SUMMER SPORTS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 44, 5 December 1929, Page 2

SUMMER SPORTS

NOTES AND COMMENTS. Jimmy Carlton, the young Sydneysider, who was one of Australia s xepre sentatives at the last Olympic Games, is reported by an Australian writer to be in. “exceptional form."xx x x It is reported that in order to keep its members fully informed of the c lub ? s activities the Canterbury Amateur Athlete Club has decided to issue a monthly bulletin free to members. The club has decided also to keep ladders of merits after the style of tennis cTuos, an<J these will be kept up to date in the bulletin. XX X X On the question of the Canadian athletes coming there i s still a certain amount of confidence, but m some quarters there are those who are~~sTialTng their heads and won deling and they can he excused for doing’ so. Looking on the gloomy side, it will b e most unfortunate if the tour fc not eventuate. The hopes of centres, clubs, and athldr.es throughout the Dominion were buoyed up by the earlM announcements, and because of this and to so™ meas ; ure the fact that disappointment was ,v unsuccessful endeavcausedl over the unsuccessiu

ours to get an. overseas team to the Dominion last season, lit wall come as a big blow if negotiation ß faJt through. Still, the council is watting and there are yet prospects of the tour being undertaken as planned and everyone being satisfied. Th© wait- i ing, however, is a little distracting; a cablegram from Mr Rob.nson would be very much appreciated, and it is to be hoped that the terms of it win be that Williams and Ball are coming. ** * * The Achilles athletic team engaged in a triangular contest of 11 events I with the Transvaal Universit.es and; the Rest of the Transvaal (says the; Pretoria correspondent of the Manchester Guardian). Only count-( ed, and the result wa s a. victory forj th© Rest of th e Transvaal by si* j events, Achilles winning four, and j the Universities one. This was Ach- , .lies third defeat in four matches. The Rest of the Transvaal and the , Universities inducted some of W!h | Africa’s foremost runners and h (? c . event experts. T). R. Jncobs, who j went to England with the South At-, vican Olympic team, won the mile nnd half-mile, and broke the , South African record in the mile by j knocking off a second from the previous best time of 4.2 k To. The Ach-1 files captain, Leigh Wood, also broke | a record! by winning the low hurdles

in 55 J2-ssec. In, the Hugh hurdles • Achilles had bad luck, as it. M. N. Tisdall, tliough liq finished first, knocked/ down, three hurdles and was disqualified. Tisdall hurt his leg mi that event, hut he came out with i? heavily bandaged and won the shot putt. XX X X An excellent booklet dealing with the M. 0.0. team and its tour to New Zealand this season has been issued by th<T Orient Line, by which, the team travelled to Australia. The Wel-j fington Cricket Asisotcaation is also, | arrang.ng to have a souvenir pro-j gramme published on tlie occasion of the team’s match with Wellington. X X. X X J. W. Savidan has not yet done any serious training, but the long-1 distance"champion is enjoying a spell j from four years’ continuous racing(says the Auckland ‘Herald’). Jloth / in winter and summer over that i period Savidan has been a compet- i itor, and few athletes have travelled more than the Aucklander, whose i success in long-distance running has made him outstanding. The New ZeaJ land At:iletie Association is anxious fo,. Savidan to tour tlio dominion with the Canadians. "v X X The programmes lor meetings at which tlie Canadian athletes will ap. pear are "to b e limited to 1G events, the trophy tor each event to be val-| ued at 30s for first. The second tro.) phy is to be valued at 15s. *\Vhatover profits 'result from the torn* after the guarantees. have been ropaid, will be divided among centres .n proportion to the profit made by tbem—-that is. after (25 (per cent, has been retained by the New Zealand Council. xx x x It i s to bo deplored that both the president' and secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club are in poor health (savs an Australian writer), gir Leo Cussen i s suffering from the strain of mental overwork, and is i greatly. in, need of an extended holi-l dav. Hurrh Trumble has been in indif- 1 feftnt Health for some time, ami in- [ tends to vtisit New Zealand during the currency of the Englishmen’s (

tour. Every cricket lovc r will join iu 1 wishing botli a. complete restoration to health in the coming summer months. xx x x G. Bridson, New Zealand 440 yd n and 880yds ""swimming champion, <« reported to be showing splendid form in Auckland. He has been training bard for some time, and was one of the first Auckland swimmers to startt preparations. He is reported to be) right out after the distance events at the national championships next, January, so Alec Stokes will have to look to his laurels. However, Stokes too, was on the job early this season. Dave Lindsay has also been in steady training for some time, itfid hs reported to he moving well, with a clean smooth stroke. Dick Eve, Olympic diving champion in Paris in 192), is applying for re. instatement as an amateur. He was outed under the rule that anyone taking on the management of a bathing establishment -becomes professional. In England and America this does not follow unless the manager takes part in coaching or swimming lor cash considerations. Eve was engaged in neither of these activities when he was disqualified. XXX X Last month Victoria, entered upon the third round of its new pennant scheme, which lias attracted <2 clubs to 1 put in 162 teams, representing 2,676 players. The New South Wales Association entry showed that 37 clubs had teams'" taking part, which meant that about 1.400 players would b e engaged in the opening round of the pennant games. I XX X X W. Ferguson, the well-known Australian scorer, who accompanied MacLaren’s team through New Zealand, will act a* scorer for the English team Curing the forthcoming tour of the dominion. xx x x The dismissal of Ponsford for il “duck” in thp, MX.C.-Victorin. match marked the first occasion 011 which that famous batsman had failed) to score on the Melbourne Cricket ?, round.