SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6169, 29 August 1921, Page 7

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

a TURF. TARANAKI HUNT CLUB ACCEPTANCES. NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 29. The North Taranaki Hunt Club acceptances are as follows Hunters’ Elat Handicap, 1J miles. Army Service, Flying Camp 12.2, Marshal Neil 11.12, Sunray 11.6, Encircle 10.13, Erin’s Isle 10.12,Hawkino 10.9, Silver Star, Naughty, Silver, Paul, Fibre 10.7. Urenui Hack Handicap, 6 furlongs. Voluble 9.9, Mort Avis 9.7, Prodigal 9.0, Active 8.12, Mixture, Hipo 8.3, Nemaline 8.0, Lady Polly 7.13, Hallow 7.10, Cora Ora 7.9, Fife and Drum, Sunny Jim 7.8, Molleen Oge 7.6, Erie 7.2, Generous, Karere, Lord Formby, Lady Pat. Take Take, Alice Montrose, Otapawa 7.0. Maiden Hunters 1 ' Steeplechase, 2 miles. Toddy 10.13, Tor Royal 10.12, The Trucker 10.9, Cordon, Silver Star, Fibre, Jet Black 10.7. Stratford Handicap, 6 furlongs. Simonies 9.0, Rational 8.13, Kareao 8.4, Passin’ Through 8.2, Leithfield, Irapuka 7.5, Armorel, Pure LazinesS 7.4, White Blaze, Mistian, Hori 7.0. Hunt Cup, 2J miles. Tirau 11.10, Onipoto 11.0, Fair Paul 10.12, Simple Sam 10.4, The Tracker, Cordon, Wkakamoa 10.0. Waihi Hack Handicap, 7 furlongs. Stork 9.4, Prodigal 9.2, Halcyon 8.0 Cora Ora 7.9, Hallow, Sunny Jim, Fife and Drum 7.8, Molleen Oge 7.6, Master Mick, Karere, Lord Formby, Sunray 7.0. Lepperton Hunters’ Hurdles. 1$ miles. Marshal Neil 11.12, Te Maire, Flying Camp 11.5, Applaud, Fair Paul 10.11, Erin’s .Islie 10.7, Toddy 10.5, Simple Sam, Lady’s Man 10.3, Hawkino 10.2, Encircle, Tor Royal, Silver Paul, Naughty, Captain Black, Fibre, Cordon 10.0. Opunake Hack Scurry, 5 furlongs. All Bst. Birkwind, Danger Zone, Still Sea, Generous, Persia, Sunny. Jim, Lady Pat, Young Thurnhain, Take Take, Crossfire, Star Shell, Otapawa, Kato, Kiko Iviko, Aotearoa.—P.A.

TURF NOTES. Lovematch is one of the favorites for the Avondale Cup in the. north, and. -she is well forward. There is a chance of Mermin and The Haw meeting, in the Hawke’s Bay Guineas. • • There is not one representative of Absurd in the Avondale Cup (one mile and a half) but in the Flying (six furlongs) there are enough of this breed alone to make a race.

Maioha has been scratched for the Avondale Cup. He could not have been ready for a mile and a half race by the time the Cup has to be run for.

Crucelle is in work again. The daughter of Crucinella was shaping well towards the end of last season, and is sure to be useful over middle distances this year.

G. Price intends to start as a public trainer at Awapuni when Mr J. Goring Johnson’s team is dispersed. In the meantime, he is devoting his attention to the Australian-bred three-year-old, Creme de Menthe. # *

The entries for the New Zealand Cup number 54, but there is a large proportion on whom the nomination fee looks to have been wasted. Trentham'is represented in the list by Halifax, Battle Song, Callaghan, and Esperance.

Nobleman may he given the opportunity to again distinguish himself with the colors up. Recently he has been treated to road exercise by R. Hatch. His prospects, however, of regaining his old form do not look bright.

