SUNDRY SPORTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 24, 20 May 1914, Page 5

SUNDRY SPORTS.

FOOTBALL. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyrightj [United Press Association.! Fremantle, May 19. The Northern Rugby team are among the passengers by the Marmora. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, St. Petersburg, May 19. Lasker defeated Kapablanca, each scoring eleven points, with three games to play. BOXING. (Received 8.0 a.m.) / London, May 19. The Cambridge University refused to grant a full “blue” for boxing. WELLINGTON CHAMPIONSHIPS. [Per Press Association.] Wellington, May 12. The Wellington provincial boxing championship bouts concluded tonight. Results; — Feather-weights.—L. Stewart (Petone) beat E. Leary (Cross Creek), after an extra round. Final: J. W. Oliver (Cross Creek) beat Stewart. . idght-weight.—Final: Smith (Petone) knocked out H. McFarlane (Wellington) in the first round. Middle-weight.—Final: B. Finnic (Wellington) beat A. Krausch (Wellington). Heavy-wmghL—Final; S. Gerard (Carterton) beat A. G. Gladding. OTAGO MATCHES. . Dunedin, May 19. The Otago Boxing Association’s mixed tournament concluded to-night. Results : Bantam. —J. Lano beat A. Melville, <a knockout. Feather-weight.—-D. McGregor beat W. Scott; M. Facoory beat T. Jones. Final: Facoory beat McGregor. ) Light-weights.—S. Gate heat A. Oxley ; W. O’Neill beat A. Martin. Final': S. Gate won by default from O’Neill. • Middleweight.—E. Tyson beat D. Herbert in six rounds. Lightweight.—J. Ross beat S. Easton. 7 Welter. —S. Oxley beat R. Tome; J. McLeod beat S. Oxley. RIFLE SHOOTING. NORTH V. SOUTH TARANAKI. The following have been selected to represent North Taranaki against the South, to he fired at Eltham on Wednesday, 3rd June (King’s Birthday) : New Plymouth.—Lieut. F. Hartnell, Riflemen E. Evans, W. Oliver, A. Humphries, G. G. Grover, W. Short, W. Bruce. Inglewood.—Riflemen T. King, M. J. Marsh, A. Marsh, M. Standish, J. Drummond, G. Taylor, O. Spurdlo. Stratford.—Riflemen C. Jackson, N. Thorpe, Pat Speck, Trooper A. Sangster. Mangarei.—Rifleman T. Robinson. Okato.—Lieut. W. F. Narby. Whangamomona.—Riflemen E. W. Wilson, W. Armstrong. Every member is requested to catch the mail train and be on the range as early as possible, as shooting will start immediately after the train arrives. Refreshments will he provided on the ground, for which every member will be expected to pay his share. A meeting will be held immediately on arrival of the team to appoint a Managing Committee for next year. Any member picked and not able to shoot will please notify Rifleman T. King (Inglewood), not later than 2oth May.