OUTDOOR SPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 202, 26 August 1919, Page 9

OUTDOOR SPORTS.

J (Bx ACTAEON.) , FOOTBALL. RUGBY. Never before ha* a Taranaki team been so severely defeated as wae t'ho one which met Auckland on Saturday.'and went down to the tune of 42 points to 0. The result was totally unexpected. lor a few weeks ago Taranaki were beaten only by three points by Wellington, and the team which played here was conj eidered a stronger one than that which j met Wellington. It eeems to point to j Auckland being a much better team than ; locally it had been considered to he. One j outstanding feature of the game wae the perfect combination among- the Auckland backs and forwards in their handling work, and in thie respect the result was a triumph for the new rules which had educated the whole team up to immediately sizing up a'l sorts of situations atid playing- for an opening instead of going to the sideline for shelter. The essential difference between the two forward teams was that the Tarauaki pack, on breaking an-ay. always played on with their feet, while the Auckland'pack always made an endeavour to get the ball up I and out to their backs, j So far ac the Auckland backs were eonI cerned they played with exceptional •'combination and individual cleverness, ;. and there wa* not v member who did not , distinguish himself. Badeley .played an j exceptionally fine game at inside five-, eighth, and Laxon, Woolley, Grierson, i and Wileon were all conspicuous for 1 thrilling daehes throughout tlie game. • The forwards were continually on the ball • when it got out, every man showing up -, in turn, and the manner in which they , played in with the backs U best mii dicated by the fact that one of the I hookers, McCullousrh. scored three tries, I all from passing rushes. Auckland's ■ score was given full value from the fact i that the place-kicking on the day was .above the customary rather mo-lerate . Auckland »tamlird. the most successful 1 booster loins Sutherland, who landed , four goals from as many attempts. Uniler the circumstance* there was i - very little opportunity for the visitors to show their best. In" the lodQ drinbling play and ruck work the Taranaki pack ■ held its own. hat the local scrum was much the better. King, Carlson, Biehop, Tate, and Masters showed up well in the open forward wr>rk. While the backs p'.iyed soundly in defence they were starved of scoring chances, but the neat, snappy parsing bout, from half to wittfl, which resulted in Stewart finishing up the bout in workmanlike fashion for a ■ try, indiratu-d that with better opportunities the visiting backs would proI bably give trouble. They were at a • disadvantage in the first place from the , fact that S. Cameron had t,i stand down i owing to an injury, and Kivell played , under the handicap of a weak let as a I consequence of a knock received jiiot i prior to leaving Sew Plymouth. | • j It has been arranged to play the n>- . ! turn match ;n New Plrmoubh on Sep-. tember 11, and it U understood that an effort will be made for the AuckHn-l team to continue on to Wellington and play Wellington on September Iβ. Of course by that time Wellington may not be the Ranfurly Shield holder*, aTaranaki play their return match with Wellington prior to September 111. IXTEiB COI.LiKOIATIE MATCHES. WELLINGTON BEATS WANCANft. (By Te!«rrnpb—Frew Association.! WKI.I.INCTOX. M l>n <j;i.v. The Kuj?!>y imc.-u lietween \\ ' College an,i the « foiiegti.li; i-.-n,,,.] was |.i»jt-il at .Vtlilt-;u- Park I©-Uuy, unci iv a wlu tor I he home team l>y :j ; points to ». TV« ilrst spell euUeU iv to i.v. A»a alter r«)in|.uuu urniuiul M.i»re<l a try tor !h« vfc«tu>rs, un«l Stowe i-unvrnwl ■ wit.li a v-'>'»l kick. Despite Uie bhc ««-or» apaliwt th<>m. rhe vi*:t.>rs made ;-«:v«-ral ns«uiiii±=i. ' Just t>er«irt' time, wiru about two Kecouda I to im. lillnxT potted ;i nxi-gnUkviit (;••«' f'>r • Wangauiii. HIGH SCHOOL TOrRXAMKNT. t llty Tt-lmrraph— Pr--< AKsm.