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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 222, 19 September 1936, Page 4

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England Beats Ireland. England beat Ireland recently at water polo by 11 goals to 1 at Uxbridge. Winners' goals were scored by W. Martin (21, R. Mitchell (4>. and R. J. G. Sutton (4>, and E. H. Temme. * * * Holed in One Twice! A feat which surpasses the wildest dreams of all hole-in-one golfers was two aces in one day. N. Bessner. a Canadian, fired with his iron on a 125 yards hole and rejoiced to see his tee shot roll into the cup. As the foursome came up to the same hole in the afternoon Bessner remarked: "I am going to do that again,’’ He did, and was just as astonished as his companions. -+- * 4= Bradman as Captain. Although it is generally assumed in this country that Don Bradman will be Woodfuil’s successor as captain or the Australian cricket team in the coming season, we shall be able to jurge better alter he has led a side in the Bardsley. Gregory testimonial natch to be played at Sydney shortly, states an English writer. Bradman and McCabe, the rival captains, are the brightest stars in cricket in Australia to-day and each would make a fine test match captain. The match will be watched with interest on this side of the world. + + + Lord Burghley Eloquent. Lord Burghley, speaking at the recent A.A.A. championship dinner in London said that Britain had a verystrong case for bringing the 1940 Olympic Games to London. Rival claims were those of Helsingfors. Tokio and Rome, but he thought that with such a stadium as they had at Wembley they could carry through the games m the highest tradition of the Olympic spirit. Lo'-ci Burghley said afterwards that already the sum of 150,000 was subscribed as a guarantee, an amount it was hoped to double. However, Tokio Ms got th.; 1940 Games. Australian Soccer Plans. New Zealand's negotiations witn the English Football Association lor a tour or this country by a team ot first-class English amateurs next reason are being watched with close interest by the Australian Soccer Football Association, and inquiries made in Wellington by Mr. A. S. Storey, manager ot the Australian team which played here recently, indicated a probability which is almost a cei - tainty that if New Zealand succeeds in bringing out the English amateurs Australia v ill endeavour to arrange for them to piny also across the lagman. 'the Otago Forwards. The Otago forwards have now developed into a particularly solid combination. The team's scrum work has always proved excellent, but now it has also attained great proficiency in breaking from the scrum and following through in slashing dribbling tushes. Against Canterbury the blue forwards were simply irresistible when they started dribbling rushes, and they'must have set something like a record for the length of time they held Canterbury on their line in 1 he second spell. The Canterbury fot - wards simply could not hold off the pressure bv the blue pack, and when thev did shift the play back a few yards they could not hold their advantage. For practically the whole of the second spell the blues had their opponents struggling hard on defence. +- * 4-

Fete Sarron For Australia. The world feather-weight champion. Fete Sarron, who recently won the title from Freddie Milter, has been invited to come to Australia tor a series of contests in Sydney, Melbourne. and Brisbane. Mr. R. Lean, of Stadiums Limited, announced recently that he had sent a cablegram to Sarron, who was first brought to Australia some years ago as a rising young feather-weight by Stadiums, Limited, and had his first senior contest in Melbourne. Sarron will be asked to meet the brilliant Western Australian, "Snowy" Clarke, MickyMiller. Merv. Blandon, and "Spider" Roach, with the main contests at the big West Melbourne Stadium. Boot's Half-Mile. One of the best track and field performances made in the Dominion. V. P. Boots half-mile in Imin. 3-ssec, seems definitely relegated to the discard. Many applications have been made on his behalf by the CanterburyCentre but have fallen on deaf ears. The latest request made to the NewZealand Council last week was refused on the ground that all technicalities concerning the measurement of the track were not complied with. It is a pity, for Boot may not repeat t his effort in the seasons to come, and many figures which would not have borne very close scrutiny at the time of their making have found their wav into the permanent records. Boot s was a genuine performance if ever there was one. 4 * * Lovelock’s Retirement. The cablegram message sta.tng that J. E. Lovelock will run his last race it Princeton University Stadium next month makes it clear that this brilliant runner will never be seen in action in the land of his birth. It is a great pity that he could not have paid just one visit here before he finally retired. He would have put athletics on its feet financially. Indeed the crowds which would have flocked to see him would probably have found difficulty in the matter of accomodation. It would have been interesting. too. to have compared him as the finished product with the youthful, and rather raw athlete who rati in the national mile race at Wanganui in 1930. and at Dunedin in 193 L

Golfers for South Africa. Alfred Padgham and Abe Mitchell with two other golf profesjib.ia’s, wil leave Southampton on November 1 for a three-months’ tour of Soutl Africa. +- * Canterbury Cricket Loss. The largest annual financial loss that the Canterbury Cricket Association has yet experienced resultec from last season's operations, according to the association’s annual report. The excess of expenditure over receipts amounted to £547 7s 7d. Jackie Brown Again. Jackie Brown, former i’yweighl champion of the world, outpointed his local rival, •‘Nipper” Cusick (Manchester), over 15 rounds at Manchester recently, and thus avenged hn defeat some month ago. Brown was a clear winner, forcing the work throughout. Cusick's clever ring work made Brown miss more offer than he connected, but the ex-fly-weight champion's persistent attack and undoubted superiority at in-fight-ing left no doubt as to the winner.

New Zealand’s Rugby Rover. J. G. Rankin, 22 years of age. a ; member of the. Christchurch High School Old Boy's Club, is the 65th Canterbury Rugby footballer to gain All Black Honours. When he played for New’ Zealand against Australia last Saturday, he was following in the footsteps of many famous Old Boys’ players of the past, such men as R.G. Deans, E. T. Harper, H. M. Taylor, W. Dailey, and J. H. Parker. His sister. Miss Gwen Rankin, has been a Canterbury tennis representative on several occasions. Washington Rowing Eight. The Washington University rowing eight, which won the title at the Berlin Olympic Games, has been together the last four years, and was selected from the 10.000 students at the university. Three professional coaches have had charge of the squad, which has practised every afternoon from two to five o'clock. Big, husky xoungsters given that amount of practice had no alternative but to develop, and their successes in America prior to the Games gave them the necessary confidence over the hard stretches of