THE PLAYGROUND.

Southland Times, Issue 17289, 8 March 1913, Page 10

THE PLAYGROUND.

PAST AND FUTURE ATHLETICS BOXING, BOWLING, GOLF, ETC. EDITED BT ** OXLiOOKKCT

General entries for the Irish A.S. s ■ports on Monday week close HiD evening. A traveller named Emit Bund recently completed the remarkable feat of walking from Capetown to Cairo. Despite heavy initial expense, the Otara S.S, held a financially successful sports meeting on Friday of last week. A meeting of Essex farmers at Pitsea has formed a Co-operative Vtility Babbit Club for the purpose of breeding rabbits for. food, Rugby Park is in record order for the Irish Athletic Society's sports on Monday. March IT. Cycle racing on the ■trass should prove interesting. Two Bishop Stortford anglers, fishing In private waters In Kngland recently. In a few hours secured pike weighing •01b. The largest scaled 18%lbs. 1 l%lbs, 7%lbs. and Tib. The writer has been informed on good authority that a number of local runners failed to nominate for the I.A.S.'s Sheffield owing to fright at a supposed rod irT" pickle. The parks committee of the Birmingham City Council la considering the establishment of a municipal golf course, the proposed site being at Castle BromIch. Sprinters A. B. Postle and Reg. M alk•r did not arrive at Wellington this Week as was expected, having missed the boat at Capetown. They may visit Idaoriland later on. The gate receipts at the Rugby football game, Kngland v. Wales, which was played at Cardiff, amounted to £15(100. Tills is nearly £l5O more than the receipts for Hie Wales-South Africa fixture. “[ am glad to see you are a sport, my -lord,'* said a Welsh Master of Foxhounds to Mr .lustice Avory at Carmarthan Assizes on getting exemption from ■ervlng on lha grand Jury to attend the hunt. It was staled during the hearing of ■ motor car collision case at Lewes (Eng.) that one of the chrs concerned had belonged to King Edward, and that there was a great demand to it ire it, •specially among Americans. In preparation for the Olympic Games, which will take place in Germany in 1916, a, proclamation advising athletes to commence training was issued in all German papers on Jan. 20. A woman who lives in a suburb of Hamburg, says the "Dally Mail, kept her money, several hundreds of marks In banknotes, in an old football. 1 ler two little sons found the football and ■ tarted to play with it. But it was so Old that it Mas useless for their purpose. and they threw it away in a field. During a run of the Duke of Devonshire's hounds in January last the fox mounted the wall of Peversey Castle. The hounds followed and all fell fifteen Jeet into the moat, the fox being killed.

der capacity thus greatly increased, the result being more power for Hie time being, such as when climbing hills or starting. On the level, when travelling slowly, the stroke is decreased. This arrangement if it can lie made to work satisfactorily. wouM naturally be a very convenient one. But these are drawbacks to be overcome. Suppose, that by lengthening Hie stroke, the capacity and therefore the power of Hie engine can be doubled, or even trebled, it is obvious that if Hie normal power of the engine is 15 li.p., then. Mlien Hie Increase is made in Hie stroke Hie (lower will be approximately 20 li.p. or 45 li.p.. depending upon whether the capacity is doubled or trebled. It is likely that In Hie case of Hie average car. Hie engine would need to be capable of developing at least throe limes Hie normal on certain occasions. so as to enable the vehicle to travel anywhere. Tills means that provision has to be made in the transmission and frame for tlie stresses set up by an engine capable of developing 45 h.p. It is obvious, therefore, that the car cannot he light in weight, and Hie greatest advantage of the system Is an Increase in fuel economy, owing to the fact that virtually a smaller engine can be used when necessary. The road trials of Hie new typo of Ilala engine will he awaited with interest, for whilst the principle Is old. It will be new If It works successfully as applied to Hie petrol engine. The amateur athlete is not to have matters all his om'ii way in Wellington in future, as a Gash Athletic and Cycling Club lias been formed. The meeting at which Hie club Mas instituted was presided over by Mr I). Moriarty. and those who are acquainted with that gentleman's work in the cause of cash athletics lu Canterbury, will tie prepared to find the neM- promoting body taking a -high place. One of the first proposals taken up by Hie W.A. and C.C. will be to arrange for .a display in Wellington. by sprinters Postle and AValker "on their arrival in Maorlland from South Africa. It has been decided that the Timaru to Christchurch cycle road race will he held this season in October, after the Warrnambool-Melbourne and GoulbnrnSydney road races, in which event it is considered probable that several Australian riders will be found taking part. A suggestion that Hie race be started from Clmslcliurclj Hits year is being held over in the meantime. It is understood that an endeavour ts being made to match two' Southland sprinters. Hie contest to take place in connection with Hie Irish A.S.’s sports on Monday week* but so far without result. Both are M-iliing enough to race, and nett her is short of backing, but tbeir respective camps cannot agree as to the distance.

Billianlist George Gray and his father arrived in Australia last week after a successful lour of England. Gray lias also completed a lour of South Africa and India in company with 11. Stevenson. and Is now returning to Queensland to spend a holiday with other members of tlit* family. He intends to remain in Australia until August 2nd. when lie will return to England In lime for the next billiard season. Mr Gray. sen., has arranged for A. Ailkcn to visit Australia. AitUcn will arrive in. Melbourne about April 1 Dili. It is probable 1 that lie will lie seen In a series of ’matches with George Cray; whilst It Is also probable that a match will he arranged between Lindrum and Gray. Gray denies that he lefused to meet landrum in England. At the time the latter asked for a match. Gray laid been booked right up to the end of the season, and it was absolutely impossible for him to give Lindrum a match.

