THE ATHLETIC WORLD.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 8991, 24 October 1896, Page 3

THE ATHLETIC WORLD.

Notes by "Viotor.' In n crioket match between Surrey and Lancashire Mold bowled Lohmann with a ball that sant the bail 68 yards 6 inohes— whioh constitutes a record. The Australian Eleven play Auckland on the 6th, 7th, and 9th of November and Wellington on the 11th, 12th, and 13th. Their other New Zealand fixtures are — Sontbland on the 18th, 19th, and 20th j Otago, 21st, 28rd, and 24th ; Canterbury, 26th, 27th, and 28th; New Zealand, 30th and' December 1 and 2, There is some difficulty rt dates, and probably one match will be left ont. Owing. to only five nominations having been received for the amateur raoe (250 yd» Bracelet), whioh was on the Falmerston North Caledonian Society's programme, it has been decided to Etriko that event out and return the entrance foes. aho newly formed New Plymouth A. A. and CO. hold their first sports' meeting on - Desember 3rd, and a capital programme has been arranged. The prizes offered are valable ones, amongst them being a five gninea gold medal kindly presented by Mr Norman L. Gurr. The officials are doing their utmost to make the gathering a big Iraocens, and hope to see several Wanganui orack runners and oyoliits competing. As ' the mooting is to take placo juit a week before the Wanganui Club's carnival it should be very convenient for some of our local amateurs to pay a Tint to New Flymonth, where no doubt tho pretence of a few of our cracks would materially assist to ' make tbe sports the euocess desired. Exoellent nominations have beeq received 1 for the forthcoming meeting of the Palmerston North Caledonian Sooiety, on tbe 9th of November, The various events have filled as follows:— l2oyds, 80; 2%de, 80; 440 yds, 26 1 1 mile, 27 ; One Mile, 27 ; 220 Hnrdlei, 15; 2 Mile Walk, 6; One Mile Bioyole, 12; 2 Miles, 18. Amongst the nominators for the rnnninf> events are several well-known WaDg»nui peds. Mr G Watson will framo the handicaps for the ■ running men, whilst Mr B Bisox mil adjust them for the bioyole events Harry Wheeler, one of the beit riders in the world,'.on his return to America from / the Continent recently, spoke very highly of the French ridera he had met. He says :— " I consider Jaap Eden, the speediest man in Europe to-day, and had it not been for the dropping of his saddle in the final of the Grand Prix raoe he would have won > that event as sure as fate. Eden would like to come to this country, but his con1 tract will not permit him to do so this year. He appears to me to be a seoood Zimmer* - nan, is only 22 years old, and is big aud drone.", * The admirers of George Towns, the New ' , > castle (N.S.W.) eoul'.or, are greatly pleased at the immense improvement Peter Kemp nas worked in thoir champion, during the last f*w weeks. He is looking romotkably well, and is now doinc suoh satisfactory work that those who see him would not heiitate to And the money for htm to row Gaudaur at once. In faot, Towns is regarded in the light of the future champion, As there seems every probability ef a match being arranged between him and Jim Stan- , bury, Towns' friends ought soon to have a good idea as to what chance their man has of becoming the world's ohampion. No doubt if Towns has improved so wonderfully as he is said to have done, a race between Stanbuvy and the Newoastlo sonller will create no little intereit. . In the coune of an interview with Harry Trott, publwhed in 'Englith. Crioket, iv reply to the question "Do you think that there is much difference between English and, Auitralian howling at present?" the popular skipper replied, " The chief difference, it seems to me, lies in the amount of break: In Australia a man moit learn somehow or other to get a break if he wants to get wiokets, and consequently our bowlers are particularly strong on this , point. M'Kibbin, for instance, oan break ' on almost any wioket ; he is the only bowler - I know who breaks both ways with ac'onraoy—and his leg break oomes moro with bis arm than anything else. He does not show whioh way the ball is going to work, like moit bowlers. On a sticky wicket he breaks too much, and misses bat and wioket, and everything. If he tosses them wide on tho off side men o&n easily leg him. There is no doubt ' Irumble is bowling better than he ever bowled in his life. In previous trips ' he - has never had the same opportunities as . this year, for he had to go on after Turner or Ferris, when men had become sot. On stioky wiokets, they could, of course, get the wiokets themselves. Banjitsinhji, at the dinner whioh he gave us at Brighton, paid 'frumblo a very high compliment indeed. He said that when Trnmble is bowling to him he feels that he is batting against the best bowler in England, W.G. thinks a great deal of him, too, and says that he uses his head so well, Oa a sticky wicket your bowlers liave the pull, for they come back just enough and no more." In the same interview IVott remarked, epeskinz of Poughsr's five wiokets for no runs : " I ' should think it would be almost impossible for any man to do such s great performance again " It is very curious that before the Interview could appear in print Trumble should have taken bis first five wiokets againit Gloucestershire without a run being , scored 02 him.