SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

Evening Star, Issue 12625, 3 October 1905, Page 8

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

I FABEWH3JNG\4 ! swimmer. I Press Ajsxmt'xm—Br Tefcgi*pfe—Copyright. £os©Cßir, October 2. (Received October 5,' ati a4O ajn.) The London swimmers farewefled BL B. Eieran, the Sydney swimmer, at Fraeoafee** restaurant. Two hundred were present. A WMXXSQ- BBCOKD. Press Assooaiion— By nNdeffraph—Copyngbs. LOStKW, October 2. fßeceiv-ed, October 3, at a4O ojn.) Lamer, of Boston, walked 8 miles 438 yds in an hour at Stamford Bridge. [The greatest distance previously walked in one hour was 8 nmes 270 yds by W. J. Btutgess, amateur, in 1895.] VH3TOKEAN SPEHTO- MJSJSIING. Stopout has been booked to win the CaulfieM Cu? for £2,000 at 100 to 7. Mohutonga has been knocked completely back in the quotations for the Melbourne Cup, and 100 to 1 is being freely offered in the Melbourne betthig market in consequence of the assumption that the horse is being reserved for New Zealand engagements. -, In the doubles for the two Cups, RoUer and Marmont have been supported to win £5,000 at 1,000 to 1, and Stepou* and Mar. Mont for £5,000 at the same price. The following scrtttchings have taken place:—Merbotrrne Cup—Bewitcher. Coalfield Cup—Fulmdnsdwr, Sosmaway, New Broom, FSreness. Considering the nearness of the oarmVal, interest is extraordinarily slack. FOOTBALL. A match was played on Tahuna Park on Saturday between teams representing the Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board and the City Corporation, the proceeds of the gate being devoted! to a fund for the relief of the families of disabled workmen. Tee Drainage Board team were too formidable for then - opponents, and eventually won by 27 points to nfl. Tries were scored by Reece, Isaac (3), and Eckhold, the lastnamed converting two of thorn, and also kicking a goal from a mark Paterson also potted a goal. At a meeting of the Oomnabbßß of the Otago Football Association held last evening, Mr Braithwaite reported on behaif of the sub-committee appointed to make arrangements for the appointment of a civil engineer to draw up plans and specifications for the improvement of grounds.—lt was resolved that the Mornington Cricket Club be informed that as they were evidently unwilling to assist the Association or meet that body in a favorable way, the Association had agreed to leave the iraprovemeat of the Mornington Ground over indefinitely.—lt was decided that a oommittee consisting of Messrs Braitbwaite, Emslie, Duncan, the treasurer, and secretaries be appointed, with power to act in connection with, ground improvements, and to make any necessary payments. Mr Bnuthwaite was appointed convener of the Committee.