SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3193, 12 April 1911, Page 6

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

CRICKET. ALHAMBRA CLUB. A meeting of the Alhambra Cricket .Club was held last night witji the object of deciding upon a date on whicn to hold the annual dance. A committee was formed consisting of Messrs Redgrave, Sim, Rice,; Somervell, Lang, and Stuckey. Messrs Somervell and MeLisky were elected joint secretaries. It was decided to engage the theatre owing to the . hall used pn the previous occasion being insufficient to accommodate the dancers. It was also decidv,:ed by the committee to issue invitation tickets to the ladies. WANDERERS v. ALHAMBRA. The cricket match between Wanderers (winners of the Saturday competition) and Alhambra (winners of the Thursday competition) will take place at Taruheru, play to commence at 10 sharp. The following will represent Alhambra: Lang, Olsen, Scholium, Dudfield', Rice, Atkinson (2). McLiskie, Pa aka Turei, Redgrave and Cooper ;emergencies, Stitch bury and Somervell. BOXING. WHEN BLACK MEETS BLACK. LANGFORD AND McVEA FIGHT A DRAW. A huge and cosmopolitan crowd witnessed the Sam Langford-Sam McVea fight at the Cirque de Paris m Paris. The best teats were crowded with a well-dressed audience of Parisians and Londoners, and the cheaper seats were sold at big prices towards the time appointed for the start of the battle. The Parisians backed McVea heavily, while most of the English money went on Langford. Cautious tactics marked the first and second rounds, but in the third Langford began to find out the weak spots, and in this and the fourth period repeatedly sent heavy lefts and rights to McVea’s head, escaping almost always without being hit. Despite the difference in weight, Langford forced his man _ round the ring during .the fifth and sixth rounds. Then they began to clinch. Longford got home several short-arm punches with seeming effect, and next sent a hefty right up to McVea’s jaw. _ He repeatedly made use of the kidney punch while the pair were in holts. During the following exchanges up to the eleventh round the men slowed up a bit. Langford was willing, but McVea continually broke and forced Langford to chase him around the ring. Langford rattled in a number of telling blows in the twelfth, and almost put paid to liis opponent’s account with a murderous right swing, but the bigger man managed to weather the storm. Langford eased up from now; on to the end of the twentieth round. He evidently saw that he could not corner McVea,'and the fight became somewhat slow. McVea continually clinched or eluded his pursuer. The referee gave the result a. draw, and the purse was divided. Langford and McVea will probably be re-matched to fight in London.

FOOTBALL. THE RUGBY GAME. OPENING OF THE SEASON. The Rugby football season will be inaugurated aiTthe Domain at 3 p.m. on Easter Monday, when the Gisborne Club will play a friendly match against Alhambra. Both clubs will have their best players in the. field, and a good game is sure to result. The t eam to represent the Alhambra Football Club in the challenge match against Gisborne Football Club, to be played on Easter Monday, in aid of the accident insurance fund, will be chosen from the following:—P. Tirrei, E. Roche, McConnell (2), G. Newton, E. Benjamin, Low, Nicholas, H. Tocker, J. Cramp, P. Somerville, R. Wilkinson, B. Huston. Stubbs, Rice, Williams, Cameron, Oman, R. Sugden and Weston. Players are requested to be on the ground at 2.3 t) sharp CYCLINC. THE BRITANNIA CYCLING CLUB. At a committee meeting of the above club, it was decided to hold a race to •Ormond and back on April 28. The prizes for the race are as follows: First, first-grade Centaur cross-framed racing cycle; second, £3 cash; third, £1 10s; fastest time, gold medal. Entry. 3s 6d; acceptance. 2s 6d ; to close with the secretary on April 22nd at 9 o’clock; handicaps to be declared by Mr A. Eliott on Monday, April 24th. Conditions: No tyres but recognised road racing tyres allowed; all competitors to be at the starting point at- least 10 minutes before the race is. timed to start; no costumes advertising any firms will be allowed; all competitors must observe the rules of the road. Any infringement of the rule renders the competitor infringing liable to disqualification. The race will start outside Anderson’s cycle shop at 3 p.m. BOWLING. GISBORNE CLUB. Perhaps with the object of practising in view of the Burton trophy tournament, a goodly number of members of the Gisborne Bowling Club put in an appearance on the green yesterday evening, and several games in the champion singles competition were played. These resulted as follows: Eure 22 beat O’Meara lb. The scoring was, on the whole, in favour of Eure all’ through, though O’Meara got in three bowls on the final head. Coleman 20 beat Craig 17. The competitors kept practically together for two-thirds of the game, and at the l ltli bead the score stood Coleman 12, Craig 11. The former, on the three following heads, put up a couple of threes and a single. Craig responded by getting in a four and a single. On the two remaining heads each scored