-lat.lon.) ' TIMAsRf. Monday. The School Kujliy 'tOUTttlUieiK millmeucv»l 10-day. *_:kr;M;i-irur<-l> l*;K .-*iwrlilllUtl by !t lA*.lnt» 100. U-lMjfo L'tal lituuru j by J4 i;i>lii!ta to 13. r NORTH£BN UNION. i The test match nt Wellington on Sat- | Ij urday did not show up the >ew Zealand- ! • ers in a very tine light. The game itself I must have been well wurth the. watching, . i even if only from the point of view ol i; seeing what the Australians could do. , I; It has been said often enough that t:iis ij Aussie team over here now it not by >. any means up to their previous power, i! but nevertheless they seem to be a tine " \ lot, and certainly " liave the woo.l on " ■■ New Zealand when it comes to the accu- j >'rute head and handwork that wins so I j many matches. They have had a good I ideal more experience of the game over ■i there, more than we have had in New | ! j Zealand yet. I ■ I But the point that holds a good ileal ■ I of interest i* in the New Zealand team I 1 itself. It seems to be the opinion of -'the majority, and certainly the "Star"! , ; holds it, that the team that the Aussies ! i beat is by no means the best thirteen ! ' t!iat could be gathered together to re- , ' present this Dominion. It will probably . ! 'be a vastly more powerful team that I will meet ' the tourists in the test , matches, here. For instance, most of ; those men who played against the rest i I of Auckland on Victoria Park on Satur- ; f day have had their spell over in Austra- ; 1 Ha. and the individual play then shows j that they have learned a few pointers . i since they went away. : i Then there is the problem of picking l the Auckland team to play Australia, 1 and it must be confessed that this is not the easy thing it may seem. Pome . there arc who are sure an Auckland > thirteen can be selected that will be I etronjjcr than any present New Zealand ~ i crowd. And it seems very possible, too. t In the course of a casual conversation f , the other day somebody nominated one r> Auckland tenm. It wae this: — Fulln back, Dufty; three-quarters. A. J. Mei. Gregor, Ifwersen, Lang. W. Davidson; t halves, Idling and Walsh; forwards, Wilt liams, Lowry, Somers, Haddon. Mitchell. ~ I Avery. Novr that team itself would v : take Home beating, and then, of course, v I opinions will always differ as to the rer spective merits of Walters and Bass and j Newrliok, Rukutai and Francis among the forwards, while there are lies, Mcjciymont. Stewart and Matthews in the ' backs. In fact, it would he o,uitß pos- ' silile. to select two separate Auckland teams that would be on a par with each H other, so the selectors will hnve some ! difficulty in their job this time. e | SATUHDAY'S TRY-OUT. s, I Saturday's try-out proved one thing : j if it settled nothing else. It showed ben'yond a possible doubt that those who a,' crossed over to Australia have learned l more albout football than several sea-

sons of constant play over here could I have taught them. Spectators could not • help but notice on Saturday how that J ball was handled, how tho" rep. backs i brought into action those quick, short j passes for which the Aussiee are known. ; Thousands will remember the terrible [ exhibition tho New Zealand touring • team made against Auckland just be--1 fore they went away, but it seems as if they, or at least their Auckland members, are different now. Romers and (Mitchell and Haddon were unquestionably the. three host of the rep. forwards', and Laing was the best back on the day's play. For Auckland, Matthews had rather bad luck in bruising his shoulder rather badly early in the game. That put him all to the "bad for the, rest of the time, and he had to go on because no emergency was available. Delgrosso as full . back played one of the games of bis life, good on the tackling, handling, and fair with bis kicking. Yardley Was another unfortunate. His leg was broken. Young (J. Davidson put up quite a good showing, but, of course, except