SPORTS SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, 28 August 1928, Page 6

SPORTS SUMMARY.

■ boy uharlton MAKES BEST TIME IN 400 METRES. • (United Service.) OSLO, August 26. The hundred metres swim resulted:— Knud Olsen 66 4-10 sec 1. Boast 67 7-10 sec 2. In the Cour hundred metres handicap, Charlton was sixth, though his actual time was tke best it being 5 miu 8 sec. The winner was Bagnar Lund, of Sweden. CYCLE road race. TIMARU TO CHRISTCHURCH. The greatest cycling test of the y.-ar —the annual Timaru to .Christchurch road race—will take place on October 6th. The race will again be controlled by the North Canterbury Centn.' of the New Zealand Athletic, Cycling and Axemen’s Union, the Organising Secretary being Mr P. C. Lucas of Christchurch.

The race has been held nincti on times, the first taking place in 1899, when J. Metcalf, of Temuka. won in 7 hours, 40 minutes, 45 second . The fastest time for .the racu was recorded by Phil O’Shea, of Christchurch, who. in 1923, rode the 112 miles in the record time of 5 hours 14 minutes 58 seconds. On six occasions O’Shea secured fastest time for the i.'vent. The prize list for this year’s event is a comprehensive one and a large number of va’uable prizes are off red The winner, in addition to winning a cash prize, will also be presented with a gold medal and will hold the Rudge Whitworth Challenge Cup. valued at one hundn d guineas. The race carries with it the title of: “New Zealand Road Championship.” Entries for the event close with the Secretary, Mr P. C. Lucas, Christchurch, on September 22nd.

Tasmania ’s national spor.t used to be wood-chopping, and its proudest implement the axe. It still produces some hefty wielders, but Queensland and the northern parts of N.S.W. can muster more cracks nowaday-. What is reckoned the b st go ever witnessed in- the Apple Land was between Phil Halm, of North Huon, and O. Harris, of Carnarvon. about 20 years ago. The logs were 2ft thick (6ft 4in. in circumference) and the stake £lOO. Halm got through first .in 3min 36 secs, hacking 22 4secs off the world’s record. Who can classify the best swimmers of the last twenty years? Here is one list: — Andrew Charlton (Australia), Cecil Healey (Australia), B. B. Kieran (Australia), Dick Cavill (Australia), Henry Taylor (England), D. Billington (England), Arne Borg (Sweden), Duke Kahanamoku (Hawaii), George Hodgson (Canada), John Weissmuller (U.S.A.), C. M. Daniells (U.S.A.), Norman Ross (U.S.A.), or Ludy Langer (U.S.A.). With the large entry of thirteen teams, the annual tournament of the New Zealand Ladies’ Hockey Association, which begins at Timaru on Thursday next, promises to provide a good conte-t- Southland (last year’s winners), Ruahine (runners-up), Canterbury, and Wellington all have strong teams, And the standard of hockey will be high. Young Williams, of Canada, occomplish d a remarkable feat by winning the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events at the recent Olympic Games. At present a Varsity student, he camo originally from British Guiana. Clean hooking from set scrums will b' an es-ential if New Zealand’s No. 2 All Black .team is to defeat the New South Wales combination next month. At the same time, all would-be “shiners” must be warned to shove and shove' hard. Most significant of all the features that marked the third test in South Africa , was .the inferiority of the All Blacks in line-outs. This can only mean that the tourists have become very stale indeed. Would th ' All Black’' have done so very much better in the third test had inconsistent men like Nicholls and Lucas been included in the rearguard? Both were given ? chance in the admittedly important match against Northern Districts on July 8. The result was a cl l aw, eighteen all, and the New Zealand defence was pretty awfrl.