ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1025, 14 January 1911, Page 13

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

AMATEUR ATHLETICS. THE WELLINGTON CENTRE. IN CONFLICT WITH CRICKETERS? The Wellington Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association met last evening, Mr. 11. W. M'Villy presiding. -Tho Town Clerk notified that, owing ,to ; tho uncertainty of dates for the Cricket Association fixtures, no arrangements could at present be_ mado for ' Eports meetings on tho Basin Reserve during February. . Tho Port Nicholson Amateur Athletic Club applied for permission, to hold an afternoon sports meeting tin tho Basin 'Reserve on February 25. Mr. Travel's (a delegate from tho Port ■ Nicholson Club) said that a deputation from that club had waited upon Mr. Martin Luckio, chairman .of. the Cricket Association -Management Committee. The- deputation was informed by Mr. •Luckie that dates had not yet been ■ fixed for championship matches. Tho "club therefore asked the Centre to . seriously consider its application, and . press it upon the City' Council. The Cricket Association had had ample time to arrange its fixtures. If they had dorio this in tho early part of'the season there would have been nothing to, say. /.Seeing that the club wanted a' .meeting in l'obruary,. and .represented a great number of young athlotos in .Wellington, tho speaker claimcd that tho application I was , justified. Mr. Luckie had mentioned incidentally that cliam- , pionship. cricket matches would continue right up to the end of March. Were clubs to have'.no further meetings this year owing to uncertainty as to dates on the part ' ofj tlio Cricket-Association ? The speaker would move that the application of tho'.'Port Nicholson Club bo forwarded to; tho-City Council, and that a deputation from the Centre wait : upon ' tho. Reserves' Committeo of tho City, Council' in support thereof. If this course were not followed, tho Port Nicholson Club would bo unablo to have a.meeting..this year on-the Basin Reserve,''at; .all. events, and it would not pay; a' club to hold a meeting on any other ground, nor would it bo in 'tho interests' of- sport. Sir. W,- H. Pollock said the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club might .apply for tho : use of the Basin Reservo on March 11.

It was agreed that application, backed by' a: deputation, be made to the Reserves Committee of the City Council, for the dates named. Messrs. M'Yilly, Bumett ; and Travers were appointed a deputation. ■

.. The lato secretary of tho Napier Amateur Athletic Club notified that it was iiow defunct". '

'.'Sport seems to go up and down in Napier. It is a great pity," were comments passed by tjio chairman'.

' CRICKET.

TEAMS FOR TO-DAY. '■■■• fhird class championship.—Wellington South v. Petone, at PetoneKindell, f Little, Le Cren, Nelson, Parton, Robinson," Ryan, Suckling, Taylor, 'Webb, and (Wright. Train at 1.20, Lambton Sta- ■ tion.i, Late train at 2.20 p.m. 'The following teams will represent ■ Evans Bay nest Saturday:—"A" Team v. Albion: Bennett. Carswell. P. m*.

The following teams will represent Evans Bay nest Saturday:—"A" Team v. Albion: Bennett, Carswel!, P. Claridge, Day,. Fitzgerald, Keegan, Ker--shajv, Pfimmer; ' 'Morrison, Wrigley, Smith. "B" Teani v. Wanderers, at Anderson Park: Claridge, Gambrill :(2),. ■ Brown ,;ogier, Kerr. Coninjr, Hunter,. ■iKells, 0 Flanagau;' !i Wj!litftiis'. to ww oii» < ,

Catch of the Season. 'laws and Manlung s splendid stock of cricket materials. Courtenay Place.v' Repairs a'speciality.*

' SWIMMING CARNIVAL.-

This afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock, at the . • Thorndon Baths, the Thorndon Swimming Club will hold their thirteenth an- - nuiil .carnival.;' In 1 view of tho forthcoming championship meeting, consider- ■ able interest attaches to tho Carnival, as ;; all. the local "tracks" will bo competing, an'd tlie form shown by them will give : a £bpd idea, as to their chances in the • championships. • In the 300 yards'race R, Healy is on: scratch, and is allow- \ ing Freyberg 3 seconds, and Stranger (a new Wellington swimmer of great promise) 7 seconds. A great struggle should ensue. ; The 100 yards event should also prove exciting, as such ' swimmers as Healy, Ronavne, lloberts, Brice, aid Nelson hayo entered. 'There ' are a number of comic items on the pro- " graiime, and a full band will be in attendance. Afternoon tea will be dispensed free of charge.

