Belfast, July 8.
A High Court jury yesterday found for the defendants on charges of negligence in a claim by a widow for the death of her husband, when a car crashed into the spectators during the 1936 International Tourist Trophy race at Newtownards, near Belfast.
The Judge stated that the race constituted a "legal nuisance."—Reuter, Roper Flattens Perroni Los Angeles, July 8.
Jack Roper of San Diego knocked cut Patsy Perroni of Cleveland tonight in the second frame of a heavy weight bout scheduled for ten rounds. Roper weighed 200 pounds and Perroni 188.
Bob Nestell scored an auspicious come back when he won a technical decision over Frank Rowsey in the third round.—United Press, Women's Softball Competition in the Shanghai Ladies Softball League opened yesterday on the grounds of the Shanghai American School where.the schoolgirls were outclassed by the Columbia Country Club by 18-4. The visitors proved too strong, especially in batting, as they slammed numerous hits to take a league lead.
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