SPORTING SCRAPBOOK

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 237, 7 October 1938, Page 11

SPORTING SCRAPBOOK

TITBITS FROM THE NEWS FIELD, TRACK AND RING The ex-Wimbledon tennis champion, d Mrs. Douglas Little, formerly Miss e Dorothy Round, has given birth to a 2 son. J* Joined the R.A.F. * D. G. Cobden, the Canterbury wing-three-quarter who was injured early in d the first Test between New Zealand n an d South Africa at Wellington lasl _ season, has joined the Royal Air Force 0 at Peeth. Ha will be transferred Lo an English depot later or* The Two Helens. * Tbe two American women tennis stars, Helen Wills-Moody and Helen I? Jacobs, have been invited to renew * their tennis rivalry in a singles match featuring the opening of the Golden 1 Gate Exposition at San Francisco next J year. * S. Australian Cyclist. * W. Moritz, the brillianc ail-rouiul > South Australian cyclist, who retained - his Australian 100-mile title in con- * vincing style recently, plans to go ■ abroad next year to compete in six- ■ days races, and possibly the Tour de 1 France. ; Invitation to Boot. , The New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association intends making ; an endeavour to get V. P. Boot, tne : Canterbury, New Zealand, and British > Empire middle distance champion runner, to appear at its annual State championships in February next, if Boot made the trip he would probably be opposed to G. Backhouse, of Victoria. Wesncy for Otago. A. W. Wesney, a member of the All Black team which visited Australia this season, will be much missed in sporting circles in Southland, he having been transferred to Dunedin. Apart from his ability as a he lias played cricket for his province and was three times runner-up for the New Zealand diving championship. World Sculling Title. A crowd of 10,000 saw Bobby Pearce, the Australian sculler, retain the world title by convincingly beating Evans Paddon over a choppy, winuswept course at Toronto, Canada, by eight lengths. The champion subsequently announced that he was planning to go to Australia at Christmas. He may race in the Commonwealth, probably in another championship event against Paddon. Killed by Cricket Ball. A blow from a cricket ball caused the death of a Hobart boy, Terence William Davie, aged 13. The boy’s father and brothers were playing cricket w’hen a ball hit by Mr. Davie struck his son on the side of the head. He did not appear to be seriously in- * jured and walked home. Shortly afterward he became unconscious and died while being taken to hospital. Candidate for Westland. E. B. E. Taylor, who is contesting the Westland seat at the forthcoming Parliamentary election, was a prominent athlete at the Christchurch Boys' High School and later was champion distance runner of Canterbury University College and also New Zealand University three miles champion on five occasions. British Sprint Cycling. Dennis Horn, one of Britain’s outstanding sprint cyclists for many years, recently won the 1000yds. English sprint championship at the Southern Counties Cycling Union meeting at Herne Hill. His brother Cyril, held the title, but a strained right arm prevented him from defending it. Cricketers Not Equal. Perhaps more than any other man in cricket history, Don Bradman has shown that all men in team games arc not, as the adage declares, equal, writes Arthur Mailey, former Australian googley bowler. His remarkable and consistent performances have clearly established that without him Australian cricket would be inferior to English. In his 10 years’ association with first-class cricket, he has carried even Test teams to victory by individual performance, in many ways this last tour of England was his personal triumph. ae^r=L=er