OVERSEAS SPORT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 75, 31 March 1910, Page 3

OVERSEAS S PORT.

THE OLYMPIC GAI£ES. FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIOITSHIP. BOWLING ITEMS. (From Our Own Correspondent.? L.ONDON, 18th February. News ha* been received by the British Olympic Council that the- Olympic Games proposed to be held in Athens this year have been abandoned, -this doubtless owing to the political situation „in Greece. Meanwhile, preparations had' -already been made, by Australasia and South Africa to representatives, and cable messages have had to be hurriedly, despatched. The Olympic • Games vme« revived in Athens in 1896, ' were- held ia .Paris in 1900, at St. Lonw in 1904, in London in 1908, the next International 'Olympic Festival being fixftd for Stock-, holm in 1912. The Greeks were, however, desirous of a special Olympic Fe»-, tival of their own every four y«ars, and 1 held one in 1906. That -for this year* would not have been very strongly sup-. -.ported by English-governing bodies o|? ■sport. NATIONAL SPORTINa CLUB. Jim. I>riscoll, o£ Caraiff, and Seami* Arthur Hayea, of Hoxton, defcemrmerf? the featherweight championship of Eng-. land at the National Sportmg Club 'this, "week. The stake* and club purs» amounted to £1000. After the usaafe quiet opening, Driscoll got the left homo three or four times on the headj while* Hayes twice .swung very wildly. At the. second meeting the seaman tried to force, the work, but could no.' get near hi* man, who steadied him yniiii a hard) straight left, and was altogether too> eleyer for Hayes. In the third roundl Driscoll kept his opponent going tb« whole time, and appeared to be able t», land blows when and where he likedHayes was very weak when, they -wenfc to their corners, and early in the fourth,, after being sent on to the ropes from, a kidney punch, he went down for etgfet seconds, and again from a right-hand; punch on the jaw he was down, andonly time came to his rescue. It was evident that there could "Tie but ona result to the contest, for Hayes, although game, was receiver-general. He was oa the boards once in the fifth round for seven seconds, bnt recovered somewhat towards the close of the round, and early in the sixth he landed on to Driscoll's head. Hayes soon went weak, however, and before the close of th« round the referee stopped the contest and gave the victory to Driscoll, who-, was altogether too quick and clever for* the seaman. FOOTBALL. D. G. Macpherson and A. B. Lindsajw of London Hospital, wiH play for -Scot* land against Ireland at Belfast <m. Saturday. St. Bartholomew's beat St. Mary's at Richmond in the Hospital Cup Comne&i tion by 32 points to nil. Diwe, tb* Bart.'c full-back, who played consistent* ly, dropped a capital goal. He is <# New Zealander. In the Association game Ireland and England played a draw of one goal each at Belfast on Saturday. The draw isi the third in 29 years. In the match Cambridge versus Gny-!» Hospital, the University had an easr victory by 27 points to 8. G. M. Chap-, man (of New Zealand) was one of ikm scorers for Cambridge, and H. Hoby, for Guy's. P. J. Mona-. ghan was also playing for Guy's. Yesterday, in the Hospitals Cun c«h test, Guy's beat Charing Cross by ona goal and one try to nil. L. B. Stringer was prominent on the winning side. If Guy's and London Hospitals meet in th* final a great game should result, and* there will be New Zealanders on botk sides. NOTES ABOUT B.CVWLS. Mr. Robley Newman, of N«w Zealand, who is now on a visit to this country, has presented a silver trophy to th« -Carlisle Press Bowling Cluh, which. i» to be known as the Robley Newman Cup. The donor left the Old Country, for New Zealand ten years ago. Remarkable interest is being showjn regarding the coming visit of New Ze*-i land bowlers, of whom the first t<# arrive will be Mr. W. Mercer, who, wifcltf a full rink of Aucklanders, was her* three years ago. The Yovkstare Associ** tion, whose bowlers play on crowned otj raised greens, not seen outside the Nortli? of England, have expressed a desire b» welcome the Dominion players. Tb* recently-formed Sussex Association ha*, passed a resolution to invite the Nei«? Zealanders to a match at Brighton, white of the London Clubs, those having theier headquarters on the public parks ex» press a wish that, for the first time, colonists may play in the Metropolis* where the general public may have- an opportunity of witnessing the games. In relation to the bias-testifig qxiefitisa now to the foxe in N«w Zealand, it i* of interest to nete that the Speciafe Committee of the English Bowling Abso* ciation formed to investigate the bias* testing methods used by the varkMtff manufacturer*;, report that the grass testit (as recently favourably reported upon iit the colonies) is absolutely deceptive^ .while the same applies to trials madi upon a billiard table — also a method long, favoured in the colonies. What is hovg to be insisted upon is that th© trials shall be made from an automatic "head," 1 4ffc high, the bowls not to be touched by hand, and to run on a slate be& 24ft to 36ft long, covered with baize.