PEOPLE AND PERFORMANCES

Evening Star, Issue 18784, 7 November 1924, Page 4

PEOPLE AND PERFORMANCES

It is stated that P. M, Hornibrook has C. G. Macartney “ in the bag ” because he has dismissed the little man a few times. In four matches the Queenslander has got rid of C.G. six times in eight innings, the batsman having made 46, 60, and 47. Two of these matches were against Queensland. Macartney has a sequence of five centuries against Queensland (122, 122, 154, 195, 104), The New Zealand jockey, George Young, was fortunate when R. J. Mason selected him as Gloaming’s rider. It gave him a good introduction to Australian owners, and he is now thoroughly established. This season he has already scored such important races as tho Spring Stakes, Craven Plate, Breeders’ Plate, Epsom Handicap, Gimcrack Stakes, Caulfield Cup on Purser (afterwards disqualified), Melbourne Stakes, Victoria Derby, and Railway High-weight Handicap. Herbert Collins, the Australian skipper, has made thirty centuries in firstclass cricket. He is one of the most determined fighters with the bat Australian cricket has known. His highest innings in this class of match is 282 against Tasmania on the Hobart ground in 1913, tho first three-figure innings he played in first-class cricket.

George Dawson, . ex-light-weight champion boxer of Australia, was accorded a great reception in Sydney on his return from America after an absence of thirtytwo years. Dawson 'brought back with him the ‘Referee’ belt which lie won in 1690. It is peculiar that only two ‘ Referee ’ belts have been won, and both of them by light-weights, Sid Godfrey cas toe other.

Says a Sydney writer: “Frank Doyle, the state junior swimming champion, was recently credited with getting over SOyds in the Domain Baths in 24 4-ssec. He will go still faster later on. When he develops staying power this yoiru will set the world talking, unless app-iirances are entirely wrong. A young follow with Doyle’s physical advantages should be capable of almost anything up to ICOyds. He is of the same build as Johnny Weissmuller, and it may be that be will take the place of Charlton, as far as popularity is concerned, when the next Olympic Games come round.”

Eugene Volaire, the popular French boxer, and Billy Stanley meet at tho Sydney Stadium to-morrow night. Mickey Walker, world’s welter boxing champion, was offered £IO,OOO to come from America for two fights with Harry Collins in Sydney. He replied that he was uninterested in a trip to Australia, owing to the fact that ho has six matches between now and January. There was a record attendance of between 65,000 and 70,000 on Caulfield Cup dav.

The receipts at the Bill Howell benefit cricket match in Sydney amounted to £1,238. Subscriptions and collection boxes’ results brought the gross takings beyond £1,400.

Rancho Villa, world’s fly-weight champion boxer, is under suspension in tho United States for eight months, and is planning to return to tho Philippines during that period if he does not visit Australia. Bert Ristuccia took the count for the first time in his professional career at the Melbourne Stadium recently, when Billy Crime stopped him in the sixteenth round. It was the youngster’s fourteenth fight since he has joined the professional ranks, and, even though he is well under twenty years of age, his purse has been well lined during these last two years (says a writer). Judicious match-making has given him some easy marks, and he has also had the benefit of comparatively big houses when he fought Fox, Spargo, and Grime (twice). From now on ho will have to fight as a light-weight, and if he spends a few months in improving his boxing, and gains in robustness through not “stewing” to make weight, there may be some more money for him. But he will have to stop claiming and holding so much, and fight better at long range. His work is becoming less attractive each time he fights.

It is reported that the Swedish field game exponent, H. Lindstrom, has broken the world’s javelin-throwing record with a throw of 218 ft Sin, The previous record was made by Jonni Myrra in Sweden on August 25, 1919. The distance was 216 ft 10j!in. In the recent Olympiad at Paris Lindstrom (199 ft 10.42 in) was second to Myrra (205 ft 6.73 in). In the Bill Howell benefit match, New South Wales v. an Australian'eleven, in which Collins, Taylor, Kippax, and Kellcway, for the former, all made centuries, Clem Hill met with a great reception, the crowd applauding him all the way to the wicket, and then again and again, before ho took strike. It was a compliment to his imperishable record in Australian cricket, and to his sportsmanship in coming out of his retirement to assist at the benefit to an old comrade. Clem batted_ with surprising soundness for 40, pulling crisply, and scoring, as usual, more freely to the on than the off side. Considering that it is twenty-eight years since he first visited England as a member of an Australian Eleven, thirty years since he first played against English bowling, and that lie has not played for some years, his form was remarkable (says a Sydney scribe). There is wandering round the world an Association football team of Vienna Jews, who, after administering a great shook to a British touring side, went to England and walloped a crack chib team. The Jews have now been invited to pay a visit to South Africa next year, and, if they accept the invitation, they may be invited to travel a-s far as Australia. Christchurch is indeed rich in young athletes (says the ‘ Sun ’). There is tho record-breaking H. Lee, of St. Bede’s College ; the sensational hurdler, G. Williams, of Christ’s College; and the big number of other first-class school performers who have provided such fine school sports meetings this year. The season has been particularly rich in school champions, and many who did not show up in the limelight of placed performers at Wednesday’s interschools’ meet made names for themselves at their own school meet l ings. If the Canterbury Amateur Athletic Centre were alive enough to keep in touch with these boys when they leave school there would be no difficulty in Canterbury holding its own in New Zealand championship meetings. Of the Irish team -that played the All Blacks last Saturday, J. D. Clinch, J. N, Brand, and J. W. M'Vicker recently toured South Africa with the British team. Crawford, G. V. Stephenson, J. D. Gardiner, R. Callopy, and T. A. M'Clelland, in addition to Clinch and M'Vicker, represented Ireland last year. The fastest bowler in tho world today, E. A. M'Donalcl, who made a reputation during tho last tour of the Australians in England, and subsequently returned to England, will not play again in Australian cricket for some time to come. Last season M’Donald signed up with Lancashire, and played with that county towards the latter end of tho season. He captured 71 wickets at a nominal cost. M'Donald’s wife is not in the best of health, and it is understood that he is taking her for a sea trip during the winter. But the champion fast bowler will not return to Australia to play cricket until his agreement with Lancashire expires. Richard Tyldesley, the “ googlv expert of the touring English cricket team, is the heaviest man playing the game in England. With Warwick Armstrong out of tho game, he will be able to claim the distinction of being the heaviest