SPORTS AND GAMES

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 June 1927, Page 3

SPORTS AND GAMES

ATHLETICS. (Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn.) BERLIN, June. 13.. , British girl athletes scored, a ing victory at the Women’s Iriferhatiorial meeting by winning the hundred, two hundred arid six hundred meters hurdle race and long jump. Hockey. MELBOURNE, June 14. ’ .In the ladies’ hockey match, England defeated Victoria by 14 goals to nil. ROWING. SAN FRANCISCO,- June?-13. : News from Avalon states that Frank Hagney won the 1000 dollar. Longbqach to Catalina rowing race in five hours forty minutes. Major Goodsell (the Australian) was second in 5 hours 53 minutes. , Later. ..There were;, six.ty-eig.ht competitors in the twenty-mile race across the Catalina Channel in open skiffs. The winner { Frank who is a veteran Australian oarsman, & now at Hollywood, rowed twenty-six strokes to the minute. teSniS. *** i, .-.. : , RONDON,, June 13. Mr Cochran announces that he has come to terms iyith five leading British, amateur tennis players to become professionals after the Wimbledon tourney, and to play in Mdlle. Lenglen’s tour. He is trying to induce Suzanne to play a single match against a man for the first time in her career.

MOTOR CYCLING. LONjbON, June 13. in the junior motor cycle tourist trophy, seven, laps, Isle of Maa course, Dixpn was the winner in 3 hours, 55 minutes 54 seconds. Willis was second, Simpson third, and Reynard fourth. • - ■ f. • MECHANICAL COURSING ■ i , SYDNEY, June 14. .The “Morning Herald” referring to mechanical hare coursing says: “Many dogs are beveloping great cunning in cutting corners cleverly, and the -race is . not always to the fastest.” • It cites the case where a leading dog was following the course of the hare, and two other dogs cut a corner and beat him, and adds, “Under the rules of coursing neither dog could have scored a point for this cleverness.” SWIMMING. , ... ; DUNEDIN, June 13j v , At a. moetbii>-. > C!f vt thq 5 ..Otago ! .^w l iipming Centre, advice wa,s received . that • the National Swimming Carnival nad been allotted to Otago., V- - The following, were .nominated as representatives. to .compete at the forthcoming Olympic Games: Misses K. Miller and.M. J.epson, and Masters D. and L. Olds (swimming) and Mr R. Calder (diving). WOMAN’S GREAT SWIM. BERLIN, June 13. Otto Kemmericht, the German long distance champion. and Fraulein Edith Jensen, attempted to, .SAyini round Heligoland. Jensen succeeded in 227 minutes,* but Kemmericht failed, owing to cramp in the leg. BOXING.

f AUCKLAND, June 14. The brilliant Auckland bantam, Frank .Taylor,, till lately, looked upon as a likely aspirant for Olympic honours, has been matched by the Northern Boxing Association for his first professional fight here on June 27, when he will meet Kid Delaney, of Australia. On .the same night, the, ’Em Mack, meets Broadfeet, formerly of jWaihi, at middleweight. Both bouts will be of ten rounds. BOWLjNG. % The general committee of the Greymouth Bowling Club met last evening; present: Messrs Cochrane (chairman), Brebner, Moss, Bunt, Graham, Truscott and Kibble. Mr Cochrane reported that the offer of 15/- a load quoted by the Borough Council for soil for squaring the hanks, was too high. Arrangements had been made elsewhere ■ for the supply needed at the cost of cartage and labour only. , The draft of the annual report and financial statement was submitted by the Secretary-Treasurer, and approved It was decided to hold the annual meeting on Monday, July 11. HOCKEY. The following will represent Runanga in their match with Hokitika to be played at Hokitika to-morrow: — Misses L. Wright, M. Little, R. Duggan, M. Kaye, E. Harrison, N.- Little, M. King, B. Garvey. M. Jamieson, N. Rose, M. Howard. Emergencies: E. Hewison, D. Williams, P. Powell.