THE ATHLETIC WORLD.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11392, 24 October 1904, Page 6

THE ATHLETIC WORLD.

. i . O . — ' " t (r»«r- United Pte«s^ Atsociation.) , NAPIER, October 23. TllC"lpOStpo'notl Labour Day sports were held'^n the Rec're'atioit Ground, on Saturday lii'ternoon. There was a good attendance. Tlie principal event (th&, Labour Day,'. Handicap, ! ' of three distances), was*, won «by Pi^'kniuer, .V. Q^Neill second, and E. ;; ;] ' • C" C. ;HcLaclftfe. (scratch) woii the Li- ■ censed-;. Handicap' ef Itfs. yards.% O.^ "won J;^e'.Haif_jylile -H«in-* dicap.S; .The'Sapipr "Wheel T&ace'.vas^w«-jnr by fptyiald r % ">ith, ■ J\. .' Cattanadh-secoiid-'and Harmam'tliird. '',"' • \ ■ •.' 1 * i • „ TTtietHawkcsr^yfßiVyole Championship" (l-mils) was'wc\n,'Uy J^Jlai'man, with, R.;. J. Jonies. sgc6»(;Vandr\y-. ;paiiiei'oji^ tjrirdl Tl!e;'Oljfe Mile Bicycle Ilaadjciip rfesulted.:> J. ■.'Cpttanac'h;. first;' YD". .^inclrib secoadi'O. Njpilson;:third.. ••.. . • .■ ;

T&e 'Wainiat? Plains Athletir Club hold the\t annual , sports meeting .on. the..Domam*3tt.':Maiia'i!i on the King's Birthday.- ' The prog-ratinme includes a Maiden Race of andr-ies-r -KByte; ■£& 10s and lt)s;'22O yds,'- ; ae2 10s and lCe ;. '440yHs, i£3 and'^Ei;-" and V "Hurdle ■ Race, 120 yds, £2 and 10b. There are also tliree cycling races on "the program}^, viz.,' a half mile of £2 a.nd lOsr'OneHile, and ;£1; and Two .Mile. 'wheel Jfi&ce; of ,and Nominations closel with Mr Geo. Glenn, secretary> on next. ■ " '"> Thc^alc'pittbe 'Athletic Club have drawn ,up a Capital programme for the sports meeting to be held on the Recreation Ground these on November 9. The "bill-of-fare Will include the following events: — 100, 220, and 880 yds, in each of which the prize*rwHl- "be 422 .10s/^£l,,<anji 10s; 44Qyda oVW'Mi? gb& ids ; ; 'One Mile, of JaiOs, £1 10s, and 10s; Cycle Race of one mile. £2, 15s, and ss; and a Cycle Race of two miles, £2 10s,^£1, andlCtb. A Maiden Race, 100 yds, and Forced Handicap, 220 yds,, of • 30s, 1&3, -and ss, also .figure on. the programme, besides a number 'of v other events. Nominations close with the joint secretaries, Messrs R. C. # D. Lightbourne and N. Jenkin, on TeuiSclay, November 1. In tho Hastings Festival cricket match, •Soptii-of England v South Africans, G; L. Jesaop* ; madc -159, not out in a total of 237. :In tlie fii*t hour he mode 50 ; but in the next 15 minutes he added 50 more, scoring 24 from twd' overs of 'Kotze. The third 50 wecejgot in 40 minutes.? c - In a cricket match' at Adelaide recently, Leak playing for Sturt -against West Toruens, caiJtnred four wickets with successive ballra. *'♦<>•>■' ■ • ■ . • On the same' day, Clem Hill made 79 and H. J. Hill 5G out of a total of, 194 for East .Adelaide against East Torrefts. There i«' some probability tof Dick Tresid-, der, who was recently defeated by Geo. -Towns for the championship, getting On. a match with. Char lie s Towns, who is willing to row provided T*esi<klei % will allow him .15eec£7"!,s{85t. < . ' , > Gicorge Town; 3 has recently built a boat •|or a J&ew Zealand sculler- #; r - A short time ago it was stated that Alfred ♦Sjhr.-u.Jjb, . tlic. English long-distance.,, arnate^woridti",' was showing sigrifTcif' the igi'eat «fliiount ■of running he had, done, and itnjwas predicted that he would break down %prtly .todess^lic .took a sp'elji Howrover, uifws is to,.'ftand that he competed at the . W^lsh late£.-t<)jY!n .^jliainpioiiship mectingia^AborgaVernny^o^jAugtist 27. Ue ran in;she Tliree Mile Ilandicap, whioli ]iewon frpm aoratqh,,of course. b\ Webber, ; 140ydsF^'Was "second'^ and R."])avlos, 2oOyds. third. & The champion, ran iir fina " style, winning by 118 yards, the third man being 190yd3 fyehirifV tho secpnd. . Shnibb's tin»o 14inin 17 l-Ssec.j which ie 2-ssec. better j'tlian his previous Record ; that is providing everything was, ;rigM.,, A c'ojtple of line, performances yver'e established by Con Lealiy, df Charleville, at the Ctttte- ' CIC: Sports :<Srti% alaUifffr*- birAugust 26. When lie cleared 6ft 3iin. in the High Jump and 23ft 2jn in, the run- | ningf broad jump. . The Australian Eleven, en route for Bnglanjd,Jt"'w*ill play a series of matches in' New -Zealand. The team will arrive in this qolony in February next. ! Victor Trumper started the seaeon by hitting up 189 (not out) for Paddington ■ against, Waverley. His batting- is said to havoj been magnificent, anj3 save jfor a very difßcult rctttra to the bowler it was faultleoa. Victor's : last ten strokes were something to remember— 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4, -1. Altogether his display is described as one of those bewijdejingly brilliant ones, stand alone among bats!!men,qs ,the world.- One writer says }t pranks as one of the niost- glorious displays , even Victor Trumper himself has given. ' b. O. S. Poidcvin its .expected to arrive bacK in Sydney from England this week. -Jims-KtanUury i coiitinues--.to/ indulge, in Hght' exercise prophvakory to entering' upon a strict - course of training- for his . (..projected match \with George Towns for the sculling championship. In Newcastle Stanbury is regarded as having a good j chance f|f , regaining ,the title if he qan • only strike form. The • work he lias jal- ; ready done has considerably reduced his ; avoirdupois, and as far as health is con- • cerned he says he never felt better. " Walter, Jlutt, .tlie cyclist, who is, coming | to Australia with Ellegaard, is a German, i and is one of .the fastest sprinters of the world. He. is the 1 Dane's groat Continental rival. Mayer, .who may also make the trip, is a Hollander, and has recently 1 come .greatly into prominence as a sprinter by beating all-comers in the Grand Prix . de ' Pariß,"aud winning several high-class matches. Tlie presence- of .such worldi\ renowned performers on -Australian tracks. : 'together with th.c flying Dane, Ellegaard i and Ivor Lawso'n, the- speedy American, , who has also been engaged, ,Wo;ild make. . . the season's racing . exceedingly ,intel'e|sfc'--' I in E' ' '•

