GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22900, 1 December 1937, Page 23

GENERAL SPORTS NEWS

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS POPULAR GOLF MANAGER INTEREST IN SCHOOL ROWING The Auckland Lawn Tennis Association's handicap tourney will be played at the Stanley Street courts, commencing on December 27. The Auckland championships will be .played from January 24 to 29 and will be followed by the New Zealand Championships, commencing on January 31. A promising schoolboy cricketer is B. Warner, of the Auckland Grammar School eleven, who in four successive innings scored 36, 66, 76 and 114, being not out once and run out twice. Apart from being a stylish batsman, \\ arner is a sound wicket-keeper and recently dismissed five batsmen in the one innings. This season's first game against Manawatu for the Mawke Cup is to be played at Christmas, the New Zealand Cricket Council having allotted this challenge to Taranaki. The South Auckland Association is to play for the trophy at the end of March, 1938, after other challenges by Nelson, Rangitikei and Poverty Bay have been decided. The council of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association last week appointed Mr. E. C. Isaacs, of Dunedin, sub-manager of the swimming section of the Dominion team attending, the British Empire Games in Sydney. Mr. Isaacs, who is honorary secretary to the Otago Centre, is actively interested in the administration of boxing and amateur athletics. An arrival on a holiday visit from the Islands by the Matua this week was G. Goodacre, well-known several seasons ago as an Auckland representative Rugby fullback. A member of the Grammar Old Boys' Club, Goodacre played for Auckland in 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1929, making in all seventeen appearances with the representative team. Young Gildo, the Filipino featherweight boxer, was soundly beaten on points in a receiit match with Mickey Miller in Melbourne. A critic says Gildo lacked fire and forcefulness. H 6 displayed agility and cleverness, but there was no edge to his speed and no fierceness to his attack. On the other hand Miller maintained a varied twohanded aggressiveness. Sloan Morpeth received shoals of congratulations upon his selection as manager of the Australian golf team to visit Britain, says a Sydney writer. He is very popular, and deservedly so. He will do very well in the job. At the Commonwealth Club, where he is manager, his business acumen is fully recognised, and he is one of the highest paid golf managers in the State. A fine tribute was paid W. M. Wallace, the brilliant New Zealand cricketer, when a social and dance was held in St. Andrew's Hall, New Lynn, on Monday night in his honour. Wallace was officially welcomed on behalf of a large gathering by the Mayor of New Lynn, Mr. G. Lawson. In complimenting him on his performances overseas, Mr. Lawson said that Wallace had set a splendid example to other young athletes in the district. The New South Wales marathon champonship over 26 miles 385'Vards was won recently by J. Wood in 2 hours 58 minutes 32. seconds. Wood was born in Cliristchurch, but went to Sydney as a child. The fact that he was born in New Zealand means that he could compete for this country in the British Empire Games. However, he has decided, if selected, to represent Australia. Wood weighs 9st. 41b. and is sft. Sin. in height. The Taranaki breaststroke swimmer, J. C. Davies, marred rather than improved his prospects of selection for the Empire Games by his performance in the trials at Dunedin last week. The qualifying standard was 3m. for 220 yards, but he could not overtake an opponent, who had a start of 6s. from him and won in 3m. 15 3-ss. Davies, therefore, took longer than 3m. 9 3-ss. He still has a chance of being as one of the three competitors in the medley relay championship. According to M. L. Page, captain of the New Zealand cricket team, some good judges said that J. Cowie was the best fast-medium bowler to visit England since the war. It was a great performance for him to return w;ith the scalps of the four best batsmen in the world —W. R. Hammond, J. Hardstall', D. G. Bradinan and S. J. McCabe. W. M. Wallace and M. P. Donnelly had been great successes and there were prob.ably not two better players at their ago in the world. Cyril Pluto, the Australian boxer, who met with much success in New Zealand last year, achieved a record in London boxing circles by b°i n g knocked down 17 times in the first three rounds of his light against Jack Powell, of Sheffield. In the fourth he was knocked out. Pluto disappointed many who felt he would, at least, defeat second-raters, in English boxing circles. In his dressing room after the fight he said, " I can only remember going into the ring, but it "seems I've been in a fight." A medal round of 67 was returned by the young Hamilton golfer, R. H. Glading, in a Stableford bogey match played at the St. Andrews links. Glading's card read as follows: — Out: 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 —35 In: 2 5 4 3 .'5 3 3 5 4—32 The course was slightly under normal length, but still over 6000 yards. This is the lowest score recorded at St. Andrews, the next best being 68, but it is questionable whether it can be recognised as a record. Glading is 19 years old and competed with distinction in the last championship meeting held on his home course. He has previously covered the course in 6S. The interest being taken in the newlyformed Secondary Schools' Rowing Association was evidenced by the large attendance of spectators which witnessed the race last Saturday between the Mount Albert Grammar and Sacred Heart College crews. Among those present were Mr.* F. W. Gamble, headmaster of Mount Albert Grammar School, Brother Benignus, provincial of the Marist Brothers for New Zealand, Mr. C. T. Keegan, representing the King's Old Boys' Association, and Mr. T. Murphy, a master of the Otahuhu Technical High School. Both old boys' associations have taken an active part in the move for school rowing and their support has been invaluable. All is not well with the Rugby League game in England, says a Sydney writer. Some clubs are carrying on the right traditions. They are turning on football that pleases everyone, including players, clubs, and public. Others are not doing so. In the Australian matches, the destructive tactics have been too prominent, in spite of complaints and criticism. The English^Rugby League has already issued two appeals to clubs, players, and referees to make the game better for all concerned. In somo clubs the appeals have fallen on deaf ears. It means that the English Rugby League is weak in not seeing that its game is played properly. No wonder complaints have been heard from Australians.