MAGIC AGE

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 March 1932, Page 4

MAGIC AGE

I —— *—■ ' SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD PRODIGIES. [ Sixteen is at present the “magic age” in Australian sport, ■ When Jim Ferrier, of Manly, cap- ' ttu^ d • t ! ie New So,,th Wa, es amateur golf title at Rose Hay, the sporting world was amazed that such an important event should fall to a bov of says a wriler iu Sydney . ‘Daily Telegraph.” -But before the sensation had faded Melbourne was stirred by the wonderful feats of Harry Williams, also a sixteen-year-old golfer. He was forging his way through the ranks of famous Victorians in quest of the State amateur title, and the golfinr world wondered whether he was to prove “Victoria’s Ferrier.” He did. Later, he came to Sydney for the open championship of Australia, in which one of his chief rivals was Ferner. The Sydney boy finished sec- , ond one stroke behind Ivo Whitton in the open, and a stroke further . away was Williams. ! The latter had the distinction sub- ! sequently of winning the Australian amateur title. ! Latest sixteen-year-old prodigy is i file Sydney tennis player, Vivian McGrath who has become a. public idol. , At Wimbledon, he would be one of the greatest draw cards since the war. Wimbledon wants him. Claire Dennis, the Olympic girl « swimmer, is in her sixteenth year, and has a world’s record to her credit 200 . metres in ,‘Jmin 8 :i-ssec. She looks a like causing a stir at Los Angeles. Ihe season’s cricket has produced v two wonderful sixteen-year-old bats- n men in Rudd and Robinson, of Newcastle. They have been the talk of „ Nev South Wales, and aroused the warmest admiration of Herbert Cameron, captain of the South African :eam. “Sixteen” is the a£e. 6,1