OUT DOOR SPORTS.

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 524, 5 January 1889, Page 13

OUT DOOR SPORTS.

[By Mit.o.]

NOTICE. Short sketches oil sporting or pleasure excursions will bo welcome, iiml questions on nil matters connected willi sport will he gladly answered. Secretaries of all kinds of Clubs for the promotion of out-doov sports will confer a favour by communicat.mtr any items of iutevost connected v.-iihblioiv sport, game, or pastime ; more especially vrirh respeei. to coming' events. — Homo Bay proved :i grout attraction for .yachtsmen, during the holidays. — The Jessie liOga.ii was mil for a spin round the harboiir on Saturday last, — Joe Warbrick Las been asked to lei bis ianm play at Capetown on their return journey. —The Manola bad a spin on Saturday last, and was able to show a clean pair of heels. — The Mat/jotie has been launched for the .season and has done several satisfactory spins. — Jem Smith, England's champion pugilist, was recently run' in, and fined for a champagne •bust. — Australian sporting! papers think there is plenty of room in the colonies for both r-ricket and baseball. — People would like to se«: Dick Saudall tfive a public exhibition of his skill holore leaving Auckland again. — Salmon, of tho Oolu:ubk Uink, is forming a Baseball Club. Who we* to ynw'r Now don't all speak at once. i — Tim O'Connor Jms returned to Auclc- | land, and will at. once s;o into Liainiii"- for the j -champion whaleboat. race. j — From Loudon <-oni<'s word that .lack j Deoipsey is going- to tight Jackson. Me coloir'-yd genelnian,' for 5,000 dollars usiclp. | — It is pretty well decided thai -another J regatta will be held on Friday next under the auspice 3of the Auckland Tie-ivim? Association. — F. P. SJavin says he hears that Harry j Laing contemplates paying a vhii to Syduoy, ami if so he will undertake ia dispose oi' him in .fix rounds. — Great interest in being .shown in the j forthcoming swimming contest; to be held in i Calliope Dock. 1 know of a number who are in active training-. — The open sailing boat l»eata is to be hauled up thi3 week and put in racing order. T understand her owner iu tends racing he!" at the Auckland Kesjatia. ■ — The medals won at the Auckland Association Eeguttaon Dec IM-h were, presented to the successful competitors by M. .Nicoo!, Kvjr, on Monday evening last. —The City Rowing Club are at present considering the advisability of sending 1 a whaleboat crew for the champion rase. It is not cer- j tain that they will compete. — During the past week the Auckland Rowing Association medals have been ou view in the shop window of Messrs Feu ton .<:. Co, and have attracted a lot of attention. They were manufactured by Mr Teufcenberg. —On the 2-ith October Mr C. P. Mills, of Bifrgleswade, C.C., England, lowered the lOu miles tricycle record for the road from 7hr llmin «JBec to 6hr 68min 54sec, the fifty mile 3 being 1 accomplished in 3hr 12min 'JOsee. — Dick Sandail has returned from Sydney, tnd is greatly altered, and judging from all accounts has improved very much in physique. He seems to have got rid oi ail superfluous ilosh, and looks fit enough for anything-. — The Malua hasjast returned from an extended yachting cruise. A number of the boys •were onboard, and they all had a real good linw» of it. Amongst tho places touched at were Waiwera, Mahurangi, Pnhoi. <fee. — The Mayflower, with Audio DulbLe, Albie Brannd, ' Sonny ' Knight and Mai-well, oh 'board, hau been away on a ten day's cruise, making Oriri Point their headquarters. They seem to have enjoyed themselves thoroughly. — I cull the following from tbfi Brisbane .Observer on the recent aquatic event :— Searle's admission that lie had betted against himself, backing Matterson to win the heat, a pretty ."ood idea of the champion's idea of honour. —There is some talk of a sweeps take rowing match being arranged between jumping- crews from the following clubs .- -Ponsonby, City, Waiteinata and North Shore. West End will also be accommodated if they are at all desirious. The "Waiteniata Boating Club are getting their crew together f.ov the Champion Whaleboat Eace on ßegatta Day . The services of that veteran trainer, Ted O'Have, have sgain been secured, and the ' boys ' think Waitensata will b« the only crew in it. —During 1 the holidays, the Awitea, in company with the Spray, has been away on an astended cruise. ' Bull" Laird tells mo they called -in at Mateatea, Gannet Island, Omea Bay, . Cabbage Bay, Te Koutna, and Coromandel. At I, the latter place they only stayed sufh>iont time to 'allow the crew a stroll ashore. ' : —An Australian exchange says : 'It will Hake a generation ere the Ameriran national game fof baseball is generally played throughout the colonies. The Australians are wedded 'to cricket and football, and desire no change from i these sport 3.' With tho above remarks fully concur, and think cricket has become something "toore than our national game— it is now looked upbn.as something akin to religion. '

