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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 8, 2 October 1937, Page 18

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» interesting news items • Bugby Union Conference. The New South Wales Rugby Union has decided to send representatives to" the Rugby Football Union Conference in South Africa in July of next year. The management committee of Ihe union is to settle the details. • » • • IVJlIe. Lenglen's School. Mlle. Lenglen, the former world's tady tennis champion, has at her tennis school in Paris 300 pupils. Oqe of those, she says, is going to be a world champion. He is Philip Hamelin, aged 11. "He is only so high," says Suzanne, holding out her hand at waist level, "yet he plays with the head of an old man. Wait and see what Philip does." • * • * Health of Cyclists. A well-known cyclists' health and fitness expert says:— 1, One-twentieth of your body weight is blood; 2, cycling can never cause varicose veini, sometimes it can cure them completely; 3, cycling uphill is a natural breathing exercise; 4, "dropped" handlebars cannot cause hollow chests or round shoulders; 5, if exertions demand breathe in through the mouth. It.is not essential always to breathe through the nose. 1 » * » • Narrow Escape. When the Springboks were in Gisborne one member of the party touring with the team had the experience of nearly going up in smoke. He had retired for the night and was aroused some time later to find the room thick with smoke, but greater was his concern when he realised that his bed was alight as were his.pyjamas. "II took him the next day to recover from that shock*

B m . -m w Bradrqan at Squash. L. Schwartz and D. Bradman are at present practising hard in Adelaide for the South Australian squ.ash racquets championship to be held at the end of the month. Schwartz is a little too* good for Bradman, but it is thought that the latter will rise to the occasion when the test cpmes. Ih the meantime the State squash champion D. Turnbull is coneentrating on business, but it will, perhaps, be difficult to take the title from him. ^ r « * » » j \ ' ^ Remarkable Hockey. % A remarkable hockey match was played at Brisbane recently when Valley and Kelvin Grove played for 160 minutes before a decision wasreached in the grand final. At full time the score Was 2 all. After. an • extra 20 minutes they were 3 all. The • teams then had a rest before playing another 70 minutes. That had to he done because there was not a ground available for a replay on the following Saturdav. Valley won in the re-play, 3—2. • • • • Selection of Cyclists. The New Zealand Amateur Cycling , Association has decided to appoint two selectors of cyclists for the British Empire Games team, one from the North Island and one from the South Island. Each centre has been asked for nominations, which had to reac'a the association by September 27. Centres should bear in mind that nominees must be in a position to attend at Christchurch on October 16, October 20, and January 3, and at Auckland on December 4. • # • • Opperman Injured. While training for his trana* continental record attempt from Perth to Sydnoy, Hubert Opperman received severe injuries when he collided with a tourist cyclist near Perth. He suffered extensive abrasions to body and legs, and the ligaments of the left tshoulder were badly strained. This 'accident will hamper his training. He must now ride at reduced speeds, and, for some little time, he will not have full use of the left arm, which will be in a sling. A prolonged ! hold-up in his training routine' will mean the putting back of the date of starting the attempt, and, each week after October will bring the warmer and drier weather which will make the going over the desert wastes most trying.

* * * * Coach Will Be Missed. The University Rugby Club, Auckland, will miss the services o£ Mr. A. Keene, who has been coach to the senior team for several sea-sms, and who has been transferred to Wellsford. Mr. Keene began his career as a player in 1915 when he was a m«nber of the Wellington College first fifteen. Three famous All Blacks, C. G. Porter, J. Donald and ,Querttin Donald, were also in the side. During the war Mr. Keene played for a Royal Air Force team. He played for the Auckland University College senior fifteen for ten seasons from 1920 onwards and for seven years gained Auckland representative honours, being in the provincial side from 1923 to 1929. He was also a New Zealand university representative, besides gaining a place in a North' Island team. N a • * ♦ ♦ # Hare Retiring from Tennis. Charlie Hare, the newest British star, declareS that next year will be his last in international tennis. England sadly misses Fred Perry, Tuckey has said farewell to international tennis, and Austin will be unable, owing to business reasons, to compete in the Davis Cup matches during the early rounds in the 1938 tournament. Miss Dorothy Round has decided that matrimony and tennis do not mix. This year is her last in tennis tournaments. The loss of these stars tends to make the next meeting of the English Lawn Tennis Association a lively one. The mandarins of British tennis will find the provincial representatives saying a* few things. The pro* vinces may now be given a chance to produce their budding stars, a chance long denied them when tlie Lawn Tennis Association felt it could afford to ignore them;