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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 160, 24 July 1937, Page 17

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i ■■■ ' k - '5000 Metres Record. The Swedish runner, John . Henry ; Jortsson, who came third to the 1936 Olympic Games 5000 metres run, made a world's record of 5m. 18.4s for 2000 metres on July 2 «t Stocldiolm. This beat Jules Ladoumegue's 5m. 21.8s record made in 1931 in Paria. ' ' '? # ' British Bant&m Champ. . Johnny King, ' bantam champion of Great Brieain, retalned his title when he knocked out the foremdst eha'llehger, Johnny Brown, to 13 xounds at Bellevue, Manchester. Brown, forimr world's fly-walght title-holder, and a veteran of the ring, pould not pace It with his youthful, hard-hitting opponent. ♦ * *

Player Coach Rettres. After 32 years with Blackburn Rovers, the English professional team as player, tratoer and coach, Mr. A. Cowfell has parted company with the club. He played ior England against Ireland to 1910, and yvas *a member of Blackburn's championship side in 191112 and 1913-14. ♦ ♦ • ♦ £1 a Blow! -• T2ie sportsmen who offered Jack Doyle fl for each. blow he landed to Ring Levinsky's face to their recent contest, lost £178. Those detailed to count the mnnber of Umes the Irishman scored agreed on this total. Doyle did not aeoept the money — pTelerred a small present as a memenfo of his victory. * 9 • H. Deavoll at Full-back. . A player who has quickly adapted himself to the position ot fullback is H. Deavoll, the former Canterbury and South Mknd Yepresentative forward. Injured toward the close of last season, DeavoH had to- toke things easy at fhe" hegtohtog of this year, but 1 as a last Ilrie of defence for Merivale he is proving a great success. He is a powerful line-kick and an ac"'rate placekick. ; * # «

A Lucky Goal. An unusual incldent occurred to the Rugby football match between Te Aroha and Tham« to the first contest for the Peact Challenge Cup recently, says the New Zealand Herald. L. Burgeas, « Te Arbha player, took a kick at goal from a muddy patch wide out. The ball hit tha inside post, dropped new the centre of the crossbar and rah along it to hit the other post and drop over. ♦ * » Spring Hurdles Champ. The Australian sprint hurdles champion, Alf Watson, looks like being a force to be reckoned with at the Australian ehampionships and Empire Games this summer, says a Sydney writer. "Watson is particularly well as a result of havtog become a squash racquets enthusiast and a member of the South Yarra Chib's pennant team. He is down to very near his racing weight, and is brighter and harder looking than at any time since he won his Way into the team for the Berlin Olympiad. * ♦ * Australian Rulos Rugby. For a time the Australian Rules gdme to Adeiaide was in tlxe doldrums. It was asserted that because'of weak, umpiring and complicated rules there! would be & further retrogress:ion in standard, and attendances would lower this year. But recently there has been great interest to the code and aggregate attendances have reached almost 250,000. When Port played Norwood at Norwood Oval, a small suburban oval nearly 17,000 people crowded the ground. a

Referee Chosen by Sprtogboki * Mr. A. L. C. Irvtog, who 'was chosen by ..the Springboks to referee the first test matoh against; Australia, was selected from a list of five names subimtted. * ♦ Crlcketer for Adeiaide. J. A. Scaife, the Victorian, Is the tatest crlcketer to migrateto'Adelaidt. Inter-State cricketers who have gone to Adeiaide ln recent years toclude Don Brdaman, C, V. Grimftier, F. Ward, C. L. Badcock and L. Darling. No Cliqaee. There are no cllques among the Springbok footballers, thanka to tlte. shrewdness and good fellowship of the manager, states an Australian Journalist who !s traveTOng wlth the team. Mr. Fercy Day, ihe manager to well assisted by Mr. Alex de Vlllier*.. From the beglnnlng of the tour the player* were well mlxed at the tables and to the cablns. From tlme to llme the table groups have been altered to enjable the playera to get to know eachother thoroughly. tJonsequently, many fine friendshlps have been made andthis should be ablg factor'lh h happy tour. * * ' From Loss to Profit. The Everton Club, a leadlng professional Soccer side ln England, made a profit on last year's worklng of £3332 I5s 3d compared to a loss of over £8000 the prevlous year. The better return was brought about largely by th« club's lohger run to the English Cup competition last year and mvtog to the fact that conslderably les* was spent to tr&nsfer fee* than to the previous tenn. The amount taken up by players* wage* ahd transfe'r fCes was £15,352 as against 120,407 the season before, gato receipts, 149,172; were up by £7192 and percefttage of away gateS, 55253, was *!*• £1404, better.