SPORTING "INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 14039, 21 April 1909, Page 7

SPORTING "INTELLIGENCE.

ATHLETICS. Messrs J. W. Davis and E. Chaffey have been elected delegates from the Canterbury Centre to the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. T- J ™\ Recto1 '> the Virginia fiver, and R. b. Walker, the-fleet-footed South African, have been matched. They will meet at Travers Island, New York. A meeting of the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association was held at Christchureh on Mondav, and after discussion the following motion was carried :—• That this Council, in order to give legal-effect to the wishes of the Conference oi the centres held in Dunedin, do forthwith take a mail vote on the question of the removal of the headquarters of the Association from Christchureh to Wellington, and the appointment of direct nominees in lieu of an elective Council." A cablegram has been received in Christchurch from the Queensland Amateur Athletic Association asking the New Zealand Association to agree to the Australasian championships being held in August instead of November, the latter month having been previously agreed upon. It was decided to inform the Queensland Association that the request would be forwarded to the new Council w-hen appointed. CRICKET. The friends of the Otago Cricket Association have for some time past been in such a state as to preclude the possibility of any elaborate scheme being devised for the advancement of the game in this province. To rectify this the Executive have decided to issue tickets for an art union. to be drawn as soon after the end of June a-s practicable. In most of the Northern provinces the game of cricket is in a more or less flourishing condition, and it is a pity that we in Otago should bo hampered by want of adequate funds. It is hoped that once the local association are placed on a sound financial basis they will he able to secure the interest of the general public and to send the game ahead. Apart from the fact that every cricketer and supporter should rally round and make the effort a success for the sake of the game itself, the prizes are substantial enough to induce most people to take a chance. The first prize is a gold nugget, value. £150; second prize, gold nugget, £2O; third prize, gold nugget, £ls; fourth prize, gold nugget, £10; and four other prizes (nuggets), valued at £5 each. In all, there will be £lls distributed. ' BOWLING. The champions of the fifteen different clubs affiliated to the Dunedin' Centre meet on the Dunedin Club's Bowling Green on' j Saturday to play o fffor the title of ehamj pion of the Dunedin Centre. The winner I also receives a gol dmedal, which is to be j j known as the Dunedin Centre single- j handed championship medal. The first I round starts at 10.30 a.m., when the foi- ] lowing players will meet: —T. A. Mackie • (Out ram) plays G. Wedderspoon (Roslyn), J. G. Bentlev (Dunedin) plays D. Stevenson (Taieri), "Wm. Smith (St. Kilda) plays W. C. Thompson (Balmaeewen), Thos. Col- ' lier (Port Chalmers) plays Arch. M'Gregor ' (Caversham), the champion of St. Clair ; Club plays John Barnes (North-east Val- I ley). W. K. Gordon (Otago) plays the ' champion of Green Island, C. J. Payne ; (Kaituna) plays E. C. Hocking (Gale- | donian), John M'Crorie, of Fairfield, gets ' a bye. The second round starts at twelve o'clock, when the winners of.the'first round meet each other. Third round will start at 2 p.m., and the final commence about 3.30 p.m. BOXING. The _ Otago Boxing Association's championship tournament opens to-night at the Garrison Hall, when the preliminary bouts will be fought. Large entries have been received, and as the quality of the men engaged is of a high class, spirited and clever contests will be witnessed. In all some nineteen bouts will be fought to- I night, which is the largest programme ever put up by any Boxing Association in the Dominion. Everything is being done to ensure.a successful meeting. The stage at the Garrison Hall has been specially enlarged, and arrangements have been made for seating the large audience, expected. Mr Cook, of Timaru, will referee the various contests, and there is no one in the Dominion who has a better knowledge of the game or who could fill the responsible position of referee more capably. The first bout will commence at eight o'clock sharp. j A London cable to hand to-day advises that Jan Hague knocked out Gunner Moir in the first round at the National Sporting , Club.