SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 226, 24 September 1938, Page 4

SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS Don Bradman's Batting. During the three seasons that he has played cricket for South Australia Don Bradman has scored 2138 runs at an average of 101.8. Forwards For South Africa. Four Southland forwards who should gain inclusion in the 1940 AU Blacks for the South African tour are W. L. Crawford, G. H. Graham, S. Purdue, B. Herron, says the Southland Times. Two Bowlers Bested

The Australian bowler O'Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith were given a wellearned rest after the fiftn Test match. In this game each bowled more overs than all England’s bowlers in both innings. O'Reilly lost a stone in weight.

Fighting Infantile Paralysis. Miss Georgia Coleman, a former American Olympic diver, who was stricken with infantile paralysis some time ago, is making a courageous fight to win back the use of her limbs, and recently swam the length of a pool and then climbed on to the 10ft. diving board to make a good dive. Soccer in Britain.

The opening games cf the Soccer season in Great Britain were witnessed by 800,000 people. Teams costing thousands of pounds took the field. Al present there are 1,040,000 players in Great Britain, representing 40,000 clubs in all grades. Of these, 5000 players are registered professionals. Half-back Married.

L. Russell, the Waikato half-back who played for the North Island this year, was married recently at Te Aroha to Miss Anne Gill, of Waharoa. Russell recently took over the management of the family farm near Morrinsville. Twenty-three years of age, he intends to keep on with his Rugoy for some time yet.

Middle-weight Boxing. Efforts are being made to persuade the New York Boxing Commission to recognise a contest in Sydney between Freddie Steele and Fred Henneberry, as a world middle-weight title contest. The commission does not regard Al Hostak, who recently defeated Steele, as the champion. Steele will go to Sydney in the summer for a series of contests at the Sydney Stadium.

Bobby Pearce’s Wife Dead. Booby Pearce, who retained the world’s sculling championship by defeating Evans Paddon at Toronto recently, had the misfortune to lose his wife last month. She had been in indifferent health for some time and contemplated visiting her parents in Sydney. It was Mrs. Pearce's wish tnat her husband should proceed with the race against Paddon. Grimmett to Coach a Rajah.

C. V. Grimmett, the former Australian Test slow bowler, has been released from his engagement with the South Australian Cricket Association until December 3, to enable him to accept an offer to visit India anu coach the Rajah of Jath in bowling and batting for about two months, he left Adelaide by the Strathaird on September 8 for Bombay. Jath is a State south of Bombay,

McCabe Congratulated. After Stan McCabe’s fine effort in the Nottingham cricket Test between Australia and England, fellow-mem-bers of the Manly Golf Club sent him a cablegram congratulating him on his performance. Replying, McCabe said: “Your message was very much appreciated. We are having a great time, but not much golf—too many cricket matches.” In view of the result of the last Test McCabe was prophetic. He concluded: “England has a strong team and will be hard to beat.”

Ferrier Says What He Thinks. Jim Ferrier is not popular with other golfers, not because he is more skilled than they are, but because he says what he thinks, states a Sydney writer. If, after finishing one over par, he is asked how he played, he will reply at once, "Rottenly.’’ This sounds like swank, and is accepted as such, but Ferrier know that he should, and could, have done better. Ferrier at present holds the following six major titles:—Australian open, Queensland open, New South Wales close, New South Wales amateur, Queensland amateur, Australian amateur.

Ferrier a Golfing Family. Golf is undoubtedly bred in Jim Ferrier, the remarkabl- Australian amateur player. His father, J. B. Ferrier, secretary of the Manly Golt Club, in Sydney, won the championship of Shanghai on several occasions and the championship of the East twice. One year he reached the semifinals of the New South Wales amateur championship. He won the Manly Club championship twice. His present New South Wales State handicap is six. His grandfather, James Ferrier, was a product of Carnoustie, Scotland, "where the good golfers come from.' He was champion of the Carnoustie Club and, after moving to the East, was also club champion at Shanghai.

I Puliar to Attack Record. W. A. C. Puliar, now of Masterton, | a former heider of the New Zealand I one mile track and cross-country ; championships, has announced his inI tention of attacking, during the com- ; ing summer, the mile record figures of ; 4min. 13 3-ssec„ established at the i Masterton Oval on March 4, 1926, by I Randolph Rose, in a match race I against the American Lloyd Hahn. It I will be remembered that Puliar had a I thrilling duel in the New Zealand mile ! championshi; at the Auckland Domain I two years ago with A. R. Wilson, of I Wellington, formerly of Whangarei. The time n that occasion was 4min. 14 4-ssec., so that it would appear that a fresh record is not beyond Puliar, more especially if he makes his attempt at Masterton, probably the fastest track in New Zealand.