SPORTS OF ALL KINDS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24431, 17 October 1940, Page 4

SPORTS OF ALL KINDS

FROM AMERICA r rpHOSE who believe that cricket ', is a purely British game will, ' ■• no doubt, be surprised to hear that Dunedin’s champion club, Grange, has been invited through the Otago i* Cricket Association to participate ;> In a cricket competition—by corre- ■ spondence—sponsored by a sports club in the United States. -iriThe club concerned is the Olympic Club, of San Francisco, which has a cricket team, and it is this group which ihas inaugurated a “ purely goodwill .contest,x which is to be international and in which, it is hoped, clubs, .in Australia, Canada and the United .States, as well as England, the home of cricket, will participate.

•.'‘Officially described as the First International Cricket Team-fle 1 lames Contest, the competition was, ..wised by H, Ardhie Richardson, of San Francisco. It is for teams of three men and is divided into three divisions The'first is the familiar Throwing the Cricket Ball, for which the record is 422; feet, set on Durham Sands. England,' by R; Percival, in 1884, • The aggregates of the three men are. to be forwarded. ; , ■' .The other two divisions are more hovel and are of interest in that the? Illustrate the different conception ol the game which exists in the minds of United States players. One section: " hitting the Cricket ball for a distance (no known record).” It is stipulated that the competitor is to toss the ball in the air and then hit it a's' far as possible. Each man is. to have three hits, . the longest to be .measured, and the aggregate to fortr the team total.

Against a bowled ball, the worlds record hit is 175 yards by the Rev. W; Fellows while at practice at the Christ ’Church ground at Oxford in 1856. Un itheV proposed contest how-ever,-the - suggestion- is that the ball shall) be j ust thrown' into the air and hit, hot. bowled to the hitter. Naturally this will shorten the distance likely tq-. be hit; but presumably, the reason “for this provision is that it would be impossible to obtain consistency m bowled balls for competitive purposes. |»Prohiably only ah American would have thought of the competition which forms the third division. It consists of gunning between the wickets from crease to crease for the equivalent of four runs —“ down-back, doWn-back, The Olympic Club itself claims the team record of .40 8-10 sec, while the individual record, 13sec. is credited to Hbrold Norton, of San Francisco Barbadians.

;.it cannot be denied that some members of the Otago Cricket Association laughed when the . scheme was placed before them, but despitewhat seems to iik-to be the strangeness of the competition,. the full implications of this friendly gesture from a friendly nation should hot-be overlooked. The Grange Chib may well do its country a service if dt decides to participate, and its members would probably get a great deal of fun out of their effort. Whitelaw in the Army

p; E. Whitleaw, Auckland’s remarkably consistent opening ; .batsnian. is among the men now in training with the Fourth Reinforcements. Whitelaw will always . figure prominently in, Otago cricket history,' for he was W. Carson’s partner when at Carisbrook, in the 1938-37 season; they set up . a third-wicket partnership, of 445, Carson scoring 290 and .Whitelaw 195. Both members of thepartnership are now in khaki, Carson having enlisted in the early stages of the war. and three other recent New Zealand representatives— D. A; R. Moloney, E. W- Tindill and H. G. also in the army. They would form the nucleus of a fine New Zealand; services team if the opportunity! ever'comes to form , such a side. A good start seems to have been

made at Burnham, which is to be represented in the Canterbury Association’s.senior grade. Moloney has been selected to lead the Burnham side, which ' should be fully worthy of its grade. . Trout iiii the Clutha A resident on the banks of the Molyneux Rivet, not far from its mouth, expressed the-cpinion shortly before the opening of v the present angling season that the river.and its tributaries should provide better sport than ever before. “ I have beem here a long time.” he said, “ and I -have never before seen so manv fish going up stream after the whitebait.”- His prognostication appears to have; been fully justified, for recent reports from up country indicate that son. 6 fine fish- have been caught as far up a= the Ciutha River and the Hawea River. Indeed, the Clutha. according to those who have been there in the past week, is little short cf an anglers’ paradise. Big fish are being caught, and many of them Fly fishermen have so far beer, most successful, and the best snort has been obtained at night. The fame of these waters-has spread already, and it is probable- that Labour Day week-end will see them extensively fished.

