THE WOULD OF SPORT

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 64, 25 October 1928, Page 3

THE WOULD OF SPORT

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. Cabled from London that George Kirby, professional to the Stoneham Club, did the ninth hole, distance 340 yards, in one. This is claimed as a record “long one.” Doubtless it is. It was lately recorded in The Referee (Sydney), that J. P. Budde, an American, had holed a .“one” at 293 yards. This player had obtained a on e on four occasions within the past two years! A “one” has been reported at 260 yards and 247 yards in New South Wales. As a rule, tn e “one” are scored at short holes. X X X X F.Parcutt must surely he one of the most wonderful athletes of all time. He lost his left aim in the war in 1916 —but excels at tennis, billiards, cricket 1 , and swimming, and is also an accomplished pianist. He is reported to have this season won the batting championship of the South London Cricket League, with an average per innings of 40.2. This would be a fine performance fbr a physically complete player, for a one-armed man it is marvellous. XXX In the opinion of Robert Edgren, a noted boxing writer in the United States, the next heavyweight champion of the world will be! a big fellow. Edgren has seen them all in the last 25 years, and he thinks that the little fellows who weigh around 175 pounds like Tommy Laughran and Mickey Walker, will not have •a chance when they get in with the best of the crop that tip th e beam at 220 pounds, and stand six feet two and over. Edgren declares that the David and Goliath stuff will not get 1 over in the heavyweight game. He cannot figure how a small fel-

low, no matter how good he may be, can defeat a big fellow who is in the championship class. ( He cites as an instance, Knute Hansen, the big Dane heavy weight from Racine, Wisconsin, who, Edgren declares, could defeat any of the smaller fellows, and Hansen is only developing as a first-class heavyweight. Edgren thinks Dempsey was even a small man to hold the heavyweight championship. Dempsey, at his best, was j 190 pounds and slightly over six feet. XXX | 7 o win an important club s golf ; 1 championship for 17 years in succession must surely be unprecedented. This is what Mrs Triglono has done at Sydney. She began winning championshmips there 17 years ago, ’as Miss Durack—and she is still holder of the honour. In the State championship recently, Mrs Trig- • tene did not play up to her best 1 form. She was eliminated in the semi-finals by Mrs Slack, the ulti- * mate winner of the title. i' XXX j Kow Zealand as a boxing ground is in the boom just now, and the American middle-weight Wesley Ket-| chei. who has been winning his way i to the top by the shot-cut route is ' looking this way. In fact, the 1 Auckland Association is already m , touch with, him,, and it 1 is not unr likely that negotiations will be suc- ’ cessful. XXX i “Billy” Grime, the Australian boxer, who unsuccessfully sought to ; make a name for himself in the pugi- \ Rstic world in the United States, : is new on his way to Australia, where h c will fight under contract to Stadiums, Ltd.