SPORT and SPORTSMEN

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 939, 8 December 1933, Page 11

SPORT and SPORTSMEN

Four years ago Johnny Goodman, then an unknown youth, eliminated the great Bobby Jones in the first round of the national amateur golf championship in America. This year Goodman, famous now as the reigning national open champion, was eliminated in the first round of the amateur by forty-nine-year-old Chandler Egan, who in 1904 and 1905 (before Goodmaiwas born) had won the title! The annual four-oared rowing race over a mile between Christ’s College and the Wanganui Collegiate School will be held probably on Friday, December 15, on the Avonside course. Of recent years the event has been held along Kerr's Reach. Burwood. but it is considered that with the construction of the weir the course which has its finish rear the Fitzgerald Avenue bridge will be suitable this season. Sv Jv 55 Several players have been suggested as possible captains for the Indian cricket team in the Test matches against the M.C.C. The most likeiy choice is C. K. Xayudu. For many years he has been famous in India as a mighty hitter, but he now uses moic discretion and is an even more dangerous batsman. Against A. E. R. Gilligan’s team he made 153 in one hundred minutes, hitting eleven sixes and thirteen fours. Japanese swimmers have made suen wonderful improvement in recent years that it is not unlikely they will sweep the board at the next Olympic Games, in Berlin, in 1936. Four new world's records have just been set up by these amazing swimmers—of both sexes who set new world marks almost every time they take to the water. T ennis Championships. The fort}*-fourth annual champion- j ship meeting of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association will be held at Wilding Park, commencing on Saturday, December 30. and concluding on Friday, January 5. Entries close at the secretary’s office, 219, Lambton Quay, Wellington, on December 14. In addition to the men’s and women’s singles, doubles and combined doubles, there are corresponding junior events. Play will commence each day at 9.30 a.m. The draw for all the events will be made at the secretary’s office on December 16. Although he was not considered good enough for last year’s American Olympic team, J. Morris, the U.S.A. hurdler, equalled the world's record of 14 2-ssec when winning the 110 metres hurdles at the University Games at Turin 07: September 8. Gordon Innes. ex-Canterbury and New Zealand Rugby football representative. is still playing League for the Wigan Club in England. He has not yet found other employment, however. Innes is a school teacher by profession, and hoped that he would get a chance in England to keep on with teaching work. Clear-cut Win. Don M’Corkindale, the South African j heavy-weight boxer, and the man Americans laughed at, has made their, eat their own words in New \ ork. His defeat of Patsy Perroni. the Italianl>orn heavy-weight, at Madison Square Garden recently, was clear-cut, and he gave his opponent a rather rough time. In his gymnasium training M’Corkirdale had so failed to impress American critics that they referred to him. with their usual candour, as “ just an other horizontal fighter from Britain. ’ What they did not know was that M'Corkindale in a gymnasium and M’Corkindale in a ring are as far re moved as the Poles. He reserves his best work for strictly business hours. \ Having put himself in favour, M’Cor j kindale can now look forward to a j match with Tommy Loughran, the j Trish-American. This had been prorr- ; ised him in the event of success, anfl , as Loughran recently defeated Jack ■Sharkey, the popular South African | seems to be well on the way to addevi , lame and a pile of money. The many New Zealand Rugger en- ! thusiasts who have benefited by the ! kindness in Sydney of Mr J. R. Henderson, Australia’s leading Rugby administrator for over thirty years, will regret to learn that he is in ill-health. As a mark of esteem, and in token of gratitude for all that he has done for the many Dominion teams to visit Australia, those most closely connected with the control of the game throughout the Dominion have combined to send him a Christmas present. ‘ Jimmy’’ was captain of the 1907 New South Wales and 1905 Australian teams which toured New Zealand. #,• j.j 35

Lovelock as Boxer. An interesting addition to the ranks of boxers is J. E. Lovelock. New Zealand Rhodes Scholar, and world s record holder for the mile run. Lovelock. a welterweight, has been chosen in Oxford’s team to meet Cambridge in the annual inter-Varsity contests. Another overseas representative for Oxford will be I. P. Norval, a featherweight, of South Africa. Many men noted in other sports have earned fame in the amateur ring, but ; none has attracted greater notice in j Australia than the late J. W. 11. T. Douglas, the English cricketer. lie won the British middleweight championship in 1905. Promising Bowler. Re.viewing the Wellington Town v. C ountrv cricket match, a W ellington j writer savs in the “Dominion”: “Of all the bowlers in both team' the one who created the best impres- . sion was the youthful Manawatu ] player. R. Hatch, son of the well-known horse-trainer. His ability as a fast , bowler cannot be lightly passed over j and it would occasion little surprise if i he found a place in the Plunket Shield j team at Christmas. His work with : the ball was, in fact, the most note- j worthy feature of the game, and as a good fast man would be a distinct j acquisition to Wellington's representative side. Hatch’s doings from now on should be watched keenly. He has a : very nice action and puts plenty of body into his deliveries, is tall, and as £ he is only about 20 years of age he has. if properly coached and encouraged. a splendid future before him.”

