SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 84, 22 March 1911, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

BOXING. COSTA OUTPOINTS RUDD. Ring-g»'neralsi:'p alone, uotwith standing the tact that his condition was not ad that rould be desired, enabled •!>>•■ C to gain a points decision over Bill Rudd. of New Zealand, at the (>‘aiety Atidetic Club. Sydney, last Wednesday. Several times Rudd had victon almost within his gravp. but lack of experience and a tendency to lose his head, prevented him win rung. boxed writ, and eon served his strength till towards the end <>f the contest, when lie was outbox ing Rudd. The Sydney 1 Referee " reports the contest as follows : —

Before a packed house at the Gaiety. Joe Costa defeated Bill Rudd after the full 20 rounds had been fought. The decision in Costa’s favour was met with a mixed reception, which was the correct one. Rudd certainly forced the fight from go to stop, and scored with a right to the left eye often enough to damage that part of Joe’s face pretty badly, but this and his continued forcing made him run a good second only to Joe’s better defensive work and clean blows by either hand. In the fourth round Rudd appeared to injure his left knee, which he held, and looked appealingly to his corner. He soon got | over it. whatever it was, and kept forcing his much cleverer opponent, whose great defensive work and good, clean left to the face, and right upper-cuts in body and on chin won for him the battle. In the 17th round Joe’s right in the body as Rudd came in nearly put the New Zealander out. He doubled up and hung on to Joe’s neck. Barron separated them, and Costa, taking a hand in the forcing, gave his opponent a bad time. To sum up in a few words, the better boxer won.

JEM MOLONEY’S CHALLENGE.

Jem Moloney, heavyweight champion of New Zealand, who crossed the fishpond some time ago in search of fresh laurels, writes as follows to ■Amateur” of the Sydney “ Referee ” :—

*’ Since coming from New Zealand several mouths back I Lave repeatedly challenged any middleweight in Australia to box me. hut they have ignored same, t t(<»n‘t know why. I have done all I ha- <• l>een asked to do. I beat Per.-v Hale in five rounds, and Monty Andrews in 13. lam still prepared to box any man in Australia at list -lib, ringside. Bill Rmld preferred, and the winner take the lot.”

HOCKEY. ALBION CLUB. The annual meeting of the above club was held in the Hastings Hotel last night, Mr. G. A. Maddison presiding over a good attendance. The secretary presented the re]x>rt and balance-sheet. The report stated that the club was to be congratulated on its success last year, the senior team having tied with the Oriental Club for premier position in the Wednesday competition, and the junior team having won their competition. The report and balance-sheet were adopted as read. A number of new members were elected.

The election of officers for the ensuing yrafr resulted as follows Patron, Mr. G. F. Roach ; presi dent, Mr. B. C. McCormick ; vice presidents, Messrs. E. A. O'Meara, L. P. Millar. J. Garnett, W. Lane. Hugh Campbell, W. Hyslop, H. I. Simson, George Nelson, and C. O’Donoghue; club captain. Mr Keith Winchcombe; field captain. Mr. Jack Anderson : vice-captain. Mr. (>. Shattky: secretary am: treasurer. Mr. K. Winchcombe selection committee. Messrs. G. A. Maddison. J. Anderson, and <i Shattky; management committee. Messrs. D. Ryan. K. Winchcombe. Maddison. Anderson, and Shattky delegate to the Association. Mr. G. A. Maddison.

A d'«< ussion arose as to the > <>iours of rhe tram, and it u:is intimately decided that a quotation should be obtained for white stockinette jerseys with black collars. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the meeting. UNION CLUB. The annual meeting of the Union Hockey Club was held last night in the Clarendon Hotel, Napier. There was a large attendance of members. Mr. Len Shepherd presiding.

It was decided that the Sat unlay teams should wear white jerseys having a broad red band across the breast and arms. Alternate bands of red and white will be the colours of the Wednesday teams.

A letter was received from Mr. Venables accepting the position of president to the club.

Mr. W. E. Cooper wrote acknowledging his election as vice-presi-dent. He also offered a trophy to the Wednesday players who obtained most goals during the coming season.—His letter was received with thanks. A similar letter w«s received from Mr. Sidford. enclosing a donation of half-a-gtiinea.—Received with thanks. Mr. Hallett wrote giving particulars with regard to affiliation fees. Received. After some discussion it was <lccided that as this was the initial year of the club, two Saturday teams should be entered in the junior division, anu none in the senior.

The rules which were drawn up at last meeting were read and adopted. These rules will be printed, and a copy is to be forwarded to each member.

The McLean Park, it was stated, bad been securea for practice matches, the first ot which will take place at 6 o’clock on Thursday morning.

This concluded the business.

ATHLETICS. FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE. Wellington. Mar. 21. At a meeting of the local committee of the Festival of Empire Sports, the Australasian committee stated that the New South Wales Government had agreed to give £1 for £1 subsidy up to £2OO. which would enable G. Smythe, champion middle-weight wrestler, to be sent Home. The secretary stated that the amount collected in New Zealand was £122/1 6. w’hile the amount in sight totalled, roughly, £2lB/4/6.

A telegram was received from R. Opie stating that he could go on Thursday, but no berth was available on the Corinthic.—lt w r as decided to send him by the Ruafaine sailing on April Sth.

It was resolved to send a letter t<> Sir Joseph Ward informing him of the personnel of the team, and also the events in which they are competing. It was also decided to ask the acting-Prime Minister to arrange with the High Commissioner for the team to be met on arrival at Lond< »n.

