Sport and Sportsmen

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17568, 19 June 1925, Page 3

Sport and Sportsmen

NEWS, GOSSIP AND COMMENT

BY

"ONLOOKER."

Second Rugby test in Sydney to morrow. On recent form, Alerival© should win again. Hawke's Bay next defend the shield on July 29 against Waikato. New Zealand boxing championships in Christchurch on August 25, 26 and 27. The latest health craze among Ame«rica.n society women at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is golfing in bare feet. In two games in a certain Rugby centre last week, line umpires signalled that goals had been kicked, and in both these cases the referee's decision was against them. Line umpires should not signal at all unless asked by the referee. Of some of the spectators who came from Sheffield and Cardiff to sec the soccer cup final in London, it was said:—The kind that is like a fly (will drink wi’ onybody), and a flea (will feed wi’ onybody) and a fitch of bacon < the better for a hanging). The kind that will end up his cup-tie final jaunt with an improvised scrap on the platform of a local station. A Rugby correspondent writes:- "‘lt may he only a coincidence, but 1 havo noticed since this season began that the team which gets its name first oi. the union’s streanver in front of the City Hotel has so far won the match, lvcery club game has gone this way and so did the ’Varsity games. The tp*t was billed New - Zealand v. Sydney ’Varsity. Xcw Zealand won. The next was hilled. Sydney ’A’ai'sitv v. Canterbury College. Sydney won However, let punters beware. J don’t say that the coincidence will always hold.” Contention waxeth strong at Dunedin. The trouble is not the rules of Rugby, League or Soccer, but the rules of that exciting card game Five Hundred. Correspondents are writing to the papers and loud argument is heard in front parlours. On one side are those who hold that the joker in a “ no trump ” hand can be played to any trick. Against this, some pla\-ers lay it down that “the holders of the joker at no-trump, not having the lead, is not allowed to trump with the joker as long as he can follow suit.” The difference of opinion on this point is likely to last' all through the winter. F. Partridge, of the Mcrivalc senior fifteen,' is a nuggetv type of forward. He is' not verv tall, but he is solidly built, and he is an honest worker from start to finish. As a hooker he is one of the best in Canterbury, and his ability in the front row earned him a place in the Canterbury team last season. Part-

ridge has been showing good form lately, and it seems that his claims for inclusion in the representative team will again have to be seriously considered. W. Lodge hooks with Partridge. Between them they make a siifF proposition for any opposing pair v Mud to i.lio knees and soaked to the eves, an old Rugby man burst into ‘‘Onlooker's'’ room on Saturday evening and told his story of the AlbionNorth Canterbury match. His tale was three-parts Tommy Lawton. exAustralian Rhodes scholar and Oxford blue. Look.” he said. I’d stand a whole day in raining pitchforks to see such a tip-topper in action. Lawton plays Rugby as few men play it. Jie thinks a yard ahead of any opponent and then goes on coolly with the move. Hunter and Stead used to bo like that. Never flustered and never in two minds. Is New Zealand breeding ’em like that nowadays? J am afraid not 1 Wo depend too much on brawn.” When you come to think of it, Hobbs* aggregate score since he began playing cricket would put the figures of Britain's national debt in the shade. This week be completed his thousand for the season, and at the same time, made his 119th century. An Australian writer estimates that for tests alone Hobbs holds fifty separate records. Ope is that he has played more consecutive doublefigure innings than any other player. What seems an ill-balanced New Zealand team was beaten, IS-16, by Sydney Metropolitan on Wednesday. It is surprising to read in the cabled report that after half-time the All Blacks “seemed to get their tails down.” Footballers who have a tendency that way are not supposed to be bred in the Dominion. One. wonders what was the cause, and if the referee had anything to do with it. Last season, it will be remembered, some of the rulings in Sydney almost made Porter choke.

