SPORTING CHATTER

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 28, 3 February 1939, Page 13

SPORTING CHATTER

CALLED AGAIN! QUIST'S FOOT-FAULTS. Davis Cup Sensation of 1938 Recalled. ' Apparently Adrian Quist lias not yet cured himself of foot-faulting- He "was "called" at Kooyong courts, Melbourne, on January 25,' for "hopping" in- an Australian championship singles match against Lionel Brodic, the test of Victoria's younger players. Although ha did not appear to worry much about it on the court, Quist was very '.perturbed,;' for-he believed that, with the assistance of' the president of the" Australian Lawn Tennis Association ; (Mr: N". E. Brookes) he had eliminated the foot-fault from his service. delivery. Writing 111 the "Melbourne. Herald," H. O. Hopman, captain of the Australian Davis Cup team in America last year, said Quist must be called if he continues to break the foot-fault rule. Although it may upset him in three championships, it is much better to get it over now than to ri6k a repetition of the trouble he had in the Davis Cup last year, when a sensation was caused by a linesman (Mr. Harold le Bair) persistently foot-faulting Quist in his singles with Donald Budge. (This happened in the first set and thereafter Quist'Was, unable to concentrate. Budge won, B—G, 6—l, 6—2, and Australia lost the cup, as although J. E. Bromwieh beat B. L. Biggs, it was too late for Australia, as America was leading by two rubbers to one before Budge and Quist opened the final day's proceedings). .. Promising Victorian Colt. Quist played splendidly against Brodie. Some of the volleys he brought off were magnificent, and liis general all-round play was consistent as well as carrying a nice change of pace and length.

Queensland "Skip" Will be Watched. There must be some dark horses among the party of touring Queensland bowlers who are (gpected to reach Auckland on Saturday jnorning. During their visit to Dunedin last week they played the St. Kilda club, the second largest club in that centre, and one of the visiting .rinks won by 38 to 3. The skip was A. 11. Charles (Toowoomba). Members of the Auckland Club will be looking for him on Saturday afternoon, as also the Carlton bowlers -on Monday. Only four of the 29 players in the party were in the 1937 tour of the Dominion, Messrs. F. C: Ker (Isis), J. B. Rchder (Burgowan), J. T. Ryan (New Farm), and R ; S. Siemon (Toowong). If local reputations can be relied upon, the strongest skips arc R. A. Mason (Annerley) and A. Hasenkamp (Mackay).. .. Lost But Resourceful. . :: When children get lost in large crowds they usually become, panic-stricken, and can do little else but pry' loudly until they .are returned to those who are taking c*re of them. Of sterner stuff' than the average x however, was a little la9s who became separated from her parents at the Western Springs Speedway, last Saturday evening. She. had evidently been sent to buy some refreshments, and could not-find her way back. Not at all dismayed, she made her way. across the' cinder track to the announcer at the microphone, and asked him" to put a call through for her mother or father. He did so, and then allowed her to make a personal appeal, with the result that her mother was soon seen making her wa£ through the crowd. x Some midget cars were lined up for the start of a race, but they waited until mother and child had returned to safety before they went off. The cheers that accompanied the mother's progress across the grass to her child were as loud as any applause given for a race during the evening. Value of Speed. What can be achieved by speed and quick thinking was demonstrated by M. W. Wallace, the representative player, when fielding for Parnell against Grafton last Saturday- at Eden Park. It was a game of crises. One burning point came in the Grafton first wh'en N. Martin swung a ball round high on the leg-side. The ball was railing in a gap when Wallace began a long sprint from fine,deep leg. Spectators watched the race with interest, but Wallace got to the falling ball just, in time to intercept it. Later in the day Wallace made a spectacular deep field catph to dismiss F. W. Byerley, the attractive Grafton forcing batsman. Byerley was a bit unlucky—it was nearly a six. Athletes in Form. The tall Auckland Club distance man L. R. Watters impressed at the Lynndale Athletic Club's open meeting at New Lynn on Saturday when he accounted for a big field in the three miles event. Running from scratch he came home in 15.30. He was giving away distances up to about a quarter of a mile, »but had too much in reserve for thq handicap runners. A provincial title should not be far from his reach if he maintains form. Another athlete at Lynndale who impressed as .almost a certainty for an Auckland title was Roger Cameron, the walker. He is moving as easily as ever, and it looks as if he will add yet another provincial title to his formidable And, with lan jDriscoll now in Australia, he should'finish well in the picture at the Dominion championships. ■ Caltaux In Training Again. Auckland boxing fans will be pleased to hear that Vic Caltaux,. the colourful welter-weight battler who had .a highly successful first year in the; professional ranks last season, started training again this week. The 6plendidly-muscled" fighter has been working on an outdoor job since the end of last season, and is, looking wonderfully fit.. Once more lie will be" under the care of Charlie, Frank Pearcey up at the Auckland* Gymnasium. 'These two were largely responsible for Vic's success last year. Vic's a married man now. '-"y Attractions For Bowlerg., The annual bowling tournament at Rotorua, which commences next Monday morning, will engage 220 players for the best part of a week, and 104 of these will be from Auckland. Nomination will close on Saturday of next week for those .who. wish to visit Hamilton on the following Saturday, February 18, to play the South Auckland Centre for the Hardley Shield. The party to tour Taranaki for a week will leave Auckland oh M'reli 5, and' nominations for inclusion will close on-JSebruary.4B. . .

