LACROSSE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1114, 29 April 1911, Page 13

LACROSSE.

The final practice matches of lacrosso will take place at Duppa Street Reserve to-day. Tho cup contests will commence on Saturday next, Jlay 6. KING'S FESTIVAL. Tho King's Festival at tho Town Hall continues to attract. There was a good 'attendance last night, and a brisk business was clone. In the final of the tug-of-war competition, the Drivers defeated the Druids, and Sandow secured a victory over O'Leary at catch-as-catch-can wrestling. During the evening an interesting, exhibition of weight-lifting was given by the pupils i of Mr. O'Leary. BOXING. Billy Murphy, the ex-light-weight champion boxer of New Zealand, is to bo tendered a benefit by the Northern BoxiDg Association at Auckland on May 8. Tim Tracy, of Wellington, has consented to take part in the tourney on that occasion. BOWLS. KHANDALLAH CLUB. ..The,following rinks will' represent Khandallah on the Hutt green to-day: —Plimmerj; Bourke, m/Thomson, uM'Arthur (s.) ;■• Vincent, Willans, Bates, Davy (s.); Bourke, Wright, Fleming, I Plimmer (s.). TARANAKI DEFEATS GOULBURN. | Us Tclccraph—Press Association—Oopyrieht i (Rec. April 29, 0.10 a.m.) ' Sydney, April 28. The Taranaki bowlers defeated Goulburn by 68 to 52. LAWN TENNIS. THE DAVIS CUP. By Teleiraph—Press Association-Copyrisbt London, April 27. America has declined to play the preliminary round of the Davis Cup in England, owing to inability to securo a team to go both to England and New Zealand. • RITCHIE DEFEATS WILDING. London, April 27. In the Queen's Club covered courts tennis ehamnionship. M. J. G. Ritchie defeated A."F. Wilding, 6—3, 6—B, 6-71, 1-6, 6-4. MARS BUCKLEY CUP. Sydney, April 28. New South Wales defeated Victoria in the Mars Buckley Cup by ten rubbers to two. BILLIARDS. -. -I THE GRAY STROKE. I By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrisht London, April 27. Lindrum, the New South Wales billiard champion, is practising the Gray stroke. Playing against Williams during tho week he made two red-ball breaks of over five hundred each.

Y-M.C.A. WORK. In a letter to Mr. Holmes, the local Y.M.C.A. secretary, Mr. AV. Gillanders, the newly-appointed secretary of the Sydney Y.M.C.A., states that ho will enter upon his duties on July 1. He is at present speaking on the results of his decent Eastern tour at various 'church gatherings in Victoria. The Rev. Harry Lang, the Y.M.C.A. missionary secretary in Hyderabad, India, has entered upon his work, and writes pleasantly of his reception in India. He is at present studying Hindustani.