SPORT SUMMARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 522, 1 June 1909, Page 11

SPORT SUMMARY.

ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL 'QTUKTESS. The:'foliowins'' items 'are "taken from'"the "Daily Mail"! Overseas Edition.of April 2i:— : Golf. i - : A team from*.the - 'combined 'Varsities op-' posed the "Royal St. George's Club at Sandwich. The 'Varsities won the singlos by 6\matohos to 5,: and' the foursomes :by 3 to' 2," thus" 'proving successful• on', the day: by ; 9 to 7. For the. 'Varsities Mr. J. A. Robertson-Durhain (Oxford) -showed gold form, .and ..beat- Mr., R. E. Myddelton by one holo. .: .'. On the Rome Club's course ,at 'Acqua Santa the tournamont for the open . amateur championship of Italy ended in favour: of Mr. ,0. Schofi6ld, ,wlip:.defeated..Mr. S. Wont in the. final, after' a, very, exciting matoh, by"one ■\hole.". .srrj 4-; - :•; : 1 -Mr. : Jerome D. Travers, the American amateur' cha.m'pion,-visited Troon on April 17, and engaged in a .four-ball foursome.;-: ..Partnered by Mr.: Muir,-a cluh member, he;opposed>Mr. : J.' L. C. - Jenkins, a Scottish . international player, and Mr. Miller,'both members of the 1 Troon .Club. : . The; match practically resolved itself into, a 1 contest between 'Mr. Jenkins and the young American. •,'The latter was found in 80, and; Mr. Jenkins in .76. The match ended in a victory for the last-named and Mr. Miller by i up and 3 to play, and they also won the bye by a hole. A large.orbwd followed the game in• • delightf ill "weather. ': ! . oilliard3. iAt Thurston's.—H.' W. .SteTenson, 18,000,. beat C. Harveson (rec. 'dOOOJ, IG.BOS, by.1192 points. Stevenson's best breaks on April .17' wore 293 and .288. :In Edinburgh.—lnraan;; 16,000," beat Aiken, (rec. 2000), .15,904, bj?. 98. Inman's best break:onvAtiril.l7. was 237.' Athlotics. -■ : • • A race between'A; B. Postle (Australia) and B. R. Day (Ireland) for the 440 yards world's ctympionship' took placo at Johannesburg, and: resulted in a victory for tho. former by.-3} yardsJ- Time, 51 3-ssec. - - '•;. Fully six, thousand spectators attended tho South London . Harriers' spring. 'meeting- at 'Kensington' Oval on April: 17. The programme was an. interesting oiie, the' outstanding events boing ; a 250 yards scratch flat race, ' a three miles scratch flat;race, and,tho revival of the . ten'.tiftiles'..scratch cyclo race' for the .Surrey Ctip.;' 'The first-mentioned - event fell, after a fast race; to ->L; J. de B. Reed. In' the three miles W. Coales, the . Midland champion, ran from virtual scratch with splendid' judgment, but was .well: beaton by P. Bryant/ who was liberally .treated, by tho' handicapper. The Surrey Cup, was won by W. 11. T. Isaacs (Putney A.C.), Leon-Meredith ' (Paddington C.C.) ' being second, ■; and C. H. Bartlett * (Polytechnic C.C.) third. .. .'' V; ' : ;-v'.v. Rackets. .. ' '.' The. Public', Schools ; racket... championship was won by tho Charterhouse pair (H. \V. Leatham and H. A. Donison), who defeated Eton (J. C. Craigie and V. T. Bulkeley John-son)-in the final by 1 games to 1. ; :.The 'arinuar -inter-'Varsity doubles - racket match/was wo:i by Oxford, who, represented by. H. Brougham and R. O. Lagden, defeated Cambridge (C.- C. T. Watson and L.'C. Crock- ' ford), by. 4 games to 1./ The singles was also •'won'-by Oxford, H; Brougham defeating C. C; T. Watson by 3 games to love. ~ Lacrosse. • . i . In fine weather, but before a small attendance, England beat Wales at Cardiff by 18 goals to 4.' The ; English i>layers were faster than the: home team, and their passing was more accurate. Early in the game Fitzgerald and then Hayes scorod'for England, but Wales retaliated with ; goals, through the medium of Dc ,Ticl, Jones and Watson. Craggs, Fitzgerald, E. P. Jones, and Leigh obtained further points for tho visitors, who led at'tho interval by 6 goals to 3. In the second half England wero far superior to tho'Wclshmeu, and added '12 goals as. against a single point by the home team. . -~t ...-■: . Football. • . • , In tho replayed • final of the Scottish Cup competition Glasgow Rangers and Celtic played a drawn game, each side, scoring one goal. Clapton defeated Eston-United in the final of tho F.A. Amatonr Cup by G goals to nil. Sculling. ■ The .£IOO sculling handicap for professionals of the United Kingdom was concluded at Putney on April 20, Pocock, an Eton lad, seventeen years of age. defeating Bowton, a Lea man, by half a length in. a. great finish.