THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 689, 14 June 1929, Page 6

THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG

Many motorists are reckless; a few are wreckless. The English Bowling Association will send a team fo South Africa toward the end of this year. There was an extraordinary series of five knockouts in one evening at the National Sporting Club, London, a few weeks ago. After winning 14 open tournaments in England in succession since the last "Wimbledon tourney. X. Ohta, Japanese lawn tennis player, was put in his place at J. Brugnon, at Highbury. "Walter Lind rum scored 1,104 in 40 minutes at billiards this week. Must have made Clark .McConachy feel like a tin of fish. English critics consider that Hr. J. C. Gregory, who captained the British tennis team which recently went round tht- world, improved his game immensely by the tour. The Australian Rugby League team’s test matches in England will be played at Wembley on October 10, at Leeds on November 9, and at Swinton on January 4. Popular Manager Wal Roth well, well and favourably known throughout New Zealand as the popular manager of the two Australian representative hockey teams which have visited this Dominion, has l>een nominated by both Victoria and New South Wales for the position of manager of the 1929 Australian team, which is to arrive in New Zealand next month. Against a Relay Team Bert Barry, sculling champion of the world, is to engage in a novel contest this month, over the Putney to Mortlake course on the Thames. He will race three opponents, each of whom will scull a third of the course. Barry’s opponents will be decided by an eliminating competition among professional scullers on June 15, and the race with Barry will bo held 11 days later. Women tennis players in England are by no means unanimous in their views of the decision that stockings must be worn by them at Wimbledon. Some are keenly in favour of the bareleg style; others are against it. Some say that the weather in England is rarely hot enough for bare legs. But the determining view probably will be that expressed by Joan Fry, who had been playing bare-legged until she saw other women players without stockings. Noticing how ugly these women’s legs looked, Joan said: “I will wear stockings m future.”

A London paper says that lawn tennis has probably never had such a hold on the British public as at present.

The seven-year-old boy in London who sold for £12.000 threequarters of his share of a ticket on Cragadour, favourite for the Derby, in the Stock Exchange sweep, was lucky. In England at the present time is a Chilean boxer, Ernest Sa Gues, who claims to be unbeaten, and to have won 25 fights by knockouts. Of course, a boxer from Chili should be able to put opponents into cold storage. Victorian Rugby Union's selectors decided to hold a further trial before they picked a team to meet New South Wales on June 15. C. G. Armstrong’, formerly of Christchurch, showed up well in the first trial, and he was chosen for the second trial also. * * • Handicapping Cyclists An innovation proposed for cycleracing meetings in England is a system of handicapping motor-paced races by altering the distance of the roller from the back tyre of the motor-cycle. Thus the limit man would ride with his roller close, while the scratch man would perhaps be 2U inches from his pacer’s back wheel. Although we do not' envy the handicapper his job, the idea certainly seems worthy of a trial. Chatham Cup Entries Altogether 28 entries have been made for tho Chatham Cup, the principal Soccer trophy in New Zealand, Auckland heading the list with 12 entries. Then come "Wellington and Canterbury with live each, followed by Manawatu with two, and North Auckland, South Auckland, Poverty Bay and Otago with one each. The draw has not yet been made nor have the dates been fixed on which the various matches must take place. “Potted” Goals “Potted” goals are coming into their own again in Wellington, judging by last Saturday’s senior matches. There was a time when this side of the Rugby game was quite a feature in which certain players specialised, with the consequence that they had to be closely watched by their opponents, but of recent years the art has been somewhat forgotten and only recently revived. It is probable that this has been brought about by the knowledge that Benny Osier, the South African halfback, helps to win many matches in this way. Last Saturday 131 points were scored in the senior A grade and of this total 24 were from field goals. In the match between Eastbourne and Marist tyvo were scored, one by Les Foley, who drop-kicked the ball from near halfway to Eastbourne’s advantage, and the other by Cuming, the Marist fullback. Geof. Nicholls, a brother of Mark’s, secured one for Poneko, Hazlewood pottedy a beauty for Athletic against Wellington, and Hurley and Mouat both repeated the dose on behalf of Berhampore against University. Not a bad “bag” for one afternoon’s play—six potted goals in five matches.