EASTER SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3309, 1 April 1926, Page 10

EASTER SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Great Array of District Attractions CATERING FOR THE OUT-OF- ; DOORS FOLK There will be no complaint of lack of sporting attractions during tlie Easter holidays, when every seasonable game will be played in Palmerston North. s ■ Rugby Football. There will he rugby, the first matches of the season, on Saturday, when two Kia Toa teariis meet Pirates (Wanganui) at. Terrace End Park and Technical School grounds. Roth games start a.t 10 o'clock. On Monday, at 2 p.m., Western United meets Dannevirke at Terrace End Park) the home team being:—J. Robb, D. Homi, H. Ormond, lay t Tuck, W. Kells, A. Pegler, W. Riley, R. Riley, C. Hincks, Dogson, E. Oox, Stowe, R. Sharman,

Atkinson, - Clevely, Marks. Anyone unable to play should ring R. J. Kells (Phone 5180), Kia Toa teams for Easter Saturday:

Seniors v. Pirates (Wanganui), Terrace End Park, at 10 a.m. Team Will lie selected from the following: Brice, McSweeney, Boldt, Piper, Jackson, Doherty (captain). Heatley, Ryan, Parsons, Findlay, Wasley, , Eyre; G. Morgan, Findlay, Pragnell. Hancock. W. Smith, T. Holden, T, Doherty. Junior-thirds v. Pirates (Wanganui),. on School ground, at 10 a.m. Team will be selected from , the following: Bambery, Baxter, Comber, Mitchell, Rush, Gordon Brown, Turnbull, Boyd, Holden, Williams, Loveday, W. Morgan, Topie, Wasley, L. Brown, J. Strange, ' Sykes,; A. Brown. 1 Association. The soccer season opens with the annual St. Andrew’s Club Easter tournament at the North street • ground. Eight teams have entered—five from Wellington and three from Palmerston North. The winners hold i the St. Andrew’s cup, which was -Aron last year by Scottish Wanderers (Wellington). The matches will bo ' played Friday, Saturday and Mon- 1 day afternoons, commencing at 2.15. It had been suggested to the Association that they should postpone the ' Saturday games in view of the ath- 1 letici meeting, but this was impbs- i siblc,:in view of the fact that many of the Palmerston ■ North players would be working on Saturday morning. f The President of St. Andrew’s Club; (Mr A. Graham) will officially open? the tourney. The names of the teams entered are: Y.M.C.A. (senior champions of the Wellington championship), Marist Brothers (Charity" Cup winners), Welgasco, Brooklyn and Seatoun. Three local clubs are also competing. The draw for" the first round, is as follows: St. Andrews v. \yelgasco, Athletic v. Marist BroRangers v. Y.M.C.A., Seatoun v. Brooklyn. Bowling, The chief bowling event is the Manqwatu Centre's tourney, which commences on Good Friday and will be continued on Saturday and Easter Monday. Play, which will start at nine, o’clock each morning, will take place oh four greens—Manawatu, Palmerston North, Terrace End - and Northern. Two sections of twelve heads and two sections of ten heads ''will be played. Amateur Athletics^ The Country Clubs ’ championship events on the showgrounds on Saturday should prove a big attraction in view of the presence at the meeting of Randolph Rose, New x Zealand’s champion distance runner, whose victories over Hahn, the American, are ; still fresh in the minds of New Zealanders. He will appear in three events, and ho is certain to give the public a taste of that wonderful ability which enabled him to create a fresh Australian and New Zealand record for the mile, ;iust three seconds outside the world’s record established by Paavo Nurmi, the great Finlander, on the cinder track at Stockholm. The .programme for the, meeting will comprise the usual championship .events —running, • cycling, hurdling, jumping, vaulting, walking and field games, including the hammer, shot, javelin and discus. Among the competitors will be representatives of the Masterton, Dannevirke, Feilding, Devin, Manawatu, Wanganui, Martou and Wellington Clubs. The Rose Fund committee is asking for fhe assistance of lady volunteers' to help in the selling of badges in the Square to-day. Cricket. Several cricket matches are to be played. On Friday, Wanganui colts will visit Palmerston North to try conclusions with the Manawatu colts, while on Saturday and Monday Napier Technical Old Boys will also be sending down a similar team. A Palmerston North team is due at Napier on Monday to play Hawke’s Bay representatives. The following will represent Manawatu Colts v. Wanganui on Friday, at 10.15 a.m.;—Blenkinsop, Arnott, J. Gallichan, Jewett, McHaffle, Scorgie, Kells, O’Keefe, J. Young, Rose, Hollier. Emergency: Young (H.S.) The following will represent Manawatu against Napier on Easter Saturday and Monday, play to commence at 10.30 a.m.:—Smillie, Scorgie, Beet, Young, Kells, Hollier, Pilcher, Blenkinsop, McHaffl#, 'Spring, C. Webster. Emergencies: Rose ana O’Keefe. Golf. Following are the complete entries, with handicaps, for the Manawatu Golf Club’s Easter tournament: A. EkStedt owe 2, L. Seifert scr, WMacmillan 2, H. Hutchison 2, J. Harrison 4, N. Hutchison 4, S. Rapley 4, W. L. Fitzherbert 5, Davies 5, D. Pryde 6, H, Riddell 6, H. L. Young 5, W. Seifert 6, D. Harding 6, W.