in pace, he cannot yet compete on even terms with the men he was up against. Hing waa another failure, more or less, but not on account of lack of ability. He seemed to bo much too light anil ton slow for big football. Laing just brushed him aside when lie wanted to do anything. Rut it was noticeable that the youngster took down the big fellow more than once later in the game, intercepting his passes. In the Auckland pack Cargill i made a good showing, with Francis anil ! Newdick and Uass very little, if any, behind. ASSOCIATION. What a heal'tiful afternoon was Saturday "Soccer Gala Day." It wae perfection for .mlookers, though a little too hot for pl.iyer.-s The interest shown in this game by the attendance of so large a crowd of spectators proved beyond a doubt the widdom of running the Dom.iin in the interest of the code. The game Auckland v. Minesweeperdrew and held the crowd for the whole of play time. Keenest interest ivntred upon the "bids of the Navy, who for two or' three years swept out nii.ics. etc., in the! North Sea, and wvre trying to sweep thei round leather sphere be:ween two poet) in a friendly spin on Saturday. What] jovial souls they were! Even pals on the line gave impromptu speeches, musical items, etc. nnd kept the crowd amused thr whole time. The "sweepero' " forward men. Wether head. I.loyd. Cage, and Long, gave come tine exhibitions in the passing ami thrilling runs. They shoukl have scored oftener. but luck seined to -lecve them in front of the goal. Had they been a'.ilei to have played a few g.uiUM together here] visitors would have -tvn a tine example of Soccer, and there would have been iil-oj point,. f,.r players to pick up. I fancy, thai with practice they nrniiM "sweep up" nny Auckland combined team. Auckland team, in their eft-irt" to heat the "sweeper," appeared to take the game too scr. >u,-'v. They did not enter into the -'lirit of '.ile tiling an a jolly I frien-Hlv gime, being c.-ideuily obsessed with the idea of having a win. i The Talon I ~p ga-iu- Vt ween the twn owr-v.iiir teiiniH. W.rih-n!' \. North Shore. «a- rather tame ill it- -t.irt. ml players seemed t<> \i'.:\\ a w.iit.ng game Shun- men did not *ecm to {ret going in tin-ir iiNiinl *tyle t.ll within a quarter of an hour of tina! tim.v when they realised ie was a c.,r to rally if they wished to retain the "Falcon How:" in bathe in. Not mmv pl.», .-:-.. with forty odd summers to t ic.r creil.t could travel f r three-quarters of an hour each -pel! like thy c.ipt.r.n of North-otc team. Curly Uorrin" i Hrothcrhood'-s !:u. »>.; known full back i. di lon Saturday. Hβ was ! n'.wav, in tin , thick i>: it. always saving hi.s -:,1.-. an 1 th<- inUki.-k which gave the opponcntH th.- goal miking it a draw, was pardonable in the pace the game iva-i going at th<- ti.no. Shore players an! -upporters g.it .i J shaking up. They did not credit the "Baley" team with ability to extend them as wa- done. It was t'-ie to ?<v little I'ercy (rose get round the iegs of Nonh Shore '■> big frli h : u-k. The com binution of Alison. Ducre. IVrrett and Co. wini sadly astray often times. The "Baley" team were clean, quick, an.l at times"dev.r. and had they been older in experience would probalnv have beaten Nortii Sii.re. RACING NEWS. TAKAI'INA .T:iCKi;v <1,l I!. J The annual nirptlng of tlie Takapuiiu 'JocKey i lull »«» nmoiufled uiim- We went .„ [..-I-β j> tenisiy. .\ir. W. .'. liul iiiuplluiented ibe i.r.--: il.lll i.n s. eer.iilu aretis ~f fniuihi •In csi-JiaiK'- l">- |miM ..; llie cluh'e pmperiy. , Wllicll \\ ..ill.] .■liable hn|in.venienLs ~> lie ■ maiic. Hi- iv.tulil like i>. kn.iw if ; lie com-in-.tti'e hud any Hi a briui« uiHllnvil fur inciense.i nivtiuiintHkiiiun f..r :lif public. It was ..I , ■ .:-i.i..r.i1.1e inrer.-M i<. ; Ii- c.ul.V patr.m.-i, aml If such a x-heine was not iilrtii.ly in c..n,tfni|fUitUin the :..,..n.-r it was , ci.nsi.l. -ri-.l Hi.- iH-tn^r. I The Hon. i:. W. All.-.i:i. 11l rp;»!y. snid Hie ' lua.tter was ulrvudy umlpr nerloua eiui»!