All Sorts of Sport.

Free Lance, Volume XV, Issue 802, 12 November 1915, Page 21

All Sorts of Sport.

By Touchlina.

GEORGE Cunha, who toured Australia and New Zealand with Duke Kahanamoku, 'the Hawaiian champion swimmer, is desirous of another trip to this pari; of the world. He has written to the treasurer of the New South Wales Swimming Association, asking if the chances of making another trip to Australia are favourable. He proposes bringing with him Line. Johnson, a one-legged swimmer. It js considered in Sydney that the request has come at an inopportune time for the arranging of a tour' as suggested.

Amongst the latest posted as "wounded and missing" is Private R. F. Shirley, Queensland's representative lawn tennis player.

A "Sydney Referee" item of interest in these parts: — "From what I can understand 1 , Charlie Towns, now settled down on the .Richmond River, will not seek any further match with William Webb, the Wanganui crack; in fact, has possibly rowed 'his last race —if he has not actually retired he will, at any rate for some time, confine his attention solely to his farm. Thus it is safe to say there will be no race between Webb and Towns at Wanganui."

The latest among the scullers to join the Expeditionary Forces is Alf. D. Felton, the genial giant among rowing men in Australia.

Les Darcy still continues oi* his upward way, and directly will have silenced every boxer with a .claim for recognition as- a middle-weight champion. On Monday last week' Tie' knocked out Billy Murray, the Amerioahi/'in. the sixth, round: -j" ■ " • Mr; R. L,. Baker is confident of getting Geiprge_ ;Chip to meet lies .Darcy. It is considered the meeting of this pair would create "avlot of interest. Amongst ..those mentioned in despat- . ches is Private Lyle Noakes, a wellknown Auckland Rugby player. He as half-back in the North Auckland representative . team,, enlisting from Whangarei. * c Captain V. Henderson-Ham-ilton, 12th Scottish Rifles,, who was killed at the Dardanelles, was "at Trinity College, Oxford, and in 1905 won the mi!© against Cambridge in the 'Varsity record time of 4mins 17 4-5 . secsu In the previous year he was second; Captain BCarniltou was 33 years of age,. The sum of £43 odd was collected at the opening of the rowing season in Christchurch, and this amount goes to the Sick and Wounded Soldiers', Fund, Prizes were given for the best decorated boat., most original crew, and best unknown crew; and ' the winners in each case authorised the value of their trophies to be paid to the same fund. "Lawn Tennis" reports that Mr. N. Shiraishi, a Japanese player, has lately s won the club championship of the Forest_ Hill Club, England, and the cup which goes with it has become "his own property. f Two hundred Tasmanian rowing men are now serving with the. colours in Gallipoli. John Xi. Sullivan, the o'ld-time - champion pugilist, is now a farmer .at North Abington, Massachusetts. A. friend who has been visiting him. says: "Yes, he is quite a farmer, with a hundred chickens, fine cows, good horses, ' and a man to take care of them. He grows most everything he needs for himself and family, and certainly enjoys life m his own simple, .wholesome manner."