Leicester Mercury du lieu suivant : Leicester, Leicestershire, England • 17

THE LEICESTER MERCURY TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22 1927 A SPORTING DIARY Whitwick Imperial Player Qoes North Sheffield Club After New Men By SIMON DEE comfortable and the price for the three massive pieces is promotion and both Major Bralthwaite the Chairman of Directors and Mr Kaye Aspinall vice-chairman have stated that while Leeds have any hope of getting back to the premier division tiiere will be no thought' of parting with any men Major Bralthwaite says that a lot more lias been made out of Sheffield United's offer than it really amounted to and the offer such as it was had been definitely declined GUINEAS Note how Send for our Free Catalogue of similar Bargains or 12 Monthly Payments of £1 NO DEPOSIT DEMPSEY SUED BY KEARNS Tex Rickard Calls Counsel a Liar To-day's hearing at Newark (New Jersey) of the action for 333333 damages brough against Dempsey by Kearns his former manager for alleged breach of contract although brief pro vided one of the most dramatic Scenes of the year being punctuated by shouts': threats taunts tears and tirades on several occasions physical conflict being narrowly averted The fun began when counsel ror Kearns demanded the declamation of at "mistrial" on the ground that Dempsey had been travelling round the State stirring up public sentiment on his owa behalf Counsel referrerd inter alia to talk over the wireless and then made a charge of a most direct character against Mr Rickard At this point the court 'was thrown into an uproar as Rickard Jumped to his feet and shouted You are a contemptime liar" Everyone present seemed stunned by the -sudenness and gravity of the charge's and friends were obliged to pull him down in his chair ExChampioa Adamant The famous boxing promoter was still further enraged by counsel's reference to his (Rickard's) sinister shadow Which has been cast over the courtroom in such a manner that the jury tampering in the Fall-Sinclair trial smells like attar of roses" Protracted arguments followed and after the attorney representing Dempsey had declared in a ringing voice that Dempsey would never settle If ft could be done for one the presiding Judge indicated that he Intended to declare a mis-trlal not because he believed there had been any guilt but because these charges having been made the finger of suspicion will inevitably be pointed in some quarters at the Jury and even at the Both sides finally agreed to end tfcft trial In a non-suit" a polite form of mistrial carrying no connotation of guilt 1 PRODUCER WARNED Rail and Bus Fares Paid The Three-Piece Suite IN REAL DAMASK only cordially invited CO Latest Shades and Materials DB Overcoats 30- CLOTHINO RAO AND BOOT STORES NORTHAMPTON SQUARE ARMSTRONG-SIDDELEY cars Prices from £320 AitNtM i i a A HAMSHAW Ltd LEICESTER Also Agents for HUMBER CARS A LTHOUGH my colleague "Ilampden til reviewing the English eleven last night was too modest to hand out any bouquets to himself 1 think 1 ought to tell you what he wrote in last Saturday's "Sports Mercury" just in case you didn't see it Under the- heading of for Another City Player Osborne may be fcug land's new lea he wrote When the English team is announced on Monday next will the name of Hog Osborne be included ltns is the "nope it remains to be seen whether it will be fuliilled But there is no doubt that the former amateur international lias been improving aTl tie season and is serving up football week after week now of the highest possible class Wherever he goes he attracts attention aud excites comment even after that Ev'erton tragedy people Were talking about Osborne But whether the English selectors will be talking about bun on Monday aiternoon when the eleven to represent thisvcountry against Wales at a urt Moor on November 28th is chosen a dhierent matter Personally I believe' they will Critics Surprised And yet practically every newspaper in the country to-day describes osoorne as a although they nearly all say now that he has been forcing himself upon the notice for weeks But not one newspaper mentioned him as a likely starter yesterday when' giving forecasts of the eleven all going to the clubs that usually get mentioned in these cases and picking Barkas of Huddersfield although one or two did give Oakes of Port Vale Pros Meet Amateurs With so many clubs in the Third Division engaged in the FA Cup on Saturday Millwall will be without a League engagement and have arranged to play the Corinthians And the man charge of the game will be Mr A Mair a Londoner who has been a knight of the whistle since 1902 This will be his K3rd game He was also in charge of the contest last season when the sides met and which he described as one of the sporting encounters he had ever refereed The amateurs won in the last ten minutes by the odd goal in seven Forward and Back I One critic in Yorkshire to-day has made a most wonderful discovery He says referring to the City player and Osborne of Leicester City who as a member of the Fulham club played against Ireland in To be capped for England as a forward in 1923 and to follow this by being chosen as a full back four years later would stamp Osborne as a player really out of the ordinary if it were true But what this writer evidently forgets is that Reg has a brother and it is his brother Frank who was capped when he was with Fulham in 1923 Offer Refected So Leeds have turned down Sheffield United's alluring offer of £14 000 for Jennings White and Turnbull The club scorns cash when there is a chance of OUR SOCCER FORECAST How League Cup Qames May End Next League and FA Cup fixtures will bo found below Teams printed in capital letters are expected to win where no distinction is made a draw is likely DIVISION I Awotl Spars VILLA Black barn BURNLEY Manch'trr Bury EVEBTON DERBY Wednesday LEICESTER Newell L'pool HUDDERSFLD Poclsmoutb B'minghm Shea Cardiff SUNDERLAND Bolton West Ham Middleabro DIVISION If BARNSLEY Reading Port Vale CHELSEA Fnltixun Grimsby HULL Southampton Iced West Brom MANCHESTER Stoke FOREST Bristol Preston Notts SHIELDS Orient SWANSEA