By killing 1 SI A rats, 167 V sparrows. JOf. moles. and 10 stoats in twelve tnonths. Mr J. Lloyd! of Stoke D’Abernon. has won a challenge cup for the heavies! Individual ’’hag” in the local rat and sparrow club. A picture in a Spanish illustrated paper showing them in a group of tennis players lias led to the extradition from Vigo of two Englishmen alleged to be men wanted by the Halifax and Bradford police respectively on warrants charging -them witli obences under the bankruptcy laws. The record of sprinter J. I*. Forbes, as the result of a visit to Otara last week, now reads; Races started in. 3 ■; •won, 13: second. 9; third, B; unplaced, 9. Despite the growth of the taxi cab business in England, recent balancesheets go to prove that few of Hie large trading concerns are making money, in fact several of the biggest taxi companies have had serious losses. it certainly looks as if the only remedy will be to increase the charges. Tiie .lam Sahib of Nawauagar, well known to cricketers under another name, has concluded ills visit to England. He will not return to England for another four years. He is leaving his five nephews behind to be educated in England. The "New York Herald" says: To see Jf any benefit might he bestowed upon the Yale Fniverslty crew by adopting the English rowing style, Mr Snowden, captain of the crew, Mr Harrimnn, the head conch, and Mr James Rodgers, the former head coach, have arrived in England to put in three weeks’ study of the Oxford and Cambridge crews during their training. Despite tin* growth of motoring in England, cycling shows no signs of taking a back seat. It is estimated that there aro easily 3 Va million cyclists In Great Britain to-day. To show the slate of the cycle trade in England, one firm turned out 1000 cycles a week throughout tlie whole of 1912. and all told U is estimated that over 7000.000 machines are sold annually in Great Britain. The Berlin Olympic Committee, which Is already hard at work in preparation for the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1910. has issued an appeal for funds. The committee (says the "Daily Mail”) promises to bestow on all subscribers of fifty shillings annually the title of "Promoter of t lie German Imperial Committee for tiie Olympic Games.” which for ordinary use will lie condensed into "Promoter.” Anyone subscribing £29 in one payment acquires a permanent right to thr* title, A goatherd named Oinvniml Saiml narrowly escaped being kidnapped by two eagles while tending his flock in the Aosta Valley Isays the Rome correspondent of the “Express” >. Despite Ids resistance the eagles, which swooped down on the astonished goatherd, lifted him in the air f#' a height of over thirty feet. Then, startled by the cries of their victim, the eagles released their bold. Another goatherd found Hie injured man lying unconscious in a field. Ho is now in hospital In a semi-insane condition, and suffering from severe lacerations on the head and shoulders ■lnflicted by the talons of the eagles, as well as from a fractured leg. According to a cable message from London last week, a remarkable speed performance lias been registered on Brooklands track (Eng.), by Mr Percy Lambert, who has succeeded in gaining the long coveted honour of being the first motorist to cram a hundred miles Into an hour. Lambert drove a 25 h.p. "Talbot" (boro 101.5, stroke 140 m.m.), and averaging mile after mile in 34 seconds, he succeeded in covering 103 94 miles in one hour. For many years past efforts have been made by the drivers of Hie fastest and most powerful racing cars in (he world to gain the "L'entury” in fin minutes. Hie nearest being V. Hemery's recently established record of 97 miles I()717 yards on a fio h.p. car. and ii is a feather in the cap of the "Talbot" people to succeed with a comparatively low-powered car. where Olliers have failed with more than double the power. During Lambert's wonderful drive lie lowered the 50 and 100 miles world’s records, the respective figures lie beat lining. 29mins I s L-.sces: I hour linin 27sees. Further particulars of tlii-i marvellous feat will lm awaited from England with interest. "She is a lonely champion, is Miss Fanny Durack —lonely in Hie sense Hint ebe towers head and shoulders above all her swimming sex. She is indeed without a peer." This is how an Australian writer describes Sydney’s wonderful native daughter of aquatic fame, a young lady who was christened by the Swedes on her visit U> the Olympic Games, the "Swimming Queen.”. On Saturday. February 22nd. in Sydney. Miss Durack put up a wonderful performance, breaking four world’s records in Hie short ppacc ot a couple of hours. She now occupies a unique position, being Hie holder of every world's record by women. Her figures Siam!;—-50 yards. 30 sees; 100 yards. I min. fi secs: 100 metres. 1 min. 17 sees; 220 yards. 3 min: 30(1 yards. 1 min. 12 sees; 300 metres, 4 mill. 43 3-5 secs. Man 1- attempts have been made from time t ' time to make a satisfactory "Ocarless” car. The gear box is the one part of I he anatomy of a car that is most aiiT-.ed. and one that every motorist would l.iv’ i •» >ee eliminated. The latest pp,., .ju direction is the "llala” rar'f.oi'' sirnkc engine, which recently create I considerable interest at the j,, '.. ..jc.ior t'liOvv. By a comparatively Btmph- mechanism, the stroke of the piaitui can be lengthened, and the cjiin-

A*, a meeting of the Dimboola Gun Club (Victoria) recently a discussion took place relating to the scarcity of game in the Wimmera and adjoining districts. It was stated that swivel guns were being used in the Wimmera. and that wild ducks were slaughtered in a wholesale manner. These ducks', it was stated, were sold to purveyors of game in the metropolis. On Die motion of Mr N. Scott, it was resolved—"That this club favours tlie proposal to order a close season for two years." and tlie secretary was Instructed to write to Major Semmens. inspector of game and fisheries, informing him of (lie club’s views, and urging him lo use his endeavours to prohibit the sale of wild ducks to game purveyors. so as lo discourage their wholesale slaughter. Lovers of billiards the world over will he interested to learn that a match has been arranged between Melbourne Inman, of London, and Thomas Reece, of Oldham. to play two games of 18.000 points up on-level terms, for £250 aside, or DOOO in all. The first game will be played during the fortnight commencing April 21st. at a place out of London, and the second contest will eventuate during the fortnight commencing .May sth, at a hall in London. Both games are to be played lo a finish, and the gate money is to he equally divided. Inman, as champion, originally insisted on receiving 60 per cent, of the receipts, lint Reece would not agree lo this. After some weeks of hitter wordy warfare Inman gave wav on this point. Reece promising, if he ever became champion, not to demand more than 59 per cent. in any match for the premiership.

Tlie following extracts from a letter received by Hie secretary of Hie Waitaki Acclimatisation .Society from a visiting fisherman, who lias now left for the Old Couiurv, .are published by Hie Otago Dally Times. He says: "I did no good at Owaheo or Kurow, both rivers hating been fished out. although at Hakataramea there were some good fish < not fly llslil in the pools. It is more and more being borne in on me as I go round New Zealand that fly-fishing will go out of practice here. The local fisher here is not u sport. He wants fish and dues not like to lose time In getting them. He goes out prepared with worms, maggots and sometimes even a net or worse, consequently Hie rivers (the small ones) are soon depleted. 1 go about with my eyes open. It seems to me that unless more rangers can be employed Die best method would be to hand over various sections of a river to local Associations, who would more effectively police It. Perhaps the population is not large enough for this system yet. but at the present there are more poachers than fishermen In New Zealand, and it is wonderful how Hie rivers hold the fish they do.” The English mail to hand brought full particulars of the big French six days’ race held in Paris last month, and in which two Australians. Goullell and Schneider, took part. it was a great race and victory finally went lo Hie A mericaii-Aust ral ian combi nation. Joe Fogler and Alfred Gonlletl. When Hie signal was given to slop the teams. Brocco-Bert bet, Liipi/.e-Dupre. WallhourWi ley. (Jodi vier-< 'ni ppe.landl. Honllel I-I-’ogler. and Bretou-Georget bad tied, having covered 1167 kilometres 560 mflres (about 2792 miles). Moran and Root were two laps behind. Hie t'liarrons three laps. Leonard and Germain six laps, and Heusgben and Oliver! eight laps behind. Brocco, ( Tu ppela ml I. Dupre. 11 o ii 11 c l', Breton. and Wnlthour were then lined up for a in-lap race lo decide the winning team. This was excellent!.) contested. Hie Goullell-Fogler team coming in first, with Dupre-Lapi/.e half a wheel behind. Wal thour- Wiley being third. (.'ruppelanilt-Godlvler fqjirlh. Bre-lon-cieorget fifth, and Brocco-Bert liet sixth. As was only to be expected with eight teams tieing for first place, and 12 teams still competing, the final day was full of incident, and the excitement of the spectators was such that some fid ■Municipal Guards were placed round the track, in order to avoid any possible contretemps. The crowd, however, though strongly on I lit' side of the French'riders, were orderly, and contented itself witii shouting encouragement to the riders and with some booing when the pace now and limn slackened. MOTOBINO. MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY TN A DAY. BOLDER WINS DUNLOP TROPHY. Since the sporting offer of Hie Dunlop Company in January of this year. to award a 29 guinea gold watch to the first motor cyclist to negotiate the 572 miles between Sydney and Melbourne in

