ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2132, 25 April 1914, Page 12

ATHLETICS.

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RUMOURS OF BSC TOURS,

Paying the Piper. Tile washing-tip process in connection with the recent tour of Australasia by Manager 13. M. Poixotto and his quartet oi American athletes was brought to a oonclusion on Monday last, when tho f.iib-coireniittcO iti .charge of' tho accounts of the tour presented their statement of receipts and expenditure. The report showed that the expenses had come well unjler , the £600 estimated.. tho total being £180 Bs. lid. Tho chief causes of Ms satisfactory state of things ar<j to be found m the fact that the council was. able to secure a 10 per cent, reduction in the steamer fate?., that the s'lnl earmarked 1 for esteordkaxy expenses In ease ot iHftess,. etc., was fortunately not teCiuired. and that instead of having to fiuuacQ throe men from the Eastern States as originally planned, there was, only one, J. Power, to be- brought across North' America. That this latter saving was a big one mil be gathered from the fact that even with three of tho quartet resident in California, the cost of assembling and 1 dissembling the team in San Francisco amounts to over £80, A Pleasant Shack. The. agreement between the association r.f "Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand, under which the tour was undertaken, stipulated that the Dominion executive was to bear onehalf of tho total cost, and the two . State'associations one-quarter eacli, and , m the £600 basis the Slates were asked to guarantee £160. It will be a. pleasant shock for these bodies to learn: that they are each to receive a substantial refund on the sums they have paid; The allocation of expenses shows that New Zealand pays £3?40 4s. 6d-, and the two States participating £120 2s. 3d. respectively. When tho _ amounts guaranteed to the local association by iKn various centres and clubs have come to hand, it is estimated that the council's loss on the venture will bo about £30, which must be looked upon as n small prico to. pay for the good that the visit- has d'dfio the sport Hi the llominion. Invado Africa? Tours and tumours of tours bulk largely in all branches of athletic hfc to-aay. For instance, jte sooner has the America tour reached . finality than along comes another overseas expedition for consideration. This timo it is aft Australasian expedition that is required, its objective being tlio invasion of South Africa. Mr. M. Ccombes, of the Sydney "Befereo," has interested himself ii! the matter, and has procured and published the following information on the matter, winch.will be read witli interest in. tli.e. Dominion) fof if the tour eventuates there are those among oiir athletes whose chances miiat ■ be notably Hudson and Dormer. Says Mr, Coombes:— ■'It is cabled that the South African athletic authorities have decided po &■(; rite the A.A. Union of Autitralasia to send a team to tour South Africa. X|e< cent advices from, various parts of the Union gave definite inforiiiatiott that the Western Province A,A. aiid ! v.A. ■ had come forward with a proposal for . the invitation of a teafo, and Wheii the mail left all tbat w;aß apparently wanted was that the Natal and Transvaal Associations should fall in line- This has evidently been, brought ab6ut> and ail invitation i'S l understood to be now on the way to Sydney. The proposal of Jie Western Province was that tlio team, should visit Durban, Maritzbufg, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Oudtshoorn, Port Elizabeth, East London, and Queenstown, and it was estimated that the expenses of the trip would be as follow:— ; Steamship fares 425 Kstponses on voyago ...... Travelling in South Africa 210 Hotel (ten weeks, 12s. 69. daily) ' Incklentals ,9? Outfits and transport ..., liu ■Total £1410 "The above estimate Was for a team of twelve, including a .managßr-tramer, The formation of a team was. based on the following • • [ Two sprinters (100 and 440 yards), Tivo middle distance men (880 yards and 1 mile), , . I Two long distance men (mile ana i upwards). Ono hardier. One iumpe-r. , \ . Three cyclists (sprint and distance). "Of course this is oniy in the rough, and so far as cyclist's are caneeriied,. our A.A. L'uien has no jurtsdiction., thoiißh doubtless tho co-operation ot tie governing liodics of amateur cycling could be secured withoat trouble. It !■ will also be noticed that m the above team formation there is no mention ot It walker or field game exponent. Anyway. I should say the invitation would assuredly t>o accepted, and with bot-a hands." A srllllant Person. Tiio following cable published in Sydnev shows that that verj' h.ne fciigiish sprinter, W, Applegafth, :s starting the nevf soaion at Homo !-a somptbing like the brilliant form Wtib which he and'eii last year. At the same tijne A ;is hardly to p<>in.t out Uia-t tne cable'man has erred in chronicling this as equalling a world's record, which or course stands at 9 second. The cable runs:— , ~ London, April lb. At a sports »«,' W, Applegarth won Ms heat m the 1W yards event ill 5 4-ssw., tlius < eqnalluiK the world's record. The track "Ot favour tho runiiors, but they Baa a strong wind behind them* Fi Oi Hubbard at Brisbane* On Monday, April 13, at Brisbane, there eventuated the annual track ami field "meet" of the combuiea V-M.C.A. s of AustralSiiia. Tho possess ed interest in Wellington owing to tlie of bard, tho local jumper and sprinter-ex-broafl jump champion of New ffaland. Our representative "made good 1,1 small way. proving too "olaf-sy for the ownositiW, Be west both wfmte, the 120 hurdles, and tihe broad wm.p, and \n Am > C!, P f' var - d^ to the eomiK'titcr sectirtng most points in tire sports. Congratulations to Hubb.ird are now in order.