IN THE SPORTLIGHT

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 182, 4 August 1939, Page 13

IN THE SPORTLIGHT

Women's Golf Records Made In Australia R^fo^an" 6^ 6 Occasionally the new performance has an ephemeral existence. Such an instance is reported from Adelaide by a United ira R o fNwwT' P ?V he K °°y° n 8 a c °"»e Miss B. ra R o or INew South Wales, had a round of 76, which was th* =r£ff Js riot, at&tirLfcjr s^!

Hawke's Bay " Barbarians." Announcement has been made of the ••••"»•• «hitli .nc |„ lopresent the North «'"l >"»ili Saracens ,„ the KukU.% match •'<■ M> b'Mii I'aiK, Napier, fo-nioi i ~,v. -nils, ""' " l "' 1 ' 1 Im,w oi tin- S ceus, will mark In< ' "•'Ppcarance in active football of a

";""""' "' well-known Hawse's baj |" M ; | l , ' M,t -'n«-!u«ling many who 111 '"' " u "' n ' provnu-u over lonu '"'""" ■| n 'i '" Hfl,l ' L ">". one or two 1 .i> is Mi,, have won. the representative r; M " "' TM'oVM.ces ~tln.|- than Hnwkes i. ,'■ : I"h m™ / 7' i " l ' l taking he held are B. A. Grcnside, .lack BUk,. Inn ~, and Do,, Writfn (the '«■»"■«• Auckland Grammar School >,alt*»rk Ihe rot-rre appoincd is Alec Kirkpah .. k. j, toimer Hawkc s Bay ca.ptain and a Am /ealan, representative hooker, who turned Australia will, Wright in 1U25 and , v,r , i!iacki. l,eCommo,,wcalthwiu '

Used Hitler's Bedroom.

Jr-'i, Hitler stayed here a fortnight T • "'.'."l -i'f >" 8 bedroom." So James Ad,,,, J-10./.j centre half and captain of A-ton Villa, v,;m tokl as he wa« ushered iiitn luj HpHrtuienta recently at a luxury hotel at Baden-Baden. Germany, writes an Lngltsh •porta critic. It's the (let man way ol doing things now money—football gates mended cannot come out of tl, e country, fllitwli teams are mven luxury trips—swell liners, swell hotels, everything tirsUlass All expenses paid. But no share of the gates then- tames attract. The Villa plater* also came away with a £4.", camera 1 '. P ' „££" (,Prma n football Association spent £M 0 on the Villa's three weeks'

Hard Night for Boxers.

As anyone wh„ has ever done any Iv.xmg knows well, one fight in an evening in,ikes a heavy demand on stamina. A high standard ot fitness was revealed lit the Auckland framing College tournev at the Auckland Gymnasium on Wednesday night, however, and there were two cases of one boy having three fights in the evening. The tiiedewt man after the night's lighting was prolwibly Shawknown to the spectators as "Soapy"— «lio won the light-heavy-weight division. Me had his second match barely a quarter 0 "" "our utter his first, and then, about 20 minutes later, was called upon to meet R. Johnson in the final. All his contests were hard and fast, and it is a !,'T t ", llim tllnt lle WHa atill going "flat out" at the finish to score a popular victory, although his punches were lacking steam towards the end. Incidentally there was a lot of hard slugging seen in this tourney. In one evening's boxing there were ioven knock-out* and technical K.O.V

Beat His Own Record. Remembered i„ Xew Zealand for his ' wpaya here with the West Indian (Trinidad I atnletic tram m 1038 J K X I umbc.-batch clipped one-tenth ot a second' ol Ins own ttwt Indian record for the --••yds sprint at the lere Club's athletic in,■-■t. at lort-ot-Spain recently. Cumbeiyitcli s time tor the event was 21 .is i V'"\ w with the * ood wolk '»y taking the liH.uis event m 10 l-10s. Cumber-batch, with t. lierrc, a fellow-countryman, is in take part in the international athletic meeting at White City, London, on August 7.

Five for Two! Twice in this season's county cricket Championship a bowler has taken Hve wickets tor two runs in an innings. At Maidstone on July 12 L. J. Todd. Kent's uest all-round player, caused a Somerset rout Alter Lee ami (iimbletf had put '•'I II- tor the first wicke* tlie Kent leftiwmler. assisted by splendid slip fielding. Hi tniec overs and six balls dismissed five Somerset men for two runs. This week U'ake Leicestershire, sent Hve Warwickshire batsmen back for two runs. Vet he was mi tin- beaten side at Birmingham, and although Leicester took four points for a nrsi inning* lead Warwickshire won by as substantial a margin as nine wickets. Young 'Keeper Excels.

At \\ orksop on July 12, playing for 1.e., Cheshire against Xottts. G. Dawkes. the 18-year-old wicket-keeper, caught five men. I wo or those who managed to evade ns attentions completed their 1000 runs tor the season They were W. W. Keeton and G. r H. Heane. the former of whom since carried hie bat for 312 against .Middlesex, at Lord's, and hit an even century in the return game this week with the London side at Trent Bridge. Heane who was captain of Sir Jufien Cahn'C M. m the one-day Test at Wellington last March, has also been scoring consistently.

New Boxing Gymnasium. Work is being pushed ahead on the renovation of the old Roskill Hall, which i" to be converted into a boxing gymnasium, and on August lj an opening night will be held. Amateur bouts and exhibitions by leading professional boxers wilt be staged to mark the launching of this new ■» nture by the management of the Auckland (bin. The object is to toster the sport amutig amateurs in the three Kings area, and every encouragement has been given by the Auckland Boxing Association and the local road board. Instruction will be given by Hugh Sheridan, former New Zealand bantamweight champion. Empire Games representative and holder of the trophy for the most scientific boxer. He and Dick Branch, Auckland amateur middle-weight champion, will run the gym. under the supervision of Frank Pearcey.