The Sportsman's Log

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1009, 27 June 1930, Page 9

The Sportsman's Log

I ~ 9 a-. - *<• youngest member of the j lf.Cabe. a who ri .3 19. andVhe oldest', j?G Gn rT ’mett. who 37. I jiax Schmv.ing 'ml .T.uk Miurkoy I received *? p ' I " * pro " I its front the recent u,-ni ruscti m .New I v.rk. Nemesis overtook Jack Sharkey «hen Max Schmelmg beat him on "foul the other day. But what a travesty on the world's heavyweight boxing championship the affair was! Twice this season i.as the Reform I rugby Football Club t\\ elliqgton) had I .foe remarkable distinction ni winning I every match its teams played in seven I grades. „ ... ... Max Schmeling, new heavyweight boxing champion of the world, is bound by contract to defend the title within a year, in the United States of America. George Gadd, Knglish professional I r o ifer, broke a course record twice in "tie day recently. Gadding: about to I some purpose: # •Wee Frees” Not Outwitted Three huso advertising hoardings placed alongside tbo railway line and I overlooking the Carisbrook ground in Dunedin threatened to deprive the. patrons of the celebrated "Presbyterian Grand Stand" of their timc-lionoured privilege of viewing a football match for nothing. But these “wee frees" were not to be thus easily disposed of, ppd a couple of thousand of them crushed into the spaces that had been left between the hoardings, or ranged themselves away beyond the last one. Hundreds of these canny spectators must have been nt least a quarter of a mile away from the piny in the British Rugby team's match with Otago.

Date- Crashers” Score SSJSW hi ■« V, h Hotel. Man- ! S *app^SSr ot SffKS** for? !, . Visitors in imagination only, | b. c.u.re of a squad of “sate-rrashers” wh P ich Pr thls n / ■ th ? liquidl iquid refreshment dcred Invited guests had orAt the Soccer Cup final at Home recently the attendance was 92 483 and the receipts were £23,365’ 13s Turnbull Doing Well Maurice ,T. Turnbull, who was a | ,° F . the M - C;C - team in New did 'not ls ! st ortoket season, but who ! did not show lus true form in this country, is now captaining Glamorgan County. He is reported to be a big i Voou eSS :,s :l county captain. In the ~s ea 11 H imfc he captained | ho Cambridge University team. I Overtime! A curious position arose over the Association football match between Alosgiel and Seacliff in Dunedin. When the time came to start plav the appointed referee had not put in an i appearance, so a substitute was agreed upon and the match was begun. After minutes the official referee arrived : and took charge, and the time already put in under the substitute was igi nored. When the real time limit expired 65 minutes later, Mosgiel led. | g l,t , end of another 25 minutes c-eaenrr had put on three goals. The [question was gone into by the Otago I'ootbalt Association, which ordered the match to be replayed later in the season. Introducing Lilburne! A little story about George Nepia is going the rounds of All Black and potential All Black footballers. Nepia had not seen Herb Lilburne since the New Zealand team returned from Australia last year, and when they met at the New Zealand trial game in Wellington he made a fuss over the Canterbury player. Then, grabbing Lilburne by an arm, but not saying anything about his intentions, he marched him up to where the six members of the New Zealand Selection Committee were sitting, and said to them, “Gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you the biggest ‘moral’ in New Zealand: ” What Will Dempsey Do? Latest news about Jack Dempsey is that lie had decided to remain in retirement if Jack Sharkey won the world’s heavy-weight boxing championship, but to re-enter the ring if Schmeling won the title. So before long we shall se if he is in earnest. Tl. Irvine, who represented Wellington in 1909-10-11, is coaching the Hutt team this year, and is making an excellent job of it. He is best known in these days as the father of the All Black, “Bull” Irvine. Some of the British footballers intend to go to Mount Cook. Perhaps, though they did not have enough of Cook(e) on Saturday. “What Shall We Wear?” Women cricketers in England are still puzzled about what they can wear for comfort and appearance without looking masculine. They are discussing the possibilities of serge or linen gymnasium slips like those worn for hockey. Slips certainly do seem appropriate for cricket. The ages of the 3 5 players who represented New Zealand in the Rugby Test at Dunedin aggregated 401 years. The ages of the 15 Australian cricketers touring England aggregate 404 years.