SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 125, 12 June 1937, Page 13

SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

INTEREST1NG NEWS ITEMS - Craven's » Opinlon of Springbok* Danie Craven, vice-captain of the Springboks, after the selection of. the team, said: "This side is made- up of V the players likely to deVelop a Wonderful team spirit, and that is the backbone of any team. They - should eombine to provide one of . the best sides ever to reihresent South Africa. It has the forwards to provide a wonderful pack, and I think that all the material and talent is present among the backs to make them an efflcient force in attack and a real power in defence." * " ♦ ' ♦ Don TnrnbulL Don Turnbull, the Australian tennis player, who turned 28 years of age some 10 days ago, has put on weight recently, but does not intend to get out of training during the winter. He plays football in the amateur League for the St. Peter's College Old Scholars. .The other day he rucked like a champion, and kicked five goals. At night he plays squash racquets, and holds the State. title. Teams matches in squash racquets are now being played in Adelaide for the first time, and Turnbull leads the Navai and Military Club. ' - ■> ♦ . The Springbok Ct^tsdn. vP. Nel, captain of the Springboks, is the oldest member of ; ihe team, being 35 years of age. The youngest is -Bester, who. is 19. Van Reenen is the tallest player at 6ft 45in, and F. Bergh the heaviest, scaling 16st 31b. The average age of . the backs is, 24k years, the average -weight ;12st-51b and the average height 5ft 91in. Only three forwards are under I4st 41b in' weight and only two stand under 6ft. .Their. -average-. age.- is nearly- 27, height 6ft 2in and weight 14st .lllb. The averages of the team as a whole are:— Age, 25J >ears; weight^ J4st; height, nearly '6ft. * ' , 1

Tennis— Just Plain Wa* Fred Perry says that . amateur tennis tournaments and the Davis Cup matches in which he played were just plain war— internationalism strained almost to breaking point. "The big international tournament and the Davis Cup matches," he says, "are not tennis, matches to prove which indiyidual ls the, better player. It is Eng- ' land v. America, or Germany v. America, or Australia ,v. France! Stack them up -any way' you will— the . answer is little short of tennis war. The entire ' atmosphere is fiercely nationalistic.- It was glorious if you won and" a national disgrace if you lost." + * * Shaldng a Goal Post. Some South Australian League footballers have a habit of shaking a goalpost while an opponent. is kicking for goal, says an Australian writer. The 'matter was brought before the League Council. The rocking post sometimes gives the umpire the idea that it has been hit by the ball and the matter has' been ' diseussed by the Umpires' Board with a view to players being censured. The secretary of the League, Mr. T. Hill, says there.is a resolution on the subject, and shaking a goalpost comes under "unseemly conduct," a phrase which appears to cover many misdemeanours by footballers. ' :a