Old Boys were unlucky against Me.rivale. The decision might easily have been the other way. Still, Old Boys had their sh’arc of fortune when they defeated Linwood the previous Satur--1 n the Dunedin senior Rugby competition, Pirates have played six matches and woii six. scoring l-»* points against 42. University A have won five out of five, scoring ‘JO against 47. All Dunedin to-morrow will be rt Carisbrook watching Pirates play l_ nivei'sity A Though AA ise will bo away from one side and Dickson from another, it is expected to be the game of the season. “Parquet” asks when Australia last held the Davis Cup.—Brookes and Wilding won the trophy from America in 1914. Australia held it till 1920. when Tildeq and Johnston beat Brookes and Patterson at Auckland. All England tennis championships begin at Wimbledon on Mopday. Several Australia 11 s n*H cl Ne w Zeal an <1 era compete, including:—J. O. Anderson, P. Heath. F. M. B. fisher. J. Fotheringbam. S. Melody, and Mrs Melody. Miss Akhurst and Airs Harper. Walter Spence, who beat .Arne .Borg in tho 300 yards medley swimming championship of America, won the 220 yards breast-srtroke title over P. Skelton. who touched first' at the Olympic Games. Spence’s time was 2mm cl 4-oscc. The Australian women tennis players did well in their first tournament In England. At AA’cybridge, Miss H. Boyd. Victoria, won the ladies’' singles, and partnered by Miss St George, the ladies’ doubles. Miss Bovd’s best victory was over Miss Pose, a well-known Yorkshire player. 6-3, 0-6, 6-3. Previously Miss Pose had defeated Miss Akhurst (Australia) 7-3, 0-1. Two run-away tries by A. E. Cooke made Auckland Rugby very interesting last Saturday. In the first’ spell, playing for Grafton against MaJists, ho intercepted a. pass op bis own side of half-way and, beating the opposition, scored beautifully. Enter on, fast following-up got him over again. The crowd reckoned it an afternoon well spent. Speed and dash are the main assets of All lilacK wing three-quarter AA’ise. Before going to” Australia ho played great, football iu Dunedin for the Pirates’' Club, and. his selection was decidedly popular. Against New South AY ales in the. first test, last Saturday, AY is© scored two iinp tries... Ho was hard’* to stop. A hundred yards in 72 l-ssec is th" latest achievement at Johnny Weissmuller, the American water marvel.Hp established this figure in winning the 100 yards championship of America. Second place was takeu by AYalter Gauffer, who left the distance behind • in 53 1-osce. Gaufea* -is only seventeen years of age. and his performance is a ir.-a.vveHous one-. Sam lvahannmoku was third. One of the many nippy hacks now itt Sydney with, the Now Zealand Matson, of Ponson by. A\rc kl and. Already lie lias shown himself a brilliant liveeighth, full of guile and vigour, and able ##o provide good openings for tho men alongside. Injuries kept him out of the limelight last season. Otago should he able to place a. great forward pack in The field phis year (says the Dunedin “ Star ”). The selectors will not have nu c#sy job to sort out the best eight players, as there are .so manv aho on a par. It would be as well for the selectors to see all the senior teams in action this season. Picking at random, thera are such forwards as Sonntag, Williams. Munro (Pirates), Abe Mifflro (’Varsity), Pierce, Ilighley. Fox, Coomloes, O. ixnox. AViUlgoose. Noble. Stancjringi. M’Pheat. Hanrahan. O’Reilly, and Glengarry, all of whom are worthv of consideration. East season in "Wanganui the hon.-c representatives officially defeated Auckland as a result of a potted gold awarded by the referee, although the ball quito obviously went under the er-oss-bar. A similar incident happened in a club game in the. river town last Saturday, when Koierau were adjudged w inners over Old Bovs, by 7 to G. As soon as the ball sailed for the bar and landed underneath, the referee blew his whistle and awarded a goal. Spectators from all sides yelled 11 •No goal!’’’ The referee then consulted a line-umpire, who said “No goal. I '’ The referee, having given his decision, said that, it would have to stand. Ol 1 Boys arc appealing.