(tcration. 1 ill !• w.n1.l l.c ln-nlvl~i.il.lo :.. make a start on the work until Hie new area* were fully acquired. Any Lror-nove-imeuts iinriertiiken would lie pan of a c<MnI prehMi.-iv.. selieme. which the ciuiniititce I wore anxloiis ;.. put into operallon us qulcUy as fiiiiils would enable ithem. In answer in ano'fher m-niher the pn-.-iideii , ; mill .the altfTTitl.ui N> tti-• nietnliers' Miami iw.is itn lie put In hiinil :i ■ •. an.l wi.ulil llie nn.ly fur the spring inee-tln-I- The I*r Ira.-iiiK already ilnne would provide nc - I niodiiitlon f<>r 4-"iili) people, and though (tome people in'.Kht think mnre nmrli't to have hern '<l'.>ne inside, still they Imil u> i-onMdor the 'jtrwitr-'t iiunilnr, 11 ml the ort-'fie work Illlil been miilrrtaken first. TIIK IioITH.K TOTE. Mr. W. J. Itiilph l>r,>ue!»t forward llie jUUi'sli.m <if .tiht , ri'llietaitliivJ of the double ' t«'t:i Hu-3itt>r on llie entir.-c--. nnd moved: j "Thirl re|irrf;-nlatl..n.s l«« maile t.i I lie Minister f«>r Internal ACfulrs, that in -tl> ■- i»i»inton <.f .llie members of the T.iknpiina Jockey I ClUb. it !s <lc,-:,;-:ll>lc in tile iirtcrosts ~f • racing [■i-nerally. nml ..r rtw state, that ' lesftslii'tioll sh.ml.t Iμ- by which 111.' use .ff it hi* ilmiMi' by r.idiiK clubs lip iii-tl.u:led. Tills ivns sm-ondeil by Mr. Mn.vw ami esirrtal. ! Vines nf tlniuKs ta the |.-es:ii«.nt. the out-ff.uln-r e.)inin!tlec. and the .si-rrntmy. Mr. R. W.jrnyanl. who bti« ei.mpb.teil tliVty five years' .-v.rviee \vi:!i the club, was mi-rtcil. I ——-

HOCKEY. The struggle for championship honoiiiv, has reached an acute stage, and, as the result of last Saturday s games, | .Mount Eden and College Kiilcis .are level, : while University drop back two points. ; Mount Eden, us the result of a splendid exposition of hockey, gained a five. to one victory over University, after the students had one gonl to the good in the liret spell. College Kiflee defeated Edendalc by four goalj to one, while Arcta were* suicoeesfnl agiiiret Poneonby to the extent of four goalft to one. Mount Eden delighted their pupporterg in obtaining such a decisive victory over their morn formidable rivals. University, in the later stages -of the game by five •vhli to one. The eonteet in the first ; half was a battle royal, full of exciting i incident*), and at time*, contained a lot vi excellent hockey. .Notwithstanding I that both teams made effort to- ! wards obtaining v definite, rcoult, the | only goal scored in the first Rpoll was j by the student*,, although Mount Eden | went mighty dose to doing the trick, j and on one occasion in v melee in front j of the students' goal some of the Mount | Eden forwards considered that the ball did mantige to cross the goal-line, but Speight, the students' alert custodian, war, not of the same opinion, although : he watched the ball very closely. After such a fast' ami stroniiom struggle, a great tight for supremacy was anticipated when the teaiild changed j over, but the unexpected happened. Mount Eden fairly rose to the occasion, , produced the brightest display wit- ; ueeaed thu< eoason, and, as the nitult of exhilarating hockey, completely over- , came their opponents. It came a.s a j greut surprise, and caused quite a sen- | satlon in hockey circles. Mount K<len owe a great deal of their siX-cess to the marvellous work of tho forwaids. and there was not a weak link in the chain; the only thing -wanting wns direct fihontir.<-' : but thej ob- , talned the gvale by other means which caused a little more flUfipeiwe. The best forward on the ground was K. Alexander. 1). Alexander, on the wing, was tiptop. Johns, though i not so brilliant, wae almost as effective. I Uankin waa never found wanting, ami I Hunt'd pace on the left served, ha side ; well. In tho half-line, Wheeler played a . great game, and bottled up the oppos- ; ing wing. Hunt whaped •Iβ well n« ever. and McMnrtrie iv»,i more pound than brilliant, .lurnian played a capital game lat full-back, featuring hitting. King intercepted well and (showed tiptop form, anil Allen was safe in goal. I'niversity were disorganised by the lose of Ahlcrs early in the game, and ' then the abeeiue of (larland was sorely felt too, for lturtleet was out of place at ! lull-back. In that department Rennie , played well, ii.