GOOD FISHING It would be much simpler just now to present a list of the waters of Otago and Southland that are not fishing well than to enumerate the streams that are being described as excellent. A review of the reports which have come to hand since the opening of the angling season at the beginning ot the month, is little more than a list of names of stream® and a description of their excellence. In the north, most anglers have done well on the Shag and the Waikouaiti, although the fish in the latter, stream • have maintained their reputation for shyness. The Catlins district waters have been in good shape, and further south the Mataera, although mostly somewhat discoloured, has vied with the Wyndham, Waiwera. and Minihau to provide sportsmen with the best catches. It is said cf the Mataura that, if you can see vour feet under the water, you can catch fish on the fly. The Pomahaka has also yielded fine baskets, and some big fish have been taken at Lake Mahinerangi.

President for Another Term Athletics 'in Otago owe a great deal to Mr C. W, Clark, who at the centre’s annual meeting on Tuesday night was elected to a fourth term as president. Mr Clark has been a member of the centre since 1916. and he has been one of the most energetic and keen officials the centre has ever had. Since he has been in the chief executive office of the centre, the sport has flourished in the province and many reforms and improvements have been introduced. He has taken an.equal interest in winter and summer athletics, and the sport owes a great deal to his enthusiasm, organising ability, untiring work, and unfailing courtesy to all. ' Croquet Openings So far all the Dunedin croquet clubs have been favoured with fine days for their openings, and each in turn has had a hapnv day. One regret expressed at ear* l lawn was that the newly-elected president, Mrs J. McDonald, is at present indisposed and has been unable to be present at the lawns. Players throughout Otago wish her a speedy return to health. At each lawn competitions have been arranged, and the writer, in common with executive members, was amazed to see competitors taking part and walking about the lawns in ordinary street shoes. _ Probably the captain’s heart was in her mouth at times, since a depression made by one’s ‘ heel at this time of the year cannot possibly be rolled out, and a, few suoh holes can. make a very bumpy surface for some weeks to come—and break the greenkeeper’s heart A little thought would be a great help toward that so-dbsired perfect surface. .The Association lawns appear to be in excellent order, and on Navy Queen Day (to-day fortnight) all players are requested to wear lawn shoes. Then everyone will feel happy at the novel competitions that are being Worked out by the committee of captains. Lawn Tennis Competitions A start was made with the Otago Lawn Tennis Association’s interclub competitions on Saturday and. as is usual early in the season, there was a good deal of unpunctuality with a consequent delay In finishing matches In ah effort to overcome this problem, the association has drawn up a new regulation requiring the first man and the first woman in each team to be on the allotted courts at 1 p.m., the second man and second woman at 1.30 p.m., and the remainder of the team at 2 p.m, If the playefs occupying, the first and second positions cannot commence their matches at the stated times, it is most important that the captain of the team should communicate with the. secretary of the Opposing club and make alternative arrangements, for the prompt commencement p£ the match. The total number of teams engaged in. all this season is 53. compared with 70 last year. The details are as follows: —Mixed A 10. Intermediate 9, BI 8, 811 8. C 8, Women’s B 10. On Saturday the Intermediate and 811 Grades will make a start, and the A and, C -competitions will be continued for the second consecutive Saturday. . , K-T ■ ■ Rowing Championships

There is every likelihood that the New Zealand rowing championships will be abandoned f or the duration of the war. A remit proposing that such action be taken will come before the annual meeting of the New Zealand Association. and it is considered that it will meet w s th little, if any. opposition. This proposal does not mean the abandonment of interest in rowing. It seems to be generally felt, however that if the championships were held during the war period, the winners of title s would be placed in an invidious position, because so many men in the first flight of rowing are already overseas and others expect to be engaged in military duties, which would preclude their competing. No oarsman in near-champicnship class would like to think thrt he won his red coat; while other men who might well have beaten him were engaged in war duties.

Merritt’s Fine Performances (n the last war. when county cricket was abandoned, the leagues carried on their programmes, even drawing some noted players, including Jack Hobbs, into their net. Apparently history is repeating itself for advice has been received that W E. Merritt, the former New Zealand test player, has been distinguishing himself in league instead of countv cricket. Last season he was one of the mainstays Of the Northamptonshire team, for which he gave some dashing displays as a batsman. Lately he has been playing as professional for the Dudley team, for which, he recently took all 10 wickets against Aston Unity for only 59 runs. The performance included a “ hat trick.” and he narrowly missed a second The previous week he took nine for 53. and in .the two matches he scored 111 runs. Fourteen wickets and 140 runs had previously been regarded as a record performance in the league. Merritt is now serving in a branch of the British Civil Service.

