ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2156, 23 May 1914, Page 13

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

RUGBT FOOTBALL.

ATTRACTIONS FOE TO-DAY.

After a break of three- Saturday, itiitiby matches will bo tcsumed this aitcraoon. At tlm Athletic Park a yloso. interesting gams- is expected, between Oriental and Athletic- Both are unbeaten ttiis season, and both am siiwn to possess strong teams. Fbneko meet, tho improved University team on iNo. 2 ground, and a fast, open game may eventuate.,-- ■ No earl? games arc boij-is played, as all fourth, 'fifth, and sistn-class matches are postponed osv'in" to tho cadet inspection, . At P-cioue* Wellington meet Petone. Tho result or tins gamo will bo watched with more than average interest, as the former combination is reported to be particularly strong this year, and if they beat Mono their match against Oriental and Athletic will attract a lot of attention. The "Dally Jf* Football Boot, worn bv leading payors. Very light, blocked tow, mtt patent inserted stall spring, 'Price Us. ucl. Laws and Maiming, Wellington, Manufacturers and Holders of the Patent Eijllits for N.Z.-Advt.

CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF TOURNEY

AMATEUR CONTEST AT -SANDWICH'. By Seieerapn-Press AiisoclMion-OoDytjgi) London, Slay 21. in the fourth round of tho Amateur poll' Uhampiousliip at Sandwich Hmfi'X, > A Werky, Gup and t> to play; M I'arlano Beat Mvans, 4 and 3; Black* well beat Hilton, 2 and 1: Graham beat (iiUies, 2 and 1 j Hutchison beat Weber 6 and 4; Ellis beat- -Tubbs, 2 up; Mul- : Holland .beat Head at the twentieth' nolo; iVlMaol Scott boat- Mellin, 1 rip; h. Smith boat Lockhart at tho nineteenth hole; Jenkins beat Hambro, 7 and ii. Points of tho Play.

Hilton frequently outdrovo Blaskwell; but throughout was lamentably short with liis putts. Blagkwetl, though eralways managed his putts. t M'farlouo playtid golf sue! as has nitlierto not been soon at Sandwich, lie reached tie turn ia thirty,- where livans was five down. M'Farlane, at tho iiftk hoie, with a ton yards putt, holed in tho sixth from tho edge of the green, and holed in tho seventh from thirty yards. Ho holed his ninth from four yards, breaking all Jmowa records. Coming . home, M'Fnrlano was not brilliant. Ho won the, twelfth imiej lost the- next three, and won the 'sixteenth, where Evans twice bardwrei Owimfet admits that Tubbs outplayed him, showing superior golf, 'i'ubbs was also guick to take advantage of the American's mistakes. Fifth Round, In tho fifth round Phillips (Newport) beat Blaekwell at the nineteenth ii.ole'; E, Smith (.Royal St. George) beat M'Farlane, 2 up; Graham (Royal Liverpool) beat Ellis at the nineteenth hole; Jenkins (Troon) beat Michael Scott (Victoria), 4 and 3 j Hazlett (Royal Portrush) beat Carr, 3 and &; Hunter (Sunningdnlo) beat Hutchison, 1 up: Hurd- | pliriss (Kidderminster), beat Campbell, 1 1. up; Kolesar (Sain Lodge) beat Mul- : land, 2 and I, | Whitton was easily defeated. His hitting; was indifferent. Ho was repeatedly as well placed as Lockhart, but^ missed his short putts. The heat was iiifcmiso. (Rec. May 22, 8.89 p.m.) London, May- 32. In tho third round Gillies had 'an easy victory over Weaver. He gave' a superb display, Weaver being ? down. At the turn Giilics had o holes in fours, and 4 holes in threes. Ho could iiavo tloiio the. sixth holo in 2, but feared a stymie at the eighth bote. Ifo hit tho back of tho pin with his first puifc. ■_ Gilties w'ill now play Graham, which recalls the strtiggfo between those two players in the. fifth round -of the oliampionship of lOIOj when Gillies was defeated.

Playing against S-irnes, Graliam turned one up. Gillies levelled it at the tenth boles but was two down at the sixieeitth.

BILLIARDS

ALCOCK'S DINER, HANDICAP. Aleock's billiard dinor handicap contest- advanced another stage last evening, with tho following results:—A, Loiigmore (sei\) defeated P. A. Readc. by SO points: J. W. Collinsdefeated JL H. Nagfe by 75 points; E. R. Jaeobscu (sei*.) beat A. J. Turner (roe. 100), by 60 points; S. Gribbie (ow© 100) beat 11. _Jj. Cunliffe (rec. 18) by 1 points. Tins Was a very exciting co'iitpst. Grib* bjo just getting home in time. Ho played very consistently, making runs of 36, 24, 22, 32, 21, and 20. The games for Monday are as under;—At 7.30 p.m.: Win. Erase* v. A. Cerulty; A, J. Bennett <t. V. E. Bennett. At 8.80 p.m.: E. IS T . Kctmau r. A. G. Grnbhani; W. Kell r. E, A/Noes.

EKGtISH COUNT* CRICKET

PEATS OP THE WEfiK. By Tslcgrapli-Press /irtocistion-Copyright Uficion, May 21. "In the county orwkoi. match 'against Yorkshire, Hampshire in the first innings niadn 410 runs of which Mead compiled 213. In tho jnatcli against Minor Counties, pie Marylebone Club declared its first innings closed at S3B runs for sax wickets, of tvliieli Frank Tarrant (the e'sVictorwn) made 77, and J. W. Hearnß 228. Against Surrey, Somerset in tho first venture mad* 77. Hitch took four vac kets for 17 runs.

LAWN TENNIS

BROOKES AT SUBBI'fON. By I'e\vzm.nh-Vto!j3 'ABsooiatlon-Ooßyrlpbj a. ,i , , . L Wtft)n, May '21. At tho lawn tennis tournament at hurbiton, Brookes bant Kitscn, 6-0 o—l, in tho fourth round. '

Bowlersi be up-to-date, fit yDUr hands with Bussev-'s Composite Bowl, Siii «lb