SPORT HIGHLIGHTS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 145, 21 June 1941, Page 3 (Supplement)

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS

| ljllm °ur's Fine Leadership It was a capital performance for : 0 r a m m a r Old *| unlucky start this 1 reason, to inflict » 1 . 1 Joys h ari ' Ct c; ° ki H J " l^ 1 their first' do- "M J ' U -' IS t? S c,^ nv incing Not only did .1. 1.. Gilmour ably lead six iin' ni S ~ o ain after Grammar was he lvi? ,1 °IVn1 Vn at ,hc imerval. but ne had a hand in most of the scorin" .movements, and converted three I tues. born at Methven 27 vears a"o i NVl i h i'- is paren ' s Temuka ' and ]~ years later he was : - J-dn' n t H 1 for Soi, th Canterbury : t the springboks. He then : wcnt on tour, the Southcrnors'losinS i i\orth on i°i 0 ~ hc' r, four eames.in the : j ~' Island. I his was to Hawke's ' • • an<l as seven South C'anterburu.ns were injured. the game evidently proved to be a useful I rehearsal for the Kay's sensational; game with South Africa a week later ;' , "V" ir u '\ n ' livo - n Wellinsrton m 1.K.-S. and uftcr hoinji c*hf)son to cro ■ to the South Island. playing against Otago. South Can terbur.v and Canterbury, he joined the police force and was posted to Auckland in Since arrival here early that year he has not missed a s ngle representative !?(>*'."!■ Hi-"' 21 -vear-old brother. "I at. also a forwarrl. plaved such an important part in the defeat of Army by the Southern club at C hristcluirch a fortnight ago. that he! v. as chosen for the representative : engagement last week, and kicked tour goals when Army was hea'en i,! —l2 in the last minute of the game. Sixty-Five Fights, Five Losses In a judge's corner for the heavy-' weight bout at the Leys Institute on Thursday night was Ernie Armi-1 shaw, who had a notable record in i the amateur ranks from 1023 to 1027. j V hen he gave the game best in the : latter year he had won the Xew Zea- ! land welter-weight title at the chain-i pi on ships at Invercargill. and had had ; fin fights for only five losses. He! started in the ring at the age of in and won his first title as a light-! weight at a military tournament. At' the age of 10 he was ~nd lightweight titlcholder. In IH2n he took > the welter honours at the Auckland championships and went on to the national tourney at Christchurch. ' There Pick I.overidge beat him in' the final, but two years late.- he was | successful at Invercargill. defeating. "Twist" .laggers in the final. Armi-i shnw had two brothers in the sport, and one of them Pon won the .\iick- ; land lightweight title. i Murray and Hornabrook The unqualified success of the golf exhibition match staged by the Akarana club last month revealed that the sport can be utilised to raise , fund® for war purposes, and a match has been arranged between Alex. i Murray. New Zealand Professional champion, and .T. p. Hornabrook. amateur and onen championship ti'le holder. The Xew Plymouth club had arranged for this pair to play at Ngamutu earlier in the win- ' ter but the game fell through. It should prove an attraction at Titirangi on the first week-end of Julv. It has not yet been definitely decided "."bother the match will be played on Saturday or Sunday. The sum of t'sl was contributed to the war 1 funds as the result of the exhibition staged at Akarana when voluntary , contributions were made. i I Louis to Quit? Ac-cording to the latest American "Knockout.." Joe Louis has announced that he will retire from the j ring at the end of this year. He figures that by then he will be '■ out of opponents and. from a racial angle, can best perform the role of a model negro by quitting the game unbeaten champion and still at his peak, as Tunney did. Furthermore, he is ready to go j into the army and want's to be ' finished his career when that time comes. Before the end of the year Louis hopes to earn at least £7-3.000. which • will insure him against possible reverses in the operation of his 17a- ; acre farm near Detroit, Richmond Players Overseas I Three prominent Rugby League j piayers, members of the Richmond | club. L. D. Mills, T. Brantley and J. j Vernall. are reported safe back in ! the Middle East after participating! in the Greece and Crete campaigns. It was a remarkable coincidence that Mills and Brantley met on the same transport in the hurried evacuation after being separated for some weeks. Mills went home to England ! with the Xew Zealand Kiwi team in | 19:59 and a promising career as a: wing three-quarter was predicted for j him. Bramley played in several j Army games in Cairo, and is the! proud possessor of the General Frey- j berg Medal won by a Xew Zealand ! unit in a seven-a-side Rugby tourna-1 ment. The medal is actually in j Auckland. Both Vernall and Bram- j ley played at full-back for Richmond j a few seasons ago. :

Boxing Memories Revived 'r, ?.^ ero f little that Mr. \V F hiVr Van oes not know about boxin" ecair'the Auckland. Wdl does & i er ail the time in 192 1 when he land -) uckland team to the North . -V-t f'lampionships at. Xauior r '} vo certainties "in the : anf t'hel ,' P V rd -y and R - Meale— was on it e it 6 ' >oth hori,on - Purely tf quite oJT colour in losing to Bill ■ Fred e r-n ■ Mea,e struck a snag her of Oisborne. who had : the \orl'in nR i %V . lth Tom Hoen( ' v - Rut back- wuV a - ni (]i(i nn ' come wthn- ■' ll a r fltl c- Petty-Officer ■ wthui firth from H\i S f"'hatsfrVy^n' n V lO ~ ipllt- 1 from E. V'cllineVn K \, ad C '° n ' lP frnm I -iter t~ ii a 200,1 reputation. ' c n '"l wont ,n Xew Zealand yhanipionshins and won the title i nat was seventeen years ago. On Thursday night at the amateur ■ bouts at the T.,eys Institute. Mr., . Oervan got a taji on th.e shoulder from a police sergeant—in (|uite a friendly way. It. was the same Xed St raff on. Memories of 192! were being revived when a third party butted in. ... It was Arthur Firth ; still carrying on as a petty-officer in the navy. Neither the sergeant nor the potty-otlicor had met since their bout at Napier seventeen years a„;o. •See picture on page id H. Sheridan Turns Pro. Latest recruit to the professional boxing ranks is Hughie Sheridan, winner of the New Zealand flyweight title at Greymouth in r.i:;/. and also the Jamie.-on Belt for the most scientific boxer at the tournament. That performance won him a ■ trip lo Sydney for the Empire Ganies in February of the next year. There he was unfortunate to strike .1. S. Jotibert in the first round, and be beaten by the South African, who proved the title winner. Sheridan i : came to Auckland from Hawke's J Bay and competed only the one year j tin the Auckland championships, j ! Four of his cousins in Hawke's Bay have all made their mark in the j i sport — Brian and Bert McKay. Jack ! Davis and Ralph Aitken. Sheridan • ; was offered a fight at Wellington at i ! the association's forthcoming tour- j ! ney, but deemed the time too short ! ■ to get into proper fettle. He is look.- 1 ling forward to making his profes-I ■ sional debut. I I