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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 172, 7 August 1937, Page 18

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1 . . m* r . INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS

Budge Ranks rnein. Just before the Davls Cup matches began, Donald Budge, now acknowledged as the leading world's amateur lawn tennis player, wrote a ranking list of the world's players, professional or amateur. His ehoice was as follows: — Vines, Perry, von Cramm, Nusslein, Tilden, Quist, Austin, Crawford, Allison and Lott. Australian Women Cricketers. Five members of the Australian women's. cricket team intend remaining in England at the eoncluslon of the present tour. M. Peden, Walsh and Holmes have decided to stay in England indefinitely, while Jegust and Antonio will stay for a month's holiday. Holmes has taken a position > as an art photographer, and Walsh • intends to gain experience in English kindergarten nfanagement.

i > N.Z.'s Cricket Team. J A'lthough the New Zealand cricket ; j team in England has not performed : quite up to the standard of its prel decessors, the most pleasingf feature l of ,the tour, apart from the success of i the younger batsmen, has been the . good performances of the team in the , test matches. These show that with l more experience, New Zealand would l be a force to be reckoned with in the . cricket world. , l ■ • ^ * Outstanding Woman Cricketer. t Miss Hazel Pritchard, tall, athletic, t and sun-tanned, is proving the out3 standing player in the Australian ; women's cricket team. Her 96 against t the Midlands at Edgbatson has earned i her the tag of "Girl Bradman." She : looks so much like a man in action : that onlookers find themselves saying, ; "Oh, good stroke, sir!" Miss Pritchard ; certainly knows the shots and can on- . drive to the boundary with surprising s force. The late cut is one of her l specialities. 4s 4- 4* Adrian Quist's Illness. One of the disappointments of the past international lawn tennis season with the inability of Adrian Quist, the flne Australia player, to measure his 1 skill against the world's best, owing J to his protracted illness in the United ; States. It was expected that he would " return to Australia some weeks ago, [ but it is pleasing to note that he has 5 apparently made a fine recovery, as * his play in the recent England-France " contest indicates. J * & 4= > - American Milers. i Although New Zealand's J. E. Love- > lock is regarded as the greatest miler of all time, It is interesting to note i that his great American rivals coni tinue to return startling figures for ' the distance. Sensational times were t features of the "Mile of the .Century" , at Princeton this year. Archie San ■ Romani and Don Lash finished so close L that they were both given the same i time of 4mln. 7.2sec., while Glenn ■ Cunningham, who was third, was ; closed at 4min. 7.4sec. Cunningham ; holds the world's record at 4min. t 6.7sec. i * * ♦ i England Wants a Bowler? ; Pre-eminent critics in England are ■ drawing attention to the fact that l England this season has not discovered one new bowler who is likely to l figure in the cricket tests against Ausl tralia next year. Verity, Voce and i Gover were dropped from the first l test eleven against New Zealand to be 5 replaced by F. R. Brown, A. W. Wel5 lard, J. Smith and T. W. Goddard. I Brown, 26, has already failed against ■ Australia, Wellard is 34 years old, and - Goddard 36. Smith is a well-known : county medium-paced trundler. ■* Y

Brothsr Chanengjng Brother, S. C. Woodersoon, the British mHc athletics champion, is likely .to be strongly challenged this season by m none other than his own brother, S. J. H Wooderson. Similar in build and appearance they have had several Inter- ; esting encounters. . „ . :: :: :: Springboks in Sydney. An analysis of the three matches played in Sydney by the Springboks, against New South Wales and Australia in the two tests, shows that in winning two out of three they scored 41 points to 39, with 10 tries to nine, four goals from tries to. three, and penalty goal to two. -v * * * Rugby League Trophfee. The Courtney Goodwill trophy ft>* l international Rugby League suprem- ■ acy and the later trophy, the Transtasman Cup, will be.competed for this year, the latter when the Kangaroos ^ visit New Zealand shortly. Wk . * * * Sensational Girl Swimmer. A sensational girl swimmer has been developed in South/ Amerlca; K She retains her health and enthusiasm she should in two years rank with the 1 speediest middle-distance swimmers of the world. The newcomer is Miss Ple-" tade Continho, and her. age is just 14. * * A Unusual Football Breach. An unusual football breach was made in South Australia recently. A west Adelaide player was adjudged guilty of grasping the goalpost and shaking it so that the top moved. about 18 inches when an opposlng forward shot for goal. He was ordered to stand down for the next match. ' ^ * * * • Soccer Man's Long Scrvlce. After 32 years with Blackburn i Rovers as player, trainer, and coach, Arthur Cowell has parted company with the club. He played for England against Ireland in 1910, and was a member of Blackburn's League Oiampionship side in 1911-12 and * * McKenzie May Improve. Bill McKenzie, N.S.W. champion discus thrower, says that he has discovered a point in discus style that he expects to help increase his throwing distance. He will not turn so far round just before releasing the discus, and hopes to gain a better pull. Mc- L Kenzie reached 130 feet for the flrst M time in his career last season. ~

English Athletes' Tour. The Newcastle centre of the New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association has applied to the A.A.U. for permission for the track and field games members of the British team for the Empire Games to compete iri a meeting at Newcastle on Saturday, February 19; The application cannot be granted, however, for the AA.U already has sanctioned the presence : of the British athletes at the / firsA days of the V.A.A.A.'s. State cham- " pionship meeting in Melbourne on the date of the Newcastle meeting. ♦ * * Again the Pole Vault. On July 3 at the 50th. annual championship meeting of the A.A.U. oi U.S.A. four Americans cleared 14ft. ' 5-8in. in the pole vault. They were Bill Sefton, Cornelius Warmerdam, Earle Iv/^adows, and George Varofi. Sefton gained first place, taking onlj two attempts to the others' three. Aetually, the listed world's pole vault record is 14ft. 6Jin., but this has been broken a number of times. The best performance among those awaiting recognition is the 14ft. 8Jin. vault by BiU Sefton and Earle Meadows on May 7 last. A * * * W Paul Roos. Mr. Paul Roos, who captained the 1906-7 Springboks in Great Britain, has a university appointment at Stellenbosch, about 35 miles out of Capetown, and he has coached universit\ teams for many years past and turnec. out innumerable ehampions, includmg his own son, who is at present an : Oxford Rugby Blue. Mr. Roos deserved his greatness, for if ever anvone earned football distinction he did Living 40 miles out of town he pedalled a push bicycle to and from hu farm twice a week to practice®, #nr again on match days. He would, leave the farm at 3 p.m., do his training in ■the twilight— all practice in Africa is between knock-off time of work and -nnner— and set- home about mfdnight J|