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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 109, 9 May 1936, Page 4

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INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS

King Elliot Returning. A radio message from the New Zealand wrestler, King Elliot, states tha' he is returning to Auckland from th*' United States by the Niagara, which is due to arrive here on May IE Talks on Sportsmen. ■ ’The following national talks arI ranged by the Australian Broadcasting I Commission for June and July, include, under the caption of “I Kneu a Man”: Spofforth, by Jack Worrall; Victor Trunrpcr, by M. A. Noble; Les Dai’cy, by Jim Donald; Anthony Wilding, by Norman Brookes, and George Rignold, by Arthur Greenaway. New Zealand sportsmen will oe greallv in ! forested in these, as, apart from the fact that Anthony Wilding was a Christchurch man, Spofforth. Trumpcr. I Noble and Brookes have all appeared [on New Zealand playing fields in their ! respective sports. I Soccer Rep. Gaaues. Arrangements to play repie.'Cntative I games against Otago and Auckland on May 23 and June 6. respectively, have [been approved by the Canterburv Footj ball Association. The match against Otago to be played in Christchurch will j be for the J. E. Jones Cup; the second j match, to be decided at Auckland, will 'be a vhallcngc for the Fool all Associa- I jtion trophy. j Good Miniature Shooting. Does any miniature rifle shot know I of a better performance than that made ]by Miss G. Werner, of Maritsburg, .South Africa, in 1931, in a mateh with {the Hamburg Miniature Rifle Club? In this match, Miss Werner, who was then 18 years of age, fired 40 shots, 10 at each of two international decimal tar i gets, and 10 at each of two S.M.K.t . mateh targets, all at 50 yards range. Each of these shots were a bullseye— a possible 400 points. It was stated, at the time, to have been a world’s record. Soccer Feats by Boys. The scoring feats of a former .South London schoolboy soccer foi/tballvr have been interesting several of the big clubs, but Arsenal has been first on the scene and the 16-year-old boy. R. Lcwi>. has already signed amateur fi-rnis for it, says an English writer. Recently Lewis scored, eight gotiL m a miuor cup-tic and on being promoted Io the reserve side, scored all seven goals in his first matcih against Tufnell I’uik Reserves. It seems to be the in sin on ; these days to snap up boy foot barer. l - , some even before they leave rciiooi. ; Tlherc are those who make gc’od, but , others are never heard of again after th-e first blaze of publicity. Jn view of manv critics several promising youngsters have been spoiled by too rapid promotion, but Arsenal docs not make this mistake. On of the greatest of our footballers —Clifford ]'»a>tin —wa- ( carefully nursed by the dub lioni im- j mature days until he was ready tu take . his place in an England side. Basketball Season. The present baskeibail season F : ' ; ' miscs to be a very busy one for ohi- | rials and players alike. This year the > Dominion championship tournament i-j to bo held in Christchurch. About 21 teams —approximately .".(Hl players will visit Christchurch during the. lat ter part of August, and the Canterbury) .executive has. already begun its preparations. The last tournament held in •Christchurch was in .1929. and the rapid growth of the sport during the ensu- , ing years demands complete and thor- I ough arrangements. The main prob lem at present is tha raising of suffi I cient funds to meet the necessary ex- , ponses, and the co-operation '-f nil [ players and those interested in basket- | ball in Canterbury is being sought by i the executive. It was derided at the I annual meeting of the (.anterbury Basketball Association to hold a queen , carnival. Each club is to select a . queen, and it is hoped that players will i do their utmost to ensure a successful carnival. Tn order to avoid expense there will bo no crowning ceremony, ' but a presentation will be made to the successful queen at the (anterbury As-; sociation’s annual dance.

( Warnock Defeats Lynch. I One of the outstanding boring -pb» ‘ »,ations of the British season was pro- • <idcd at Belfast recently when Benny ’ Lynch, Glasgow, holder of lhe world’• i flyweight championship, was beaten on i poiut., bv Jimmy Warnock, Tlcllast, , Irish champion. The contest was over ; 12 tounds and at Bst. 41b—lib over the 'flyweight limit, Lynch’s world, Euro- > pean, and British titles were not, therjI l ore, at stake. Mitchell’s 10 Wickets. i Derbyshire Cricket Club, in addition | to registering a chib record ot 16 chami piun.ship victories last season, bad ' match ivecipts of £1549, higher figure | than ever before in their history. A. ■ \V. Richardson will again captain the side. The club gave a dinner to the ' team g-d March 21, when a presentation was made to Mitchell, the alow bowler, !in recognition of his taking all ten wickets against Leicestershire. Cochet’s Tour a Success. According to Jim Wilhird, one of lbw member* of his playing “troupe,” Henri Cochet, the French lawn tcnu.s professional, made a clear profit of £suu lin New Zealand. Il is estimated that I his profit from the Australian tour wa< only £750, but the two sums haw helped to make his world tour an un I qualified success. Cochet hopes to r» - [turn to this part of the wcrld, but he 'says that next time ho will endeavour to bring someone who «*.un extend nr beat him, «*ucli as Ellsworth Vines or Tilden. Miss Sciiven Beaten. Miss Al. C. Seri ven. Great Britain ’• chief hope to v>in the »South African women’a singles chanipiu-nship, was surprisingly Ijcaten 3-6, b-4, 6-4, by Mrs. A. Ncave in t'he quarter-jinals at Johannesburg. Mrs Ncave, who is stronger in doubles than in singles, visited Europe in 1029, when, in partnership with the then Alias Bobbie Heine, she won the German and Irish women’s doubles and reached t'he semifinal of lhe women’s doubles at Wimbledun. Another British defeat was that of Miss Freda James, who lost by 6-4, 6-2 to Mrs. Bobbie Heine Milter. Mrs. Miller has made a great comeback, and has already beaten M iss Seri ven thr.e times during the British girls’ tour. ■Practice Makes Perfect. It has oltcii been stated, and with * good deal of truth, that the leasou America’s superiority in golf is syatemalic. practice. British golfers, v’i the i.ther hand, “cannot be bothered to practise; it is much too dreary a business.’’ No such dhargc can be brought | against Leonard Crawley, the old t.iiil. Cambridge Blue and Essex cricketer, who has started on a campaign of intensive training for this year s events, I says an English writer. He has roceiitiy taken a house at Sunningdaic, and from’ seven in the morning puts iu a couple of hours’ hard practice befo.e ( going to tile city, w ; iiere he is a stockbroker. ( rawley has one eye on the <*b:>inpionships aud ancihcr on the British 'Walker Cup team. ! Golf Economy. The question of economy is sjnou.vy concerning a number of golf clubs in | bhigland. Even eomc of the bettc.I known dubs are suffering from a wave j of financial depression which seems U 'have entered into golf. Many clubs I arc Diore, than £10(1 per month down I«m returns compared with a year ago. | A peculiarity is that the (dub juvinberi khips shuv> little decline, but, it is evi- \ dent that golfers arc playing loss fr< - iqiicnth. A considerable amount of I money is thus lost in green fees. This I decline in revenue is made all the mCte I serious when it is considervd that duu have become accustomed recently to spending a great deal more money on I maintaining thicr courses in n higher ••late of p•■•rfertion than ever before, •with a CG-m»cquent increase in expendii ture.