SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 19533, 14 April 1927, Page 4

SPORTING

C.J.C. ACCEPTORS. Kildare Handicap, SOOsovs. . IJm.— Gamecock 10.13, Sayonara, Waterlow 9.13, Kaikahu 9.6, No Response 9.0. CHAMPAGNE STAKES, SOOsovs. 6f. , st. lb. st. lb. Agrion ... 810 Satrap ... 810 Martarma 810 Eulaho ... 8 8 Autumn Plate, SOOsovs. lm.~Sir Roy 9.0, Flaming Ray 8.8, Paper Boy 8.5, Lucy Locket, Jarretiere, Green Cloth 7.11, Ma Mio 7.7. Russley Plate, SOOsovs. sf.—Shalimar 8.8, Solgele 8.6, Vaward, Reckless 7,13, Coupling, Amorist 7,11, Tripaway, Satrap, Scoff 7.9,, Money Peer, Amor, Scrambler 7.7 ; Bolero 7.5, Cupid’s Dart, Dollar Princess, Resplendent 7.3. GREAT EASTER HANDICAP, l,ooosovs. 7f.

Gimcrack Handicap, 250sovs. 7f.— Autobiography 8.9, Sir Roy 8.6, Brightling 8.4, Pcho 8.1,_ Moratorium 7.13, Royal Tractor. Ox-iflamb 7.11, Hoylake 7.8, Lucy Locket, Ma Mie, Card Trick, Wild Work, Beaming, Happy Queen 7.0. Sockburn Handicap, SOOsovs. 9f.— Piuthair 8.8, Fresco, Vaward, Front Rank 8.1, Goosestep 7.4, Assurance 7.3, Ophir 7.1, The Harp 7.0. Courteuay Handicap, 350sovs. 7f.— Overhaul, Rascal 9.2, Economist 9.1, Thorndale 8.11, Nine of Spades 8.8, Finora, Gay Queen, Royal Game, Serotina 8.0. GREAT AUTUMN HANDICAP, l,2oosovs. l|m.

THIRTY-FIFTH CHALLENGE STAKES.

RUGBY. The Rugby season will be opened on Saturday at Carisbrook, when a match will bo played between Kaikorai and Invercargill Pirates. This should provide an interesting exhibition of the code, as Kaikorai anticipate having a much stronger team in the field than they had last year, while the Invercargill Pirates are also sending up a good all-round side. _ The following will represent Kaikorai: Wilson, G. O’Driscoll, Slaughter, Laing, Knight, Callander, Aitken. Glengarry, M'Meeking, Sonntag, Buchler, Quirk, Stevens, Hicks; emergencies—M'Hardy, Gorkin. Pirates will be represented by the following:—Roberts, Tinnock, Batchelor, "'Hazlott, M'Kay, Archer, Bird, W. Johnston, J. Johnston, D. Pay, 0. Thomas, Calder, Pickering, Geddes, Mills; emergencies—Cockroft, Murray, Padget, Peterson. ALHAMBRA v. MERIVALE. The following players will represent Alhambra against Merivalo at Christchurch :—King, Coates, Callander, Buchanan, Judge, Griffen, Wyllie, Campbell, Soutcr, Gillick, M'Clough, Berry, Harbrow, Parsons, Dodds; emergencies, Davis and MacKenzie. LAWN TENNIS. EASTER TOURNEY. The Easter tournament will bo held at the Anderson’s Bay courts to-mor-row, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday. Large entries have been received’this year, the number being 314, compared with 284 last year. Play will bo commenced at 8.30 a.m. each day. Tomorrow and Saturday all ladies are requested to assemble at the Otago courts, and to-morrow men in the handicap events but not in the championship events are requested to attend at the St. Kilda courts, all others being present at the Anderson’s Bay courts. Some high-class lawn tennis should bo witnessed during the tournament. All ladies are requested to report at the Otago courts by 8.30 a.m. to-morrow, with the exception of Mesdames Dawson, Tregear, M'Dougall, Misses Anderson (Kaitnna), Nichols, Ramsay, Platts-Mills, Pattison, Cook, and Aitchison, who are requested to report at 9.30 a.m.

