Sports Log

NZ Truth, Issue 1202, 13 December 1928, Page 16

Sports Log

£^ THEIR DEBUT poit^tii'e .first time iriihistory, Canter- *■ butfyftipllege will be represented m this y«aif.'d\;':'ya.rsity . tournament by a rowing crew^; /Most: of th'e students with prospects i ; 6f; representing their Varsity have joinefi up with the Canterbury Rowing Club 'arid. are gaining valuable experience on the Avon. Tne Varsity is arranging;., witti ;Jhe ; Canter^ bury Association for -the loan of an eight if or the tournament, As the college has .»6t;:;upi; ; ,tiiVvt|tiEi'Aj&r«ise.nt; i ';evor had the occasion to purchase any. craft. *k CHAMPION CALiKrHANSEN is a versatile wheel - man, who hails- from Denmark. At the Olympic Games he won the 100 metres", test against time m 15 2/ssecs., and then went on to collect the 165 kilometres road . race. ' Of a genial dlspooitlon and able to manage the English language, he is just the man to make a good draw m this country against bur cham- :■ pidns. The N.Z. . A.A.A. might, give '■ a little serious consideration to the matter. .. .. ♦ \ BACK TO FORM , WHEN J. W. Savidan stepped-out m •" the one mile handicap event at the liynndale Athletic Club's meetirig, the N.Z. champion I showed Aucklanders that he was fast approaching top form. He showed' even mbre than his usual pace, and 'maintained his easy stride. He was. twenty. .yajrds m front at the tape, and Ills'- 'funnlngf indicated ' that he could havei shown up even -fetter if pushed at the/finish. , Big. things -are expected f rom rhim v 'late'r m the season. A KING HITTER ;; THE Linwood senior grada; ■selectors : probably did not realize; the meri^, of one of their young all-roun/lers when they dropped C. L. King from first grade A to first grade B last week. Anyway, , Klngv'topk ,full advantage of the idi-jcfp': ill: class and s scored one of the brightest centuries seen m Christchurch this year. With: perfectly timed shots all round the wicket; King rattled up- 132 against Christ's College, his tally including three sixers and, twenty fours.