If the conditions are suitable, Dational will have his first race this season at the Taranaki Hunt Club meeting on September 3. The Absurd three-year-old has been getting through a lot of work at Hawera, and he will be well forward by the time he will be required to measure strides with the champion. When the Ascot Gold Cup winner Periosteum was offered as a yearling, Mr B. Irish told his trainer to go up to 300 guineas for him, and Basil Jarvis was fortunate to secure him at 280 guineas. Periosteum is the only horse his owner now has in training. Mr Irish likes to describe himself as “a struggling farmer.”

Some sires are mated with so many good mares that, after all, it would he remarkable if they did not leave a lot of winners. Others get few, if any, good mares. Yet, with his limited opportunities, Gazeley got Gazique, and Mustard Pot is by General Latour, who was sold at auction two years ago for 25 guineas.—N.Z. Times.

The retirement of Mr J. Goring Johnston from the ranks of Dominion owners, owing to taking up his residence in the Old Country for a lengthy period, will be generally regretted. The Higdhen colors have not, during the past couple of seasons, been so successful as they were formerly. Panmure, a sotn of Forfarshire, and a high-class performer, has failed, so far, to make good in a race and this must also have been a disappointment to Mr Johnston.

* J It is reported that several inquiries were made for Tigerland during | the Riccarton meeting, but his j owner, Mr H, A. Russell, declined j to put a price on him. "Tigerland is j built on much the same 4 lines as j Cordzon, who was raced by Mr Har-i old Russell’s late father. Sir William i Russell, and was undoubtedly a good j one, which he showed by running a ; good second to Paritutu in the Grand j National Steeplechase, besides winn- j ing several other good jumping races. ; One of. the would-be purchasers of j 'Tigerland was a Southland owner, ■ and there is ino denying that a good j steeplechaser is a payable proposition in the Otago and Southland districts. HOCKEY. AUCKLAND DEFEATS- WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, Aug. 27. The rep. hockey match resulted:. Auckland 1, Wellington nil.—P.A. j CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 27. j Wairarapa ladies 3 goals beat Can- j tcrbury ladies 1 goal.—P.A. j LADIES’ A AND B TRIAL MATCH. ——— ’• • ; The final trial match fori the selec- j tion of the rep. tournament team was ; played on Saturday and provided a very interesting exhibition of the finer j points of the game. Play in the first half was inclined to be patchy, most of the players being ini new positions • and therefore' unused to each others j play. In the second spell the game j brightened wonderfully. Under the j admonition of the coach, the halves ; and inside forwards began passing freely to the wings. The game ended j in a win for A team by 5 goals to 2. * Mr' A. Cassini refereed. The team as j chosen by the selectors will bo submit- j ted to the Association to-morrow for I approval. - j

, FOOTBALL. SECOND RUGBY TEST. NEW ZEALAND V. SOUTH AFRICA LITTLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ; THE TEAMS. AUCKLAND, August 27. New Zealand played the Springboks in the second test to-day in glorious weather and with a record attendance. The teams were as follows —Springboks. — G. Morkel, 11. Morkel, Sendin, Zeller, Clarkson, Micliau, Meyer, Boy Morkel. R. Morkel. ElMs. Van Rooycn, Mostert, Kruger, Sckoltz. and Du Piessis. —New Zealand. — Kingston, Stprey, Aitken, Steel, Donald, Nicholls, Badely, Roberts, Duncan, Hughes, McLean, Moffit, West, Richardson, and Beilis. The Springboks kicked off with the sun at their backs. New Zealand' attacked and nearly scored at the corner from a pretty passing rush. Then Zeller broke away and nearly scored. Soon after the Africans attacked again Sendin scoring from clever back play and G. Morkel converted. The South Africans were getting the hall from the scrums mostly. Then Roberts snapped up in the loose' and beat three men and passed to Beilis, who was collared close to the line. McLean picked up smartly and scored. Nicholls convertThe half time score was five all. The second spell was fast and exciting. New Zealand attacked early, but the Africans were very safe. Steel nearly scored on the corner and then Zeller broke away and was collared right on the line. New Zealand relieved and Roberts nearly potted a goal. Nicholls marked at a difficult angle, the kick falling short. Then G. Morkel potted a beautiful goal, making the score—Africans 9—New Zealand 5. Play in the concluding stages was full of incident, New Zealand making desperate efforts to score, but tlie African defence was sound and the whistle sounded —Africans 9 —New Zealand 5. There was little to choose between the teams. Roberts was the best New Zealand back. Steel also playing a great game. Donald played a great forward game. G. Morkel gave a fine exhibition at full back, Zeller also being prominent throughout the game, which was very clean and the crowd a sporting one. The attendance was estimated at 40.000. —P.A. HAWKE’S BAY V. POVERTY BAY. CONCERTED PLAY SACRIFICED. MATCH LIKE MELEE AT TIMES. NAPIER, August 27. The match Poverty Bay v. Hawke’s Bay to-day attracted great interest; This was accentuated no doubt in view of the selection of a combined team to meet the Springboks. The match was witnessed by about 2,500 despite the counter attraction, of a League match, Auckland v. Hawke s Bay. The game was disappointing •from a point of view of good football players. Both sides were apparently ~ut to show their individual capabilities to the sacrifice of concerted effort and play, at times, developed into the character of a melee, backs and forwards being frequently engaged in a .mixed battle with varying advantages. In the early stages the home forwards dominated the play and vigorously assailed the. visitors’ line, but good defence prevailed for sometime until the Hawke’s Bay backs got on a strong passing rush, ending in McNab scoring a try which was not converted. A little later the Poverty Bay forwards asserted themselves and attacked Strongly, Te Whata finally scoring from a serum on the line but the try was unconverted.

