ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1730, 22 April 1913, Page 7

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

BOXING & FUNDS, _ WELLINGTONftASSOCIATION. • DWINDLING BALANCE.' ONE REMEDY POINTED OUT. At\tho -'tenth. annual meetiiig of tlio Wellington Boxing Association last.night Mr. E. W; M'Villy presided over an attendance of about 30 members'. , Tlio annual report (particulars of illicit have already been published) and the bal-ance-sheet wero adopted. Wanted: Fewer Events but Better Ones. In moving tlio adoption of tho report, tho chairinai 'remarked that 110 did not do so With (illy feelings of pleasure.' Tho .position'which tlio association found itself in this yc-ur ivas to bo regretted. To give members some idea !of tlio serious state of affairs, the chairman recalled a, little of the association's history. This showed that .from a small credit balance in 1905 the organisation had forged steadily ahead Until ;at tho end of tho 1010 season, tho funds amounted to .£509 17s. In the following season tho credit, balance had been reduced to .6105, and still further .redilced in 1012 to J!33i 15s. Gd. ' At tho end of 1913 tho balance was only 0C172 16s. 10d.. to that thero . had been an actual loss of JEI6I- 19s. Bd. oit tlio gear's operations. In the chairman's opinion, the causes of the • losses were not fnr to seek. In Wellington they /had'a discriminating 'public, anil the association had educated them up to good sport,-andwhen good sport was put on-they could get tlio'-public te'eome. This year eight matches had been held,., and tlio committco had reason to. believo that tho people, •who had . been "singing out" that the-association was not' doing 'enough for local boxers, would roll up •when local talent was eOcured. But ,tho

publio hfiddefinitely shtiwn tho-associa-tion that'thoro .vas such a. thing-_ as putting on too.'many contests. < In his .opinion-tho association would have to re- \ vert to the old position if it -.wished to got bnck on its old financial footing. It must'not .be forgotten thut if the. publio pocket was beingconstantly taxed theycould not hope to reap a profit on .every ■ niatoh. ■ He advocated a policy of .fewer . matches of a better class, and ho considered^,that; the meeting should indicato to the incoming committee that it was desirable "that the old order of things should bo reverted to. -If they were .goiijg to ' put on the same class of . contest as had ■ been put.' on during the last two years, then .tlw association was going ..to be .wiped out, ■

Lean Days in. Other Centres. , Jlr: ~G. J. Ey.an pointed out that the disastrous, season that the association had experienced' had been felt-in. other, paws. This association- .was not by any' means alone. The'Duiiedin Association was'&lmost,.bankrupt, the Auckland Association had also had a -very disastrous year, and numerous country associations 'had likewise experienced very had times. Only about three.associations had been able to report a , successful year. Various unforeseen;' circumstances had handicapped the committee, but'had it not been for tho unfortunate feather-weight tournament the- result would not have been, nearly as bad as it was. The committee had -certainly overreached itself, but it had dono so in an • effort ;W encourago JoCal talelit. Mr. Ryan then quoted figures from,several balance-shcots of- different associations, among them being Gisborne, one of tho plticcs where a profit had been made. . \ 1 . . Optimistic Note Struck.'- ■' Mr. John Fuller, jun,, said that ho jfouldnoj 'JjtejJtf that the public was apathetic as regards boxing. v That was not so, but sucji an impression .might havo ; been takenfrom somo.iot' .-tho • remarks, of, previous "speakers.... Perhaps, tli'ey .had 'had ~a;littlo. too much'boxing, o)ut tho fact was'that, no matter ho\v:good.a showman one was, it. was impos'sibla to. get the 'receipts' if tho' goods: did not offer. Referring to what had been said about Gisborne, Mr. Fuller, pointed out' that Gisborne was , "a soft of isolated place, und they, fly at ..anything that comes along." (Laughter.).- '. Eloction of Officers. • There-was considerable discussioii over the election of-officers, and this is referred! to elsewhere. Tho election resiilted as follows Patron, tho Eight Hon. Sir Joseph Ward; president, Jlr. E.' 'A. Blundell; vice-presidents, Dr. H. J. M'lean, Messrs. Jno.'Fuller, jun., J. I'. Maxwell,.H. Nelson, E. W. M'Villy, J. L.. Day, C. B. Rodgers, and J. 11. Owen; committee of management,' Messrs. F; Gale, C. E. Bridge. W. A. Pordham, LI. A; Dawson, J. E. Staples;-N. Coffey, G-. J- Ryan, W. W. Cook, and 11. C.'_ (,-ooper; hou', medical examiners, Dr. J.. P. M'Evedy, Dr. G. Tolhurst, Dr. H, A. H. Gilmer, Dr. .Matthew Holmes, and Dr. 11. Harding; lion, solicitor,.Mr. T. M. Wilford; representative.iir Australia, Mr.-J, Barr;,,lioii.' treasurer, Mr. B. A, Guise; • hon.- secretary,. Mr.. W, ,G.' Talbot. ...

THE 'WEEK'S RUGBY.

