SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Grey River Argus, 14 October 1907, Page 4

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Our English Letter.

WRESTLING AND BOXING" This ds the time of year when wrestlers and boxers throw out their challenges and it w.Tll be no fault of the scrappers and "carpet crawlers" if we do no,t have another iboom in boxing- and wrestling. A. striking: thing about the wrestling boom. is thait the chalbngers are invariably almost foreigners. We have Graeco-Roman artists challenging cateh-as-can wrestlers, and exponents of ju-jitsu offering- to tak esn either of the others— well knowing that there is little likelihood of an acceptance. It is hardly, flattering to our ipride to find no Britishers on hand to take on- some of the invaders at their own tgame, -it would be even consoling if some of the stalwart Fell -men challenged the foreignwrestlers tb a meeting' in the' Cumber^ iand anid Westmneland style. Properly managed, that form of \V restling ought io prove even a greater draw than catch-as-catch-can wrestling. "It is over quicked amd appeal to the man in tihe street as : a. more natural form of wrestling. As matters stand, foreign •artists come- to England and issue challenges- in theor own style and score at the expense of-'home wrestlers, who accept a- few pounds fpr ; appearing against them. It .is doubtful df a troup of Cumberland and YVestmorelaind - wrestlers would command such "gates" if-, they toured the Continen.tarid.pfFered ;to forfeit so much if they failed to gtidii so many falls inside; fifteen minutes against all comers. : : ... BOXINTG. ".:., ! South Wates is a hot-bed of boxing just now and a" good contest should be seen between Seman Hayes -and Fred Welsh- on Seipteinber' >th, when they try conclusions in a fifteen rounds "go ""at Pontypridd. Nine days later, j Welsh has even, a more important engagement," .viz., one pf twenty rounds for £106 aside, with J. White of Cardiff. This will be decided in private and with four-ounce gloves. There is' also prospects of Owen Moran and Jim Driscoll coming together. - The latter has had a fine offer to go to America, but so far has not made up 'bis mind. Johnny Summers may also take another trip across the Atlanticshortly, as he. is offered an engageto agarit try conclusions with Mmrphy pf Haarlem, -whom he scored over in a six xounds bout at Philadelphia some months back. ' CYCIMG., The joint "meeting of the Putney, .Fadd'ngitbn rad Polytechnic C. C. at Hecie Hill las.t Satur dayT produced TSomc of the most interesting racing of the season. Tlie ddea'of an international series cf sprint races among ' f. Devcdssoux (France) amateur champion of the world a-nd G. t. Anderson, E. Payne; and G.~B. Kingsbury— Who is' ihe quarter, mjle, and five -miles 'N..C.U. champions respectively ; _-^ 5 - a happy one. This was the first occasion, out, cracks and the Frenchman ha:d met on a really up-to-date cement track and the result showed Kingsbury to great advantage. He and the visitor really had the race to themselves, the Portsmouth man . wi-nning the .one lap of -half mnle events and the Frenchman the anile— their points working out at 4to sin favour of Kingsbury. Payne and Anderson show to better advantage on grass and crmder tracks ane they were badly beaten. In the one lap race for the Limerick Bout, however, Payne did tetter and just beat Kingsbury, while Devoissoux secure, a five iriile scratch race. A FAMOUS RAC£. The Bold 'Or, a 24 hours" paced race ; is one of the most famous events in the cycling world. The -race at Faris on Saturday and Sunday last was the ' thirteenth annual contest and in the past it has been won by such wonderful riders as iC.. Buret and A. " E - Wal " ters. The latter's win in July of 1899. when he rode 634 miles 774 ya* ds (motor paced) nn the 24 hours will long be remembered. It was a blazing hot. day, j^et "Jenny" kept pegging away and "smothered" all his rivals and" set up a mark which re--1 mains unbeaten. The conditions are now altered and stipulate for human tandem pacing and L.: Georgel's winning distance of .561. miles 1732 yards on Sunday es a record for such pacing and a very fine one at that. - SWIMMING. After the splendid performances of Jabez Wolffe of 'GJascow in his channel attempts, he was' expected to. "go ' close for premier honours in the Paris sii hours swim on Sunday. ,He could do no better than finish fifth,, however, with a total of Bs "miles, while ' Burges of Paris, who 'hails from Kotherham, was six,th. The winner, Paulus, is. quite a veteran a-nd he covered just on 9* miles in the six . hours. The "surprise .packet of. the race 'was furnisheS by Chretien, an eighteen-year swimmer, who got within- 470 yards of the winner, and^must "have a great future. The race rather poihts to channel swimming and racing .being quite, a different 'imattex, though possibly, had the event bfeen of twelve hoiiTS duration, Wblffe would have 'been much nearer the front. . SHRUBB IN AMERICA. rlatest exploit was to defeat F. K^naiy, the American- profes- ,. sipnal champion, dn a three ; " mile race 7 at Celtic Pa*k; New -tfbrk. As usual, ' ; "6.hiru»bb forcod the pace up6n.._*he' start TTche opening' 'half mile occupying only •smin 6 2-ssec'-^uite fast enough had. T-the journey been one mile. Aftar theshe slowed down, and reached the mile post in 4mTns 34sec, two •rhiles in gmins 4_.sec an»d; the full journey in '■ 46 2-ssec. It is rather amus--ing to. road that*- Sbrubb:-is reported to haye- said Ke was sorry^Ms lival could not force Jiim to, run his hard\s:ti and U'^ en. he might have . broken ?the- record. Those who .have watched j the career of Sbrubb* know full well that he runs test when w'nnr'ng easily, .in this irespecthe'is like the late "\Viilie Day of Ameirica and the- two jwere very like each- other in appear- : ance, budld and method of running a _ace. When iDay created the American three mile record of Mmins 39 sec his 'opening 'mile was 32sec andte beat Qmin for two miles. This was at Bergen Foi-nt, New Jersey, in. May of jSqo and che wrctei weU recollects him (Day), piled on the pace itfter Tgetting -the lead: .Shrubb has doiie very '.wdl pn the other side and ZtM climate' dow not appear to have-greatly upset him. He. is not returning just yet and ?s- te, c?3;ms ty be very fit he may put iip a good re-j cord tuning ,.Septemter and. Octo|b^ : usually the most favourable mont&s -of; the yfeaT for athletics in and airounds N©w York-. It would jig' injer^sting to Shirubfi go for "th^'two and tbree miles" American- records and Hol.m?s. >Fieldpßosfem„>(or,-,is it. Soldiery £eld ' now) or' Travers Island, N-w 'T-'crk wll^e V ? r^suStfjle gro»nf \y& $&■£s*& ' mer^eath^r and sp<^smenSWere v? able .to witness the racing onfKn^fesniyre ' this week under the best of/^cpnditions". vThe traditions of York are many,-, v:T'a.Te sonfe of- „,, *«» -events decided at |te -meeting-- rank "among our famous Vr Sees, The first day was chiefly ngtW^ttfe-fp'r-acapi-tal perfPrmahce by L^iaifa fine big filly J>elojftgr;ii#;t<>' Sdr Cooper, to whom : F lair helonSsp-Lesbia is a full sisfer^to FdaiV and' like -the latter may.win.theMidd'l^ark£iFiate. Flair won' thTs" event in '■;. subsequently 7 pro ved a Tbi^isappomtinent to. -his^popular owhenrSPosfe-bly \LesBjt.a' will "do "better ahdvibertainly ■ the manner tJie Slly defeated the bpposiitioirin>tKe; f ifeeg o|i wasmost /satisfactory. The "Great Ebor Handicap provided - lucky "win. ..-Mr ,Benidon's'^ip'tt, (The ?.age (wann'eV iri\jg6^ and BibianC'We feotly contesting the issue *near-hame Tand W-uffy bumped into The Page, and . soone think spoilt the latter's chance. Anyway Mr Ben,-) don's represntative drew out after this . [and beat Bibiani by a; good length.) Plum" Tree was top \veight and fav.-^ ourdte, but could y stan"d ; the hot:

