Short Runs And Ryes.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19239, 28 November 1930, Page 9

Short Runs And Ryes.

H - ' —^ Frank Smith gave a taste of his quality in putting on 52 for Lancaster Park against Sydenham. He gave a hard chance early, but after the let-off he settled down and gave a very bright display, his play all round being of a high order. lan Cromb also gave a chance early, but he showed his appreciation by smiting the bowling hip and thigh after that, and it was only one of those “ out of the box ” catches by Charlie Oliver that dismissed him. Jack O’Malley, the youthful New Zealander from Greymouth, continues to do well in the ring in Australia. At the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night, he gained a points decision over Leo Bandias, the Victorian heavyweight champion, who recently defeated Young. The New Zealander chased the champion all round the ring during the first half of the battle.

Riccarton have always run their club on sound lines, and a strong feature is I the encouragement given the young and promising player. In continuation of this policy, they gave G. H. Stringer a try-out from juniors to seniors last Saturday, and he justified his promotion by putting together a nice 44. He is a left-hander with some beautifully executed shots in the wicket. J. L. Kerr continues on his merry way and the chances are that he will again top the three figures to-morrow. He is a brilliant batsman and that his example is appreciated by some of the colts of the team is shown by the steadiness of voting Jack Peake, who has improved 100 per cent in his batting on anything he did last year. Kerr is a wonderful man to have on a. side —a real Don Bradman. J. Newman, Nelson’s left-handed cricketer, is now playing club cricket in Wellington for Midland. _ In the first match, he secured six Wellington wickets for 45 runs, and he went one better on Saturday last, when he captured nine Hutt wickets for 100 runs. Newman bowled so ably on Saturday on the Hutt Recreation Ground that he deserved to bag the whole ten wickets. The Nelson man clean bowled Ross, Aldersley, M’Kenzie and Judd, got M’Girr and Beard lbw, and had Birch and Lees caught off his deliveries behind the sticks. Tommy Fairhall, professional welterweight champion of Australia, arrived from Sydney on Tuesday and will meet Ted Morgan at the Wellington Town Hall on December 9. The Australian champion’s stocks have slumped a little since his defeat at Sydney at the hands of Rus Crichter recently. The latter, who is only nineteen :> e ars of age. considerably surprised the welter champion by continually forcing the fight. .. .. ... Sunday lunch is being delayed ing the return the head ° ■ house from his morning found Small daughter is despatched to see if f-ither is coming. In three minutes time she returns, breathless, to the house. “Daddy’s coming,” she said. f . him on the road —and hes smelling of golf again.” Wellington are going to be a hard proposition for Canterbury in Plunket Shield series this season. Ihe country districts of Wellington have supplied some very able players o assist Wellington in the past, and will continue to do so in the future. It is onlv necessary to mention such names as T. C. Lowry. R. de R. Worker, E. H. L. Bernau, C. Holland, G. Orr C. N. Kingston, N. Gallicham H. B Massev, D. A. Cameron, E. R. Neale and J. Newman to show what a rich field Wellington have to draw upon. Jack Marsh, of New South Wales, was the best of all Australia s Aboriginal cricketers, and if the fates had been kinder might have gained test honours He had all the essentials of a high-class speed merchant, and helped them with an admixture of bowling brains rather unusual for one of his type. He was doing well m Shield when Bob Crockett settled his big cricket career by persistently noballing him. Marsh carried on in [Sydney club cricket, and later went to the country, where Archie Maclaren rubbed it in’ bv refusing to allow him to bowl at his 1001-02 side in a match in Bathurst.

Sydney’s municipal bath authorities are reported to have barred Don Bradman. They think he might stay in too long! Though the net surplus from the New Zealand tour of Gilligan’s cricket team last season was £1607, only £7 stays in the Dominion. The reason is that £I6OO had to be divided amongst the English professionals, as provided for in the original arrangement with the M.C.C. Reports to the effect that Jack Hobbs is boring crowds in India by laborious stonewalling efforts bear out the view that the Surrey champion is past his best and would have been wise to retire with his fame undimmed. It is pleasing to see that Cyril Allcott, Auckland’s cricket captain, is back in his best form this season. Bowling for Grafton against Parnell on Saturday, the graceful left-hander captured seven wickets for 55 runs. Australia’s team to play the West Indies in a test next week is the same as that which won the Ashes on the Oval except that Hurwood replaces Ilornibrook, of Queensland. It has been suggested that the New Zealand championship regatta should take place on the third Saturday in February on Wellington harbour, but the date is still unHer consideration by the N.ZA.R.A. Possibly it may be held a week or two earlier so that oarsmen may be given an opportunity to train for the interprovincial eights,; which will be held in March at Dun-; edin. In his first competitive contest since | he returned to Sydney from the Empire Games, Noel Ryan swam 110yds in 64 2-ssec, at the Manly Baths a few days ago.

