WORLD OF SPORT

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10450, 3 December 1927, Page 11

WORLD OF SPORT

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AUCKLAND' FORFEITS. , • AUCKLAND, Dec. X For the Auckland .Racing Club’s summer meeting”, • alter declaration ot first forfeits, tne following remain, m •the Great Northern Derby, one mile and a-lialf. Golden Wedding, Satrap, Singleton, Ark Royal, Paganelli, Thaw, Kuanui, Don Jose, Agnon, in the Shade, Laughing Prince, Great Charter, Ti Tree, Ten, Wild Pigeon, Cimabue, Martarma. Great Northern Foal Stakes, six furlongs.—Child’s Play, . Episode, Freehold, Prodice, Pure- Child, Marion’s Birthday, Prince Humphrey, Raasay, Stag Hunter, White Wings, it Icl gemo un t, Amp lilior. Royal Stakes, six furlongs.—Ark Royal, Child’s Play, Paganelli, Emsocle, Freehold, Agricn, Eulalie, Golden Armour, Prodice, Pure Gold, Marion’s Birthday, Gascony,, Prince Humphrey, Raasay, FYitadawn, Staghunter, White Wings, Ridgemount, Part, Amplifier, High Finance.— P.A. WOODVILLEi ACCEPTANCES WOODVILLE, Doc. 2. Acceptances for tlio AVoodvilte Jockey Chib’s meeting areMangatua Hurdles. —Reel Fuchsia 11.5, Bright Day 10.5, Star Area 10.4, Polyphemus, . Revel 10.2, Mister Gamp"J.l3,. Othdn 9.10, Braeman 9.9, OlirissartOj v Panorama 9.0, Sir Moment 9.5/ . ' . Woodville’ Handicap.— Grand Knight 9.9, . Bennaimec 8.9, Royal 'Game, Cimabue ' 7.13, Auolo 7.12, W'aicullitS' 7-/5,' Novar 7.2, Wild Pigeon ‘ 7.1, Gaze, Joy Bird, David Garrick, Kilmiss, Tintoretto , 7.0. Flying Handicap .--Miss Paa 8.12, Aston 8.11, Panther 8.9, Keddar • 8.8, Merle 8.5, Eka 8.4, Lucky Days 7.13, Some Lad. Mon Mint 7.12, Hypnotic 7.10, TLiukura 7.9, ALirsirnl, Expense 7.5, Rotowhero 7.4, Flying Shot 7.3. Arrow Bby 7.2, Helotis, Hinehohoro, . Courageous, Veronese 7.0. '; Oete Handicap.— Royal * Damon 9.5 Piuthair S.lO, Arrow Lad 8.3, Sarehee 7.12, Epistle 7.9, Standard Imitation 7.6, Willow Wai 7.5, Deluge 7.4, Starboard Light 7.3, Gold Box 7.1. Nursery Handicap.— Ridgemont 9.3, Tea Miss 8.5, Cliiti 8.'4, Flying Hero, Contented, St. Melba, 'Marion's Birthday, Australis 7.9, Shot Silk 7.5, The Earth, Milbas, Desiree, Moutoa Treasury, Briar Root 7.3. Borough Handicap.—Royal Game 9.10, Tioga 9.3, Horomea 9.5, Epistle Bright Knight 8.10, Superb .King 8.8, Otlioii 8.4, Joy Bird, Pdrt'aga 7.13, : Phantasy. Cooit, Vigilance, Inner Harbor, Lady Gay, Tanagra, Grand National, Moepai 7.11. Wliariti Handicap.—Kalos. Rising Star. SfTl2, Henna S'.lO, • Katkin 8.7, Vigilance, Kindle 7.11. Twink, Butterscotch 7-.9, Atareia, Arelion 7.8, Mandarine 7.7, Vexatious 7.5, Jemidar 7.5, Limos 7.2, Gordon Swift 7.1, Winter, Calitlie 7.0.—P.A. COUNTRY RACING- CLUBS REFUND OF TOTALISATOR'TAN SIR, G. HUNTER, WANTS PRINCIPLE EXTENDED (Special to the Times.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 2. A plea on behalf of country racing clubs was voiced by Sir George Hunter (Waipawa) in the House when speakings to - tile provision itf the Finance Bill extending the purposes for which totalisator duty may be refunded. Under section S• of the Finance Act said Sir George, authoi'ity wag given the Minister of Finance to refund to the small country el tills 1) per cent, of the amount received from the totalisator. and the clause in the Finance Bill was an extension of that principle. It would allow part of the refund to be devoted towards the reduction of* 'debts of the club, and for the purchase of. hunt club sites to encourage the sport of hunting. "I want to .'ask the Minister of Finance”, continued Sir George, "whether he will consider, if possible, the question of further extending, this principle next year, and will allow these amounts to be refunded to the various country clubs without any restriction in regard to, the expenditure other than that the amounts so refunded shall not be expended in ’takes. Many of the small country clubs, are laboring ujnder a great disability at the present time in making provision for the carrying on of racing. The slight concession made to the . clubs this i.sossioh provides for a remission in the charges through the gates, and is an indication that the Government realised the difficulties under which the country clubs are laboring. Unless they get some relief in the immediate future, however, I fear it will be absolutely impossible for some of those country clubs to tarry on successfully. ,It would be unfortunate for. the sport ifthe country clubs wore forced to close down on the ground of not being able to finance their institutions. I know this is not an. opportune time to' urge concessions, hut I hope that next session some substantial concession will ho made in order that these small clubs may carry on, and be put on a sound financial basis.” The Minister said that personally lie had no objection to tho • extension of the principle. It seemed to him that once, the money was remitted to the clubs tho "use they made of it Was' not of very much momiejrit. Sir ..George Hunter had suggested that tho'money should 'hot be used for increasing the stakes, h’ut it would be hard to, avoid that result, since once the general finance had eased up, the easier it would be to- increase the .stakes. That, of course, .was not tiny object of the remission. The Minister said he was prepared to consider the points raised.

