Sports Log

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

Sports Log

STRONG TRIO THERE is every likelihood that D. 1 Glanville and J. W. Sheppard will accompany Charlie Angaa to ' the national tennis championships this season. Glan. showed good form against the Englishmen at Christchurch, defeating Higgs m the singles, but Charlie is still his superior as he proved" m a ranking match for first place on the Canterbury ladder, Charlie winning 5-7, 6.-1, 6-3 after being driven almost off the court m the first set. Charlie will partner Len. France m the men's doubles and May Spiers m the mixed. SMART SPRINTER

JACK ELLIOTT, the Auckland champion runner, surprised many last year by his brilliant efforts m the New Zealand and Australasian ch a mp i onahips. He is the ideal cut of a sprinter, strong and wellb v i 1 1. Being hardly into , the twenties, he- has still the best part of his running career m front of him. Good coaching and competition is what he requires. It is up to the Auckland centre to provide the facilities. * * • WELL DESBB.VBD A. W. McCoy and F. Goodsir have bcnyled themselves, into the representative practices at Auckland this season. In these two players, the Parnell club has a tower of strength. Just how much they have done to keep the club on the cricket map m Auckland has been seen particularly m recent games, and McCoy also has good batting credentials. .Goodsir has been claimed as one of the most promising bowlers m the Dominion, and, despite his failure, last season, he still has grounds for retaining the honor. This is hia second season m Auckland cricket, and now he seems to lie -well -on the way to prove that his club's confidence m him ha.s nut been misplaced. Altiiougn he has shono as a batsman, McCoy is essentially a bowler, and. judging by the .strides he is now making, much more will be neard of him before the season is finished.