KINGS AND SPORT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 18, 5 February 1937, Page 12

KINGS AND SPORT

Oivu Correspondenfe)

George VI. Ha* Comneted at Wimbledon OTHER ROYAL PLAYERS

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LONDON, Jan. 10. Whil© Kipg George js the only reigning Hiug wbo has competeid at Wimbledon, rempr|is "The Daily Telegraph," King Gustav of Sweden has the cHstinotioa of being a doubles ex-champion of his country. He has also won priges afc Riviere) tournaments jn his 78th jmr, iiing Gustav, when asked whether hu played golf, replied solmenly: "No, 1 am not yet old enough." King Gustav is taking a keen personal interest in the constructiqn of a new eoyered cqiurt in Stockholm, capqble qf seating specfatprs. ' It will be. nsed for the. challenge round of th© Gustav Gnp next inonth bqtween France and Sweden. King George does not share Kmg Gustay's view that golf fa a ga%e but one stage removed from the bath-chair. His handicap is 11, which is proof of at least a' moderate devotjon tq the gau)e-! King Leopold is in a ciass by "himself among the golfing kings. He is a scratch player. Few of his subjects can give him a game on level terms. He plays uearly every day, his most, regulpr opgonent being Vicomte Gatien dq Pare, who is a mepiber of h|s bousehold, bpt hq often gofs rou|id wjth thp profqssionals. The ljuks he uses mpst ireqnently are those jn the grouqds of paoken Palace, Thjs -)8-%qle. eopyse was origiually laid quib for Queeq beth, who used tq play on it in prewar day?. He also plays qp. the Waterloo and KaYqnstein links. Havenstqju was forrnerly royal property. Kjng Leopold II. gavd it to ' the nation for use as a golf course. In the summer, the King of the Belgians makea much use qf the.Le Zoute links. He is a regular player over the seaside course at Le Coq, and he sometimes spends a couple od days incognito at Sandwich. -

England 's gallery of test crioket, eaptamis is more crowded than Australia 's. In the history of the tests England has been led by 26 men, and Australia by 20. Since the war England has hustled her qaptains along, .barely letting one settle in the position before he* had to make room for a successor. In this period England has been led by 1Q men— a contrast to Anistralia 's s|yTomrny Burns, former heavy-weight boxing champion of the world, announces himself as a fight manager. He has figured in mqny roles — qn insuraqce agent, box lacrosse promoter, cafe pyqprietor, hockey player, and not forget- * ting that punch-bag affair with John Arthur Johnson in Sydney in 1908, says an Australian writer. He haa Johnny Eilbane, a light-heayy-weight, in hand. Kilbane haS won all Ms 177 professional battles — 11 by the short route. Burns says tho boy is built along the lines of Bo,b Fitzsimfiions, and quite a puncher — stands 6ft., weighs 12st. 21b., with a reach of 70in, The ex-tjtle holder also had Bobby Carrington, welter, who has hqd 47 fights, losing but one. Burns thinks he will proye as great a sensation as thqt other Vancouver welter, Jimmy McLarnim