CRICKET

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

CRICKET

Will the Australian team go 'to England via New Zealand? At its last meeting the Board of Control decided that the team should travel via Suez. That was in December. Since then the : New Zealand Cricket Association has invited the team to tour the Dominion. After stressing the advantages of the practice the players would gain on New Zealand wickets, a Sydney paper says "There are other reasons that should prompt the board to accept the New Zealand proposals. Cricket in teh Dominion has made exceptional strides during the last few pears. Any steps 'Australia can take to advance the game there would be of ultimate advantage to our own players. A foe within four days' sail that can attain to anything like first-class standing would be of incalculable value to our own progress." The coming cricket season will r.t least witness one notable transfer among the senior club players. A. Grant, the wellknown Canterbury and Manawntu cricketer, and last season a Wellington representative player, who was a tower of strength to the Midland Club last season, intends shortly linking up with the Y.M.C.A. Club. * * * * The New' Zealand Cricket Council must be congratulated on its financial position. It has no liabilities, while its assets are written down as £1620 16s 7ti. The cash balance is .£I6OO .166 7d. *** - * Wine parties, pretty girls, and gambling, according to the "New York American." aro responsible for the suspension and fining of Babe Ruth, the famous 'baseballer. Ruth is fined 5000 dollars, and suspended for "geneial misconduct, 1 ' the authorities failing to specify what "general misconduct" means. Ruth's name, says the "American," has been linked with- that of a famous "shimmier" and a rich widow. His manager contends that his conduct has undermined the discipline of the team. As Babe Ruth draws a salary of 52,000 dollars (£10,400) a year, ho can spare the amount of the fine. « * * * * The last big game of the English season saw J. B. Hobbs complete his roverted 3000 runs. Assuming that Hobbs actually ran every run scored by him, he would tlVfen have covered a distance of 871 t miles. Shades of Alfred Shrubb, Nurmi, and our own Randall Rose!