HERE AND THERE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19523, 24 June 1933, Page 16

HERE AND THERE

INTERESTING ITEMS “Upholstered Marksmen”: Excessively upholstered clothes are not to be permitted in the future to competitors in the rifle-shooting meet-

ings at Bisley (Eng.). Some marksmen have been in the habit of wearing coats well padded in the shoulder and elbow, to counter the hardness of the ground and the recoil of the rifle. But now the Council of the National Rifle Association, the central authority for rifle-shooting in England, have amended their regulation regarding clothing. No exterior or interior shoulder or elbow padding will be allowed, except a piece of leather or cloth, devoid of hair, fur, wool, or rubber. The Footfault Rule: A proposal by the South African Lawn Tennis Union to amend the footfault rule will not be supported by the English L.T.A., it was announced recently. South Africa seeks to amend the rule to read, “The server shall throughout the delivery of the service keep both feet behind—i.e., further from the net than —the baseline.” The existing rule is, “The server shall throughout the delivery of the service —(a) Not change his position by walking or running; (b) Maintain contact with the ground; (c) Keep both feet behind—i.e., further from the net than—the baseline.” The L.T.A. Council are of opinion that the proposal is fraught with possibilities of further breaches of the rule. Rugby Union: Regret at the abandonment of the formation of an Imperial Rugby Commission was expressed at the annual meeting of the South African R.,gby Board by Mr A. J. Pienaar, the president. It had been the Intention, said Mr Pienaar, that this Commission should meet periodically and act in an advisory capacity to the International Board, but this proposal had been abandoned. The fact that the Commission nad not come into being was due, in his opinion, to the short-sighted policy of the New South Wales and New Zealand Rugby Unions in refusing to accept it. He hoped that the Commission would not be permanently abandoned, and was satisfied that a great step forward had been made by all the Unions

concerned in agreeing to accept the International Board as the only legislative body.

Woman’s Swimming Record: Miss Jenny Kastein, of the Dutch Women’s Swimming Association, broke her own world’s record for the 400 metres breast-stroke, covering the distance, in Amsterdam, in 6min. 29sec. Her old record was 6min. 31 4-ssee. Revised Scratch Scores: The first list of revised standard scratch scores of courses in eight English counties, under a scheme brought into operation at the beginning of the year, has been issued by the English Golf Union. The effect is a general tightening up, which is shown by the fact that such links as Royal Ashdown Forest, whose previous score was 75, now has a standard scratch of 74; Rye is now 73 as against 75; St. George’s Hill 75 against 76; Worplesdon and Sunningdale 74 against 76; and Wentworth 75 against 76.