2i hours, there has been great interest centred in the doings of the crack motor cyclists to achieve the feat and gain the trophy.' in all some fifteen attempts were made, before the overland route was negotiated in a day. and the nder to succeed was J. Bolger. who hails from Orange. X.S.W. He left Melbourne at 2..Vi a.m. one morning, and at 2.18 the following day was in Sydney, his lime from capital to capital being 2.: horns 11 minutes. His actual riding time would lie about 22 going an average speed of nearly 2a miles an hour for the whole Journey—splendid travelling, considering the hundreds of miles of rough roads and rutty bush tracks (hat hod to he negotiated. ledger's feat was a great effort on the part of man. machine and lydes. and none failed. His equipment was a 6 li.p. Twin X.S.C. Dunlop ryres. Pratt's petrol and mobiloil. Bulger's success was due to consistent pace throughout the Join net. riding to a 22% hours schedule. m hich lie maintained right up to Picton (.>2 miles from Sydney). At tills point tie had to leave the main road, owing to repairs on Razorback . .Mountain, and make a detour easterly through Menangle. The result was a considerable loss of time through mistaking the track: otherwise, Sydney would have been reached In about 211 hours. the following is a record of ids times en route:—Heft Melbourne 2.35 a.m, Benalla (1261,2. miles). 7.25: Alhury (200 miles), 3.30; Yass (.286% miles). 6.5; Goulbtirn (442 miles). 8.5: Mittagong (496 miles), 10.15. His stops at the different towns ranged from three to nine minutes. Good weather was experienced throughout the run. and there were no mechanical or tyre delays. The history of this overland record Is told in the appended table: —

Bozzira. The l>allle at Sydney Stadium this evening is set down as between .lack Clarke and Roy Kenny. Maorilander Dave Smith is due to meet Les O’Donneli for the light-heavy-weight championship of Australia at Sydney on Saturday next. Southland’s Tommy Thompson has not vet left New Zealand. He lias prospects of a match In Wellington at Easter time with Frank Ellis. A proposed contest likely to create world wide attention is that between Frank Klaus, world’s middle-weight champion, and Ed. McGoorty. in Paris. Klaus must he fighting well, as lie made no race of Billy Papke, fn Paris, on Thursday last. The MUlerton B.A. liaye been granted permission to match Mitchell and Mundy for an Easier’Monday contest. The Timaru Boxing Association announce that the New Zealand amateur championship tournament will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 29th and noth. The sport is well managed in Sou tli Canterbury. consequently Timaru should'be welt worth a visit on the dates quoted. It Is not surprising to find Dial luvercargiliite T. Thompson has deferred leaving New Zealand in the meantime owing to Die chance of a match with’ F. Ellis. When the pair last met Ellis got a decisive blow home early and tlie Southland lad performed wonders to last for ten rounds. Ever since that battle Thompson has been hoping to meet Ellis again, lienee lHe proposed match will possess unusual attractions for him. Both are thought well of by Wellington ring patrons and should draw a large 1 muse if brought together at Easter in the Empire City. The Otago B.A. wrote to a recent meeting of the N.Z. Boxing Council with respect to Die’venue of Die Australasian championships for 1913. these events having been allotted to New Zealand by the Australasian Board, and mentioning that at the conference of local Associations held in Wellington In July last It had been recommended that the meeting should be held In Dunedin. It was decided that the allocation of the championships was a matter for the incoming Council, but that the sitting Council was of opinion Dial Die recommendation passed in Wellington should be carried into effect.

A feather-weight who is very highly spoken of In America is Henry Hirseh, of Chicago. He is known as "Special Delivery" Hirseh, because before taking to the ring he was a message boy. During the course of an interview on his arrival in Australia last week Knglishrna’n Johnny Summers was induced to give his opinion'Of Australia’s own Hughie Mehegan;—"Oh." yes; I saw Hughie Mehegan in Hngland." said the Kngfishman. in answer to a <|uestion. "1 like Hughie. He beat Wells fair and square, and there was' not" tlie’slightest doubt that, had the light gone to the end. he would have got the verdict. My honest opinion is that Wells would have been knocked out if the fight ,had gone to the 15th round, f was one of Mehegan's advisers, and I am glad he won. He treated me well when I was out here before, and I was glad of the opportunity to return the compliment. I think that Mehegan will wirr the second fight. I will be surprised If he does not. The fight-lovers tike Mehegan in London. He is a clean-living man. and they like that.” Writing from North Island, an Invercarglllite. ' who was in L. Truscotfs camp when the Australian defeated ..I. Hagerty. says emphatically that Truscolt weighed 3.13 when he was tested for the battle with the Timaru lad. in this case, Truscotl was correct In claiming the New Zealand welter and lightweight championships. At the last meeting of the N.Z. Boxing Council the Northern Association. Auckland. forwarded a copy of a letter sent to the Wellington. Christchurch. Manawatu. Hawke's Bay aiul Gishorne Associations. dealing with the proposed visit of Langford. McVea. Colin Bell and Head, and setting forth the Association's views with respect to financing the tour. The Council expressed the opinion that anything in the nature of enterprise calculated to advance the Interests of the sport should he encouraged: but that. In the event of the tom- becoming an accomplished fact, those bodies promoting competitions should retain absolute control of the proceedings. Two of the most famous boxers In Britain to-day—Welsh and Driscoll — are Welshmen. A London paper expresses the opinion that before long another Welshman will be making a name for himself In the ring. He Is a lightweight and his name is Basham —a very suggestive name for a puglillst. The paper mentioned above has the following remarks on the young Welshman, the remarks having been penned In commenting on Basham's contest with Matt Wells, the ex-champlon:—l liked the style of the Newport man. He is so big that one might easily suppose he has difficulty in making the light-weight limit, hut if he Is able to do It and keep strong, then in a few months he ought to he in line for higher honours.

