SPORT SUMMARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 8

SPORT SUMMARY.

ITEMS 03? INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS ■ ;, The following items are taken from the "Daily Mail Overseas Edition" of April 10 i — Billiards.. ' At Thurston's &unan(reo. 2000), 9000, beat Stevenson 8789, by 211 points. Football. '.'•.■'■.'■ In the final tie of the Amateur Football Association Cop, i played at Ipswich,' New Cmsadors defeated Casuals by 5 goals'to L The game was a curious. one, the Casuals obtaining the only goal scored in the first half through G. A. Thomas, ono of the. Crusadors half-backs, putting the ball through his own goal. In tho second half, the New Crusaders outplayed their' opponents and scored five times by the aid of the Eov. H. V. Farnfield, G. A.! Joseph, H. S. Buck, B. S. Farn-. field, and A..J. Farnfield. Athletics. . , Henry St.: Yves, of France, who until recently was a waiter in the Cafe Monice, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, won the Marathon race of 26 miles 385 yards and a prize of 5000 dollars at New York. His timo of 2hr, 40min. 50 3-ssec. 'beats Dorando's' record of 2hr. N 44min. 20 2-ssec Dorando was 6econd, Hayes third, and Maloney fourth. Longboat left the track; in-the twentieth mile, and Shrubb in tho twenty-fifth. Lacrosse. .■,.. • The lacrosse match between the North and South at/Lord's resulted in a win for the North by 9 goals to 4. In the early stages the South more than held their own, and. at ono time led by 2to L In tho end, however, the superiority of the North attack-prevailed, and at tho interval the visitors had obtained a lead of i to 2.' GL Leigh (4), Haves (2), James G. Alexander, and Whitley scored for the winners, and E. P, Jones was responsible for the South's points. Golf. '. An interesting professional tournament was held on the altered course of the Littlehampton Club. A stroke competition in the morning resulted in a tio between James Braid, tho. open champion, and J. H. Taylor, with 73 each, the local man, George Pannelh and Ernest Gray, taking 77 and 78 respectively. Taylor was out in 35 to Braid's 38. In a foursome in the afternoon Braid and Taylor, after, standing two down at the third, beat Gray and Pannell by 4 and 2. Mr. H. E. Taylor, of Richmond, gained another victory on the last day of the Cannes Club's spring meeting. He won tho gold ecratoh medal with 78. The ladies' scratch medal fell to Mrs. W. S. Brindlo, after a tie at 78 with Miss Moseley. ;An interesting match, by four-ball foursomes in the morning and ordinary foursomes in the afternoon, was played at Ranelagh on April B,' when the club was opposed by a side organised by Sir Henry Seton-Karr. This team, which won by 8} points to *}, included Sir Thomas Parkyns, winner of the Bar tournament last spring, Mr. Marshall Hall. KC M ?i H --rf- M -?,- d Sir H him! self. The side originally included Mr. A J Balfour, M.P., who was, however, unable to p la y- v Fencing. The Amateur Fencing Association decided their sabres ohampionship at Caxton Hall. ■Westminster, on April 5, when last year's winner, W. W. Marsh, again proved successful. A. C. Murray was placed second.