GENERAL SPORTS NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21233, 13 July 1932, Page 14

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS.

YACHT'S WORLD CRUISE.

ATTENDANCES AT FOOTBALL WARNER WITH CRICKET TEAM. The first of tlio inter-club harrier races in Wellington for the Dome; Cup was decided last Saturday over a course of 5£ miles. Gordon Bayne, the national mile champion, was successful, winning by 15yds. from Pressor.

Dr. D. R. L. Stevenson, the ex-Otago South Island, and New Zealand Rugby representative, is stationed temporarily in Melbourne, where he has been coaching the University team. He toured Australia with the All Blacks of 1926.

The University Rugby Club and Auckland will shortly sustain a big loss through the departure of D. Carter, captain and? halfback of its senior team. Carter has; been transferred to Te Awamutu, but be may not go down there until after the. Southern tour of the Auckland representatives.

It is interesting to note that W. Heidke and S. Pearce, who played second row for Australia in the second Rugby League test against England, are sons of former internationals, who were together in England with the Kangaroos. By a strange coincidenca both sons were born while their fathers were in England.

"Machine Gun," Huntly, inquires:— Would a crack male sprinter beat a crack sprinting horse over 100 yards, both from a standing start ?—A crack sprinting horse will run a furlong in 12 seconds from a standing start, which works out at about 5£ seconds for 100 yards. It will thus be seen that an athlete would have no chance with a horse. —Athletic Editor,

Tho German sprint champion Jonath claims to have established a uew world's record for the 100 metres, which he covered at a meeting at Bochum in 10.35. The previous record was held jointly by C. Paddock and E. Tolan with 10.45. As there was a slight following wind it is doubtful if tho time will be accepted as a world's record.

The selection of the Australian Rugby team which is to visit South Africa next season probably will bo announced in September of this year. Twenty-nine players are to bo chosen. Arrangements are likely to be made for the selected players to attend gymnasium classes during the summer, to ensure their being fit for the tour.

The yacht Heartsease, which is expected to start on a world cruise in August, is now undergoing a very extensive overhaul on Messrs. Lowe and Son's slipway in Freeman's Bay. The cabintop is being lengthened and the hull refastened throughout. The yacht will also be fitted with new standing and running gear and will also havo a new mainsail.

Tho Bay of Plenty is gaining a very good Rugby footballer from Sydney. J. Barker, a centre threequarter and vicecaptain of the Drumraoyne Club's first fifteen, has joined tho staff of a large dairy company in the Bay of Plenty, as a veterinary surgeon. He was a reserve for Australia against Great Britain in 1930, and early this season ho showed bright form as a member of the New South Wales team which toured Queensland.

"Wager," Pukekohe, asks: Can you let me know tho official number of spectators that attended the third test match beween Great Britain and New Zealand at Eden Park in 1930, also the biggest attendance at a League or Rugby match in Auckland ? —The attendance at the League match between Wagstaffe's team and New Zealand in July, 1920, was estimated at 37,000. The attendance at the Rugby test between the British team and New Zealand at Eden Park in 1930 was 45,250. These are the record figures for Auckland in the respective codee.--Athletic Editor.

The latest book on lawn tennis, entitled " Tennis," haa made its appearance. Tho joint authors are John Hope Doeg, singles and doubles champion of the United States in 1930, and Allison Danzig. It deals with every phase of the game, from players' correct clothing, practice board, strokes, principles of tactics, to plans of courts and the rules of the game. It is therefore a particularly valuable publication for a beginner to read, although it is also most interesting and instructive to any follower of tennis. There are several illustrations of some of the world's most famous players making their strokes. The book is published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London.

When he visits Australia and New Zealand as one of the managers of the M.C.C. team next cricket season, P. F. Warner will renew acquaintance with tho scenes of many personal triumphs. Ho is one of the most travelled of cricketers, having played in tho West Indies, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, the United States of America, Canada, and other countries. Warner captained Lord Hawko's team in New Zealand and Aus. tralia in the 1902-3 season here, captained the 1903-4 team, which won tho "ashes" from Australia, and was again captain of the successful team in Australia in 1911-12, although in the last-men-tioned tour illness kept him out of the field after the first match. «

DEFEAT OF CAMERA.

OUTBOXED BY LARRY GAINS,

ENTHUSIASM OF SPECTATORS.

The Camera myth is exploded, says an English writer. The mighty man of 19st., tho supposed "killer" of the ring, whom people have declared should not bo allowed to fight, was made to appear a very harmless giant at. the White City,. London, by Larry Gains, the coloured heavyweight from Toronto, Canada. For 10 rounds Camera struggled to justify his superhuman strength, but the mightiest of his blows and tho fiercest of his attacks were thwarted by the boxing skill and superb generalship of a man sst. lighter and sin. shorter. And there was never any doubt in my mind that Gains thoroughly deserved his points ver- , diet. The scene of enthusiasm when Mr. Jack • Hart, 'the referee, declared the coloured boxer the winner has not been equalled for , years in any fight in this country. The crowd, 70,000 strong, rose and cheered; madly, and when Gains leaped . lightly from the ring to make his way across the green sward to the dressing , rooms he had to run to escape the vigorous attentions of the army of admiring followers. Camera was actually jeered at as he elbowed a passage-through the crowd, although why this was bo was beyond my comprehension. Those jeers were illtimed.

He put up a wonderfully good and plucky fight, and apart from being warned onco for misuse of his elbow be did not commit a. foul. Never have I seen Car* nerft jso ■ worried as he was in the third round, when the realisation came to him that he was in danger of defeat. There was none of that grinning and clowning that crept into bis previous displays in London. He was in deadly earnest and every blow that he aimed had viciduSness behind it. Yet Gains left the ring without a mark to show, which vvposes for all time, I hope, the belief that Camera needs to strike only once to win. Camera does not know how to punch Jus weight. Never was this more plainly revealed, and until be does so I.think hi ,wn-be,n»fed.OTfc » pos«ibl» champion of the world*