SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20586, 8 December 1928, Page 10

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

CRICKET. THE CAPTAINCY OF ESSEX. (Un(ted Press / Association.) ' , ’ (By Electric Telegraph-Copyright.) , LONDON. December 6. - (Received Deo. 1, at 5.8-p.m.) Cricket circles are interested in the future of Douglas, who states that he is unable to decide whether he will continue to play for Essex. “ The fact that I have not resigned,'blit was "kicked out of the)' captaincy, has created a .delicate-situa-tion,' he said. .‘‘Essex did not complain that I was getting too, old or not pulling ray weiglit.v The only thing 1 know was that they decided that the' time had arrived when,the step would be beneficial.” Douglas said! withsome'emotion that .it would be a great wrench to part with' his old colleagues, many of .whom he had seen grow from boys to mature cricketers. He hoped the team, "would be more loyal to Morris than, some of them had been to him on and ofi the Press Association. BILLIARDS. ' . FRED LINDRUM* AND. SMITH. ‘ (United , Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, December fl. (Received Dec. 7, at 8 p.m-) Smith, continuing his remarkable form, scored 1414 to 425. i ’.L}ndrumot night had only three visits to the, table.' Ha twice failed to score, and the third yielded ?40. Suiith made breaks of 239, 214, 299, and 1000 (unfinished) .—Australian Press Association. : MOTOR CYCLE RACING. DIRT TRACK IN CHRISTCHURCH; (Spscjiau to Oah,t Times. ( CHRISTCHURCH. December 7. It has been finally decided by the truetees that a dirt motor cycle track will be formed at Monica Park. The meeting will be held after Christmas, when several prominent Australian cyclists will be among the competitors. . -

Caustic reference to the rigidity of the Christmas and New Year-holidays regulations was made by My ,H. S. E. Turner at the meeting of the council of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night. It wasi he said, but another example of the abrmrd position occasioned ■by the restrictions under the arbitration system, by which a special' resolution of Parliament was required to enable them to observe the common sente system of transferring the holiday from the day after New Year to the day'be- > fore. “It is only another nail in the cofiin- of this iniquitous system,” he added. -Mr F, W. Hobbs said he Would take Mr Turner up, on that point. A transfer coniti be arranged by mutual agreement of the two parties. “Well, I will take you on that, Mr Hobbs,” said Mr W. Machin. “We could not get an’ agreement because the grocers' secretary' refused to meet us in any way. We havo even asked him to consider a proposal to give every grocer enfployee two days, but he insists on strictly complying with tlie regulation, and even that offer has been refused.”