In mi onch'iirour to beat Christchurch to-morrow Merivale will field I t.lio side that beat Old 80y... Tho | report that Oliver was going south uirns out 1o bo wildly exaggerated--in the meantime anyway. Therefore, Oliver will be five-eighths with Evans ; ami the three-quarters will be M'Cabc, Ford, Doreen. -After n lot of hostile work in the Lancaster Park swamps on Saturday, Merivalo returned to the pavilion bearing a three-point victory in their, bag. It was not much of a game, and what there- was of it belonged to tho first side, to score a trv and dijr m. Merivalo dug in. I he- washerwoman at ho takes in the Old 1 toys' laundry work lias been doing the “ digging out.’ H is good news to hear that the french Rugby Vnion is prepared to nceepl. an invitation to send a team to Now Zealand in 1927. There is no doubt: but that France caji now boh, her own on the Itugbv field with Eng and. Scotland, Ireland. and AYnhv. Indeed, England only managed to beat I'ranee by two points in the international match last season. The Frenchmen play an unorthodox game, nn<l their mercurial temperament should provide any amount of thrills tor Rugby followers in 1927. When P. 1 holmes, of Yorkshire, knocked lip 313 not ■ out at Lords against Middlesex, lie made history. ft is the highest score to the record of s i n co 1 9 0 •“>. Holmes compiled the runs without giving a chance. The fil 1 c.wi ng are a few of the highest individual scores made in first -class matches during recent AV. H. 'Ponsford (Victoria) . 129 C. A\ . Oregon-, (New South AAThy, . . . 353 T'. K. \\ oollcy (England) . 3(Jo* b- K. Foster ( Warwickshire) . 30o* A. Nourse (Natal) . . . 30 P* A". T. Trumper (Australia) . 293 * Not out. R. AY. T.yccft, an ho partners .1. O. Anderson in tho tennis championships at AA’imblcdon. has carried off the doubles event Tie and Anderson scored in 1922. They should repeat the feat this year, if Lyrctt, an ex-Australian, retains his dash at volleying. I Norman Carnegie, of the Alerivnle I Club's senior fifteen. is one of the oldest active footballers in Christchurch to-day. He has been playing longer than most of the younger generation can remember. Carnegie first gained his repre.sen ta t ivc cap away back in 19.12 and since that yepr lie has played for Canterbury on numerous occasions. Ho represented flic South Island against the North in 1922. In bis day Carnegie was a very lino wing-forwanL Now. though getting on in year*, lie shows a kec-i----ne>s for the game that would do credit lo a much younger player. C. ITearn, of the Limvood senior fifteen, first made his appearance in senior football this season. Amongst the Linwood pack be is associated with a fine lot o.f forwards, and in most games this season be has been one of the most out standing. Hearn ‘’did bis bit” during the f'rent AA'ar, but he is still voung and lie should have a good many | years of football in front. of him. j There, seems every possibility of bis being heard of in bigger company later T. F. M. Gibson lias been playing (he (wristchurch Club's senior lif- > ears ‘now. Vc learnt his football at Christ’s College, and since leaving in 1920 has pj.ayed regularly for the senior fifteen of the C hrist el. n roll Club. Gibson is is a good type of forward. being very solidly built. S> far lie has not gained his reprehe ha •• -played for the second Canterbury team. The present All Black team. in some respects, have decided advantages over the 1921 New Zealand side (says the AYellingt.on V Dominion "). In ♦ the first place. Bo mas is n better booker than any front ranker possessed hv last year’s combination. When Minim was injured, on the four the All Blacks were badly off for a man who could hook the ball tor them in the scrims. At eentre-f hrec-qnrlcr. again, the team now in Sydney arc better served by Blake than Avere the 1921 combination, who. bad to exj eri- . nieiu in order to find a man who could fill this most important position. Brilliant ns were Steel. Hart. Sven son and Lucas, none of them wore superior to AY. Flvey in scoring ability ns wing-three- quarto r. K A. M Donald has been bowling j remarkably well for Lancashire in | county matches at Home this .season, j j 1920 test team. Some, of M' Donald's | J figures are: J Two for 29 against Oxford. Five Tor 24 against Somerset. Six for IT again?*. Leicester, i Four for .01 against. Leicester | Four for 30 against Surrey. bix for 112 against Surrfcy ; Five for 3S against Glamorgan. Mrs Estelle Taylor Dempsey does not wish Jack to endanger his newlycarved nose, and at present her wishes carrv more weight than Manager Kearns's words ever did.

