SPORT SUMMARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 542, 24 June 1909, Page 3

SPORT SUMMARY.

< ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL : / ' ATHLETIC QUARTERS. < ' ■ The" Mowing items are taken from the London "Daily Mail" Overseas Edition of May 15:— ; '1..;- ■ ' Athletics. Y : ' : V Tiers were sixty-nino starters for the Marathon .race (distanco 26 miles 355 yards) from AVindteor to Stamford-Bridgo on Saturday, -May S. The race was won by H. F. Barrett; of tli'e promoting club, who covored the distairco .in Hh. 42min. 3lsec., as against 21i. 54minV 46 4'-ssec. in which Dorando com-: pleted his journey at the_Stadium last year, and Hayes's time'of 2h. oomin. 18"4-5 sec. on tlie same occasion. . F. Lord (Wibsey Park Harriers) finished second to Barrett; beaten by'sso vards. IT. Green (Sutton Harriers) was third. ; Thirty-eight men- were timed home.uhder 4h. 2mm. ,' ' • , -In an international contest at Stamford Bridgo the Polytechnic' Club beat the'Stado Francais by three points to one, the results being: 100 yards, G. A. Hawkins (Polytechnic), 1; time, 10 3-sscc: : Quarter-mile, J. ,R. Yeatman (Polytechnic),. .I;,tune; 52 2-ssec. One mile relay race, Polytechnic H;, 1; time,'3mm.' 47 3-osec. One niile,- Qui-lbeuf (Stade Franoais), 1; time, 4min. 37 2-ssec. "A twelve miles level running race at Stamford Bridgo resulted thus: A. E. Wood (Essex Beagles), time, 'lh. smin. - 23'2-ssec., 1; A. J. Roberston (Birchfield H.), lh. 'smin. .40 3-osec., 2;, B. K Long (Polytechnic H.), lh. 6min. 53 3-ssec., 3; M. Breher (Metropolitan Club,: Paris), 4.' Sid Thomas's record of-jlh. 2miri- 43sec., accomplished at Heme Hill ill 1692, was never in danger, although it was with a view of giving presentday runners' an opportunity of endeavouring to displace those figures that the raco was promoted. Sbrubb defeated Longboat .in the fifteen mile race run at Montreal. .

coif. ;■ TluT open tournament ,at St. Andrews' was won by, Harry Vardon, who defeated A. Herd in the final by 5 and 4. v ' ' - In the semi-final round 11. .Vardon beat ■\V. :E. Reid by 's'and 4, and A. Herd beat R. Thompson, the Scottish professional champion, by i hole., When Vardon and Reid met in the.'first round of tho Crudern Bay tournament the yonng Banstead Downs professional proved successful, but the ex-ehampjon has .now taken ample: vengeance for that reverse."- ■ J. H. Taylor won the first prize of £40 in, tho Cruden Bay tournament: He defeated James Braid, the open chaihpion, in the final by one hole. • ■ ' .. , ' . ' '• In the semi-final Taylor, showing brilliant form and doing 16 holes in 63 strokes, beat Duncan by 3 and 2. Braid, had to. meet W. E. Reid, the conqueror of Harry Vardon and Alexander Herd. Braid, too, played well; and won by 4 and 2. ' In the final tho golf was not so good a-s in'the earlier rounds; but t : ho> match was close, and it afforded plenty of excitement ,'to a orowd of over 1000 persons. The. champion was one'up with three to'play> but ho finished badly., ■ .„ .. .■ Tho annua! thirty-six holes stroke ic'ompetetion for the Tooting Beo Cup among members of t'ho Professional Golfers' Association Southern Section, was held ori '.May . 12. at Maidenhead. There was an entry of eightythree, including Rowland Jones, tho-holder, James Braid, tho champion, J. H. Taylors exchampion. Tho cup was won by J. G. Sherlock, tho Oxford University professional, with an aggregate score of 149. Sherlock is one of tho younger school of golfers, and last season readied the 1 semi-final ofthe Professional Golfers' Association £240 tournament,-- when he was defeated by J. H. Taylor. Braid's 71 in the morning beat the record for the course, held jointly by J. H.i Taylor and A. Simpson, by a stroke, and secured for the champion tho Maidenhead Club's special prize of five guineas for the best singlo round. • Tennis. ■ The competition for the amateur : tennis championship was brought to a conclusion at Queen's Club oij May 8, when in the final round Mr. Eustace Miles beat the Hon. N.,S. Lytton by three sots to love. The scoro was called 2 all ill the first set, but Mr. Miles, playing very effective tennis, won this and the next set with ease. Mr. Lytton made a good light in the third set, in whioh ho led at 5—4. Mr. Miles is now.nmateur champion for the eighth time, in cloven years. . ' \