New York, Apr. 30.
The Camera circus, which has given sixteen performances, all knockouts, during the past three] months, had-an inglorious end to-when the ow York Boxing mission indefinitely suspended the Camera troupe.
This action of the New York Commission followed the official inquiry made by he Californian Commission into the alleged faked fight between the Italian giant, Caraera, and Leon Chevalier, negro, on April 1 Mrs, Chevalier, to-day, said that a proposal was made to her husband at the time: that he should lose.
Tt be recalled that the fight between Carneva and Chevalier was stopped in the si.th round, after: Chevalier had risen from acount] in stopping the fight, brought forth numerous protests, ith the result that the Commission ordered that the two boxers' purses should be held up pending an investiga.
—Reuter.
New York, Apr. 30. The commission made clear that the specific cause of action was the: recent Chevalier affair in fornia, which wound in circum stances suggesting intimidation and general crookedness and which was. followed by an official investigation which Carnera's negro opponent told of threats against life if hho did not "throw" the fight.
According to the statement in announcing the bai all those connected with the'
Owing to the inability of several distinguished Old Cheltonian golfers to get away for the annual competition for the Hewitt Cup, I was roped in to fill the last place in my old school team, and thus had the opportunity of witnessing one of the best and keenest amateur golf struggles that the gramme produces. tion is open to recognized public school old boys, ten aside, fou:- somes over 18 holes. From small beginnings it has grown to becom? one of the largest and most impor: ant from many points of view. This year no less than 32 schools! were represented and 200 golfers, including many of the star perfor-miners, assembled to do battle'on behalf of their old schools. Four-
Some golf is said by some to be the severest test of golf, and, that as it may, it certainly levels up pairs to a remarkable extent, Eton, Jarrow, Chartethouse ani Winchester had teams composed almost entirely of scratch players, but the displays of nerves were frequent among these players as among lesser fry whose names seldom read of in the papers.
Harrow, the holders, were. joint! favourites with Charterhouse, with Winchester and Eton close behind them. The luck of the draw brought Harrow, Charterhouse ant Eton in the top'half, so that many expected to see a final between one of these schools and Winchester.
Curiously enough, I was to have a hand in altering' all these bred us. Winchester drew to play Cheltenham, and although the latter possessed two pairs good enough to hold any other pair in the com-Petition, it was expected that the lower pairs would be won by W chester.
Cheitenham's first pair, R. Il. de Montmorency and D. 8.' Rodman, played magnificently to beat Major bout will henceforth be} 8 Thorburn and A. J. Evans, ineligible to obtain followed tu by Capearn York state.
Hi. Mi. Aitken and J. D, Kerv 'This action indicated that Car-with another Cheltenham—vietory nora will not come under the ban-over the Hon. M. Scott and D. E. ner of Madison Square Garden in Landale. The latter will be meeting George Godfrey, Johnny' membered as having recently: Risko, or other heavyweights of] ed China. prominence, ax had been suggested Cheltenham's third and fourth by those desirous of seeing him couples lost rather easily and it perform against a man of ability) was left to the writer to provide instead of the assortment of town one of the thrills of the first day': clowns he has "batted" over in hi tour of the provincea-—United play. ly partner, C. H. Pigg, handicap 2, a housemaster at Chel-Press. denham, a' steady player, was opposed to A. M. Tew who is cor-
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