GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22465, 8 July 1936, Page 20

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

UNIVERSITY RUGBY GAME SUCCESS OF LADY GOLFER STARTING IN ATHLETICS Maxio Rosen bloom, the American boxer now in Sydney, has received confirmation of his match with Joe Louis at Los Angeles on September 29. Von Cramin has now beaten Jack Crawlord three times 011 hard courts and once (in the Wimbledon tournament just completed) 011 a grass court. 'lhe inter-island University Rugby match will be played in Wellington today. The following seven Aucklanders were selected in the North Island team: R. G. Bush, L. A. Ilayinan, D. B. Mulvihill, H. Inglis, K. j. Thomas, D. H. Davidson, L. S. Drake. Owing to a shoulder injury, Bush, who had been appointed captain of the team, will not be taking part in the game. The Kaipara Rugby Union has nominated a young forward for the provincial and Maori representative teams. This player, George Hill, KJst. 21b., has represented tlie Kaipara Union lor tlireo seasons and was nominated for Auckland last season. Jll the Rotorua-Kai-para game at Rotorua on June 27 he was the outstanding player 011 the field, 0. S. Olson, ex-Maori All Black, is the coach and selector for Kaipara. Arthur Lneev, of the Berkshire Golf Club, British Ryder Cup player, beat a Bobby Jones record at Moor Park, Rickiriansworth, recently by completing 36 boles in the £IOOO golf tournament with an aggregate of 133. This is the lowest score ever returned in a firstclass competition 011 an inland course, and is one stroke better than the total of Jones, when he led the southern qualifiers for the 1926 open championship at Sunningdale. Enthusiastic cheering from the officials' stand that accompanied dull moments in the Rugby match at Cambridge on Saturday greatly puzzled the crowd. The answer was very simple, for the officials had merely invited a referee, whose car was equipped with a wireless set, to drive up alongside the stand so that they might hear a running description of the Auckland-Tara-naki representative game. The local match finished earlier than the one at Auckland, but the officials remained behind to hear the final result. The senior Rugby competition for the Gailaher Shield will be continued on Saturday next, and, in view of the possibility of Marist drawing level with Ponsonby, the leading team, particular interest will centre in Marist's meeting with Manukau. A win for Marist looks j likely if the team reproduces the form it displayed against Grammar last Saturday week. The other games will be: — Grammar v. University, Technical v. Training College, Grafton v. North Shore, College Rifles v. Otahuhu. Ponsonby has a bye and will travel to Cambridge to meet the country representatives. By returning a record card of 73 at the Manly golf course, Sydney, last month, Mrs. R. A. Clements reduced her handicap to one. By this effort Mrs. Clements earned the honour of being the lowest handicap player in Australia. After closely studying the methods of the members of the British women's touring team last year, Mrs. Clements began a campaign to improve her own golf. Early in • the season she reduced her handicap to two, and her hard work has now given her a further reward. As Mrs. Clements will compete in the national championships in Adelaide, her progress will be watched with considerable interest.

The German Lawn Tennis Association is particularly anxious for the Australian Davis Cup team to return home via Germany, and representations have already been made to the manager, Mr. C. S. Sproule, who has cabled the Australian Association for instructions. If the Australian team is allowed to visit Germany it is only reasonable to expect that a return trip should be arranged, if not this year, then in time for the following season, when the itinerary could bo fitted in with that of the English Wightman Cup ladies' team. The German champion, Baron von Cramm, would be very popular in Australia with his classic style and fine sportsmanship, and he and the rest of his team are assured of a warm welcome.

L. Edwards, formerly of Taranaki, is showing up well as a wing-threequarter for the Wellington Club's first division team. He has pace, determination and is also tricky. Moreover, he is a player who is quickly into his stride. In the match between Wellington and Poneke at Athletic Park his play greatly deLighted the crowd and was of considerable value to his side. His try in the second spell, just after he had had a prominent part in another scoring movement, was the tit-bit of the match and spectators in the grandstand stood up and applauded for some little time afterwards. That has not happened at Athletic Park very often this season. Another player showing promise as a wing-threequarter is Burns, of the Wellington College Old Boys' team.

When attempting recovery shots from greenside bunkers many players wield their niblicks like a pick and dig into the sand behind the ball, says a Victorian writer. The result is that more often than not the ball fails to rise sufficiently to escape from the hazard. The two most important points of successful bunker play are to keep the head down and to follow through. It is a stroke, too, in which tho weight should be mainly behind the ball. That is to say, tho plavor should hold himself back a little on the downswing on the right foot, in much the same manner as a pitch with a mashie. if he is too heavy on tho left foot there will be a danger of tho club digging too deeply into the sand, and the ball not coming out. There has recently been a discussion in the Midlands of England on starting in athletics, and the variety of methods adopted by different officials. Some have appeared to think that the word "set" was really their own instruction to fire, and there have been cases in which the words have been uttered after the pistol has cracked, says a Manchester writer. Thero has now been issued to all .starters an instruction that the Amateur Athletic Association's rules on the matter, set out in the instruction, are to be carried out to the letter. There are only two instructions re starting:—(l) Get to your marks; (2) get set —the starter firing when all competitors are "set," which moans when they are steady on the mark. J. Galbraith, formerly of Canterbury, whose displays' last season alter the departure of tho All Blacks were among tho best, has retired from football. He sustained a severo blow on tho noso when playing on June 13, and as he is approaching <SO years of age, his decision to give up the game is a wise one. Galbraith first gained prominence as a footballer with the Now Plymouth Boys' High School team in 1926, and he represented Canterbury College and Canterbury in 1929. Ho took up teaching, and for three years represented King Country. On his return to Taranaki he speedily showed himself one of the cleverest inside backs the province had seen for some years. At iiis best he was a remarkably good footballer, with a burst of pace from tho mark equalling Cooke's. Ho was badly missed from the Taranaki team in its match on Saturday against Auckland.