In the second spell play mainly favoured Hawke’s Bay, whose backs developed some combination, --and from swift passing rushes Greenside twice got over. Brownlie converted a penalty. He was also over a third time, but was pushed into touch in goal. In the closing stages, Poverty Bay macle great efforts, their backs handling well and several times good passing carried play to their opponents' line, but the defence was sound and the game ended ini favour of Hawke’s Bay by 12 to 3. Eockwood (five-eighths), Tureia, and Hundleby were the best of the visiting backs and Higgs, Harrison and Heeney of the forwards. McNab was outstanding in the home forwards and Brownlie, Swain and Kirkpatrick were ateo prominent and Brunsell (half) and Blake and Greenside (locks) conspicuous.

The weather was beautiful and the ground' in fine order. —Special.

HAWKES BAY-POVERTY BAY V SPRINGBOKS. SIX LOCAL PLAYERS IN TEAM. NAPIER, Aug. 28. The combined Hawkes Bay-Pover-ty Bay team to play the Springboks on Saturday next is as follows: Full-back', Langlands (Poverty Bay). . /TT . Threequarters, Kirwan (Hawkes Bay), Blake (Hawkes Bay), Greenside (Hawkes Bay)._ Five-eighths, Kivell (Hawkes Bay), Tureia (Poverty Bay). Half back, Mills (Poverty Bay). Wing forward, Batchelor (Hawkes Kirkpatrick (Hawkes Bay), Torrie (Poverty Bay), M. Brownlie (Hawkes Bay), Heeney (Poverty Bay), Gemmell (Hawkes Reserves: Backs, Barclay (H. 8.), Hundleby (P. 8.); forwards, Higgs (P.B.)p Swain (H. 8.). —I-A. N.S.W. V. BULLER. COAST TEAM MAKE FINE SHOWING. VISITORS WIN~BY 25 TO 11. WESTPORT, August 27. The Biiller v. New South Wales match was played to-day in beautiful weather before a record gathering and ended in a win for the visitors by 25 points to 11. In the first spell the Buller forwards played a strenuous game and spoilt the passing moves of the visitors who, however, on occasions, threw the ball about brilliantly. The first score came to Buller, Sclp click goaling from a free kick. Later, from fine open- work, Grogan got over, Scliadick goaling. Then from a pretty piece of passing Pym scored an unconverted try for New South Wales. Buller was now 8 to 3, at which the score stood till half time. In the second spell Walker got well away and scored, Mingay goaling. Buller next put in a determined attack and, a scramble got over the line, O’Neil scored an unconverted try—Buller 11 to 8. After fast play, in which the visitors made some good dashing runs, Pym potted a goal—New South Wales 12 to 11. Walker, gathering the ball, got well away againi and scored, but Nothling failed to convert—New South Wales 15 to 11. The visitors were now throwing the ball about in fine style, but attempts to score were frustrated by Buller’s good tackling until Pym, from a good opening, scored between the posts, Walker goaling—New South Wales 20 to 11. Near the closing stages a pretty passing bout let away Thorn, who scored", Walker goaling, making the final score—New South Wales 25 to 11. The game was a fast and open one, in which the visitors had command of the ball in the scrums. The visitors were fortunate in two tries, one being gained after a very pronounced pass forward and the other after a player with, the ball had gone out on 'the side line. Buller also appeared to obtain a sure try, the ball rolling forward as the Buller player fell and another Buller player wae

