SPORTS AND GAMES

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 March 1925, Page 2

SPORTS AND GAMES

SCULLING. •■ ■ \ (Per Press Association.), TAURANGA, March 24? Hannan Jladfield are bo,t)i in training, anil they should be very fit for thein race on April’ll. A message from .Sydney states that Goodsell, the champion, says he will give the first title chance to Hannan, but he insists on the race being rowed on the Parramatta River. «■ ■ - • ■ 1 ’*■ ‘ Hannan, interviewed herdT stated that if he wkre victorious against,Hadfield, he would- meqt ' Goodsell for' the world’s championship. -Hadfield said that if he beat'Jf/innan,. he . would immediately challenge Goodsell for the title’. ‘ ■ * SYDNEY, March 24. Paddon lias challenged Goodsell to a match on the Clarence or Richmond river, for ,£5OO a side. The- title is not involved. ■ A statement is made that Paddon’s challenge t.o. Qopdsell was the oiit,come, of? repiarks glleged to have been made by Goodsell after beating McDevitt. Referring to. his previous challenge to Paddon, Gbodsell is reported to have declared that he thought Paddon might have taken Jesstime to- decide whether he would acc’ept the challenge, or transfer the championship title to someone else, instead of keeping McDevitt waiting two months. The inference drawn by the'hearers was that Paddon had no desire to. meet GOOdsell. RUGBY FOOTBALL. • ...... PARIS, March 24. The struggle between the Stade Francois© dnd the Racing Club, two of the mo£t important Rugger teams in Paris, is regarded- as an historical'even’t in French Rugby, circles, owing to the teams adopting New Zealand rules respecting not kicking into touch outside their, own twenty-five, and keeping the linefout back ten yards from the touch line;’ - -