GENERAL SPORTS NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20883, 27 May 1931, Page 13

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS.

MONEY IN AMERICAN GAMES.

BOWLING TOURNEY AT SUVA.

ROAD RACING FOR ATHLETES.

An attempt is being made to interest residents of Helensville in wrestling and to-morrow night a number of Auckland amateurs will make the trip to compete in a tourney.

At a recent boxing contest in France the spectators won by several knockouts. Disliking the performance they rose up and battered the boxers, their seconds, the referee and the promoters. P.J.A., Remuera, asks: Would you kindly publish the date of the BurnsJohnson fight.—Tommy Burns, holder of the heavy-weight boxing championship of the world, was defeated by Jack Johnson at Svdney on December 26, 1908.—Athletic Editor. The introduction of a free-wheel device by F. J. Casey in the Manukau Amateur Cycle Club's senior race on Saturday aroused considerable comment. Such a device has distinct possibilities in respect to road-racing, especially over hilly courses. The profession tennis matches in America are drawing big crowds. Fourteen thousand people watched Tilden defeat Kozeluh. For a series of five matches against Vincent Richards Tilden was guaranteed £7OOO and Richards £SOOO, with the winner taking an extra £2OOO. Lawless, the Richmond Rugby League forward who has been outstanding this season, received a nasty kick in the face on Saturday and may be laid aside for several weeks. Another unfortunate player was W. Perry, of the City Reserve team, who broke a bone in his ankle.

Bobby Jones now holds a captaincy in the American Army Reserve. In' conferring a captaincy on Robert Tyre Jones, President Hoover followed the precedent of so honouring great sportsmen set when Gene Tunney was made a captain some years ago. Bobby Jones' military duties will not, however, interfere with his golf film work.

An Australian golf club recently held a competition for the local A.I.F. Cup. The winner,* V. T. England, the runnerup, G. M. Brown, and the giver of the cup, C. H. Macdonald, all left Australia together as members of the 12th Light Horse! England is specially proud of his victory, for among the competitors were two professionals.

Up to the end of March the leading big money winners among the American piofessional golfers were Sarazen, Golden and von Elm. Sarazen, a former ./atioiral champion, had won 8325 dollars, Golden 7340 dollars, and von Elm 7900 dollars. Many others had won from 2000 to 5000 dollars for the winter season. ' lb is not surprising that America is the golfing Mecca of the British Isles.

The seventh annual carnival of the Suva Bowling Club will commence on July 4 The following competitions will be held Pacific pennant, each association being limited to the entry of one team; open rink competition; Pacific singles and pairs championships, open to members of any bowling association; South Pacific singles championship, open to members of bowling clubs in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.

Jean Borotra, the French lawn tennis star, stated in New York recently that, he would never play as a professional. The ranks of the professionals were closed to him, he said, solely because he plays the game for fun. and the element of pleasure would disappear if he were paid for his efforts. Borotra paid a compliment to Tilden when he said he regretted that he would never have another chance "to take another tennis lesson from the master of them all."

- The Auckland Badminton Association has elected Mr. E. W. Griffiths as its president for the ensuing season. Mr. Griffiths has had considerable administrative experience with the Auckland Law'n Tennis Association and this will help him in his present position. Badminton has clearly come to stay. There are already some 400 players jn Auckland, and, under sound management, this number should be doubled within the next few years.

Subject to their obtaining the necessary permission, the Technical College Old Bovs' Athletic Club will conduct a road race from the Onehunga post office to the general post office, Auckland, on July 18 The distance, just on seven miles, will be a very fair test for runners, and, with the increasing popularity of distance running in this city, the entries should be large. Already some 30 runneis have signified their intention of taking part. Road racing has rarelv been seen in this town, although such events are popular features of winter running in British and li.uiopean cities.