There {ire now in New Zealand .some thirteen organised tramping clubs, ant these have a. total membership of ar. least 900. of whom over 300 are women All of them organise periodic outings and keep a live interest in things out of doors.. The game between Old Boys and .Mcrivale on the Oval last Saturday was admirably controlled by Mr L. lCmpson. lie gave liis decisions promptly and was quick to see that neither side got away with off-side play. The selectors of the Canterbury rc- , presentativc fifteen should keep their eyes on the Albion team. It includes some promising footballers. A team that does not often appear on the Oval is apt to be overlooked. Members of ilie Christchurch Tramping ('iub found last Sunday that their good luck as regards the weather failed to hold. Tantalising periods of sunshine! followed by showers of rain put tramping out of the cpicsiion and the trip over the hills was abandoned. Although more or less of a mud scramble, the match between Old Boys and Mcrivale last Saturday was full . I interti t, the closeness of the score being re 1 Punsiblc. Conditions were miserabi : for the spectators, but not many went home before the final whistle sounded. They were too interested in the game to take much notice of the elements. Three tries were scored against the All Blacks on Wednesday by JC. Reid, three-quarter for iho .Sydney Metropolitan Union. Reid played in the Sacred Heart College team. Auckland, several, years ago. He is fast ,strong and dashing, and regarded as one of the coming champions in Sydney. The Christehurc.il forwards will he without R. Kirby. He got a bump last Saturday and finds it hard, to run. Baron goes in instead. Young wi l ! again bo full-back and Mullnn half The first five-eighth is a new man, Finnegan, from Invercargill. lie looks a promising man. Al'Grogor is second live-eighths. The senior Rugby matches lor tomorrow arc -Mcrivale v. Christchurch, on the Oval, at Lancaster Park; Old Buys v. Varsity, on the south ground at the park; and Lin wood v. North Canterbury, at Rangiora. In previous matches this season Mcrivale beat < hristchurch l>v 9 points to Old Bovs beat Yarsitv bv 19 to 3, and Linwood beat North Canterbury by 10 The annual Town v. Country Rugby match will now be played on YVednesdav, Tulv‘22. instead of Saturdav, Jubv 2.1. The Rugby Union decided on this change so as to give an extra Saturday for the senior competition. Jt; is unfortunate that, the Town v. Country game cannot be played on a Saturday, as it is sure to excite a lot of interest this year after the decisive manner in which the Country beat the Town last season. However, if the match was played on July 25 this would leave only live Saturdays to finish off the senior competition; as. the struggle for the championship promises to be close, this is hardly enough, seeing that seven Saturdays arc required to play- another round of games. Judging by the winter so far, the possibility of very wet Snturdavs has to be scriouslv considered. The Olympic Games Federation has ruled that competitors at the Games arc ineligible who are classed as professionals in any sport. That ruling is a drastic extension of the previous law. For example, a man can be an amateur Rugby- footballer although a professional runner or boxer. A. Kirkpatrick, of Hawke's Bay. got into this vear’s All Black * tc.ani by solid merit alone. Like Bill Irvine, he lias always shone where iho light is thick est, going hard from whistle to Avhisiio and keeptoo. 11 is hooking is iip to firstland standard. Who is going to win the senior Rugby championship in Christchurch this season? is a question that is being freely discussed among followers of the game here. There are four teams in the running, Lin wood, Mcrivale, Old Boys and < 'hristchurch. Limvood and Mcrivale are leading with five points apiece, and (>ld Boys and Christchurch arc next with four points each. There should be some interesting ganv.s before the championship is decided. 