NEW CRICKET RECORD

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19379, 31 December 1932, Page 14

NEW CRICKET RECORD

PARTNERSHIP IN WELLINGTON During the compilation of the big score by Wellington College Old Boys against Kilbirnie at the Kilbirnie Reserve on Saturday afternoon a senior grade cricket partnership record of long standing was broken. J. R. Lamason and C. Parslce were associated for the sixth wicket, and in putting on 251 runs they easily exceeded the previous best yield for this wicket in local senior cricket, which was 217 by W. A. Baker and J. Hutchings in the 1918-19 season. It was as members of the East Club during the reign of district cricket when the Baker-Hutchings achievement was made.

“Sticking up for my Rights:” “I consider I have been badly treated. I was only sticking up for my rights,” declared J. W. Treadaway, the English amateur bantamweight boxing champion, following his suspension by the Amateur Boxing Assosiation because of his refusal to box for a prize of reduced value. “I shall have to think seriously of Jack’s future,” said his father. “A champion is entitled to more money in the shape of a prize than a novice.” That is one viewpoint. Another (says a London writer) is that the A.B.A. has done the right thing in preserving the principle that an amateur should be more concerned about boxing for the sake of boxing.

An Australian Dog: So says San Francisco “Examiner”: —“Ralph Agricola, champion Australian greyhound, headlines the kennel of Dr. Lloyd T. Commins, which is shipping to El Cerrito, Ralph Agricola, & 77-pound speedster, is one of the largest and fastest greyhounds in the United States. Other stars in the string include Charlie’s Footsteps, King Writtle, The Red Terror, and Mayor Collins.” He was an ordinary performer in Australia. He was, however, operated on for an internal complaint before leaving for America and, after becoming acclimatised, greatly improved.

Unusual Flying Contest: One has heard of many odd wagers, I but the following mentioned by Mr. A. B. Cooper in “John o’ London’s Weekly” seems new: “A few years ago a bee-keeper and a neighbouring pigeon fancier had a controversy as to the relative flying speed of the bird and the insect. The bee-keeper was of opinion that bees could easily outfly homing pigeons over a short course, and he laid two to one on his bees. Both of the fanciers were hard-headed Yorkshiremen, and such conditions j were arranged that there should be no | subsequent argument as to the result. ! The rules were these: The bees to be slightly dusted with fine flour, so that they might be identified on arrival at the hive. The bees, 12 in number, to be released three miles from their hive. The same number of pigeons at the same distance from their cote. The first six to arrive home to be the winners. The bees won easily. The first bee was home half a minute before the first bird, and three more bees reached their hive before the second pigeon.’* More Californians: Says Fred. Perry, the English lawntennis player: “The two young Cali- ] fornians. Frankie Parker and Gene | Mako, both aged 16, are coming along ;by leaps and bounds. Parker, as a ' matter of fact, appears to me to be | something of a lawn-tennis ‘ throwj back.’ He plays a type of game like i Rene Lacoste, which will be much ! more suited to hard courts (rubble) than to grass, concrete, or wood. Parker is in the hands of Mercer Beasley, the man who coached Vines. He was once a ball-boy, and has been playing already for six years (as long as I have, in fact). He has one of the finest backhands I have ever seen and is wonderfully sound from back of the court. Mako, on the other hand, is of the true Californian brand. He is very powerfully built, as tall as Vines, and thicker set, with a tremendous service and overhead smash, and fast ground strokes. He is naturally erratic, but I am convinced he is a great player in the making, and will one day be America’s No. 1.”