ATHLETICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1921, Page 3

ATHLETICS.

COMING FOOTBALL TOURS. CYCLISTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA. By Talegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, June 10. Mr. Palmer, secretary td the. Rugby Union, has tentatively arranged a match for the Springboks at Melbourne on the 18th. He is communicating with the team on the steamer Aeneas for approval. Mr. E. S. Marks, secretary of the Athletic Union of Australia and New Zealand, has written to South Africa to the effect that the proposed visit of cyclists will be acceptable to New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, but not to South Australia or New Zealand, on account of the fact that there are no suitable tracks. . It is stated that the athletes will be received in Australia at the end of the year at the time of the Australasian championships, and in New Zealand from the middle of January to the middle of February. Mr. W. W. Hill has received a letter from Mr. Maloney, vice-president of the Califom.’.tn Rugby Union, proposing a visit of an AllAmerican Rugby team in 1922, and also a team of athletes, including Kirksey and Paddock (world champion sprinters), Templeton (hurdler), Hanner (javelin thrower), Norton (440 yards and hurdler), and Muller (high jump champion). Mr. Hill referred the matter to the Rugby Union and Athletic Associa-