WHAT'S THE GOOD?

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12199, 25 July 1925, Page 16

WHAT'S THE GOOD?

A man noted for his extreme thrift was walkmir down the road one week day. all dressed nn in his Sundnv clothe* A neighbour hailed him. "What’s no” ' Jim?” he asked: "why the clad rahs?* ! Haren t you heard the news?” "News? What news?” "Triplets," said *hs thrifty one. "Oh. that accounts for it eh? -Yes. that aocounta for. it," said the new father. "That accounts for my weaniur these prod clothes. What in thupAer’s the use of trying to be eoon» noicai?* ,

.WERE have .been ao many Hawke's Bay men rin the last two All Black teams that it has been suggested that' the ‘New Zealand jersey should he embroidered ' in white. But Hawke’s Bay is not wholly pleased. When the nest., Test ——. ._ r ._.,£d, against New South Wales, several Hawke’s Bay men are certain to be in the fray. On the same day, Hawke’s Bay Y minUs > ’ its best players, will he. defending the Ranfurly Shield against Wellington on Athletic Park." • • • • The Prince of Wales is no tipster*. When he was up in Rhodesia a railwayman at Kimberley telegraphed to him, requesting a tip as to the winner of the Durban Handicap. He reoeived the laconic reply: “X wish I knew.” * * * , • * Jack Dempsey has agreed to light ' Hairy Wills —some day in 1926.” The negro has grown old waiting for Dempeey , perhaps the champion feels, eure the grey hairs will have appeared before the fight. - * * * • “1 never saw a ■ man win a ohampionship who went up and down id his boat like a cork, as Hannan did.”—Jim Stanbury, the ex-champion, after seeing Hannan beaten .by GoodseU. * * * * “Britain, must abandon drauglit-beer tennis, and import the champagne variety.”—F. M. B. Fisher. * * » * Flayers on both sides In the OrientalPoneke match took enough '‘dummies” to set up a nursing home. * '* •* J , . * "Ories”'couldn’t touch Hickey. The Poheke . three-quarter, was "at ’his triokiest last week, but did not achieve as much as usual. His line-kioking, a favourite dodge, was rather feeble. ' '■’■■■ '* . The ■ shortest distance between two points is a straight line. This is true in mathematics and in football, llad the Mafrist baoka remembered it when : playing against ’Varsity they might ' have avenged their defeat at the harida or •the students during the first round. Their wings were frothing to have a t . run, but when they got the ball they ' found that they had been crowded, out by. .their colleagues. ■ ■ * •' * arWhen J. H, Cameron died in ..Wellington Hospital last week, New Zealand and ■ Wellington, and' the' THbrndon Swimming Club’in'particular,* lost a most ardent worker for the cause of shimming. He was formerly New Zealand champion, in the , plunge, and a -good all-round waterman., At times he was a member of the Hawke’s Bay Centre of the N.Z.A.S.A., and a

representative, for that body on t’ ! council in Christchurch, a member of the Wellington Centre and chairman of the Thorndon Club. It is mainly due to his sound judgment and solid work that the reconstruction of the Thorndon A.S.O. warn successfully sic- ■ cotnphshed last season. Three of his ( family, Muriel, Jack, and Bill, are in fhe_ first rank of New. Zealand swimmers tfulay. His funeral, on Monday moro,.ing last, was attended by represents-' tives from the Wellington centre and looal clubs. - v * *' * * ' Shaw’s splendid round at Ranui lag* week has excited the admiration of all the Tawa Flat golfers. It is said that, even more-of them are getting their - wooden .clubs, on Lambton Quay The better team did not win at Athtotio Park on Saturday, though the cleverer team did. Oriental, for once, had a moral victory snatched from them because of the forwards’ failure to get round when Ponebe bethe second spell loose rush which won the game. Perhaps, when everything is balanced out, Poneke deserv.ed a draw; but that is as much as they should have had. * * * ■ Sloan Morpeth, the golfer, is playing as wing-forward in the King Country Rugby representatives. ' ' * • * * • New Zealand and New South Wales Rugby League teams have met 25 times. Only four times have the New Zealanders won. The 1907 team won each of their three contests against the Sydney men, and the 1909 .team v the third of three contests played that season, Since then 17 defeats on end have been administered by New South Wales to the Dominion representatives. • * • * • “Dorrie” Leslie, who needs no introduction to Wellington sportsmen, has vivid recollections of playing Soccer 25 years ago. He was then employed by the Wairarapa Farmers, and most of the men employed were Rugby players but entered the Soccer competition among the business houses on Wednesday afternoons. By force of habit they introduced the Rugby collaring ana were penalised many times and often, with the result that the score ( was 21 goals to' nil against them. That same evening the referee gave them a blackboard lecture on the game, nnd this was followed by others. They did not win a match in the first half of the competition, but in the second half defeated by 3—2 the team which first defeated them 21—0. By the way, “Dorrie” used to play yoars ago for Pirates and Sclwyn. • * * * It is rumoured that the Johnsonrille Golf Club’s ninth hole is going properly this time. Already there is a ploughed field abutting the fairway, and on Sunday a gentleman was seen to be quietly measuring out a section t from this to the boundary fence. If' he stokes his claim ho will provide 1 a nasty barrier about 150 yards from the tea.