'flic Albion Club's senior fifteen secured their second win of the season on Saturday last, when they derated North Canterbury by 19 points to nil. 1 heir other win was against Varsitv the previous Saturday when they left the field winning by 24 to 3. Albion have been showing improved form this season. The results of the other matches they have played this season Versus Old Boys, lost. 9 to 16. Y ersus Christchurch, lost. S to 11. \ ersus Mcrivale, lost, 13 to 20. Versus Linwood, lost, 3 to 5. The Wellington Rugby team to visit llawera for a match with Taranaki on July 1 is as follows:-Full-back: Walters (Berhampore). Three-quarters: Svenson 'Athletic). F. Tilyard (Poneke), Malfroy (Yar- ]■ i ve-cighths : Love (Varsity), At. Nic-hoi Is ( Petone). 1 laU’-bat'k : Warwick (Athletic). Wing-forward: Porter (Athletic). Hookers: F. Shearer (Ponckc), B. Wilson (Poneke). Lock: Martin-Smith (Varsity). Side of scrum: Slv (Oriental), .Duncan (Athletic). Back of scrum : Deere (Berhampore), O’ R ega n (Y *ar si t y). Emergencies: Back, Corner (Petone); forward, J. Shearer (Poneke). H. M. Osborne, the American high jumper, will not, it- is to be lore grot ted. have his recent record leap at Austin, Texas listed as a world's record. Osborne cleared Off s G-l Gin, but slight defect "in the bar the jump, it. is stated, will lid. be official I v recognise.-]. The previous world's 7 o-l 6in cleared bv F, Beeson in California, that home of athletic records, in 1914. The British record is fifr. oin by B. Howard Baker, who abandoned athletics for soccer, at Huddersfield. in 1921. Osborne a von the Olvinpic Games event Avith fift 5.9-lin ar. Pa ii< last year, a record for the Gaim s.

Last Saturday W. Dailey, the Old Boys’ half, showed that he is a tine defensive half-back and a good man in the mud. There was enough of it about to suit the most exacting wet weather player. ' The weights of the twenty-three New Zealand players making the Australian trip are as follow: — 1 st. lb. Archer (Southland) 13 2 J. Blake (Hawke’s Bay) 1L 0 < orkill (Hawke's Bay) H 0 M'K. Dickson (Southland) ... 13 11 .1. Donald (Wairarapa) 13 6 Elvy (Canterbury 13 7 Finiayson (North Auckland) . 13 0 Harris (Canterbury) 11 G L. Johnson (Wellington) 10 10 D. Johnson (Taranaki) 11 1 L Knight (Auckland) 13 7 Kirkpatrick (ITawke's Bay) ... 11 12 Law (Manawatu* 12 0 Lawson (South Canterbury) . 11 S Lomas (Thames) 13 5 Matson (Auckland) 11 0 M'Cormack (Canterburv) It 0 M'Xab (Hawke's Bay) ' 13 G Righton (Auckland) 13 S A. Thomas (Wellington) 13 0 Walters (Taranaki) 13 S D. Wise (Otago) 11 0 Wright (Auckland) 10 S The average weight of the forwards is about lost 71b, and of the backs list 51b. The average weight of the forwards in the New Zealand team which visited England last year was 13st 61b, while the backs averaged list. The lirst half of the Canterbury Rugby Union's senior competition was finished last Saturday and each tonr.i lias now played all the other teams. Following are fho results of the matches so far this season. FIRST ROUND. Christchurch 10. Old Boys S. Tin wood IG. Meri vale 5. North Canterbury G. Varsity G. SECOND ROUND. bin wood 15, Christ elm reh 10. Mori vale. 21, Varsity 14. Old Boys 16. Albion 9. THIRD ROUND. I/inwood 16. N- Canterbury 3. Christchurch 14. Albion S. Old Boys 19, Varsity 3. % FOURTH ROUND. Merivale 20, Albion 13. Lin wood 16, Varsity S. Christchurch 26, X. Canterbury 3. FIFTH ROUNO. Meri vale 9, Christchurch 5. J.imvood 5. Albion 3. Old Boys 30. N. Canterbury 8. SIXTH ROUND. Old Boys 14. Lin wood 9. Albion 21. Varsity 3. Merivnle 29, N. Canterbury 0. SEVENTH ROUND. Meri vale 3. Old Bovs 0. Christchurch 6, Varsitv 0. Albion 19, N. Canterbury 0. Waller Spence, whoso victory over Arne T.h-rg in tbo 300 yards American swimming medley formed the subject ‘d a. triumphant cable message from Yankeeland recently, is claimed to he. the greatest, all-round swimmer in the world. He covered the 390 yards by back stroke, breast stroke and free sty]© in 3min 5-5 2-ssec Spence is a. native of British Guiana- and moved to the United States a year ago. He is a. little chap of dark complexion and not at all a champion in appear-

