LAND & WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3886, 4 September 1928, Page 54

LAND & WATER.

NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS. ! OTTAWA DEFEATED. OTTAWA, August 28. The New Zealand bowlers defeated Ottawa and district by 65 points.— DEFEAT OF TORONTO. TORONTO, August 29. ■ The New Zealand bowlers defeated Toronto to-day by 195 to 131. . WIN IN TEST m’ATCH. OTTAWA, August 30. . At Toronto the New Zealand bowlers won the second test match of the Canadian tour, defeating the Toronto rinks by 168 points to 135. PLAYING AT TORONTO. * OTTAWA, September 1. Playing at Toronto, the New Zealand bowlers won the second test match there by 41 points. i SWIMMING. ■ CHARLTON IN FORM. OSLO, August 26. The 100 metres swimming race resulted: Knud Olsen (66 4-10 sec), 1; Boast (67 7-10 see), 2. . In the 400 Metres Handicap Charlton ■was sixth, although his actual time (smin Bsec) was the best. The winner was Ragnar Lund, of Sweden. OSLO, August 28. Knut Olsen in a special 100 metres match beat Charlton by a touch in 70 7-10 sec. WOMEN’S MARATHON. . TORONTO, August 29. Ethel Hertle (New York) won the 10mile Wrigley Women’s Marathon swim . on, Lake Ontario. Olive Gatterdam, of - Seattle, Was second. There were 52 competitors. •Ethel. Hertle, the winner, who .is only 20 years of age, receives 10,000 dollars, . and Olive Gatterdam, second, gets 3000 dollars. Ethel Dower, of Denver, was third, and receives 1000 dollars. Miss Ederle and Mrs Corson, the Channel swimmers, failed to finish; in the money. Eleven gave. up during the race. • SUCCESSFUL AUSTRALIANS. ' LONDON, August 30. • ' At Malmo, in a 400 metres freestyle race, Charlton defeated a local relay team . of fourmen in smin .27 3-10 sec, the Swedes taking smin 37 3-10 sec. - In a. 100 metres backstroke race the ? Swedish cKampiofi Eskill:’ Lundahl’ won in 76 •' l-ssec, ' Charlton, I Whci was ; '-placed ■ •econd, eovrariag the distance in.’7B 3-ssec. JWv 'iWsi- .3? <J->

In a team race of 233 metres Boast, Charlton, and Hay (2min 35 9-10 sec) beat Billquist, Lundahl, and Marcusson (2min 36 l-ssec).

EVENTS AT STOCKHOLM. STOCKHOLM, September 1. In the 100 Metres Backstroke Lundahl beat Boast, In the 200 Metres Free Style Charlton beat Lundahl. Charlton and Boast voluntarily participated in the extra day to assist the promoters, who suffered financially by bad weather. CUN CLUB. The principal match at the Dunedin Gun Club’s grounds, Green Island, on Saturday .afternoon, consisted of 15 clay birds, for two trophies presented to the club by Mr Hector Gibson, Tarras. s The weather was fine, but -windy, and trapshooting conditions went in favour of the clay birds. The best scores were:—E. P. Graham (19yds), 14; J. Donnelly . (Auckland Gun Club) (12yds), 13; R. M'Donald (14yds), 12; A. King (13yds), 12; R. Morrison (11yds), 12; G. E. Turner (16yds), 11; L. E. Wilson (12yds), 11; W. Morland (14yds), 11. Two “ stars ” were allotted the handicap of R. Morrison, and upon gaining these, he shot off with E. P. Graham to decide the winner. In the third round, Graham missed his bird, and, with a first barrel break, Morrison won the first prize trophy, and Graham the second. The members followed on with a ninebird sweepstake, and W. Smellie (15yds) and J. Donnelly (12yds) broke the total number and divided the prize money. The other best scores were G. E. Turner (16yds), 8; E. P. Graham (20yds), 7; R. McDonald (14yds), 6; and R. Morrison (11yds), 6. The-afternoon’s sport concluded with a three-pait double rise sweepstake, and R. McDonald (12yds) was the only member to break the six birds (right and left barrels), and won the first prize money. With 4our breaks each, W. Smeilie (12yds), J. Potts (12yds), and L. E. Wilson (11yds) shot off for second prize I money, Smellie winning from Wilson in the second round.