» —Jack Poland, captain of the Thames Kowing Club, is at present away on a holiday trip to Melbourne. While on the oilier side he intends looking after tho interests of his club by purchasing racing sculls, etc. § g— Dick Mathews writes from Hokitika as follows :— l Since I last wrote to you, I have been showing to crowded houses on the coast. I show here on Friday, the 21st, and my boxing career on the coast will end on Saturday, 22nd, at Hokitika. No doubt you have seen all accounts of my boxing exhibitions through the exchanges that you get at tho office, so I thought it was no use posting accounts to yon. After the 2:2 nd J. shall start bookmaking-, first at Hokitika, and then at all the future meetings on tho coast.' —So far as 1 can ascertain, the only crew in training for the next Champion Whaleboat ! Eace, is the Waiteniata. The recently formed I club at the- Thames is not. in a position to compete ; North Shore is too ranch weakened to oven dream of such an event: Northern Wairoa is not at all likely to come down ; Ponsonby has decided not J to send a crew .- West End do not go in for whaleboat racing- : and tho City men have not yet given a decision. 'The Rt George's and Manukau arc the remaining clubs, and I think it very improbable that the former will go for it bid; the latter may. 1 fancy on the day of the raco it will be seen that 'the only elnbs represented in this race will be found to bo Waiternata, City, an*! JUanukau. — Blavin, il<e champion boxer, in an interview with a Sydney reporter, entered into a lengthy conversation' on the merits of Jack Burke, the 'Irish Lad, ! and concluded hy expressing the opinion that Burke did not want a %ht. He said: 'Now I'll tell Burke just what 1 think of him. 1 herewith undertake to knock linn out in six rounds in a 28 foot ring ; and if T fail to do so he shall take all the house, less, of course, the contingent expenses ; and J am to do the same if he goes down. I shall want to hear from Burke at once if this meets his views, as 1 don't want to throw myself out of condition. .! have said nothing about ft finish fight for a stake, as it's only wasting time, for ] know there isn't tho slightest possibility of getting him into the Held.' j —The following appeared in an English i Exchange and showa that another of the old i school of cricketers Iki-< passed away :- Mr Thomas Sewell, one of the oldest professional i cricketers living- in England, died at his residence I at Riverhead, .Kent, on Ist last November. Mr j Sewell was born at Mitehain, in Surrey, in the ! J year ISOti. so that at the time of bis death ho wa.s I oi y«ars of age. When at Mitcham ho followed i tho trade of a calico printer, but gave it up for I that of a professional criekefe:-'. For many years he was engaged at Lord's Cricket Ground, raid he ali'o belonged to {.he i'leven of All-TSngland, and j played in tin* Nni-th, also for his county. The deceased's eldest son, who hag been dead for ! several jiears. was also a well-known cricketer j and one of. the Ali-r',i:gUind Eleven, and went out ; to Australia with that team. During the past j two oi 1 i.bree year? tho M. ('.(.-. Club .-Mid the | Surrey Ohib have allowed ?,iv Sowcll an aimuity hi coiisidcntinn <.!' ihf; valnablf 1 service he j rendered to i-rickct. j — Tho National Cyclists T.-iion records committee ha 5 ? passed the following times : — IJicyle.— V.J. Osmond, lioii September, quarteruiile, (iiyingstart), ',">'■) -l-t-i .sec. ; one mile, L'inin 'SI 4-Mtli sec. I). A. Lnurie, 13th August, fifteen miles, -l'J'iiiii -i-J.2-~>th .sec. ; twenty miles, iUimin -IS 2-sth see. Greatest distance in the hour. 'Jlmileß 12."» ya*ds;. Tricycle. --IT. TT. Samson, .'3 lst August. I (jnarter-mile, ]iuin:V.) 4-sth st 1 --. ■. half-mile, train \7 : > -r>th sec. R.E. Taylor, l!>Lh S.-ptember, six juilef-, I7min '-'•'isoc. J. H. King, I!Uh June, ten i miles. "iGmin !»S o sth kcc ; u'fteeu mile?, 4l»nin 17 1-oHi sec; nineteen miles 59 mm 14 -[-sth sec. j Greate-jt distance in one hour, 20 miic3 'ISO yards. Tandem Bicy.-le.~- ?.Jessrs Allbone and Glover, 14th October, one mile, 'Jmin .""»3scc : five miles, lominl'isoc ; ten miles, ;»omi?i ~>B-l-~>bh(sec ; fifteen j milo^. -(tJmin i'3s(?c -. twenty miles. C2min 10 0-sfh sec. 'Tandem ! JVicyclo.—M t - and Mrs J. S. Smith, i Ist October, twenty-six miles, llir 20m in 51 4-olh j sec; twenty-seven milos. lhr 30min 1-1 "-sth sec ; twenty-eight miles, lhr yiJtnin 05 5-sth sec; j twenty-nine miles, llir 07min '•'> "■ > >-sth sec : thirty jniles, Ihr 10:,iin2! l-;Jth s<?e. — Lee, of JMvrrfon, who is one cf the j Native footballers at pre&ont visiting- Great Britain, in a letter which is published in the We-'deni .Star, says:-— 'The people here give us hearty receptions wherever we go, bub we have had no very large crowds yet at our matches — about 8000 being- the most. The preat prame here is passing— forwards and backs alike goi?ig- in for it, and it is their jvreat advantage over us. Jn scrummaging and dribbling we excel the latter especially being very much a .lmired in our team. Wo have improve 1 ! wonderfully since leaving- New Zealand, and I think Dune-din would be ' small potatoes' to us now. Tiie yame here is about twice as fast as that played in New Zealand, and consequently the spells arc shorter, only 35 minutes being- played which seems quite longenoncfh. We havo not been in London, Blackheath, Northampton. Birmingham, Leeds, Hull and sundry small places, and as our prcfframme contains about 55 matches in England, Wales, and Ireland, wo will see a good deal of this country— barrinj? accidents— before we retnrn to New Zealand. We are sroing to learn the Victorian game, too, and spend a l'esy months in Australia ou our way home, so I think it will be about July or August next before wo manage to get home. I think I shall just about be in lime to play against ©tag-o next year.' — The following are tho performances of I?. P. Slavin, who has just defeated M. Dooley for the championship of N.S.W. He was born in Maitland, New South Wales, in 1862. VVhen a youth he was apprenticed to the blaekami thing 1 , but afterwards devoted his time to mmmg 1 . His first appearance as an athlete was on the running 1 track, but he soon gave up this line of'athlebios and went in for boring. His first fight of any note came off at Charters Towers, Queensland, with Power, whom ho beat hi 13min., tho stakes being- <&! 00. Then ho beat Burke for ,£2OO and the Championship of Queensland In Sydney ho was also successful in def eating-, amonsfst others, Dooley in nine rounds. Slavin failed to knock out Martin Gostello. at Poley's Hall. They met again at Albury, on 3rd September, 1887, when the tricky bub plucky l Buffalo ' went down before him, after nine rounds of fast lighting. On 3rd November be defeated Farnan (who proved to be too pood for Jackson, bnt succumbed to Lees, who in turn was defeated by Jackson for the championship) in two rounds. Next knocked out Buck, an English amateur, in tho third round at Nathan and Costello'.s Hall. Was matched against Harry Lainpr, tl c New Zealand Champion, whom he belt in six rounds for .£IOO aside at Wanganui on 2oth April of the present year. Boxed Jack Barke, the ' Irish Lad ' eight rounds at the Hibernian Hall on 9th. July. Tho referee's decision was a

