TOPICAL TATTLE

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4347, 11 January 1938, Page 2

TOPICAL TATTLE

1 NEWSY NOTES ON SPORT Father Defeats Son. When Jack Sullivan, sen., aged 67, won the handicap sculls at a recent Maryborough regatta he defeated his sou by 2ft over a two miles course. Jack Sullivan, jun., is 25 years of age, and conceded his father 20sec start in the mile, but, despite the fact that he sculled brilliantly over the whole course, the venerable Jack Sullivan, sen., was able to hold him oft until the line was crossed. Sullivan was one of the best scullers ever produced in Queensland, and has many victories to his credit during the last half-century (says an Australian writer) Long Drivers. Jimmy Thomson, holder of the American record for the longest competitive golf drive, has found it impossible so far to defeat Sam Snead ; American Ryder Cup player, in a driving competition. In the Professional Golfers’ Association contest Snead's distances were 302 yds, 304 yds, 313 yds lOin. Thomson’s hits were 270 yds and 294 yds, the third being oil the fairway At Toronto, Snead recorded 279 yds. 302 yds, 323 yds. Thomson's first was out of bounds, and his second and third under 300 yds. Against a head wind at Cleveland the respective distances were:—Snead, 261 yds, 275yd-s. 2hoyds; Thomson, 261 yds, ' 202 yds. 265 yds. Girl Cricketer's Big Tally. Miss Joan Martin, a South Australian interstate girl cricketer, scored 210 not out in a recent match in Adelaide, eclipsing the previous best on record by the Victorian, Miss Dorothy Haggis, 304 not out. Miss Martin compiled her record score in 150 minutes, and hit 37 4's and one 6. Her innings was chanceless. Double centuries are rare in women's cricket, and Miss Patricia Holmes, a member of the Australian side, distinguished herself in England when she made 200 retired in a representative match against the West of England at Basingstoke. Swimmer and Field Athlete. It is rare to hear of a swimmer of world rating excelling in any other form of athletic exercise, but evidently Jacques Cartonnet, of France, one of the speediest breast stroke swimmers 1 the world has known, is a splendid athlete. and shines at fields sports. It was recently announced that Cartonnet had decided* to abandon swimming in order to take up field sports. He is said to be a wonderful broad jumper. Cartonnet a few weeks ago was credited with having swum 100 metres at breast stroke in Imin 9 4-ssec—a world’s record. Veteran Golfer’s Feat. Age cannot wither the enthusiasm of 1 some golfers. One day recently C. H. G. Wright, within a few days of his 73rd birthday, played five rounds of 18 holes between sunrise and sunset, on the municipal links at North Adelaide (South Australia). In tuis marathon effort he walked 21 miles, and carried his own clubs, which weighed 201b. An idea of his stamina may be gathered from the fact that hi§ last round was his best. Southland Skipper for Dunedin. Southland has lost two of its Rugby captains to Otago. N. A. Mitchell, who led the team when Southland took the Ranfurly Shield from Otago, has been here for some months and is playing senior cricket for the Albion Club. It has not yet been announced for which Rugby team he will play. Girvan (“Gig”) Thomas, who captained Southland in the majority of its matches last season and has worn the maroon jersey for a number of years, has received an appointment in Dunedin. He was a half-back at one time, and last season proved a sound and resourceful five-eighth in the Southland team. Thomas was a member of the Pirates Club in Invercargill. Empire Games Representation. Complete advices show that the different sports at the Empiad will be represented as follows : Athletics.—Australia, Canada, Ceylon, England, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Rhodesia. Scotland, South Africa, Trinidad, Wales. Boxing and Wrestling.—Australia, Canada, Ceylon (boxing only), New Zealand, Rhodesia (boxing only), Scotland. South Africa, Wales. Cycling.—Australia, Canada. England, New Zealand, Wales, India. Rowing.—Australia, Canada, England. New Zealand, South Africa. Swimming. Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Ceylon, England, New Zealand. Rhodesia, Scotland, South Africa, Wales. India and Bermuda are the sole dominions not taking part in athletics, and India and Northern Ireland will be the swimming absentees. British Guiana, Malta and Newfoundland are the only sections of the Empire not sending competitors. Novel Swimming Device. The New South Wales swimmer, Noel Ryan, is employing a novel device to assist, him in training for the British Empire Games. Ryan has been training consistently at Manly, adjusting his time with the aid of a pacing contraption devised by Mr C. Bell, an accomplished coach. The machine is controlled by an electric motor, and a flag travels up and down the laps at any desired rate. Arne Borg trained with a similar device for the Amsterdam Olympic Games, regulating the machine to a speed which he considered Andrew Charlton would register. This enabled him to beat Charlton in the 1,500 metres event.

The latest attack on the book clubs comes from the head master of a wellknown English secondary school, who denounces them for selecting for people what they should read. He describes them as a deadly peril to growing boys, who will need every ounce of clear, broad, individual thinking with which to face a world that is going to provide them with some desperate problems to solve.