GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22247, 23 October 1935, Page 20

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONS SUNDAY PLAY IN AUCKLAND .CRICKET BROADMINDEDNESS . Austin's victories over both Allison and Budge in the Davis Cup challenge round of singles completed :i succession of eight wins in singles matches against American players in Davis Cup contests since 19:J1. Austin's Davis Cup record is even finer than that of Perry. A 16-vear-old schoolboy from Waverify College, Sydney, in the opening day's play in the cricket season, took eight wickets for 12 runs. The boy, C. McCarthy, played in one game last season and took seven wickets for 50 runs. He is also an excellent batsman. A women's inter-state cricket carnival will be held in Brisbane in March of next year. An inter-state series played before the visit ol the knglish women's touring team last season was won by the Victorian team. The players lack nothing in keenness and preliminary selections will be in hand shortly. Reference to the ability as a batsman of A. H. ("Holla") Francis, who plaved Rugby for New Zealand in 1905, 1907, 1908 and 1910, was made at the j smoke concert of the Ponsonby Cricket , Club on Saturday night. Francis, it was j stated, would have gone much higher : in cricket if he had concentrated more j on the game. Ai\ active billiards season is expected in London this winter. Horace Lindrum, a nephew of Walter, played a week's match against Tom Newman, ; victory going to Lindrum, and he is j now to meet Joe Davis and W. Smith. Horace Lindrum's snooker play has earned him a wide reputation and it is anticipated that a match with Davis would prove a great attraction.

A shade of sadness pervaded the utrnosphero for a time at tbe Carlton Bowling Club's green last Saturday afternoon, when the president, Mr. K. Wishart, unveiled the plaque which had been, procured to perpetuate the memory of the late Mf. J. &■ Kilgour. It was a very fitting and appropriate action on the part of the Carlton members, for there is no doubt that the late member's work in connection with the club had much to do with the good name it occupies in the bowling world to-day.

The delegates to the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association showed good judgment when they chose Mr. L. S. Bates to fill the vacancy on the emergency committee caused by Mr. A. Bockett s transfer to Wellington. As secretary of the Ngataringa Club, Mr. Bates has taken- n leading part in the promotion of the remarkable growth of that very progressive club. He is a great worker in the interests of tennis and will be an acquisition to the governing body.

Table tennis,in England has shown an amazing increase in popularity since the world championships were held there last year. It is no longer looked upon as "ping pong," and the competition for the Swathling Cup, described as the Davis Cup of the game, has persuaded hundreds to take up the sport in earnest. Leagues have been iounded throughout the country, comprising as many as 51 clubs. The present world lawn tennis champion, Fred Perry, graduated to the outdoor game from table tennis.

The various champions of golf clubs in Auckland for the season are as follows: —Auckland, K. L. Bartleet; Titirangi, H. D. Brinsden; Akarana, L. V. Brvant; Glendowie, W. L. Cole; North Shore, H. Stevens; Otahuhu, H. Bell; Pupuke, R. Johnston; Maungakiekie, J. H. Earle; Manukau, C. Wardell. The Waitemata and Remuera championships have not yet been decided. The annual champion of champions contest will take place on the Otahuhu club's course on November 3.

The defeat of Germany by Sweden by 56 points to 3i at a-recent athletic meeting in Berlin caused a stir on the Continent. Before the meeting odds were greatly in Germany's favour and the successive defeats of the German favourites were watched by the German supporters in complete silence. Especially unbelievable was the defeat of their crack sprinter, Leichum, who was expected to bring Germany her first men's Olympic title. He finished fourth. Luigi Beccali, the Olympic 1500 metres champion, won the event for that distance in 3rti 545. The latest addition to the list of affiliations to the Auckland Bowling Centre is the Auckand Transport Club. Possessed of a very nice five-rink green at present, the club has hopes of going further and providing a full-sized green in the near future. The green is nicely situated and plays wonderfully well considering it is only in its second year. The club is fortunate in having a number of seasoned players on its list, and their knowledge and example of how to play the game will be a great incentive to the many new players who have already joined up for the season. An innovation in sport in Auckland will be the playing of bowls, tennis and croquet at Victoria Park next Sunday. Permission for play was recently granted by the Auckland City Council, and it is expected that there will be a large crowd of players in all three sports on Sunday afternoon. The bowlers who patronise the Victoria Park greens have designated themselves the "University" Club. This is on account of the fact that its members mostly go there to learn the game, and, after becoming more proficient, they graduate to clubs in tho near localities —Ponsonby, West End, Grey Lynn, or others. Victoria Park is regarded as a nursery for the game, hence the non-serious adoption of the club name considered most suitable. Spectators at the New Zealand golf championships at Shirley had a strenuous day following the professionals' final between A. Murray and A. J. Shaw, and there were so many that not even tho efforts of a dozen stewards could ensure that all had a clear view of the greens. Each hole, therefore, became largely a race for position, and there must have been many in the crowd who twice covered the 6232 yards of"the course at a steady trot, interrupted only by the' pause's while the players made their shots. The professionals, incidentally, played their two rounds at an extraordinarily fast pace—under two hours in the morning and little more in the afternoon, although the average time for a round is two hours and a-half.

Auckland, so far as cricket is con cerned, has never won the reputation of being broadminded, says a Hamilton critic. It is altogether a travesty on the wisdom of their policy of selection that South Auckland players of the calibre of A. J. Aitken, 0. McKenzie and S. A. It. Badeley—one of the finest allrounders in New Zealand—should be repeatedly passed over in favour of city club members who have not justified inclusion. Wellington has a strongly contrasting policy and the Plunket Shield elevens that have come out from the capital have invariably contained a proportion of country players, such men as the Heaneys and M. O'Brien, of Hawke's Bay, T. 0. Lowry, the wellknown New Zealand captain, and the clever bowlers Newman and Freeman, of Nelson, being regularly included.