Strang 7, C. Armstrong 7, H. Burridge 8, J. J. Swainson 8, P. D. Daniell 8, M. Loftus 9, H. Boddington 9, P. L. Sim 10, A. M. Retemeyer 10, P. J. Nathan 12, A. Brandon 12, T. Crease 12, A. Lawry 12, J. A. Coleman 12, C. Giblin 12. J. Bennett 12, L. Wilson 12, Magnus 12, B. Keiller 14, Col. Hughes 14, L. Seifert, junr. 14, L. Daniell 14, C. Riddell 14, J. Cunningham 14, C. Kennedy 14, E. V. Spear 16, H. Dodds 16, J. Petrie 18, L. Bath 18, R. Smart 18, T. Fathers 18, H. Collier 18, B. Wolff IS, R. Haworth IS, D. Macpherson 18, T. A. Moodie 18, Stevenson 13, Colonel Whyte 13, H. Hooper 14, E. G. Sim 5, R. Cumberworth 5, W. Christie 8, E. Cave 10, N. Buist scr, C. O. Pratt scr, C. Marchbanks 12, Newenham 10, P. Bryden 14, S. A. Parkes 14, E. Kerr 18, J. Carter IS, R. Hewat 16, J. S. Tingey :16,. D. Warburton IS, Val. Headley 16, C. G. Francis scr.

For Monday and Tuesday only: F. Bullock 14, H. Moore 18, F. Bondall 16, R. C. Abraham 11, C. Douisson, Buddie, H. Cooper, R.. P. Abraham.

For Saturday only: B. Lewis 1 IS, Robin Hood 16, Col. -Clark (Melbourne) 14.

For Tuesday only: E. Faire 10, H. G. Bagnall 0.

A glance at. the, handicaps of those who have entered proves that the Easter tournament caters specially for the longer handicap, players, and in view of the; fact tliat all the big clubs are. running , Easter ; tournaments the entries may be looked upon as good,

Among the clubs represented by the forty-three visitors. are Napier, Wanganui, • Feilding, Ranui, Seafield, Wangarei, Rocky. Downs, Dannevirke, Marton, .Miramar and Balmecewcn. Whangarei, Rocky. Downs, Dannevirke, Marton, Miramar . and Balmacewen. It is noticeable that several neighbouring .clubs are not represented. . , Caledonian Sports. The 22 nd annual gathering of the Manawatu Caledonian Society will be held on the show: grounds on Easter Monday. There are nearly one hundred events on the programme, which will mean a very strenuous day for the committee. The Society has a reputation for getting through its varied and lengthy .programme so as to allow spectators to see every event and yet allow the crowd to get away at a reasonable hour. The programme embraces every kind of sport, the main attraction to those of Scottish descent being of course the piping and dancing 1 , there being just on thirty classes in this section. Post entries are received for these events, but already entries have been received from all over the Dominion. Then there are professional and amateur cycling. events, the entries including some of " the best riders in the Noz-th Island’ The same remark applies to the running and jumping. There are classes for both professional and amateur field games, dear to the heart of the Soot, and also for professional and amateur wrestling, embracing both the catch-as-catch-can and Cumberland styles, which always creates a great amount of Interest and excitement. More than the usual number of teams have entered for the Boy Scout events, and there will be keen competition for the beautiful challenge shield donated by the President of ihe Caledonian Society, Mr D. Munro. Needless to say, the primary school events have attracted very large entries, there'-'being over thirty in the boys’ IOOydS handicap, whilst the girls are almost equally well represented in their various contests. A further attraction- is the fact that the Wanganui Pipe Band, twoi'ty.-three strong, will be present, and will give exhibitions of- marching during the day. Scotch Concert, At the Opera House on the evening of Easter Monday the annual Scotch concert under the auspices of the Caledonian Society, will be; held. The Society has been successful in getting together about the best programme" at has ever presented to -the public. ’ In selecting its artists and artistes, - the Society has aimed at pleasing every taste. The lady singers will be Madame Margaret Mercer, of Dannevirke, who comes to 'Palmerston North with a reputation gained at many Scottish entertainments as a soprano of great ability, and Miss Ruth Mann, of Palmerston North, a contralto of power and sweetness. From Wellington has been secured the services of Mr Den Barnes, recognised as the best baritone of that city, and Mr Austin Blackle, an exceptionally pleasing tenor. The humour of the entertainment will be supplied ,by Miss Mackenzie-Forbes, a rrionologist of exceptional ability, and Messrs Geo. Swan, of Wanganui, and Peter A. Eadie, of Auckland, both of whom are already most favourably known to Palmerston audiences. has been, made on this occasion by the introduction of instrumental music, when Scottish airs will be rendered by three young Palmerston ladies. With a'pipe selection and national dances, a bill of fare is offered which should attract a very full. house on Monday evening next. The full programme will appear in our next issue. Tennis. Entries are Invited for a tournament at Palmerston North Lawn Tennis Club’s courts (Linton street), on Easter Monday, mixed doubles (sealed handicap). Particulars appear in our advertising columns. Play will commence at , 10.30 a.m. with adjournment for lunch. The entry fee is 2/6 (including afternoon tea.)

Easter time is racing time quite as much as it is at the year’s end. From the monetary point of view, Auckland holds the palm, but most interest to racegoers in the Manawatu will centre in the Feilding and Tauherenikau meetings.