GROUNDS, MATCHES AND CONTROL. The following are the Rugby fixtures, grounds, and referees for the various city and suburban contests on Saturday-.— , ; . Senior Matches! PetoniT v. Poneke, at Athletic Park, No. 1; Mr. J. Francis. Melrose v. Oriental, at Athletic Park, No. 2; Mr. I{. Ev'enson. • Victoria College v. Athletic, at Polo No % l;Mr. T. H. Jones. . Wellington v. St. James, at Fetone,,No, It Mr. W. Church. ' ' ' ■. Junior Matches. • Porirua v. Selwyn, at Porirua; Mr/.W. J. Meredith'. , • • : • Poneke v. Marist Old Boys, at Polo, No. 2; Mr. A-. Thompson. Victoria College v. Oriental,, at Polo, No. 3 j Mr. K. Fordyce. Wellington, v..l'etone, at Petono, No. 2; Mr. R. Simpson. - Athlctio '.v. St. James, at Polo, No. 4; .Mr. J. P. Sullivan. Melrose;.a.-bye. '' Third-class Matches. •: Melrose v. Old Boys, at Sharpe's, No. 3; Mr. C. H. Clinkurd... Wadftitown v. Selwyn, at Anderson Park; Mr. H. Lurway. Poneke v. Johnsonville, at Jolinsonville; Mr. C. Taplin. Victoria College v. Marist Old Boys, at Miramar Park, No. 1; Mr. J. Moffatt Wellington',A v. Oriental, ut Miramar Park, No. -1; Mr. L. Cozens. Wellington College v. Y.M.C.&:, at College, at 3;' Mr. .A. M. Hunt. Athletic v. Tipper Hutt, at Upper Hutt; Mr. J. Goodwin. Wellington B v. St. Patrick's College, at Miramar Park, No. 2; Mr. R, Wilkinson. Petono". v. Berhampore, at Sharpe's. No. 1; Mr. T. Siines. Fourth-class Matches. Selivyn v. Molro.se. at Miramar Parle, at 3j Mr. C. C. Roskru.'y. _ Poneke v. St. James, at Wakefield Park: Mr. 11. Scott.

Wellington A. v. Oriental, at,Newtown I'ark. at II; Mr. A. Kean.

Wellington B v. Pel one, at. Shnrne's, No. -; jlr. C. P. Lynch. . •

Athletic v. Old Boys, at Miramar Park, No. Si; Mi;, 1). A. Taylor.

•TofinsoiLVille y. United Methodists, at 'Kclbiirno Park; Mr. A. Anstim. ,

' Fifth-class Matches. Melrofc v. Wellington College B, at College at 1.10; Mr. A. C. Kitto. SeUvyn v.: Wellington Colleges A, at.College at 3; Mr. Wv Roberts; Johnsanvillo v. I'oneke, at. JolinsouTille; Mr. W. C. Welch. Athletic.v; St. .lames, at Athletic Park, I.4ss'Mr. B. T. Bailey. Pelono y. -3Tarist Old Boys, at Petonc, 3; Mr.; V. Martin. Oriental v. St. Pp trick's College. A, at Newtown Park. 1.45;- Jlr. C. It. Ingram. . St. Patrick's College B; a'bye. : ". Sixth-class Mutcliefi. Athletic v. AVellingtou College,, at Wellington College, at 1.15; Jlr. S. Standcn. f'oioiie v. St. l'iitriVk's Wege'. at A.lhlptic Park, at 1.-lo; Mr. L. I'., Keys." I'oiicke, a byu.

ASSOCIATION,

■ A HUGE ATTEND'ANCB. By Telccraph—Press Association—Copyright , London, April 20. It is officially stated tlmt at tlio" playoff of tlio Association Cup tio between Aston Villa mul Sunderland—won by the former by ono goal to nil—thero was an attoadanco of 121,91!) spectators.

RIFLE SHOOTING.

' .THE UPPER HU'L'T CLUB. On Saturday the ITpper Hutt liif 1 o Club continued Us competition for trophies presented by Messrs. John Barton, \V. Cireig, E. Quin'n, and J. Findloy. The scorn also counted for the AVill'ord Ajisroßiito, Rifleman W. J. Grois getting. a "lp»-in." Tbo following wcro the highest scores iIOO 500 (HD yds. yds. yds. Hp. Tl. W. .T. Greig 30 .'M ® 1 !1G J. Whiteinan ... 3!l 31 31 1 !I6 A. Weir :i "!) 30 32 S !I6 Tulce Whiteman 33 3:1 25 1 M I'. Wilkio 32 28 30 0 90

CLUB-SWINGING.

BURROWS COMPLETES 107. HO UKS; ty TeloirraDh—Press Association—CoDj'rieht ... London, April 20. ■ "Tom" Burrows, afttT swinging the clubs continuously for 107 hours,, gave up, in a delirious condition. . Oxygen had been twice previously administered to• prevent Burrows going to sleep from .exhaustion. [At Ipswich Queensland, in October last, Harry J. Lawsoli established n world's endurance record by swinging the clubs for 112 hours'ls miniites.l •

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

DOEMEE'S EECORD. At a meeting of tlio executive of the New .Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, held last night, an, application was received for confirmation of tho record (2min. 16 3-ssec.) for 1000 yards, registered by A.' W. Dormer at Auckland on March 1. The application was lield .over pending' further information as to the testing of tho watches. ,