Sports & Pastimes

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2051, 30 November 1907, Page 4 (Supplement)

Sports & Pastimes

THE TURF. The American jockey, I). Alaller, ,is .sinid to lie worth £150,000, ami ill piobubly retire from the Turf at the end of next season. Among Milker's inveslineiiiits was a wellknown hotel on Broadway, Neiv A ork. The idaco was a failure, and was closed, hut Alaher is credited with having a lot of money profitably invested ill real esifato in iris home town, Hartford, Oonn. At the.same time, that: £150,000 sbems d tail or- < I til- for -a jockey even as suei-eeffiail «s Aliuiher. An AmeriiCan writer memtioiis Iflmfc Teal iSiiaan, who, since his retire'.nn.at firoim aetive railing, Bias had quite a .strenuous career, was urirried a few weeks ago to an cxceeilingly pu-itty young actress, A hiss Jailia .Soiulerson, wiith whom ihiis name has berm associated lor a eauple of years. T'l: little ex-joekey lli-is been trying ids hand at quite a number of ••.professions,” anil, judging by his appearance recently, he acinus to hai e prospered, il-f is career as a join nails,l anil t ipster was brief; nr a luomilogiie artist in the variety stage lie failed to drew. His name, coupled with that of Air “Aluggsy” AfeGiaw. 111,. lighting manager of the New York Basehiall O'uI), failed to- make billiard room ipay, but still Toil was at the races every day. J! is. said lie lias hail a very successful season backing 'em.

Apologue, who was purchased on bcilralf of an Imlian prince, .its not, after all, to lcnvc Australia for .some time. Jle could not arrive in India in time to lie got ready for,any of the' coming big meetings, and ho is to remain im Alelboan-ne for a few months, in W. Hickenbotham’s charge. AYeight-ifnr-age races are to be his special mission, but it is improbable tin it he will faro well in .Those events if his opponemts dnclude either AloiHitain Kling. or s'jsi'idon. A piling no was bred at t!ho Sylvia Park h'ltud, and was bought as a yearling for 22ag.ns. Ivy Air Al. Ericdiia nder, who, a few months later, re-sold him at auction for 255g5. In order to dissolve a partnership. Apologue was again submitted to unotion ns a three-year-old, and Air R. Cfl rf a nil, who had previously held n h.alf-'hare in him, bought him outright. for IUOOgs. At that time Apologue’s form so little wiari-.uiteil the price im;id for him that, Air Olelar.d was generally reckoned to 1-ave given considerably more for him than lie was worth, and that idea appeared to be thoroughly confirmed alien the son of Phoebus A mil io failed to win a single race during '>’s thiee-ycar-old season. However, All- Clelund persevered with rim, m.l ’ a « been well repaid for doing so. BOWLING. {By “Toucher.”) Entries for the Turangamii Club’s Handicap ldairs closed on 'iliiitrs.lay witii a splendid list. 1 hear that the chib will have quite a number of competitions going this season, as trophies arc being donated by Alcssrs Morse, Alackrcli, Aiattheivsou, Alartin, Wimson. Bennett and of hi is.•It has been suggested that the competition for the Bennett Gup be comm cue id early and that it be continued through the season. In tills competition every player meets every player, and i think the suggestion made n wise one, as it will enable each and eveiv one to play at their cun vcnience.

I would like to see a system adopted on both greens putting in force a rule that sides .lie picked at 2 o’clock sharp on Thursday and Saturday afternoons, anil thus howlers would 'lm enabled to complete their games early. I 'have been informed that tin’s system prevails on the young club’s green. The amended rules of the Northern Bowling Association are to hand, and would repay perusal by new and old members. The constitution is amended in that all clubs affiliated must have greens. An altered rule with regard to throwing the jack is that if the jack he thrown into the ditch at any head, the op-' posing pal tv shall throw it anew, but not play first. Tlie old rule left the -mutter optional with the opposing skin. Every rule snouhl be studied inrilull/ l>v new players, hut there is one 1 wish to draw particular attention to, and that is with regard to “.burned” bowls and jacks. If a player touches the ja-.-li or bowls ".in play” with nis fingers, lie makes himself liable to the penal-, ties imposed, namely, the bo.vl so (touched by the party to which it belongs may be removed from the green by the opposite party. A now game of “Points” ’» furnished with the how rules or tlie N.B.A. The gfime I think v.-ill take on, and on a. future occasion I will take the opportunity to describe it.

