SPORT OF ALL KINDS.

Evening Star, Issue 11266, 13 June 1900, Page 7

SPORT OF ALL KINDS.

CRICKET. Hendricks, the well-known colored South Apipm fast had a remarkable analysis in a match between Claremont and ..Metropolitans at. Cape Town on March 17. Playjng for the latter club, he bowled nine, over?, all of which were maidens, for nine wickets. For the other side. R. Van Reenah also took nine wickets, all bowled, for 26 runs. Surrey gained a remarkable victory over the. London County Club at the Oval on April 18 almost on the call of time. So many hours had been passed in idleness on ihe Monday and Tuesday owing to interruptions from rain that it seemed almost impossible that the game should be finished. But under the influence of the warm sun on the third day the ground became treacherous towards the end of the afternoon, and' the London County batsmen, with one notable exception, collapsed against the Surrey bowlers. The exception was 0. B. Fry, who batted superbly in both innings of his side, on each occasion making over 50. In his first innings he displayed not a little cautiousness during his occupation of the wickets for two hours and a-quarter. His second innings, was quite different in character, for this t,ime he gave free scope to his hitting powers, and made 51 runs out of 66 in three-quarters of an hour. In the course of the afternoon,, therefore, the -spectators l;'gj the opportunity of studving his batting in all its variety. One of the most remarkable features of- an interesting day's cricket the startling success of Lockwood as a Iwwler during the last hour of the match. So : finely did he bowl as to capture five wickets at a cost of only 8 runs—a perform-, ance which suggests that he is. destined to render most valuable service to Surrey during the county championship campaign. Nor must Hay ward's splendid innings be forgotten. He carried out his bat for a brilbnt innings of 120, made in less than three hours. Surrey won by an innings and 35 runs.

; A. E. Stoddart has deserted first class <:ricket and taken to golf, and has already taken a high place in its ranks. The New South Wales Cricket Association cabled congratulations to the hero of Mafeking. Considerable curiosity' was aroused at Lord's in connection with the net experiment, which was adopted for the first time in the match between the M.C.C. and Notts. The idea is to compel the batsmen to run for ea-ch hit, and also to force the fieldsman to gather the ball and return it for all he is worth. As to the scoring, it is arranged that should the ball touch the net two extTa must be added to those actually run by the batsmen. The players engaged unanimously condemned the experiment as introducing an element of unreality into the game, and robbing it not a little of its inherent charm, and the probabilities are that the new plan ■will be abandoned by the M.C.C. before many weeks have passed. Under the amended rules of the M.C.C. declaration of the closing of an inninsrs is permissible after the luncheon interval on the second day. The follow-on rule is amended so as to read that " the side which leada by 150 runs in a three-day match, by 100 runs in a two-day match, and by 75 runs in a one-day match shall have the option of calling on "the other side to follow its innings." THE TURF. At the meetings held recently in the Australian colonies in which the totalisator rs registered some excellent dividends have been paid. On the Queen's Birthday, at the Queensland Turf Club's meeting, in the opening event, the Stradbrooke Handicap, Prince Edward paid £64 8s for 10s. At Adelaide Ranfurly paid £lOl in the Goodwood Handicap, and several other winners returned large dividends. The V.R.C. Committee have decided that the trophy for the next Melbourne Cup shall take the shape of a silver tea and coffee service and trav.

That good but unlucky Carbine horse LeeMetford was destroyed a few days ago by his trainer, J. Wilson, juu. While running in the last Geelong Cup lie ricked his back, and as he made no improvement it was decided to put him ovt of pain. LeeMetforcl's tendency to bore cost his owner the V.R.C. Spring Stakes of 1898, which race was awarded to Cocos.

