MISCELLANEOUS SPORTING.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3954, 1 July 1930, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS SPORTING.

[By Gleaner.|

RACING. Ponjola failed at Hastings. Although keen followers expect him to do well at Riccarton there seems to be a doubt about his staying out the trying National course-. Lancer must tear one off soon. Raddon, if he goes to the post, will win one of the big handicaps at Trentham. Omeo doesn’t seem to have quite recovered from that injured stifle. Odin, is a useful steeplechaser, which with his light weight, may be hard at Trentham. King’s Jest and Mister Gamp should have a great go In the big hurdles

at Wellington meeting. ' Limerick is still standing up to his sprinting tasks. ! The bookmakers won’t quote a price for Phar Lap in the Caulfield or Melbourne Cups. The latter race is the one the Night Raid gelding is supposed to be set for. Glare is an ex N.Z.-owncd horse j high up in the Melbourne Cup quotes. | Conjurer 11, a brother to Proitrel, a great Australian racehorse, made only a fair showing over hurdles at the' Hawkes Bay meeting. So far Strephon, the crack Aussie galloper, has not taken kindly to the English climate and Sam Darling does not seem able to- get the horse in racing trim; in fact the damp climate seems to have affected this brilliant galloper’s breathing. Maori Boy is a good one on wet tracks. Crown Area has his Aussie connections guessing. He lands a parcel for them and then when labelled in a race that looks easy for him he fails to show up. Watch Hannibal next time out. Hector Gray and Bert Ellis arc having a great contest _ for jockeys’ premiership. Bert has four to make up but will have extra mounts over the sticks to help him out. So far Jamieson hasn’t given his team an outing on the other side. Burgess and Webster gave some, of their charges a pop but they didn’t show up at all . Rascal should be cherry ripe at National time. What ever Pompeius starts in next he will carry a lot of good coin. Aurora Borealis should be suited by conditions at Trentham. She is just the sort likely to repeat her Auckland performance. Craigavon and Dunraven from Fred. Jones’ stable will be given a run at Trentham. The former is a good sort while the latter has so far been iLgay deceiver. FOOTBALL. Glenorchy seniors default to Arrow. Queenstown juniors scramble home in a ragged game. The ground was really unfit to play on. A postponement would have been in order. Southland team, notwithstanding the bad work of the selectors, made a good showing against Britishers. Had the selectors put in Holden instead of Johnston and Falconer first five and Niven 2nd, the score would likely have been the other way round. Of course all the writing and talking in the world won’t alter the decision of our bright Management Committee in Wellington who, under Mr Deans’ leadership, seem to have gone crazy about this visiting team. Even writers take up the cudgels and beat the gong telling the world what fine clean football the Britishers play, while our wing forward is condemned in scathing terms. I suppose it was bright clean football when a British player so obviously obstructed Porter in Dunedin; it was clean football when Purdue was punched so savagely in the face at Invercargill; and the jersey-holding episodes seen at Christchurch, Wairarapa, Dunedin and Invercargill are also all in the game. Perhaps our boys are guilty, too, but why whitewash the Britishers. Why arc referees appointed to these big games who will persist in giving the benefit of the doubt to the visitors every time and all the time. If Porter is blamed for off-side play, what about Murray and Jones? Let’s have a fair deal by all means, but let the referees be instructed to put the lid on the jersey-holding,_ punching and obstructing by making the penalties as drastic as possible no matter who infringed. We can remember the try awarded N.Z. for obstruction when they played N.S.W. in the second test in J928 vat Carisbrooky, Brandanovich converted that try and N.Z. won 16 to 11. That was the maximum penalty Mr McKenzie could give and he was strong enough to award it.

