THE SPORTING WORLD.

Evening Star, Issue 13090, 24 October 1908, Page 9

THE SPORTING WORLD.

Ww3g®» K>» Stab;], i - LONDON, September It 1 The,.. South' autumn porters at Kenniqgjon Oval on Saturday served,.,to show hpjv much V£ Coalea, of Thrapstqn, and 4>.> E. Wood, ,of London, i have .improved dwing the peaison. The former has many' fine performances during his hut nothing quite s6 brilliant, as liw T running in the three miles handicap at iyje moeting;qnder notice. The Midland crosshcountry champion soon went through field, and with no one to push mm at the end, won the race from the 40yds mark in 14mjn 25 3-ssec. He continued on jtpr the full three miles, and the watch then showed 14min 31 3-ssec, the merit of whym was much enhanced through the turf ..being very" heavy from recent-rain. Shrupb’e grass record, at Horsham rri 1903, w?£ only 9 l-sseo faster, and it is evident ym,t Coales developed considerably since ' the championships m July. Wood showed to advantage when winning the open mile" handicap from the 65yds mark ip,4min 20 2-ssec, and he is a sound 4£ man. He also ran well in the three 1, pules, in which he was virtual scratch with 26yds, and finished fourth. Naturally the mile took a lot out of him; iand it wotfld be interesting to see him and Coales tiy conclusions at three miles on equal tefms. The two runners named have “arrived,” and , they will trouble the best adross country this winter, and also in long-distance flat races next season. . t ■> —Voijght Wins-. E. R, Voight, the four-mile champion, managed to win the special three miles from scratch at the Salford Harriers’ meeting, hufi his time of 14min 46see was below Ms real ability.' ' It is to be hoped / that we shall see Voight running again next season, when we shall perhaps find out what he- can really do. So far he has not run so fast for three and four miles as Deakin, Robertson, and Cooks, and if they, with' Wood arid Duncan, all met the champion 'in good form it would be a wonderful race and very open. —Olympic Athletes.— The doings of the prominent athletes who competed at the Olympic Games are closely followed by students of form, and many of them have been .to the fore of late. Though J. E. Deakin showed staleness at Kecnington Oval on Saturday, lie was able to win the 1,500 metres and half-hour runs at Vervie'B (Belgium) or. Sunday and Monday. Another noted athlete, in A. J. Robertson, of Peterborough, is holidaymaking in’ Norway, and in a letter to the writer speaks highly of thehospitalityhehas met with in Norway. Robertson commenced a ell by winning three events at Christiania, following which he was down to compete at Goteberg and Stockholm. We at home learnt the results of the Canadian championships at Halifax with much interest. When the writer was active enough to win Canadian championships the, venue was Montreal and Toronto, and the executive "have shown sound sense in favoring another part of the Dominion. Bobbie Kerr appears to have got over the stalencss with which he was suffering towards the close of the Olympiad, as instanced by Jus even time (lOsec and 20sec) for 100 and 200 yards respectively. It seems strange not to find the names of a few United States cracks among the winners, but the fact that they are now “frozen out” will certainly lead to better support from Canadian athletes.

Before finishing with Olympic athletes mention must be made of a fin© hammer throw by John Flannagan, of tlie IrishAmerican A.C. of New York. At the games of the Ancient Order of Hibernians ho threw the 161b hammer (from a 9fb circle) a distance of 179 ft s|in, which well eclipsed the previous best of 1761t by M. M'Grath, of the New Yoik A.C. The Irishman, who now wears a policeman’s uniform in New York, is like his countryman Horgan in regard to retaining his form, and he appears to be better now than ever. —Pedostrianism.— Big interest centred in the Welsh £IOO sprint handicap over 130 yds, and upwards of 10,000 spectators saw B. R. Day, of Blackpool, win the final. He was in receipt of 34yds, and his time in the second round and final was 12 2-ssec. Thus Day was showing what’ is termed 24yds inside evens for 1264 yds. It is good tunning, but hardly so good as R. E. Walker (the amateur), showed at the Olympic Games when he did 2yds inside even time for 100 metres. Of course conditions vary, and with no records committee to examine professional times—as in the amateur world—one cannot, of course, be altogether sure of pro. times. BILLIARDS. The need of an association to foster billiards among the rank and tile of amateurs has been felt for a long time, and the newly-formed Billiards Control Club and Union should fill tlie bill. It has the support of several well-known'noblemen, and. the proposed policy of the new body promises well. Various competitions, in addition to amateur and professional championships, will be promoted, and, with the leading billiard-table makers and professionals lending support, the future looks good. Melbourne Inman was no sooner in London again when he objected to being allotted a start (500) from T. Reace in the Burroughes and Watts tournament. Billiards is one of the few sports wherein professionals object to being lightly handicapped, hence Inman’s protest. This has been met with an offer from Reece to play Inman 15,000 up for £IOO a side, on tournament terms; so we shall probably see these old rivals in the “ pit ” shortly. CYCLING. A. E. Wills, of 'Putney, has again disturbed the records, this time over a comparative short distance. The venue was, the famous Parc des Princes track at Paris, and Wills was again paced by Bretin on his high-powered motor cycle. The Englishman’s minion was to try to beat record for 10 kilometres and 10 miles, and in each instance he proved successful, his times being 6min 48 4-ssec and ICmin 42 l-Sscc respectively. Another fine performance on the Continent recently was. L. Georget's 973 kilometres 666 metres in the 24 hours 80l d’Or race. Only human pacing is allowed, and in riding just about 610 miles in 24 hours Georget snowed liimself a great stayer. THE TURF. Both Your Majesty and White Eagle have been withdraiyn from the Cambridgeshire, so they mil not fight out the issue again, as at Doncaster on Wednesday. Galvani remains in .at the top, and Norman HI., and Llangwin'are left to uphold the prestige of three-year-olds. Others' of this agp are Rhodora (8.4), Bracelet (7.5), Sir Archibald (8.2), arid Perrier (8.0), all of which have been /supported, particularly the first-named. —-High-price Yearlings— Who can say that; there is any falling-off in the demand* for blood-stock after the proceedings at Doncaster this week. Yesterday, for instance, thirteen yearlings were disposed of for 16,060 guineas, or an average of 1,235 guineas. The high-water mark was reached , when Mr Cazalet bid 2,000 guineas for a Slly by Gallinule—Oilet, and another high-priced one was a filly by Rock Sand—Stolen-Love, knocked down to Mr Bower Ismay for 1,950 guineas. Other noted purchases were a filly by Gallinule— Yesterling, which went to Captain Benicke for 1,800 guineas, and a oolt bvGallimile— Hacklers Pride, which Lord Durham purchased for 1,700 guineas. —Doncaster. — Another St. Leger has been decided, and again the Derby winner has been defeated and the fine classic races have gone to four different animals—Signorinetta faking the Derby and Oaks. At one time it was thought J. H. Martin would ride the filly, in place of W. Bullock, who has had an attack of 'appendicitis, but the. latter was well enough to do duty. He did not enjoy the pleasure of following up his Epsom triumphs, however, seventh place being the position of the filly in a field of ten, last place going to Norman 111., winner of ‘‘the Two Thousand Guineas. The betting pointed to the success of Your Majesty. The result showed that Mr Joel’s colt would probably have

