TERRITORIAL SPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 98, 28 April 1933, Page 10

TERRITORIAL SPORTS.

ENCOURAGING RECRUITING. DISPLAY ON TUESDAY NIGHT. The Territorial Association is endeavouring to encourage and assist in recruiting to the Territorial Force by providing for such recruits free tuition iu gymnastics, jiu-jitsu, wrestling and boxing; and it is particularly desirous of encouraging the team games, such as basketball and badminton, where a healthy spirit of rivalry can be established between teams from tbfc different Units. Arrangements have been made for instructors in team games after each parade night, and it is proposed io establish classes tor special training in gymnastics, boxing, and other indoor pastimes, on Thursday nights at the Drill iJall. No one will be eligible to attend such classes who fails to attend „he ordinary parades. The object of a display to be held on May 2 is to place definitely before recruits the results of taking up such physical training, and to impress them with its immense value in their everyday life. A Vtjry fine programme has beon arranged, including gymnastics, jiu-jitsu, wrestling and basketball exhibitions by the Technical College Cad-ts, under the direction of Lieutenant H. G. Leeves, and the 21st Battery Lieutenant D. A. Coieman, and the Ist Battalion. Many novelty items are included. Badminton exhibitions are to be given by J. Southon and E. W. Griffiths, present New Zealand doubles champions; D. G. McFarlane, ex-doubles champion; and J. McCrystal, semi-finalist 1932 A grade championship; and by L. Speed and H. Dallimore, of the S.M.T.C. Cadets, B grade doubles champions, 1932. Boxing exhibitions will be given by Archie Hughes (ex-lightweight champion), and Bakalich, L. Mc-Uonald, ;x----middleweight champion, and Painter, ex-heavy-weight champion, as well as by leading amateurs. ihe .Northern Command ''Territorial Association was formed on September 14, 1931, at a public meeting called by the Mayor of Auckland, who presided, and which was attended by some two hundred people. In his opening address, Mr. G. W. Hutchison, stressed tne necessity of civil organisations in the general public to support the Force, stating that with the abolition of the universal system of training it was essential that citizens should encourage the young men to join, and employers to grant facilities to enable their employees to attend camps, etc., otherwise no voluntary force could reach its highest "efiiciency. He stated further that before he gave his official aid to any movement he always demanded that there should be a civic interest. In this case, he held that the training, discipline and the organised games which are part of the Territorial Force activities were of the greatest value to the community, and that the civic interest was very real. Tho oliice-bearers of the New Zealand Territorial Association (Northern Command) are: —Patron, his Worship the Mayor of Auckland (Mr. Geo. W. Hutchison); vice-patron, Sir Geo. Richardson; president, Sir James Gunsoa; vice-presidents, Sir Alfred Bankart, Sir Cecil Leys, Messrs. Henry Horton and Ernest Daviß; chairman, general executive, Mr. M. Stewart; deputy chairman, Mr. I. J. Goldstine; lion, treasurer, Lieut.-Colonel R. G. Milligan, D.5.0.; lion, general secretary, Mr. F. A. Macdonald.