-ing the reverse stroke to ad\:intage. Speight paved some lu>t I shotrt in goal, and us a .uwtodian is not to be despised. llobinson, in his old place at centre half, held tho oppreing attack in good style in the tirnt spell. Of the forwards, (arr and Herman wore the most consistent, and made ; headway when nn opportunity occurred. , f'ri'-e v.:iM thi- UettiT ..f the twn winger-. Kdcndale gave College Kifle e a cood .leal oi trouble in the first i|:iarter of tingame, but thereafter the f.mi'.innl efforts of the latter more than accounted for tin- irregular onslaught*) of Edendale. In field work the College showed much , improvement on their previous displays ;of late, but still there is plenty of room fi>r improvement. Sloman saved the r-ide . repeatedly ii- the opening stage.*, and , was safe and sound throughout. Swan at centre half did good work, and llaildoii ( played consir-1.-ntly. I'reston shaped well .at times. In the. forward line Hrayaon , anil Fletcher were the mi>st coimpicuoiis. ; RirkftU had a busy time for Ivlendale. and frequently got the rfido out of I trouble. Davis and I'hillirt-, were the best of the remainder of the backs. In the i forwards. Sparkcs' work nn the Held waa I good, and Monteith rendered valuable service. I 1 Areta and Ponsonby figured in a game ; iif the scrappy order, and in some inI stances interpretations of the rules were i ! not orthodox. However, the contestants ; are to be complimented on the. npirit adopted in a desire to make the best of ( , maUc.ro and not obtain any undue advantage through direct influence. Areta had the better of the argument through out, but it was not until the second ball i that they became masters of the situation. Kor Aretii England and Ellison j were a safe pair of backs. Bishop worI ried tin- Ponsonby van, while White. Cooper, and Wttstwood were the pick of the forwards. For Ponsonby Steele, an.l Crawshaw claimed the honours of the hack division, while Satrhell and Kirk were the most prominent forwards. The following litter . is been sent to ,us for publication by Mr. W. Hank in. 1 secretary of the Mt. Kden Hockey (lub. on theeubjeot of the sole selector and the propriety of his participation in championship matches while occupying that position,:— sir. How the Auckland Hockey Association expects its sole selector to faithfully and honestly select the best representative team is the question that ■ has been tusked tor the past two and a I half montin by nil hockey [ilaycre and ' supporters. nnd U still being asked. When appointed as t-ole selector it is 1 understood that Mr. Speight assured tiic Association that it would be bis . ! unfailing duty to interest himself nnd i : watch every team, to do justice to all. ' ' «;id refrain from playing himself—th id j latter assurance being only what a selector should give. Instead of watching for players improving in every game , i Saturday after Saturday, we have- only : ' seen the selector interesting himself in i his own club (''nivcrsity). nnd turning 1 j out week after week in competition r ' matches. Now. bir. surely a man of r ! Mr. Spcighfo experience as a hockey player and member of the> Aeeociation ■ wili admit that the only course open to him was to rcisigu from the position bestowed upon him. and allow some . ! other gentleman that had time to. antl ' would have, closely watched the itni provementfl in every team and plajP-r, to take his place. Either Mr. Speight in t.hir respect and position is running the Association, or the Association an a body ie frightened to speak straight to its selector. Last Saturday.