draw. Slavin's friends, however, contented that he liad the best of it, an offer being made to back him against Burke to a finish for from to .£SOO aside. Subsequent to his match with Burke, Slavm made a tour of Tasmania and Victoria. At each town the combination showed atj there was a standing off <£2-!> to any boxer who stayed for six rounds. Beat Mick Dooloy in 2min. 45 sees at Foley's Hall, Sydney, 10th December, 1888. Slaviu stands Oft. lin. in height, and weighs 1 ost. best weight. His measurements are .• Cheat, il^in. : forearm. I lin. ; biceps, 15in.; calf, 16in. ; thigh, 22iin. — London Tuiich lias a cartoon showing a fearful '' scrimmage ' between two football teams evidently meant for the Maoris and the English team. John Bull, standing by one of the Maoris looking 1 on, is made to say, ' Play football by all means, my boy — but don't let it be this brutal .sort of thing !' Then we have the following' : — j A NATIONAL GAME: Or, what it seems likely to be coining to. MIDLAND YAHOOS V. XOK'iMi COUNTRY SAVAGES. These two formidable and ferocious teams were both powerfully represented yesterday in the first mutch of the season that came oft' at the Subscription Grounds under the Thnsfby Association linles when, owing (o theit' well-known deadly tactics, the al'fcernoon'.s play was expected to be more ihan usually proliiic in the fatalities and accidents now commonly considered inseparable from any woll contested match, and the takings for gate money were enormous. The strangers htid the kick oft', and upon Smith for the Home ienri semiring the ball, and making' a very pretty j run with it down the centre, he encountered I Jones, who, taking a well-timed and vigorous I spring, mounted on his nock, when by an adroit twist, cracking his .spine, he obliged him to relinquish it. The I mil was then dribbled I rapidly towards the Strangers' goal, where j a spirited scrim mage ensuing, .Brown and Robinson, the half-backs, speedily had their thighs dislocated, amidst ti general breaking of arms and crackling 1 of ribs. Some brilliant combinations now followed on the part of the Home teiim. Parkinson, who had already had his jaw broken, and a blood vesael ruptured, being, howovor. obliged to use his hands, a proceeding which instantly brought Jone3 into his neighbourhood, who, once more successfully repeating his famous leap, again cracked the i-pine, and left his second man dead npon the iiekl. It being now only within a iew minutes of the calling 1 of time, and thirteen of the Home team being, more ov less, seriously disabled, while only four of the Stranger.-i wore lei'f: to Jimp to their places, the umpire decided that the gwne was over for the day. and the majority of the injured men were forthwith i-omovtsd to tho local hospital from the ground on stretchers. A riot among tho betting fraternity, who were attending the match in great numbers, that at one moment seriously threatened to imperil tho peace of tha locality, was eventually '.jueilC'.l by the police.