Junior Tennis Players Neglected? Some resentment was expressed by ! younger players in the Auckland provincial lawn tennis' championships last week that ball boys were not provided for junior and intermediate matches. The cost of boys, they pointed out, was not a prohibitive one to tlie association, and their employment would mean that matches could-be disposed of more quickly. As it was, much time was lost by players in retrieving--balls, particularly when they went into the hedge near the official stand. In addition, one player said, a feeling of inferiority was engendered among players at - this neglect, and the absence of scoring boards made it difficult for friends and relatives to follow the matches. "Why should junior and intermediate players be penalised," this player asked. "After all, these are the annual championships, which, come only once a year. All the Runs I Little did the members of the Oakley fourth grade A.C.A. team think when they set sail for Birkdale last Saturday that 10 of the side would not score a single run between them! That fate, however, iSefel them, for on being turned out for an aggregate of only nine runs the score-book shows that they were all scored by one player—A. la Plierz. _ Can you beat it? . - Polo Club Is Hard. A cauliflower ear whlcli would have done credit to any heavy-weight champion was one of the results of the semi-final for the Auckland Polo Cup, played last Week-end at Papatoetoe. It is still the most prominent feature —the ear, not the cup—of Alex McCorquindale's visage, and was greatly admired at the Westfield sale on Wednesday. In a liectic melee round the ball when horses, men and sticks were mingled in confusion, one of the Drury players' sticks connected flush with Alex's ear, and then things got even more hectic. The game resulted in Otahuhu's favour, and they are to playoff with Pakuranga this week-end for the honour of being the first holders of the cup, which was presented by Mr. George Kinlock. Last week's game showed how the local players ■ have progressed since the sport was revived in Auckland about three months ago after some 30 years in abeyance. It. was hard and'fast through- | out and marked by clean hitting and good positionaJ^la^^n^bpth.-iidea,

RELAY TITLES. ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS. CARLAW PARK TO-MORROW. Excellent fields will be the order at the third Auckland provincial and teams clmmpionships at Carlaw Park to-morrow. With the all-round improvement in the standard of athletics that has been evident of late, some excellent racing should result. Three classes of events, senior, junior and women's, will be staged and the programme will be very full. Every prominent athlete in the province will be taking part and the meeting will commence with a grand parade of athletes at 1.45 p.m. FOOTBALL AT HOME. CHAMPION'S NO-SCORE DRAW. LONDON, February 2. Football games played in Great Britain on Wednesday resulted:— English Soccer.—First division: Arsenal (1937-3S first division champion XI.) 0, v. Wolverhampton 0; Derby 4, v. Grimsby 1; Portsmouth 0, v. Everton 1. Second division: Burnley 2, v. West Broinwicli 1. Third division, southern section: Reading 0. v. Cardiff 0. Scottish Soccer Cup.—Second round: St. Mirren 3, v. Edinburgh 1. English Rugby.—Royal Air Force 11, v. Oxford University 6. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE. Postings for duty during the week-end bj- the St. John Ambulance Brigade:— Ellerslie Division.—Clevedon Show : Privates Waters, Ball. Gillies' Park : Privates Davcy. Plummer. Ellerslie Domain (MonI day night) : Private Granwall. I National Reserve Division.—Tui Glen (to-morrow) : Private E. Henli'y, (Sundav) Private T. Mitchell. Titirangl (to-morrow) : Private T. Mitchell. (Sunday) Private S. Brinkhurst.. Onetangi . (Sunday) : Private L v Heald. Swanson. Redwood Park (Suni day) : Private J. Edmonds. Cricket, Western Springs (to-morrow) : Corporal J. Whitlow. Baseball, Blandford Park (tomorrow) Privates S. Brinkhurst, L. Heald.