Sports and Pastimes

Southland Times, Issue 18834, 29 May 1920, Page 9

Sports and Pastimes

Viv:v\'v:v: w - The Australasian Waterloo Cup will bo lecidcd at Brisbane on Juno 23. and 56. The Well-known Auckl uai ci t'v.i-i----ast, Mr Martin Taylor, wail represent Maoriland at the fixture. Cabled from New i nri: that “A. A. Shrnhb. the trainer of the’ O.Dor 1 ( ambridge team which won the relay ra, e at the University of I’i-nir-ylvar.iu meeting, is remaining in the L tuted States, and will probably assume the position ot trainer to an American colic:'. rdmibb visited Australia end New Zealand somyears back. A world’s e; aviamv i i _ pion, he was a won .er iw er a ,! t mot ground. He has heai experience of American athletics. Owners must note that the first payment of £1 Is for the New Zealand Waterloo Cup falls tue on V...n..ay n'xv 31st, with Mr I-b i-r;:;wy. bon. scer’iary of the .N'mv r!y;,i,'abi C Uh :>. u’’. a-r being held this season. The goto- r.tg set down tor Thursday. Friday, and b.uurday. July 29, 30. and 31. Dick Arnst is quietly endeavouring to get lit for a tilt once again for the ••eul.'tig championship. lie i- t? be -c-ai - a th * Parramatta aitunnv; !'’? i..n.-sl'- v. i i a view to po-.-dal I,"-. It a-, therciore. interesting to know i -ai.ys th.' Sy In-ay Re fereei what Barry has to ay of his conqueror of the /'.aiabi ;. Interviewed at Perth for the Referee, the Kiut!;.-n < (lampion said: "Arn-I is one of the be.-;, Out a nasty fellow to meet in a race. i.e never knew when h- was beaten, ckieiiy due to the fuel teat be: had don" a large amount of long-distancec cyehng bstore taking up sculling. He was Ihe very best sculler 1 have met in the whole ot my career." "A es.’ mierjeeteii Trainer Me Alpine, "he was a world-beater ail right, and 1 don’t think the hoUs he made in the Thames agam-i It .rry have been llUed no yet." "He was," ronrmned Barry, ’such a powerful sculier a.. I don i think ihe world has ever seen, but his one fault v.ais that He would run to fat. they tell me he is 17st. now." Joe Megson. the idol of the patrons of cvcling in every stare in the Commonwealth in his prime, died early in May in Svdnev i says the Referee' at a private hospital, where he had been an inmate for some years. Meg-on was a comparatively young map. 4s emirs of age but death whs ii happy role .is". Ills case was known to Ik" hopeless for th" last year or two. The remains were i.ii 1 to rest on Sunday afternoon at Robwood, and tnere was a big crowd of cyclists present to pay their last respects to one of the ivnesi riders the world h:t-' sen. It was in 18TI that. Megson first cam*'' into prominence, and up'till the end of about H’b'2 ir- was at his best. Unfortunately no record has been kept of th" races Meg.-on won. Hr certainly placed m.or" ch.amp:mv-h:ps N.e-.W .. Victorian, anfl AusT.r.ikisnn; - to his credit than any other ruler. He was a nnlliant ?priut-T, with wnodertnl judgment. and a gamer man never put a leg across :i wheel. All who then attended in llieir thirty thousands, will never torgrt Megsou's great riding at the Urieset t.round. II" alwavs Ic'd hi.- sprint until opisasite the member?' stand, and it was a treat lo see him finish up ih-’ straight on an SS'ii gear. To instance how game a,,? Megson was. it has only to be ment'oro'd ‘h.U in a 10 miles Ansi rala-mn ■■ ha;n;■ams’iip in A<ieIn* frLl. 1 ,: il i*s•;*■*T r *<i. cLiuiiht I ftct field after a ciuu-e of three l-p.-. and won. He did the same thing at fdaitland in a five miles State championship. Stanislaus Zbys-zkn, th" giant Pole, who was for years the world’s champion wrestler, has seuirnwl to the mat after lour vear’s war service. lesi March. though out of condition, he met and defeated the Finn, John TH n. in seven minutes under the boar. IVs.-ribing the bout t.he N’e.v York Times says: "Interest in Zbyszko centred not ?o much on his ability to throw (,'i.n. whirdi v. a - i'"ti b’ll if he was even d shadow of h:s former self, but as to -wh-'-thcr he would be able P> get into such ■ondi'ion that he niigb.t again try for chain-Mom-hip hor.riurs. Ii was quite evident. tvh‘‘n Srnusiaus st '‘por’d out on the mat, Ihat he was more thin a shadow of his torm p r rch, Ihe war head certainly not cobbed him of : ny of hi- weight, whatever else he might have lust. He weighed about 2Mi poun !s and v.-g? fairly encased in auge rolU of fat. S.uee Zhyszko was badly rut of eondit’oti. he depentled en si rely on ics .w;vb utf and this prove! lUlfficielit. t il’ll proved to be a good opponent. though lie wo.- both badly nut- ■ Weighed :;nd iirmi? hi- Polish, rival's knowledge of the ;;.ii;e. Oiai was mi the defensive practically all the and never had a read opporiuniiy to pin th" Pole down. Hut ha dad giv •• tha ii.lllil) fans tv lew thrills by 1 I ■- gattuig nut of holds that appe.'-sd to b" fi.aeii on him to stay. Al't-er i:v - rr.an had wrestled about twenty live tium./cy-zko got an arm hold ami a wii-t lock on the Finnish wrestler and had tls e latter ail but on his shoulders. But Olin struggled gamely and suddenly pulled himseli out oi the h"ld, amiri cheer- from the crowd. J-'ifr< en nsintirr’s later provided aniitlmr thrill hr-1;! after struggling for five minutes in it- deadly grasp. Zbyszko began to perspire from his exertions and Olin found it almost impossible to secure a hold on him. Hi' li ’.mis would -lip from every point he placed them. Meantime, the Pole was rolling t >im about on the tioor, pressing his grant bulk down upon him ami otherwise using him up badly, A bout three minutes Iwfu.e th • end.. Zbyszko got a -cisrnrs hold on l'!;n and piitiL-Jicd the latter so badly that the match se"in‘'d to be at an end. <Tc r-: :■=’ ’d \v>th every bit of strength re- h.e! l-gr, Su'ldenly Zbvse.ko gave up the held, bur a- i )lm turned to gel fi"’" the Pole leaped at him, clasped on a body hold and a toe hull and in .a moment had pinned the Finnish wrestler tu the mat.

