AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1957, 14 January 1914, Page 4

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

The Amateur Athletic Association has decided (<i hold the animal Wellington provincial championship meeting on February 11. TIMES HAVE CHANGED IN BOXING. SINCE GEORGE WASHINGTON'S DAY. SEQUEL TO A FATAL BOUT. IJy Tolttraph-Pron Assodalion-Conyriiht Los Angolas, January 12. f.'eiirge Washington's leanings towards cork-lighting, and British sportsmen's participation in boxing, w?re quoted by a defence attorney during the trial of Jesse Willard for tho manslaughter of Bill Young (who was knocked out by Willard' at Los Angclss on August 21 1 last, and died after an operation for cerebral haemorrhage). Council contended that since tho Marquis of Quceusbury revised the rules gentlemen liked to participate, in boxing, but did not liko prize-lighting. The prosecuting attorney answered that whether Washington approved of eock-lightiiig or not did not apply in the present day, as (he lair li:is changed since Washington's time. Similarly, the law had changed in regard to boxing. OVERSEAS SPORT. Br Telecrapli—rrow Association—CopjrleM THE BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP. London,. January 12. Recce's scare in the billiards chanipionohip match is li,ob'3, including iirenks of 282 and -117.. Gray's score is OCO9, including a break of 54V. CRICKET GROUND LICENSE AND PONY RACING. Brisbane, January 13. Tho City Council has declined to renew tho license for the Cricket Ground until tjio trustees have discontinued pony racing. AUTOMOBILE TOURING CONTEST. Sycinoy, January 13. The* joint committee of the Automobile Club of Australia and the Victoria Automobile Club lias announced the result of the touring contest from Melbourne to Sydney as follows:—Turner (Menz), I ; Hill '(Talbot), 2; Hoetto (Benz), 3. M.C.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA. (Rec. January 13, 9.35 p.m.) Cape Town, January 13. Playing against the Marylebone Club the Transvaal team, in their first innin"s, scored 235 —Leroux 69, Meinxes 87." Marylebone made 330 in the first innings—Mead 140, Douglas 73. Transvaal, in the second innings, have two wickets down for 21. The advent of the rain caused , the abandonment of tho match. TOURING BOWLERS FOR NEW ZEALAND. (Reo. January 14, 0.10 a.m.) Sydney, January 14. Tho following bowlers will sail for New Zealand on January 21: —Mullaney, Rndke, Fitzgerald, Jones, Gale, M'Lcan, Hicks, Jolly, Clark, Hawke, Wheeler, Raffan, Jenkins, Denyer, Walker, Gay (all from New South Wales); Mather, Mair, Burton, Leslie (Victoria); Irving, Overell, Hamilton, Collins, Vallely (Queensland); Norris (South Australia).