ODDS AND ENDS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12247, 19 September 1925, Page 17

ODDS AND ENDS.

'‘Tiny” Freyberg’s failure by one-half' mile to accomplish the swim across the Channel reminded a San Francisco paper that the big New Zealander is not known in the States. "In 1913 he came to the United States, and became a member of the Barbarian Club. In 1913 the Barbarians, with Jack Norburg, Frank Shaw, Froyberg and several others, gave the Olympic Club water polo team the hardest game they had had in five years. When the war broke out in 1914. *Freyberg took the first train he , could get East, and sailed for England/” • • • * * Neville Lytton’s recently-published book on tennis in England contains some delightful stories of Charles Lambert, brother of a former champion of "the king of games and the game of kings,” who was the professional at Hatfield. When Lfrmbert brought his pupils a cup of tea and a slice of bread and butter after the game lie would say: "Thank God for everything except bread and butter, and that mother makes.” The growing popularity of golf made Lambert furious, and when the late Alfred Lyttelton took it up he was nearly heartbroken. "Why,” lie exclaimed, "I can’t see any excitement in it. It seems something like kissing your sister.” • • * • * Jim Willard, of Olympic tennis fame, is one of Australia’s leading players, and recent victories over O’Hara Wood and Schlesinger have enhanced his reputation. Willard is remarkably fast on the court, and no return is ever too far away to be out of his reach, and his unbounded energy has more than once turned defeat into victory. His service is chiefly of the straight variety, nicely placed and sometimes varied by a reverse, but it is by no means an outstanding feature of his game. His forehand drive is speedy and accurate, and the back-hand not to be despised, whilst in volleying and in the air he expert. Altogether Willard is a* very doughty opponent. • * • • "As soon as the better weather of spring and summer comes, the women and- girls who have taken practically no exercise all winter begin to play games ns hard as they can. The result is that before long they begin to feel tb© ill effects of overdoing it.” This is the opinion of Mrs Elliott-Lynn, vice-presi-dent of the English Women’s Amateur Athletic Association. The summer girl who uses her common sense 6tops playing when she is tired, does not neglect her meals nor dress negligently will, according to Mrs Elliott-Lynn, derive only benefit from the games season. • • • • • Night tennis will grow popular in Auckland. The Clive road courts are electrically lighted, and leading players declare the light equal to daylight. A commodious pavilion with a d&noing floor provides dancing and ping-pong for those who are awaiting a court. • • • • • Miss Beryl AUpress (15 years and 9 months) made an astounding high jump alj the Carlyle Secondary School sponrts recently. Having won the competition at 4ft lOin, she went on to sft, and cleared that easily. This equals Miss P. Green’s performance at the recent meeting of international women athletes at Stamford Bridge. Miss AUpress has had no particular training, which her performance 6tiU more creditable. • * * • In 11 seasons of first-class cricket, including the tour in Australia last summer, Roy Kilner, the Yorkshire allrounder, has scored well over 10,000 runs and taken over 700 wickets. In 1922 and 1923 he performed the all-rounder’s double.