MISCELLANEOUS SPORTING.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4008, 14 July 1931, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS SPORTING.

[By G leaner.f ? - RACING. | Few of the South Islanders present at Trenthani would support Paris in the big steeples. His win wars a - oig surprise although in his fencing he has sonietiinos jumped perfectly. i West Dome was labelled and ari rived in the Hack Steeples. * Two favoured acceptors in Lord 1 Val and Water Power tilled the list t and 2nd berths in the Worburn Handi--1 cap. ' Xavaho missed on Saturday but will do better at the meeting., i Tunbridge has done well this season , a,s a hurdler and added the Victoria . hurdles to his list. Landmark disap - , pointed. The very heavy going wouldn’t aid I Jioyal Saxon with his big weight in i the Stewards; Inevitable with 81bs . less ran a good second to Prince I Val 9st 101b. Inevitable will earn a 5 winning bracelet soon. 1 Carrying 31hs off 1 list Taned jr.i. - oh owed what a mud lark he is by : running Mahora 9st 12-lbs to a short ; length for Ist in the Whyte Handli- , cap. 1 Big money would have been lost ■ over The Smuggler’s failure in the i Te Oro Handicap. The little fancied I Martian Chief on the minimum won ; from Arrow Zone. [ Mount Boa disappointed. With , the going a little firmer he will do ! better. s Tunamoe was schooling extra well ! at Trenthani, but found the distance i a bit too far. i Thurnia, which promised well as a novice steeplechaser, is going sour on it. Bon Alexander has brought in Chry- , so logy, Monarchy and Xiggerhcad , again. Mr Lowry’s horses will probi ably, compete at the Auckland spring meetings. ; Bob McKay’s charge Consono is looking in tiio pink for whatever engagements are ahead. Fin McKay’s pair, Apache and Paris. will have to i be considered for the big' National double. Charmeuse is an early pick ■ for the Winter Cup. This mare is i very well. Town Major is on the improve and - his 3rd at Trenthani was a good effort, i Local owners of straight-out trotters have a squeal against Australian' and other imported trotters coming in without penalties. The successes of Stanley T. Pat McKinney, Surprise Journey and Bio Grande have left local horses with little chance of earning their handicaps. The big steeple at Plemington failed to find the fancied brigade in a place. FOOTBALL. Local final was hard, fast and clean, though back movements were rare. Merrivale as club champions in Christchurch. Southland found the “Butter province’’ men too good on the day and their first game on tour saw the Maroons go down 22 to 15. Hawke’s Bay fans were confident their elect would down Auckland, and their confidence was not misplaced, as the Magpies ran out winners by 19 to 8. Evans, Cooke, Grenside, Howell, Setford and Lambie would fill back positions in the Bay team. The wing |- would probably be- Gronside and A. E. Smith. Wellington will need to field a solid grafting pack of forwards to down Southland. The Wellington backs will have it on the Maroons for penetrative ability and speed, but unless their forwards give them ball they will find it difficult to score. Hazelwood, ex Wellington and Otago rep., is now playing for Manakau in Auckland. As Vic Butler is not playing good football and Davies lacks experience, Toucher’ may represent Auckland before the season closes. Kaikorai lead by 1 point from Southern, who load Varsity A by 1 point in Dunedin competition. • Congratulations to Queenstown on winning the first competition and to Amowt-own for playing such a clean hard game in which they never stopped trying till the finai whistle sounded. Mr Wheeler must be congratulated on his control of the game. The hard ground kept players from low tackling, though O-gilvy, Murchi- ; -son and Richardson went low right j through the piece. Warring did a lot of penetrating simply because of high tackling or one-handed efforts. Bill cannot be easily brought down unless by determined knee high tackling. Murchison and Richardson, because of the large amount of work on defence and attack that they accom-

p Lis lied so well, must be given the kudos. G. Lynch, went his best game this season. His defence was more solid, while on attack he was always dangerous. Both packs played great games. The llglii-er Q’town pack hung to their opponents in great style. Nairn, Shaw, Hamilton, Thompson, Farrant and Muir were perhaps the best of the forwards. Jenkins was going well until he was hurt. This player always does a lot of covering work that goes unnoticed. He also handles and kicks well. Tripp is an awkward man to play outside as his passes are erratic, but he is always a dangerous scoring man. His cut in and dummy, which enabled him to score, were well executed at the right moment. Inglis played better than in his two previous games, his handling being more accurate, while his speed oh the mark was valuable. He was game to go on playing with a badly injured arm. Had Arrow town goal-kickers had their kicking boots on they must have won, as three penalties within easy range were missed. No junior match again. Seems a pity to see so many good lads standing on the side line. Pip Kobins got the ball away from the scrum in good style when he got it, but he fails to cover the gaps as well as his vis-a-vis .Richardson. Country will be re-inforced in the new competition by Alf Barnett, and probably another forward. Syd. Carle ton (Ch’ch), a member of the* 1928 All Black team to S. Africa, was a visitor to the town last week. The selection of the S. Island hookers will cause Selector McDonald some deep thinking. There are plenty first-class hookers available. BASKETBALL. Hovers A. met and defeated Eovveis B in a fast and interesting game on the local recreation ground on Wednesday by 12 goals to 10. The B learn opened the scoring and retained the lead until just on halftime, when A’s took the lead by a good goal by M. Buckham, the score being A’s 7, B’s 6. In the second spelt A’s got more ball, but the B’s lost many good chances of goaling. For the A’s M. Buckham, L. Edwards, C. McGregor, M. Thompson, E. Gower, and A. Mdnnes played, well, while C. Edwards. N. Molnnes, F. Scheib, E. Hales, C. Beer and .M. Nelson played well. On Wednesday next the B team plays Arrow at Arrowtown, the team being as follows :Shoots: E. Hales, M. Nelson, V. Hoy-croft; Centres: B. B. Tallentire, N. Mdnnes, F. Scheib; Defence: C. Beer, C. Edwards, T. Thompson. GENEEAL. N.Z. cricketers did well against formidable Yorkshire XI. Camera is to meet Schmeling for the world’s heavyweight championship in August. Tommy Donovan wants Harry Johns’ light weight title. Percy Alliss on his first round looks like bringing home the Canadian open golf championship.