pouncing on it, but a' scrum was given. On the other hand the visitors made some fine runs that just fell short of scores.—P.A. -: ~ WELLINGTON’ OUTCLASSES TARANAKI? , , NEW PLYMOUTH, August 27. A match between Taranaki and Wellington .was played to-day under fine weather conditions and in the presence of about 5000 spectators. The game proved fast and Wellington, in . particular, handling the ball very cleverly. The visitors’ proved too good for the locals, whom they defeated by 17 to nil. ■ Wellington, playing with the sun in their eyes, attacked from the start and forced Taranaki and, a moment later, Jackson capped a good passing run by scoring. King failed to convert. Thereafter the game was fairly, even to the end of the spell, Taranaki, if anything, doing most of the attacking, but the Wellington backs defended solidly and, tliough Taranaki freed them, the locals could not score, the spell ending—Wellington 3 —Taranaki nil. In the second spell Wellington had much the better of the game, their forwards and backs attacking well, whilst the local men were at sea ini handling the ball against the sun. Early in the spell Parker scored from a line out and. a little later, Bruce scored from a forward rush, King converting the> latter try. Taranaki then kept them out and, at times attacked but without success. Before the spell ended Wellington added two tries, Algal* scoring after a passing rush and Parker from a forward scramble, the game ending with Wellington 17—Taranaki nil. Mr Neilson refereed.—P.AOTAGO BEATS S. CANTERBURY. TIMARU, August 27. The inter-Provincial game Otago v. South Canterbury was played in the presence of a fair number of spectators. In the first spell R. Stewart scored for South Canterbury and Scott converted. Scott also placed a penalty goal from near half way. Davidson and Turnbull scored tries for Otago, neither being converted. In the second spell Stewart scored two splendid tries for Otago, one being converted by Watson, the final score reading Otago 14 — South Canterbury 8. —P.A. WELLINGTON B BEATS BOROUGHWELLINGTON, Aug. 27. Wellington B team defeated Marlborough by 20 to 13. For Wellington, Ryan kicked two penalty goals and Gair, Muir and Hamilton scored tries. Ryan, converting. For Marlborough, J. O’Brien and McHugh scored tries, It. O’Brien and J. O’Brien. « converting. R. O’Brien also kicked a nenaltv goal. -P.A. THE LEAGUE GAME. CHRISTCHURCH. August 27. In a League “rep.” match Auckland beat Canterbury by 39 to 14. There was a large attendance. Canterbury were ahead at half time, but, towards the end of the game, went to pieces and the Aucklanders scored when they felt like it. The first half provided a really fine exhibition of football, the game, being exceedingly fast and pleasing from a spectator’s point of view. It was a very bright match throughout. Sanders, Watts, Healey and Reen scored tries for Canterbury and Watliera.ll, Yardley, Hawke (2), Davidson (2). Stormont, McGregor, and James for Auckland.—P.A. INTER HIGH SCHOOLS MATCH. NAPIER DEFEATS GISBORNE. NAPIER, Aug. 27. The match Gisborne v Napier High School was won by Napier by 19 points to nil. The game was more even than the scores indicate, hut the Napier backs’ combination was too solid for the visitors. Carson (dubbed by the barrackers “Baby Morkel”) Bull and Sutcliffe played well for Gisbonne. PRIMARY" SCHOOLS CONTEST. NAPIER TOO GOOD FOR GISBORNE. .NAPIER, Aug. 27. The primary schools rep. match Gisborne v Napier was won by the latter by S to s—two tries by Eddy, one he converted to a try by Kelly converted by Harris. The Napier backs were superior and the Gisborne forwards were better than the home' vanguard. The curtain-raiser to the rep match—Kaiti City third v Pirates thirds was won by the latter by 19 to nil. The winners’ hacks outclassed the visitors but it was a good contest and more even than the scores indicate.