TENUIS

DOOM OF THE PROFESSIONAL SUZANNE’S PARTNER] APPLIES FORi HEIN STATEMENT fTf-nltM Pres* Assn.—CViTjyrFerht.) (Received Dec. 2, 7.6 p.m.) PARIS, Dec. 1. ' The doom of professional’ ' tennis is regarded as certain, with., the application of Feret to the Tennis Association for reinstatement as an amateur. Foret who. accompanied Suzanne Lenglen in' her " * United States tour is'strongly. supported hy his friend, It is believed Mdlle.' Lenglen was dissatisfied with the. comparative seclusion imposed by professionalism and Is awaiting tho result of Feret’s application before making an application.—A. and N.Z.C.A.

SOCCER

N.S.W. TEAM MAY VISIT N.Z. (Received Dec. 2, ’9.45 p.m.) ;, „ ; SYDNEY, Dec. 2. Tho New South Wales Soccer Association decided to rocommcnd the Australian Association to .acc.ept tho invitation of tho New Zealand' 1 Association ,to.send'a‘team to tour New Zealand in 1928. It is expected the team w ill leavo at the .end of . May and play five Saturday' matches in the Dominion,'with mid-week matches interspersed'.—lJP. A.

CUP RE-PLAYS. • ;;V •,. - ' 'LONDON, Dec, i, ; „, . Cup l re-plays.; resujtbcf :; oLvorwachi 1 beat) Poole live goals to nil; Botherham* beat - Spehnypnoor ,four- goats/to-; two.- —N.Z. and A.P.A. and Bun.

ATHLETIC?'