An Australian writer says that D. J. Blackie, the veteran Victorian cricketer, will long remember his last delivery in big cricket. In the recent testimonial match for himself and H. Ironmonger, Blackie secured Bradman’s wicket. Each cf the beneficiaries received £9OO from the proceeds of the match.

Head-on Crash. A queer accident marred a cycling event at Thomastown (Victoria). Two clubs, Northcote and Fitzroy, had races on the same day, and the route of one club crossed the finishing-line of the other. The timekeeper for the Fitzroy Club was watching the line for the finish of his event when he saw a swarm of cyclists from Northcote bearing down. He blew his whistle, but it was too late. The leaders met head-on at 30 miles per hour. Both died subsequently in hospital.

Ted Oxley, of Pahiatua, and Archie Hughes, of Auckland, are to meet at Hastings next Wednesday for the professional light-weight boxing championship of New Zealand. Oxley is the holder of the title. The match was originally set down for November 20, but was postponed on acount of Oxley contracting a mild form of influenza. Hopman Shines. Australian tennis enthusiasts who saw Harry Hopman in action during the New South Wales championships and the recent test against England must have wished fervently that he could have gone to England with the last Davis Cup team. Teamed with Crawford, he would have clinched Australia’s chances. In the recent test Ilopman and Quist ! easily beat Perry and Wilde. In the singles Hopman beat Lee 4-6. 6-1, 7-5. i His form was dazzling throughout. Here’s another queer golf happening. A member of a Queensland club was addressing a ball on the 18th. Another ball arrived out of space and knocked the teed ball oft' the pin—it was a sliced ball from the 17th tee, 160 yards Culbertson's “ Cuts.” NEW YORK, December 1. Mr Ely Culbertson, the bridge expert, has to economise because, in the past lour years, the total net income which he and his wife have derived from bridge is “ only £40,000.” One of his economies is smoking. Mr Culbertson said that fantastic stories of his income from bridge had been circulated. ‘ Actually,’*’ he said, “ I am like a prosperous doctor or lawyer in a small town.” He and his wife, and their corporation, he said, had a gross income of £40,000 to £60.000. Out of that they pay £20,000 in salaries. In addition, their expenses are heavy. Mr Culbertson wears darned socks, and his car was bought second-hand. He has stored it because maintenance charges were too high. i A Dunedin telegram says:—“The progress made in ladies’ bowling was 1 shown at the mixed rinks’ tournament held by the Otago Ladies’ Association. It was the first occasion here on which seventy-two women bowlers played together on one green.” Woodfull Hits Sixes. Most Sydney testimonial matches have been marked by some incident that lingers in the memory. In the J. J. Kelly match. “ Sunny Jim ” Mackay and Austin Diamond scored 244 for the first wicket. Ransford. after being dropped by the Victorian selectors from the Anniver- ! sary Day contest, was chosen a week j later by the New South Wales cojni mittee lor “ The Rest ” in the match j in honour of Syd. Gregory, and scored 147, driving Cotter in a way that few | batsmen have done. M. A. Noble i“ bagged.a pair” in the Turner game, i Tasmania Facy and Whitty getting j his wicket. Frank O'Keefe made 177 'and 141, when Frank Iredale took his 1 benefit.

And, believe it or not. Woodfull hit two consecutive sixes off Ray M’Namee’s bowling in the Macartney testimonial. Travelling Teams. A new phase of Soccer football is starting (writes the “Star’s” London correspondent). Teams are beginning to move round the world like a travelling circus. The adoption of professionalism in France has opened up a new field cf interest, and it is apparently to be exploited at the earliest moment. On their way to this country to play the Arsenal in London, and Scotland in Glasgow, the Austrians are to stay in Paris, not only to meet the French side but to take part in other matches which can be arranged. Tottenham Hotspur, who are at the top of the English Soccer League, have been invited to go over and meet them, and the Arsenal have definitely promised to take part in a game a week later. The receipts from these matches are divided on a percentage basis, and, while they stimulate public interest in the game, it is undoubtedly true that the chief motive of their arrangement is a money-making one. Indeed, it is now being asked, “ Why should we allow these foreign clubs to come and take money out of the country? We are also to see a team from another part of the world. This is the River Plate Club of the Argentine. They start a tour in Spain shortly, j and arc also to visit Portugal. Italy, ' Germany and Holland, and, if they can I obtain the. fixtures. England and Scotj land. One English club already ap- : preached to give them a match are | Tottenham Hotspur, who, since they 1 have been so successful in regaining I a place in the First Division of the | League, have won back all their old I popularity. Pataudi's inclination to remain an | English cricketer, although India ha- | now been given the status of a test ! country, is open to criticism, says a I Sydney writer. While India was a ■ subordinate country in cricket there j could be nothing wrong with Indians qualified bv residence allying themselves with English cricket. The position. however, is no longer as it was. and Pataudi should play with India in all international cricket of the future i

