SPORTS OF ALL SORTS

Cue (NZERS), Issue 3, 15 July 1944, Page 14

SPORTS OF ALL SORTS

Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis ace, reported killed, deprived of his feet, and subject to a - number of war misfortunes at various stages, is now believed to be in the ranks of the Gestapo and was last reported as being stationed in Sweden. « * * « A scrum is a work of art. "When a minor infraction of the rule occurs a scrum is staged. The boys on one side gather in a bunch with heads bent like a full back plunging into a line. The boys on the other side take up a like position and then the two groups tangle horns.» — American version of a Rugby scrum. *? , * A total of L 15,005 in stakes has now been won by the NZ, Gis-borne-owned ‘ champion, Kindergarten. The son of Kincardine has now had 32 starts for 23 wins, three seconds, and two thirds, while on four occasions he has been unplaced, On three of the last mentioned occasions, Kindergarten was a two-year-old, while the other unplacing was in this year’s Wellington Cup event after which he pulled up lame.

The late Hedley Verity, Yorkshire and English test cricketer, left L 3323. Verity was wounded in action in Sicily in July of last year and died in a prisoner of war hospital in Italy. * There is every possibility that England will emerge from the war stronger in cricketing personnel than Australia, states a Melbourne writer. Opportunities for test match 'surroundings, at Lords between Dominion . servicemen and English players will keep the edge on competition 'in England and help to , develop players. In Australia there is a big move on the part of services to make the games cater for the rank and file. ¥ * * The use of oxygen to revive a boxer in the ring, although generally considered a new-fangled idea, is as old almost as the .use of boxing gloves. Gentleman Jim Corbett tried it out in his last attempt to regain the worlds title from Jim Jeffries 40 years ago. He had a cylinder of oxygen concealed beneath the ring in his corner with a tube attached, but all the oxygen in America wouldn’t have saved Corbett. He was. flattened in 10 rounds.