Oldham WOLVES Blackpool DIVISION ni (Sonth) BRENTFORD Torquay SCOTTISH LEAGUE AIRDRIE Bo'ness CELTIC Clyde RANGERS Dunfermline Qn'a Park HAMILTON Kilmrnk HIBS Falkirk Partick MOTH' WELL Rath Dundee St Johnstone HEARTS ST MIRREN Aberdeen ENGLISH First Round Durham Wrexham BRADFORD Workington Rhyl Wigan Shirebrook TRNMERE HALIFAX Hartlepools SpeunjTioor ROTHERHAM Nelson Bradford Denaby SOU I PORT Gainsboro' Stockton Shildon BRIGHTON CREWE Ashington Aorzington Lincoln Carlisle DONCASTER STOCKPORT Oswestry ROCHli'L Crook Town A be ilar Exeter BATH Southall Kettering CHATHAM Merthyr CHARLTON Danlord PALACE BRISTOL Walsall Coyen try Bourne m'th Aldershot QUEEN'S PK Ncirthflcet London Caledonians NORTHAMPTON Leyton BotweR Mission PETERBOROUGH LUTON Clapton Poole rS OR WICtf Gillinghm PLYM TH SOUTHEND Wellingtn Newport Swindon WatfoTd Brighton Illortl DULWICH HAMLET its name implies a triumph of comfort durability and economy The materials throughout are of the most reliable order there is nothing cheap about it but the price Only huge manufacturing resources and enterprise make possible its production at the gift price of 11 gns for the three pieces Critical examination After Waring Mr Aspinall stated that they were not going to part with a single first team player They were not after money but their first aim was to get back into the First Division He thought they had the team and the proper team spirit to attain that object But Sheffield United have not given up hope and they are trying hard to get some fresh talent before next Saturday They have been watching Waring Dixie Dean's successor at Tranmere Rovers But they have not beep the only people with their eyes on this promising lad several other First Division clubs fiotihg his performance in recent games Haywood Signs Talking about transfers reminds me that George Haywood the Whitwick Imperial I player has followed in footsteps and signed for terfleld He lias played for Southend and appeared recently at Filbert-street for the seaslders in a London Com blnation game Haywood who Is only 20 years of age is a coal-miner employed at the New Louru Colliery ana lives at the Outswood-lane Coleorton He started his football career with Coleorton Bible Class with whom he had three seasons in the Coalville and District Sunday Schools League This was his first year with Whitwick Imperial He is a player of outstanding merit and now that he has taken the plunge with Chesterfield he may develop Into quite a class player He has had a trial with the City Reserves at Leicester but that was as far as his Filbert-street Interests have gone Fixture Wanted The Ellis Old Boys BFC are without a fixture on Saturday If there is any other XV in a similar state the secre tary should write to the secretary of this XV Mr Bailey 244 Melton-road Leicester and see what can be arranged The match could be played either home or away I have had a note from the Leicester secretary thanking me for the paragraph drawing attention to their vacancy last Saturday He says that they had several replies and eventually fixed up with Shell Mex Always willing to oblige in these little matters LEICESTER BOXERS AT NOTTINGHAM SAM NEWBOLD DRAWS WITH KID SMITH At Nottingham last night the lightweights Kid Smith (Carlton) and Sam (Leicester) fought 10 rounds lo a draw a popular decision A clever exhibition was put up by-Nipper Pat Daly (London) boy paperweight champion and Tom Fitzsim monds (Coalville) the Londoner winning on points The featherweights Young Walters (Carlton) and Fred Dunn (Leicester) opened cautiously Dunn attempted to force matters in the fifth and sixth rounds with a right uppercut and swing He met with little success until the eighth when he sent Walters down with a terrific right to the face Walters recovered smartly and fought back vigorously At the end Walters was declared the winner on points The chief contest one of 13 rounds between Louri Raiten the Stratford middle-weight and Andrew Newton (Maryiebone) was stopped in the eighth round the latter having injured his hand VICTORY FOR DANIELS Gipsy Daniels the British cruiser-weight champion fought at his best when at the Ring London last night he beat Louis Morelle of France Daniels fought aggressively and knocked out his opponent In the Second round CAMPBELL AND I HOUSE FURNISHING SPECIALISTS Hinckley Samples of Milk Twice Bad Hinckley Rural Council Sanitary and Highways Committee report which was presented yesterday stated that the inspector reported that of the 11 samples of milk recently taken for n-amination three were shown to be good two fair one moderate and five' bad Instructions were given for fresh' samples of the milk shown to be bad to be taken during the next few weeks In view of the fact that in one instance the previous four samples taken since July of last year were also shown to be bad" a letter be sent to the producer concerned informing him that unless some improvement is shown the Council will consider the question of withdrawing his licence SKITTLES AT SYSTON An 18 representing the Fox and Hounds Skittle Club (capt Mr Hakes) visited the Constitutional Club last night to meet an 18 of the club (captain Mr Lew In) The Fox and Hounds scored 103 pins to the club's 112 oil the first leg on the second the club made 95andthe visitors 100 Result: Victory for the Club by 5 pins 4 IRISH CHAMPION IN AMERICA Mossie Doyle the light-weight champion of Ireland who is seeking the crown held by Sammy Mandell the American light-weight champion arrived at New York yesterday on board the liner Laurentic which was making her maiden voyage across the Atlantic With a brogue so pronounced that the American reporters were unable to understand him Doyle was Introduced by his manager as a real Irish fighter NEW PORTSMOUTH HALF The Portsmouth Club has signed om James Nichoi a half back from Gilling1 ham Several first division clubs have been hoping to secure him Nichols may play for his new club on Wednesday at Fratton Park in the London Combination 43-45 HIGH ST LEICESTER Phone 70 Phone 70 MINTS THf FINEST PEPPERMINT IN THE WORLD FUR TRIMMING THE LONDON HOUSE HIGH STREET.