The Sportsman's Log

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 642, 19 April 1929, Page 6

The Sportsman's Log

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A Soccer goal to-morrow —Blandford Park. Cricketers have gone back to the hearth. Cost-ralian Soccer tour has been written off. Somo golfers play the game as if they owned the course, and some motorists drive as if they owned the carRugby enthusiasts reckon that a scrum-ptious time is coming. Australian Olympic Federation has had a shot at the manager of its Olympic team. And not a duffed shot. A famous bull-fighter says that his calling demands quick decisions. He who hesitates is tossed. Coles from Cardiff won the amateur billiards championship of England. A poeket luminary. New Zealand Rugby Referees’ Association wants further restrictions on wing- forwards. Clipping the wings again A man who broke his walking-stick over the referee’s head after a Soccer match in England claimed that it was an accident. Of course, no one would destroy a good walking-stick purposely. With a trip to South Africa this year, for the Empire tournament as the goal. New Zealand's women liockey players should be taking care not to miss their opportunities. Following the example of the American governing body, the English Lawn Tennis Association has decided to institute official ranking lists for both male and female players. In the English billiards season of 1926-27 Willie Smith, of Darlington, made 6S breaks of over 500 points each. That was easily a world's record then. -But in the J92S-29 season Smith had n.ade 91 breaks over 500 bv February 21. His highest breaks are 2.743. 1.334 over a thousand, in various seasons.

Tunney in the Ring Gene Tunn<jy has returned to the ring—the bull-ring. After taking lessons from a famous matador, Tunney killed his first bull, at Seville, in Spain, a few days ago. It was a young bull. As it charged him, Tunney side-stepped and then thrust his sword well home. £9OO Profit The profit to the New Zealand Rugby Union from the tour of New Zealand by last season’s New South Wales team is stated to be £ 900. Originally it was expected that the profit would be about £960, but some delayed accounts were received recently. The Management Committee has had great difficulty in obtaining all necessary statements to complete the accounts of the tour and it was only within the last few weeks that matters were finalised. Miss Fay Taylour, the lady dirt track rider who created such a favourable impression in Wellington at the Kilbirnie Stadium recently, sailed last week for Sydney, en route to England, where she is under engagement to the Crystal Palace Track Company. Heights In Tennis Lawn tennis has some players whose height would make them useful in Rugby line-outs. A remarkable match of giants and a pigmy was played recently at Beaulieu, in France. when the King of Sweden (playing as "Mr. G.”) and Littleton Rogers beat Sir Geoffrey Archer and a player named Furnival. Littleton Rogers stands 6ft Tin. Sir Geoffrey Archer is 6ft 4in, and the King of Sweden is 6ft Sin. Furnival, though, is one of the smallest of lawn tennis players. Sprint Record The New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association has decided to allow Miss E. Martyn’s time of 11 l-ssec for .100

yards as a New Zealand record, and lias also decided to forward details to the International Board with a request that it shall be allowed as a world’s record. The latter, however, appears to be impossible, as according- to New Zealand record books the record time of llsec is already registered against the names of Misses Rosenfeld and Grosse. Miss Martyn Is a member of the Papanui A.A. Club, at Christchurch. “Buz” Sutherland Off E. G. Sutherland, known in athletic circles as “Buz,” one of the finest field athletes in the Dominion, is to be married toward the end of the month in ■Wellington, his bride being Miss M. Collins, herself a track star of considerable ability. Miss Collins has already retired from the track, but Sutherland intends to remain in the game which he has adorned ever since he returned from Europe—and before, for that matter. George Sutherland Back George Sutherland, sports promoter, ex-wcrld ? s cycling champion, and a prominent and popular figure in sporting circles throughout New Zealand, arrived back in Auckland recently from Wellington. In the Capital City George spent five of the busiest and most interesting months in starting up a new dirt track racing “sh'ow.” It took on well and was a great success. Brutality in French Rugby Drastic measures are being taken by the French Rugby Federation to suppress acts of brutality. Attacks on referees are not so rare in France as they might be, and two players—Castel, of Pamiers, and Pochon, of Annecy—have just been suspended for life for striking referees. The federation has also taken action against M. Cazalis, a Paris referee, because he declined to report a player who had struck and insulted him. In some parts of France, Rugby matches are given some of the .glamour of gladiatorial contests, and a bitter policy of “Win at any price” takes the place of healthy rivalry. The French Rugby Federation is fully aware of the danger, and is doing its best against it.