When referring to his repent fight with Rums. Summers whs reminded of the fad hy a Sydney interviewer that the cable contained a reference to him praying in the ring, ''hid they?” lie asked, simply. "The papers at Home made a great deal about it. , There was a good deal said about if at the time, but It was not I lie first rime I had done it. and it won’t lie the last. 1 don't care what the papers or anyone “No say: t will do .just wlial 1 think is right. 1 am a Roman Catholic, and my faith teaches me the value of praver. When I went into the ring to light against Hums I made the sign of the cross. Some of the crowd made sillv remarks, hut I look no notice of them. I do not think 1 will he subject lo any abuse in Australia because I pray. I think better of your people here. They are broad-minded, and they Will let a man do what lie likes, as long as they feel he is doing what is right, and what lie honestly thinks is right." Tiie annual report of the Christchurch Sports Club stated that, for first time since Us institution, the club’s promotion of competitions had proved a financial failure. Starting with a substantial credit, the season had ended with a debit of CVS Os fid. Six competitions, covering eight nights, were carried out. and though no star performers bad come to light, the average form of recent previous seasons had been well maintained. The balance-sheet showed the ordinary receipts (including a balance of £BS 10s lOd from the previous season) to have been £172 fis lOd. and the ordinary expenditure lo have been £IOS Os Id. Receipts from the six competitions which had been carried out bad been £r,2l. and the expenditure £sTfi Ts 3d. The assets amounted to £74 5s and the liabilities to £7B Os fid. The building fund account showed assets at £SSO and liabilities at £SOO.

Luther McCarty’s victory over Alf. Palzer was a fine stroke of luck for Mrs McCarty as well as'her husband (writes "Cestus.’’ in London "Sportsman"). This was but natural In the ordinary course of things, but It was doubly so bearing in mind the position Mrs McCarty was occupying at the time her husband was engaged in the ring with the big Dutch- | man. A dispatch sent me from the i oilier side says (hat on the day of the fight Mrs McCarty was peeling potatoes in the kitchen of a saloon restaurant at Fargo. N.D.. to earn a living for herself and baby while Luther was battling for thousands. It.was alleged that a summons had been issued against McCarty for desertion that very morning, and that when a telegram to this effect was read to McCarty at his hotel an hour after the match, he. admitted that the story was true, inasmuch as he had left a wife and baby in the West. McCarty said it was not true that he had deserted | ills wife, and asked if the story could 1 not lie kept out of the papers. , He was told that it had been sent boardcast all over the country, .McCarty seemed very i much worried. He stated. t hat he had; sent his wife fifty dollars of his win- j nings over his bout with Kaufmann. and double the amount when he beat Flynn. Like others. McCarty will have no cause, to thank some of the member's of the i American - press. Noticeable features in j connection with the McCarty-Palzer con- j test vyere that the men did not shako hands either before or after the fight, and some idea of the noise may, be bad when it is said Tom O'Rourke found it necessary to convey , Ills instructions to Palzer through the megaphone. Here, in England, a second is not supposed lo give any Instructions lo a competitor while the round is in progress. Jack Johnson appears to be quite unable to shake off ills troubles (says a London scribe), and in a note I have just received from Sam Fitzpatrick, the former manager of the big black, he assures me that if Johnson does by any meaty manage to get out of the country he will certainly never be allowed to return. One wonders where lie will go. for no one .seems anxious for his company. Mr "Snowy” Baker, on whose shoulders has fallen the mantle of Mr Hugh D. Mclntosh, does not want niggers. as he tersely puts it in his cablegram, in Australia, and the spectators in America, as well as the boxing promoters. are drawing (lie colour line. John L. Sullivan followed this course, as all are aware, and even now the big Bostonian, more burly than' ever, is raising his voice against the blacks, who. he says, if permitted lo box should be allowed only to fight amongst themselves. There seems to be a dead set against the race —that Is, so fan as the ring is concerned, and 1 am afraid all the blame has been brought about by Johnson. The latest is that the big negro has come a cropper once more, for I hear that his automobile as well as the fixture In his saloon in Chicagb have been seized by'the sheriff to satisfy a judgment of £llOO obtained against hint by a firm of brewers: The seizure was made while Johnson's mother was on the premises) Johnson has been doing some work at a gymnasium irl Chicago. presumably In view of a boxing engagement, but objection was taken to Ills presence by some of .'the pupils there, and the black was requested to find fresh training quarters. Chicago is evidently getting'too much Johnson. Peter Jackson, the king of all black boxers, rarely lost itis equanimity. Once he came upon a Seven Diftls harridan belting her man. who had had too much beer to restrain her. Peter, passing by. interposed, thereby drawing her fire upon him. Quick as a tigress from fighting every day in the slums round Druryhme. her blow came before even Peter expected it. and took him full on the boiTy. Peter only grinned at her, and when her second blow came at his face, shook hands with her. "Vou •could hear (lie honest abreakin.' one by one,” _ the linkman outside the N.i-f.C. said.-"Main, lie caught iter fist in hls right, palm and observed Peter, swinging iter round, "you'ali a little out o' foil m. A ou ought lo tight a big day's ivashln' and knock yo'self out will) the blue-bag."—"Town Topics.” , Un behalf of the Tinutru B.A. Mr Corbett. of Sydney Sun, lias arranged for Joe Atclieson, a /Well known N.S.AA. light-weight, to visit New Zealand and swap punches with J. Hagerty. Mr Corbert writes :— "They tell me.” remarked Atclieson. when the New Zealand proposal was being discussed, "they have no more than two minute rounds over there. If that's true, 1 can't go. Two minute rounds are no good to me. f want every moment of three minutes. Five minutes would suit me a lot better.” 'But Joe quietened down when 1 assured him that though two-minute rounds might be fought in special oircumstances, as is the case here, all important contests in New Zealand were governed by. the Martinis of Queensherry . rules. ' , I Advice- received last evening is to the effect that Tommy Thompson-and Frank Ellis will meet' in Wellington on the evening of March 20th for a £SO purse and expenses. The Blenheim B.A. made the pair an offer of a purse slightly less in value. COGHILL THE WINNER. FITZSIMMONS OUTCLASSED. ALL OVER IN THE FOURTH. (By W. F. Corbert in the Sun). Influenced by the fight. Gordon Coghill. ex-amateur heavy-weight champion of Australasia, and Sid Fitzsimmons, examateur heavy-champion of New Zealand. put up in 'the final of their division on tlie occasion of the last competitions for the Australasian amateur championships. followers of boxing, mostly, looked for an exciting battle between the same men at the stadium on Feb. 26. It was such during three rounds, and might not have lasted longer had the gong clanged truce, a few seconds later, for Fitzsimmons was then in a sorry plight— practically knocked out. Willing, seconds busied themselves freshening up their principal for t lie next period of action, but it looked good odds against his standing on his feet for the fourth, he, hung so limp In his chair, and seemed so iiadl.v rattled. Mustering ills sadly shattered forces for a forlorn hope, the gritty fellow toed the mark once more, soon to he placed so completely at the mercy of his opponent that if the towel had not fluttered In from the New Zealand angle Referee Scott must have declared the combat ended. Tho New Zealander scaled 12st 13 lb, and Coghill 12st 71b. Fitzsimmons forced matters at the outset, and continued to bustle his man about, while showing better defence and more skilful footwork than when he last assisted to provide a fight at the Stadium: this, thanks to Snowy Baker’s tuition between whiles. Right through the opening round it was a fine, clever, clean, contest, one of the old sort, the men standing well up and using left or right as opportunity offered. Fitzsimmons showed to such advantage that a really good battle seemed assured. A heavily loaded right grazed Coghlll's jaw so closely that hundreds grim ted "Ooti." The artilleryman's clever feet and timely duck had 1 sated him. I Coghill's confidence was not, in the j first round, quite what it became later. ) anf i the honours of that period were | consequently with Fitzsimmons. The two fought hard and well all I tli rough the second term, each giving numb attention lo the body. Coghill. i particularly, placed blows there when he. got tlie chance, and forced a good, deal of ! power Into some of them. His left swing to the jaw knocked a lot of the : steam out of Fitzsimmons, who hent low and almost tumbled in upon a backi moving antagonist. Getting clear, Ihe 1 soldier operated very effectively with both hands about the head, and rushed the heavier man across the ring, where Fitzsimmons stooped in a bewildered sort-of way while the attack continued; I but, recovering himself, he made the most of an opening, ; and the fighting shifted to ring centre, where exchanges were warm for a while, Coghill doing most execution. One Coghill swung right went within very little of landing on Arthur .Scott’s head, and the artillery warrant-officer's eyes were full of- fire as they follower! the hurriedly-retreating referee. Coghill was evidently acting upon the suggestion of the Irishman, who advised his mate to hit wherever he saw a head. Fitzsimmons was still strong and ready to fight when the third round started. Going straight for his man he rattled botli hands home, to get as good as lie gave. A left jab to the face caused Fitzsimmons to stoop low. and while in that position he felt the power t,f two heavy right chops on the back. 1 one landed over the kidneys and the other on the neck. Now Coghill went in to win. After a few exchanges he swung hla right to