THE ROWING SEASON Otago oarsmen are facing What may prove to be a difficult season. The memberships of all the clubs have been seriously depleted through enlistments in the armed forces, but whatever may be the position later on. the indications are that th re is at present no lack of enthusiasm among the oarsmen and club officials who remain. The immediate problem is to formulate a longrange policv to maintain the sport in a satisfactory state. No doubt the regatta programme will require fairly drastic revision to suit war-time circumstances. >nd it appears highly Probable at this stage that prize-money will be provided on a limited scale or else eliminated. A s was pointed out bv the president, Mr F. Brough, at the annual meeting of the Association, difficulty will probably be encountered in mgmenting the parent body’s funds in view of the many calls on the public, thus creating a necessity for husbanding resources. Difficulties will undoubtedly be met in the coming season. but there is no obvious reason why the maintenance of enthusiastic teamwork and the steering of a wisely chosen course should not keep Otago oarsmen in reasonably- smooth water. Fewer Teams The reduction from 48 to 39 in the number of teams entered in the Otago Cricket Association’s competitions for the present season is an indication of the reduced number of players who will be available for the games. Actually the reduction is greater than those figures suggest, as two of the teams which have been entered will be Southland Regiment elevens, which will consist of players from an outside district. Otago's experience has been the same as that of other centres. In Wellington. for example, there will be 22 fewer teams this season. Wellington has decided to play two-day games, but has made, the important reservation that the question may be reopened if there should be a demand for one-day games because of the difficulty of fielding teams;- It may be expected that the number of players will be reduced as the season advances, but it is satisfactory to know that games will be found for well over 400 players in grade matches.

His Services Will be Missed After being handicapper for the Otago Centre for the past, six or seven years. Mr B, R. McKernan has relinquished his job, and the loss to the sport in a capacity in which he has been unexcelled in New Zealand will 'be considerable. Probably there is no one in the Dominion who has such a wide knowledge of the sport, and his coaching and training of young athletes have resulted in numerous champions being produced. No doubt, he will continue his coaching; but, with all due respect to his successor it is certain that the Otago .Centre and clubs throughout. the province will feel greatly his absence from the important position of track and winter handicapper. Dressing for Tennis From time to time the sports wear adopted by women has come under the fire of criticism, but men’s clothes have seldom attracted attention. The main exception was when they adopted “shorts,” and H, W. Austin, in particular, created something of a stir when he appeared at Wimbledon some years ago in this abbreviated form of attire. Nevertheless, the Otaco Lawn Tennis Association has found it desirable to define “ the proper dress for men taking part in matches.” The regulation bearing on the subject reads as follows:-—” The proper dress for men taking part in the association matches is cream or white long or short trousers with cream or White shirt 'and! shoes, and all men so taking.,,parL.are required to be so dressed' Upon* penally of disqualification;’’ 1 ;; •, -.-. •- • New Runabout Launch V Made to specifications which were obtained from America, a new 16-foot outboard runabout has. been built during the winter months by. Mr Arthur Duncan, of South Dunedin, and it will be ready to take the water within the next fortnight or so. The craft, known as a Johnson speedboat, has attractive lines, with a cut-away bow and plenty of beam that indicates seaworthiness. and when it has been powered with a 14-16 horsepower motor, it should be able to do about 22 knots. This is Mr Duncan’s first attempt at launch building, and he has made an excellent job of it. The craft is built of white pine. It will be painted blue and white, and its appointments promise to be a feature of . its , construction. Army Athletics Last summer the Otago Centre did all it could to provide members of the Air Force stationed at Taierj with competitive athletics, and this year it intends extending its activities to embrace the Territorials at the two local camps. An early start is to be made with meetings at which the troops a< Forbury and Wingatui may compete, and it is hoped later on to stage intercamp meetings. There are several good athletes in these camps so that the meetings should be of great interest. It is also hoped to hold meetings at Mosgiel again this summer.

THE SLOW LEFT-ARM BOWLER NEVER STARVES

r PWO years ago Paul Brooks, a youngster on the Middlesex ground staff, hit the headlines by clean-bowling Don Bradman in the Lord’s nets. Ever since that afternoon Brooks has been tagged as “the boy who bowled Bradman.” My bet, however, is that this lad will make a much bigger name than that gained by knocking back a very lighthearted Bradman’s leg stump , (writes Patsy Hendren in an , English .exchange).

When cricket gets back to peace standards look for him among the game’s up-and-coming all-rounders. He is going to be good. Once I thought he had ideas of developing into a cricket “freak” —that is, bowling right-hand and batting left. But it was only an experiment. He went back to “ Gouchy ” bowling: very rightly, in my opinion. There are very few who, bat lefthanded and bowl right. Yet there are plenty of players who bat right and bowl' left from experienced Hedley Verity to young Denis Compton—right through the counties.

