WHEEL CHAMPIONS CLASH

NZ Truth, Issue 1103, 20 January 1927, Page 12

WHEEL CHAMPIONS CLASH

■■' - ■■:'■"- '.' (By "Starter.") ."■ .. iy.y '' ■ '■ ' •' '•' '■ Whenß. W; ("Fatty\') Lamb struck trouble oh Wellington J Basin reserve through his lack of experience m grass track ridiiigy it was obyibus that he would not be at home when he got on to the rougher country surf aces. ; T 'I

SUCH has proved to be the case. ; In : , ■ Hastings --h'e failed to get v/ and he found trouble also m Gisborne, again falling m the/ three miles just when he was warming up to it. However, m this he is only tread-, ing the thorny paths that others have done before, him. As a; matter of _;act, ; his initial performances ha.ye been much more promising than .'that of his last countryman to tour this, cbuntry— Cecil Burhess. "■<■;■: v '.*'■■': .:.- . •-.. -Before.: 1 this ' tour opened the writer" prophesied that- the visitor would .find, his way; beset with obstacles Of no small dimensions' andfhavirig encountered one or two he Avill riowh'ave aj liealthyTrespect for our own riders. I Nelson Rediyioup y It is pleasing to see that the game is, in'for a l big revival m Nelson. A' great team will journey across, the straits ,to compete there on ; 'February 1. Comprising as it does Rose, Kyle, Newton, Sutherland, Jenkins ,and|

Misses Porter, Stevenson and Mantan (athletes) and. Flett and Robinson (cyclists) the team is nearly as; good; a combination as, it is possible to get. The. Wellington Centre is anxious to do something for the country districts and m addition to sending the team to Nelson, another team will go „to Waipawa at; Wellington's expense.-