Before the commencement of the rep match Sir James Carroll, on behalf of Mrs M. A. Perry, presented the Hawkes Bay men with rep. caps. —Special.

HASTINGS V GISBORNE SCHOOL

j A rugby team in charge of Mr I A. Lake, representing the Hastings | North School arrived by the Arahura jon Saturday to play against the ! Gisborne School. During the visit the. lads will be billeted with boys : from the local school. The first match will be played on the Reserve at 2.30 p.m. to-day and the second match on Wednesday, the visitors returning on Thursday, as several of I the team are to play in the curtainraiser to the Hawkes Bay-Spring-boks match. The finances of the tour j were secured by means of a series iof entertainments arranged by the ! teachers. I The Hastings North team to-day I will be selected from the following:—' Garnett, Giorgi, Brimer, Southi cott, Prebble, Black, Morehead, ; Wyatt, Duck, White, Wise, Le | Quesne, Colton, Little, Heaton, ) Duigan, Melrose and Hood. I Gisborne : Full back. Freer; threequarters. Thomson, Bradley, Elsmore; five-eighths, G. Robertson (captain), Twigley; half, O’Neill; forwards, J. Robertson, Haache, Ria, Foss, Collett, Watt, Nicol, and Tnnes. Emergencies, Findlav and Ball.

JUNIOR REPS. PRACTICE MATCH.

The junior representatives played a practice match against a picked team oil Saturday and won by 14 to 6. Play was of a mediocre character, and several of the players in the representative team were discovered to be hardly up to. the standard of some of their opponents. Mr C. Somerville refereed. FIRST TEST ECHOES. “A LESSON FOR ROBERTS.” Discussing the first test, the Taranaki News says:— , “The weakness of the New Zealanders’ team were the middle backs. As five-eighths, Mark Nicholls was not up to his work, as .many competent critics feared, and he must give way to Roberts, an infinitely _ better man. His brother, ‘Ginger’ Nicholls, was more successful as half, though far 'from brilliant. That the Selection Committee are wedded to him was shown by the fact that they awarded him the prize for being the best, back on the ground, a manifest absurdity when Steel’s performances are considered. Steel was undoubtedly the hero of the match, his try being one the like of which may never be. seen again in big matches in a decade. • The South Africans stated he was easily the _ best back they had encountered so far in the Dominion.

“The story goes that the selectors were determined to read Mr ‘Teddy’ ‘Roberts a lesson. He had intimated to them, ’tis said, that he wanted to play half and not five-eighth. The selectors got on their 'dig,’ _ and passed him over. Now, to justify this judgment, they stick to ‘Ginger’ Nieholls and give him the medal for being the best back, on the whole field, mind you—better than Steel, Gerald Morkel, the great international full-back/and Kingston, an equally successful full-back who, by the way, played right up to form in the match, which is saying a good deal. “Now the selectors will probably put out Mark Nieholls and bring in Roberts, which will strengthen the hacks.

Memories of the grpund on which Southland’s Rugby team defeated Canterbury in Invercargill last year are revived by the following, sent to a Dunedin pressman from Invercargill:—“As illustration of the Show ground here, on which the Springboks will meet Southland, the following occurrence took place under my own special notice: We were having some afternoon stunts on the ground—i.e., training operations—and a hall inadvertently flew right under a two-ton roller which was being used to level off the ground. The roller ran right over the ball, which disappeared out of sight. After the roller passed, instead of the expected burst and total collapse, all we players were amazed to see the ball emerge serenely from the ground ‘tres bien.’ Peals of laughter from all the players and onlookers followed.

