LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3743, 8 December 1925, Page 60

LAND AND WATER.

ATHLETICS.

PORRITT’S LAPSE FROM FORM. LONDON, November 80. In the inter-university relay races Cambridge beat Oxford by four events to one. £inkel beat Porritt by eight yards in the st lap. Cambridge won in the record time of 89sec. Porritt assisted Oxford to win the hurdles. f AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP. AUCKLAND, December 6. The Auckland provincial amateur athletic championships were decided on Saturday afternoon* The following are the results:— 100 Yards. —L. C. Williams 1. E. S. Watts 2, R. N. Campbell 3. Time, 10 l-ssec. 220 Yards.—L. C. Williams 1, E. S. Watts 2, R. N. Campbell 3. Time, 22 2-ssec. 440 Yards.—A. C. Garlick 1, S. Bainbridge 2, E. G. Sutherland 3. Time, 52 880 Yards. —T. M. Wilson 1, J H. M‘Kean 2, C. T. Leggett 3. Time, 2min 4 4-ssec. Mile. —T. M. Wilson 1. W. Savidan 2, 1 G. Kells 3. Time. 4min 33 3-ssec. 120 Yards Hurdles. —J. W. Shirley 1, B. Murray 2. Time, 17 2-ssec. 440 Yards Hurdles.—A. C. Garlick 1, EL G. Sutherland 2. Time, 60 4-sseo. Three Miles.—W. Savidan 1, T. M. Wilton 2, G. Kells 3. Time, 15mm 43sec. One-mile Walk.—E. L. King (the only 6tarter) 1. 100 Yards Ladies’ Race.—Miss D. Dick 1, Miss D. Wilson 2. Time. 12 2-ssec. High Jump.—J. W. Shirley, sft lOin, 1; E. G. Sutherland oft 2in, 2. Long Jump.—Snirley, 20ft ll£in, 1; N. E. Williams, 20ft 9in, 2. Hop, Step, and Jump.—. Shirley, 44ft 4in, 1; N. E. Williams, 38ft 9in 2. Putting 161 b Shot. —M. S. O’Connor, 36ft 4in, 1; J. B. Gillbanks, 33ft 2in, 2. One-mile Cycle Race.—M. P. Rvrnes (aged 16) 1, E. J. Orr 2, A. R. White 3. Time, 2min 38 4-ssec. Two-mile Cycle Race.—Byrnes 1, F. J. Casey 2, W. T. Bray 3. Time, smin 24 2-ssec. Three-mile Cycle Race.—Byrnes 1, Orr 2. F. Bowes 3. Time, Bmin 14 2-ssec. WELLINGTON SEASON OPENS. WELLINGTON, December 6. Wellington’s amateur athletic season was opened on Saturday afternoon, when the first interclub competition fqr the John Dewar Imperial Challenge Shield was held at Athletic Park. At the end of the day Wellington had 43£ points, Athletic 35£, University 13. The meeting was a most successful one. There was a large attendance, and good fields. Taken all round, the performances were quite up to the standard. There were some outstanding performances at the mooting. Leadbetter, in the 100 yards, conceding handicups to 10 yards, just failed to catch Murphy (7yds). The time was 10 2-ssec, against a strong wind. In the high jump Flighty and Iletherington (sft 7in) were dead boat. Kalagher and Sceats (sft 6in) also dead-heated for second placo. The one mile walk was won bv Peterson, With MTntosh second and Rolboys third. MTntosh’s time from scratch was 6min 36sec. which is better than his previous by 20se<\ In the 440 yards handicap e result was: S. Troud first, Stevenson sooond. and Kvlo and Hobbs (equal) third. Kyle, from scratch, ran gamely, but failod to Ret there. Time, 50 3-ssoo.

BOXING.

CONTEST IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, Novembor 30. In a 15-round professional boxing bout for a purse of £2OO, Charles Purdy (Auck(ind light-weight), 9st 12lb. defeated Harry Casey (Queensland welter-weight), 10st 3lb, *n points. The decision received a mixed Ptoeption.

DEMPSEY AND FIRPO MAY MEET. BUENOS, AIRES, December 1. Firpo will leave in March for England, and will proceed to Canada and the United States in the hope of getting another chance to meet the champion. NEW YORK, December 1. A Los Angeles massage says that Dempsey is willing to meet Firpo there before he lights AVills in July.

HIGH JUMP RECORD.

SYDNEY, December 6. By clearing 6ft Ogin in a running high jump, Charles Ebert created a new record for New South Wales. The previous record was 6ft. . '

BOWLINC.