At the annual meeting of the English Jockey Club, held at Newmarket, the senior steward informed the club that an application had been received from the chairman of the New Zealand Racing Conference the rnhns: turf authority i u New Zealand, to be included in the turf authorities havire -i ■reciprocal agreement with the Jockey Club for the mutual enforcement of sentences passed on offenders, and that the stewards thought the application should he accepted This was agreed tn. THE GRAFTER'S COUP. The 'Sporting Times' has the following with regard to the enterprising colonist who landed very nearly £30.000 over The Grafter and other winners at Epsom on Citv I'nd .Suburban Day:—"When we entered the ring at Sandown Park on Thursday we found tk' Messrs Millard engaged in'promoting a testimonial to Mr Good.son in recognition of his enterprise in laying 1.000 to 150 five limes against The Grafter for the Citv and Suburban to 'close his bonk.' these hciri". perhaps, tho last bets that were laid on the race. To this testimonial Mpisrs Fry, Joe Thompson, George Haughton, Touping, Benjamin. Charley Hibberl. and Robert Lee largely contributed. Tho gentleman who truk the bets we have mentioned won iu all £22,000 on the race, and he did not begin 1o bet until after the numbers had gone up, and on hir; way down he scarcely "contemplated backing the animal. He*is on rp-iiDd-dowu backer, who knows Australian life, and if ho would only write a book and put in it all he know*, and the various experiences he has had, it is one that we should buy even if ivo had to pay a. large sum of money 'for it. Not content with winning £22,000 on The Grafter, he ' played up' his money with success on the two following races, and had a real good day. Ho now contemplates raising and fitting out a regiment of yeomanry at his own expense for service at the Cape, and (according to Mr A Cockburn) tho men will be peculiarly armed; but it is most certainly not true that Mr Tarbeaux will be appointed adjutant." ■What; the inner history of the arrangements of Brewer's stable regarding the City and Suburban may have been, one only knows by rumor. Anyhow, the Syerla party are furious at the result, and have removed Oxenhanvs horse elsewhere. This is the height of folly, and will probably result in Syerla being uncommonly well looked after in future by the handicappers. The 'Sporting Times' says:—"ln last year's Cambridgeshire The Grafter looked like coming in an easy winner, until Irish Ivy took rominand of the field, on which he at once dropped out, being probably short of condition. Last week we wrote of him as ' a gr.eat, fine horse who might win' anything 'when caught at his best, and one of the best movers for a big 'urn that we ever saw." This was not the opinion that was generally oxpressed of him at Epsom, where he was in some quarters denounced as "an ugly, fiddle-headed brute."' His victory has "led to a rare split in the stable in which he is trained, and that section of it that had their money on Syerla. expressed a desire to fight tho other who were on the winner. In some respects we think The Grafter, though he came to the front a long wav from home, was lucky to win. Innocence was going the stronger of the two, and would have headed him had Morny Cannon pulled out a bit from the rails. This, of course, he was hog at all likely to do. When a jockev seeks to gain an advantage by huggine the rails when there is something in front of him, he must not be surprised if at the finish he finds that there is no room for him .to get through." ATHLETICS. The following are the dates of the Encr. hsh championships for this year:—Amateur : Quarter-mile and one mile, Grange Town, Middlesborough, June 23; five miles ■••nd twenty-five miles, Workington. July w; fifty miles, Crystal Palace, London, September 15. Professional: Quarter, one and five miles, Grange Town, Middlesborough. June 23.

It is ottiaally announced that in addition to the other American clubs and universities sending teams to Paris for the Olympian games, the University of .Syracuse and Georgetown University will despatch strong combinations of athletic talent.

