ATHLETICS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 3

ATHLETICS.

' Slranolov ' Lewis is keeping up his icputation tor disarranging hi" opponents breathing apparatus. In a recent match with Ponnis (ialla<;her at- IWslhilo, N. V., Lew is a,ot in his dually woi k and ( ho gentleman with tho Irish name was black in the i face and fast approaching tho silent shot (5 when the police rushed on to the eaipotand pulled Lewis bodily o(T his vicliin. Piofessor William Miller is in Phd.uld phia and has made a depo-it of X'-MO with the sportint> editor of a paper in lhat eil\ to wro-tlo, box, and lift weights against any man m Anionea for MOOO a sidy . Aitluir Chambei s is anxious to back -'on Acton of Philadelphia to w uv,t.lo Mill- i , besf two in Ihici' falls, eUhei iJi.ooo Hum in 01 c.itch ,is-catoh-ca'i, foi "»()() 01 SUMO .1 .side. Moth appeal intr anxious (lieie ou<_dit to be no trouble in ai ran^inji the mat t h The Scot eh \.whl clubs of Ihe Clyde ha\e ajiieed to permit tin 1 im 1 of eenlielioif'ls in mi) ill yachts built !<>r ia» m<^ purpose-, and li l- said lh.il (lie Ko)al CUde Yacht ('In I) metbta't^s tlnow ni'j, oj>en its -umnu i l.teos to boalsoi all nations, whe'ht'i eentii -ho.ud or ke*-l. Aw liter in (he New Yoik 'Spiiil of (he Tlinei rontiilnites tho following. At ipuseni < lie l.iitisli \,icht^maM is 11 1 11 1 ;^ <i i n <j, him^elr with tiu 1 notion lh.il all 1 ii< lrceni dcfe.tt in Ameiiea are duo to the pie-cine 'ol 'In wonderful eentic bojml This i-. now ! the uie'it OJ\ in I'Jnul.iud. AW (he> waul. i- (o build eeutie l>oud boat •* .in<! s< nd t'u m oxer to eoini»elc ioi tlu c up, .md thai, Ne'.i'iable riiunionl 1-. bound to <j.n h.ick to MiiLil md .u out c. In i,ir(, t') juduc b\ t'lc (one of the uii'd- in Hn^lisli ~.|ni.iun^ I'iui ii, ds, it -ci ins (o be a settled < <>n\ u I ion (hat t'ie\ h.i\eon'\ to put a oentie-lunid into ,i (i.il.iUM, a (U)uosta, or a Thislle. and the cup wi 1 be theii- at once. Jeneial Paine, in an mteisiew, s(,i(cd that the N'olunteei would not bo pwf into eoinnus ion this s'.imiii, and that eon»-e-quentl\ Captain llaukholl, the eelebi.ited kippci, was at bbeil\ to make an en<_'at, r e mont tor the i oniinu season if Jic -aw fi(. The trouble with the Volunteer was that -he. cost too imieli as a pleastne-boat, an<l the knoekinj4 about she »ceei\ed would injuie her She could only be used, also, in ran wo.it hoi, as the lain would spoil (ho -ails, ami then, not beini* 1 kepj in tcim, -on,! 1 fast i.ieei would come alon^ and beat hei, -o that she would sillier trie it ly in piesti'_;e He also wanted to take a rest, and M) would put his yacht away tor a season. He eonlcs-ed ho was >riiou»!y con-idennir a plan to make her a two sticker, and when ne did so )ie would entei he) against rhcSichem, the < liaj bn^, and other t'ist -ehooners, but would not i\o t-o befo'.e a j eai at least. Kjih Moiris, the e\-ehampion oaisman ot tho woild, c()n uleis Teenier the greatest man in the -hell to da\ . Wallace Ko-s, theoaisinan who reeenily defeated (Jtoiue Muboai in a /aco on the Thames foi the championship of f] upland and the Spoitsman's ('hallon^o Cup, haretm ned to the .States, looking in nviod toudition. Kefen mi; t<> hi- meeting with (he ex-champion ot Knj^land he -<iid . ' Thcie is no ti nth in the inmoiir that the i ace on the Thame- wa- a hippodiomo 1 hjat liubeai, «uid can do it a^ain. Uoss -a\s tli«\t if he can itnd ;i basket Ik will uo back to r.n^land in the spnncj and low Ch-ulcs Cai i, who ha- challenged him to a lace foi a cup.

