OTHER SPORTS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13921, 27 March 1909, Page 9

OTHER SPORTS.

A series of tournaments is io bo hold, hv the Now Plymouth Amateur Boxing Association during the winter months. The "Wellington Rugby Union made a loss of £400 17s Sd on last year's working. The general balance-sheet showed"" a credit remaining at date of £717 2s Sd. It is said that ibis season the Clifton Football Club will hnve the same fifteen as represented it last year. The Stratford Chib hopes to get many of its last year's players back. The local clubs will have vacancies to fill owing to the professional movement enticing them to what appeared richer fields.

I An Auckland writer contradicts the statement that the lad Hill, who won the recent Auckland Murathon race

is suffering from a badly strained heart. • The Melbourne Age has the following remarks upon the projected meeting of JiackeJiL-chmidt and Gotch: — "The syndicate calculates upon an expenditure oi £10/000 belore the men coniront each other on the mat. Both 1 men are to be given expenses to anu' lroin Australia, us well as expenses ior I wrestling partners and trainers.i Hijekensehmidt is now in London, while' Uoteh is at Bull'alo, U.S.A., whore he had been negotiating with Mahmond, the latent ' Turkish Terror,' to wrestle next mouth. Mahmond ha« been proving himseli to be one oi the best 1 vvvt tiers now showing. Ho has mad© 1 "ratlltV oi all his white antagonists. i:-» to the present, ami Gotch, if he carries out his undertaking to meet him, will want to be very sure of his own powors, ior the agreement stipulates that both Hackenschmidt and Gotch must arrive in Melbourne unbeaten men. . lt is n lar cry from 31 arch to November, and anything may happen meanwhile; but should the principals in this great trial of strength meet each other in a finish struggle in .Melbourne, the interest taken in it by the sporting world will be tremendous and even more widespread than in the recent boxing championship. Wrestling, properly conducted and controlled by an impartial referee, is the most spectacular of all man , to man exercises, and of all existing styles, Lancashire, otherwise catch-as-catch-tan, ai fords the greatest varitey ol work, and provides the most exciting situations. There is nothing whatever in properly supervised Lancashire wrestlin^ that any person can take exception to. lr is essentially an exercise in which skill, strength, courage and resourcefulness alone prevail.'' It is said that Mr. H. D. M'lntosh has arranged with the American exlightweight champion boxer of the world, Jimmy Britt, to visit Australia within the next few months. Britt will, upon his arrival, be matched against the champion, at his weight, vi this section of the globe. .\t Pretoria recently Mr. R. E. Walker the Olympic 100 metres champion, established a new world's record . lor the distanco, covering the 109.30 yards in 10^ sec. At the Olympic games his time was 10* sec. Unfortunately (says an exchange) this will not be ac» ecpf-od as a record, as Walker got off *he mark belore the pistol fired. At Johannesburg, however, Walker twice ran 130 yards in 12fsec, which beats the amateur record for the distance. J. W. Dyson, the old Yorkshire and ' English international three-quarter, j has died at Iluddersfield in his forty-! sccohd year. A very speedy and clever .scoring player, he was at his best from i 1887 to 1891, during which seasons he obtained no fewer than 105 tries.

Alfred Sbrubb has been trying his powers in a twelve miles relay race, in which his opponents were Fred Simpson, a Canadian-Indian runner, and two Americans, named Kanaly and Williams. The oveut took place in New York recently, and the ex-amateur experienced an easy task. Kanaly started first with Shrubb, and the Englishman gained two and a half laps over his adversary. Simpson, who took up the running, kept on even terms with Shrubb, but the latter did not appear to over-exert himself. When the old champion had Williams as his opponent on the track, Shrubb succeeded in gaining half a lap on him, and won in the easiest fashion. '

A boxing tournament under the control of the Northern- Boxing Association will be held in, Auckland on Msy G. Letters hare beerT teceiv«3-^ $ro&both Tracey and Griffin, signifying, their approval of the terms. The asso-" ciation decided in reference to the novice tournament to make the prizes of £3 3s and £2 2^ value, with an additional prize of £1 Is should six or more nominate. There will also be a trophy valued at £2 2s presented to the trainer of the successful novice. It is the intention of the association to run a series of tournaments at regular intervals during the coming season. When R. Arnst loaves for Canada for his match with Durnan he will be accompanied by his brother J. Arnst, who intends to compete in the six days' race to be held in New York. As a road rider Jack Arnst is, perhaps, the best performer New Zealand has produced, and everyone would be glad to see him acquit himself well in the American metropolis. Before he leaves New Zealand ho will make an attack on A. Humm's Christehurch-Dunedin record: If any man in New Zealand can reduce Humm's time of 14hrs. lmin., J. Arnst should be the man.

Mr. H. D. M'lntosh, the Sydney'promoter of the Burns-Johnson boxing championship contest, has sold the French rights of the cinematograph pictures for £5000 TJhe British rights are expected to yield £12,000. By gracious permission of the, King the Australian football team wero shown over Windsor Castle when at Home, a kindness which the visitors much appreciated. Captain M'Mahon was one of the Colonial escort which accompanied Queen Victoria from Slouch to Windsor on her return from London Inn the occasion of her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. The Mayor of Windsor (Councillor William Carter) and Mr. A. K. Rotherham, the .well-known Rugby referee and cousin of the late Mr. Alan Rotherham, the celebrated half- back, met the Wallabies at Windsor Station. The Australians were taken to the visitors.' entrance of the castle, instead of the ordinary public entrance, and were specially shown over the beautiful *tate apartments. They also went over the royal mews, and were much interested in the little Princes' Shetland ponies, which were given to them by the showmen of England. The visitors also went over the royal chapels, and then proceeded to Eton College, which they inspected with the greatest interest, as they also did the famous Playing Fields. It is some weeks since Pearce covered Ben Thoroughgood's deposit of £25, for a race for £100 and the championship of Australia on the Parramatta, and he has naturally expected to have had the articles forwarded to him to sign, but ns yet he has not set eyes on them. He has also sent Thoroughgood two telegrams regarding them, but has had no answer to either. Pearce considers that the articles should have been drawn up an<j signed a couple of weeks ago.

To-day George Day and Fred. Ford were to decide who" was the better sculler.

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