SPEEDY LADY SPRINTER PROBABLE CONTESTANTS AT CHAMPIONSHIP • (By <.Stride.) That Miss /• Nonna Wilson, the Poverty Bay sprint champion, will meet stiff opposition at the New Zealand championships, is evinced by tlie fast times registered ,by lady athletes in test events held under the jurisdiction of the' Wellington and Canterbury Amateur Athletic Centres during the week-end. Competing on the Basin Reserve,' Wellington, under electric light. Miss M. Collins defeated Miss S. Swinburne by inches in 11 4-ssec., whilst Miss M. Boyd at Christchurch performed, a similar feat, winning her event easily. Both these are fine performances, especially Miss Collins’, who would bq under a disadvantage in artificial light. In the 100 yards national ladies’ championship I expect Miss Swinburne to lie the hardest to beat,, and 'she always performs best when opposed to stiff opposition. •) THROWING THE HAMMER RECORD.. LEOKtI El EASILY EXCEEDS PREVIOUS- BEST ATTEMPT. DUNEDIN. Dec. 2. In throwing, the I6lb. hammer in the preliminaries of the Otago Amateur j Athletic Association’s championship; this evening, J. Leckio (Otago University) put up an excellent performance by throwing the hammer 147 ft. Bin., thus breaking his own New Zealand record of 120ft.—lP.A.

CRICKET

I TEAMS FOR TO-DAY. The following will represent Turn ngnmu- seniors against Civil Service, to-day: Olsen, Woodlield, McLeod, Harvey, Winter, Holds worth, Pope, Jennings,.Mead, L.\nex, Miles, Sumner and MacDonald. Tlfp team to represent Civil Service against Turanganui to-day will be: Comi’an Henderson, Griffiths, McKinley, Simpson, Brown, Iv alters, Panqkhurst, Aloir, Mason Bignall; •reserves: Powell and Butcher. f M.C.C. v. NATAL. ■ CAPETOWN, Dec. i. At' AJaritzlnirg, against Natal, Marylebone, in the first .innings, madtl 333 —Tyldesley 161.—N.Z. and A.P.’A. and Sun.

ROWING

G.R.C. SECOND FOURS. I LACES COMMENCE MONDAY. 'J lie Gisborne Rowing Club’s Second Trial Fours series 'will- be raced next week, tin- first contests taking place on Monday evening. Twelve crews are competing in tins series, and the final is expected to take place on Friday next. The draw for the first round of the second trial fours is as follows: H. 0. Fraser rows S. Brown; A. J. Colcbouruo rows G. C. Jones: G. Vinter rows G, Forbes; L. C. vvilleox rows Everett; 11. Miller rows P. T. Fromm: It. Haukey rows N. Getlye. Tho first round is to be completed by Tuesday evening. Nominations for the Executive Fours will close on Thursday evening next. This series will be concluded before Christmas, and will be followed by a double sculling event lor Air T. R. Gordon’s medals, this series being designated the Holiday Doubles. _ Novices are training keenly lor a single-sculling competition for a medal donated by Mr L. C. Wiileox. TROW.ICIIX OUTPOINTS HANCOCK. (Received December 3, 1.30 a.in.) SYDNEY. Dec. 2. At the Leiehardt Stadium, Reg. Trowern (N.Z.) outpointed Hancock in a fifteen-round bout. —U.IEA.

BOXING

: VTIGER” FLOWERS DEAD. "Tiger” Flowers, tho Presbyterian negro minister, who once field the middleweight championship of the world, is dead as a result of an operation on a growth over ah eye. He died a wealthy man. 'Ho won the world’s middle title from the late Harry Greb and lost it to Aliekey VValker, who holds it at the moment.

GOLF

KIRK-WINDEYER CL' P. WELLINGTON. Dee. 2. It was decided at a meeting of tlie •Council of the New Zealand Golf Association that tho following be.definitely selected for the team to play for tlie Kirk-AVindeyer Cup: Sloan, Morpeth (Afaungrtkiekie), and T. H. Horton (Masterton), and that,, the remaining two places be filled after tho tournament at the end of JanYuvryV-. from the following, though it must; he understood (states the Council), that there are other players who may possibly qualify by their form in the tournament : Dr. K. Ross, AI. D. S. Duncan, C. Bell, A... G. Sirne, J. L. Black, H. B. i.n.skv J. H. Drake, Captain Conway,' and T>. Grant.-r— P.A.