A MIXED BAG.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19503, 11 June 1925, Page 5

A MIXED BAG.

By The Gleaned

The Wellington Association turned in a not profit of more than HZsovs over the amateur championship's recently staged. Tho amateur, particularly if he can fight, is still a drawing as well as a pushing “card:” A correspondent of the Wellington Post said in reference to tho recent bout between Varcoo and Curran : “After all. the referee is the only man who secs anything, and Mr Dobson’s system of making the contestants fight all the time, and giving a liberal allowance to tho man who makes the fighting, pleased tho public.” There is more talk about Dempsey getting into tho ring again, but he still seems to be getting anywhere but into tho ring. What longer distance bouts, and bouts to decisions in California mean to the Treasury of tho United Slates is shown by the following in (ho Seattle Post: —‘‘In less than three months of its existence the California Athletic Commission has_ taken 32,570d01s in revenue, has . 574 licensed boxers appearing before 50 licensed clubs, 90 registered seconds, 54 appointed referees, and 151 managers of boxers, is an announce ment made by Walter Yardley, secretary of tho board.” A famous Anglo-Indian sportsman says that his queerest experience in cricket was at Aigburth, where he snicked a ball which stuck in tho top of his pad. Ho ran for tho boundary with the wieket-Koeper after him in order to retrieve tho ball and get him caught out. He reached the boundary safely. vVhcn ho told Dr Grace about it tho latter said: “Why didn’t you jump over the fence, and make it six 7“ Claudur Falkiner and Clark M’Conachy are the most regular trotters round the globe among the notables in billiards these days. Touching on the latest, jaunt by the former, who shortly meets M’Conachy in Now Zealand, (Jcorgo Nelson, in his chatty gossip, says: —“Globe-trotting seems to fco coming a seasonable habit with several of tho loading professional billiard players. Our Yorkshire crack, Claude Falkiner, has left England on a tour that, covers more ground than his two previous journeys of this kind. IBs itinerary includes games in Canada, Honolulu, Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia. In Now Zealand he has arranged to play Clark M’Conachy, whilst in Australia ho will probably meet Walter Landrum, tho Australian champion. ’I lie latter is a very line player, and from all accounts from ‘down-under' we are threatened with tho loss of yet another world’s championship. 'this, though, is a matter upon which Willie Smith will have something to say, for, though he mayjdiow his enmity with the ruling powers to Keep him out of this year’s championship, 1 am quite sure that, as a hard-headed norlh-eonntry-man, no power on earth would keep him out of a tight for tho honour of his native heather.” Don’t jab your cue down when trying to put screw on your ball; hold your cue. as level as you can at the instant of cnecontacv. Do chalk your cue before at.lempiing a screw-shot. L’sc the chalk lightly; rubbing chalk haul on a cue-tip tends to smooth and polish it, thus defeating the very purpose for which chalk is used. If your cue-tip is hard and shiny it can he improved by carefully and gently pricking up tho leather with a piece of very coarse glass-paper or a rough wood tile. Kcouiung the leather with sandpaper is not the idea at all; it is a neat-fingered job worked against tho grain of the leather just to voughten it. —Tom Newman An exchange states (hat Major Good sell, tho new world’s sculling champion, is losing no opportunity of increasing his winnings; as fast as challenges pour in upon him they are accepted—a pleasing thing to see in a champion nowadays, especially when you think of tho brief appearance of a Dempsey. Mho English bowler, Maurice ’Late, in writing of the recent tour of the English cricketers, recalls tlie second match played in Forth. "Cantrell, a youth of 17, scored 63, chiefly olf my bowling,” writes Tati-, "and he was asked what he I bought of Tale. Cantrell replied, ‘lie is as straight ns a die. I low he took 200 wickets in England the Lord only knows.’ 1 bad talk with Cantrell and advised him not to talk so (:onU v mplno;..-ly of his brnthe: cricketers. Ho agreed that he had transgressed. Later when he was bowled for a brace of ’ducks,’ 1 was not the howler, atto I could not use tho incident to emphasise the lecture.” America, must have its fair share of spoilsports. A Yankee paper states that the Henderson Bowl, a light arena- seating 20,000 people, and. situated in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. New York, was recently declared a public nuisance by the Appellate Division ’of the Supreme Court, and a permanent injunction restraining bouts being held in the Bowl at night was meted out. The Bowl is the home of the Nostrum! Athletic Club, and was built by < diaries 1,. Henderson, boxing proniolei. It was completed and officially opened on May 23, 1924, when three 10-roniul bouts were staged. ’ Tho structure is widoreacii ing, built of wood and concrete, and is one of the best, if not the host, boxing establishments in the State. Tile said .Henderson recently started building an- arena to seat ITO,ooo’.people, at Long Island. Ruby Roberts, Ihe woman champion billiards player of tins world, ha arrived in Australia. Tho following story is going the rounds regarding a Maori who went to Hastings for the historic Gloaming-lluwk contest 110 arrived in the town late at night, and was told at (he hot.il that he would Inn ■ to rake a bed on the billiard table. Upon accepting this he was wanted that tho othe occ: pant was a, “guessor,” and that b had better keep hia money out of the way Next morning the publican met him in th. passage: “Well,” he said, “how did yo; get on last rnght, Horl “Oh, Ua-nui boss!” “No money missing?” “Oh, no!’ came tho reply, "1 keep it in balk aii night, boss!”