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,,U C I r C CURRENT SPORT. I The LEAGUE Championship. The results of the matches in the First Divi- sion of'the League Championship, on, Saturday, ■were:—Bristol 'City beat Notts County", at ^Bristol, b|y one goal to none;. Woolwich 'Arsenal beat Derby. County, at Piumstead. by three goals to two; Bury beat Birmingham, sit Bury, by one goal to none; Sunderland beat Manchester City, at Manchester,, by. t igoals to two; Blackburn Rovers beat ^Middles- brough, at Middlesbrough, by one goal'to none; Bolton Wanderers -bpat Aston Villa, at xJir- •„ JningliainV by two goals to none Liverpool and 'Sheffield United drew, at Liverpool, two goals all: Shemeld Wednesday and Everton drew, at Sheffield, one goa.1 all;, I-reitoii North End and Stoke drew, at Preston, two goals all. League programme is now e cattle are the champions, with Bristol City- and • Everton second and :third.Derby. County- and Stoke are at the bottom ,pf the table,, arid next .season have to retire to the Second .Division. In the --Secoiid Division., the following dubs won their matches on Saturday; -Chelsea.. Bur- ton United,'Burslem Port Vale, and Biadford. Drawn games, were played between Lincoln C, City and Leicester FcsseJ .Leeds City and iiull City, and'BiVrnley and Glcssop. Notts -Forest has come out at, the top of tle" League table, with Chelsea a good second. These two clubs, will next season t;be promoted tOlthe Firss League, to take the placer of Derbyand Stoke. f .j' T&B; SOUTHERN LEAGUE. ■> The, rc-sults of the matches in the Southern; League, on Saturday, were :—Portsmouth beat > Ley ton, at Levton, by two goals to" none West .Ham United beat Fulham, at Upton-park, by four, goals to one Tottenham Hotspur "beat Queers Park Iiangers, at Tottenham, by two goals to none, Millwall beat Ne'w *Bl*om^ton, 'at- Millwall, by two goals to none; Norwich City beat Watford,at Norwich, by two goals to' one; Brentford- beat- Plymouth Argyle, at Brentford-by two goal's to one Southampton beat Bristol Rovers, at Southampton, by two .go^ifi to one;" Swindon Town beat Northamp- ton, at Swindon, by five goals to one; Crystal Palace and Brighton and Hove Albion drew, at the Crvstal Palace, two goals all Luton and Rea-ding drew, at Luton, one goal a14.' Fulham have again come out on top, with Bortaixit>irth ■and Brighton; and Hove Albion second and third respectively. Northampton are at the botionJwt)f the table. 1 London CHARITY Cup.' Eitrar time" was played at Tufnell-pa rk in the final tie of the London Charity Cup Competi- tion on Saturday, but neither Casuals nor the London; Caledonians could score, and the match iiad to be left drawn. It was arranged that ach club should hold the cup for six months, Lord Alverktmic. who vras to have presented the cup to the winners, making the announcement. Quite 5,000 people were attracted to the game, which produced some Very good football until rain set in. LACK03SE. The match between the j)uke;1(pf Argyll's.; team and the Capital team was played at Lord's on Saturday,, before a large and enthusiastic, crowd of spectators. ;The Prince, And Princess of Wales, who saw, during their ,trur in Canada, the Capitals win the championship of Canada, ,vere present- with" tileit two eld; ;t Gons; and amoii- the occupants of the Royal box were the 'Duke of Argyll, Lord Aberdeen. Lord Harris, iSir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir F., Bq; deji, and the Bon. L. P. Bordeur. The game throughout was of a most exciting and exhilarating nature, for it gradually became evicjent that she home team, -,ie, on its merits,' giving the visitors as hard a as any of those by which they won their c.