FOUR-RINK CHAMFTONSHIP. The match between Cavereham and Otago resulted as follows (the Caversham names being given first): —Sliand, Forrester, Porteous, Blackwood 17, Morrison, Hamilton, Telford, Falconer 15; Todd, Dempster, Ball, Thomson 13, Rose, Henderson, Weid, Walkens 20; Anderson, Wilkinson, Will, Brown 11 Lloyd, Young, MTntosh, Kennedy 12; Stubbs, Hanning, Forster, Mitchell 21, Thomson, Crawford, Gilroy, Watts 10; —Totals—Caversliam 62, Otago 58.

GOLF.

A four-ball bogey match played on the St. Clair links on Saturday resulted in a win for C. B. Wight and J. Kilpatrick with a score of 4 up.

AQUATICS.

SANDERS CUP CONTEST. Entries for the next Sanders Oup contest to be sailed on Otago Harbour in February next closed yesterday with the secretary of the Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Association fMr J. D. Cameron). The entries are—Auckland. Hawke’s Bay, Wellington Canterbury. Otago, and Southland. The boat selected to represent each province must be nomi .ated at least 21 days before the date of the first race. AUCKLAND TRIALS. AUCKLAND. December 6The first trial race to select Auckland’s challenger for the Sanders Cup resulted in an easy win for a new boat, Avalon. There were six competitors, Avalon finishing 6min 12sec ahead of Queen March, 'which was 25sec in front of Rona. GENERAL DISSATISFACTION A discussion that occasionally developed some warmth took place at a meeting of the Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Association on Thursday evening, when the vexed question of holding trial races amongst the 14-footers came up for consideration. The President (Mr W. R. Waters), in introducing the matter said there was little use in holding trials at present owing to the non-appearance of all the boats which had en tered. “Sometimes one boat, and at other times two, turn up, and we cannot hold a trial with only two boats,’’ said Mr Waters. “What are you going to do about it?” Mr E. T. Moller: It is common talk at Macandrew’s Bay that Kia Ora did not turn up on Saturday last because it was Winifred’s day. 'lhat is the general opinion expressed. Whether it is true or not I do not know. Mr E. A. Davys: I strongly object to wasting my Saturday afternoons over this business. Personally, I am willing to do all I can for the sport, but we look for some consideration from the skippers and crews. Mr C. G. Smith then moved that the previous dates agreed upon by the association for the sailing of trial races bo rescinded, and that the first race be sailed on December 19 over the Sanders Cup course; also that all boats which have entered for tho competition must be in attendance, otherwise they will not be eligible for further races. * Mr D. Paterson seconded the motion. Mr F. Percy moved an amendment to ihe effoct that the first trial race be sailed over the Port Chalmers course. Mr A. Carrington seconded the amendment. The amendment was defeated, and, on being put to tho vote, tho motion was carriod, tlie two Port Chalmers delegates voting against it. Mr F. B. Francis: That means that there will bo no race on Saturday. Why waste more time? Mr Putorson said that Winifred had several good suits of sails, and the owner of the boat would, no doubt, lend a suit to Eunice. This remark was made after it had been mentioned that some of the boats were not in a fit condition to sail owing to the fact that new sails had not yet come to hand. Mr FYancis asked Mr Smith if he would i alter his motion to ro*d that the first trial

race be sailed on Saturday next, as he thought the association would be making a big mistake if it made an yfu*‘her postponement. Mr Smith: No! I am getting heartily sick of the whole business. These fellows are making it hard enough for us as it is. and I am not going to budge one inch from the stand I have taken. Mr Francis again said that tho association was making a grave mistake in putting off the trials to December 19. They had a busy season before them, and tho earlier the trials were started the better it would be for all concerned. Mr Waters: The boat-owners are causing all th# trouble, and everything depends on them. At the present time very little interest is bein" taken in the trials. Mr Percy then said that if a trial race were not sailed over the-Port Chalmers course the association would not receive the support of the Port Chalmers people when the Sanders (*up contest came round. Mr Waters said he believed Mr Percy’s opinion was not the general opinion of the Port Chalmers people. This ended the discussion, and the association proceeded to deal with other business. OTAGO YACHT ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Otago Yacht and Motor Boat Association was held on Thursday, ami was attended by Messrs W. It. Waters (president), C. O. Smith, E. A. Davys, E. T. Moller, F. Percy, I). Paterson, G. Gregory, A. Carrington, J. D. Cameron, find F. B. Francis. SANDERS CUP ENTRIES. Correspondence was read from the Auckland, Well’ngton, and Canterbury Yacht and Motor Boat Associations, and also the Napier Sailing Club and the Stewart Island Sailing Club, in connection with the Sanders Cup contest. Each of the centres named has entered. The Napier Club notified that Konlni would again be the Hawke's Bay challenger, and the Stewart Island Club intimated that Murihiku would represent the Southland province. The entries were accepted. CORNWELL CUP CONTEST. A letter was received from the Takapuna Boating Club stating that four Auckland boats of the club's 12ft oin one-design class were available for competition on Otago Harbour for the Cornwell Cup. The cost of shipping the four boats would be £B, half of the usual cost, and this would have to be borne by Otago. The southern province would also have to make good any damage done to tlie boats. A delegate reported that there' - was one boat of the class in Otago which complied with the regulations, and there was another boat here which would probably be eligible. Mr C. G. Smith said that he was greatly disappointed with the class of boat adopted by the Takapuna Club. He did not think the association would be justified in establishing the class here, as they w r ere not at all suitable for Otago Harbour. Mr Davys supported Mr Smith. Mr Percy said he was in favour of encouraging the boys, and he was of the opinion that the association could not drop the project very well after carrying it so far. Messrs Francis, _ aterson, Cameron, and Carrington agreed with Mr Fercy. The meeting decided, definitely to hold the Cornwell Cup contest on Otago Harbour, and the secretary was instructed to write to the Takapuna Club in connection with the question of sending boats to Dunedin.

