SPORTS AND GAMES

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 March 1929, Page 11

SPORTS AND GAMES

GOLF. (Australian Press Assn—United Service.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) NEW YORK, March 15. ' At Miami, Diegel and Hagen won the four ball international golf title from Farrell and Salazen, after a 30 hole match in which first one team and then the other took the lead from start to finish. "Although the winners were slightly behind for the greater part of the match, towards the end Hagen flashed, employing his typical last minute comeback, with Diegel supporting him excellently. BORG’S NEW RECORD. SUVA, March 14.' Arne Borg created a new-world’s record for six hundred yards, -at the Suva Municipal Baths, doing the distance in 6mins 57 2-ssecs.

ATHLETICS. LONDON, March 15. W. C. Wentworth, of New South Wales, who has received his full blue, will be Oxford’s first man in the half mile against Cambridge. ■ W. N. Harrison, of Melbourne, will represent Oxford in the long jump. The New Zealander, Kalaugher, is excluded owing to the age limit. CYCLING. For the Runanga bicycle race, to be held to-morrow (Sunday) at 11 a.m., the following are the handicaps.—A. Boote, W. James scr., N. Hadcroft, J. Wilson 30secs., J. Devine 50, J. Medlin, J. Doherty Imin. 30secs., W. Doherty, C. Neilson,. R. Smith, A. Currie Imin. 35secs., J. O’Donnell, V. Warwick, H. Mundy, W. Pattinson Imin. 45secs., C. Kennedy 2min., R. Wainman 2min. 30secs., J. Marshall 2min. 45secs., J. Darwell 3min. 15secs. ST. PATRICK’S SPORTS, The main feature in connection with the St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations this year, will be the big sports meeting on Monday, on Victoria Park. Numerous nominations have been received for an interesting programme of events, and the meeting promises to be a decided success. Footraces, cycling events, and many children’s races are included in the programme. The usual procession will precede the sports.

DAYLIGHT SAVING Daylight saving ends to-morrow (Sunday) morning, at two. o’clock. Don’t forget to turn back the clocks by half an hour before retiring.