HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

Northern Advocate, 13 June 1931, Page 12

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE

South African Rugby enthusiasts must reckon that Phil Mostert, big forward who captained the Springboks in their test matches against the Hew Zealand team in South Africa in 1928, is something of a hardy perennial. player. When ho toured Hew Zealand in 1921 Mostert’s age was given as 24; so he will be 34 years of age some time this- year. There cannot be any doubt about his age, for w T hen he played for f South Africa against R, Cove-Smith’s British team in South Africa seven years ago his age was given in official programmes as 27 then. Mostert, despite his age, is spoken of as likely to find a place in the South African team to visit England. Mr J. H. Bennett, manager of the South African team in Hew Zealand, told me that Mostert was considered one of the best forwards in the team which'toured Hew Zealand in 1921. ♦ ft ft ft A 1 Rioux, the Canadian boxer, who is at present in England seeking contests, and whose name is known to Hew Zealanders by the fact that he fought Tom Heeney some six months ago, started in the game owing to a most remarkable occurrence. Rioux w r as a lumberjack in Canada, and an argument between him and his five mates culminated in a free for all fight to the bitter end. Eive of the men had to be carried to hospital, but Rioux was just able to. limp there himself under his own steam. The doctor who attended Rioux reckoned that A 1 must be some good as a fighter if he could weather such a free for all battle, and suggested to Rioux that he should take up fighting. And so the Canadian forsook the lumber camps for the ring, and during his career has knocked out 72 of his opponents. An American critic once stated that Rioux was once sparring partner to Sharkey, but -was discharged because ho once forgot Ms lines, and dropped the Bostonian to the canvas. * * * ♦

When one moots famous men of music, one could hardly- associate them with a man cheering for a knock-out at a fight, yet three famous musicians in Sydney (N.S.W.) are all ardent fight fans. Misha Leviski, worldwide famous pianist, now in Sy-dney-, expressed his regret after his concert at the Town Hall last Saturday-, that his concert this Saturday would rob him of the pleasure of seeing Bundren and Palmer fight, an affair that would be an absolute delight to him; and .Joseph Hislop, the tenor, a few weeks previously, left his crowd of admirers to discuss boxing in England and Australia with a pressman who wanted to talk music, not boxing; Mozart, not the fall of Phil Scott; and Isadora Goodman, the South African pianist, is yet another disciple of the Spartan sport. They say they- find boxing an ideal relaxation. They say that, but we gather it is more thrills than relaxation.