the bridge of Fitzsimmons’s nose and dropped him. The New Zealander stood erect inside three seconds, and charged to close quarters to met with further body punishment. As lie broke away a left to the bead and a quickly-fol-lowing right to the jaw sent the nephew of famous frecklcd-fisted Robert lo the boards, and tlie gong sounded. It was all over now. AA’hen FUz faced the fourth round his chance was akin to that of mythical Buckley's. Coghill made strenuous play, and carrying his. man to the ropes, drove three or four heavy blows to tlie body, which broke tlie young New Zealander up completely. Tlie contest ended as already told. BOWLING. (Notes by "Toucher.”) i 'Hie performance of tlie Te Rangi Club ! this year has been one of a most retnarki able character. Tlie Club won tlie interi club, four rink championship, and shield |rink, not to mention the tournament rinks !at tlie New A'ear. I do not know whej titer this record lias ever been beaten by ; any Club here, but it seems lo have been jas near tlie possible as one could wish. The Club suffered only one defeat, when Invercargill unexpectedly lowered their (colours in tlie inter-club. | Te Rangi’s performance is creditable |hot only to the players but lo the selector i (j. Findlay.) Tlie task of a selector, everyone knows, is one of the most unpleasant which can be put on to a man. He has to bear the gibes and criticism of discontented club mates, and sometimes newspaper writers. He is blamed when there is a defeat, and given no credit where Ills combination works successfully. It is considered no offence to tell the selector exactly what you think of the mess lie has made of tilings. Now, when we get a chance to throw bouquets we should heave them in, and I propose to pitch in my modest buttonhole along with tlie wealth of horticulture that lias been bestowed on •Te Rangi. only the buttonhole Is for tlie selector. Te Rangi’s conclusive victories indicate that the Club is not indebted to luck for its position and such a record could no! have been “ fluked." Good solid play was tlie prescription of Te Rangi’s success. Now to come to tlie shield rink competition on Wednesday last. Tlie game has already been fully described, so there is no need lo repeat that part. Tlie hero of the day was undoubtedly Pryde. who played second for Te Rangi. " Tlie Pride of Te Rangi," he was dubbed by an admirer, and that was quite apt, though a pun. Ido not think that I have ever seen a more consistent or brilliant game in a rink competition than that played by Pryde. It is no reflection on the skip to say that his second player won the match, even though Findlay himself played a sound sterling game. Pryde was always thereabouts, and most frequently he had the shot. His second bowl in the last head was p beauty, and it placed the Issue of the game beyond doubt. X'nquestionably ho gave Ha In a lot. of trouble, and the Nortliend skip frequently wished Pryde at tlie ” telephone." It was a great performance.

Having made the stalwart Tom blush sufficiently, we had better turn to the other players and tell them how they impressed tlie man on the bank. Neither AA'jlson nor Steans played a good leading game. This was rather surprising as far as Steans is concerned, ns he is an acknowledged lead, and Is well up in tlie Nortliend championship. Wilson is a second or third, and was quite out of place, but even then lie was more successful than his opponent. Service. tlie Nortliend second, played a sound game, hut was quite overshadowed hy tlie brilliancy of Pryde. His bowls were always lying handy. Calder. for Te Rangi. was not distinguished, lull had to play-for position frequently instead of for tiie jack. Hunter was off his game. His drives missed fire 100 frequently, and lie was not drawing consistently. Findlay, tlie Te Rangi skip, played a sound game, not brilliant, but good and safe. Haiti was not up to reputation. He played some really excellent shots. Tlie one with which* lie took the kitty from between Findlay's and Pryde’s bowls for three was the finest of tlie match. There was. however, something lacking about the crack Northender. 'The win by Te Rangi over Riverton in the four-rink championship final was sufficiently decisive to satisfy anyone. The only question which arises is whether it is quits fair that the AA'estern District champions should he permitted to compete in this event on the present terms. Tlie position is that the Riverton Club tills season had to meet Otautau and Orepuki to win the Western District championship. On the other hand, Te Rangi.had to meet all the town clubs, which is a much more exacting task. There seems to be 100 much of an inequality in tlie demands made on tlie respective represntatives before they reach the final. The four-rink banner might well be reserved to clubs in the central district, and separate banners provided for country district competitions. The Nortliend champion singles are in an interesting stage. Steans beat Leek by one point after a capital game in the semi-final, and Is now engaged on a game with T. Wallace. AA T . Lilllcrap beat Service in the rinks by one up, and now meets Haln in tlie semi-final of life section. Nortliend met AA’oocllands on AA’ednesday, and succeeded in avenging the two defeats whicli the country club inflicted on them this season. Lilllcrap was 9 up against Donald, Holloway tied at 18 all with Alien, and Hannah was 19 up against Pi ere y. Tlie Southland champion singles are progressing rather slowly. R. Erskine has won one section, arid is waiting for tlie winner of the oilier section lo play the final. Tlie secretary of tlie Northern Bowling Association wrote respecting the constitution of the Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Association, staling that tlie understanding was that Hie South Island would nominate and elect five members for tlie association, and tlie North Island would do likewise. This would form tlie executive of l't. In tlie case of tlie president, vice-president, and lion, treasurer tlie nominations of all centres would be forwarded to all centres to select from.—Tlie letter was received. •The secretary of the Northern Bowling Asociation wrote enclosing a resolution passed at the meeting of the council ; (1) Making a condition of amalgamation that the North Island should be permitted to hold a tournament during tlie year that the championship tournament is being held In the South Island, and vice versa; (2) that the associations amalgamating shall put In equal funds: and (3) the secretary of the New Zealand Bowling Association and the secretary of the Northern Bowling Association shall be the officers to erceive nominations for the executive of the association. —It was resolved to reply that for all purposes, except tiie election of the office-bearers for the new association, the present asociations shall remain in existence until the election of Hie executive for tlie new association. and that, for thq purposes of that election, Hie New Zealand Bowling Hie officers lo receive nominations for the South Island and tlie North Island Bowling Association for the North island.

