SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 83, 24 April 1937, Page 17

SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

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Tilden To Play Xpi Londosu Wembley have signed Tilden for matches during Coronatioh fesfcivities. In addition to Tilden, there will be Perry, Vines, Cochet, Nusslein, Stoefen, and others taking parfc in matches ranging over flne evenings. Plans have been arranged for three five-set singles matches between Perry and Vines on three successive evenings for a Coronation Gola Cup and prize moriey. r ; ; Tilden, Cochet, Nusslein, gtoefen, and others will take part . in separate competition. % $■ BasOball Does Not Take. ' Amerioan baseball has npt taken on in Britain, though some express the opiriion' that in a few years from now there will. be international ^matches between Britain and America. The Greyhound Racing - Association ran two teams, one at . the White City-,and the other at Harringay, but neither" of them proved a flnancial success, costihg arourtd J&2000J a- week. One of the .reasons for the failure of baseball at Home is that it .has beeii conflned to the original ;teains and no attempt- has been- made to popularise it among gchoolboys and others. * *. 4 Trial By OrdeaL • Frank'' Buckley,* thfe 'Wblverhanipton Soccer chief, who is- now sittihg on top ' oi the managerial .world, „ makes his foptballei^ two-footed — pne of the reasons oi 'the -success of his brilliant young team. He buys "yearlings!' so freely that inevltably. some of them are shy on one foot or the other. Very few young players are naturally twofooted. The Buckley eure ia to put a. ball on . two bHeks, ;placed| feay» six inches apart. The player. has tb take his boots off and persevere until- he can kick thfe ball confldehtly.with the instfep of the weah fqot. It is a bit painful when he misses the ball, and gets the .brick, but it is a cure in the most obstinate cases. — Daily Skfetqh. 4» * 4 Status Wrangle Over. . Wheri Eleanor Holm Jarrett turned professional, she ended her wrangle with the United States Amateur Athletic Union .over .her amateur. standing. She signed a 30,000 dollar contract "to appear in the Gireat' Lakes Exposition show next summer. , Mrs. Jarrett, who rocketed" to fame last year during thfe trip' to tiife Olyrtipic Games at Berlin, eliminated all' possibility of reinstatement by her niovfe into the professional ranks, "I'd have given up this offer in a minute if.the union had voluntarily reinstated-'me," she said, "but I know they won't. If I'd apply for reinstatement, it would -tnct- mpfln slinirltipr that nivmnin miid

all over again. I don't want to do that. Liffe's too short." • . 4 * 4 The Largest Breeder. There are many large breeding establishments in Australia and several in America, England ahd on the Continent, but they are all smail affairs when compared with the studs oWned by the. South African Mr. Henry Nourse. Mr. Nourse has three different stud farms in the Cape Province, Dwars Vlei, Bultfonteih and Reitfontein. He has 341 mares at the three studs, and it is festimated, with stallions, mares, foals, yearlings and horses in training, he owns morfe than a thousand racehorsfes. Mr. Nourse owns more than twenty stallions. Half a dozen of them are English horses and the rest are South African-bred, most of "them- being bred by Mr. Nourse. One of the chief tasks Mr. Nourse's managers must have is to keep track of all the horses he owns. That in itself, it seems, would be a full-size job. 4 4 4 Braddock's World Title. James J. Braddock, the world's heavyweight champion, has arrived in Chicago with partners and trainers to prepare for his June 22 bout with Joe Louis, and says he will positively meet Louis, not Schmeling. That may be so. But it, is doubtful if Braddock will be world champion if he meets Louis on that date, Braddock is under contract to defend his title against Schmeling at the Gardten. Lawyers who have examined the contract binding Braddock to Madison Square Gardens for the first defence of his title, say that the only way He can get out of the fight — which he is avoidihg — is by resigning the title. The contract, in their opinion, hinds Braddock only as champion. It was though in America that Braddock would resign his title, promote the bout between Schmeling and Louis for the heavy-weight crown, ahd then challenge the winner, a fight that would probably draw a million-dollar gate. ^ 4: Horse Was Track Shy. „ Dryburgh, English Grand National horse, has a remarkable history. As a two-year-old, he had one race, and finished last of 17. He was a super-nervous horse. The mepd sight of "a racecourse brought him out in a sweat. "I bought him in 1932," said Mr. R. Baron Vick. '1 sent him hunting, and rode him myself. Every one I met said he would never be any ,good — but I've proved them wrong, for I've ridden him myself in flat races; he has won steeplechases, and you could not wish for a kinder animal." Mr. Vick held , a lump of sUgar in his mouth: Dryburgh took' it with almost feminine daintiness. "Stern prevention rather than correction with the whip is the secret: just firmness, patience, and kindness," hc added.— Daily Exprq^i,