Argument is to bo heard on noth greens as to which club at Auckland will furnish tho best green for tho approaching tournament. Aly tip is Devomport.. Apropos of this matter I would say that the best green in the North Island is at l.''eikling.

Looking 'at players on the Gisborne green I consider I’altridge to have a good outside chance for Ah Gisborne Club championship. “Nearly -all our players are skips ' says a .Gisborne bowler, leferi-ing satirically to recent matches. The.'first round in the. Handicap Fours of the Gisborne Club has not vet been completed, and it has been decided to extend the time di completing the first round to Thursday next, When uncompleted games \v. be forfeited. The Gisborne Club’s Bandi.:.i;> Pairs were commenced during tho week,- and the contests so far are proving close. The result ol the competition is very open. On Thursday last t.liu Giilorne committee appointed Alessrs E Alartin and T. A. Crawford as the two skips for the Auckland tournament. The Tiiraiiganui Club’s committee have chosen their rep. rinks. From the nominations received they have made a good selection.

1 notice that the members of the Gisborne and Turangamii Oiiiln; are putting in solid practice for itilie tournamemt, but .1 should think that the silowness of the Turanganui green would not be conducive to the best bowling practice in view of the fast greens at Auckland. I would suggest that a friendly invitation be sent by the Gisborne Club, asking that, the two Tnranganui teams avail themselves of the Gisborne green for practice till the tournaincut eveil tui ites.

Auckland seams behind hand with, their bowling season. 1,-t ims only last Saturday that the Jart of the Auckland Clubs opened tlio.ir green, the -v.-eadhtii', J befie-ve, having been unseaitable for .play. No doubt, however, solid practice will! nut the Auckland texms in good fettle for the tournament.

After the tournament Aucklanders will look law ward to their Australian tinp,. Thirty or more players of the AYa iteibata City have decided to visit “tllie idhe side,” and no doubt they will have a good time, whether ■they w in or lose. ihe New Zealhnd Bowling .Association (South Island) hold the.ir tournament iu January next.. lutorest in that to urn am cut is. of eculsc, great ‘‘down south,” and a •successful function is sure to eventuate.

-1 month, or two after their tour* •Tin men t the bout-hern Association intend sending ■ i number of titrong teams to New SVulli Wales to return tlu* V:isi.t oi hist season. CYCLING. At an early ilule. arrangements are to bo completed by Air H. Anderson for the first race for the Townley Cup. The race will he to Afakaur.i and hack, and with the roads in decent order, some good racing should result.