Tiie secretary of Ihe Northern Bowling Association wrote stating that lie was waiting for a reply from Auckland respecting tlie boundary of the Auckland Provincial Howling Asociation Centre,, otherwise tiie boundary line <>f Hie other centres was fixed, —The lelier was received.

There appears to he very little prospect of getting a sufficient number of players to proceed to Invercargill lo play in Hie inter-centre match, and it seems inevitable Hint the match will have to he abandoned this year, says "Jack," in tlie O.D. Times. Tills is sure to prove a sore disappointment to tlie 1 uvercargill folk. who. after sending up a fairly strong team to Dunedin last year, anticipated a return visit from a fairly representative team. Even now at tlie eleventh hour It is to be hoped the Dunedin and Kaituna Clubs will take the matter in hand and get together a combined team to play the return match with Hie North End Club. If this is taken in hand energetically I believe tlie attempt would lie successful. Tlie centre could then decide whether such a team should be regarded as a Dunedin Centre team. PIGEON PLYING. The Invercargill Homing Pigeon Society flew off the first race of the season for young birds from AA'aipahi on AVednesday, an airline distance of about 47 miles. Seventy birds were liberated by the stationrnaster at 2.30. Owing to tlie south-westerly gale which blew the whole day, tho first birds did not arrive home until about 4.15. The performance ■was nevertheless a good one, and the

placed owners are to be congratulated, as die weather conditions made the race, though a short one, very trying. A close race resulted In a win for Mr G. Driscoll by a narrow margin, Messrs W. Burnett and J. Muir filling second and third places respectively. Mr G. Driscoll’s Soldier's Chorus was bred by Mr McCasli off a well-known strain; Mr W. Burnett's Dauntless was bred by the owner off ttie best of stock; Mr J. Muir's Reliable was bred by the owner from his well known strain. list, Mr G. Driscoll's Soldier's Chorus, ' 78C yards 2 feet per minute. 2nd, Mr AA'. Burnett’s Dauntless, 786 ' yards, 1 foot per minute. :!rd, Mr J. Muir's Reliable, 755 yards per minute. in order,- Messrs Strang. Pay. Harper, Dunlop. Cox. Neilson, Rogers. Peace, and S. Compton. I GOLF NOTES. i (By "Cleek.”) Bah weather lias Interfered considerable with the cutting of the fairway, and it is quite evident that a lot of work will have to be crowded Into the final days. The new cutter Is doing good work, though it is not set very low, and on the course that has not been during summer some other treatment will be necessary. Tit© cutter will leave a fair length of coarse stubble, and too little time remains for the traffic to beat it down to any extent. The only chance tho Club has of securing a decent fairway for Easter is to carry out the idea of . a “lawn-mower bee,” and a number of volunteers have promised to devote next Wednesday and Saturday after--1 noons to this work. It is proposed to qse the lawn-mowers to prepare sketches of the fairway at the necessary places. Starting from a tee the mower would not be necessary for the first 120 yards, but. from 120 to 200 yards, if cut, would provide a good area of nice turf for the drive. At the long holes a similar area will be prepared for the second shot, and the approaches Will also be provided for. Club members who have lawn 1 mowers will do a lot towards ensuring a successful tournament, if they will I roll up either on Wednesday or Saturday next. Those who cannot supply a mower will have an opportunity of showing their enthusiasm by taking a spell at the pushing. It Is to be hoped that Club members will respond readily to this appeal, which is made at the request of the Committee. There Is every likelihood that there will bo a strong., team of players down from Dunedin, and the least the Club can do Is to give them as good a course as the nature of our links will allow. If twenty lawn mowers are kept going for four hours on Wednesday. and as many as possible for a similar period on Saturday, Easter golf will be doubly enjoyable, and the whole Club will find the game much more interesting, and the scores more equitable and consistent. Who knows but that some member may achieve an SO at Easter owing to the very sweat of Ills brow next week. It’s worth trying. AVhile on the subject of green work the Committee would be wise not to neglect the summer nine holes in the endeavour to get the other nine into order. Anyone who owns a lawn knows how rapidly It goes back. The easiest way to keep it in order is to never let it get out of order. If the greenkeeper cannot do justice to Hie whole 18 holes another man should be found for cutting and rolling the summer nine holes. Two days a week for the next fortnight are all that would be required. The following is the annual report to be presented at the annual general meeting of the club on Monday, 10th Inst.;— Your Committee lias pleasure in submitting the annual report for the season 1912-13 — FINANCE. Tlie income of the club, from all sources, including balance brought forward from last year. £24 Is 2d. reached the substantial figure (shilling and pence omitted) of.. £790 The expenditure the sum of-. 926 Leaving the club with an overdraft of 13C Liabilities current at 28th Feb... 154 Making a total liability of £290 Less— Outstanding subscriptions good, say • . £lO Rent Otatara 15 Due by Otatara Land Co. A/c fence 95 ' 60 Leaving tlie club to find to A*' 1 square off all liabilities . . £230 In other words, the club starts the new season with a debt of £230. Last year the club authorised the expenditure of £250, on tlie new links at Otatara. £250 has been spent as per Green Committee’s report, less recoveries from the Otatara Land Co., say £SO. This leaves £SO which is being spent by employing labour to put the fairway in order and keep the greens cut. The ordinary expenditure for the coming year may be estimated as follows: Labour on links at the Park and Otatara £260 Interest due on Otatara and to Bank 63 £325 N.B. —In eight months’ lime the , interest bill will run up to £lls per annum. The ordinary revenue from subscriptions on last year’s figures amounts to £383 Otatara grazing rights 30 Leaving the sum of £BB to go in reduction of the overdraft and to meet all other outgoings. Your Committee are gratified with the progress ibe club has made during the past year,'but would strongly urge tlie exercise of care in the matter of expenditure. until an increasing strength of membership puts I lie finances of the Club on a more elastic basis. The Park links wore kept in good going order till after the Club Championship, when tlie green keeper was sent to the Otatara links for the summer months. Nine holes only were kept going, and tiie Committee was very gratified at tlie number of members who played throughout the summer season. The oilier nine holes were cut twice a month and are now being put in order for tlie Easter meeting. Tlie Green Committee hopes to have the course in good order before Easter; but owing to tlie unfavourable weather there is a considerable amount of work to be done vet. During the year Mr Hawke kindly offered to pay half the expense of having tlie Park links drain-ploughed. This was done where necessary and has proved a great success, Mr Hawke personally supervising the work, and the Club Is much Indebted to him for his valuable assistance. At Otatara the links have been enclosed with a rabbitproof fence and all the drains have been cleared out. The rights for grazing have been let to Mr Vyner at £3O for twelve months, for sheep only, and this is keeping the fairway in fair order. Our green-keeper lias put down eight pulling greens, which are in good order, and we now have a man improving the fairway, and we think, without much expense, we could have twelve holes ready within a short time. Tlie oilier I six greens will take some considerable time to make, ami we think can quite ; comfortably lie done without in the I meantime. A considerable amount of draining will have to tie done before .we U could go on with this work. I Tlie usual competitions were held dunling 'the year, and resulted in some keenly contested matches. The following shows tlie results of tlie various eompeitilions; —Champion, Mr G. !.. t'ulhberl- ■ son: H grade Champion, -Mr . Smith; i'Wednesday A grade medai, Mr G. L. I Cmhbertson: Wednesday B grade medal, Mr S. Hunter: Saturday medal. Air W. H. Price; winners of oilier ; nnpelitions, (.Messrs Webb, Konaldson Gilmour, Ward, Wilson. Tucker. Wih , Hunter, j Gilkison. AV. Smith and Angus. The | mixed foursomes proved a great success and the Committee trust tnat these matches will he continued during the ensuing season.

