News and Views on Many Sports from Many Places

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 204, 26 May 1936, Page 14

News and Views on Many Sports from Many Places

The English Rugby League realised its ambition to have fifty thousand people at the Wembley Cup final.

Viktor Barna, the world table tennis champion since 1931, lost his title at Prague recently, when he was defeated by bis fellow-countryman, Soos; in three straight games, at 21-11, 21-17. 21-17.

.Al the twenty-sixth annual ‘-Big Ten” Universities indoor track and field meeting at Chicago on March 14, Ray Ellinwood, of Chicago, turned tn a new world's record for the quarter indoors. His time of 48 9-10 see. smashed the previous world’s record of -19 3-10 see. established by Alex. Wilson, of Notre Dame, m 1932.

News comes that Dwight I*. Davis, donor of the Davis Cup, was married recently, He was ritntier-up for the United Slates championship 38 years ago. Dr. Dwight Davis was Secretary of War in the United States Cabinet in 1925, and Governor of the Philippines in 1929. In Cannes four years ago ho got into Ihe doubles filial.

It is 'hoped that Britain will send a team of 200 to 250 to the Berlin Olympiad next August. In making this announcement, Lord Portal of Laverr’toke, the new chairman of the 8.0. A., who presided at the annual meeting of the association added that he intended to go to Berlin himself as- commandant of the British team.

Spanish all-in wrestlers are real hemen. In a contest in Madrid the wrestlers butted each other so thoroughly that they collapsed. At the count of nine one recovered sufficiently to get the verdict ■ then lapsed into unconsciousness.

Karl Schroeder, the young Swedish lawn tennis champion, who recently earned quite a name for himnelf on the Continent a,s a covered courts player by beat ing such opponents no Jean Borotra and G. von Cramm, was beaten jn the quar-ter-finals of the American championships at New York.

Don Bradman, during the making of a film in which he made his debut as a film actor OU the Oval ground, at Sydney, came perilously near wrecking the film. Hi was being “shot” for a scene in the “Fly ing Doctor.” Bradman hit one ball Io the boundary, was bowled by the next, ami then, lashing out, nearly knocked Ihe camera man out.

It is pleasing to see that some of the minor golf elttls are not afraid to have a tilt with a major club. Next Saturday Shandon will play a match against Hutt on the Hutt link's, and the experience the Shandon men will obtain will do them a lot of good. Of course, players like R. G. Hayward and W. J. Davidge are hardened campaigners, but Ihe other members of the Shandon team have still to come through (he relining tires of experience.

Prince Obolensky, the English Rugby international, has again demonstrated bis speed, this time on the running track. Representing Branenose College in the annual sports meeting at Oxford, lie won the 100 yards comfortably on a soaking track in 10 3-ssec. He also won the long jump with 19ft. 3in.

Parisians -'ire crowding to see Aurel Tomi, the 31'1. sin. featherweight and flyweight boxing champion of Rumania, who is now- on a visit to their city. Winner of 40 fights out of 60, this latest boxing sensation hits caused even more gasps limn 7ft. Gin. countryman, Gogea Mitu. Tona is 2 I years old, and, in addition to his skill nt 'boxing, is a ke n lootbailer.

I'aranaki reports say that Joe Kiusiila, a fine attacking back who represented Taranaki in 1931-32-33-31. has retired and that S. Fookes, an interproviiieial player in 1933-34. is also giving the game best. Jack Sullivan, the brilliant Taranaki centre. will be turning out again this year. He is at present working ill H.-iwera. but he will probably be in New Plymouth during the football season.

England has the quickest knock-out on record, and it occurred in a title bout. Al Foreman knocked out I 1 red Webster for the British lightweight title in one and a half seconds. He hit Webster with a left, a r.->ht, and a left in that time, At the speed with which he ran across the ring at.the opening gong he must be able to turn in a mighty tine'loo yards dash.

In one of his recent club matches in the English Rugby League, George Nepia was off-colour, ami greatly disappointed the onlookers. One of the opposing players “dummied” him and scored a spectacular v s v

A week back Mrs. J. Scotland and Mrs. J. C. Bradley tied in a flag match on the Titahi links. Now, it is rarely indeed that two players place the flag in the same identical spot. To magnify (lie coincidence, the husbands of these ladies on Sunday also tied in a flag match on the Titahi course.

Coaching Taieri in Dunedin this season will be C. G. Gibbons. Gibbons formerly represented Wanganui at Rugby, and also played for Eastbourne in Wellington. One of New Zealand’s best distance runners a few years back, he made quite a successful come-back on the track last season, and nearly gained a place in the Otago team for the three miles at the New Zealand track and field championships

There was a remarkable coincidence at the annual general meetings of the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union ami the llaw’ke’s Bay Football Association, I'lie delegates to each body appointed a secretary of a boxing organisation as president. Rugby chose Mr. T. W. Hercoek, who is the secretary of the Napier Boxing Association, while the Soccer delegates reappointed Mr. J. Stiekiand, secretary of the Hawke’s Bay Boxing Association.