SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 25, 30 January 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)

SCRAP BOOK JOTTINGS

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British Swim Record. Miss Mastenbroek, the Dutch holder of two Olympic Games Championships, broke the British record for the 500 yards freestyle by 22 2-ssec. at Liverpool on December 7, her time being 6min. 21 l-ssec. The previous record was held by Miss M. J. Cooper, now Mrs. Babcock. ¥ Jr & Club’s Huge Losses. Leeds United report a loss of £5130 for the year ended July 31 last. This is largely accounted for by the difference between transfer fees paid and received. The sum of £9481 was paid for players, while receipts from other clubs were £5445. One item of expenditure which showed a big increase was training expenses, which are set down at £ll3O, as compared with £268 the previous year. Higher wages amounted to £14,546, as against £13,680, but on the other hand the gross gate receipts increased from £26,220 in 1935 to £29,951. A significant feature is that the club paid £4580 in entertainment tax, practically all the loss shown. * ♦ Steve Fairbairn’s Tongue. Here is a story told by London Star of the magical effect of Steve Fairbairn’s tongue: A certain coxswain who came under the lash for the first time, all unprepared, was so badly shaken that he piled his craft on the bank where it sustained grievous damage. Further eloquence by the old Australian finished the cox altogether and he was never seen on the river again; but it was just as well, for he was E. T. Killick, who later rose to fame as a cricketer. ‘Had Killick been able to devote his whole summers to cricket, there would have been no worry about an opening partner for Sutcliffe,” says the Londoner. Jr Jt Jr Gordon Richards. Once again Gordon Richards has finished the English season ahead of all others so far as the number of winners ridden is concerned, although he has not succeeded in topping the 2t)o-mark, as he did in all three previous years. This time Richards rode 177 winners, 159 seconds, and 109 thirds, compared with the 108 winners ridden by his most formidable’ competitor, the North Country jockey, William Nevett, an(j the 104 ridden by J. Sirett. In fairness to the others however, it must he said that Gordon had many more rides, his total mounts being exactly 1000, to 566 of Nevett, and 736 of Sirett.

Brilliant Boy Jockey. Racing men are astonished at the brilliance of Bruce Hobbs, who rode two winners as an aipateur on Bcxing Day, and on the following Monday received his professional licence just as he stepped into the weighing room at Wolverhampton, where he rode two more winners. He is only 16, and has ridden 11 winners unce he scored his first success “over tJ.e sticks” in March. Under National Hunt rules anyone who has ridden 10 winners must apply for a special permit or take up a professional licen:e. Hobbs is the son of the Lambourn trainer R. Hobbs. He was hunting with the famous Quorn at the age of five, and was only seven when he took two prizes for horsemanship at the International Show at Olympia. There is now reported to be a possltility of his riding Miss Dorothy Paget’s famous steeplechaser. Golden Miller, in the Grand National next March. Je- 4 1 Can Petersen Come Back? Jack Petersen, former British and Empire heavy-weight champion, is determined to add further to a record which must be regarded as unique in boxing history. There is a well-used adage in the game, “They ne/cr come back,” and many who were formerly regarded as unbeatable have contributed to the truth of the old saying. Petersen has confounded it once by regaining the British title from Len Harvey after losing it to the Cornishman. He is confident that he can repeat this performance by recepturing both the British and Empire crowns from Ben Foord at Harrmgay on February 1. The Welshman is appearing in a new light. Formerly is was difficult to get all expression of opinion from him regarding any fight in which he was concerned. He was only content to say that he would do his best to win. Now he is showing an inclination to “beat the big drum,” for he has already declared that he will be prepared for the “fluky” punch by which Foord beat him an drobbed him of his crown in Leicester in August. With the South African equally confident that what he has done once he can do again, it appears that there is likely to be a little of the “needle” element in the Harringay clash. This means that neither will waste undue time in bringing his heaviest artillery into action, and we can already begin to look forward to a thrilling fight.

Lindrum to Return. Horace Lindrum, the young Australian billiards and snooker professional, who has been in England for a year, in an interview jn an English newspaper on December 4, said he would return home at the end of the season. “Lately my health has not been normal,” he added, “and I feel the strain of competition has affected me. I want a chance ana my native climate should do me good. I have had a happy time here. I shall not be back for the 1937-38 season, but I want to come back later and bring my mother with me. Perhaps w§ shall domicile here.” Jr * International Athletics. International matches figure largely in this year’s English A.A.A. programme. There will be a meeting with France in Paris, probably on July 31. Germany will send a team to the White City on August 14. It is practically asured that a full team will tour abroad early in September. Finland has inspired this tour. It is a return match for that in Glasgow in 1935. The tour is almost certain to include matches with Sweden, and Norway. The English National 10 miles running and seven miles walking championships are to be held at the White City on April 3. The English A.A.A. indoor championships are to take place on April 10. Jp 4* Wrong Trousers. Few of the 12,500 people who saw a big fight recently at Harri\gay Stadium (England) knew that Syd. Hulls, the promoter, had had a very uncomfortable hour or so during the evening. Syd. and his brother Jim changed into their dress clothes in Syd’s. office before boxing began, and by mistake each put on the other’s trousers! In the rush neither noticed what had happened 4 and it was some time before they discovered the mistake and retired to swap bags! Jim ; is nearly twice the size of Syd. so you will imagine how both must have felt.—Daily Sketch. Jr * Jr ❖ Palmer Defeat* Warnock. Pat Palmer, southern area flyweight champion, began his attempted climb back to his former position as contender for the world championship with an impresive win over the Irish title-holder, Jim Warnock (Belfast), in an eight-rounder. The Londoner excelled at close quarters, and scored freely to the head and body. He obviously concentrated on the body because of the Irishman's southpaw stance, which at times puzzled him. In the later rounds Warnock beat Palmer to the punch, but the Londoner got in a number of telling rights to the jaw, and his better work in the earlier stages fully entitled him to the verdict. Warnock is the only boxer to defeat Benny Lynch, the world flyweight champion, since the latte> won the title. Jr Jr ❖ Olympic Diver Beaten. An interesting feature of the recent Australian swimming championships was the defeat of Ron Masters, Olympic representative. He lost his spiingboard diving title to G. Johnson, the Queenslander. Johnson’s success was a narrow one, the points of the placed men being: Johnson 129.55, Masters 128.05, and A. C. Connor 106.05. A dissection of the performers of the leading paid shows that Masters had four outright successes, and once divided first place with the Queer slander, who, in addition to this tie, had three triumphs. Honours as far as firsts were concerned were with the 01yn\pian but the minor placings iavoured Johnson, who had three seconds against 1£ by Masters, two thirds to the holder’s tie with McCann. Ron was fourth in one dive to Johnson, O’Connor and Mott ,and both rivals finished fifth in one , effort. It was the greater consistency of Johnson that enabled him to take the championship. Leading Sydney experts think, too, that Masters was a bit overweight, and his selection o" more difficult dives, considering this fact was handicapping. None revealed the concentration of Johnson.