SPORTS JOTTINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1933, Page 3

SPORTS JOTTINGS

NEWS FROM HERE dIN’D THERE

The Australian Rugby team’s first match in South Africa will be against Natal, on June 3. A week after it was 'beaten by Scotland the -English women’s hocltey'team boat AVale s by si .goals to three. All of the six goals for England wet'e;’'Scored by the centre-forward, Miss j. -Ellis. Mr G. H. Mason, of Christchurch, a

former president of the New Zealand Rugby Union, i s .spending a business holiday in Aucklind. He was an mibiesfed spectator at the matches a: E-den Park last Saturday afternoon. Sydney Beck, the comedian in the pantomime, ‘‘Cinderella,” now being staged at His Majesty’s Theatre, was once ranked among the best swimmers in -New South Wales. He wag a fast spriute r and was aide to cover 100 yards in 57secs. The English Amateur Athletic Association h:s been assisting competitors under its jurisdiction in a mostvaluable manner by screening pictures of the Olympic Games at Los Angeles, and also slow-motion films of great British athletes of former times, so that the younger men could study thei' -

different styles. Cyril Heath, the 'Victorian runner who won the Stawell Gift—Australia’s principal event for professional run-m-irs—on Easter Monday, followed that success by winning the Bendigo Gift, a 100 of 130yds., in 11 4*ssecs, off 8-$ yards. He intends now to prepare!ufor. the world’s professional pionship of 'next year; " 1- *fR

Sir Harold Bowden’ chairman of theBritish Olympic Council, stated at the annual meeting of that body recently that Britain would be able to send a fine team to Berlin in 1936. The coun--cil had a surplus of JG656 on its year's work. The appeal for funds realised £10,116. and the expense;, of the’ •British team to Los -amounted to £BB7B.

Great interest is being taken in school hockey this year by the Auckj Jand Hockey Association and it is evident that a very successful competition will be arranged. Already there are prospects of eight 1 entries for the competition, which is to open on the moriH • ing of Saturday, May 1 27. 1 There are two competition trophies i,n addition to >» memorial cup awarded in coiinectlon wfth primary schools’ events at' the Kinsi's Birthday. Willie ' Hope, the British interirtional golf star, who is now = resident iff 'Melbourne, claims' that what amazes

* h'm ! most about golf in Australia-) i the extraordinary number of good left-' j handers. ‘‘There are really’- rib good 1 • left-handers anywhere else in golf,” he ' stated recently, “Alex Rue, Harry Williams and ' Len Nettleford' 'would hold thei r own with the best righthanders in England.” Hope considers that Alex Rae has as perfect., a style ag iany player h e has ever seen. A rather curious nationaßty problem has come to light through the presentation of French Lawn Tenni i 5 Federation insignia (for distinguished service reri-rlfi-ed ii or to French tenuis) to MdUe. Doris Metaxa—as she was early in 1933, She has been ,a resident of Marseilles, although of Greek pa>rentflge. and has always been clashed as a French player. Now. however, she lr « married an Englishman—and will; hon^eforth be c’a-ssed as a foreigner, which 'seemingly should have been theo case fill through, owing to her parent-j

'Miss Joyce Wethored, probably the greatest woman golfer England has produced, his tiken'a post as technical adviser to woman golfers in a Piccadilly sports depot. Commenting on her decision to take up a -business career, whicii she has been "keen on for some time, Miss Wethered said she was tired of competitive golf and would riot take part in -any more championslvps. Bhe knew that her eligibility for com.jpetition,s had been discussed _ the authorities, but the question Would never (arise, as she did not intend to enter for any more.

A Japanese team will be among the competitors at th e Australian ski-ing championships, to be -held on Mount Kosciusko at the beginning of August. The newly-formed New Zealand controlling body is not in a position as yet to finance a trip to Australia, but .it is inviting New Zealand ski-erg of sufficiently high standard, who c. ou^J afford to travel, to join in forming a Dominion team. The expenses of the trip will be from £4O to £SO a head. Australia, is being invited to send a team to the New Zealand championships at Mount Cook at the end ot August.