ROWING. TRAINING. By “Onlooker.”) Although the rowing season lias nliT'iady commenced and ono set of fours has been rowed by "both sheds, it may not bo Loo Into even now to deal briefly with the tho important subject of training. _ It may be safely stated iil-al tho action of rowing exi'ircisi'S moio muscles in the body fhtin any other sport, lienee the necessity u who beat results are to be obtained, tor a thorough and even development of the entire musculir system. Micro are some rowers, and a goodly number too, who think That all that is neceiKsary to lit them lor a race •to go out say four or five tunes a week in the boats in order fo_ bring them in to the necessary “pink ol condition.” it muy bo a good tiling no doubt, to develop the muscles by this moans, if the rower can row /correctly, but I venture to think that i'liis alone is not sufficient for thoso who are thoroughly in earnest over the sport, and who desire to get t'lic greatest- amount of good out of it. There must be some means ot aiding devclonmeint other than Ai.6, and there will be found 'nothing better thun freth air. a pair ofilumbbetis: good food anil a wall to keep coutinuaMy at the work ot lihysical improvement, i place fresh air lirst, because it is recognised as tho ■meet potent factor in the acquirement n't perfect health, loot .’tho rower, or would-be rower, get into the lnibit of deep and steai-.v breathing, filling t'lie lungs to tlie fullest capacity, at all tames of, the day, from when lie wakes in the morning and takes his full breaths- of. fires* .air at the open window until ho “turns in” ait night, and he avail lie well on the way to the desired fitness, not only during tho rowing season, but throughout his life. Ooming to the matter of dumbbells, I might recount a conversation which I had with a friend the other day. I ventured to speak strongly in favor of systematic dumb-bell development as an excellent means of gaining all round healtliandstrength and was met by this remark. “But,” said my friend, “dumb-bells tend to make you slow and awkward!” I think those who'have tried them will have no hesitation iai contradicting this statement. There is only one tilling that is likely 'to produce slowness, and that is an uneven development, when one or two sets of muscles have been strengthened auil the others neglected. “A chain is as strong as its weakest Link. ’I Imagine the aburdity of-.a AVebb or ail Arnst- with spindle-shank legs or weak and emaciated trunk or arms! Systematic and gradual exorcises tend rather to produce alertness and aetiveness, because each set of muscles is working in perfect harmony with its fel-lows. My advice to those who are taking part in any athletic exercise or who wish to bring their bodies into perfect, health is to procure a good pair of dumb-bells (spring-grip for preference) and carry out the exercises given on the chart- accompanying each pair systematically, and 1 venture to say lie will in a few weeks be in far better condition to take part ill the every day affairs of li-fo. For the strengthening of the legs, abdominal and shoulder muscles skipping will also be found an excellent exercise. It not only hardens and makes the muscles supple, but it will also be found to improve ' the “wind” to a considerable, extent.

‘Let me also say a few words relative to the subject of diet. Although there are rSuldists who will lay down a hard and fast rule of diet to suit everyone, which includes nuts and dry bread, cheese and water and so on, those who take a broader viio.iv of the matter agree that no special set of rules clin bo given to suit every individual. It i.s more generally recognised that a healthy stomach can digest almost any simple food, provided it ’ e taken regularly land in moderation, never allowing the- stomach to be,comic over full. During the hot •weather there may be placed, with advantage, a restriction on the use of meat and rich and greusy 'foods, and to partly substitute 1 here! or as much ripe fruit and green vegetables as can be reasonably obtained. Plenty of pure water '.which should now be obtained hi abundance) taken internally and externally in tllie morning anil evening will"be found an excellent tonic and cleanser. It is perhaps unnecessary to add. that excessive use of alcoholic drinks does not tend to improve either tlie athletes health or stamina.

