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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 142, 3 July 1937, Page 17

SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

INTERESTING I^WS m® wrnmammmmm N.S. Wales Foursoine, --- Jim Ferrier *uia Geqrg?" Thompson won the New SOuth Wales ipursome golf championship; at the Royal Sydneycourse with- the recorfi soore of 143 for 36 holes." Thompson has H6w wdn * the title three times with Ferriar; and twice with Stan Keane, s ■ * ' • ■" Bradman at Golf. " * • ' • Don Bradman's maln exercise during the winter months Is dOrived from regular participatioh'hi golf, «- He has however, recently token up with enthusiasm the sport Of squash racquets, . and has figured prominently in club competitions. * ■ # ♦ fi( Two Tetts at Same Time. > On August 14 Ihe New Zealand 'A h Blacks will be playing in two tests. On that day the Rugby team will play against the Springboks at Wellington in the first test of the Rugby game. At the Oval, London, the cgrieketers will plaj^ England in the tMrd test of the three which are to be decified. ,~ * *■ * ' French Tennis Enthuslaam. " i The nationai enthusiasm for th« game of lawn tennis in France in well exemplified by the fact that 1^000 children have been given leesoss during recent months, at the Stade Roland Garros, Paris, by Jean Borotra, Suzanne Lenglen and other famous players. , /- ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ' Hunter Training School. A winter training school has been established by the Canterbury Amateur" Athletic Centre.- The first session was attendod by 40 athletes, who went through a course of physical exercises, jogging and netball, The sessions will be held every Wednesday night. It is hoped that eventuaUy the idea will develop Into an all-sports winter training scheme. ' . , , 4i li' Waldan's Broken Wmt ■ .■ # R. Walden, vice-captain of toe Australian .Rugby team which toured New Zealand last year, had the misfortune to break his left wrist in a recent club match in Sydney. This mishap kept him out of th« New South Wales team which played- the Sprifigboks and' also wiH prevent his taking part in the test matches. ' 4* * + •- Big Soooer Crowd Lifcely. Fifty thousand people are expeeted to see the English amateur ' soccer team in action in Sydney, at the conclusion of their New Zealand tour. The visitors are to play twice in Sydney, at the Cricket Ground. Their first game will he against New South Wales, and their second against Aus- s tralia in the first test. The Australian selectors are embarrassed by an overplus of talent, and will have to do some hard thinking t® determine their various. nationai and State elevens. Anticipations are tliat the • tour of Australia will be a financial success. 41 I|I " G. G. Aitken. Rugby footballers In various parts of the world will regret to hear that G. G. Aitken, the former" All Black and Scottish representative, is seriously ill with lung trouble in the Hanmer Springs Sanatorium, in Canterbury. Aitken captained New Zealand in the first and second tests against the 1921 Springboks. He went to Oxford Unlversity in 1922 as a New Zealand Rhodes Scholar. He played for the university and for Scotland during his stay abroad. Aitken returned to New Zealand in 1925 but went back the foliowing year and was married. His wife subsequently died and he epd his young son returned to New Zealand last year. " • y;. ^ ^ i A, Britain's New Davis Cup Colours. ■ New colours for the "British Davis Cup and Wightman Cup prayers In the 1937 matches have been adopted by England's Lawn Tennis Association. The colours for these events are in a badge incorporating the emblems of England, Scotland, and Wales, and are designed to be worn on the vest, blazer, shirt, or sweater. A blazer and a tie are included in the new awards, while bropches in the form of jeweled arrows, bearing the initials G.B. vs. U.S.A. in diamonds, are to be presented to the members of the Wightman Cup team. Awards are also to be given to players selected for official championships, Olympic games, other international matches and tours. Winners of titles at Wimbledon will flpw^be entitled to wear a championship badge, which will be gola for singles, silver for doubles, and green for mixed doubles. *. * 4* , - X. Berfch Hard to Fill. Since the retirement of Dr. A. W. Ross, the famous Waratah fullback,' who played many fine games against New Zealand Rugby teams, the New South Wales representative fifteens have experienced difficulty in the choice of a sound and reliable successor. K. P. Story showed promlsmg form for some time, but -was forced to retire owing to injuries. It is interesting to note the latest selection for the position, that of R. Rankin. This player toured New Zealand last season with the Australian team as a centre-threequarter, but appeared several times in the fullback position. A solid rather than brilliant b,e rna^ Prove the solution of the team s trpubles, as he is of robust physique and a sound tackler. * + a Norman Walter Hagen. No more prcturesque figure, or berhSn T„°r+e,determined g00d SDher, has thf oi 1^ame in Australia than the 21-year-old Queenslander, Norman Walter Hagen, says a Victorian writer._ He added to his list of victories in challenge matches the great von Nida. Last year he similarly engaged in a links'' battle with Gene Sarazen, and defeated him. Thus this youth now has on his belt the scalps of the two most famous of American professional golfers. The engagement with Sarazen was a one-round affair, and von Nida finished up. Against Hagen he played 36 holes, using two courses in Brisbane, and 1 up in the morning, he finished the second round with the margin intact.