The morning times., 1896-10-29
SPORTS In THE ANTIPODES
Revival Experienced in Sydney and
Melbourne Fistic Circles.
Interesting Bouts Have Recently
Been Pulled Off-Fast Time
Made by Bicycle Riders.

San Francisco, oct. 2S-Thc following
Australian adviCes have been received
here.
W. Edwards, the champion lone-dstance
pedestrian OF Australia, died oI heart
disease at Melbourne, on September -.
He was iorty-six years OF age, and came To
Australia from England about seventeen
or eighteen years ago. He defeated y Leary,
the American lung-diStance pedestrian, al
the Melbourne Exposition Grounds, in
1850, in two six y-gu-as you-please races,
besides capturing other colonial pedestrian
events oi Importance.
In sydney and Melbourne fistic circles
revival is being experienced. AT the
Victoria Hall, Melbourne, ON September
2l, Harry =" Dummy" Mace and Tot" Hig-
gins, TWO prominent iiphtwcights, fought
one Of the most stubbornly-Cuntestcd ten
round draws ever witnessed here.
At Foley's Hall, Sydney, Jack Dawson, a
brother of George Dawson, now in Am erica,
defeated Jack Valentine, prominent light
weight, in twelve rounds, on September Is.
AT the Coolgardie gold fields on Sep
tcmbcr Il, Mickey" Peach and Elijah
jackson, two Of the most prominent feather
weights in the colonies, contested in a
square formed of chairs, and the feet of
mining experts and pitmcn, and on two
occasions the blows meant Tor jackson
landed on spectators. After twcnt y-onc
rounds the referee declared the battle u
draw.
AT Victoria Hall. Melbourne, on Sep
tembcr 16, Paddy" Tracey, Il brother
OF Tom Tracey, now i'll America, met defeat
at the hands of Tom Raft in three rounds.
At the same meeting Dan Monagle and Ed.
MCAuliffe OF the lightweight division put
up Il stiff argument, the former winning
in the fourth round. Monaglc is claimant
for the Australian lightweight champion
ship.
Al Greymouth, y. T. on September is,
Arthur Mason and George Francis, the
candidates for heavyweight championship
honors- met in a lively contest, Mason
winning in the fifth round.
In cycling circles much interest is being
manifested. The Roucn road race, 100
miles, from Bcndigo to Melbourne. forty
one entries, took place on September 16.
W. :. Weld. thrty-two minutes, Won in
. hours. 2S minutes, 40 seconds, making
the fastest time, heating Broadhcnt srccord
Of . hours, 40 minutes. in February last,
and only minutes, 80 seconds behind
Walter English record, paced.
The fifteenth annual sports meeting of
the Sydney Bicycle Club was held at the
sydney Cricket Ground on September 20.
over $4,000 spectators being present. W.
l.. Kerr captured the mile invitation scratch
race by four inches in minutes, 80
seconds; and the five mile champion
from Cameron in ii minutes, % l. .
seconds.
in the whcclmen'S spring cycling carnival,
attended by 5000 people, at the Sydney
Agricultural Grounds, on September %,
tue great challenge race, twenty-five miles,
between the eAmericanflycrs Messrs Martin
and Mcdonnell, resolved itself, after the
enty-Second lap, into the hollowe est kind
of a contest Martin reserved his strength
until tue last and Won by little more than
half = lap, which in the early stages of
the race he had to secure to bring him on
level terms with Mcdonnell. The time was
/ hour 16 minutes "a "A seconds
In the mile spring handicap event, won
by F. EiciIler, eighty yards, in 2:14 2-5,
Martin, the Yankee flyer, was not placed.
E. a. Pearson. the colonial flyer won
the fifty mile road race on September 16.
from Parmatta to Penrth, in 3 hours
and 81 minutes. The italian crack cy-
clist, Stephen Bolde, arrived at Sydney,
from Milan, on September 22, and has
entered the great Australian event.
As Melbourne enjoys the privilege of
handicap cycling event. so Sydney is to
occupy the post of honor in respect to
scratch races, and S25, 900 will be given
in the coming championship meeting. in
which Martin, Mcdonnell and other for
eigners have entered.
Percy Mcdonnell, the celebrated Aus
tralian cricketer and n leading member of
the All-AuStralian team of 1888, died at
Brysbane, Queensland, on September 90
He was thirty-siX years of age.