SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 August 1924, Page 6

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

TAILTEANN GAMES.

CYCLING RACE. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYBTGHT LONDON, Aug. 13. Broadbent won the 600 metres cycling final by a length in 50 seconds at the Tailteann games. In the 200 metres the result was: Scholz 1, Carr 2, Goaffee 3. Time. 212-ssec. (a world’s record). In the third heat of the 200 metres race Carr (Australia) beat Porritt (New Zealand) by eight yards. Time, 22 1-5. In the final Scholz beat Carr by three feet. In the 110 metres hurdles Porritt won his heat by five yards in 16 seconds. but was beaten in the final by the American Kinsey, who won easily in .15 2-ssee., an Irish record. The final of the 200 metres swim resulted : Charlton 1, Henry 2, Stedman 3. AYon by a touch. Time, 151 sec. Eve (Australia) won the diving contest.

CRICKET.

SOUTH AFRICA v. HARLEQUINS. LONDON, Aug. 14. Harlequins began a match at Eastborne against South Africa and were disposed of for 73. Pegler took five wickets for 34 runs, and Blanckenberg took five for 34. South Africa in the first innings made 162 (Taylor 67, Commaille 49). Bettington took seven wickets for 52 runs. Harlequins in the second innings had thirteen on for the loss of one wicket when stumps were drawn. The wicket was sticky. Bettington worried the South Africans, and brilliantly caught Taylor off his own bowl-

ing. NUPEN INJURED. LONDON, Aug. ’ The Daily Chronicle states that Nupen, the South African cricketer, is going to Cambridge University, but owing to an injury to his hack he is unlikely to play again this season.

BOXING.

A USTRALI AN WELTERWEIGHT. BRISBANE, Aug. 14. Harry Collins beat Archie Bradley for the welterweight championship of Australia in the fourteenth round.

TENNIS.

THE DAVIS CUP CONTEST. NEW YORK, Aug. 13. A message from Providence, Rhode Island, gives the draw in the American zone finals of the Davis Cup series between Australia and Japan, starting to-morrow, as follows : Thursday.—. Singles : Patterson (Australia) v. Sclimidzu (Japan); Wood (Australia) v. Okamoto (Japan). Friday.—Doubles: Patterson and Wood v. Harada and Okamoto. Saturday.—Singles : Wood v. Schmidzu; Patterson v. Okamoto. TOURNAMENT IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, Aug. 13. At Newport, in the singles, Brookes defeated Thayer 6—o, 6—3. In the doubles Brookes and SchleSinger (Australia) defeated Cushman and Ridgway by default in the first round; and Kalms and "Weinstein defeated Semple and Rowland 6 —3, B—l.8 —1. In the second round Kalms and. "Weinstein defeated Norton and n 4—6, 6—l, 6—4; and Brookes and Sehlesmger defeated Guild and Gardner 6—4, B—lo, 6 —2.

BOWLING.

NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, Ang. 14, The election of officers and councillors of the Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Association was declared to-' night. The results are: President, Mr. F. Meadoweroft (Wellington); nast-p resident, Mr. John Brown (Christchurch); vice-president. Air. B. F. AI. Ale reel- (Dunedin); treasurer, mi” J- Kershaw (Wellington); councillors, North Island, Alessrs. J AI Thomson (Auckland), AI M Ale Ckilhim (Auckland), A. K. 'Smart (Taranaki) J. B. Jack (Wanganui). M. J. Hodgins (Wellington), S Potter (Wellington); South‘island, Messrs T. H. Loudon (Southland). C. E Torlesse (South Canterbury). J J ALarlnw (Dunedin) D. M. Eastier, (Dunedin), •T. D. Colville (Christchurch), F Steams (Christchurch).

FOOTBALL.

THIRD GRADE SEAII-FINAL. AIATCH POSTPONED. .Owing to the wet weather yesterday the third grade semi-final between Stratford and Eiltham. which was to have been played at Inglewood, was postponed. BRITISH TEAAI IN AFRICA. . . CAPETOWN, Ang. 14. the British Rugby team played a cirawn game (3 all) against Natal at Man tz burg.

HOCKEY.

NORDON CUP AfATCH. GISBORNE, Aug. 14. . iL Nbrdon Cup hockev match today \v airarapa and Poverty Bay (the holders) played before a fair crowd, and a good exhibition of hockev resulted in a draw, one goal each. Povertv Bav retains the trophy