OLYMPICS OVERSEA.

Evening Post, Issue 153, 29 December 1908, Page 2

OLYMPICS OVERSEA.

THE SCULLING REVIVAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, 13th November. The first meeting of the committee to consider the otfer of £500 in piizes for a handicap among the best scullers in the world was held on Wednesday, Messis. J. E. B. Kennedy (ex-amateur champion), H. T. Blaclcstaffe (champion), Guy Nickalls (ex-amateur champion), and Tom Sullivan (ex-pro-fessional champion). being present, Mith. Mr. V. M. Mansrell as hon. we. Mr. R. H. Forster, of the Thames P.C., was prevented by illness from attending, and Bill East, ex-professional champion, could not leave his business at Cambridge. Mr. Kennedy was called to the chair, and the committee, aftei discussion, agreed that the event should consist of a sculling handicap 'open to the world ; first prize, £250, second prize £100, and the remaining £150 to be awarded in prizes at the- discretion oc the committee. The races to- take place in the latter half of July next so as to enable the Australians to have plenty of timo to get here. Entries, foreign and colonial, to be made before let Maj' next, and English entries Ist Jun© ; entrance fee one guinea. All intending competitors to furnish name, place oi birth, and residence, and their previous performances, guaranteed by two responsible persons. The committee reserve the right to refuse any entry without being called upon to give any explanation. BURNS' LAST FIGHT. Writing from Australia to an American friend, Burns says definitely that, win or Jose, it is his last match: — "I will surely be in shape for the big coloured man — better than I ever was— as it is the ambition of my life to beat him. Some of ths sporting writers who have criticised me for my stand with Johnson have not been fair. I have never drawn the colour line. There was never a champion before ma Who gava a coloured man the chance to win the title, and I simply named a good stiff price tor my end. And I am getting it, as I will receive 30,000 'dollais, win, lose, or draw. Johnson is getting, 1000 dollars for his end of the pictures, and win or lose, will receive 5500 dollars for tho fight, more than he ever got before. " BOWLS. An important development in international bowling is al present taking place in the formation of a club, with headqnaiters in tho city, as a home for colonial bowlers visiting this country, wl ereby they may get in touch with the clubs round London and in the provinces. The movement is receiving most influential support. There is believed to be at least 100 Australian and New Zealand bowlers visiting ' London every year. Mr. F. R. Haybittle presided at a meeting held yesterday at Anderton 3 Hotel, when it was decided that th«^ title of the new club should be the An-glo-Colonial Bowling Club. There was a representative muster present. COLONIAL RECORDS. The Australian footballers are now pxactically midway through their progiamme, and their fourteen games have yielded them 254 points, while their foes have annexed 50. Out of a like number of engagements the "Springboks," of South' Africa, could claim 322 points, while their opponents had to be satisfied with 16. "These figures," says "Venator," "superior though they are to those of the present tourists, themselves fade into insignificance when Compared with those of the 'All Blacks' of Mew Zealand. Those pioneers of prolific scoring at lie corresponding stage of their visit had garnered 451 points, those against totalling but 15. -Another point that may be noted is that whereas but four sides scored against the Africans and Maorilandcrs, all save threo of the Australians' opponents have registered something or other against them. The champion try-gettei thus far has been Russell, who has notched 13 of these items. As goal-producer, Carmichael stands alone, the full-back having succeeded with 37 sh'ota." No international Rugby Union team will be sent to South Africa in 1909. The advisableness of sending one in 1910, however, will bf considered by the Rugby Union provided the other Home unions view the undertaking favourably.