SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Mataura Ensign, 15 January 1914, Page 5

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

E3XINC. JOHNSON NOT TO I>K i'CLERATED. II «LKOTRIO ■II.LEHK.ti-i. - OOPTEIQHT, TIMES—SYDNEY SL'N M IXIAL CAULKS. Received January 15, 8.30 a.m. LO*NDON, Jan. 14. 'The Times,' in a special article referring to the boxing championship, maintains that the National Sportir.g iClub'ishould never be allowed to stage a fight between Jack Johnson and ijani ' Langfcrd. Johnson's presence would be I intolerable in this famous arena. The I 'Times' suggests that England, France and the United States form an organisation to draw up a code of rules to govern boxing. SPORTING. ' HIGH PRICED~HTJRDLER, • 1 ItXCTBIO TELEGRAPH COFTBIGHI I>BH DNITED I'HESS ASSOCIATION. Received January 15, 10.30 a.m. ■ SYDNEY, Jan. 15. Red 1 Corn, the hurdle racer, has been \ sold to a Melbourne sportsman for 1000 ! guineas. He was originally purchased ' fop 100 guineas and has started nine J times, winning on. five occasions. ,

ATHLETICS. EXHIBITION CARNIVAL. PEE DNITED PRESS ✓SBSOCIATKW AUCKLAND, Jan. 15. At the Exhibition Athletic Carnival. Trenibath (Gore) won the half-mile professional championship in lniin 59 1-5 sec. The one mile New Zealand cycling championship was won by (.'.. Wallace (Mataura). In the Highland dancing, the Seann Triubhais championship was awarded to Bellamy (Victoria),, Center (Victoria) being second and Kilgour (Auckland) third. Other competitors expressed much dissatisfaction with the award and withdrew from the remaining events which were left to the Victorians, Bellamy and Center. The former won the Highland fling and the latter tho sailor's hornpipe. CRICKET. PROPOSED AUSTRALIAN VISIT. ' PEE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 15. Mr Arthur Sims (promoter of the Australian team to visit New Zealand) states that he is sure all the difficulties in connection with his Australian cricket team for New Zealand will be overcome. He will put his plans before a meeting of the Cricket Council to-night.

PROJECTED AMERICAN TOUR. BT ELECTBIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. TIMES-SYDNEY SUN SPECIAL CABLE. Received January 15, 11 a.m. MELBOURNE, Jan. 15. Mr Austin Diamond (Sydney) will captain and Mr Dow (Adelaide) will act as treasurer of a team which they are organising to tour America. The team will leave in April and matches will be played against United States and Canada. The programme also includes Bermuda and the East Indies. The 'Herald' says that no notification has been given to the Board of Control which, it is stated in some quarters, would object to a tour that would secure prominent players, thus thwarting the Board's efforts to select a first class team to visit South, Africa. Players have received an invitation in a confidential way. This system of secretly organising teams is probably the result of much chaos which existed in the cricSet world a few years ago when a number of prominent Australian players refused to reedgniso the authority of the Board of Control.

ROWING. SOMMEIIVILLE SHIELD. PEE UNITBD PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND Jan. 15. The Wanganui Union Rowing Club has challenged for the Sommerville Challenge Shield held by the Auckland Rowing Club. It is proposed to row the event here on January 31.