■ ® e Wellington Amateur Swimming Club decidfed tho.final of tho 100 yard's . breast-stroke race at the To Aro Baths last evening, tho placed men being:— W. L. Wilson, 14sec., 1;. H. Lees, Msec., 2; H. Levestam, losec., 3. Also started : J. A. M'Lean, 9sec.: L. Silver T ec- ;S. Murrcll, Bsec.; T. Woodcock' , esec; • Timei, 98sec,

A RECORD BROKEN

■ (By Tclerraph.-Prcsj Association.) ' ... ... _ Auckland, January 13. At the Waitemata Swimming Club's carnival to-night 51. E. Champion won the mile handicap in 2omin. 16 4-osec. ■ breaking the New Zealand record.

A CLEAR TRACK.

NUISANCE AT THE BASIN.

The' congregation of unauthorised persons in the near neighbourhood of the track at sports gatherings was severely commented upon at the meeting of tho lopal Centro. of the .New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association last evening, a . l }, was decided that everything possible should be done to abate tho nuisance at the provincial championship meeting which is to be held to-day. J r< . Guys opened firo by declaring that drastic steps should be taken, with a yew to keeping unnecessary people outside, the fence. None but officials and competitors should bo allowed to enter . the enclosure.

The suggestion was heartily approved by the remaining delegates. One of them remarked. tTiafc he had attended a cycling sports meeting held at Lancaster 1 ark in Christchurch on December 26. It was quite a treat," on that occasion to see the way m which tho ground was,-kept clear, of unnecessary intrusion. It was remarked by other delegates, among them Mr. M'Viiiy, president of. the Centro, that even officials were sometimes unnecessarily prominent in the neighbourhood, of the.track and obstructed tho view of spectators. They should sit down when not actually engaged in their official duties, or, at any late, make themselves as unconspicuous as possible. The Centro decided that effective stops should be taken to keep the ground and the track clear at to-day's meeting, and to strictly guard the entrance to the inclosuro against improper intrusion. GREYMOUTH EVENTS. fliy Telegraph.—Press Association.! Creymoutli, January 13. 'Arrangements have been mado by tho ifest Coast Centre of tho Athletic Union for C. Holway. to meet Shivas at Victoria Park on Saturday, February 11, in 75, 100, and 130 yards races, • Holway conceding 2, 3, and 5 yards respectively. Tim Tracey meets Williams in middle- j weight boxing tho same evening. '

BOWLS.

THE AUCKLAND TOURNAMENT. (By Ttlcjrapli.—Press Association.) Auckland, January 13. The annual tournament of the Northern Bowling Association was continued to-day in fine weather. Tho day was dovoted to tho elimination rounds between the winners of tho sections on tho full rink and pairs' match. A full day's play was tho result, and a big programme was practically completed. Tho finals in theso matches will be played tomorrow morning. >.. . , Section ties were played off this morning before the semi-final matches woro played, Norwood (Victoria) beating Martin (Rocky Nook) in tho full rink, whilo in tho pairs Wylie (Newtown) beat Taylor' (Auckland), and Bollock (Newtown) beat Fisher (Cartort®).. The position of affairs at the conclusion of the second round of tho full rink match semi-finals was that all tho southern teams had'been eliminated, leaving it for Auckland teams, to fight out tho semi-final proper. The two Ponsonby teams, skipped respectively by Walker and Parsons, tho Ouehunga team, skipped by Macintosh and Eagleton, the Epsom team, skipped by Parsons and M'lntosh, will meet in the final of the full-rink match, while Martin' (Turanganui) and the winner of Munro and Wakerley will meet in the pairs final. The results are as follow. Champion Rink. Semi-Finals. First Round. / Epsom—R. Eagleton (s.) 25, v. Victoria (scora omitted). Onehunga— M'lntosh (s.) 27, v. Auckland—Dinglo (s.), 23; Ponsonby—Parson (s.) 28 v. Romuera—Dingwall (s.), 16; Thorndon— Parata (s.) 26, • v. Remuera—Paterson (s.V-14.