The following men are to report at St. Kiida courts at 8.30 a.m. on Friday Gardiner, Small, Davidson, Blunden, Williamson, Barsdell, Gosney, Gibson, Osborne, Greenslade, Sharp, Andrews, Simpson, Liddell, B. G. Pearce, Wilson, Lynskey. BILLIARDS. PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 13. Reece has discovered a new stroke to circumvent the rule restricting long runs of cannons. Early during the afternoon session of the championship heat when Inman was 1,347 and Reece 854 the latter worked the balls in four strokes to the jaws of the right top pocket, where they jammed. This is not a recognised “anchor” position, which is played alternately on either side, because Reece was able to touch the cushion beftfre reaching the legal limit of twenty-four cannons. He continued to score 'mechanically apparently as long as he pleased. Occasionally he rested by changing the cue into the other hand. The experts promptly nicknamed this the “pendulum” cannon. Reece’s procedure _ was to _ hit the cushion and just skim the object balls. At 1,141 an imperfect stroke dislodged tho white ball from the jaws of the pocket, and Reece failed to regain the position, but he had reached Ins points, and the break ended at 1,151.

OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION. It was decided at Wellington last night to form a district branch of the New Zealand Olympic Association. It was also resolved that a recommendation be made to the New Zealand Olympic Council that the boundaries of the district correspond with the boundaries of the Now Zealand Rugby Union. CRICKET. NEW ZEALAND TEAM’S TOUR. The Auckland Racing Club decided to subscribe for 200 shares in the New Zealand Cricket, Ltd. The Auckland Cricket Association’s quota of £2,000 has now almost been reached. GOLF. OTAGO CLUB. The Otago Club will hold a tournament on the Balmaccwen Links at Easter, commencing on Saturday. Very fair entries have been received, and between fifty and sixty competitors will start in the qualifying rounds of the amateur championship of Otago on Saturday morning. The

draw and order of starting are as follow:—H, C. Stevens v. S. C. Colbcck, J. G. Diek v. T. D. Adams, A. W. Alloo v. H. D. Stronach, F. V, Drake v. H. Mac Lean, S. E. Field v. D. H. Butcher, W. G. Wight v. W. E. Gregory, E. A. Reed v. W. B. Reilly, J. R. Matlieson v. J. L. Wight, L. J. Walker v. A. N. Haggitt, J. S. Monro v. G. F. Barnett, D. M. Irvine v. S. K. Sleigh, H. A. Salmon v. E. J. Hocking, K. Ross v. J. Spence, A. G. Paterson v. J. P. Rutherford, J. V. C. Watson v. J. R. Bartholomew, J. Evans v. H. A. Gamble, W. A. Ritchie v. 0. H. Burns, J. G. Shand v. N. G. Hay, J. A. Templeton v. R. E._ Hayward, H. J. Lousley v. J. R. Laidlaw, 0. B. Heycock v. W. M'Ghie, R. W. Dick v. W. MTvecbnie, A, Scolon v. H. W. Bundle, E. V. Paterson v. W. A. H. Scheib, L. Humphreys v. D. Samuel, D. McLennan v. F. J. Dawson, B. Hilton a bye. RUGBY LEAGUE. THE DISQUALIFIED PLAYERS. [Pbk United Fkbsb Association-! CHRISTCHURCH, April 14. That there can he no appeal against tho decision of tho New Zealand Rugby League Council is a statement made in a letter to six of the seven New Zealand representatives who were disqualified for life at tho conclusion of the English tour. The council acknowledges receipt of the letters from the six men asking “for a fair trial and a public one if possible. Hie reply is that according to a clause m the rules there can be no appeal against the decision of the governing body.

st. U). st. lb. Centrepiece 8 11 Set Sail ... 7 10 Rapier 8 11 Young Footfall ... 8 10 Locninvar 7 9 Shirley 8 3 Receipt ... 7 0 Booster ... 8 2 Haze 7 0 Nincompoop 7 12 Lava ... 7 0

st. Jb. st. lb.Footfall ... 9 0 Haze 7 6 Piuthair ... 8 13 First Acre 7 2 Rapier 8 9 Fresco 7 0 Centrepiece 8 9 Vaward ... 7 0 Clarinda ... 7 13 Front Rank 7 0 Set Sail ... 7 9 Assurance 7 0

' SOOsovs. 7f. Nincompoop 9 5 Agrion 7 11 AutobioMartarma 6 10 graphy 8 8 Satrap , 6 10