SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 148, 10 July 1937, Page 16

SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

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Soccer Full-back Retires. Roy Goodall, the Huddersfield Town Soccer fullback and England captain on many occasions, has retired to be trainer with Nottingham Forest Football Club. 41 ❖ 41 Baseball Salaries. Owners of the 16 major league baseball clubs in America this season face an aggregate* salary list of more than £640,000. Unless there is a big advance in attendances, beyond anything yet recorded in the history of the two leagues, the salaries for 1937 represent the limit that can be paid to the players. 4* 4s 4s a Novel Race. A novel race at a recent charity carnival in Sydney was between a sprinter, a raclist and a greyhound. The dog gave J. Beer, a well-known track cyclist, and F. Bradley, winner of the Stawell Diamond Jubilee Gift, 40 yards start in a hundred. Getting away best Bradley won by a yard from Beer, who narrowly beat the greyhound. ❖ * * Big Soccer Gate. The England v. Scotland Soccer match drew a gate of £22,000. Of this huge sum, the players were paid £132 — £6 each. The Scottish footballers demanded an increase in pay, which was refused; but they are receiving plenty of support. In fact, the Scottish authorities are in favour of an increase — to £8. The arrangement for the English internationals in that they receive £6 or a gold medal to the same value. * * * Aarvold As Cricketer. A feature of the annual cricket match between the Bar and the Barristers' Clerks at the Oval on May 1 was the success of two Rugby footballers. C. D. Aavold, the England, Cambridge and Blackheath threequarter, was top scorer of the match with 63, which included two sixes (one of which broke the roof of a stand) and seven fours, and he also made a brilliant catch. T. H. Tilling, the Harlequin's wing three-quarter of a few seasons ago, who scored 159 in last year's match, again batted well and was unlucky to be caught on the rails by R. E. Henty off a huge drive. L. K. A. Block, brother of S. A. Block, the England Trials and Harlequin's fullback and England hockey player, also distinguished himself with some fine wicket-keeping for the Bar. The Bar's most successful bowler was W. B. Frampton, an Old Westminster, who took five for 33 and clean bowled the Clerk's.two star batsmen, W. Gravy and R. E. Henty, of Honor Oak renown, and now with Catford. G. Ginn, of Merton, did well for the Clerks, for he took seven for 65.

Australian League Team. The Australian Rugby League team, which will open its English programme on September 18, against Leigh, will play the first test match against England at Leeds, on October 16, the second at Swinton, on November 13 and the third at Huddersfield on December 18. These are grounds on which English club teams have put up stern and attractive games against the Kangaroos. 41 4s 46 Kniglited for Sport. Says the Sporting Life on May 11, in referring to the unusually long list of Coronation honours: — 'The list contains only one name honoured 'for services to sport.' This is on Mr. Pelham Warner, on whom a knighthood has been conferred. "Plum Warner is a name known and respected in the world of sport. As . an active cricketer with Oxford Umversity aud Middlesex, there was no need to urge brighter cricket when he wielded tne willow. "Since his active days he has served the game failhfully and well as a member of the M.C.C. and as a se.lector of English Test teams." 4* 4* 4* Springbok All-Rounder. The best all-round sportsman in the Springbok tfcam is Tony Harris Twenty years of age, 5ft. 8in. in height, Harris was selected for his 'province at the age of seventeen, but was not allowed to play on account of his youth. He gained his • cap * last year, however. Harris was 12th. man for the South African. cricket eleven which played Australia in the tests ; last year, and is regarded as a cer-j tainty for inclusion in the next team. j He is also an excellent tennis player, j and has recorded victories over such ; forjmidable players as Kirby, the South j African Davis Cup representative. | Harris has ambitions of some dayi playing for his country in the Davis J Cup icrles, • -