On club Rugby form, Wales will be , well in the picture this time again ! (writes the "Star's” London corre-! spondent). Ireland, with several j doughty veterans dropping out and no i notable fresh recruits to take their places, looks like having a lean year. Scotland, whose experimental young side r se so strongly to the challenge last season, is undoubtedly favourite for championship honours. England s ; team may, however, spring a surprise, because it will certainly have new blood. Elliot, the Navy fly halt, is i right off form, and Meadows, of Gloucester, a strong, fast player who ; kicks well with cither foot, tackles strongly, and has a most effective leg- • tangle swerve, ought certainly to be tried in that position for England. A Wonder Runner. Luigi Beccali, the Italian holder of the world’s record of 3min 49sec for ; 1500 metres, put up another sterling performance in Turin on October 16. Running against Paavo Michelsson, the brilliant young Finnish middledistance runner in a match over his favourite distance, Beccali won easily j in 3-5 sec over his world’s record time. This was the third occasion in a month that the Italian has gone over the distance inside 3.50. Beccali and Michelsson. who is regarded in Finland as another Paavo Nurmi, will probably meet in another match—over 800 metres. The Italian’s greatest ambition is to beat Tommy Hampson’s world’s record of 1.49 4-5 for this distance, made at Los Angeles last year, and on his present form he should succeed, given favourable conditions. It is now definitely stated that the Australian and English Rugby League representatives will play an exhibition | match in Paris, probably on December ■ 31. A strong delegation, comprising English and Australian representatives, visited Paris on October 9, and engagI ed the Pershing Stadium for the match NOT HUSTLED. Perry’s Courtcraft and Easy Play. This Englishman. Frederick Perry, who won the Victorian lawn tennis singles championship from Crawford in the final, was not hustled to win on his first appearance at Kooyong. At times he was particularly* leisurely, almost blase, about his shots, states a Melbourne critic. Perry is no showman—well, not in the same sense that Borotra is a showman. He has severe shots on either hand, usually plays his backhand across court, but has a stinging thrust down the sideline to find any vacancy in his opponent’s defence. Outstanding is Perry’s courtcraft. In his match with W. Ryan he was on top throughout. It seemed natural that he should be dictator. Nevertheless, Perry* made his openings cleverly' ; and finished off the point with a preI conceived placement. He takes his forehand very high; it ; is a stinger when working, and imparts a lot of punch into the shot. Strictly speaking, the shot lacks ! orthodox body* swing, for the force and ! sting with which it is loaded is impartj ed by a drive from the shoulder, j Overhead he plays very forcefully, and can put the ball away from any I position on the court. TRUMPER THE SECOND. Son of “ The Incomparable ” Makes a Century.

On the cricket fields of England and Australia the name of Victor Trum per will live for ever. His hundred and one brilliant deeds with the bat are evergreen in the memory of those who saw him, while “old-timers” always happily refer to his glorious innings whenever some cricketer provides a knock out of the ordinary*. Now another Victor Trumper—his twent\*-y*ear-old son—is springing into the limelight of cricket and tennis, in only* a small way at present, but with an enthusiasm which may eventually* force the spotlights of the world on him. Who knows? (asks a Sydney paper). Naturally, young Victor Trumper had a leaning to cricket, while tenni® for the time being, took a back seat He joined up with the Catholic B grade junior team. Naturally, when Trumper goes in he is the cynosure of all eyes. Although he showed glimpses of fine strokemaking he could not get among the runs for a time, but on October 21 it was a different story. Exploiting almost every variety of shot. Trumper knocked up 140 runs in quick time, but in attempting to force the pace he trod on his wicket. It was his first century, and apparently* word of his prowess has reached the ears cf Mr George Garnsey. who icoaching Sydnev junior cricketers, for voung Trumper is to take his place in the class. Mr Garnsey will probably find that Trumper. in addition to being a good bat. is a bowler of note, for. according to his friends. Trumper hurtles down the ball at a great rate. OUTBOARD RACING. On Saturday afternoon races will be held on the Estuary at Redcliffs by ih< C.'an terbur v Outboard Motor-boat (Mnl. A it 's high tide at Redcliffs at *,lsn"°S?ssr " «<r°ovio,.J afc -nil new system of handicapping used by the club this season is making the pilots much keener, for they seem to be getting far nigher speeds from their boats. Under the new system, the race is broken up into heats ami a final. The fart that the first past the post is the winner makes the racing much more popular with the public. Kntnrdav's events will be the lost races this vear. hut the club will continue its programme soon after the holidays.