LATE SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 22618, 9 April 1937, Page 12

LATE SPORTING

COMPETING WITH AMATEURS ALLEGED PROFESSIONAL [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, April 9. The statement that a former professional athlete who has not been reinstated has been competing against amateurs in Wellington was made by the chairman (Mr E. M. Todd) at a meeting of the Canterbury Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. Mr Todd said the athlete in question was in Christchurch at Easter, reputedly to compete for Victoria CoHpge in the interuniversity college tournament. He did not start, although he was entered for the 220yds hurdles. “ This man has competed ’ against amateurs who knew he was a former professional. One or two of these athletes will be in line for places in the team to compete at the Empire Games in Sydney. They din’t like to give him away, but there will be others willing to give them away when it is touch and go for selection.” It was decided to advise the Wellington Centre that the man referred _to competed as a professional in Christchurch some years ago, and so far as members of the centre knew, he had not been reinstated. NEW ZEALAND HOCKEY TEAM STRENUOUS PROGRAMME IN AUSTRALIA Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, April 9. (Received April 9, at 2 p.m.) The itinerary of the N?w Zealand hockey team, which will arrive in Sydney early in July, is the heaviest ever undertaken by a visiting team. Seventeen games will be played against country teams in addition to matches against Sydney, New South Wales, and a test against Australia at Sydney. The tourists will also have an extensive programme in Queensland and Victoria.