When we do get a good one of the "freak” type, he is usually very good. Stan Nichols stands out among the moderns. Frank Smailes, the Yorkshireman, is not far behind.

VERSATILE ATHLETES Doug. Freeman, Otago men’s diving champion for the past four or five years, and deputy captain of the Kiwi Swimming Club, showed his versatility last week when he retained the middleweight title at the Otago weight-lifting championships. He lifted a total of 5551 bto gain an easy win. Freeman, who is secretary of the Otago Weightlifters’ Club, has coached most of the young ,divers in Dunedin, and, in addition, has an excellent record in another branch of sport amateur wrestling. He has wrestled at the last two Otago championships, and last year made an excellent showing against- F. Keach, the New Zealand light-weight champion. G. Mackay, who also competed at the weight-lifting championships, has several strings to his bow, so far as sporting activities are concerned. Not only does he play Rugby for the Union Club—he was wingthreequarter in the senior team for some matches last season—but he is .also a well-known amateur wrestler, while he performed well at Otago boxing tournaments this year. Rowing Stalwarts The presence of Mr S. G. Styche at the Otago Rowing Club’s opening function recalled to mind the vicissitudes through which the sport of rowing passed during the last war period. But it survived and eventually flourished. Mr Styche is regarded as the most prominent of that band of stalwarts who struggled during those lean to

keen the sport alive, setting an example which no doubt the present generation of. administrators will strive to emulate. A member of the Otago Club for many years and a former prominent official, Mr Styche was given a warm welcome at the club opening. Another visitor whose attendance at the function was of particular interest was Mr F. W. Mitchell, who has given signal service to the sport. He has been a member of the club for 53 ■'-cars. Long Service In addition to taking a prominent part in the game as players, most of the present members of the executive of the Otago Lawn Tennis Association have given long and valuable service as administrators. Mr A. McMillan, this year’s president, joined the associat.ion in 1921 and with Mr E. D. Duthie, who was elected in the same year, he has been a member continuously. Others who have served over long periods ate Messrs A. T. Jensen, 1925, J. R. Fulton. 1925. R. Phillipps. 1927. and % Grimsdrile. 1928. Mr W. Sheriff first became a member of the association in 1918, but has not sat regularly until more recent years. Mr G. I Black is another member with long,, though not continuous service, having first joined the association in 1923. Misleading Comparison , The New Zealand Amateur and Open golf champion,. J. P. Hornabrook, will be heard of next from New Plymouth. He is to leave Masterton soon to take up : a position as manager of an oil company in the Taranaki centre, and no doubt his move will lead to some low-scoring jousts with the young New Plymouth plus 2 player, J, Jeffery. Both of them have played some extraordinary golf during the winter. In fact, Hornabrook has achieved the astonishing handicap of plus 4, a- distinction which he shares with R. H. Glading, the North Island champion, who is at present in territorial camp. In would be interesting to know what golfers in other countries think of such a rating. The significance of it is obviously open to questio when the point made recently by a Wellington writer is appreciated—that Hornabrook and Glading are three strokes better in the handicap rating than Jim Ferrier, Australia’s greatest player and a finalist in the 1936 British Amateur Championship. The reason for this is that in Australia, Americ and England the normal method of handicapping is on the par system, while in New Zealand it is on the standard scratch score system. Wlutcombes foi Golf.*

What Coaches Say Why have we so many left-handed bowlers who are right-handed batsmen? Not a difficult question to answer; these fellows are natural righthanders. They have cultivated or been taught, left-hand bowling. There’s on old cricket saw which the coaches can’t forget: “The slow left bowler never starves.” The minute the knowing old stagers spot a boy who looks a possible left-hand bowler they fasten on to him like a leech. And they teach him to bowl slow spinners. That’s the way to dodge the workhouse.

The father ot Len Hopwood, the Lancashire man, made him into a lefthand bowler. Daddy Hopwood had memories of Johnny Briggs. Keen on Len being a cricketer, he said, “You can bat with the handle downwards if you like, but you’ve got to bow] with the left arm.” They Are Made

Mostly left-handed bowlers are “made.” Fleetwood-Smith was a right-hander until lie met with an accident to his bowling arm. The value of a left-hand bowler arises because most, batsmen are righthanders.