a bit .handily-ait %ey mush. Maher murped the IqtteraJong ■flicely > &jtd:> chaUeugod-rat ’the' right tno 1 meat, bpt ’ to - . no-purpose. ; Mr- Hall ,WaJker.’| , however, made a good showiJPgi and, quite, disproved, the' idea iliatffie a^npp-Btayer,„.,pf. in the Derby, Prinmr : did beat byyfinjßhing fifth- The race was worth 6,500 soys, •and. the, Jm 6f 132 yds. occupied 3min 37 2-sscc. ■ ■ • - r —Wootton’s Day.-- .s ; , Thursday was : an of! day, and many .followed the King’s example by missing the meeting for other attractions in the neighborhood. It was, however, marked by a wonderful run of success by young 1 ■ Wootton, the Australian jockey riding no fewef than four winners.' to - hark back a trifle, everyone (save tie bookies) was sorry to see His - Majesty’s filly, Princess De. Galles, narrowly beaten by Duke Michael in the Champagne Stakes, odds being laid on the bearer of the royal colors. I .i . —Doncaster Cup.— The'Doncaster Cup, of 1,000 sovs, and over 2m. If, was, of course, the great event to-day. The White Knight and Radium topping the card with imposts of 10.1. The honors went to Radinm, The White Knight failing to gain a place, much to the surprise of the talent. Glacis and Dean Swift followed the winner home, and the field numbered seven. FOOTBALL. Rugby enthusiasts are looking forward to a great season, for we shall have two Australian combinations here—one playing she Rugby Union game, and the other under Northern Union rules. The former will probably do' best, judging by the record of the other Australian and New Zealand teams we have seen here. It is certain that we are going to see the Northern Union game make great progress in the next few seasons, and the Rugby Union officials are alive to the necessity of putting forth great efforts to keep their end up. All is not as it should be in the Rugby world, and prominent players are suspended from time to time, while others go over to the Northern Unban willingly; The hard part of the matter from the Rugby Union point of view is that “ keeping the ranks clean ” means assistance for the Northern Union in the way of new recruits. —Association.— Surprises are the keynote of football to date. After Everton had well beaten Woolwich Arsenal at Woolwich, the latter visited _ their conquerors and- turned the tables in decisive fashion (3 —0). Other home teams to go under lately were Bristol City and Sheffield United, beaten by Everton and Notts Forest respectively, the scores being 2—o and 2—l. The Chelsea players have made a poor start, as following an unlucky defeat (2 —1) at Liverpool, they journey on to Preston, and went under by 6 goals to 0. Up to the present Manchester United, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Middlesborough have done best among First League teams. Birmingham are doing big things in the Second League, and have won throe consecutive matches, a performance which Southampton have duplicated in / the Southern League. Swindon have astonished all and sundry who follow the doings of the latter League by beating Norwich 10 goals to 2 and New Brompton by 6 goals to 1. Another surprise was the defeat of Celtic (1 —0) by St. «Mirren, in a Scottish League match, and this on the beaten side’s ground. Thus the Celtic players have already lost two matches this season, which hardly looks like winning the championship. CRICKET. The victory of Staffordshire over Glamorganshire in the final of the minor counties’ championship was greatly duo to Barnes, who took fiften wickets for 54 runs and topped the score sheet with 31 opposite his name. The matches betwen the M.C.C. Australian' team and All England elevens at Hastings and Scarborough were both drawn, with the play going in favor of All England. Arnold took seven wickots for 51 in the former, and Hirst six for 52 at Scarborough, and where “ Ranii ” also obliged with 101 on behalf of All England. K. L. Hutchings was seen in his old form during the Gentlemen and Players match at Scarborough, and he scored 120 in 100 minutes, and hit a 6, a 5, and fourteen 4’s. Not to be outdone, Gilbert Jeasop gave a taste of rapid scoring in the North v. South match at Hastings, and his 88 not out in 65 minutes was mainly responsible for the victory of the South by five wickets. One of his hits was a 6—a straight drive clean out of the ground—while his score also included eleven 4’s.