D. W. Leach is fortunate in only losing one of last season's winning side, namely H. E. Orr, when the Nomads go into action against the Army òn the Cricket Club ground on Saturday, Orr was a forceful bat, a useful bowler and by far the best fielder in this side last year, and will be difficult to replace when he leaves, Of batsmen there are quite a few who made runs at some time or other in last season's fixtures, and it is doubtful whether the loss of one or two*will worry the skipper., The chief weakness of the side lies in its attack, Dunkley will be behind the stumps, where he served with great success last year, and at least Leach will not have to worry much about the field with Pote-Hunt, "Peanut" Marshall and several other agile members on the side, However, it will be a great surprise if this team repeats last season's success, for its lack of bowlers is extremely marked. their match against the Staff and Headquarters tear, the Parsee Cricket Club have decided to field the following side:—
M. J. Divecha (capt) P. M, Charna, S. M. Charna, S. P, Karanjia, F. R. Kermani, J. S. Kuka, N. N. Mehta, R. F.. Shroff, S. F? Shroff, P. B. Tata, with reserves B, R. Vicċajee and H. P, Karanjia, Golden Gaie Race Oakland, Calif, May. 30.
In the third round, Haines went in at a great pace again, and caught Allessandri a hard blow on the jaw with his left. The Italian took it and came back with the deciding blow of the match—a hard right to Haines jaw. The impact was heard all over the: auditorium and its effect om Haines was marked. He covered up and was seen to be groggy. Alle-sandri followed up his advantage and nearly had the American out on. his feet, but the gong saved the latter.
The fourth and final round saw Allessandri going in to finish the fight and finish it he did. with a right and then the final blow—a left to Haines' jaw and the Marine went down on the canvas, to take the full count. Pandemonium reigned thereafter as the Italians feted champion, many swarming to the ring to ĉon-gratulate him.
In the semi-final, Joe Clara, the dusky fighter from Manila, failed to maintain the advantage he showed over Peter Lojinkiff in their previous meeting when Clara won, and the Russian fighter certainly earned his victory. It was a grand fight and full of action.
The first four rounds saw Lojnikoff pushing the pace. The latter "discarded his usual weaving style and elected to trade blows with Lojinikoff, a fatal tactic to adopt, as the Russian easily the harder hitter. In this slogfight, Clara was taking plenty of punishment and he changed his tactics in the sixth round with the result that, taking the opportunit¢ when Lojnikoff opened up, he was able to win the sixth, "seventh and eighth rounds, The ninth round was even with both giving and taking a lot of hard blows, but in the tenth, Clara caught Lojnikoff with a left to the jaw which herd as it was, the Russien shook off without marked effect and came to stop Clara.on the jaw with a right hook which very nearly knocked the latter out. Clare hung on to finish the fight, but-he was very nearly out-on his feet then.
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