GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22525, 16 September 1936, Page 21

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

BILLIARDS CHAMPION CRICKETERS FOR AUSTRALIA OLYMPIC GAMES IN JAPAN Forrest Towns, the American hurdler, broke his own world record for tho 110 metres hurdles at Oslo (Norway), recently, by covering the distance in 13 7-10s. |

Scotland won the international bowls title at Glasgow recently for tho sixteenth time, with victories over the other three countries. England, Ireland and Wales had one win each.

Alfred Padgham, British open champion, and Abo Mitchell,'described as the greatest player who has not yet won a national title, with two other golf professionals, will leave Southampton on November 13 for a three months' tour of South Africa.

Walter Lindruin's determination to enter into manufacturing in connection with billiards, and to curtail his ovorsens travelling as billiards champion of tho world, is to be applauded, says an Australian writer. It will not mean his withdrawal from international matches with any stars that come to Australia from England.

The ages of the 17 M.C.C. players who are now on their way to Australia are as follows: —Leyland, 36; Wyatt, 35; Duckworth, 35; Allen, 34; Hammond 33; Sims, 32; Wortliington, 31; Verity, 31; Robins, 30; Ames, 30; Fishlock, 29; Copson, 27; Voce, 27; Barnett, 26: Fames, 25; Hardstaff, 25; Fagg, 21. Tho average age is just under 30 years.

It is to be regretted that New Zealand should have lost over £4OOO on the M.C.C. team's tour last season, says an Australian writer. Perhaps future ventures from England could be shortened and the personnel of the touring team composed of amateurs, with perhaps only two professionals. This might reduce expenses and lead to such tours paying for themselves.

By beating P. C. Watson by 7 up and 6 to play, the veteran golfer Erin Apperly, a former Australian amateur champion, took the Manly Club's championship title for the ninth time. After the qualifying stroke round Apperly had to play off for inclusion in the first 16 for match play. This was no new experience. One year he had to do it in the State championship and then he went on and won the title.

The bookings for the Ross-Carroll boxing contest xit Sydney on December 8 are reported to be very satisfactory. Already about 800 bookings have been made, a very large proportion being for the best ringside seats at £5 each. The wide range of interest in the fight is indicated by letters and telegrams from distant parts of Australia, including Northern Queensland and even Western Australia.

A. P. F. Chapman (Kent), was injured during tho game with Middlesex. Batting in Kent's first innings he had scored 16, after a rather shaky start, when he was hit on the head by a ball from Smith, the only one of the day to rise high. He was obliged to retire. He came back, however, for his second innings to score nine before being bowled by Robins, who took four for 39.

According to Mr. A. Wallis Myers there can lie no question that Tilden, when at tho height of his power, would have won the 1935 Wimbledon title and he also thinks that Doherty and Rene Lacoste would at their best have been successful. He goes further and says that the opposition which these masters had to contend with in their days was more stubborn and refined than that which faced Perry.

The choice of Fishlock, the Surrey batsman, for the Australian tour, has created a difficulty for the Southampton Football Club, but it has been overcome. The Surrey batsman is one of the Second League club's forwards, and a consistent goal-scorer from outside left. " We left the matter to Fishlock himself, and we arc ijuite willing to release him, and we wish him the best of luck," said Mr. George Kay, the Southampton Club's manager.

Jackie Brown, former fly-weight champion of the world, outpointed his local rival, "Nipper" Cusick (Manchester), over 15 rounds at Manchester recently, and thus avenged his defeat some months ago. Brown was a clear winner, forcing the work throughout. Cusick's clever ringwork made Brown miss more often than he connected, but the ex-fly-weight champion's persistent attack and undoubted superiority at in-fighting left no doubt as to the winner.

There was an overwhelming vote in favour of the 1940 Olympiad being held in Tokio, after Britain had withdrawn her application to stage the series of gamos. It is thought that one of the main reasons the Japanese application was acceptable was that they promised to pay the travelling expenses of all National Associations desirious of competing. The Tokio Games will be part of the World Exhibition which the Japanese are already planning for 1940.

The Wellington Amateur Cycling Centre held its annual unpaced championship event of 50 miles last Saturday over a tar-sealed course, which included a portion of the ascent of the ltimutaka Hill. The winner was K. Wilson, who also won the title last year. He took 7m 7s longer this year, when he clocked 2h 27m 28s. His brother was second and R. Dutton third. Dutton also finished third in 1935. F. J. Grose beat the Wilson brothers in a 44-miles handicap the previous week.

Many new players are expected to appear in the Australian Rugby League team to tour England at the end of next winter. F. Felsch, the South Sydney fullback (also forward and centre-threequarter and goalkicker), and S. Christensen, Balmain five-eighths and goal-kicker, are among the non-international backs with great prospects. In Sydney thoro are not many of the highest class among the new forwards. There is plenty of good material in the country, and Queensland has several promising players.

After the Roope Rooster Rugby League match at Papakura last Saturday between Manukau and Papakura, a complimentary dinner was tendered to the teams. Mr. C. N. Spencer, secretary of the Papakura Club, in proposing the toast of the Manukau Club, said that it was a great example of the value of training and fitness in League football. Mr. S. Watene, in reply, said that Manukau had cause to thank its fitness for saving defeat. His team had been completely surprised by the form Papakura had shown.

After the combined Universities v. Brisbane match in Brisbane, the Brisbane University team, which defeated Melbourne and' Sydney Universities in the annual intcr-university carnival, was presented with the handsome Asalii trophy—donated by the Universities of Japan. The trophy was given by the Japanese authorities as a gesture of goodwill in reply to the tour of Japan by the Australian Universities team two year 3 ago. A fine piece of work in bronze, it takes the form of a Rugby scrum, and is intended for perpetual competition among the Australian universities.