-; match, University v. Mount Kden. was looked ' upon by all lie n "teet match." and for I this match alone Mr. Speight should \ have been an ardent, interested, and , J faithful sele<stor. and viewed the game ' from the sideline, of filling t!io j position of gonlkeeper for University. Even if University ha<l any difliculty in ' finding a goaJie (which they had mot), as ' the A and B trials were to bo picked for s next Saturday, this fact alone should have conscientiously weighed on Mr. • Speight's mind. When all is said and • done, the Association has made itself a laughing stock for all other sporting i bodies— a sole selector for Auckland • teeing a player—and it. is very littln " wonder that players of all clubs and all r grades cxprees diwatisfaction with the Association for the protection it has • afforded them and the game in this instance."

NEW ZEALAND V. WELLINGTON. i I (By Telegraph—Frees Association.) I WELLINGTON. Monday. ! A same oC hoc-key between the New Zea- ! laiul 'team and a representative Wellington team resulted In a victory lor the visitors by 8 to ». The visitors played n brilliant game, *hetr <-ombina'rion l*eluK excellent. AQUATICS. OOOD SEASON EXPECTED. ALL THE BIG YACHTS BEING COMMISSIONED. The aquatic season of 1019-20 gives promise of being one of the best we have experienced for the past eight or ten I years. Not only will all the small ! classes be well represented, but the lar--1 ger classes will show a great revival. j Several well-known lliers, which have ' been laid up for tho past four or five j years, have recently changed hands, ami I their new owners are actively engaged | I in getting them ready to take the water | early in October. j Nearly all the boys are home from I overseas, except those 'brave lade who '■ will never return-—over "200 "went West -, i from the Auckland clubs alone — and they are all looking forward to taking | up their old sport with renewed vigour. Some will take part in the various club races, where old champions will meet, i Others again will be content with the less strenuous pleasure of cruising; but j all are plad to be back once more on trie ; I Waitcmata. the memory of which has j been with them on many lonely vigils. I While the building of new boats has i naturally been very much restricted during tho period of the wur due partly to the lessened demand, the hijrh cost of all | muteriulft, and the scarcity of labour. vet a certain number have been built i each year, mostly , launches, certainly, but a strong demand ha* now set in for all classes of boat. l !, and nur local builders arc besieged with estimates for new craft, a number of which have already been ordered. Old boats are also ' in fair demand, and many have lately ; changed bands at fair price*. i Tlic most gratifying feature of the : cominjr season will be the number of well known large ynehts which will take the ' : water after being laid up for several years. <lurinsr which time their owners I have been doing duty in the R.X.V.R. | and other branches of war work. Among the big boats is Ariki. which was built by Logan's for Mr. Horton. and was afterwards purchased by Mr. 11. Nathan. 'She has now been 'bought by Mr. W. R. Wilson, who is having the damage repaired which she sustained in the record (,'ale of March. 1018. and she will be ready for launching next month. Thelmn is another of our biggest white ' winy which ha* rhnnaod bands, having r.ventlv been sold by Mr. .1. L. R. liloomtield to Messrs. ,lnnc« and Alexander. Thelmn was built by Logan's for Messrs. .laggcr Brothers, who owned her for many years. .She was nl-o damaged in the gale, but her repair* are nearly completed. Mr. W. K. Ingram's line yawl Tlr\ will be ready for the water in November, her repairs being woll in I . ha ml at I". Hailey's yard. I.ieut. <\ Bassott." V.C., lias pur.