When Arne Borg won tho 220 yards swimming championship of America recently in 2min 18 2-oseo ho beat, among others, Glancy and Laufer, of Cincinnati, Lester Smith and Wal lace O’Connor. Glancy was second and O’Connor third. All the first three beat 2min 20sec. Borg bent Glancy in the oCO yards championship in omin 52 Percy MacGillivray was the American champion swimmer in the days before Ludy Langer put California on the natatorial map. As athletics go in America MacGillivray is almost prehistoric. Yet he recently cover: d a hundred yards in o6soe. He was not placed in* a field that comprised most «>f the American water marvels. Ii MacGillivray were in Australia, ho would still Iks champion. The fifty yards American swimming Weissmuller 1 in 23 l-ssee. 'Hie race was one of wonderful times. Weissmuller won tho first heat in 23 2-<> sec, with Walter Spence second. Sam Kohanamoku won the second heat in 2osec\ there being a dead heat for second place between Jack Robert son and a person with the dreadful name of l)«uben speck. Keg Harrison won the third heat in 24 l-ssee, with Lester Harrison second. In the final Johnny showed them all how. W alter Spenco swam second. A telegram from Wellington last fVlonday said that Petone defeated Varsity by 18 points to 4; this should Clave read 28 to 14. It was brilliant Rugby ail the way. The College men made the pace so hot in the first spell that Petone could only tackle hard and hope for a lull. Play in the second spell was tight and grim. Varsity fell away a little, and Petone nosed home. Poneke got to the top of the ladder by “ snuffing ” Old Boys 14-13. "With about fifteen minutes before time, and only one point difference in the scores, play was very willing, and amid a forward tussle L. Wilson, the Poneke back-rar.ker, was ordered off for attempting to strike an opposing Old Boy forward. This incident unfortunately marred the match. London cablegrams suggest that Hubert Ashton, captain of Cambridge in 1922, “will captain the English eleven in tho 1926 Test matches.” There needs t'» bo confirmation before this can be accepted. Hubert Ashton played very little if at all last year, an I so far lie has given no indication ->'c any ability to handle n test eleven. In 1922, whiio captain of Cambridge, he made 72-9 runs and finished with an average of GO. Two brothers. Claude and Gilbert Ashton, were in the same eleven. • *

Following are the points scored by individual players in the Canterbury Rugby Union’s senior competition to date this season:— A. Lilburne (A) trios 3. penally goals 4, tries converted 8 . .37 I. H. Brown (C) tries 2, penalty goals 2, tries converted 7 . .20 It. Hooper (M) penalty goals 5, tries converted 5 ... 2d I). Nixon (O.B.) tries 1, penalty goals 2, tries converted 7 . .23 J. Turpin (L) tries 1, penalty goals 1, goals from a mark 1. tries converted 7 . . . .23 J. Hobday (O.B.) tries G . .Id O. Oliver (M) trios 6 . . . Id Doreen (M) tries 5 . . . Id W. Elvy (L) tries d . . . 11 K. Carleton (O.B.) tries 4. . . 12 A. C. llobilliard (Ch tries 4 . .12 W. A. Ford (M) tries 1, potted goals 2 . . . . .11 F. M. Cowlishaw (C) tries 3 . . 9 N. Carnegie (M) fries 3 . . .9 J. Davies (L) tries 3 . .9 C. L. Malian (V) tries 3 ... 9 IV. Brittenden (Ii) tries 3 . .9 <*. Hearn (L) tries 3 . . . 