TOPICAL TATTLE

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4349, 25 January 1938, Page 7

TOPICAL TATTLE

newsy notes oh sport Williams Wins. Uy Williams, one of the toughest wrestlers ever to appear in kuiiedu , recently won the mam event at sat Francisco, when he pinned tormeia world’s champion, Gus sonnenbei D .

Popularity of Golf. One of the most remarkable features of sport in the present century has been the amazing rise to popularity ot tr o lf says a writer in a Melbourne paper. From being the game ot ad in Scotland and the pastime of the wealth} elsewhere until round about iyuU, a has since in a spectacular manner become the game of the masses, it lias been reliably estimated that in Australia alone there are 200,000 regular players of the game. Blomfield in U.S.A. At Los Angeles recently Lofty Blomfield was due to meet Little 111 a bout of 30 minutes or one fa! . Ihe 1 Knockout ’ said: “Lofty and Wolf will stage a great struggle —-if not a draw, edge to Lofty, who just non some kind of an international tournament in Australia.” Blomfield s contest was on a card at the Olympic, the main event being a bout between El Pulpo and Nick Lutze. Others on the same card were Cy Williams, Vincent Lopez, Sandor Szabo, and Sammy Stein. Lofty is regularly classed as an Australian by American scribes, and from all accounts he is proving a big attraction. Veteran Oarsman Returns. George Rogers, the well-known W esl Australian oarsman, and perhaps the oldest competing oarsman in the world, passed through Melbourne last week on his return from England after competing in the Diamond Sculls at Royal Henley, having achieved his life ambition (says the ‘Australasian’). The veteran, who is now aged 55 years, is London born, and was a sculler of high rank before he came to Australia but was debarred from competing at Henley as he was an artisan. Last year the manual worker's rule was repealed, and he competed under the colours of the Vesta Club, but was narrowly defeated in his heat. When on the lliames Ikwas 'looking for a sculling boat, and found one that belonged to Tim Turner, Who disposed of it when he came to Australia to stroke the London crew at the Centenary Henley regatta. He has arranged to have the boat shipped to Perth. He considers that the styles of rowing in England, Europe, and America are going back to that taught by the old London watermen. Davis Cup Challenges.' The United States Davis Cup Committee has decided, pending approval at the annual meeting of the I nitcd States Lawn Tennis Association this month, that the Davis Cup challenge tie shall be played at the Germantown Cricket Club on September 3. 4, and 5. Details of dates and locations toi the interzone final preceding American zone ties will be arranged after the number of challenging nations is asceitained at the close of entries. No Public of “ Lookers.” There is not in golf a public of “ lookers,” says a Melbourne critic. When the virus of the game enters a system it dictates action, and all affected by golf play the game. W bile it can be so strenuous that champions who rate as the best of all time, such as Bobby Jones and Henry Cotton, lose as much as 141b weight in a couple ot davs, or collapse in nerve and physica.iy in "a vital round, it can also be such mild exercise that children of six or adults such as the late John D. Rockefeller approaching the century ot yeais. may play regularly. Bicycle Riding for Training. Riding on her bicycle on the tan around the Botanic Gardens every morning just now is titiau-haiied Irene Donnet, the little Victorian girl diver, who is to be in the Australian women’s swimming team at the British Empire Games in Sydney in February. She considers the two best things to keep her fit so that she will dive well are bicycle riding and surfing, so she fits in "as much of these as possible. She does not have much spare time, because she is a cashier at the Richmond Baths, and she does actual diving practice everv day for about one hour as well (says the ‘ Australasian ’). Her favourite dive, for which she usually gets mast paints in competitions, b the difficult running isander half-screw, Irene has been fond of the w T ater since she was aged only four years, when she first learnt swimming and diving. Hoi brother Tommy and she are literally “ like fishes in the water.” _ Tommy b the junior champion of Victoria am was runner-np for the State diviiu championships last season. Canada and Davis Cup. The announcement that Canada wil return to Davis Cup play this yeai after an absence of three seasons ha: met with commendation from officials players, and followers of the game ii that dominion. The move was prompter by the return of the famous bowl t( the United States, and it is expectec that Davis Cup play will once agaii stimulate interest in the game, am a tie with Germany or Australia wil be a wonderful attraction for Cauadiai followers. .

A young man walked rather pensively into the village post office. “ Any letters for me to-day?’’ he asked the postmistress. “ No, Henry,’ she replied rather sharply. “ That’s rather strange,” he murmured half to himself “ Nothing strange about that, young man,” replied the postr mistress. “ You haven’t answered her last letter yet!” Danny, along with many other little lads, went to school for the first time, and like many other little boys’ fathers, Danny’s father asked him how he liked his teacher. “ All right,” was the reply. “Is your teacher smart? .tf'V'T inglv persisted the questioner. ‘ VVelli she knows more than T do, admitted Danny.