SEARCHLIGHT ON SPORT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19743, 23 September 1938, Page 11

SEARCHLIGHT ON SPORT

(By "Four-Forl-/")

Rugby Final The Rugby final of the junior knock out competition was won easily by Old Boys B from Celtic who fielded its weakest team of the season, having several third-graders playing. With the wind in its favour in the second spell, W. Hayden found trouble in judging the flight of tht ball. A. Falconer played his best giame of the season at centre three-quarters. His handling was exceptionally good. J. Short at wing forward scored a good try by following up fast a centring kick by Falconer which caught Celtic out of position. H. Read played an outstanding game in the backs for Celtic, his tackling being the feature o£ his work. • » * » Referees' Blazers Many complimentary remarks were passed by visitors to Gisborne for the boxing tournament concerning the neat appearance of the referees' blazers and on the way in which the touch judges were attired. • • » • Boxing Sidelights Although Mr. W. T. Rickard has not had the same amount of experience as the other two refereesMessrs. Jack Kilmartin, Otago and Geoff Watchorn, Palmerston North—for the national boxing championship, he handled all his bouts well. The only fault, if any, that could be found in his work was his habit of forcefully parting the men in a clinch. Practically the only difficult situation during the tournament occurred during the Branch v Jack, middleweight final and referee Rickard did not waste any time in giving his decision. Old Boys senior XV player, P. Wood made his first appearance in the local squared ring when he met W. Lister, Rakaia in a light heavyweight bout. Although beaten by the ultimate champion, Wood put up a good performance while his condition lasted. He has a good left hand punch but could of made more use of it than he did. It was unfortunate that T. Baty, vVaikohu, had to fight W. Shaskey Gisborne in the early draw of tht leatherweight class. On the first night Baty fought well to beat tht Auckland fancy H. Stock, but if hfc is to go far in the game, he win nave to do more leading than he doe* at present. He has a good rigln nand punch but relies too much upon it for a knock down. It was noticeable during the tournament that in fully 50 per cent of the fights, either one or both ol the men did not have a distinguishing Dand around the waist line. R. Wills, the Waikohu welterweight appeared to be very nervous in his oout against F. Woods, the Northern vVairoa hard hitter. A good punch to the solar plexus early in the opening round saw Wills take the count. Jim Jensen, the local heavyweigtu, met Ernie Fell, the Manawatu man, on the opening night and fought well, but could not land an effective blow against an opponent who was taller and had a longer reach than he did. Fell has represented Auck land, Wellington and Manawatu at Rugby. Dick Dunn, the Lower Hutt Valley trainer, expressed his congratulations to the Gisborne Boxing Association and to the Gisborne public for the way they had all treated his team in their stay in Gisborne when speak, ing to "'Four Forty" prior to leaving for their home town. Harry Wellington fought well against IT. Mclvor, Napier, in the lightweight class and but for repeatedly hitting with the open glove would have gone very close to winning his fight. Jackie Thomson, having his first light since the 1937 championships at Greymouth, made far too much use of the ring and if he had of gone in and fought more, would have gained the decision over Leckie, Otago.

Fast Century A magnificent innings by the West Indian all-round cricketer, L. N. Constantine, dwarfed everything this season in Lancashire League so far as hurricane hitting is concerned. Re-

L. N. Constantine turning to his old form with a vengeance, he scored a brilliant 106 versus Middleton, reaching 50 in 15 minutes and the century in 33. He hit seven .sixes and 10 fours. • * • • Well Marked After his right in August with Lou Ambers for the lightweight championship of the world, Henry Armstrong returned to his dressing room with a badly cut lip. "Armstrong had the worst injured lip I have ever seen in my career," said the doctor after the "fight. "It needed at least 15 stitches to close it properly, and I cannot see how he can risk reopening it within three or four months." > * * * Prophet Tunney Joe Louis should retain the world heavyweight title for at least five years, and probably longer, according to Gene Tunney. "In his recent fight with Max Schmeling," said the former champ, "Louis did just what he should have done in his first bout with Max—walked right In and let go at him." • • • • Took a Dive? Rising young U.S. heavyweight, Jimmy Adamick, who has made quite a name for himself during the past 12 months by his run of k.o. wins, has been suspended for a year by the Illinois Boxing Commission. In his fight with Jack Trammell, the latter dropped Jimmy and had him on the verge of a k. 0., but eased up and took the count himself when tapped on the chin by the Detroiter. • * * • Cycling- Record Broken The Oxford-London and return record was recently shattered by 18-year-old A. W. Smith, who was clocked to do shrs 19mln 27see—which clipped the previous best by Gmin 53sec. • * * # Misjudged Distance? Fiaquently in road events two riders will link arms and go over the finishing line together instead of making a sprint of it. In England recently, Jack Holmes won the massed start championship over a track of 10G miles. Linking arms with club-mate, .1. Francourt, the Yorkshiremen tried for a dead-heat. The judges very rightly declared Holmes the winner! •*. * * Tandem Record L. Innes and W. A. Thompson recently broke the Land's End-John o- Groats record. In 1895 G. P. Mills and S. F. Edge covered the 8(39 miles in 3 days 4hrs 46min. Latest pair did the trip in 2 days 14hrs 48min. It was the first official tandem attempt in all those years.

FERRIER RETAINS FORM FIVE UNDER PAR TALLY PLAY IN QUARTER-FINAL (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 23, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 22. The quarter-finals of the New South Wales amateur golf championship were played to-day. The winners were Ferrier, Waterson, D. Davies and Jones, the last-mentioned defeating R. Whitycombe, 3 and 1. Ferrier defeated J. Lemon 7 and G. Ferrier was five under par for the two rounds. TURANGANUI TITLE QUALIFYING SCORES LIST CLOSING TO-MORROW Members of the Turanganui Golf Club who intend to compete in the 'club championship will have their last opportunity for qualifying to-morrow, when the list will be closed. Those who nave not put in their cards should not fail to do so by to-morrow evening. A bogey match is to be played on Saturday, the following draw having been made:—W. Anderson and L. Allen; N. G. Anderson and C. Hume; G. Butler and K. Kerekere; W. Carroll and R. Robb; R. Clayton and T. McMurray; R. Morse and J. H. Cato; E. Crosby and J. McMurray; P. Keiha and J. Kiwi; R. W. Halbert and P. Kaua; A. Humphries and N. Long; W. Marshall and T. Rangi; W. T. Rangi and W. McMurray; T. Muir and P. Tilley; A. McMahon and C. Pere; C. Priestley and D. B. Tennant. Partners will be arranged at the clubhouse for those wishing to take part in the match, and not already included in the draw.