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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 126, 29 May 1937, Page 14

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INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS

Umpire Wounds Umpire. In a football match at Adelaide, one goal umpire hoisted his flag so fast that it hit another umpire and knocked him out for a time. A substitute had to act. * 4* 4-’ Australian Rugby Colours. Owing to the fact that the national Rugby colours of Australia, green and gold, will clash with those of the Springboks, it is likely that the home country’s players will wear light blue jerseys in matches against th? South Africans. 4 1 ♦ Oldfield at Golf. Bertie Oldfield, Australian wicketkeeper. keeps fit in winter by playing golf at Killara. He will be among the flannelled ones when the whips are cracking for England in 1938.

£2OOO For Dog Finalists. Over £2OOO will be awarded to the fianalists in the Dog Racing Derby, to be run over 525 yards at White City early in June. The winner will receive £1250, for about 28.705ec. of racing, the second £350, and the third £175. Each of the other three finalists will receive £75. ♦ ♦ 4 Australian League's Need. It would be good for Rugby League football in Australia if secretary H. R. Miller toured as one of the managers with the Kangaroos to get first-hand experience of the game in England. But he is not available in 1937. ♦ ♦ ♦ Fathers and Sons at Rugby. Not many fathers and sons have played representative football for New South Wales. In the Rugby Union there is the case of Tom Pauling, famous New Zealand-Australian, and his son, “Slip,” the famous amateur runner. Again E. (“Happy”) Eyre and F. Eyre. 4 1 4 1 ♦ w £1 a Blow! The sportsmen who offered Jack Doyle £1 for each blow he landed to King Levinsky’s face lost exactly £l7B. Those detailed to count the number of times the Irishman scored agreed on this total. Doyle did not accept the money—preferred a small present as a memento of his victory. ♦ ♦ ♦ All-England Tennis Chairman. Sir Louis Greig, who succeeds Sir Herbert Wilberforce as chairman of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club, is the perfect example of the often-mis-used term— a great sportsman, says a writer in the Daily Mail. He played in the doubles at Wimbledon with the King, when Duke of York, in 1926, and showed himself to be a hard hitter and a great retriever. He was just as wholehearted at lawn tennis as he was at Rugby 30 years ago, when he got his cap as a Scottish half-back. He believed in putting every ounce of his energy into his play. It was his enthusiasm which gave rise to a very good story at Portsmouth when he captained the United Services XV. His exhortations to the team were always forcible and audible. Said one good lady to another, “If you’ve nothing else to do this afternoon, my dear, let's go and hear Louis Greig play.” $ 4 ♦ Bout For Sarron. Pete Sarron, the world featherweight champion, is to meet Harr’’ Mizler under the promotion of the Transvaal Sporting Club on June 12 Pete, in the ring, is a small parcel of human dynamite.

Veteran Timekeeper. Cecil H. Nichols, “ace” timekeeper of the British Boxing Board of Control, who has celebrated his twentyfirst anniversary as holder of the watch, works with two watches. One, which he has had for 15 years, is always on the bench in front of him, and with it he times the length of the rounds. The other is always held in his left hand with a finger on the starter. This is the watch which tolls the knock-down count. Many people have wondered why Nichols appears to sound an “n” at the end of each number. He assured me that it was not affectation, but that the correct way to count was “One. and two, and three . . .” In this way the “n” becomes noticeable, but it makes the count seem not only smoother but more vital.—Sporting Life.

Burning Them Out. Mr. S. E. Wynn is the president of the New South Wales Hardcourt Tennis Association, and in that capacity - he sees more tennis than most. Therc- • fore his plea to parents, made recently » in Sydney, to guard the youngsters 1 against overstrain in tennis should be . heeded. “It is pitiful,” he said, “to see bright young players burning them* | selves out before they are 18.” While discussing Australia’s prospects in the American zone final against the United States, the acting* , president of the Australian Lawn Ten- , nis Association (Mr. H. A. Pitt) joined t in the same topic when assessing Vivian McGrath’s chances of success [ against Budge and either Parker or . Grant. Mr. Pitt expressed the view that too many of our promising play- ! ers, participating in pennant, and tournament play throughout the year, impose too much physical strain on themselves. He thought that McGrath’s frequent indispositions were partly due to the fact that terrific strain when he was between 15 and had undermined his constitution amt weakened his resistance. 4& 4 4 Strickland to Meet Farr. 'lommy Farr’s next fight is to against the New Zealander Maurice Strickland, at Harringay, in June, and the winner may be matched with Joe Louis, the negro heavy-weight, writes a London critic on April 24. Terms have yet to be arranged for the Harringay fight. This is a surprise selection for Farr, especially as Strickland, like Jack Doyle, was knockei out in one round Dy Buddy Baer, in Am**vi::a. Strickland’s two best fights in England were against larr.my Loughran at Wembley and Ben Foord, a.ul the New Zealander caused u sensation at the time when he gashed Foord s eye early on, causing the referee to *!op the bout in Strickland’s favoifr. When the New Zealander was in England his chief worry was his inability ’o *ncrease his weight. He was then r. natural cruiser-weight. He fought a drawn battle with Nathan Ma'iu at New York on April 22, and Pouter states that according to rings’de critics Strickland should have received the decision. 4* # George Gillett and Porter. “I put only one man ahead of George Gillet,t as a wing-forward, and that, is Cliff Porter,” observed J. W. Stead during the course of his reminiscences in the Southland Times. “Gillett’s inclusion in the New Zealand team in 1905 was unusual,” Mr. Stead continued. “He was in Western Australia when he noticed that a New Zealand team was to go Home. Having been a forward in Auckland before he left, he determined to come back and get into this team. On arrival he saw that he had no chance in the short time at his disposal of making the grade, so by the papers he noted that there was a shortage of fullbacks, and that there was only Billy Wallace in the North Island, and no one at all in the South Island. “So, Gillett came down to Canterbury, linked up with the weakest team, and nosed his way into the South Island team. R. T. Reid, of Southland, was on the wing in the South Island side on a great 1903 reputation locally, but he spoilt his chance of inclusion in the New Zealand team by the poor game he played. This, however, gave Gillett a great chance to do much saving work, which practically assured him of a place in the New Zealand team. Gillett played most of his games at fullback and wing-forward, also played in the pack in one match, and for a halfspell in another game at outside fiveeighth.”

Braddock’s Best. Janies J Braddock, heavy-weigh* champion of the world, predicted that he would knock Joe Louis out In the sixth round when they meet at Chicago on June 22. “Louis is a sucker for ar.y punch,” he said. 'He caa hit well, but is strictly an offensive boxCL He has no defence at all.” ♦ ❖ ❖ Sydney Deadlock Ended. A solution of the ground difficulty to avoid a clash of fixtures for the South African Union team, English Soccer team and the Austra’ian League in connection with Sydney Cricket Ground was reached recently as the result of a recommendation ma le by Mr. H. R. Miller, acting on behalf of tne Cricket Ground 'I rust. The inter-State Rugby League dates will be June 5 and 12, the Rugby Union will meet the Springboks on June 19 and 26 and July 17, and the Soccer matches against England will be played on July 3 and 10. Mr. Miller particularly acknowledged the ground facilities given to Australian League teams when touring England, and said he was glad all codes would now be happy. AU parties thanked Mr Miller for the gesture by the New South Wales Rugby League.