The Lightweight Championship bout saw the two contenders, born e Parsees will meet the Army's Staff and Headquarters side on the Police Club ground, and it is diMeult to predict what will happen here, It is rumoured that the Forces can call upon the services of several Naval cricketers, but that will depend upon the relative ships being in harbour on that date, As for the Parsee side, they suffered defeat at the hands of the Durhams last Saturday on \the Rees, ground, and will probably throw in a reorganised attack and batting side when they appear this time, Their performance at the crease "Was weak in the face of the Infantry attack, but it must be remembered "that a newly-formed team needs time to combine, and With this in mind one can expect a better performance next Saturday. Besides, the matting wicket should help them, AS.R.C. Colts Led by Pat Madar, one of the leading lights of the Recreation Club during the past few years, the Colts stand a very good chance of going one better in the: table this season, Besides being able to call upon the White brothers in both departments Madar will have Kellner, Pettit and Games to form the backbone of a well-balanced side, Games has been shaping well at the nets, and his skipper appears, to be as clever as ever with the ball, In the field this team will be-hard to beat, but no certain winner against an equally good Tyros looking very fit as they entered the ring. Haines weighed in at 135 and Allessandri at 193, The American boxer was a picture of confidence which he displayed from the start as he waded in to set a lightning pace, Allessandri in contrast was steadiness personified for the first round, and allowed his opponent to weer himself out apart from giving the eventual loser every opportunity to open up with the result that Haines was getting too confident with his open style and providing Allessandri with opportunities of getting under his, guard. This was the deciding factor of the fight Haines advanced with the gong for the, start of the first round and led with a left to the body, following it with some hard blows to Allessandri's head. The Italian fighter played a waiting game and allowed the American to do all the leading, with the result that Haines took the first round by a fair margin?
In the second round, Haines kept up his aggressive style and pushed the fight to his opponent, his powerful rights to Allessandri's head finding their mark, but apparently having no effect. Haines put in a hard deft swing to Allessandri's body, and swung past his opponent, the Italian countering with a left to the former's head, Allessandri then opened up slightly and Haines was kept on the defensive, with the Italian coming in with some lightning lefts and rights to the American's head, The round was even, Recreation Club Tyros Deciding Blow Two weeks ago T, W. R, Wilson showed that he had lost little of the devil attributed to his deliveries when he assisted in dismissing the Seaforth side for a meagre total on his home pitch, Although he will not have quite as. strong. assistance this afternoon there is no reason to believe that he will not again do equally as well against*batsmen with whom he has been acquainted for several years, The Tyros will go on with definite confidence, and should win, Harry Madar and C, J. Smith form a pair on whom the skipper can rely for a good start, with Lawrence and Pate to bring up the rear. In all probal ity Kew will be chosen for the p tion behind the sticks, where he per. formed with success last year, Although on paper the side does not appear to be very strong, there is no telling at such an early date how it will turn out against sides of known strength, At least Wilson will have experienced players behind him,
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