Pungent Pars

NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 16

Pungent Pars

Students Boated THE principal topic m rowing circles m Ch.ristchurch Is the contest for the interprovincial eights which will be contested m Canterbury this year. The fact that .'Canterbury won the title last year has stimulated interest m the sport, and the admission of a new. club, m Canterbury College, is bound to attract a following. The Varsity, it is understood, is aiming at inter- Varsity contests with the aim of tackling Sydney who compete m air State events across the Tasman. A weir erected primarily by the rowers themselves and completed by the Drainage Board, has given Christchurch rowing men the b6st mile they have had on the Avon for years. ■-#..'■ #; ■•'...'"«•' Lyall Bay's Success THE' Lyail Bay Surf and Lifer Saving Club/intends leaving no stone untuned m an effort' to retain the Nelson Shield this season. Lyall Bay won the Shield from Canterbury at Dunedin m January for the second occasion. The first, tithe was when the club topped the points at- Chrlstchurch m 1925. Among The Girls - > THEiexpansion of the women's branch ■:.' of athletics, is hopefully anticipated in' Christchurch this season. ; A heavy and' continual .downpour of rain did not dampen the enthusiasm and spirits of the Girls' Sports Associ.ati.q'n' which held: its annual^ meeting indoors at the ' Addingtbn Showgrounds. -The growth of this organization m the Cathedral City has stimulated interest in ■< young .women m. open air sport, arid .the Canterbury Centre is hopeful ; that its women's, section will benefit by drawing, on those who showed outstanding form at the x - ecent meeting. ■' , ; „":.:•.''■ - '■•"'■■ •

A younger sister of >Miss Boyd, who was one of the bes£ runners m Canterbury last season,: won the splrint event at the. meeting, and will be an acquisition to the sport. ■■•■■*'..■ * # "Hown On His Pins ' JJKE many a good racehorse, there are a host of athletes m New Zealand cursed with "bad legs."

Malcolm Lef\dtaetter is included, in•this category and his unfortunate retirement) from active participation m the sport is entirely due to the state of his legs. . "I had a fair sickener of it last'season, when I had five spells m bed after meetings," he told "N.Z. Truth." ' Malcolm stated that he had given it a fair "go to keep sound, but as the traoks got harder towards the middle of the season it was a physical impossibility. '.■■•.;..'. But he is not to be lost to the sport. "I can find plenty to do m coaching the promising young-material," he said, and m this direction he has plenty of scope at St. Andrew's College, Christchurch, where he- is engaged on the teaching staff. . . #. ' * •* \ . ' Jack's Find JACK STANDEN brought home a •* few cycie accessoi'ies made from an aluminLum compound named conloy/ He produced a gear .wheel, saddle pi] lar, pedals, wheel hubs, etc., and their combined, strength and lightness surpasses anything we have previously seen. Jack stated that most English and European; riders had adopted conloy. . ' . Mair Agfaiii! PRNIE MAIR, who made himself *f famous by putting one over the proud. En zeds by getting himself ap^ pointed manager of the N.Z. League team which toured England, has given swimmers a shock in.Brisbane by/beating Daye Carter 'for the presidency of the Q.A.S.A. 'Dave had, held the job. since 1900. Mair has? been famed for the good times he handed-' N.SrP^,' swimmers m TooAvoomba. ■-■'-.■# .'•' » ■ ■'■'*. ..'-.-. ; Spears For Home DIG, devil-may-care Bob ' Spears, the ** best advertisement Australia ever had m Europe, is on his. way home. He's coming horne 1 to see- his people, and look 'over' the new board track. Someone > started ' a "rumor ' that "Bob was "through" as a rideiv Just' forgetall about that, reader; Robert is still a brilliant pedaller. ■ : . ..,-'••.■■ i<\: With less -than two preparation he- tackled tlie world's championship, .and got through to the -'■ semifinal- stages. Prior .to joining the boat for • home he tripped to Boulogne and cleared up the programme as he pleased: ■■■'■', ,■ : ■ ■' .- ' " ■