The N.Z. “Big‘Six” seem determined not to give our players a fair pop. With the team selected so early it could have been given two try-outs, against a Christchurch city combined team and against Ashburton county. These two games would have allowed Corner, Nicholls and Cooke to work up some combination while weak links could have been noted and strengthened. It’s a pineapple to a gooseberry ’that our selectors don’t give a twopenny half penny clump whether we Ivin or lose. Mr Sterling o'f N.Z. Management Committee and also our General Manager of Railways, was on annual leave when he toured round with the visitors. That’s why he -had his private carriage and his private car aboard the train. No doubt he paid all the exes for these conveniences. The exes would help pay off that big railway deficit. Bill Merritt the Old Boys (Christchurch) promising winger has been laid aside with injuries. Cordon Junes is playing good football while Neil McGregor is almost back to his best form. Auckland club competition is at an interesting stage and Ponscmby just lead Grammar. Training College were unlucky to be beaten by the corner last week. Minns and Solomon are showing good form. Knight Bros., who are hefty forwards, are inclined to play the man a bit These two will be prominent when Auckland meets the Britishers. The Maori selectors have brought together a really representative crowd to play in the trials before the Maori XV to play Britain is selected. The trial game will probably reveal some promising players who have not yet been before the public. Ray (Wampy) Bell added fresh laurels to his name last Wednesday, Bell plays the roving game as it should be played. He makes mistakes but can usually cover them quickly. Geddes showed his old habit of indecision on Wednesday. Only for

that Reeve would not have scored his try in the first spell. The fact that Irvine has dropped out of our 2nd Test team shouldn’t weaken it. Jack Hore or Jim Burrows will fill his place with credit. With a dry ground and a dry ball Morlcy and Reeve will put it across Hart and Oliver. Hart is as game as a pebble. Oliver is not too sound at handling. With Dave Lindsay as centre and Lucas on Oliver’s wing 'the team would be much strengthened. GENERAL. Local golf re-commences. No run on long drives these days. One club competition caused a lot of fun. Hiss Gourlay and Miss Collett had a tremendous struggle in semi-final of British Ladies’ championship. Miss Collett won at the '2lst. Miss Fishwick defeated Miss Collett in the final, when the American lady seemed listless after her long and tiring semifinal. (Andrews (ex-N.Z.) is playing brilliant tennis at Home. 'Last night at Auckland Reg. Trowern (N.Z.) obtained a points victory over Billy Richards (Australia). The contest went the full 15 rounds. Aussie cricketers are after a record score in 2nd Test. Duleepsinghi batted in his best form Tor England and one wonders why he was omitted from Ist test. Fairfax failed again and Jackson or A’Beckett might have strengthened Aussie team in his place. It is good to see Ponsford putting on the runs again in tin 1 big games. Rovers A by 11 goals to 7 defeated Rovers J B last Wednesday. The B’s shooting was erratic or the score would have been closer. A feature of the second spell was the shooting of M. Buckham, who shot 5 goals out of (! attempts, putting her side well in the lead. Rovers A will play Arrowtown at Arrowtown next Wednesday. The first school game for the Tait Cup was played between Public and Convent last Tuesday, Convent winning a good game by 10 to 5. For the winners Monica McCaughan, 1). McSoriley, H. Murdoch and E. Mcßridcwere always prominent. For the losers Daphne Sewhoy, Mavis Nelson Pearl and Florrie Scheib played sterling games. Queenstown Convent play Arrow public at Arrow next Saturday. The Queenstown senior (XV to play Arrow at Queenstown will be selected from the following: —W. Davies, J. Hoed. J. Miller, G Hood, G. Murchison, McCorkindale, S. Stevens, G. Lynch, J. Todd, J. Ogilvie, J. Talbot, F. Padgct, J. Braden, F. Gardiner, L. Ceilings, J. Bulman, W. Cockroft, H. Sinclair, H. Johnston, T. Muir. On Saturday next the curtainraiser will be provided by three school 7 a-side games. Arrow play Queenstown Public A; Shotoverpiay Arthurs Point and Queenstown Convent meet Queenstown Public B. Mick Brough, well known to Queenstown regatta supporters, has been chosen stroke of the N.Z. rowing eight which leaves these shores in a few days Cor Canada, where it will compete in the big Empire games