Of course, the fellow who bats the wrong way round springs up repeatedly to be a nuisance. There vva s Warren Bardsley. whose 193 against England at Lord's in 1927 will be remembered by many: certainly by me, one of the fielders.

First in. and still not out when the rest of the Australians had been sent back, Bardsley batted for over six hours. How far some of us walked and .ran that day I have no idea. Mind you, the left-hander can sometimes be a handicap to his own side. 4 “ Run Him Out ” In a county match against Warwickshire, Middlesex were left to get 70 to win in something less than an hour. Tarrant and Weston started on the job. They were snatching every possible run. but Weston was a lefthander. and after each single there was a wait while the field changed Thus valuable time was being wasted, us our ccptaifi. E, L. Kidd, suddenly realised A bright idea struck our skipper. Pie got a message to Frank Tarrant “ Run him out,” Frank duly obliged Me called his partner for a short one, and when V. eston was nearly halfway sent him back. With Weston out of the way Tarrant and I hit off the runs. There are two sides, you see, even to the lefthander story.

GOING BATTING By R. C. Robertson-Glasgow, in the Observer Perhaps you remember a Punch drawing in the last war, by Mr Frank Reynolds, in which a small blackclothed city clerk sits in the underground train, holding a small bat—painted splice. I fear—a birthday present for his son; and a female, all hairpins and hate, says to him: “Aren’t you ashamed to go batting these days? ” Well, blow me, if it isn’t about the best thing a man could do to-day in his spare moments, to go batting, if he is lucky enough to find a green, some bowlers and “ several players stationed to ‘look out' in different parts of the field.’’ I confess, unashamed, to an urge in this direction. The other day I had a fine view from a railway compartment of one over of a country game. Usually we (lash past these partigarbed cricketers while the captain is motioning the fielders about, or the batsman is taking guard from a paralytic umpire, or. most often, when the bowler is walking back, meditating some enormity. But this time we had stopped. Engines, like donkeys, halt unaccountably. A fat batsman was facing up to a lean bowler, who took a long run, then bowled slow. It took the batsman five balls to adjust his technique to this stratagem. Then, with the air of a man who has exploded a mystery, he swept the sixth ball from his stumps to the square-leg boundary. The bowler seemed to be cursing; the fielders, unmoved, crossed over; two boys worried the hedge and quarrelled about returning the ball. Then the train moved on. and I longed to jump down and have a go at that fat batsman who had carved the boundary, and hit him a most prodigious slam in the w;aistband, then appeal for l.b.w.—and apologise! As It Should Be . I should like to play again in a village “ Derby,” where feeling ran high, and nearly everyone appealed for nearly everything, and even the umpires scowled at each other. There must be something to it, some cup or shield or enduring emblem. Your ordinary-village games, with nothing on the result, can be very dull affairs; fit enough for a little essay in a belleslettres sort of way, touching upon the tree-tops, the sloping sun, cows and English endeavour: ‘ but, as cricket, they’re often a flop. And the same I find true of the greatest players when it doesn’t matter who wins. Skill alone is not enough. I could not watch even Bradman for long in a practice net, and I would rather see Frank Woolley making 25 for Kent than 100 for no particular side or reason. I would, then, choose the match between G and S ,on the borders of Surrey; on their ground, where once we were barracked as we walked out to field, and our opening bowler, a retired constable, on having an appeal refused, was asked why he had left his truncheon at home, arid our captain answered all critics by breaking a cucumber frame with one of the highest sixes I’ve ever seen. A Wasted Opportunity

Also I wish there could be some cricket to report at Southend. . I miss the “ profane multitude,” the saunter from. hotel to ground, punctuated by the vinegared whelk and relieved by the esculent cockle; and the comic postcard which something in the Southend air advises to send for a confusion to the -breakfast table of, a rather respectable friend. There were ducks at- the cricket ground, which would quack the batsman with insolent prophecy to the wicket; and Over there stood the marquee of the local yachting club, where a member might scrutinise the pitch through a marine telescope, then retire within for light refreshment. It was on 'the long pier there that some of us took an England selector for a ride in 1934, sour before a test match. We knew that he carried the English team in his skull. And we missed our chance. We should have shown him the view from the extreme end and said: “Sir, here is the pier; there is the sea; where is your team?”

To many other places holiday cricket will return the pleasanter for its interruption Meanwhile we may hope that one of Mr Reynolds's memorable Germans is again confiding the news: “My friend. I do not like the look of things. They mean business No one in England now kicks the cricket ball.”

