TOPICAL TATTLE

Evening Star, Issue 22456, 29 September 1936, Page 4

TOPICAL TATTLE

[By H.P.S.]

WORLD'S SPORT IH BRIEF

Outstanding Golfer. If one co.-bed Australia for future golf champions one could, not do better thail pin faith to the prospects of Miss Nell Hutton, the Victorian player, states an Australian writer. Although beaten by Miss Oliver Kay recently, Afjas Hutton has been quite the most outstanding of all the Australians who took part in the Adelaide open championship tourney. Ever since she commenced big golf Miss Hutton’s game has commanded attention, for she has a. command of every club. She is inclined to a starter’s complex and rarely warms up right from the start, but her future is assured. She plays gplt with a smile, spreads encouragement to others less fortunate, and makes Australia ( proud of, her sportsmanship. Austrian Soccer Team. Austria and South Africa drevy in the first Soccer test in Johannesburg, and the second went to Austria by - - goals to 1. A third match had been arranged and it was suggested one or two others be played also. The two tests were splendidly fought out, and public patronage was good. Vines as Golfer. Ellsworth Vines, the lawn tennis professional and former Wimbledon champion,* is to compete as an amateur m American national golf events. A precedeht is Babe, Ruth’s appearance as a golfing amateur, although a baseball prof essional.,, , ; . ' Cricket Club Openings, Many of thb cricket clubs will hold their opening.days on Saturday afternoon. Grange- will hold its opening function at the North Ground, Albion at Logan Park, and Dunedin at Tonga Park. Well-deserved Tribute. ' - > The Otago Rugby Union's official - guide last Saturday paid a welldeserved tribute to the' ‘‘ men behind the guns ” of the Otagov Ranfuriy Shield team—Messrs V. G. Cavanagh, sen., and V. 6. Cavanagh, jun.,-whose coaching has aroused the highest praise from aU of the visiting teams. It is probably unique in Ranfurly Shield football, if not in the history of interprovincial games in the Dominion, for a father and son to have guided the destinies of a successful Shield team, and great football. coach though Mr Cavanagh, sen. is, young Vic. bids fair to rival even the greatness of his father. Both the Cavanaghs played senior Rugby with the Southern Club, and the older represented Otago in 1899, young. Vic. in 1931, an injury being responsible for cutting short the latter’s promising football career. Both father and son have had the distinction of coaching Southern in years when the black-and-whites won the senior premiership, and in more recent years Mr Cavanagh, sen., has played a large part in the success of University teams. This year, in the Light Blues’ jubilee year, M~ Cavanagh, sen., coached University A, and young Vic. was coach of tho victorious Southern combination. Both are great students of the game, of course, and young Vic. is as successful and popular as a cricketer as he is in connection with football. He is Otago’s leader and a fine batsman in the Plunket Shield cricket series. Cricketers Meet. The annual meeting of the Otago Cricket Association will be held to-night in the Chamber of Commerce board room in Dowling street. With the introduction of tho forty-hour week cricket should be one of the sports to benefit most as this will enable many of the players opportunities for a greater amount of practice than was formerly possible. Offer to Palmer. Ambrose Palmer, light-heavy and heavy-weight champion of Australia, has received an offer from New Zealand for a series of contests (says the ‘Australasian’). Palmer said recently that although the offer was not tempting he might give Jt consideration after he had finished playing football. He has also received an. offer from,, the management of the Leichhardt ..Stadium, Sydney. Palmer will interview Mr R. Lean, manager of Stadiums Limited, and it is possible, that a fight will be arranged in Melbourne at an early date. Disappointing Season. The past cricket season in England was one of the most disappointing since the war. Many clubs are already predicting substantial losses when their balance sheets are drawn up. Rain and cold kept the attendances Ir.r. The Indians failed to awake much interest in inter-Empire cricket. It was apparent for some time that Derbyshire was almost certain to win the county championship, and thus a lot of sparkle went out of the contest. The Real Culprits. An endeavour is to be_ made by.the board, in conjunction with the local authorities, to curtail the barracking evil Personal and insulting remarks should be dealt with vigorously, though harmless chaff whiles away many a dull hour. Just fancy our barrackers being asked to smile and look happy when, on a boiling hot day, two batsmen are blocking for a couple of hours for 20 runs or so. Instead of the police arresting the barrackers they should arrest the so-called batsmen, the real culprits. But abuse should not be tolerated (says an Australian writer). Good Services to Game. After many years as club captain of the Albion Cricket Club, Mr Harry Vorrath has relinquished office, but it is good to know that he is to retain his interest in the club’s activities and in the. game in general. For a period Mr Vorrath was also a selector for the club, and his -ong experience and wide knowledge of the game have always been of great value. On the executive side, Mr Vorrath has been one of Albion’s greatest stalwarts, and many' a young cricketer owes something to him for encouragement given when first taking up the game seriously. It’s the Hit That Matters. Hitting up 47 runs in half an hour against Middlesex, Arthur Wellard lofted two balls right out of the ground at Taunton. One landed in the car park. Another in the river. After making the stroke that landed the ball in the river, Patsy Hendren said, almost reprovingly: “You pulled that ball off the leg stump. Arthur.’’ “ Yes,” came the immediate reply, “ but look where it is now!” A stroke of cricket philosophy to which even Patsy could find no answer.

James Does Well. K. C. James, tho New Zealander, ranks third on Northampton’s batting list. In 40 innings ho made 766 runs. His highest score was 88, and he was not out on six occasions, returning an average of 32.23. His Other Names. In their capture of “ Boss ” Trevis, one of West Bromwich Albion's reserve half-backs, Chester have secured a player who possesses more Christian names than any other professional footballer (say ‘ Topical Times ’). His full name, is Arthur Staveley Griffith Sackville Redvers Trevor Boscawen Trevis, but his friends cut it down to “ Boss.” Trevis was bom during one of the General Elections, and the names were given to him by his parents to celebrate the success of Sir Arthur Boscawen, who was a member for Dudley, the seat which is now held by that sporting gentleman, Mr Dudley Joel. The Christian names were those possessed by Sir Arthur. Copson’s Football Training. Harold Larwood was a pit-worker originally and Bill Copson who has gone to Australia as a second Maurice Tate, used to be employed on haulage work at tho pit bottom until Derbyshire /ired for him four years ago. There was general rejoicing at Saltergate. Chesterfield, when Bill was nominated, because . last, winter the fast bowler had three months’ training with the footballers. And but for that physical training, the odds are that he would not have been going to Australia (says the ‘ Topical Times ). A’Thrilling Finish. Talking of Yorkshire cricket reminds me of a very thrilling finish we had when we played that county some three years ago at Sheffield (writes Joe Hulme, of Middlesex, in an English paper). In our second innings we had our backs to the wall. Our only salvation was to play out time. Jim Sims was the hero of the side. He managed to ueep his end up by exercising the most scrupulous care. In over an hour’s batting he only scored a few singles. The crowd gave Jim a gruelling time, and every ball he played—or let go by—was loudly barracked. When tho match was eventually saved Jim marched back to the pavilion, and our handclaps were drowned in the chorus ,of barracking which the crowd gave him. Jim threw his bat in a corner of the dressing room and without a smile on his face remarked: “ Anyway, this crowd certainly does appreciate a spot of stubborn batting.”