- lionship in Canada. The Canadians f iu. lly won a magnificent game by ten goals ■WqeVght. „ Critics generally conceded that no ,)Ia r liad been seen "in this country, and Y- ,viitors ,admitted that the advance made by home players since the visit of the Torohtos %982 ha'd been remarkable. After the iri'ittch 7 Capitals were the guests of the South of jff(jgl»nd Lacrosse Association at a -banquet held t the Hotel Cecil, Lord Desborough presiding. i ———— .,SOUTII LONDON HARRIERS' SPORTS. Nearly 8,000 people were present at Kenning- ton Oval, on Saturday, to. witness the- South London Harriers' sports. 1+Jie programme con- tained nine events, and for these there ,were, 627 entries. C. H, Jupp, the 220 yards champion,, ,,who li- not yet quite fit," was beaten in his first heat of the'level race at that distance. The final heat resulted thus,l; -f. P. Creorge' (S.L.H.), If H. Wafeon (S.L'.H.), 2 S.) S. Abrahams (L.A.C.), 3. Won by four .jar-da. Time, 22 3-5sec. A' two miles invitation team d race was easily won with a total of ten points by -the BirehfieLd Harriets. The Herne Hill Harriers were second with 27 points, and the Maiden Harriers third with 28 points. A. ■Underwood, of the wihning club, and holder of the ten miles championship, beat the four miles champion, F. H.: Hulfprd (Maiden Harriers), 'for first place by 25 yards, iií 9min. 44 3-5sec. [Many close finishes were seen in the 100 yards handicap, for which 103 entries had been re- ceived. The final was won by R. Sheepshanks (L.A.C.), six yards start, in 1Q l-5sec. Other events were won as follows:—300 yards handi- cap, J. W. Mead (Bedford ç. and A.C.), 18 yards start. Time, 31 sec. One mile flat handi- cap. G. F. Jennings (Cambridge Harriero). Time, 4min. 22 4-5sec. Two miles walking handicap, A. Cruse (Essex Beagles), lime, 13min. 53 3-5sec. Cor, ";r"s The fourteenth annual-.tournament for the Irish ladies golf championship was won,, at Dollymoimt, Dublin, by Miss F. Walker Leigh, of tlve., Fo-Tock Club.- Miss Walker Leigh had a comparatively easy journeys in to the semi- final. in which, however, sht* only beat Mrs. Lionel Jackson by holing a long put on the last ..green." In the: final she defeated Mrs. Fitz- Gibbon (who :JI:,viously put out a. strong player in Mis > •) „ Magill) by four and three. Miss' Walker Leigh was runner-up. to Miss .Rhona Adair hud Mies May Hezlet respectively :,pl the Irish championships in 1901 and 15)04, and was also runner-aip to Miss Adair 'in the ladies" ope-n champiqhshipofl903. i Mr. E. M. Byers; the American amateur golf champion, arrived at Liverpool on Sunday orningfrom New York by the White Star iiner Cedric. Jack Hutchison, a young St. Andrews golfer, who is now professional at Mr. Carnegie's private links at Cumberland Island, JWas with Mr. Byers. V- Two interesting professional matehes were played on the Surrey Club's course at Leather- head on Saturday. In the morning Harry Var- don beat James Braid, over 18 holes, by 1 liole up, and in the afternoon Braid and W. ,Mitchell, the ioca'l, xirofessionaj,, beat Vardon and, A. Hitche1l, of 'Si. Leonards, in a foursome, by,, 1 hole. With Mr. G. E. Taylor, the club captain;, as a partner, Mr. A. J. BalfoW playedr a four- some against Dr. Doie and Mr. Le Blanc Smith. After a hard mat eh the latter couple proved 8tlccessful by 2 holes up and 1 to play. Robert Thomson, the old Romford profea- who has been engaged for the season by Sfe Falkirk Club, played a .36-holes match at on ^Batvfrday with Willie Fernie,, of ^roon; Ferule', who was 'oppn champion 24 • .ago, giained ia victory by; I hple. At Gbur^t@n,: Oft Saturday; t!he Devon ladies' Corena.tion medal was, w'On by Miss Thorpe.