Miscellaneous

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 64, 2 March 1929, Page 8

Miscellaneous

(By

“Omni”)

The attention of Soccer enthusiasts is directed to the advertisement on the front page of this issue. “Jock” gives a cordial invitation to all interested in “footer” to turn up to a meeting in the premises of Electric Batteries Ltd., at 8 o’clock next Tuesday evening.

Jack Dempsey reckons that he is going to make the greatest comeback in history. Rivalling Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow?

The new holder of the boys’ billiards championship of England, Pred Davis, of Chesterfield, is a 14-year-old brother of the profession champion, Joe Davis.

The Australian Rugby League team for England is to leave the Commonwealth at the end of July and to play its first match in the did Country early in September.

French tennis player Paul Feret is to hand over to the French Lawn Tennis Associatoin, for charity, all the money which ho had earned as a professional. Perhaps it will not take much Feretting out.

A writer in an English sporting paper has come to tile conclusion that Rugby players seldom trouble about their personal appearance. Yet most players try to make sure' that their opponents, at any rate, are well collared.

Half a minute after the second half of an international Rugby trial match in Wales started, E. Jenkins, a Welsh representative forward of long standing, was ordered off for striking an opponent.

After the Waratahs finished their tout of Great Britain and France in the Old World Rugby season of 192728, Dr. W. B. J. Sheehan, well-known Waratah back, stayed in England to extend his medical experience. He has been playing for /the Richmond Club. But now he bhs been dropped from the club’s team in favour of a youngster who was in the Rugby School fifteen last season.

For the third time in four years the British women’s open golf championship is not likely to be defended by the holder of the title when it is competed for at St. Andrew's in May, Last year the winner was Mlle Mannette Le Blan, a young French player from Lille. Recently she married a brother of Mlle. Simone de la Chaume, the 1927 champion, and she proposes to give up strenuous golf for I season or two.

Bert Barry, profession. sculling champion of the world, says that he is prepared to concede a start—lOscc or more—to any British sculler in a race over the Putney-to-Mortlake course, for a side-stake. “There is not enough sculling in this country to keep a champion up to scratch ” says the Londoner, “and I would be glad to get a few matches of this kind, even if I had to give away more than 10 secs.”*

Local sportsmen wishing to provide outsiders, either individual friends or organisations, with comprehensive or interesting information upon sporting activities in Hastings would do well to buy a copy of the very handsome booklet just published by the Hastings Borough Council. The booklet refers to every sporting body in the town, and the information that it gives should act as a means of attracting active Merest in other towns and districts. Tennis, football, golf, hockey, shooting, athletics, etc., are all fully dealt with, and a large number of excellent illustrations accompany the reading matter and give it added interest. It is worth suggesting to the sports bodies of the town that they buy a few booklets each, and circulate them among Jundred association elsewhere. Apart from its value as sporting propaganda, the booklet is a gift worth making to anybody.

Once again the Ist Battalion of the Hawke’s Bay Regiment is to be represented at the New Zealand army championship meeting. This takes place from Saturday next. Two Vicker's Gun team will be sent from this district and it is confidently anticipated that the championship will return with one team.- In previous contests Hawke’s Bay teams have performed with marked distinction. The records for both the day and the night championships are held by H.B. Two members, P. Crawford and W. J. Burton, of the present team were included in the team that gained this great distinction.

Though it is not always profitable to bet on a dream, one Opunake map at least will argue that there is something in a dream (says the “Times”) One night last ■week he had a dream that Yoma won by a head at Wellington the familiar red, white and dark ’blue hoops being very distinct. To cap this, from the first clothes line he looked at that morning dangled a bathing costume with red, white and blue hoops. That settled it. Yoiua won and paid a “hatful.”

Foul tactics nd a fight marred a surf-boat race near Sydney, recently. Ralph Ford, captain of the Manly crew, controlled his boat in such a way as intentionally to make the steer-oar of the North Steyne boat incapable of manipulation, and he deliberately collided with that boat in rounding a buoy. After the race he was assaulted by P. S. Mazlin, of the North Steyne erpw. As a result of all this, Mazlin has been suspended until August 31, 1930, and Ford has been stood down until August 31 1929.