SOCCER. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 27. Canterbury 3 goals beat West Coast 1 goal.—P.A. BASKET BALL, TRINITY I. WINS SATURDAY COMPETITION. The final game in the Saturday competition was played on the Reserve on Saturday and resulted in a win for Trinity I. who beat Mangapapa by 4 points to 3. Trinity thus wins the competition. Miss C. Muir refereed. CRICKET. COAST CRICKET. TOIvOMARU BAY CRICKET CLUB. The. principal averages for the past season in connection with the above club are as follows: Batting—eh o ? t 0 5 ~ | -S 2 § = %

BOXINC GOSSIP.

When Frank , (“Paddy”) Slavin, famous Australian heavyweight boxer, was at the top of his success in Australia, he toured the continent with a boxing team, and usually challenged any local lad to stand up four rounds. A few contrived to last out the distance, hut Slavin never tried very hard. It was at Warragul (Victoria) that he hit trouble. In his own words, “I was boxing a bit loosely against a big, young fellow, a miner, when suddenljbang—he swung oni my jaw, and I was so nearly out that l don’t like to think of it. I managed to clinch out the round, and took no chance afterwards. I asked the miner’s name; they told me he was a chap called Joe Goddard.” That was Slavin’s first and only meeting with Goddard, who came out professionally a vear or two later, when he was mining at Broken Hill. That was away back in the ’Bo’s of last century. A French boxer who did almost as much as Georges Carpentier to place France “on the map” in boxing matters is in America looking for matches. He is Charles Ledoux, a bantamweight with a great record. He is both a boxer and a fighter, and as game as can be washed. Before the Great War he was one of the best men of his class in the world. Ledoux had a fine record of service in the war, in which he was wounded, gassed, three times in hospital, and reported killed. Though he may have lost some of his ring ability, Ledoux should still be able to keep the best of the other bantams moving fast. George Cook, the Australian heavyweight boxer, who has already in England beaten Curpliey and Goddard, was thus described by Eugene Corrie in London Sporting Life: — “This Cook, you must know, is an Australian heavyweight, the best of his class in his country, he and others who should know will have it, since Les Darcy skedaddled ’and made a tragedy of what promised to be a wonderful life. If you saw him, you would not suppose that he was other hut what he is—a fighting man There is something of old Tom Sharkey about him in appearance and temperament. He is a devil of a scrapper; not a wonder, if we were to bring out our text-books and judge him by the principles therein, but uncommonly useful and of the do or die species. Which Tom Sharkey was, you old ’uns wall remember. Facially, Cook rather suggests the Maori;'it is an arresting face, shaped not after an every-day pattern. And upon it is writ determination; smiles do not creep in. In the matter of weight he is no giant; rather squat is he, considering Ins weight, which, I should say, is something about 13st. His shoulders are oxlike; his chest of immense depth ; a strong man, undoubtedly.” It is evident that Joe Beckett, England’s heavyweight champion, has been im 7 pressed by Cook, for he can’t be persuaded to fight the Australian.

J. Oates 15 1 105* 546 39.0 W. Oates 22 3 104 592 31.1 J. Mill 7 S7 212 31.0 H. Fa irlie 4 2 34 51 25.5 G. Oates 19 3 68* 351 21.9 A. ('oombe 20 4 104* 348 21.7 W. J. Sleetli ... 8 1 77* 150 21.4 F. J efferd 2 1 40* 42 42.0 P. Canning’ ... 7 ' 31* 114 19.0 P. Canning ... 7 1 31 114 19.0 N. Oates 4 39 75 18.7 F. Wiekens ... 14 o 46 196 16.3 E. Schofield .... 9 3 53* 85 14.1 G. .Mill 6 36 65 10.8 Bowling— Wickets. Runs. Average A. Coombe ... 63 504 8.0 F. Wiekens .. 14 140 10.0 W. Oates ... 64 712 11.1 G. Oates ... 40 519 12.9 * Signifies not-out.