The ten-miles championship of England was decided at Stamford Bridge on April 7. The winner was S. J. Robinson, Northampton A.A.C., his time being 53min 14 2-ssec. Tl\e record for the event is 51mm 20sec, set up by W. E. Georee in 1884. « 6 The ten-miles championship of Scotland was on April 6 won by J. Paterson in 57min 32 l-ssec. The Rev. 11. Mullinenx, who was captain of the English football team which visited Australia last season, has been appointed, private chaplain to Lord Roberts at Bloeinfontein. CYCLING. In reply to a specific cable from the League of Victorian Wheelmen, asking if a Victorian rider would be allowed to compete at the world's championship in Paris, Mr H. Sturmey, secretary to the 1.C.A., has replied "No." This means that the League's application for affiliation has not been accepted. Mr' R. M'Cullagh has been appointed secretary to the Melbourne Bicycle Club, at a salary of £250 per annum, with a bonus on the Austral Wheel profits when they amount to £I,OOO. The Victorian Twenty-five Miles Road Championship has been fixed for June 30 and July 7, and the Fifty Miles Championsliip for August 4. The Melbourne Bicycle Club stand in a unique position in the cycle world, having a bank balance of £6,547, in addition to a splendidly-appointed clubhouse. The greater part of the funds have been derived from district ra«e meetings, last year's meeting alone resulting in a profit of £1,494. Over a course of fifty miles at Long Island, Mr A. L. Riker, in an electric motor of only six-horse power, raced a machine driven by steam gasolene, and won in 2h 3£min. A six hours' cycle race, promoted by the Southern Cycling Club, was held at the London County Ground, Heme Hill, and produced some capital riding, record for the time being beaten by just over ten miles. The distance covered was 156 miles 750 yards, ridden on a tandem by F. Lockcyear arid A. Tate, members of the promoting club. H. C. Akers and F. W. Wells, of the Dover road C.C., were second, with 155 i miles ; and third place was tilled bv J. W. Mills, of the Brighton 8.C., who covered miles. The Welsh amateur golf championship competition was concluded on April 28 at Porthcawl, Mr M. Barlow (Glamorganshire) proving the winner. BILLIARDS. The winner of the London Licensed Victuallers' championship, Air A. W. T. Good, has just turned tweuty-one years of age. Weiss is in excellent form just now, and conceding Ted James, a well-known Sydney player, 1,000 in a game of 2,500 he ran out when his opponent was only 1,889. Stevenson's 648 break in his recent game on a "Standard" table, against Diggle, is said to have been one of the prettiest a critic could wish to see. Stevenson had difficult shots to negotiate after scoring 250, 430, and 484, and also had to pull out a couple of very tall cross cannons just before breaking down, but, on the whole, he kept the balls well under control. At one time his beating the record seemed well within the bounds of probability, but he palpably beoame excited as Dawson's figures "were reached, and finally broke down at a rather simple loser in the left top pocket through over-screwing. 'Twas_ the Top Note that Beat Him.— Fred Weiss made one of his best breaks against James under considerable difficulties. It was Mafeking night, and there were several thousand enthusiasts underneath the room in the arcade below celebrating the relief of Mafeking in the most boisterous manner. All sorts of discordant noises were being made, but the climax (reports the ' Referee') was reached with the arrival of a brass band, which failed most dismally in an attempt to play 'Rule, Britannia.' "An ear-splitting screech from a " brassy " cornet settled Weiss, who faded on an asV cannon, amidst considerable laughter from'the spectators and an increased noise from the celebrants outside.

John Roberts has obtained a conditional discharge from the Bankruptcy Court. Judgment was entered up against hint for the sum of £1,500, to be satisfied by payments of £3OO a year for five years. This will be a rather large drain on the champion's income, more especially at the age of fifty-four. At present he is on his wav to the colonies. Mr Charles Dawson, of Huddersfield, returns his right to the title of billiard cha.niJ'i U)ll ni™' wh:lt is more dear to him, the +,IOO a year which the Association give to the holder of the title, by virtue of bavins beaten his challenger, H. W. Stevenson, the young South African exponent, whom mauv thought would cut Dawson's comb very n aaA ' - The raatd ' was for £I OO a side. 3.000 points up, spot barred. Dawson obtained the lead at the start, but the first day s play paw Stevenson a few points nheiul ol his maturer rival. A capital contest ensued but Dawson on the second afternoon got ahead, and, steadily increasing his advantage, held a lead of over 1,600 points, the "cores being 7,500 to 5,889, in his favor. J Hiring the final sittings on Saturday the champion scored consistently, and with Nt°vciison decidedly erratic the Huddersfield player ran out a winner by the handsome margin of 2,225 points, the".final scores being : Dawsoa, 9.000 ; Stevenson, 6.775. The play during the match was not, as a whole, up to the form usually shown by the men m exhibition games. 'This could hardly be expected. When men are competing in mutches where an important stake is at issue it often occurs that they are not seen at their best The mental strain and anxietv have a telling effect, and to the player who is least affected by his surroundings usually comes the victory. Stevenson possesses tli'e reputation of not being particularly strong in nerve, whereas the champion has plenty Dawson played with deliberate care, and bv sheer merit only won the game. Success came to him mainly through consistency. Always a slpw beginner, it usually took hiiu a long while to settle down to'his game. Once, however, he grasped the strength of the table, he plodded along with breaks of good proportions. It would be idle to say that lie has played brilliantly at any particular time, for the highest break of the" week of the match was 054 by Stephenson, Dawson's best being that of 316. But he was never idle. There is no doubt that Stevenson is a greatly improved player. There were times, however, when he was decidedly erratic. He would make a brilliant double century break, but then be unable to follow it up, and would sit still for quite a long period. Dawson, in the meanwhile, by the aid of useful 70's and 80's, was always increasing his score. Had the South African been able to follow one good break with another, possibly he would Lave won, and not until he is capable of this will he ever beat the Hudderslielder in a lonir game. fc