Byes: Victoria, Norwood (s.); Wellington, T. Ballinger (s.); Newtown, Wylie (s.); Ponsonby, M. Walker (s.). Second' Round. Epsom . (Eagleton), 24, v. Victoria (Norwood), 20. This was a good "go," in which Eagleton was always a little in front. Tho Victoria rink made a great final effort, and almost lion on tho last head, tho Epsom skip being lucky to win by a margin of four. Onehunga (M'lntosh), 25, v. Wellington (Ballinger), 11. This was a runaway win for tho ; Onehunga.rink, who scored on the first head, and afterwards gradually increased the lead until tho game ended in his favour by 25 points to 11. Ponsonby (Parsons), 22, v. Newtown (Wylie), 14. Parsons scored on tho first head, and was always in-tho lead. The . gamG < was never of an exciting nature, being finally won by tho Ponsonby, rink by 22 points to i 4.. ' , Ponsonby (Walker) 22 v. Tliorndon (Parata) 12. This gaino was' further K 0 ?/ .™° su Periority.of local bowlers. Walker.got a 6 on tho third head, and .was never afterwards seriously troubled, finally winning bv 22 points to 12.

Third Round. Onehunga (M'lntosh) 30 v. Epsom 11. The Onehunga rink played a.fin© game, and. soon, assumed a commanding, lead from Eagloton's four, tho score at the twelfth ! head being 20 to 4. A six to Eagleton rethe majority, but M'lntosh kept scoring points, and tho gamo was abandoned on the nineteenth head with 31 Intosh an easy winner. . mw"'n br \ (P^sons) 21 > v - Ponsonby (M. \\ alkor) , 20.The gamo,-was :be-; tween clubmates and wns ; expected'to 1 f®,l' Jw n ''T o3 '''^^rallj lll 'iintici- ( pated that Wa]ker-ti-touW ! irfJiL''' ■It - \i-n s somewhat surprising in the opening leads to find Parsons scoring on a run of heads. \\ alker pulled up. considerably and the game was all square with 3 heads ,to go. Three each were scored on the next two heads, and there wa3 much excitement when tho jack went down for the last head. With the game 20 all Parsons scored a single and W i on j y -,o to . biker's rink had played 18 games in two tournaments without a loss prior to this defeat bv their clubmates. J

Champion Pairs. Semi-finals. First Round.

Sawyer and Martin (s.), 15 v. Newtown Sexton,and Prince (s.)! 9, Carlton, Pollard and Austin (s.), 24 v. Gisborne, Harris and Grcig (s.), 16' Kelburno,'Dinnie and Williamson (s.)i 17 v. Masterton Colo and Blinkthorno (s.) 10; Grey Lynn, Casey and Baildon (s ), 14 v, Hastings, Hall and Smith rf / N : '- ( Ji oy L ?? n ' A " J - " Black and dcII (s.); 21 v. .Mastortoii, Roso and Cresswel! (s.), 16; Rocky Nook. Ellisdon and Wakerley, (s.), 16 v. Eltharn \\ llliams and Carman (s.), 10; To Hiwi Martin and Wiggins (s:), £|3 v. Epsom! Haslett and Watkins (s.), 20; To Hiwi Cohen and Porteous (s.), 26 v. Feilding Barry and Lockhead (s.), 19. Byes Grey Lynn. Healy and . Pascoo (s.) : Newtown, Warwick and Wylio (s.) • Newtown, Duff and Pollock (s.); Mount Eden, Rankin and Saxton (s.); Victoria lossetti and Keith (s.); Onehunga! Cowell and M'lntosh (s.); Hastings, Martin and Hall (s.); Thorndpn, Dinme and Munro (s.)'. - Second Round.

r Turanganui (Marfwyp mfwyp fwypp Lynn (Pascoe) 11; Carlton (Austin) 26 v. Newtown (Wylie). 19; Newtown,(Pollock) 18 v. Kelburne, (Williamson) 16; Grey Lynn (Baildon) 12 v, Mount Eden (Saxton) 10; Grey Lynn (Bell) 15 v. Vic-toria-(Keith) 13; Rocky Nook (Wakerley) v. Onehunga (M'lntosh), Wakerley won by default owing to M'lntosh being engaged in the full rink match; To Hiwi (Wiggins) 20 v. Hastings (Hall) 15; Thorndon (Munro) 13 v. To Hiwi (Porteous) 11. ■ Third Round. Thorndon _(Munro) 20 v. To Hiwi (Wiggins) 15; this gamo was remarkable for the number of dead heads played. Munro was 8 up at the fourth head, and afterwards both Wiggins and his load resorted mainly to driving, and 'in a gamo of 16 heads there were 15 dead heads, > Rocky Nook (Wakerley) 14 v. Grey Lynn (Bell) 12. Wakerley started weil and was always in the lead. . Grey Lyiin (Baildon) 18 v. Newtown (Pollock) 13. Grey Lynn led off with a three, but at the seventh head were three down. A 4 on the next head saw them in the lead, but they lost this, and at the 11th head were 3 down, tho scores being Pollock. 11. to ,8. ,A six by Baildon on tho next' head decided the gamo. Turanganui (Martin) 23 v. Carlton (Austin) 11. Austin led on the Bth liead by 8 to 7, but Martin, scoring a o on the next,' got a lead which he continued to increaso until ho won by a good margin. ' Fourth Round.. Turanganui (Martin) 19 v. Grey Lynn (Gaildon) 12. Tho Gisborne pair went off with a dash, and scored 2 —2—l—s on tho first four heads, aud Baildon then made up the deficit on successive heads, scoring 4—1 —3—2, tho gamo being 10 all at tho Bth head. • Tho gamo was 11 all on tho 10th. head, and then Martin went into tho lead, finally winning with seven points to spare. Thorndon (Munro) v. Rock,y Nook (Wakerley). Tho start of this game was delayed owing to tho number of dead heads in the Wiggins-Munro match in tho preceding round, and when tho game was in an interesting stage, 9 all with three heads to go, rain commenced to fall, and as it was almost dark, tho time being a few minutes to , eight, tho skips'decided to play off the three final heads at the Auckland green at 9. o'clock to-morrow morning.