In conchisio.il,, I think that if members of both sheds will make ■up their minds to get themselves into thorough training by systematic exorcise, those who are looking o.n will have no complaint to ■make from a spectacular point of view when tho forthcoming races take place. There is not much to record this week regarding rowing. Roth sheds have been engaged in training hard for tho races commenced last night, and it is confidently .asserted that the final in each race will bo worth seeing. Last night the first heats of the Gisborne Club’s fours for Mir E. Harvey Gibbon's trophies were rowed, Kershaw meeting Camming, and Bright meeting Huscke. To night Rnyly meets Hamilton. Tho Poverty Bay Chib’s Handicap Doubles were also commenced last night. ATHLETICS. In an article in the Chicago “Tribune,” headed “Have Athletes Reached (Record Limit P” E. J. Sullivan has the following reference to a. Now Zealander who anay be found representing the Dominion at tho Australasian dbanipions'bin meeting early next year:—We have two great nnlers in America this year. r J hoy arc both college runners, one east and one west. ,Haskins of Pennsylvania and Coe of Michigan are ■the two, each bettor than the distance crops of years. Coe has been neaten b.v Haskins, and outside of l-nun 20sec: so, far ,as be rises above hi:; recent predecessors ns champions, lie yet can lay no claim to the sneed . and endurance that would spell 4 min 12sec. But Haskins must be watched, for he never has been beaten. The mail who never has been bditen is the man whose well has not been pumped dry. lAlay looked at Ha skins running tmin 18see time trials, and June watched him down file Wolverine, Gne, in- Jmin 20sec :>sec—America’s fastest in a round .Years. Haskins won liris college c uimpionship in time like that, and •then followed up with an even paced bt.o m lulln 57 4-osec. The first. half , , Lls , !ll ilo was no faster tha.ii his fast; ho set his own pace most of tne distance, and, hampered in his gun break, lie won in 4min 20 2-3 sec. proving himself undoubtedly the best miler the world has seen in .many days, and capable of time that v. ould threaten Ooirneff’s amateur ,"', 01 'hl s record of Amin 13 3-3,sec. liumo. are college triiiners who crerut Haskins with Conncfl’s- ability, ‘'|. K I 'Alike AJ.urpliy flic Great talks Jfiasloiiis in tiho same breath' with fchrirbb and George, In the 440 yards race at tiio re- I cent N.S.W. Ohiimpiondhip meeting special interest centred in :be (vent by reason of the re-appearance on b'J 0 track o f Nigel Barker jf Iho i arsity A.C., -tho Austr.il ision sprint champion, to all intents and purposes, no.t having been in action since lus visit to Athens :o v the Olympic Games, and to England. Barker was opposed by A. J. Wl- - kins, 100yds. and 220yds champion of Queensland, and the cream of our sprinters. Ec\v, outside his club mates, knew anything of the present form of Barker. As a matter of fact, he had been training well

.and getting back to someth'i.ng fairly close to ii.is ‘best form until a lew days before Ihe meeting, when ho hiolco down in till© old spot where ho went in England—a kick tendon of tho thigh. Although personally of tlie opinion that starting was out of tllio question, he visited Dir Otto Boihi'sniaiiJi, and that expert rather . astonisQied the ’\’arsify crack hi}’ giving him permission to strip. r Jlli.o -l-aeo was run exactly to suit Barker, as Wilkins cut out tllie l'liiinill.g ut so stroiiig a pace Dimfc the back of fllie opposition was broken ait a furJong. Two braiickrcd yards from home Barker slipped to tllie front and won without turning a hair iu fifty-one and three-fifths seconds. ~LAWN TENNIS. The Gisborne Chib’s tournament is making satisfactory progress laud most of tho preliminary rounds are Upv completed. The counts are becoming a shade faster with the fine weather, but they are exceedingly bumpy, and it is almost impossible for exhibit fast and accurate play. 'J!li© lawns, moreover, do not appear to b© cut with sufficient frequency. Tho meeting which was held on Saturday night to deal with tho vexed question of how to arrange for mein's singles and fours without unduly restricting ladies’ play produced an animated discussion in which all phases of tlie subject wore freely ventilaite.il. AYilien it cn-ino to voting tllio committee had an easy win, but it is hoped tho chief result of tho meeting will (have been to show players that there are two sides to every question and that only by mutual forbearance can harmony be achieved. | BOXING. FE ATHtE R-WIE.I GiH!T CHiAM PION'SiH'IP OE NEW ZEALAND. A-fifteen-rouml glove fight to decide tllio professional feather-weight championship of New Zealand for a purse of CO sovs. was witnessed by a crowded audience at tho Wellington Opera House on Monday, n.iujhit, tllie contestants being T. Hanley of Sydney and J. Godfrey ef AncleBand. Hiahley was ihe more scientific boxer, but the New Zealander was the more vigorous and won on points after a twelve rounds con-, test.