By the Alhambra's win over the Kaikorai on .Saturday the latter fall back to third place, the Union and Zingari still tieins; for second position. The Zingari and Kaikorai meet next Saturday, -when a «wd "go" may be expected. The gate ac the Alhambra-Kaikorai match reached close on £6O. Although the Bamas have succeeded in drawing with the Blue-and-Bljicks on several occasions, Saturday s win was their first victory for some eight or ume years, during which time Captain Hobson, who is showing out as well as ever, has been a regular player in the ranks of the Red-and-Blacks. Their first meeting this year furnished a contest, which for excitement and give-and-take play would be hard to equal. One of the most gratifying features of the match was the dashing forward play on both sides, and the brilliant form of Duncan, whq could not have played better, and was practically worth two men to his side. Stephenson, who scored the

winning liy for his side, got over the Me by one of those clever dashes which have long won golden-opinions for him, both in club and interpro. matches. The Kaikorai were not altogether pleased with the suddeh turn things took at the ■finish, and many of them were to be heard exclaiming in loud tones that Stephenson, hi crossing the line, knocked over the corner flag, but the referee (Mr W. H. Haydon) ruled otherwise, and it is understood that the touch judge (Mr R, D; Isaacs), an entirely disinterested party, would also have given his decision in favor of the Alhambra had he been appealed to. Excuses of some kind or other are generally made by a beaten club, espeeially when the teams are so evenly matched as was the case on Saturday. Knowles, the Alhambra half-back, scored as pretty a try as anyone could wish' to see. This plucky young player, instead of picking up the ball, cleverly dribbled it between a. Kaikorai player and the scrum, and, steering the leather safely past two others on the opposing side, dropped on the oval just as it crossed the line. The play of the Alhambra all round was a decided improvement on the previous week. The backs handled the ball cleanly, and went in more for beating their men.

The Kaikorai, Alhambra, Union, and Zingari all possess forwards equal to the best men that have played here for many a day, and it is more than likely that the rep. team will be composed chiefly of forwards from these four teams. The Zingari forwards again upheld their reputation on Saturday by getting the best of the encounter with the 'Varsity. The backs are improving every week, arid with all their machinery now'in good w< rkii'g order the Zingari are continent ..f giving a very creditable account of them•>*■.'ves a jii-n.'.fc the Kaikorai. The Union have unearthed a place-kick in Howieson, halfback, who piloted the ball over the bar on four occasions last Saturday, two of the kicks being from difficult angles. He promises to. prove a worthy rival to M'Kay. "Scobie" M'Keuzie is the mainstav of the Dunedin backs, and now that he is likely to remain here he should run a good race for rep. honors. M'Kay, too, will take a lot of beating for the position of full-back—an honor which should have been conferred upon him last season. Mr R. Brown, vice-president of the Kaikorai Club, has forwarded the following letter to the secretary of the Alhambra Club: —' Dear sir,—He would eb a poor sportsman indeed who does not frankly acknowledge defeat and compliment a sister football club upon gaining a meritorious and well-won victory. I have much pleasure, sir, as a vicepresident of the Kaikorai Football Club, in cangrotulating the Alhambra Club in their hour of victory. The fine feeling which existed between players and supporters alike was just exactly what it should be, and which I hope will long continue." The penalty goal kicked by M'Kay on Saturday is the first score that has so far been registered against the Union. Their line still remains uncrossed. The Pirates scored their first win on Saturday, when they defeated the Southern. The forwards played remarkably well, and the team that trifles with the Pirates' vanguard will find out their mistake. Captain Burt is playing a, great game himself, and has his men well in hand.