^ e Sutiningdaio Club's-spiring meeting.yas conclusion r 6n" Saturday, ^he; '6ec"re^ C. Eastbourne tlub's °pring meeting j Jr, ,l1ght:-td1 a elofife at- Eatetbourne7 6n 'Satiir- B P M''oek^U^ 8°^ daedal was wan'TSyj'M^ Gr. *liemt?, ;!l"'1 'i.W scratch competition for the Don imond rlltS- J.?aP was held on #he Rich- <Ja>. 'pu„ 6 Cours& at Sudbrook-park pn. Satur- late n» open to ,clubs of which, the and AD6erit0nT^?fi a .meniher—namely, a?€liir«^ Royal, WeSr Norfolk, geeult mthaix<l^Eltha&. -'»»• XJaptain" b.'K. liutfihiaoif^4 I (who entered from the Royal and Ant lent Club). The spring meeting of the Royal Wimbledon Club was brought It" a close at Wimbledon-j common" on Saturday. Thechif results were- —Ridpath challenge- bowl. Colonel .Sanders, and:.Mr.: E. F. Spencer tied. Kenrprd ,gp,d"p'aHel}ge: medal.—Dr, R. Worth. Henry "Lamb memorial medal.—Mr. G. R. Girdiestone and MriA: V. PollocktIc<L Play.ip the Brighton, and Hove Club's spring s| -meeting.. was concluded on Saturday, when Dr. Bruce Goff won the gold medal, Mr. K. T. Cox j won the Kenvon Stbw prize," while the- club prize was. tied for by Mr.- C. A.Ionidt-s and Mr. i). A. Cox. j 'A The winners of the Tooting Bee Club,'s ,|38- J holes competitions for the Captain's prizes, on 1 Saturday, were Mr. Co' P. Dixen and Mr. F. W. 'Abbott. ,< iNTE'R-Uis'IVSlESITY CONTEST. r., U Harvard and Yale Universities are despatch- ing a'joint challenge to Oxford and .C^a>oi>vtgc 'UiiiversitTes. It proposes that an' in.ter-tlniv.er- sity athletic contest shall be held at the Har vard Stadium, on July 4jf possible, It is be- lieved in America that Oxford And Cambridge will welcome the challenge. At Cambridge, I,i it is unofficially stated that no slch ? match will, take place this season and .that j miuiv yea|'s may ela.pse before the .meetings iipe 'resumed./ .> BirxiARDS, *■ L. A,t, the Ileicester^quare Hall ion Saturday! .night, Cook, in,, his match of 24,000 up ^withj HarversQni reached, game with 19,780 (un-| finished),"this being the second highest break oni record under any rules. Cook--malde 9,883 con- soculive cannons—9,869 "anchor or "cradle" i caniH)ii«s. The closing scores were :—W. Qook. 24,000C. liar'verson, 1,312. Univ-ersitjes, BEATEN AT Laceosse., The Qiipitais did not show their best form at: Oxford on Mojiday. but they beat a -coiiibili Oxford and Cambridge team by seven goals to three. The hard game at Lord's on Saturday seemed- to have affected the Canadians. Show- ing plenty of pace,the-i University- team gave the visitors a hard game, and ten minutes from -the end the Capitals only led by five goals to three." Tiel, the University goalkeeper, was in sl)leiiftid -foriy-t, aiid,savffd some hard shots. -'r- MONDAY'S FOOTBALL. Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton fought out the final of the Southern Charity Cup at Tottenham, the home team wrnnirfg by two goais to nothing. In the Southern League New Brompton took two points from Crystal Palace. The Manchester Senior Cup was won by Man- Chester City, who defeated Stbckport County in thw-'final, while.the Liverpool Cup went to Liverpool, Everton being beaten by three goala to nil. A game at Newcastle between New- castle and Fulham ended in a draw of one goal each; 1

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