Cycllsts Reinstated. The following reinsiatemeats tio*. the professional ranks were conflrmed at a meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Cycling Assqciatlon;-— J. R. I'Anson, Canterbury, H. G. Davis,. Wesfc Coast, S. J. Hunter, Hawke's, Bay, W. F. Laskey, Wellington, an^ R. Wildermoth, Canterbury. ~ 4 4 4 W. J. Jarvis In Auckland. The former New Zealand spring swimming champion, W. J. Jarvis, has arrived from Dunedin to reside in Auckland. He has not taken- part in. competitions this season, but intendg to train for championship events nest summer. • His brother,>'S. W. Jarvis, % promipent middle-distance performer, has been in Auckland for the greater part of the last six nionths. ' 4 4 / 4 » Amerlcan Davis- Cup Side. Mr. Holcombe Ward, president of, the United States Lawn Tennis Association, "has announfeed "that Donald Budge, Bryant Grant and Gene Mako wil be definitely named for the American Davis dup team. The remainder of the'squad will be chosen from Bobbie Riggs, Frankie Parker, Sidney Wood, Francis Shields and Joe Hunt, 4 4 4 Cricket in the Family. W. M. Smeeton, of Auckland Gram» mar School, who created a record of 5ft. 5in. in the intermediate high jump at the annual Auckland Secondary Schools' amateur athletic championships, is a son of Mr. W. J. Smeeton, former Auckland cricket representative and selector. Two of the boy's uncles, D. R. and W. R. Garrard, represented both Auckland and New Zealand at cricket. 4 4 4 Walter Hagen Serious. Walter Hagen is not optimistic, but he is serious about winning for the fifth time the British open golf championship at Carnoustie In July, says a Victorian writer. In 1914, at the age of 44, Harry Vardon won the classic for thfe sixth time. He set an age record for the 72-holes event, which is generally regarded as the most grUelling and greatest test the game has. NO one ovfer the age of 38 has woh the event since the war. Hagen will be well in his' 45th year when he makes his attempt-. 4 4 4 Brown's Batting Failure. The batting fhilure of W. A. Brown, Australian test player, in the Queensland premiership cricket at Brisbane, has caused some comment and surprise. Because of the calls oi shield and international cricket, he played only eight innings for the Colts. There are some Queenslajid officials who thing that Brown would be happier if playing in Sydney, and expect him to go back there before his three sea* soiiS' contract has ended. The separation of Brown and Fingleton as opening pair for New South Wales appears to have been bad for Brown, New South Wales ahd Australia. 4 4 4 Record Tennis Earnlngs. By earning 61,000 dollars in 23 matqhes Fred Perry has set up a record for professional tennis and he still' hqs a long way to go with matches against Vines, Tilden and , others. Meanwhile F. T. Hunter and / S. H. Voshell, former United' States Davis Cup players, are doing exceptionally well as promoters. Perry is reported to have statqd that he likes professional tennis very well, while the promoters in turn are, grateful to Perry for ehanging status just at a time when - the professional game was on the down grade. » 4; , . English Soccer Cup. The semi-finals of the English Soccer Cup, played on April 10, made history in the annals of the game. For only the second time in its existence, Sunderland, .last season's champion team, has reached the ftnal of the Cup be defeating Millwall, a third division club to have reached the" semi-finals, and the progress of : the club so far in this important • event has meant many hundreds of pounds to its finances. The final will Wi fought at Wembley Stadium on May 1 between Sunderland and Preston North End. 4 4 4 Bridle's Reported Intention. It is reported from Melhourne that O. Bridle, the Victorian and Australian Rugby Union representative. is to play the Australian rules game this winter. Bridle has visited both South Africa and New Zealand with Australian teams. He is a most versatile player, being a dashing forward with a safe pair of hands and posses^ing' .speed greater , than an . average back. When the Australian.. team toured thfe "Doffiinibn last 'season Bridle filled a position in the threequarter line ' on a few occasions, owing to injuries to some of his team mates. Braddock for England. ' . Imruediately .after James Braddock meets Joe Louis in Chicago on June 22,' he will leave for England to take part in exhibition bouts. He will tour ireland, England, and the Continent. SydneV Hulls, the promotef Who is. responsible for bringing Braddock to Britain, said that to sign him for a real fight there was an impos-8 sibility. "The plain fact is," said Hulls, "that there isn't a British heavyweight who would 'live' with Brad--dock. I'm not knocking our own men, but Jimmy could clout any of them stone cold," Maurice Strickland is returning tc England from thfe Uxiited States after his next fight there. Another point worrying the promoters is to find ar opponent for "Buddy" Baer. No: many of the British "heavies" seem at all anxious to meet him.