9 J. O'Connor (V) tries 3. .9 W. Bryden (V'; tries 2 . <S . Edmonds (L) potted goals 1, tries converted 1 . . . .6 M. Eaglesome (A) tries 2 . . H. Parker (O.B.) tries 2 . . G KR. Smith (N.C.) tries 2 . . (3 K. Thompson (A) tries 2 . .6 James (V) tries 2 . . C X. P. M* Gregor (C) tries 2 . V, V. Beaumont (A) tries 2 . . » S. Baird (O.B.) tries -2 . . . (j G. Mehrtens (N.C.) penalty goals 1, tries converted 1 . . . G S. It. Carleton (O.B.) tries converted 2 . j n>e following have scored or*o trv each : —W. Fraser (Lb W. Finnegin <C), I. Gray (O.B.), T. F. M. GibBon (C), J. Harris (O.B.), It. Hart <M> b. Hawkins (N.C.), I). Hay (0.8.fi iv i’ artrld S« (M), 3. Rowlands (N.C.., It. Simmers (V), G. Scrimshaw (C) T Sincock (A), W. M. To Awarua (V).’ N. Wylie (A), R. E. Boag CO B.), R Blaaey (M) O. Brown (M), A. Cox (Ay i ‘ ? r -b er (V >, "• Brage (X.C.i, KirKland CM), .T. T.o'r (O.B.), T. T.awton /A), XV. Jleivin <C>, T. MuUan ,< A. Morrow (TA, J M'Cabo (Mi «■ Green (Vl and G. Thompson (V) hare each converted one try. Says an Australian writer in “Smilh’s Weekly,’> describing a fight between George Saunders and Mick Tumor two Sydney boxers: Mr Saunders ’is a lialf-casto nbo., thinner than a stick of spaghetti, and displaying inoro mbs than the museum whale, and arms likj animated church-warden pipes. yr.. Turner’s chief claim to fame proved to be a really weird and wonderful hair-cut. Nothing like it has ever been seen in Sydney before. Ue resembled a badly-scalped settler in a Wild West movie. Quite early it was apparent that nil Mr Turner’s ring qualifications were centred in his lrair-out and his stout heart. Ho siio-ld sell gloves—not swing them. What he doesn't know about hixing would fill the whole ten volumes of Charlie Bonn's history of the Anzaes, and then there d b« enough over to crowd a new Fox’s hook of Martyrs. The akinnv Saunders hit Mick with every pup _h known and practised since c-uel Tain smacked affable Abel. Mainly ewin~ to the fact that Mr Saunders would find ft a gargantuan task to up-end a knob • f blue, Mr Turner was still on deck at tho end of tho stipulated l'., U r rounds.’*

Is A ‘‘Bulletin'’ writer gets worried: The definition of professionalism ir t, sport given b3 r the International Olym r. pic Conference is to bind all parties .1 to the proceedings, including Britain id Under it no one can remain an ama •e teur if he has received payment for n ‘‘broken time,” which means compensa--12 tion for wages lost by absence from , work. Further, a pro. in one sport bej comes a pro. in all. How is this going to i_ J affect the amateur status of our Aus- ... tralian Xl’s? The tribulations of Keln leway last season made it evident that ;o broken time is expected by, and paid >. to, at least some Australian cricketers, a quite apart from “honorariums.” The ,t ! new definition may result in our players losing the preliminary “Mr” in the j , press reports of the games when next 0 . they go to England; and if this be the case, members of the XI. who pose a; j amateurs at bowls, golf, mah jongg and £ gardening, will have to submit to the G | ignominy of being classed as profesc ■ sionals. There are the tennis players, j too. Press controversies have shown | how important “broken time” is to some of these. But, since they have u their own particular troubles in thi-; ‘ regard, it may be as well to leave them a in their grief. A perfecth'-timed hook which landed fair on the chin deprived the agoing 7 Tommy I ren of his middle-wight r championship at the Sydney Stadia n on June 0. Th<- punch was ti.• 1 i\-« red by Harry Collins, of Xewrastl •. winnow owns both middle-weight and wel-ter-weight titles. In future lie win light * among the middles, and it wi.’i take a t good one to vanquish him. 1 In Sydney the other day a youthful 1 N.S.W. I.eague team trounched Queens--1 land by 27 to 16, to the astonishment l and delight of 32.000 barrack ers. Onlv 1 in the initial fifteen minutes did the northerners prevail; after that, the r blues ran them oft their legs. The i match was a personal triumph for 1 Wearing, the South Sydney wing three- , quarter, who got three tries and six . goals (21 of the 27 points). In one . dazzling bit of work he dummied half a dozen opponents and scored a