ENGLISH SPORTING SUMMARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 8

ENGLISH SPORTING SUMMARY.

JSt { $ l T?! s ' it6mß _«*? ton 'from, th« x OJaily. Mail Overseas Edition" of August •' A- wcll-knotvn, swimmer, -Mr. Jules. Gautier. swam tho University Boat Race cowsd frbm Putney, to MortlaJtfr with hands, and feet manacled and. toeing a boat'licensed to carry cipht p ? rso ?'v l; ? e .tome, occupied .being 1 honr'SO min,m°s 12 seconds.By aceoraplismng tho feat ho wins a wager of ,CIOO. Many people watchod . the.progress of;.the.sirim.-.)Last year'Mr- Gati- ' tier swain with- .his hands and feet manacled '• troin .London- Bridge; to. Riohmond : 1 ip? ge— ' l ' !s®vontefeh'miles- 1 '• The .Amateur. Swimming "half>mile championship was. won at Swindon by T. b.'.Battersby,. Sonthport; his time .boing'Umts. - ' 47 Chaddertoni'was second,and 1. Iladmpovic, Weston-super-Mare, tlnnl, - at Belfast in the Glentoran axitumn ' tt e » °f, Pennsylvania. University, K yards ainatenr champions-won the 100. yards handicap from scratch 'after a • dea)d : Wt with C. Wilson; ot tho North'of Iw-' ' - land-Football ; Club;. 4 yards start, m lOscc. — - i J™'™ record -for Ireland—an J also won the 1 220 yards handicap from scratch in 22 - equalling the Irish, best oh record. ■■ - -. . . . foot-racing, sports on;an cxten-: .. t sive scale'took . plaoe 'on the Crowe Alexandra ' - I'ootball-Clnb's ground on July 31 in'the pre- - I tenet;of*Booo persons.', A'.' B. Postle,-' of Aus-' . 1 1 tralia,.won the 120 yards invitation' hiindieap, ; i ■ beating J3. Eastman (Canada), .1} yards' start, i by a'yard in 11 3-isec/ B. E. Day (Dublin), ll' 1 1 yards start, was third. • ' :■ , : . At. Newport sports'E.'. E.' WaUcor; of Sonth : ' - i Africa, the amateur sprint ohampion; acoom- > i i plished: a 'splendid performance 'in'tho* 100' ' yards .limited'handicap.'On a- slow-track' lie' - -r famed an easy victory from scratch in a yard •: inside 10Vl-ssec. --. ■: ' i ■ At'theAVret Ham; Memorial Gwtmds on July-' r -i 31, the-third meeting of John-Summers, the .! iinghsh_light-weight', boxing champion, 'and-' ■■■' ,?^ Os ■■.Bntt; °f America,' was witnessed by - 5000/ spectators. • The American - had boon 6uc-' 1 cessfu) in tho first meeting,' -while i Sumatra-' . ! won ■ the _ second contest, : Byhis: victory ou ; July 31, Summers won the'>ubber; J The men - ; .fought;for ,£IOO a sido and & of tho- I gate receipts. Summers showed hie superiority- ' to Bntt throughout tho contost; ,Ho was iai ' front from, the start, and at no period was his load ever in danger. Britt woke him up-now l and again with; nasty 1 half-arm jabs, but' Sum- ' mers : never, lost, gTound in.any'.of the s The .pace >*as very hot, a'n<] the refers *> .contmtially parting the-men owing to tho holdi ■ mg tendencies of Britt. ; .