LATE SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 19062, 3 October 1925, Page 10

LATE SPORTING

HAWKE’S BAY RACES. Weather beautiful; attendance good; course hard. Results:— Tomoana Hurdles. lsm. —Woden (10.9) 1, Toa Taua (11.2) 2, Koa 'Pane (9.7) 3. Scratched; Little River, Waimatao, Betty Binna. Three lengths; half-length. Time, 2min 47sec. Trial Stakes (all 8.0). 5f. —Llandudno 1, Break o’ Day 2, Waitaunaha 3. Two lengths; half-length. Time, Imin 3sec. WELLINGTON TROTS. Tile Spring Meeting of the Wellington Trotting Club opened in wet weather; good attendance; course under water. Results: — Hutt Park Trial Handicap. lsm. — Sungleam ■ (scr) 1, Silk Thread (12yde) 2, Beatty (48yds) 3. Scratched: Welcome Pearl, Eagle Pointer, D’Artagnan. Four lengths. Time, 3min 53sec. THE RULES OF CRICKET. SYDNEY, October 3. (Received October 3, at 11.5 a.m.) The Australian Board of Cricket Control has decided to inform the State Associations that it is of opinion that covering wickets is not in tho best interests of tho game. The associations are being asked to adopt measures to prevent it as far as possible in future. It was decided to inform the Marylebono Club that the board considers that the over in Australia should consist ol eight balls, as at present, and that tho method of tossing for choice of innings, at present in vogue, should bo adhered to. Collins, Ryder, and Clem. Hdl have been appointed selectors to choose the team to tour England. RANDWICK SPRING MEETING. SYDNEY, October 3. (Received October 3, at 11.5 a.m.) The weather is fine and warm for the races. DJ.C. RACES. The horses which were rehandicapped in the acceptances for tho Dunedin Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting were:— Corn Rigs 7.9 (Electric Handicap); Bonena 7.3 (Mosgiel Handicap); Com Money 8.9 (Taioma Handicap). “Old Identity” writes;—The acceptances for the Dunedin Jockey Club’s meeting at-Wingatui that commences on Thursday next are all that could be desired in every race except the Spring Hurdles. Twelve are left in tho Mosgiel Handicap and_ nine of these are acceptors in the Now Zealand Cup. Fifteen have paid up for the Electric Handicap, and some of our strongest stables are hero represented. The nine left in the M’Lean Stakes, for two-year-olds, include four Tractors and three by Paper Money. The Dunedin Guineas has no fewer than thirteen, and promises to be the best race of the series. LAWN TENNIS, [Speciat, to the ‘Stak.'] CHRISTCHURCH, October 2. Definite action with a view to the appointment of a professional conch by tho Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association was taken by tho Linwood Tennis Club at its annual mooting. The club decided to authorise the committee to give a guarantee to the association of £SO against foes, conditional on a professional coach being engaged. _ _ Interviewed to-day, Mr G. Ollivier, the New Zealand champion, said that ho was wholeheartedly in favor of the proposal. “ A professional coach is the only one who will do any good,” said Mr Ollivier. “As a pjayer who has done a foir bit of voluntary coaching, I can say that most players think they can do the shots just as well as the roan who is trying to teach them. With a professional coach, however, I think things would be different; but he must be a good man. I think an American would be the best. The English style _is not much good in New Zealand. Either an Australian or an American coach would, I think, he successful. New Zealand tennis is not up to date, and I do not think a good enough man oould be got inside the dominion.” ■ “ I think a coach is very essential,” said Mr W. Goss, another prominent New Zealand player. “Coaching in tennis is just as necessary as it is in other sports. In my opinion there is nothing like starting young people off with a proper style. We do not want to be hidebound, but a good coach would watch that. The principal thing is to get tie right man. Coaching, as most people will appreciate, is a difficult matter. I personally do not feel capable to coach. I know when players are doing things wrong, but to coach them is another thing. A great deal of good oould undoubtedly be done by a coach in New Zealand/*