An Auckland trooper in a recent letter from South Africa makes reference to' a match between teams representing the North and South Islands, in which the former came on victorious.

The ex-W Zealanders. Sampson and HardcasUe, intend playing for the Glebe team in the W South Wales Union district competitions this season. A couple of ,ian W. Warbnok will, according to exchanges, be absentees from the football field on the other side of the Tasman Sea this

The final match for the English Rugby Union county championship recently took ph.ee at Lxeter. Devon (holders) were easily beaten by Durham by a god and two lues (11 points) to one trv (3 points) Many of our forwards' (says the 'Canterbury limes ) strike a puzzling attitude when working in the loose. Instead of going at the ball eyes out" and heads down, they preserve a graceful attitude with eyes shut ;, ™" df ' r !: ° many men are injured, when they offer sach a tempting target, ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. The appended tables show the positions occupied by the various teams, both seri-r and junior, at the conclusion of the first round of the interclub fixtures :

The matches which had been postponed earlier m the round were played off on Saturday Northern beating Wakari by 2 "oals to 1 and Green Inland beating Morning ton by bto 1. Northern's win brings that team up level witn Southern for first place, while Green Island jumps into third place. Ihe second round commences next Saturday and from present appearances it seems as if Northern and Southern held a mortgage on the final, with Green Island just close enough to keep them up to concert pitch. Ihe other teams have first to be reckoned with, however, and I shall be surprised if the lead of the first two teams is not reduced before the end of the round Une thing is certain, however, and that is • it the banner is to remain on the hill, where it has been smco the inauguration of banner matches, the two hill teams, Wakari and Koslyii, will have to go all thev know In the junior round Green Island Second have gone right through' without a loss playing and winning five matches. This team won the junior cup last season, and are going strong to repeat the performance this year. Mornington Second were rinmersup in last year s cup contest, and at the present time occupy the same position. The three teams-Mornington Second, Roslyn Second, and Wakari Second-are very evenly maiched, so that in this round we may expect , a very interesting struggle to decide which team is to meet Green Island Second m the final.

.SWIMMING. A San Francisco paper of April 1 says that 1 ercy Cayill swam a quarter of a mile in the Uiympic Club s tank in smin 57Asee. This is l 2S ec better than his record in England last year, but as it was not done in the presence of the proper officials it will not be accepted as a record. AQUATICS. The Lyttelton Jubilee Regatta Committee have adopted their programme, which includes a race for Maori war canoes (with a first prut of £IOO arid a second of £2s>. and a race for schooners (prizes, £SO, £2O, and When the English mail left Tom Sullivan was seriously ill of blood-poisoning. The ladies' golf championship meeting, over the links of the Royal North Devon Uub, ut Westward Ho ! was commenced on May 14 Miss May Hezlet, the champion, will defend her title, and Mk< the runner-up, i s also forward. There 'is a strong lnsh representation, and Miss Moeller and Miss Seville are entered. Dealer: " This violin, madam, is a Stradiyanus. It is nearly two hundred years old." Mrs "You don't suppose I would take that:' I can afford the latest style, let me tell you. Steadily year by year has a certain superior brand of tobacco continued to rise in public lavor. That brand is Golden Eagle. It is the purest aud best.—[Ad vt.J

FOOTBALL. The .following are the positions of the senior teams : — Points, a — a Club. -o . . t 1 p, >> a m 5 C '5 ?f a t> o i« o tc « 5j ? j fl d, < h Alhambra Union Zingari-Richmn'd Kaikorai Southern ljunedin Pirates University 5 4 0 1 ffl 14 9 5 ■ 3 0 2 41 .( 8 5 4 1 (I IS 12 S 5 2 1 2 2D 11 6 5 1 3 1 9 2li 3 5 1 4 0 11 41 2 5 1 i 0 12 215 2 5 1 4 0 9 26 2

eiui >. SENIOR. He c ft ™ a 5~ Northern — 7" 4 4 ii «~ Southern 5 .0 S Oreeu Island 5 Roslyn ... ... JMnrnington ... 5 1 1 ! 0 4 I 1 3 1 (J o Ju uon. Cur. b. ... 5 ... r. ... 5 O i t- c 5 ~ o 1 0 1 5| 3 0 10 1 2 6 1 2 6 2 1 5 1 0 2 I 1 1