Max Baer In Films. Max Baer has accepted a film job at Elstree Studios (England). It will be remembered that Baer displayed considerable histrionic talent in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture "The Prizefighter and the Lady." "A better actor than fighter," said the critics. ¥ * * Lightweight Boxing Title. Lou Ambers, the light-weight boxing champion of the world, is considering offers from London for a fight at catch-weights against either Harry Mizler or Jimmy Walsh. The fight would be held outdoors, and, according to plans, would take place about July 15. * * * N.S.W. 10-mile Walk. Sid Sheedy, >of Eastern Suburbi Club (Sydney), broke the New South Wales ten miles walking road record at Newtown, with' a new time of lh. , 19m. 25s. The previous record was lh. 21m. 27.2s., made in 1926 by George Parker. 4» * * Jack Medica ln Japan. On his way home to the Unlted States from his Australian tour, Jack Medica, the Ameriean and world's champion swimmer, who paid a brief visit to Auckland in January, competed in a 400' metres event at Tokio in May. He Won by a touch from G. Ishiharada in 5m. 6s., the finish being so close that Ishiharada was credited with the same time. S. Uto was third. ■ * > * English Wojnen's Hockey Team. The proposed visit of an English women's hockey team to New Zealand was further discussed at a meeting of the New Zealand Women's Hockey Association executiye in Wellington recently. Preliminary negotiations have begun with the English. Women's Hockey Association as to the dates for the tour in 1938, and the conditions of travelling and play. It is hoped that the tour will begin late in May and end in July. The letter sent by the New Zealand Association stressed the point that the touring team should be one of international standard, as other wise the tour will not provide the fillip to women's hockey in this country that is desired. * # * Women's Mile Record, Miss Gladys Lunn,« who set up a British record for the one-mile of 5m. 25s, at the Women's Amateur Athletic Association's championships at the White City last year, lowered thes&4# figures by 4 l-5s. in a recent one-mile women's team race at Dudley. She ran wonderfully well on a small track 0 (320 yards), the surface of which was by no means smooth, while a bitterly cold wind was blowing at the time, . * 4s 41 Coached Frank Kilby. The appointment to the inspectorate of the Otago Education Board of Mr. A. C. Rowe will be of interest to Rugby followers. It was Alf. Rowe who started Frank Kilby off on his Rugby career at St. George School, Invercargill, away back in 1916, when he was a very small nipper. Kilby himself has more than once paid a tribute to the coaching ability of Mr. Rowe, who, in Invercargill, took a prominent part in the activities of the Schools Sports Association, and was recognised as a very fine coach of schoolboy Rugby and cricket teams. Sji 44 41

Versatility of Opio. "The right temperament for sport is possessed by J. H. *Opie, the brilliant Otago pole vaulter, who holds the New Zealand title and also the best performance on record by a New Zealander in this event. He enjoys his sport, and that is one of the secrets . of his success. How many athletes would have still been going strong at the end of the day he had on June 29 at the Training Colleges tournament between Christchurch and Dunedin? (asks last week's Sports Special, Dunedin). He started off by representing his college in the swimming events in thc morning, . in the afternoon he had a very successful outing at the track and field athletic meeting, winning the shot put with 35ft. 9in., being second in the high jump and javelin throwing, and running the last furlong in the winning team in the mile relay. He competed in other events and then at night took part in the light-heavyweight boxing, disposing of his opponent in the first round. Opie won the novice light-weight class at the Otago Boxing Assocation's tournament towards the end of June. • 41 ❖ 4i ■ Preparing for Empire Games. With her ambition centred on the British Empire Games in Sydney next February, Miss Joyee Macdonald, tlie Invercargill swimmer, has continued training during the winter, and last week succeeded in lowering her own New Zealand intermediate girl's record for 100 yards backstroke to lm 17 4-5s. This time was merely 1 2-5s slower than the senior ladies' record established eight years ago by Miss Ena Stockley, of Auckland. Only 15 years of age, Miss Macdonald is also intermediate free-style champion of Southland. , 41 ^ 4* New Record for Sutcliffe. Herbert Sutcliffe, the famous English opening batsman, has created a new record for Yorkshire County. In the course of a brilliant partnership with Hutton, the promising young player who is taking part in his first test match for England against the :New Zealand side, in a recent country i fixture, Sutcliffe brought his aggrejgate number of runs for the county jto 33,609. This total beats the previjous record of 33,608, established bj jDavid Denton, who played for Yorkjshire from 1894 to 1920. Sutcliff* j should easily bring this great figur; jup to the forty thousand mark be fore his leUrement, v