The Basin Reserve will be the venue of Hi© big hockey tournament during the first week of August, concluding on tho Saturday with -the important fixture New Zealand v. Australia. Judging by results at the moment Nenv Zealand; should manage to pull off the big event, and so establish supremacy in this game as well as in Rugby, Soccer, and rowing over our. Australian cousins. 4> * 4» 4c Claude Falkiner left for Sydney on Sunday, and nearly had to go with a light pooket. His cash was deposited with the proprietor of his hotel, and on Sunday the proprietor went out for the day leaving the- cosh safely locked up. Falkiner had to leave by the evening train, tor Auckland. There were some anxious minutes, but the .proprietor turned up in the nick of time. MeConachy goes down to his native heath at Dunedin in a few days, and opens up on •Monday week in< a .big game with Tom Tbthill, the North of England champion, who has chosen New Zealand for his home. £ '*• $: . * # ’ t Things are going easily in the‘Davis Chip, and the bigger fellows are. now engaged, in smearing their -opponents mostly in straight sets; The next important Hash is the contest between Japan and Spain next month. . Spain should win, but it may only be by . the odd match. Judging by Harada’s American form,' lib should beat Flaquer, and possibly Shimizu will do likewise. ' So it -will be left to Alonzo to win . both his matches which . he is capable of doingand for the Spaniards .to oollcct -the doubles which, on past performance by the Japs may be considered as likely to go ’the European way. • - * * * ■, Love replaced Williams , m the forwards of Petone against Did Boys, and Fitzgerald played too, and.'on theplay each justified his place. Love was in the bullocky work from the word go, while the score sheet indicates the < manner in .which Fitzgerald made his present)© felt. • His potted goal from naif-way was a classic. Malcolm, Old Boys’ full-back, though playing a good game, displayed .more than dvbr the tendency to work into the forward division. It’s bad for you, Mal-i colm:’ keep hack 1 * "

Can (matches be arranged for them? In the American Fleet, are at least three professional borers-of high class. Ritchie King 'holds tber feather-weight championship of the United States Nafy, has had several fights outside navy circles, and has yet,to be beaten. 1 Alki Akol is. the fly-weight champion of the -fleet, and is a countryman : of Panbho Villa, who died last weekj., in San Francisco.) A. Cadena holds , the welter-weight', titles' and .is reckoned the most promisifig boxer in the fleet:

The little .Australian publication called “Sdcoer News,” fathered by Mr S. Storey and others, put a question in a recent issue as to -which side of the goal .a referee should stand when a corner kick i© taken.- The reply given is that the'referee-should stand by the post nearest to. the corner where.the. kick is being taken. Whoever -is responsible for such an answer must be lamentably ignorant of ; the game, for no. referee .known to Soccer in New Zealand would'dream of taking such a -position. Only, from the opposite post cair be seen the full flight of the hall- and decide if it goes behind the line in its flight.

Selwyn come up smiling 1 Eleven

successive defeats have not. conquered their spirit, and they - play, the game as sportsmen:; Yet there is nothing to be Bald In favour of making a habit of- being beaten. ?elwyn are carrying a number "of “passengers,” and the sooner they bring up a few; keen young juniors In their place the better. Another seven stone added to the weight of their scrum would also have its effect. Robb and Churchill in the 'pack, and Mcßrearty at centre threequarter were perhaps the most con.'spicuous amongst their players on Saturday. *.m * *

Although McCoUachy won the return match with Falkiner, the Londoner gave the New Zealander a great tussle for it; and only lost by 400 odd. Although McConachy was leading by over 1000 on Thursday evening, Falkiner, in spite of a bad cold, did very well the next afternoon, but not so well in the evening. On Saturday no actually gained a lead of 70, but the New, Zealander came to light once more with some nice rims—helped on occasion by a useful fluke —and gained the victory. The attendances on the whole were not as good as they might have been, certainly they were not encouraging enough to stage another game m Wellington. What a pity the two champions did not play a game of snooker at the end of the big game.

The Scots were m strong force at the Basin on Saturday when Wanderers tried to do to Y.M.C.A. whot they had already done to MarUt and HoSpiful,