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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 33, 23 February 1937, Page 15

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The jDoihlnion 109yds. sprlnt cham« pion, .,B, Tapley, bf .Otago, showed sflgnis of returiflng iorm recently, when he won hie olub, championship for this dlstance in bfeihg all out to win ftotn W. S>. Hdinsay, * * * High R»nklng. Mi« % e. Btimmdr©, th* Bagush tennis player, is rahked among ihe twelve m'ost prominent sportswomeri bf th* world in a lisfc fsSued by 7d leadihg jdttrftairst* ln th* Hriitefl statei * + « Schobl'i Tennis Bodr. v It ls h0p*d to foiind an assQciatlbn to further Isiwns teiinli ih th* EtigUsh publle sphools. Thi* bo?y will be or. ganised by representatives of the SqhoolSf and approaph tli© Lawn Tennis ASRQclatlon ln. Lbndon for rp, Oognitlon and auuiatlon a§ a noh'teiv Htoriai' Msoulatipn. DwUn* For Adelald©. L. Darling, th© Victorian left-hand batsman, ;hsa accepted a po*|tion in Adelaid©, and has left Melbourh* . He has stated that th© oifer mad© to him Had nothing t© do with ctffcfcot, He ha§ rehresented Victoria for «*verai yparf, and vislted England and South Africa With Auatnalian team*. Fpr some , years he had been ©mployed by the Milbourne CriOHet ciub.

iStereotyped ' Swhnmlng. Thei, tbndency of some swlmnflng ©pachei.tO toiibh^ Stlreotyped ityl© ls hQt received ' with fayouip by Mr. F, Cady, manager for the Ameriean Oiympic champion J, Medlca, on his Australian tour, It yras, he said, Jniiiossibie ahd ahaura to'teach different »eopje to swim the ' sanie why. Ger«ain fijndamenta!' princlples must be kiighi; but ihe' pupirs ' indlvlduality and resourcefulness' must be allOwed f ull play. " • " ' ■ * + Eleaitor Holm Jarrett. Eleanor Holm Jarr*tt» the Ameriean Swimmer, whbse dlsmissal frbm the U.S. tepm wa? the s©nsation Of the 01ymi>ibs bag announced that she will swim no nioire as an amateur. She conslders the Ameriean Athletle union Should have takbn up hpr case at its recent cbhVentioh in Houston, • Texas. "FifSt they put me ofl; th© Oiympic team," she said, "then' they suspend me, Nqw wbether I'm a profegsiohal 6r an amateur," * * PTook Dempsey*» "Prlnts." JaiJk Dempsey received a typical "Florida welcome" when he . visited MMmi (U.S.A.) recently to open a new hotel. The old "Mauler" was obliged to gp through the IdentJfleation procediire aft pdUce headcpiarters the "eiripioy'ee" of the 'libtel ahd restaur©nt h©' wh? t© hhv* obened, Fingerr printihg'' of all. hotel ©riiployees and other "casual"' worjcers who serve Visitors is r©quir©d by Miami municipal brdinanc*. * * * No Chancp pf Knlghtliood. S. Wailis Merrihew, famous as editor of Ameriean. ,La\vn Tennis, writes:,"Now that Fred Perry has left Ihe amateur r&pks various flip» pant remarks ftF© bblng made about him and his change of status. Fbr examplb, som© aflect gprprise that Fred has lost pll chance of being knighted. My Feaetjon to this is that if Gladstone ligctea to remain a. commonfi? the lawn tennis great need not mourn if they are overlooked Jft the giving out of honors." * * ♦ New All England Chalrman. Wing-Commander Bir Louie Greig has been elected chairman of the All Ehgiahd Lawn Tennis GlUb and of the Comihjttee of Management of the championships in succession to Sir Herbert "VVilberforce who retired from these pogts at the end of last year.' Sir Louls Greig was elected member of the All England Club in 1925, joining th* committep pf the club shortly aftbrwards. He baftnered King Gporge VI, then DUke bf f 6th, in the men's doUblel event ■ at th© Jubile© Charnpibh'sKip* in 1926. * & LbnM©n Awbrded f75. Saies of tbo Suzanne Lenglen tepnis racquet were the subjeqt of dispute iii th© Paris cour'ts on Frid&y, January 8. When Mlle. Lenglen became a professionai player, her manUgef • signed a cpntraot, both ih' his and her name, with a CPmpany, by which a tfehnis raequet cprresbonding ©xactly to Mlle. Lenglen's design was ia b© markpd. Shp toqk action against th© cpmpany for refusing to submit to her a statement pf aCcounts. The coUift deciaed th'at the accounts were to be submitted to, Mlle. Lenglen, and awhrded her 8000 francs— about £75 — as provisional commission on the Sale of th© rdcn"-"-