Keen interest is being taken in Tommy Donovan's challenge to Johnnie Leckie for the featherweight boxing championship of the Dominion. The contest is billed for Napier on November 29, and there will be certain to be a large Taranaki contingent present to cheer the Waitara fireman on. The first time Donovan had a tilt at Leckie’s title the champion whipped him pretty severely, but since then Donovan has boxed a draw with Leckie. The New South Wales amateur cycling authorities have disqualified Duncan Gray, the Australian Olympic representative, for bartering in open orders, and, though the decision is subject to appeal, it is not likely to be altered. One unusual feature of the case is the reported decision of the Goulburn Club, of which Gray is a member, to go over in a body to the professional ranks if their champion is put on the ice. There has been a violent controversy in the Shanghai Press arising from instructions issued to the Chinese Soccer referees by their association that it was unpatriotic for them to use foreign expressions, and that Chinese equivalents for “Shoot, man, shoot!” and so on, must be found. A committee to draw up a list of these has been formed, and is now wrestling with the problem. Meanwhile the foreign Press is asking why, since Soccer itself is a foreign game, it should be played by the patriots instead of a Chinese equivalent. The Oxford-Cambridge boatrace has been fixed for March 21. Cambridge has had a great run since 1914, when it broke an Oxford series of five years, having lost only once since then, the war years being left out of the reckoning. Nevertheless, the score is 40 wins to each university, with one deadheat in 1877. A profitable or otherwise medium of speculation in America is a boxer’s contract. These are often sold—with boxer attached, of course —by the holder to some other manager. Leon See, for instance, is said to have sold Camera to another promoter for 50,000 dollars. Kid Chocolate was for sale some time ago for £SOOO, pony-class boxers not bringing prices as high as the big fellows. It is a tricky business, but some men have made fortunes at it—notably Jack Kearns, who bottled up Dempsey early in his career. Hugh Gallacher, Chelsea’s new soccer star, was once the hero of a diverting incident (says a London paper). When he played for the famous Scottish team Airdrieonians, the burly centre-half-back of the opposing team was specially told off to “police” Gallacher throughout an entire game and prevent him from scoring. But Gallacher was in marvellous form, scored three goals and made “rings” round his opponent, as the soccer fan says. When the final whistle was blown Gallacher was going goalward with the ball. He stopped, and tapping it towards the perspiring centre-half, he said amiably, “Go on, you can have a kick at it now.” Walter Lindrum has been styled the Bradman of billiards, but it looks as if the whole family could come under the category. In Melbourne the other day Horace Lindrum, an eighteen-year-old nephew of the champion, ran up a break of 1324. His previous best was 998, while a snooker score of 103, which is# claimed as a world’s record, also stands to the youngster's credit.

Noel Wilson Beaten. A tennis match in Wellington last Saturday, between N. R. C. Wilson and A. L. France, the

number one men of Thorndon and ! Brougham Hill teams respectively, was a disappointment. Wilson was never in the hunt. With rare exceptions nothing he could do would go right. As of old, his weakness was in the net. France was not playing nearly so hard as

usual, but the cut on the ball, plus the wind, seemed to upset Wilson’s judgment. Even when he gained the net position he was usually outplayed in the rallying exchanges. France, too, exploited the lob, and Wilson not infrequently smashed into the net. “Thank Father." Have you heard the story of the golfer who, while putting at a shortish hole, was struck by a ball driven from the tee? He was very much annoyed until an exceedingly pretty girl, an emissary from the party behind, hurried to the green “My father,” she said, “ didn’t think he could reach the green, and asks me to say how sorry he is.” The aggrieved one was mollified. “ Tell your father,” he said, “ that I thank him for sending such a handsome apology.”