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SPORTS JOTTINGS

ITEMS FROM THE SCRAP-BOOK ACTIVITY HERE AND THERE Sport on the Water. Probably because of the ample facilities they have, German sportsmen are renowned fc-r their interest in yachting, rowing and canoeing. These three sports have a prominent place in the piogramme for the Olympic Games at Berlin in August. Canoeing, which has lately attracted a. large following as a competitive sport, will be specially provided for. Special quarters have also been built for the uarsmen at Kiel, and the rowing contests will be followed keenly by Germany’s .120,000 oarsmen and 10,000 carswomen. 4; 4. 4* Sound Finance. A determined effort is being made by the executive of the Canterbury Amateur Athletic Centre to put its finances on a sounder basis. Initiative has been used in drawing up some useful plans, one of the most attractive of which is the proposal to have an associate membership for old athletes, officials and friends of the sport. Air. C. H. Taylor, jun., is the popular chairman of a committee appointed to set the scheme in motion. It is intended to assemble a big gathering of prospective members at the Pioneer Amateur Sports Club and from that build up an associate membership of 500. A number of special privileges for members are proposed. -t- 4- -h League Replacement Rule. During a discussion on the replacement of players at a meeting of the Auckland Rugby League, Air. G. Grey Campbell, who presided, said he opposed the proposal for non-replace-ments at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rugby League, and he had grave doubts about the application of the rule being possible in Auckland or New Zealand. “We are not going to sacrifice the game for the sake of a fetish,” said Air. Campbell, ‘‘and I think that in view of the position that has arisen we should rescii d the resolution we previously adopted and continue to allow replacements, as formerly.” He added that the rulo was all right where players were able to give most of their time to training and fitness, but the position was different in New Zealand generally from what obtained overseas. It did not appear that the strict enforcement of non-replacc-ment would be in the interests of the game. The replacement concession up to half-time which obtained in Auckland was working satisfactorily, and he thought it should not be interfered with.

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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 145, 20 June 1936, Page 4

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SPORTS JOTTINGS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 145, 20 June 1936, Page 4

SPORTS JOTTINGS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 145, 20 June 1936, Page 4