A hopping inatoh of .">() yauUfni €10 a ~ide iceonily came oil in Kugkind between Jack Hit, of M.uylebone and Edward lUuke, of Fulham. IfaL won a good 1 ace i)\ t w o <> aidHow i- ihi- ioi hiuh On Mairh l'Jth la-i, .1 minor named l>a\id knb\ and a dt> mni(U clei k had an olexen mile 1.1 c: -U Yninni.i, Ne\aila. Tin iac< wa> toi a Mdc, and knk\ wa- lien 1 1 \ backed h\ the niiuci-' and O'Miien b\ the eleik-. Tin* eonte-tanK ucio ae< ompanied out the cnii.-e I)) -coie> of \ehi( \c^, and a le^ime'it of men and b<v\.- on toot. Km by, tin winner, w i> mistaken lor an e-caped lunatic b\ a ]),ut\ of Jt.ih.in i.inehei-. lonim^ up the mud m a wagyon in nit oppo-itc dinvlinn, leading a \ a iou-> cow bv a idm 1 Kiiby's bloodied sfockiu;,^ and (, r ioen cau->< d the animal to bic.ik the ioj>o and chaise fiiiiou-1} (low the lull aflci the ileeincr miner, who ledoubhd hi^ ellort^- to a\oi I bein<4 impaled on the intimated annual > liom.s. To ihi-! incident" i-> athibutccl 22 1 1 — ■ eoinuicr oil \ ie toi in the i ace. Bethune n'u i Johnson cannot and nc\cr did inn l(lO>.ii<Kiuf) I Ti m coikU, and add->, if .lohn-MHi will pn( up a toikil he, will eovei i' toi an\ ainouiit, iov a lace of fiom 100 to .'>()() yaids Tn Liie meantime, he bi\s he willing to imi ait} 111,111 m thewoild loi fiom t<~>{){) a ide up There is to be another .«i\-rt'i) walkint; match at M,idi-.on ->(|uaie (!,iMl<n, N<m\ 'Wulc citj, c'oiumcnciir^ on May()<h. Thno will be a pii/eof . S> 2()U() foi ueoid bi caking. (JhaiUp Jvowcll will be one ot the eontest.ints, and (Jooi^e Lit'.lewood, a celehi.ucd i JCnylish walker, is into condition for (he match. The ad\ i^ability ot allow in<^ but thiit.y ot tlie bc->f, men tosfait i^beinf£ (h'^eu'-^ed Aftei the elo--e ot the maLeh the Madi^'w «(juarc (laiden^ will be loin down Lo make loom for c\teiT-i\e building impiovemenl^. Billy Edwards, the boss lon£ distance ped is agitating for a si\ days' i\^ you pln^e in Mclbourno It. will })iobabl> come oil, and Swan, Moishead Raynor, Ki»^, Kean and Tattersall will be likel) .-tailei.->. j News is to hand that Lon Myer.-^ recoid of lm. .")-; seeondh for a half mile wni lowered at tlic sports of the Collc#e, Oxford, Enjjrland, on March Oth, when ibis stated that F. K. Cross co\eicd the distance in Im. .")!-; .see. Frai'k ifewitthas done the half-mile (in 1S71) in 1 m. .*),'> \ sec. Archie Sinclair, one of the champion square heel-and-toe walker? of England, undertook, forawa^ei, to walk a mile i >- side of seven minutes, on the nine-la)) track in Sultzer'.s Harlem J'aik, March 7th. .John Lai gan, the oarsman, was timekeeper, and P. AI. Cassidy referee. Sinclair finished the lirsUialf-milc inUin. 20 and the mile in (J ra. <~>Bl sec. Alfred Shaw, the well-known Nottingham bowler, has been interviewed with icgard to the leg-before-wicket question, and has declared himself against the [imposed innovation, lie expects that a great change would come over the game, and that the success ot cricket would be interfered with. He farther thinks that the game would become very slow, and that in a wet summer bowlers could do what they liked with the batsmen. He would be compelled to go in for slogging so as to meet the ball befoie it broke ; run ning out- to it would happen. Those who arc said to all u .so the present rule would be gainei .s by the change. As a bowler the new idea would suit him admirably ; but the batsmen and the gate money would suffer. Cricketers would be paid for three days when one might finish the match. Mr C. W. Alcock, the Secretary of Surrey County, told rather a good story at a cricket dinner in England the other day. ITo said that two players in the lan 1 of the Vns-h-ranger wei c deciding a friendly feud by a single-wicket match. B, who had been bat-