Six members of Hie club generously donated silver buttons for ihe winners of Hie A grade monthly competitions, and these were keenly competed for. The usual animal ball was held with groat success, and resulted in a profit of £6 6s 6d, tho willing assistance lent hy Hie iadies being much appreciated by the Committee. Matches were played with the Balclutha and Gore chibs, and resulted as follows: —v. Balclutha at Invercargill, won; Balclutha at Balclutha, draw; v. Gore at Gore, won. A B grade team also played a match against the Riverton Club on the latter's links, victory resting with Riverton.

The annual Southland Championship meeting was held on the club's links at faster, and proved an unqualified success, and attracted visitors from as far north os Dunedin, the championship be-

ing won by Mr C. H. Brebner, who displayed excellent form throughout. In one of the medal competitions, Mr B. J. Smith, then Otago Champion, created a new amateur record for the links, with an excellent round of 77. Our professional, Mr Butter, attended the championship meeting held at Wellington in September last, and had the honour of winning the professional championship of New Zealand. Mr R. C. Tennent, who has acted as hon. treasurer for the club for the past two years, tendered his resignation last month, owing to his leaving on a visit to parts beyond the seas. He proved to be a model treasurer, and your Committee passed a resolution conveying to him the club's appreciation of bis yeoman services as treasurer, and presented him with a travelling bag as a slight memento of their appreciation and esteem. Mr Ronaldson kindly consented to act as treasurer pro tern. During the year sixteen meetings of Committee have been held to transact the club’s business. Handicapping.—A certain amount of competition in a club is desirable, and players must—if their interest is to be maintained—start off on equal terms. All should have an equal chance of winning a competition, and this can be done only by careful and systematic handicapping. With this end in view, a system of automatic handicapping was inaugurated last season, and under this system players are handicapped on their actual performances. Every card handed In, either in match or practice, is entered up in a book specially kept for the purpose—under the player's name—besides the full results of each match played. On application to the secretary any player has the right to inspect this book and compare his handicap with others. It must be remembered, however, that as handicaps are adjusted according to the scores made and shown on the cards, such records are of no use if the player keeps them to himself. Last year over 90 per cent, fulfilled the conditions of handing in cards. Tire remaining 10 per cent., however, must not complain if their handicaps are unfavourable, seeing cards were not put in. Although the system is only in Us infancy, it was quite a common thing to find a dozen players finishing close together, whilst In one competition only ten strokes divided the first eighteen players (excluding the winner), whilst five tied with 80 nett for second place. As 80 was the bogey, these five players were not far out in their handicaps. Messrs Webb and Ward put up the best gross scores during the season in medal rounds. Each put up an 83. The Challenger Ball is the ball with the long carry, and the best ball for winter golf. Made in three sizes—the floater, small heavy 26%. and patent. Use a Challenger-r-the best. Buy one to-day. 1 AKATEUB ATHLETICS. (By “The Secretary”). —Fixtures for the Season. — St. Patrick’s Day—lrish Athletic Society’s gathering. Friday, 21st March —Final sports of the Otautau A.A. Club. Easter Monday—N.Z. Inter-varsity championships at Wellington. Annual sports at Gore. Saturday, 29th March—Otago Caledonian Society. i Wednesday, 2nd April—Otautau Athletic SocietgEs sports. November —'Australasian Championships aj. Melbourne. G. P. Keddell,* Australasian hurdle champion, has not definitely made up his mind as to whether or not he will be able to do duty for the Dominion at the next Australasian meeting, which will be held in Melbourne some time in November, or later. In the meantime, Keddell has given the track best. It is to be hoped that the hurdle crack will be able to test his speed, style and theory on the Melbourne crack hurdler. J. T. Davis, in November. It would be the race of the century, as both men wound up and given the necessary conditions. a new record would flash up. Keddell’s Australasian record for the 120vds hurdles is 15 3-10secs, while Davis’s best is 15%, but neither has been pushed for several seasons, and both must have often wished to get together. The inter - varsity championships of New Zealand, which are annually contested by Otago University, Canterbury College, Victoria College, and Auckland University on Easter Monday, are to be held in Wellington this year. Otago, who are the present holders of the shield, will include in the team a good number of Southlanders. chief of whom will be Christie. Boyne and Alexander. The feature of the meeting is likely to be the meeting of Christie and Duncan (N.Z. champion sprinter, who will represent Victoria College). Christie has been preparing for the struggle for some time; in fact, has been in steady training since the Southland championships, at which he was running as “green as grass.” If Christie is striking his best form I look to him to lower the colours of Duncan, and if this surmise comes to past, what a shock it will be to our Wellington friends. I would remind all athletes intending contesting in three events set aside for amateurs at St. Pat’s, hurdles, lurlong and quarter, that entries close with secretary B. E. Murphy on Saturday evening. The Otautau A.A. Club conclude their season on Friday. 21sl inst., when a good programme is to be presented. 100 yds dull championship, half mile dull championship, 440 yds hurdles club championship: handicaps—looyds flat, 300 yds flat, half mile flat, half mile walk, 440 yds hurdles, broad jump, putting 161h shot, and two events for boys, one mile flat and 100 yds fiat. 1 understand that the 440 yds won by Saunders from scratch recently at Otautau iu l he remarkable lime of ,i 1 % secs was re-measured al Syds short. However. as this is equal to a sound nJ.I. the performance must still he classed as one of high merit. The annual championships of \ ictoria are due on the 20lh of this month. Some good performances should he recorded, which should give a lead on the Australasian meeting. The Tasmanian Championships are down for the lath insl.. The official announcement of the I.A.A. Club is that no further meetings will be this year. Who are the wet blankets? The performance of A. W. Dormer, of Auckland, of reducing the 1000 yds record by 3%secs is a very remarkable one, and Inking into view the men who previously have had the keeping of the record, it stamps Dormer as head and shoulders above any other middle distance runner we have yet produced. In 1909, the record was attacked by Guy Haskins, of Christchurch, who previous to his re-arrival in this Dominion, was classed as the best middle-distance runner of the world, and at that time he was (he master of America's peerless Melvin Sheppard. Haskins was successrful in his attempt, although I cannot from memory call up his new figures. Two seasons ago, came Guy Harding, of Napier. N.Z. and Australasian half mile champion, and he succeeded in putting up better figures also in the new time of 2mln 20V 8 6ec5. Just a month ago, C.

