SPORTS AND GAMES

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1926, Page 2

SPORTS AND GAMES

’ < . MAKURA CIWQUET. CLUB . ;> Members , and friends of the Makura Croquet Club are invited to be present' at the official opening of their >* greens which will take place on Saturt day, December 4 at 3 p.m. The care- « taker has been doing splendid work '• in getting everything in preparation, • the greeris being true, and equal to any in New Zealand. Afternoon tea t with light refreshments will be sup--3 plied to members and visitors. The 1 greens will be opened by the President Mrs. James Griffen. A most success- ’ ful season is looked forward to. Mem- “ bers are asked to contribute a plate. 5 In the event of the weather being ! unseasonable, the greens will be ' opened rind members entertained in the pavilion. BOXER INJURED. i BLENHEIM, December 2. i Dick Vercoe, who was scheduled . to meet Roy Oyerend next Saturday - in a professional ten rounds bout, met s with an accident yesterday. His hand j caught in the belt of a machine where - he was employed, causing a painful j injury to the thumb. The match , therefore, is indefinitely postponed. j TENNIS PROS. t i MELBOURNE, December 2. , The Secretary of the Australian 3 Tennis Association states that unless J Anderson changes his mind regarding • turning professional, it is unlikely ■ that the Davis Cup team will be sent I abroad this season. (3 NEW YORK, Dec. 1. “How can a good sport not care if i she loses.” demanded Lenglen, when '• interviewed on Wednesday. "To want a to win makes a good sport. For mys self. I would not be a good loser. It is not expected of me.” She said that e as a professional she escaped "miles y of lot of silly boresome people.” She i- was enjoying herself for the first :1 time.