The Archive · 1934

Versus Northants

London, June 15. The match between the Australians and Northants ended to-day in a draw. In their first innings, the visitors made 284 and, in reply, the county scored 187. To-day, the Australlans brought their overnight score of 132 for five to 234, Brown contributing 113. Matthews was the outstanding Northants bowler, taking five wickets for 87 runs.

Northants, in their second innings, had scored 123 for nine at the close, of which Bakewell scored 53 and New York, June 14

One of the most! amazing pantomimes ever staged in the History of American boxing was witnessed when Baer thrashed Camera. The champion was knocked down ten times, and Baer strutted around the ring like a turkey-cock, bowing and scraping to the crowd, and taunting the giant Ttalian, In the final round, when the challenger was all over the champion, many of the women screamed to the referee to stop the fight The (Californian continually grimaced at Camera and generally played the fool. Directly after the fight, the new champion went to a popular night-club, where he appeared as master of ceremonies for a fee of $10,000.

Baer was absurdly arrogant at the laponing of the sixth round and Jdanced a jig to rile Camera. The Tialian, in the seventh round, protested against the clowning tactics Jot the challenger, but, when his ob-Jections went unheeded, he rushed into the Californian, who was kept fon the defensive throughout. Baer continued his clowning in the ninth, in spite of severe punishment, Camera' appeared to have been fouled five times at the opening of the tenth, but, nothing daunted, he replied with a two-fisted attack to his opponent's head—Reuter, Tims 50. Fleetwood-Smith was deadly with the ball, taking five wickets for 29 runs—Reuter.

London, June 16.

The Australian cricketers, who commenced their match at Lord's today against the Gentlemen of England, were in a strong position at the close of play.

The Gentlemen, batting first, were dismissed for 177, Grimmett taking four wickets for 76, and, when stumps were drawn, the tourists had reached 164 for six—Reuter.

New York, June 14.

A new heavyweight boxer succeeded to the world championship here to-Jnight, when Max Baer won from Prime Camera by a technical knock-four, the referee, Arthur Donovan, hhaliing the fghi in. the eleventh round. Outweighed by 53 Ib, the [Californian battered the giant Camera so terrifically in the tenth and eleventh rounds that the champion himself [begged the referee to stop the Aight. [The Italian was no match for the new champion and never appeared to have a chance from the first. Baer

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