FOOTBALL. CELTIC CLUB. The annual meeting of the Celtic Football Club was held at Hastings last evening, Father Kerley presiding. The report and balance-sheet, showing the club to be in a satisfactory financial position, were adopted. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:—Patron, the Very Rev. Father Keogh; president. Rev. Father Kerley; vicepresidents. Messrs. W. Y. Dennett, (J. Carr, J. A. Gallagher. B. Macnamara, J. McCarthy, A. B. Green, T. Honnor. P. Seed. C .O’Donoghue, J. Garnett, J. T. Blake, and J. A. Pothan; secretary (pro tern.), Mr. W. Maher; club captain and coach. Mr. J. Anderson; field captain. Mr. W. Maher; vice-cap-tain, Mr. P. Blake; committee, Messrs. S. Brooking, J. Maggin, ami P. Blake ; delegate to Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union, Rev. Father Ker lev.

It was decided to commence practice immediately, and to play the first match of the season ip about a fortnight’s time, with the Napier Old Boys’ Club.

■ A large number of new members * were elected.

J The annual meeting of the Pirates : Football Club will be held in the ‘Caledonian Hotel. Napier, tonight..

CROQUET. HASTINGS LAWN TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB. THE MADDISON TROPHY. A keen competition for a threeguinea trophy presented by Mr. P. Maddison has been completed, and the following is the result of the second round and final: — Second Round. Miss Gray won from ?»liss NewIbould (by default). | Mrs. Banks won from Miss Tu- ; reekull .by default ). Mrs. Symonds won from Miss iNewbould (by default). ■ Mrs. Gregory beat Miss Symes, i i Mrs. Murray won from Miss A.; I Maddison (by default). ! i Mrs. Fraser won from Mrs. Ken-| ! nedy (by default). Miss Rosie won from Miss Kennedy (by default). Miss Gray won from Miss N. Maddison (by default). Mrs. Banks heat Mrs. Symonds. Mrs. Gregory beat Mrs. Murray. Mrs. Bowie won from Mrs. McKibbin (by default). Mrs. A. Wellwood won from Mrs. East (by default). Mrs. Beamish won from Mrs. Beharrell (by default). Mrs. Fraser won from Miss Rosie

(by default). Mrs. Banks beat Miss Gray. Mrs. Gregory won from Mrs. Bo.vie (by default). Mrs. Beamish beat Mrs. A. Wellwood. ' Mrs. Banks beat Mrs. Fraser. Mrs. Beamish beat Mrs. Gregory. Final. Mrs. Banks and Mrs. Beamish played off in the final, the latter being the successful competitor.

LIFE-SAVING GALA.

In spite of several counter attractions, the attendance at the first carnival of the Hawke’s Bax’ Centre of the Royal Life-saving Society at the Napier Municipal Baths last evening was extremely large. The programme, which was remarkable both for the novelty and excitement connected with several of the items was watched with keen interest throughout. AH the events were stubbornly .contested, and some very close finishes were witnessed in several of the races. Messrs. F. J. Darling, Angus Russel. H. Peat and others, gave splendid exhibitions of high and fancy (fixing;. The pillow fight was one of the most interesting and amusing items on the programme. A very good exhibition of life-saving was given.

During the evening, the Mayor (Mr. J. Vigor Brown, M.P.) presented Royal Life-saving Society medals and certificates to the following successful lady competitors in the recent examination :—Misses Redwood, Stackpool, Grarnby, Grace Price, May Price and Grace Robertson.

In making the presentations Mr. Brown drew attention to the fact that although it was only about four months since Mr. Henry’s visit, yet the cause of life-saving had increased by leaps and bounds. He looked forward to the time when the Baths would be doubled in length. (Applause.) In concluding, Mr. Brown congratulated the competitors on their successes. The following are the results: — Schoolboys’ Competition (J. Vigor Brown Shield). — Napier High School A. (Kennedy, Battershill, Brook, Archer) 11 points 1, Marist Bros. A. (A. Merrick, J. Leany, J. McGrath, D. O’Keefe) 18 points, 2 ; Napier Main A. (L. Tozer, H. Thompson. T. Limbrick, W. Bailey) 19 points, 3. Seven teams competed.

50yds. Handicap.—First heat: B. King, 1 ; D. Evans (4sec) 2 ; eight starters ; time, 37see. Second heat : R. Foster (klsec) and T. F. Kelly (Ssec) -, E. Amner 3 ; eight starters ; time, 39sec. Third heat: J. O’Connor (Ssec) 1, P. McCarthy (ssec) 2; four starters; time, 37sec. Fourth heat: H. Murdoch (12sec) 1, J. Stevens (ssec) 2; three starters ; time, -lOsec. Fifth heat: S. Baird (7sec) 1, K. Stevenson (ssec) 2 ; three starters ; time. 39sec. Sixth heat: J. Kennedy (9sec) 1, N. McCartney (3sec) 2; four starters; time, 38sec. Seventh heat: C. Edser (11 sec) 1, B. Woods (ssec) 2; four starters : time, 37sec. Semi-

final.—First heat: C. Edser I, B. King 2, B. Woods 3 ; time 36 2-ssec. Second heat: J. O’Connor I, J. Kennedy 2. S. Baird 3 : time, 39sec. Final: J. O’Connor J, C. Edser 2, J. Kennedy 3 ; time, 33sec. Blindfold race. —F. Bridges 1. Ladies’ life-saving competition. —Miss Ganibj' 1. Miss Arnott 2.

Ladies’ race, 33 1-5 yards.—Miss Gamby 1, Miss Downing 2, Miss Arnott 3. Time, 31 sec. Pillow Fight.—G. Malcolm 1. Biggest Splash Dive. —H. J. Bailey. Water Polo.—Napier B. beat Hastings by 4 goals to nil.