pace near the end and dropped back. The third day's racing provided several very interesting items. Once again Mr Hall Walker carried off the Gimcrack Stakes for two-year-olds, Royal Ream following in the. footsteps of Polar Star and Cdonia. The winning of this event makes the successful owner the guest of honour at the historic Gimcrack (Club dinner and so Mr Hall Walker has accomplished the "hat trick" by ga'ning the honour three years in succession. Royal Reailm- was very highly thought of early in the season, but did not quite run up to expectations in his earlier engagements. He is a big colt, however, and requires time to' develop, so that the son of Persimmon may do something even better later, pn. The Great Yorkshire Stakes, furl nished another big upset of form. As recently as the Goodwood meeting we saw Dusty Miller prove himself 2ilbs better than Altitude, while at York the latter beat Earlstsin at a difference of 7lbs. The good showing of the latter against Orby and Woolwinder will 'be retailed to anind,- so that book form would make Dusty Millar a real "flier." AYe must not be over influenced by this as a few weeks at this " time of the year often leads to surprising improvement. We do know . however, that Lord Derby owns a real qreod stayer in Altitude and the' filly should show up prominently 0 in the St. Leger. CRICKET . T It is quite certain we'are going v to 'see an exciting struggle between C. B. Fry ahd Tom Hayiward as to which shall 'head the batting table at the end *of the season. The amateur 1 showed the way at the close oT play, on -Saturday, with an average of 46.88 as against 46.59 by .Hay ward; -The latter has since gone in front as the result of play, up to last evening, Fry making no in three innings and Hay- . ward 84 in one innings. This leaves the latter with an average of 47.42 against 45.83 by C. B. Fry. In the bowling department it is unlikely that R. O. Schwanz "of the South African team will .lose first place, that is counting all engagements. HTs six wickets at Bath yesterday brought the number of his .victims, to 134 at an " average cost of 10.71 runs each. . Halv lam of Notts has done best among hc_n c bowlers, his record being. 162 tickets at an average of 11.77.; The .iSouth Africans had .an ' easy task against South Wales at Cardiff this week. The match .was really looked on as a holiday engagement as Welshmen do not take kindly to cricket and the visitors were easy, winners inside two. day's. The tourists included L. J. Tancred", H. Smith and the Rev. C. D. Robinson in the side the first named opening the inn- . ings with W. Shalders, but again , proved unfortunate. S. J. Snacks's 87 , was a capital effort and the "golden" , headed Captonian is now batting at . his very best. The total of 289 was . not a large one but it proved more t j than sufficed as th c Welshmen wer-3 - dismissed .for 92 and 131. '; Gordon j White followed up Bis splendid inn- - ings of 162 (not out) against Glouces- ] f tershire by taking 6 wickets for 123 ! runs and 4 for 29. The batsmen could t not master his deliveries in the least. 2 and the performance of White rather - point to ithe fact that enough h-a s not' 5 been made of him as a bowler this s- time. The South African captain did - a graceous thing in the second innt ings of South Wales. , So as to give i the natives confidence, he deputed S and W. A. Shalders to open the bowling and up to a certain point , the batting side'did fairiy well. When 1 Nourse and White took up the attack 3 however, the 'end was not long delaye ed, the former's 3 wickets only cost--2 mg 14 runs. At Bath yesterday "the Somerset - eaptam put the South Africans -^ > first after winning the toss and fay- » oured with a bowlers pitch, managed to 'get them out for 233. J. j. Kotye " the Western Province fast bowler, ~ s made a reappearance for. the visitors" and made more runs than some of % the crack batsmen. G. A. Faulkner * played a brilliant innings of 75, hitt- --. ing twelve 4's and R. O. Schwarz was . 