RUGBY FOOTBALL.

COOKE TO RESIDE IN WELLINGTON. AUCKLAND. November 30. A. E. Cooke, the All Black five-eighth, is about to take up his residence in Wellington for family reasons. Should he remain there, which is not yet certain, Wellington province will next season probably have a great combination in Porter Nicholls, Cooke, and Svenson. NO FRENCH TEAM NEXT. YEAR. PARIS, December 3. France has abandoned the idea of sending a Rugby team to Australia and New Zealand in 1.926 owing to the cost and also to the difficulty in securing players able to be absent for six months. She will possibly send a team in 1927. GOVERNMENT OF RUGBY. (From Oura Own Correspondent.! LONDON, October 9. It is interesting to note that “Touch Judge,” of Sporting Life, in returning to a consideration of the dominions’ claims for greater representation in Rugby government, has taken up a much more conciliatory attitude. “Touch Judge,” however, is quite firm in his opinion that the Home Union must first put their own houses in order. Most people will agree with this. The mentality of the authorities in Scotland, for instance, will have to be radically changed before any progressive step can be taken. This will take time, and the more the subject is kept before the public the sooner will be conservatism of tlie English Union, but more, especially the Scottish Union, be modified. “Touch Judge” says: “As New Zealand said at that important conference on December 12, 1924: ‘We want to feel that we are part and parcel of this great British game.’ This is a perfectly justifiable ambition, and one with which I am wholeheartedly in agreement, but there are difficulties in the way of its achievement. I am convinced they are not insurmountable if the matter receives tho consideration it deserves from those in authority over- here, but in the present conditions one is not at all assured of a happy solution within a reasonable period. “There is no disguising the fact that the Rugby Union is conservative to the backbone, that they are possessed Of fears, unreasonable as they may be, that the game will suffer if there is universal representation from all playing centres. They are obsessed with the bogey of Northern Unionism. They believe —quite wrongly, in my opinion—that they, ana they alone, aro the individuals capable of conserving the purity of the particular pastime they long have governed—and governed well, be it understood. “The Rugby Union has had a career of usefulness that is creditable to it. It ha usefulness that is creditablo to it. It has given us men who stand out in sport as possessed of indomitable courage, and of characteristics invuluable in the conduct of an amateur game. Men such as Rowland Hill, William Cail, and tho manv past presidents of the union are revered, and will always be so, as long as the game remains us a part of national life. But these men who have dono so much in the interests of a particular sport should no longer remain in supreme control of tho destinies of the game. “This is not a reflection on their* ability

to continue their good work. They are, almost to a man, eminently fitted to legislate for others, but conditions have changed, and the game lias become a pastime whenever men of the Empire congregate. It is therefore perfectly and logically in accordance with enthusiasm that these men, living and playing the game thousands of miles from these shores, should have a whole-hearted desire to ‘become part and parcel of the game’—again to quote New Zealand.” The South African correspondent of tho Sporting Chronicle mentions the fact that the Rugby Board there lias received a letter from the New Zealand Rugby Union seeking support for dominion representation on the International Board. The correspondent gives it as his opinion that South Africa is quite content to abide by the rulings of the International Board. “On the other hand,” be goos on to say, “if dominion representation, as sought by New Zealand, would bring about more uniformity in the interpretation of rules, witout touching upon other legislative questions, I think South Africa would welcome the idea.”

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

ENGLISH TEAM TO TOUR CANADA. LONDON, November 29. The Football Association lias provisionajly accepted the Canadian Football Association’s invitation to send an English team to Canada for a seven or eight weeks’ tour next summor. tlie Dominion organisation undertaking to defray expenses.