GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22447, 17 June 1936, Page 21

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

■INTER-COLLEGE BOXING QOOD SCORING IN GOLF LECTURES ON RUGBY TOUR . Max Baer, former world heavy-weight champion, has been offered £6UOO with privilege of 30 per cent of gate receipts to fight Leroy Haines, the negro who recently beat Primo Camera. South Africa is relying on a team of ten for the Olympiad, only one girl being included. The men have records well up to Olympic form, notably Lavery, an outstanding hurdler. A high jumper, Thacker, won at the Empire Games. Jackie Dunn, British Olympic figure skater, who finished fourth in the recent world's championship in Paris, has turned professional. He is touring the United States with world and Olympic champion Miss Sonja Henie, receiving £2OO a performance. H. W. Osborn, of the United States, who won the Olympic high jump twelve years ago, recently broke the world's record for a high jump from a standing .start with a leap of sft. 6in. The previous record was sft. sJin., made oy L. Goehring, United States, in 1913.

During the 26th annual Universities indoor track and field meeting at Chicago, Ray Ellingwood, of Chicago, made in a new world's record for the 440 yards indoors. His time of 48 9-10s broke the previous. world's record of 49 3-10s, established by A. Wilson, of Xotre Dame, in 1932.

R. Kimpton, the Oxford University cricketer, who had the distinction of scoring the first century of the season in English county matcnes, is a former Melbourne Grammar School and Pralian first eleven player. Kimpton scored 101 in the first innings of the match against Gloucester, hitting one six and 11 fours, and followed with a score of 106 in tho second —a splendid double performance. Kimpton has since given further evidence of his batting ability.

The attendance at the England v. Scotland Soccer match played at Wembley recently was 93,267, which is a record for the ground, except for the first final tie, in 1923, when the crowd broke through the ' barriers. Receipts amounted to £20,395, beating the previous best for an international match in England—£2o,l73 taken in the England t. Scotland match at the Stadium in 1934.

As a sequel to the motor accident at Carnoustie, in Scotland, Jim Ferrier was fined £2 and had his licence endorsed for careless driving. The prosecutor remarked that it was not a bad case. Ferrier's admirers in Australia will hope that the careless driving will not be extended to the golf course. A stray drive at the 35th hole last year lost him the Australian open championship.

Referring to the defeat of Jim Ferrier in the Scottish amateur golf championship, played recently at Cargoustie, an English writer says:— johnston, the Montrose policeman, created a shock by beating the young Australian in his first match. Ferrier took the match too casually, or he might have had it his way. He appears to be a player of extremes on the greens, for in the score play he was so inspired with the putter that he did five holes—three being over 400 yards long —in one under threes. The annual boxing championships of the- Auckland Teachers' Training College will be held at the Central Fire Station gymnasium this evening by courtesy of Superintendent Wilson. On performances at these contests, a team will be selected to represent the college in a tournament against the Wellington Training College at the fire station on Saturday. This will be the first occasion on which boxing teams from these colleges have met since 1930.

Playing in a four-ball scramble match at Middlemore during the week-end, M. McCoy and F. W. Wilson, members of the Auckland Golf Club, were successful with a card of 8 up. The feature of the round was McCoy's card of 77, his figures being:—Out: 5, 3, 5, 6, 4, 4, 3, 3, 5—38; In: 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 6, 5 —39. McCoy is at present on a handicap of 16, but, after this fine score of 61 net, it is probable that the handicapper will take note of his performance especially as h'e is in the semi-final of the captain's prize.

Playing in a four-ball golf match at Titirangi during the week-end N. C. McLean, a well-known member of the club, was responsible for a remarkable run of figures, for five consecutive holes. He commenced the series by holing his tee shot at the seventh and obtained a 2 when his mashie chip found the cup at the eighth. After an orthodox 4 at the next he holed threes at the 10th and 11th holes. His total of 13 for five holes probably constitutes a record, at least in this country.

Under the heading, "Have Not Forgotten," a Rugby writer in the Wellington Post says: "At least two 1935 All Blacks, J. Manchester and C. Oliver, have been endeavouring to disseminate some of the fruits of their experience of the British tour by means of lecturers. Whatever might be the benefit derived from such talks their willingness to deliver them indicates that they at least have not forgotten their less fortunate fellow-players. Would that the same could be said of participants in some other phases of sport. Take all and give nothing is too ofton the motto."

A correspondent, "1.5.", asks for the names of the Taranaki fifteen which won the Ranfurly Shield from Auckland in August, 1913, and the scorers for Taranaki. The team was as follows; —Fullback, Hill; three-quarters, Loveridge, McLeod, Stohr; five-eighths, Cameron, Roberts; halfback, wing-forward, Taylor; forwards, Whittington. Cain, Tamil, Hawkins, Re\\ai, Ward. Young. Meuli replaced Stohr in the first few minutes of the game. Taranaki's 14 points were scored by Roberts, two tries, Loveridge and Prouse (who had replaced an injured forward), one try each. Hawkins converted one try. Auckland scored 11 points. —Athletics Editor.

A famous cricket ball has just been discovered in a rain-water spout at the Sheffield pavilion in England It was tho one used by Verity m tho Yorkshire v. South Africans match at Sheffield last year when H. B. Cameron, the great South African batsman, who has slnco died, hit him for three 4 s and three 6's in an over. The fifth ball he hit clean out of tho ground and it remained lost until now. It has been returned to the makers, Messrs. Wisrien, who are including it in their museum of hats and balls. Wood, the Yorkshire wicket-keeper, at the end of this historic over, said to Verity: Don t worry. You've got him in two minds — ho doesn't know whether to hit you for a 4 or a 6!" When Wembley authorities refused permission to news-reel companies to photograph the Soccer Cup final, they chartered gyroplanes and shot the match from above. Tho resultant film was not a success. The ball could not be distinguished, and allegedly humorous cartoons and snaps were used to "pad" tho film out to the requisite length. The sum of £SOO was used up in expenses and this was the meagre return. So film chiefs have decided to approach the Football Association and iVarn them that, unless they come to a satisfactory arrangement before September, Soccer films will be blacklisted in cinemas. Filmgoers will bo shown instead only Rugby matches!