TOPICAL TATTLE

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4327, 17 August 1937, Page 2

TOPICAL TATTLE

NEWSY NOTES ON SPORT “ Grand Fight.” i This is what Ben Foord, the South African boxer, who saw the Louis-Braddock fight, thought of it as indicated by his message to a London journal:— “ Grand fight. Braddock made great mistake attacking when more chance defensive. Louis terrible puncher. Nevertheless, still fancy Schmeling beat Louis.” Wellington Rep. Honours. Wellington rep. honours have bee: gained by Miss Honour Morris and Mis iris Morris for the New Zealan women’s hockey tournament to be bet nt Invercargill towards the end r. the present month. They are daughter of Mr J F. Morris, well-known Sout Otago boxing instructor and forme New Zealand champion, and both prc viously represented South Otago. Mis H. Mo nr is played for Wellington las season. Early Springbok Captain Mr Paul Boos, who captained th 1906-07 Springboks in Great Britain has a university appointment at Ste leubosch, about 35 miles out of Cap Town, and he has coached universit teams for many years past and turne out innumerable champions, includin his own son, who is at present an 0> ford Rugby Blue. Mr Boos deserve his greatness, for if ever any on earned football distinction he die Living 40 miles out of town hepedalle a push bicycle to and from his fan twice a week to practices, and agai on match days. He would leave th farm at 3 p.nr.. do his training in tli twilight—all practice in Africa between knock-off time of work an dinner—and get home about mid night. Kilby’s Early Record. A correspondent inquires if Fran Kilby, famous All Black half-back an captain, ever played for Southland a Carisbrook. The answer is that he die Kilby made his first appearance i senior Rugby in the 1925 season, wen on tour with the Southland team th same year, and on the return journe played for Southland at Carisbrook o August 22, Otago being defeated b ! 25 points to 15. Southland won th 1 double that year. > Promising Batsmen. ' W. J. Edrich, of Middlesex, is pei haps the best batsman discovered i L England since Hammond, in th ’ opinion of Neville Cardus. “B< 1 cently, against Lancashire, on ’ vicious wicket at Lord’s, Edrich playe . a brilliant innings. The wet, liar pitch enabled the bowlers to make th ■ball fly up breast high, but Edrich wa ’ always over the ball. He cut risin : outswingers and hooked brilliantly He resembles Hendren in genera style. 1 confidently expect that Eel rich will, this time next year, be we known in Australia.” Auckland Swimmer for Invercargill. ' W Warren, a keen Auckland surl man and swimmer, will depart for In i vercargill in the near future to tak up a new position, lie will be a Jos I to swimming and life-saving activitie ’ in this city, says the Aucklam ‘ Herald.’ For some years Warren ( a former winner of the junior belt man’s championship, has been a mem , her of the Takapuna Surf Life-savinj ’ Club’s team, and also secretary of tin Eastern Suburbs Amateur Swimming ’ and Life-saving Club. Last February during the exhibition given by tin Australian life-saving team at Piha Warren took part in the many rescue; which became necessary. Indoor Cricket. During the lo.ng English winter indoor cricket has become popular, j Aubrey Faulkner, the South African, and Alan Fairfax, the Australian, established highly satisfactory co,aching schools in London, but in Australia such institutions have not been necessary (says the ‘ Australasian ’). The Australian winter does not call for them, and there are many who think it well for players to have a spell. The South Australian Cricket Association has, however, appointed two former Australian XL. players (C. E. Pellew and C. V. Grimmett) as coaches of juniors. In Dunedin, during F. T. Badcock’s term as professional coach, a winter school was run for two or three seasons. Cricket Curiosity. A curiosity of the recent Notts and Surrey match was that there were six wicketkeepers on duty, old and new. The umpires were Dolphin and Buswell. who used to keep for Yorks and I Northants respectively, the scorers were Strudwick and Wheat, the latter at one time being Lilley’s deputy behind the stumps, and, then, of course, there were the two acting wicketkeepers, Brooks and C. B. Maxwell. Tennis Rankings. Just before the Davis Cup matches began, Donald Budge, now acknowledged as the leading world’s amateur lawn tennis player, wrote a ranking list of the world’s players, professional or amateur. His choice was as follows:—Vines, Perry, von Cramm, Nusslein, Tiklen. Quist, Austin. Crawford, Allison, and Lott. Record of Full-back. For 16 years Jim Sullivan, England’s famous League code full-back, who has captained two English touring sides in Australia and New Zealand, has assisted the Wigan Club, and will continue to do so next season. It has been stated that, because his request fo7* a seven-years’ agreement had been refused by the club, be was prepared to leave them. His re-engagement terms are not made public. Remaining in England. Five members of the Australian women’s cricket team intend remaining in England at the conclusion of the present tour. M. Peden, Walsh, and Holmes have decided to stay in England indefinitely, whilst Jegust and Antonio will stay for a month’s holiday. Holmes has taken a position as an art photographer, and Walsh intends to gain experience in English kindergarten management. No New Bowlers. Pre-eminent critics in England are drawing attention to the fact that England this season has not discovered one' new bowler who is likely to figure in the cricket tests against Australia•

next year. Verity, Voce, and Gover were dropped from the first test eleven against New Zealarl to be replaced ay F. R. Brown, A. W. Wellard, J. Smith, and T. W. Goddard. Brown, 20, has already failed against Australia, Wellard is 34 years old, and Goddard 36. Smith is a well-known county medium-paced tnmdler. Queensland Rugby Progress. The Rugby Union game continues to regain its old footing in Queensland (states an Australian scribe). The N.Q. secondary schools, which had to turn to the League game when the union closed down during the war, have deckled to go back to the amateur fold. Where these nurseries of good football lead, the clubs are sure to follow in due course. Associated With Sport, Miss Marguerite Cotton, the talented young artist whose sketches have been appearing in the ‘ Sports Special,’ has had a close association with sport of various kinds, and some years ago was a member of the Otago University women’s hockey senior eleven. Subsequently she represented Canterbury University College. A brother is Dick Cotton, who was the New Zealand University boxing champion and formerly a well-known swimmer.