s •Thnched" — for Souvenhr*. II ls reported that when th* *P©«tators becam* curious during *n lnterval ln a test matph Jn Australia and dpcided to iook at the wicket, th«j took away two stumps with them and three new one* had, tp b© used when the game was resumed later" ln ,thf day. Then th© umpire, Mr. Jack Scoft, lost Ma hat— souvenired he said^-aiid had to go home through th© rahi without headgear. ♦ ♦ • A Nolefl Absentee. A noteworthy absente* from th© Rotorua bowling tournament this year ls Maxwell Walker, of Auckland^ Who has for so long a period been a competltor. Unfortunately h© developed leg trouble during the course of "th© New Zealpnd tournament at Welling. ton ahd had to enter a privat© hoi-. pitai for treatment and, when discharged h© had to undergo g rest cours©. J. M. Watfc and 440yds. J. M. Watt, AU Black Rugby thrtaquarter, has a good chance of capturing th© national 440yds. amateur athletle title. He recently took 51 4-5s. for this distanco on a very rough track ln a higfi wind, with practicaHy no preparation, His form ta*day is considerabiy better than when he rau T. G. Broadway to a yard at the n* tional meeting in 1934. ' • "" Gpljf EUglbility Llst . ?■■ ■ * The eligibility Hst for gmatbtir championships pf th© , Royal ; and Ancient ' Golf Glub, England, has recently been aboiished and entries wiU now be accepted from ' all .golfers whose handlcaps do not exceed on*. Th© number of competltors who ©an quality In th© open championship has been increased from 100 to 140, al"1 though the humber to remsdn in the last two round* has been reduced from 60 to 40. . -• « * + ♦ Pete Sarron. ; Pete Sarron, feather-welght boxlng phamplon of the world, who wUl be reihembered for some stirring contests with Johnny Leckie ©nd - Tommy Donogan a few years ago, ls at present ln South Africa. H© lntended to pay another vi*i|. to Australia and New Zealand, but a substantlal off«r from the Wembley Stadium authorlties will probably induc* him to alter his plans and go tp .England instead pf eoming south. ^ v V'- * * * 100 Metre Backstroke. f Nida Senoff, Holland's 16-year-old Oiympic 100 metres backstrok* swimming champion, who recently shattered the world's 100 metres record. has established another world's flgure. Thi* time she suecessfuliy attacked Miss Bridge's 150 yards world's record pf 1m. 50 4-5sec„ established over 25yard laps at Brunswick, United gtates, in 1935. Swimming magnifieently, Miss Benoff covered th© distanc© in th* amazing time of lm. 45 2-5s, in a 25meire pool, and took no less than 5 2-5s. ofl the time. * ' * . H Status of Swjmmers. New Zealand swimming enthuslasts who consider that national senior championships should be open to intermediates and junlors without their forfeiting their Status, provided some restraint was placed on youthful keenness, had their opiniqn upheld by the explanation made by Mr. F. Cady, the Los Angeles co&ch, of the system observed in the United States. Mr. Cady said there were the three major championship divigions, the inter-scholastic, the inter-cpllegiate, and the national championships. Aspirants for titles in the first two divisions were plaqed in two classes, accbrding to their ability, but they were not permitted to compete for more than two championships;. Swimmers of any age were .eligible for the national championships, yet even with these there was a limit of three events. These restriqtions added Mr. Cady, stimulated comp.etltion, encour&ged specialisatloq and tended to prevent overstrain, 111 \ - | ~T | | I , , t, , -

May May at Wimbledon. It is expected that Miss Margaret Beyerley, whp is Auckland's young provincial lawn tennis champion, is to visit England and play at Wimbledon and other English tournaments. Sbe will certainly be a splendid advertisement for the Dominion, both on and off the court, and she should benefii. tremendously from the experience. Her record at the last two. Auckland championships is a remarkable one, In 1935-36 she annexed the girls' junior singies, the girls' intermediate singies and the girls' intermediate dgublo? with Mi§s p. Cooke. This year she won the ladies' championship singies and doubies with her sister, the intermediate singies doubies with Miss P. Cooke and combined doubies with J. W. Gunn. «