CHRISTCHURCH TOURNAMENT. (By Telccraph.—l'ress Association.) Christchurcli, January 13. Tho arrangements for the tournament which opens on Monday are well in hand. The total entry of rinks has now been brought up to 72, and all byes have been withdrawn. There aro 144 doubles and 160 singles. Altogether thero are 41 clubs sending representatives. Last year the entry was a record one, there being 108 rinks, 212 pairs, and 226 singles. Visiting bowlers, by special resolution of tho council of the Federal Club, have been made honorary members of .the club during their stay in Christchurcli. CITY TEAMS TO-DAY. Tho following teams have bc-on picked to play for tho Hult Club against Wellington, on tho Wellington green, today : Callender, Palmer, Purdy, Cudby (s.); Hollard, F. Hendry, Seymour, Simpson (s.); W. Hendry, Barlow, Cuff, Sinclair (s.); Stevens, Treadwell, Rishworth, Murphy (5.),; Macaskill, Nicholson, Dawson, Allport (s.).

BILLIARDS,

THE GR-AY-DIGGLE MATCH. By Telczrarti-Press AssoriaUon-Oopyrieht (Rec. January 13, 9.20 p.m.) London, January 13. In the billiard match between G. Gray and E. Diggle at Liverpool, 8000 up, Gray has completed his break of yesterday, at 1169. Gray's total is now 5332, and Diggle's 3223. NOTES FROM ABROAD. Now that it is definitely known that there is to bo no match between Inman and Gray, we can settle down quietly and look around at the other professionals who, in the excitement of tho past few weeks, have been almost forgotten. Tho London "Sportsman" says:—"The Australians thumped quite a big drum. Unfortunately, tney hit it a little too hard, and it burst. In the light of what has transpired, it will seem that the challenge never was meant'for acceptance—tho terms were so impossible. luman, however, accepted them all, not that ho liked them, but to force Gray's hand. The whole-thing was sheer 'buncombe' from first to last."

! It is difficult to fathom the exact reason why Stevenson is by no means so prominent a figure in billiards as his wonderful ability should make him. Possibly the fact that he has contracted himself out to play for one firm has in a measure sunk his individuality. It is a- pity; for the free lanco. billiard player is always a more attractive person 'than tho bound man. At the present moment nobody can challenge Stevenson to a match unless ho is ready to play on a certain table. That would always have to bo the first thing settled in tho negotiations for such a game. In the light of events of tho past, such agreements are not good for the game, and, when the greatest of our players contracts ■himself out, or ties himself down, it is'worse. Of course tho contract may be good for tho individual, but, if such arrangements , continue; tho public will cease to regard professional billiards as a sport at all, and look upon the game merely as trade exhibitions.

THE LONDON TOURNAMENT. At the Soho Square Saloon recently, "Tom" Rccco broke tho long string of defeats which he has sustained at the hands of Melbourne Inman, by beating llje Twickenham player by 821 points. Inman was conceding his opponent 1250 .points., ,In the final session.. Inman,. "playing,Vpith a good •deal:of ! 'caro-<ana caution, contributed breaks of -71, 86, 91, 101, and 13S. Reece treated tho company present to-a really admirablo display, keeping a beautiful position, and showing his well-known delicacy of touch in compiling breaks of 55, CO, 70, and 104. A grand. 2.10 (unfinished) took him homo a winner. Final scores:— Reece, 3000; Inman, 8179.