TOPICAL TATTLE

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4329, 31 August 1937, Page 7

TOPICAL TATTLE

NEWSY NOTES ON SPORT Gillant Loser. The United States golfer D. Shute, who was defeated by H. Cotton, the British open champion, in the recent unofficial world's title match, was acclaimed by critics as the most gallant of losers. Appreciating this, the promoters of the match made a fine sporting gesture in presenting him with a consolation prize of £IOO. This was the first time Shute had been beaten in match play for two years. Maurice Tate to Retire. Maurice Tate, Sussex and former England test medium-pace bowler, who will retire from firstclass cricket at the end of this season, is one of the best all-rounders to have played for his country. From 1922 to 1929, when he was bowling at his best, he also aggregated more than 1,000 runs each season. His record during those

Bright and Novel. The English team being taken, to the Argentine by Captain W, E. Brinkman has adopted the raspberry as their emblem. The cap. of dark blue, is fronted with a red raspberry. There is one on the pocket of the blazer, and raspberries are scattered on the tie (says the Sydney ‘Referee’). The colours are giving the team a preliminary advertisement of value. It should go over well in the Argentine. There, bright are the colours in nature and in garb. Courtesies Appreciated. Before leaving Dunedin Dr P. S. de Q. Cabot expressed himself as being highly appreciative of the courteous treatment and friendly reception he had had from members of the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Otago Rugby Union as representative of the Eastern Rugby Union (America). Everyone he had spoken to had shown keen interest in the development of the game in the United States, and this would be mast encouraging to the officials of his own union who were doing so much to develop the game in that part of the United States. School Pupils Addressed. The vice-captain of the Springbok team, D. H. Craven, and M. M. (“ Boy ”) Louw, have visited various school's during the tour of New Zealand and the former has addressed the pupils. Louw has given hints on scrum formation. It is understood that Craven intends to retire after the tour. Successor to Cooke? Canterbury Rugby enthusiasts spoke to the writer in glowing terms concerning the promise shown by A. G. Hunter, the 19-year-old nephew of the famous All Black, James Hunter, as a centre three-quarter for the University Club in Christchurch this season. A leading member of the Christchurch Club who is a first-class judge of the game stated that he could not remember a footballer in the early stages of a football career who had a pair of hands like Hunter or who had the deceptive change of pace and the final burst of spoed. There was only one flaw in his defence. He was inclined to be late for the tackle, tackled low, but was just over-inclined to relax his tackle before the man was out of action. At the moment Hunter is laid aside with injuries which are not serious. The general opinion in Christchurch is that the selector made a bad mistake in not including the youngster in Canterbury’s first selection. Many good judges of football have followed the Varsity team this year for the purpose of watching Hunter. He is a match winner, and in the key games was the big factor for Canterbury College because he scored tries when they were needed. At other times he made the openings which paved the way for the decisive try. “ The logical successor to Cooke, with more pace and more weight,” is how one prominent Canterbury official describes Hunter. English Women Athletes. The Women’s Amateur Athletic Association of England hopes to send a team of eight athletes, headed by the 17-vears-old Dorothy Odam, high jump title-holder of Great Britain and second-iplace-getter at the Berlin Olympiad, to Sydney next February for the British Empire Gaines. Aid to Training. Something new in athletic training is the claim by a scientist that a runner can stave off fatigue by eating a small quantity of baking powder. The powder is supposed to neutralise the stomach acids, which cause an athlete to tire. Many marathon men are content to chew raisins while racing. Arthur Newton, South African stayer, has been known to mix himself a queer drink in which limejuice, vinegar, and salt are included, but he never explains how he digests it. Czechoslovakia’s Water Polo Team. Czechoslovakia’s water polo team, victors lately over some of the strongest teams of Germany, France, England, and Austria, is eager to engage in a tour of the United States, and has sounded several athletic clubs on the question of matches and guarantees. A few seem willing to take on the prospective invaders, provided the cost is not excessive. But international (hard ball) water polo is not much of a drawing card in America, and unless quite a few more organisations agree to meet the Czechoslovakians, the pro-rata expense is likely to be entirely too steep for the visit to materialise (writes Mr L. de B. Handley in a recent bulletin). Japanese Golf Boom. Golf is booming in Japan. The richer middle-class Japanese have taken up

the game with determination and enthusiasm. Because the game has become popular only during the last 15 years, all the courses are modern in every detail, many of them being designed and laid out by English and American experts.

years is; 1—1922, 1,050 runs, 119 wickets: 1923, 1,168 runs, 219 wickets; 1924, 1925, 1,419 runs, 205 wickets; 1,290 runs, 228 wickets; 1926, 1,347 runs, 147 wickets; 1927, 1,737 runs, 137 wickets ; 1928, 1,469 runs, 165 wickets ; wickets. 1929, 1(161 runs, 156