one, so that Coleman won by three points. ■ Boulton 21 beat Maher 20. This game was notable for the fine up-hill struggle made by Boulton, who had all the worst of it till near the close °f the game. On the eighteenth head he had scored 13 to Maher’s 20. On the three following heads, however, he put up a two, a four and a two ; and thus gained 1 victory by a single point. ' G. K. Miller 22 beat R. G. Crawford 18. The game was very keenly contested with varying fortune. Miller secured victory at the close by getting in a three, a four and a three in succession. TURANGANUI CLUB. A meeting of the committee oh the Turanganui Bowling Club was held in the Record Reign Hotel last evening. An invitation was received from the Gisborne Club to compete for the Burton trophy. It was decided that entries for the colts’ matches, to be. played on Monday, should be handed in at the green on Saturday. It was resolved to ask the Gisborne Club to play the match for the Witty Pennant as soon as possible after the Easter holidays. The new green will be open for play during the Easter holidays, and the committee requests that all those taking part in the Cope Feathers’ fours and the handicap pairs will play their matches off on Monday. THE BARTON TROPHY, Up to the present the names of the representatives of four clubs intending to take part in the competition for Mr Burton’s trophy have been sent m. These clubs are the Napier, Gisborne, Te Ran and Turanganui. It is anticipated that the Greenmeadows Club and perhaps the Dannevirke and A\ aipaw a Clubs, will also participate. The team to represent the Gisborne Club are as follows: —Brown, Coleman, Greig, Ponsford (skip); Zachariali, Benzie Murphy, F. A. Martin (skip). The Te Rau team is as follows: Maher Bullock, McMillan, Ambridge (skip);' Paltridge, R. G. Crawford, Kyme, Craig (skip). _ . It is expected that the Napier representatives will arrive licre by the Ripple on Friday. The competition will be carried out throughout the Easter holidays, and each team is to meet every other team. On Saturday evening the visitors are to be entertained at a smoke concert in the Gisborne Club’s pavilion.

THE TURF. THOMPSON HANDICAP NOMINATIONS. [PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.} WELLINGTON, April 11. Following are the nominations for the Thompson Handicap, of 500 soys., one mile, to be run at the .Wellington Racing Club’s autumn meeting: Dearest, S'unbonnet, Sunburnt, Husbandman, Flit away, Sharpshooter, Madam Madcap, Wimmera, Cheddar, Equitas, Irish Rifle, Vice-Admiral, Cullinan, Mulga Bill, Merrivonia, Sea Queen, Gold Lace, Iranui, Effort, Sir Tristram, Penza, Formby, Woodhey, Miss Mischief, Kauroa, Vibration, Vi, Genius, Penates, My Lawyer, Birkline, Herrnia, Zealand, Gunboat, Flingot, Teotane, Full Rate, Merry Frank, Aimwell, Obsono, Kakatua, Colleen Mary, Gipsy Belle, Julian, The Rover, Izdubar, Stevens, Los Angelos, Meroze, Domino, Lady Moutoa, Te Puia, and Boanerges. ATHLETICS. TE ICAR AKA SPORTS. The following handicaps have been declared for the handicap chop at the sports at Te Karaka on Easter Monday:—William Weston and J. Morrin, 12 secs.; T. Smith, 8 secs. ; G. McLeod, G. Somers, and James Ashby, 6 secs. ; Oliver Blows, D. O’Rourke and T. E. Jackson, o secs. ; S. Johnson, scr.