bril- } Jiant try, right between the posts. The . proudest men in Sydney after the match were the members of the League Selection Committee, who had been bitterly criticised for picking eight new , men, particularly Daisley, the full-back, j Breen and Johnson. Ail three were jun- ? iors last season . B illiams, ex-Christ’s College, played j wing three-quarter for 'Yarsitv A in r Dunedin last Saturday. One’ critic i says that though a little green, he was worth his place. Hockey Notes— The seventh round ‘ 7 hockey matches, postponed last week on account of the rain, will be plat'ed tomorrow, the elements permitting. George Strack, the centre-forward of the 'Varsity team, has retired from the game. At the commencement of the season he intimated that, he intended 1 o withdraw when the team had become established. A. C. Vincent, St Albans left half, went to Wellington last week. He has secured a position there with the Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. The senior selector has decided to ask all captains of senior teams to forward names of players available for the Australian match, and also for the Wellington Tournament. . Technical's centre half will be on the side line on Saturday, owing to indisposition; his place will probably be filled by Turner. Wear will.coxae’up to right half, and Hitchens, whewhas returned to town, will nil the three-ouar-ter position. Sydenham should have no difficulty in defeating 'Varsity with Strack abC. Bellamy, the popular referee, is confined to his heme with a severe attack of influenza, and will not be blowing the whistle to-morrow. At the New Zealand Hockey Association meeting on Tuesday night, cheques approaching £2O were received from various North Island associations towards the Manning Memorial The itinerary of the Australian hockey team has been finalised. August t 1 is the date of the Canterburv match, i The only test will be played in We!- i lington at the end of the tournament week, August 8. A private letter from Australia states i that W. Rothwell accompanies the team as manager, and that the team will be considerably stronger than that of 1922. The Buller Association docs not intend to be overlooked when the test team is being selected. Jt has nominated four players for inclusion in the team. The three selectors of the New Zealand team, Messrs H. Throp, 11. M Gregor and R. Speight, have a difficult tusx, with sixteen associations ail expecting to have at least two -jlavers included. There is no possible opportunity of the three selectors travelling to see who’s who. ! Oxford Boxing Blue Fined Jack Fiscal- Merrill, the Oxford l mversity boxing Blue, w:tr charged m the Vice-Chancellor's Court in May tvith assaulting Mrs Elizabeth Heritage, licensee t £ the Druid's Head and Thomas Brittain and Ham- Tin.: son, and was fined £3 and £5 costs. Ihe Vice-Chancellor ordered Mcrn!l to make good all damage and -ai i the proctors would see him afterwards According to the prosecution. Morrm. with another undergraduate, went to the house, and endeavoured to get ( m - Brittain, trying to prevent them" was dealt a blow By Merrill, which blackened his eye and knocked a tooth out. Timson. who went to his assistance received a blow which smashed his dental plate, and Mrs Heritage, who went to the doer, r, I reived a blow on the left eye, which | on ‘ y a "’e«K before had been operated ] Constable Hudson said Merrill ap--1 peared to be recovering from heavy drinking at the time of the assault. | , . Me y”‘ ‘old the Court that some friends said they would be at the j Ffuid s Head, and he went to look for them. When he wanted to see for hirn- ! sell whether they were there or not there was a scuffle, and in the excitement he lost his temper, but he nev 1 intentionally hit Mrs Heritage He denied that he was requested to leave the American Club, or that i - : had been drinking liqueurs and coolo ; tails. He was not mad drunk.