BOXING.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 April 1926, Page 3

BOXING.

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] SYDNEY, April 2-5. At the ,Stadium, Fred Brock defeated Izzv Turner, on points, in twenty rounds, the winner giving a briliant exhibition. MEBOURXE, April 25. Billy Grime defeated Tom McAttliffe by a knock-out in the third round. NOVEL ENGLISH COMPETITION. LONDON, April 23. One hundred of tlie world’s leading golf professionals are participating in the “Standards” Thousand Pound Sterling Tournament at Moor Park, Watford, on the 11th and 12th of June, when the scoring will be under a novel system of points on target principle. The greens will be marked out in three white circles, with a radius of ten feet, another of fifteen feet, and an outside edge, these to be called the “ inner.” “ middle ” and the outer.” Tito points will he awarded according to the importance of the shots, the value decreasing according to the number of shots taken, and tho winner being the highest scorer for thirty-six holes. The “ Standard’s” critic explains that the new system is designed to emphasise the most important golf shot, which is the shot to the pin, namely, the tee shot, at one shot holes, the second at par-fours and the third at par-fives. He poinst out that experts agree that British golf suffers from the fact that tlie professionals are content to be somewhere on the green, whereas tlie Americans go for the pin. LONDON, April 23. Douglas Grant won the Surrey Amateur golf championship. defeating Major Tliornlnirn at the nineteenth bole. alter sensationally beating Weathered at the semi-final by 0-4.