tino- somo lime, suggested an adjournment, for luncheon, wlion A, who was trundling, objected, and was sustained in that, rather nrbihary appeal by the umpire. Ij, however, seeing hi* hasting power* reduced to so small a compass, and himself in a miumoi shuti out from lair play, became recalcitrant, and withdiow to recoup. A thought that now was his chance ; hut mark thu ama/,ement of R on returning lo iind his opponent still bowling away at tlic wicket and 20 Avides aildoil Lo ln.-> seoie. Last Sunday (wrote a London con espondont of the 'Town and Cnunliy Journal' on March Hi) I lad's the ci id dor, \\a.se\aminod by Mr Ci itdu tt, the emi'ieul oculist, who pronounced the injury (o his e\e to be per nnii'Mil, and said th.it he would never be able to pi. iv in thn iield again. Hates, it is believed, lias no moans ol lhelihood apait from his piofes.sion. The N oikshue Club will, of eoui-c, gi\e him a benefit. A ooriespoudi'ut f-avs : -'The in\cn(i\e line i lias i( on al ii inuijjf Lancashii (< people wiih a statement Ilia!/ K. (J. Uailow had (•(M.tt.ictt d a e-'taiaet on the ldt eye-ball, itMiderin^ .in opeiation neees-ai'y. Xam ijl'id to say that Iho leporf, was i^iossly (.•\.i«i<^yiated. Hai low h.id a sli^lit opciation poiioimcd, hut he soon lound, and c\pect s (u hv all i ij;ht this next week. Lanr.^hh c c.uniot spate >'ol) just yet Theie a\c rvheinoly few better oi fait er bow lets than llarlow i- to-day.' 'Ihe two loam-, of Ameitean ba'-ebal pla^eis .lie visit in^r Australia lor the pin po-e i>F playing a sei i< si of y.unos in the ( i'onies will le,i\e Chiea^o in the middle of Oeluher In !ho two teams Ihe tollow in<4 clubs aie lepie-cnled: Chiiayo, i^oston, «\\ Ytnk, Duhoil, Philadelphia, and Si. I Louis. Tli'" 1 ot l)a>ob.ill hhie. ie - as <£ieat ,t ! liold upon t hi; spot I injj public ol j he I'm led States and Canada as ci ieke ( has in Au>» itiaba. The indt\tdual meirbti.s ot the team- ha\e been chosen with leieieueeio then >ti en^th in the \ai iou- positions in the I lield and at the bat Ainonj.' the most ptominent placers will be the lollowimj. A. (J Anson, captain and mana^rei oi the Chicago Club, the batter in the State- •. M. Kolly (Hu-lun), for w ho-e release horn the Chicago Club the l>o-ton lia^cball Association paid l'2Uo(),andw ho i>> con-iiicred one of t he bc-t aU-iound phyjii in America ; K. \\ illiam^ (Chicago), the lontre-t. thrower; and Sunday ( I'iitsbui tr), the faste-t runnel in the Stales. Accompanying tlu^ttams will bo icpicscnl.itiv es ol the piineifj.d jN-iw Noik, Chicago, and lloston ih»w spat-cis who, upon the eomphtion of lach t^ame, will toiwaid eal)le me--,ij;e- 1 to Ametica, wliieh will be published in about thirty panojs, the jno'ii ictois ot which h,i\e toi'med th(-m-chcs into a s-\ndiea c The \ teams will be undei the management of Mr \. I! Spalihnfi, the president ol the Chicago Haseball Club, and Mr Loit,d\ L>nch, theattic.il mai>auoi, \\lifm,i-;iwiii tor Mi and Mis Liniraid in An.siialia, and niou lecentl) foi Mis I/i!) ti> in Ameiica.