-based the yacht I.udyo Wilnu, and will race ' her In the "Royals" and the North «hor* (lub this year. Mr. If. George, of , Nortlirotr. has bought the yacht Victory fro:n Mr Tr, nl Alexander, and Mr. , A. I'arkor. of -t.riW liny, hns pur-clin-nl Niratirn, built'hv C. llailev for , Mr. .1. \\. Krater. Heartsease i- e.Yt.ectod to change iiatids this week, ami I there are several other sales ponding. i It will be seen that with the above mentioned yachts, supplemented by Viking. Rainbow, Moana, Rawcne, an.l lorangi. the harbour will have a brave mi.iw of first-class yachts, mu.h ahead of anything we have seen for many year-i , past." In the centre-board classes there is a'.-io ;i great eiirriiifi of thp licet, ami all tin , , boat.' of this type which have been laid . up tor several seaaonn are coining down , ftgain. The 26-foot class will have no , new b<>aU, but Omateiv. Celox. Cnlypto.l Starloeh. Sadie. X.-ma. Kmily. \ ariina. and Waitere will -all be in commission. . and together with the other boats oi this cli««M should make a aood show.; Hltiivureak will be missing fllin yeir. Hi: the veteran y» .-htsinan. Mr. Tom Mender-: . son. lias sold her to go tishinjr at the Tl.anuv.. Mr. AY. J. Reid, Commodore of| . the Victoria flub, has purchased Sadie, and is having a new suit of sails made f for her. I The 22-foot class, which has always . been one of the most popular classes.' will be augmented by no !rc-s than .-even new hoat.-i by the time racing starts. ' With the old champions Vale-ia. Duleie. , Venue, and Mowai. together with Marie. Dorecn. Sylvia, Rahiri, and the .-.even new «-.nes. the racing in thU class should be . very keen, and the *turt6 be well worth watching. Th,. H) foot class is the only one which has gone back, most of the owner-; of ■ the now 11 looters being recruited from , these boats; enough nro let";, however, to . warrant the clues being , retained on the fixture rank of the clubs which cater for this type of boat. [ Another class which it h hoped will now become popular is the one design 14 . foot class. It will be remembered that I four years ago several of tl:e~p lunJy . little craft were built from a design pirb--1 iieiied in the ''N.Z. Yachtsman," and they . J turned out lo be fact and weatherly. The ; design was one that amateurs could . easily build from, and two or three wore r ! built by youths. :i well-known patron of . the sport. Mr. K.rnest Davis, donating a ■ bonus of £4 to each one so built. The x : war put a atop to th;e claes soon after , its inception, but interest lias now reJ vlredt and besides Betty, built hist year, f • we shall see Desert (!old allfnit again, . 'and one or two professionally built, and i several amateur build newcomers, so that > ; next to the i'l footers this das.* should i : provide excellent sport, and it is hoped ■ i that other clube will follow the example [ i of the North Hiore Club, anil put on a - i race for the littie fellows every time they > hold a fixture. i ; A class which has lost its one-time . ' popularity is the 10 foot open boat class, i Some eight or ten years back it was a > \ common sight to see ten or twelve 1G , J foolers start at the Anniversary Regatta 1 I and very keen racing always resulted. r J Now the entries are so email that several I : elnlis allow partially decked boats to I j compete, which hae not helped matters. • I In light weather the open bouts simply i> io«> the heavier ballasted half-decker . I which, owing to their being partly i ' covered in have a big advantage over the s J open boat in heavy weather. Another r ; factor against the lti footers was theii \ J relatively high cost, caoh new -. : boat beinf* much dearer than it's prede--1 j cessor. Then again the 14 footers, which i ' now cost nearly as much as a 1C footer ■i ', <lid. have taken their lace, and for ail 1 i ordinary weather are almost as fas*, anil a ' certainly handier. Once or twice last \ I year Betty did the same course as the c j Id's in faster time. With the advent s of a number of young recruits to the s sport these small classes' should receive ii lnu'ja needed iiliii , , and tliere can he jtf.