'to the fore w^th the baU by taking 6 wickets: for 46 funs.A'- '-. FOOTBALL; : ' ' ' Both the Army and Navy Football E Associations have decided to remain loyal to the Football Association, T "in- , stead of going over to the Amateur I. Association os urged to dP. ; The situation is causing considerable discussion in Scotland, as while the Scotv trsh F. A. does not wish to do any--1 'thing savouring of opposition to the , E-ngJish' F. AT, it has no desire to put ■ a stop, to the popular .Corinthian F. C : Scottish tour-. 'Qf course of the Foot- : ball - Assciation were to declare the' members of the Amateur Association' suspended, then all affiliated bodies and associaions would be obliged 'to ' recognise the bar and the new body would be hard put to' it to get on in--1 'terestmg matches. Though the Corinthians are a dead-Jetter, so far as matches in England are concerned, we shall not lack for im/ po-tant amateur intefnatioals durir?^- --; the coming season, the F. A T " has ' arranged quite a long' list of'bigmatches in which .England will meet ' ..Ireland,- Holland, Wales, France, Bel- - gmm and Germany in the order -giyeh" Then we shall also have the Qlympi - football tournament. and. for' which the "Football Association. Has, presented a challenge ,-trophy. . . .. .•■•>',,,:;'.'-' The -biggest- win in, the Scottish' League fixtures : •on>•Satura_y ! '^as"■'tli^t , of /Motherwell (at home) -on : nl: : erta';ning Port . Glasgow Athletic, the latter "Jgn•ing down by 6 goals to o. GlasgoW Rangers and Falkirk also WmpHed over Aberdeen and Hibernians " by '4 goals to o res.pectively, the winner be- ' ing at home. The ondy visiting teams to prevail were" Celtic and Hamilton Academicals, the former just beating ■ (3—2) Gr<?enick Morton, .while Hamilton disposed'Tpf tihe Amat'eufs'.Vy" 3 goals ,to 0.-.T The latter never show' to much advantage at' the" start of the season,; but will .no doubt play. in-. ■■■ torforari later. : AridfiePmans did fairly well to draw;- (,l—iJ on visiting St.Nirren and Thkd -Lanark also^sh'ared [ the honours (2— 2) ',on Kilmamock's ground. Another .good game was seen at Dundee, where the home tekm ■bfat Pratrick Thistle by one -goal to o; ■•"''■ ' ■ ■-. Zy,y Z 'IN GENEiRAL. : ' ilTj^.e Billiard Asscciation is considfemhg a, proposal' to .- 4 cp cradle cannon "•Tpliy by drawing t-.volve inch bavtik lines across the jaws of- the corner pockets and inside which no more ' than five consecutive cannons may ■■; be made. ...*.■'■ v .'lt is stated'that h.?ilf /a dozen of the ; -All Blacks -team will .be among 'the' 'j :^%y Zea l and footballers, who •"'.will .; b|^ under Nisri'he.":'h= Union rules this; T :^% v - ■■■'*-'-; '-Ak:y."i ■ ■" . "' " : \ Li i^Ji; v .Wi...Mp,;..tbn, the English ioo yards ; afihateur sprint ehaimi?ion, is going on : a visit to the Continent and will com- . pete in several races there. vJ-: H. Taylor did 18 holes.-. of the J I Mdd- Surrey golf course dn 68 yesterday afternoon— a _>new recp-rd : * for f he course.-' '. : '*. ; "*,Sandley House beat Sultpn Scptney \ by ;6 goals to '3 iii the 'final of the ' Blackmore Vale Poio Club's tburna- ' j ment at.Sherboraie. ■ , ... . j T^At Liverpool -lasfce-vehing Miss; j. Fle'tbher of Leicester won the 160 yds scraitch swimming irace for, ladies in j imin I9sec, ,: ; wliich is a world's ire- ; T cord for a 'lady, i > 7 .Arriaud Massey . (Fraiice) the opeh golf champion, has met J. H. Taylor ''j and A Herd . during the week, . the < Frenchman 'beating Herd 5. and 4 and \ going down against Taylor, whp was ] 3up with two to playT ' ." ' Ladies' Gloves.— 'The new Summer j Gloves are now open and they are • gloves that will find "instant favor — - -Silk", Suede ,open work, lacework, etc. - , and reasonably priced is 3d. isl 6d, 2s 6d up to 6s 'id a pair. Stylish/ and of good qua y atW. McKay and Son's. The Drapers, Greymouth. « ( -Aclvt, ' ' ' - ' * (