There is a difference of opinion amongst rjnembors of the Committee" of the Wanga-. '•imr Caledonian Society as to the advisublb- ( .ness of holding the annual • sports meeting o.'u Cook's Glirdens instead of St. ■ 'John's Hill. As there was^'not a verylargb' attendance at ithe modfcirig called to con»sidcr thft matter..tlie.fOtUer. Jr oYening, it wis -decided to let the question stand over un'jjiituejet annual -nieetingv .Which .mqans that this season's- gathering will- be lieid >ori St. John's Hill, aa- r in .tlic past. No doubt those who' favour St. ■ -John's Hill can- advance some, .good .» reasons-, for -so,,jdon •ing, hut looking at all £he ' circumstances the advantages seeni ' to "rest with Cook's 'Gardens.. The latter place-is more central, und much more .convenient to '.the general public} especially to those who come in -by the trains ivom 'the" w>m>'£ry. Then, again; cycle track' at the Gkmlens is — or with' a little tbp-dressing ' can he matte ,-r-an ideal one, ' and this branch of < the sports would '"be" much ' more successful •Ibhau it ban possibly be' hoped to be made cm St. John's Hill, 'where the track is' dangerous, and many good l'iders will not compete thereon.' .'Providing tho work recently donc^ ofn' Cook's Gardens' improves -the running 'track as 'much "as is hoped for, then it wil^'compave favourably with tho running track on, Victoria Park. That spectators would 1 , get a touch better view of the' sports ifthey were held on Cook's Gardens there t! cafT' ; b'& no gainsaying. One roasrin w]jy thfc l .%aledpnian Sftorts aro nht popular ;with, X' lot of people is that after clinibing .Up tin; -hill on.~ a hot -s ura-mots day they haVe to r stand about in the sun all tlie 'aftornoott!' there beinr? littlo or no seating accommodation.' This objection' would be entirely overcome if the sports were held in CoQS.'s'.,Gar.denfe (i ,wh(?tc everyone could jjet a seat and an excoUt-nt view of tho proceedings-,^ the- sanw.timo. Takincr one- consideration ,with lanpther, I think -tiie. Roeiefy" wouTcl be a^ing Wisclv if they docidofl tQfipdke.tliP-fhTinge. and ho;ld 'then* future partherines in Cook's Gardens, .wMt!liJ3p.rf '•iH',ev<?Ty \yay admirably ailaptpd fov t,he purpose. lit is said thai. one or two inombers nf ■ the .Caledonian Society tal 1 -: of re.q<afilinor it it ,Li dec.idoA.'.io \IOYA fclio sports 011 Cookis -.Crnr.cJeW.V T tsmrcoly. tlitnV tlmt anyone who hs'.s pVio wqlfare of the Society at heart would take, such an extreme step, or do aflvthinpf-^ft* -endanffer tli^ success of tlie csjtheriusr through personal pique. At. last "a ms|u seems. to, hnve h{*m ,iinpartl?ed oopable tf » emijljatinq 1 Captnin Webb's fent of RwinMinr?' the English ChnuneL this"Uei»ier J. W. "Rurf?ess. a Yorksliireman byc-'h-itth.'who-has.' howovor. resided in Frawe for"ma'»y years. ,lle is a' very fast -swimmer, and recently marfe' a p-aHant attempt- fco-.swijn from, "Rover to Oalaja. hoinof in'Hllio- water iust mu l^ -'ii'tie-hmira, and^hi>i«pr taken out; when oplyfive- miles from the French cviafc, owinpto a g*lp. having .sprung '"P. Ho was v verv little, fatigued-. - awl> if the weather had '•kept fine would almost -certainly hnv<? ?>(•- tli^-jfeat. Burgess 1( will make another attempt next year. >