I two opinions about their usefulness ac a I training ground for the budding yachtsman. In connection with the sport of yachting it ie gratifying to «cc eigns of more interest being taken by the general public. In a recent address to the local branch of the Navy .League a speaker strongly advocated better recognition of the value of our sport to the nation in time of war, and hoped that the coming visit of Lord JelKcoe would be the means of getting some kind of official acknowledgment of the value to a maritime country of having a love of the sea, and a. practical knowledge of n««.maiichip fostered in the rising generation. It is to be hoped that advantage will be taken of the revival of aquatic eport to hold a record Anniversary Regatta next year, and a hint to the committee to get the matter in hand early may not be out of place. The power boat fleet is «o numerous and .so constantly being added to that a special article will be devoted to them next week. Next month id the time of annual I meetings. The Royal NX Yacht I Squadron will hold their meeting about I the end of the month. The North Shore IClub will also hold ite meeting in September, wjiilc the N.Z. Power Boat Association have deckled on Wednesday, September 17, and the Ponson'by Cruiei ing Club on Thursday, September 18. Yachtsmen, more 'particularly the older sailing men, are always interested in the rig of deep water craft which vllit I tliirt part from time to time. The eix- { malted barquentine E. R. Sterling, which !is now at the Central wharf, hae attracted a lot of attention, and many have won-, dered what the numerous masts ere named. American sailormen have vari- : oiw fancy names, sometimes calling them ; Monday, Tuesday, etc., after the days of \ J the week, but Britiahers would ca'.l the. Sterling's masts fore, main, mizzen, jig- ' ger, spanker and driver. This column will appear weekly in the "Star" from to-day onward* ac an addi- i ; tion to its already attractive feature?. . We shall he pleased to answer any queries relating to both branches of the j sport, and will welcome short, pithy paxa- ! graphs of general interest. Ail communications rihoiiWl be addressed to "Aquatic Editor" , "Star" office, and reach this office not later than Monday afternoon. GOLF. »tiianc;a.hbi championship tolunamext. I From Our Own Correspondent.) WHANOARBI, Monday. Tli* second round for the «olf cunmplonsh'.ji was played lu«t week-end. The game In-twepn Mra-ers. Sit, Clare Jounneaux and K. Cotjurn vm very closely contested, nlpiipb both I'layers wexv not up to th.-lr usual form. Jounueuux won Now. 1 and 2; ColMirn w«n •'! and 4. halved No. 3, and won No. 0: Jounnratix won So. 7, halved No. Si: CuUiirn w»n Nos. 9, 10 and 11: ] ■Iniinncaux Xμ. IU nnd 13, halved No. 14; | (-ohurn won No. 10: Jounneaux No. 16, halrf.l No. 17, won No. IS. making the i':un» all !>qira<re on the eightoen'th hole. I Tin' mn>ti-» was omtinued on. No. 19 I mis halvi. , , and Cotmni won No. 20, thus winning the mmtch 1 up. The 20 holes wi r<- phiypil 108 anil 10n. Tlip i>th<*r iKinic< wrcp: Be&tley l»at ' Hatty 4 up end :! !n play; Shlmrain beat lUlKWitt 4 ivp: Carriith Insit HHI, 6 up and i 5 to pjay. I Thy rtraw for the third round of the <-hflmi'<onsliip. f.-> 1m» played next .Saterdny. ,'<: inlturn plays Shimmin. Bentley plays ; I'am: tli. ' <:T>!f links have now been estnhlished at mid at the invMatlon of the b-Mup f!nl> flMnt thirty members of the ; Whnnenrpi cluh paid :i rlsw ln.«t Saturday, ami fond a innnt enjoyable time on the n-wlyforuied links.