attack, and Paterson measured Paterson retained his British and him with a terrifle left to the jaw Empire fly-weight championship, as he came in followed by a right defeating Paddy Ryan on a to the body, and Ryan went clean technical knock-out.

over the bottom rope on to the outside platform, gripping the bot- himself from tom rope to save rolling on to the floor.

The referee stopped the bout with Ryan helpless midway through the eighth round.

Paterson demonstrated to me two things (writes Norman Hurst) that he is a great and worthy champion and that, provided he can continue to make it, there Is no man at the weight in the world who can beat him.

Ryan did fairly well for the first three rounds. Then in the fourth he ran into his old trou ble, cuts over his eyes.

These cuts were brought about through fair and legitimate pun- ches. So far as Ryan was con- verned it was just tough luck.

Only One Result

From the fourth round onwards! It was plain he was wearying. and his gameness and willingness were Avot enough against the

happy and precise punching of) the champion.

There were two highlights in the light

in the sixth round and in the last round.

the sixth round Ryan started an attack, but suddenly Paterson sent him to the ropes with a hard left to the jaw.

The Irish lad pluckily ture back

RACING FIGURES PASS

Two famous figures in racing--- Latty James Douglas first woman to win the Derby, and "Bob" Gore. trainer of two "National" winners, Jerry M. and Coverleoat died last month, writes a Home cor- respondent.

Lady Douglas would not have had the honour of being the first woman to win the Derby but for the fact that she could not sell a young horse for the price wanted.

Game To End

Ryan managed to beat the count, but he was wobbly-kneed and glassy oyed as he pulled himself erect.

It was a question of how long the little battler could withstand the fury of the cool, deadly at- tack of the title-holder.

He was battered around the ring so badly that there were cries of "Stop it" from the crowd.

It was plain, however, the end the was in sight. It came in eighth.

TUNNICLIFFE

HAS NARROW

ESCAPE

I hear from Sir Stanley Jack- son that old friend John Tunni- cliffe, one of the greatest of York- sbure opening batsmen, was buried for three and a half hours in an air raid but survived, writes Home correspondent.

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Long John, of Pudsey, now 74 (ye gods, how tempus fugit), very Tong and lean with telescople arms, a terror in the slips, where, with Wainwright as second gravedig- ger. They snapped over 900 victims between them.

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John was an earnest Noncon- formist, and often preached Sundays during tours.

Tunnicliffe and Brown's Brst- wicket 554 stood up as a record for 34 years, when another Pudsey man called Sutcliffe beat it by one run with Holmes in the partner- ship.

Remember the heartbreak that one run caused? When the score- said 555. Sutcliffe (318) she board

threw his wicket away. Then the scorers broke the news that the She sent Gainsborough to yearling sales in 1916 with a re-board had one run too many up serve of 2,000 guineas. Nobody anxious conference.

Later a missing no-ball was would pay the price.

and traced, the books put right, Yorkshire breathed again,

the Colony Junior Chess Cham- pionship this week, is likely to be played off to-day, between A. Y Pirukoff and To Yu-lau. The Chinese player is Biriukoff's only remaining formidable opponent

So she decided to keep the colt and the loss of a point will bring herself, and, refusing a later offer him within reach of four other of 2,500 guineas from an American,

A Physical Training Display players Un Kwal-yung. To Yu- sent him to be trained by Alec lau, Tausz and Danenberg. These Taylor at Munton. Gainsborough will be held by the C, M. S. Heep four have lost two points each in

won the Two Thousand, the War. Yun School on the School grounds seven games and are well placed Derby, and Leger of 1918 and the (near Kowloon City), on Satur-

Newmarket Gold Cup.

clay, from 3 to 4.30 pm.

for the remaining rounds.

Other games for the week are the following:-J. H. d'Almelda v A. Kurrik, R. C. Danenberg v Un Kwal-yung, J. Tausz v A. Morton, E. M. Petruve v V. V. Kolatchoff, | and R. C. Gardner v Wm. Lee.

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HOME RACING

The following are the probable starters and jockeys for 2,000 Guineas which will be run

to-

morrow.

Mister Sawyer (Bridgland), Usenge (E. Smith), Devonian (Perryman), Selim Hassan (Ben- ry), Sollum (C. Richards), Star- wort (J. Taylor), King's Jester (Gethin), Annatom (S. Wragg), Morogoro (H. W. A. Rogg), Oweni Tudor (Gordon Richards), Burn- ingbow (Lowrey), Sun Castle: (Bensley). Orthodox (D__Smith),. The Derby Star (Maher), Sun Ray (A, W. Rogg), Camperdown (Lit- tlewood), Chanda (Lacey), Sunny Island (Nevett), Lambersihynel (Elliott), Fairy Price (Lane),- Reuter,

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