The Bowling Season Good progress has been made with the opening of the new bowling season, and next Saturday will see practically all the greens in the centre in full swing. Caledonian, Tainui, Opoho, Anderson’s Bay, Kaikorai. Balmacewen, Mornington and Portobello got under way last Saturday, and among those to hold their official opening ceremonies next Saturday are West Harbour. Dunedin. Port Chalmers, Logan Park, Leith, Taieri and St. Clair. The favourable weather last Saturday was turned to full advantage and all the greens reported big musters, the attendance at the Caledonian opening being a particularly large one, and with Mr H. A. Newall at the helm it is superfluous to say that the proceedings went with a swing. This is Mr Newall’s fourth successive year in the presidential chair. The fine weather induced a big number of bowlers from city clubs to visit Portobello, where they were warmly welcomed by the new president, Mr L. Hellyer. The Portobello green has made steady improvement, and the weed is rapidly spreading over the whole surface. A fine sporting gesture was made by Mr J. C. Rigby, of the Dunedin Club, who handed over to Mr Hellyer a handsome silver cup and one guinea for competition among the members. No conditions whatever accompanied the gift. Among those present at the opening was Mr J. Matheson, a member of the Auckland Bowling Centre and also of the Auckland Club. Mr Matheson extended fraternal greetings from Auckland bowlers and also made a donation to the club of £1 for any competition which the club may decide upon. Mr Matheson’s generosity was greatly appreciated. At the Balmacewen Club’s opening the president (Mr F. W. Meek) extended a cordial welcome to all, making special mention of new members and visitors. He also referred to the good work performed by the Green Committee and the greenkeeper, in preparing the bowling green so that it was a source of pleasure to players. Mr Meek mentioned that 17 members of the club, principally from the lawn tennis section, had enlisted to fight for their country, and he expressed the wish that they would all return safely Mr R. L. Fairmaid. representing the Dunedin Bowling Centre, extended the good wishes of the centre to the club. Mr A. McMillan, vicepresident of the tennis section, congratulated the president on his election to the position for a second term, something unique in the history of the club extending over 35 years. Referring to the departure of those members who had enlisted, he urged those present to endeavour to secure new members to take their place. The presence of Mr Alf Pettit’s band during the afternoon considerably added to the enjoyment of the afternoon. Whitcombes for Bowls.*

C. C. Dacre. one of the most dashing batsmen the Dominion has produced. has the honour of being among the seven players listed m Wisden as bavins scored not out hundreds in each innings. Many Auckland enthusiasts will remember his brilliant innings against the Victorian side at Eden Park in 1924-25. when he scored 127 not out and 101 not out. says an Auckland writer. The other players who achieved this distinction were D. R A. Gehrs (South Australia), C. J B. Wood (Leicestershire). C. Hallows (Lancashire). H. Parks (Sussex), A. Mitchell (Leveson-Gower's XI). and L. B. Fishlock (Surrey).

Crawford Beats Bromwich Jack Crawford, who had beaten A K. Quist in a semi-final earlier in the day. won the hard court singles championship of New South Wales at Dubbo recently, making an amazing recovery in the- third set of the final against J Bromwich. Bromwich won the first set 6—4, but Crawford had an easier task in winning the second set 6—2 The third set was almost a repetition of the first, and Bromwich led 5—4 and o—4o on Crawford’s service. The match seemed over, but Crawford saved four match points and eventually won the tenth game. He won the next two games, taking the set, 7—5. and the match. Whitcombes for Tennis*

Another Women’s Club Although the war is sure to play havoc with senior athletics in Otago this summer, it seems probable that women’s athletics will be given a big impetus this year, for there are several newly-formed clubs that should make competition keen. A new club in the Ex-High School Ladies’ Club has been formed in recent weeks, so that there are now four women’s clubs in Dunedin—the Dunedin, D.1.C., D.S.A. and the new club. Formed from the High School Old Girls’ Basketball Club, the new club should be a strong, keen one, and should help athletics this summer. Further efforts are to be made by the centre to encourage more girls to take up athletics this summer.

A Trier Rewarded It was a happy thought of the Otago Centre at it's meeting on Tuesday night to decide-to give N. Taylor;-the St. Hilda distance runner, a'Ttropby in recognition of his remarkable'keenness and commendable grit and determination in finishing in centre races no matter in what place in the field. Taylor has been running in long distance events for the past few seasons and, whether it is ih the Port Road Race or the Modified Marathon, or any other winter race, Taylor plods on gamely and sets a wonderful example to others. Taylor runs for enjoyment, but it is right that his efforts should be recognised, V