S. Thomag, Canterbury, was credited with 2min 19secs, but In putting up the excellent time of 2min 16% secs. Dormer has done a performance standing alone in the list of New Zealand records. I No programme has yet come to hand, from the Otautau Athletic Society or, the Gore Athletic Society. The former! have. 1 notice, fixed their meeting fot{ 2nd April. I understand that a feature of these sports will be the meeting over, a quarter of a mile of the Otago re« presentatives, Perkins and Swlnney (new*, to Southland tracks) and the er. Saunders. Saunders defeated Perkins in the 100 yds at Wellington, but, the Otagoite turned the tables in 'to*220 yds, but was not prominent in tha, quarter, in which Saunders held a lead-, ing position for three parts of the jour* ney. OTAUTAU ATHLETIC SOCIETY* ANNUAL MEETING. Twenty odd members rolled up to th® annual meeting of the above, held In, Otautau on Wednesday evening, Mr Liddell occupying the chair. The fourth annual report presented by the secretary (Mr Robertson) was as follows : In presenting the fourth annual report and balance-sheet, the society may be congratulated on the largely-increaeed prize-money disbursed in prizes at the annual sports meeting, and on the factt that the credit balance to carry forwahdf is much larger than that brought forward at the beginning of the present year. It will be remembered that an amateur versus professional controversy sprang up last year, and both sides displayed excellent spirit, and the programme was eventually drawn up In a manner which met with the entire approval of both parties. After the publishing and distribution of the programmes, representations were made from Winton throughS the person of Mr H. A. Archdall, to ln-1 cludo Wrestling Events on the pro-l gramme, and as entries were guaranteed from this quarter, end a number of spe-' cial prizes were forthcoming also, the request was acceded to, and the result as shown on sports day amply repaid the society, the wrestling being exceedingly; interesting. Owing to over a month intervening between the Irish Athletic Society’s Sports and our own meeting, and .also to the fact that there were practically no professional runners in. the Western District, entries for the Cash Running Events, especially distance races, were poor, but the other parts of the programme received liberal! patronage from athletes. Besides beingj responsible for placing another event onthe programme, the special prizes donat-. Ed brought the total sum paid to competitors to almost £9O, a record for tho. society. Coming to the annual sports itself, the day was very threatening, and'a slight shower of rain fell during, the afternoon, but there was an attend-, ance of 500 or COO people, and the meeting was very successfully carried out. The thanks of the society are due to the sawmill proprietors who gave the logs for the chopping and sawing free charge. The balance-sheet showed a satisfac-' lory state of affairs, in that a credit balance of £5 6s 3d was shown, the income, being £llß 10s 9d and the disbursements £ll3 4s Cd. The report and balance-sheet wer® adopted. It was decided to hold ,the annual sports on Wednesday, 2nd April, and a Programme Ccynmittee was set up and canvassers appointed, both to report at a future meeting. The following were elected to office for the ensuing year :—Patron : J. C. Thomson, Esq., M.P. ; President; D. Macpherson, Esq. : Vice-Presidents : Messrs G. P. Keddell, J. T. Brooker, K. Hazlett, M. O’Brien, M. Gonley. P. Brown, and. W. Porteous ; Superintendent ; Mr E. Matheson ; Deputy-Super-intendent : Mr P. Brown : Track Judges : Messrs R. Hazlett, G. H. Stevens, and .1. T. Brooker ; Field Event Judges : Messrs D. Macpherson, A. Smith. J. Parmenter, and A. A. Liddell ; Judge of Highland Events ; Mr J. Brass ; Wrest-_ ling : Messrs James Tobin and T. Hor-' ner : Chopping and Sawing : Messrs T. O'Byrne, A. Harrington, T. Bird, and E. Harrington ; Juvenile Events : Mr G. Robertson : Starter ; Mr J. G. Gow ; Timekeepers ; Messrs M. Gonley. A. D. Mclvor. and C. Trow : Handicappers and Sawing) : Mr M. Dowling ; Athletic Events ; Messrs C. E. Robertson, J. G. Cow, and G, H. Stevens ; Marksmen : -Messrs H. Angus and John Macdonald ; Press Steward : Mr A. D. Thomson : Result Board Official ; Mr Donald Gray : Stewards : Messrs J. Cameron, W. E. Rohertshaw. fe. Fordo* K. Tapper. H. A. Archdall, G. T. Randall, J. G. Wade. W. Paterson, F. B. King, and R. Paterson : Secretary and Treasurer : Mr C. E. Robertson. The subscriptions were fixed as for-, merly : Family tickets, 10s ; member's ticket, ss. SPECIAL SPOSTIKO CABLES. (Sydney Sun Service.) , RIVAL BOXING STYLES. BRITISH AND AMERICAN. LONDON, February 28. "Sporting Life,” in an article, argue® that Matt Wells won in his fight vyith Hughie Mehegan. The writer is thoroughly in accord with the referee’s decision, and says that the victory was equivalent to a triumph of the British style of boxing over the American. CLUB SWINGING. BURROWS’ ATTACK ON RECORDS. LONDON, February 2S. Tom Burrows, the well-known Australian club swinger, will make an attempt at Aldershot next week to beat all previous club-swinging records.'HEAVYWEIGHTS MATCHED. I "BOMBARDIER" WELLS AND "GUI?BOAT” SMITH. LONDON. February 2S. "Bombardier” Billy Wells, the champion heavyweight boxer of England, hat, been unable to arrange a match with Luther McCarty. He is to meet "Gunboat” Smith on March 17th instead. A BOXER’S VALUE. AMERICAN PUGILIST’S EARNINGS. LONDON. February 26, Giving evidence in a court case to-day* Harry Lewis, the American middleweight boxer, said that lie used to earn £I9OO a year until he was injured by a motor ’bus. He could always command £325 for each appearance, but at present he could get only £IOO. NEXT OLYMPIAD. COMPETITIONS FOR GOLFERS. LONDON. February 26. Golf is to be included in the pnw gramme at the next Olympic GameA which are to be held in Berlin. -

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