to take cue stroke at a time, as I did. and practise it diligently.” Ihe \ Riorum Lawn Tennis Association at a m-eting presided over by .Mr Theyre t-.’B. ’VVrdgail. made a definite r.dva’i " m the i!iive”on of procuring it? own ground. Tlv s .h-.i.ie for nequiririg the w T : s::y fun ks to prepare the ground and erect a pavilion and stands at the site at Kooyon;; was officially launched. The necessary alterations in the const.itufion of the .As. .•aviation dra.ted by the pendent, which p’ov jde 1 [or a rv-’.v ela-s- of rieiub'rs. <.e----t ?■ ! "nom iru’l ;r;r. !fe maitdiar v.v e mil (Uni. The m’w iu!e w:h i" bod’ed pi a c :<ua;r. al o liraftad by Mr Weigr.ll, in viting epplieiirinns for "nomimil'im hlc members." and redeemable intpre-t-hea:-ir.g debentures to be issued in drnomina:on 5.,11. bai) and £IOO rc-pactively. 1 nr, ;a on ’.' mrs.e for the non n■! on of in I::.-: 1 d- n.'-mb-rs. who, ho - e .it, shall ii.oa i., ,: o vunuiu- u that mUT) wall be receive:! from i.ojninalion Ide meniha s' subscri’ t.ons. Taa calculated cost of propming the new ground as a suitable site for uita nation,al chainpinnshiiis and Dav:Cup ali-lie- i- competed a; b.-rwe-n fild. ii 'Al'.iald. an I nn.-vp of the m- v i:rl will ciua.l a yeu’y expend;; u:v ol Ui.d.Vi. ini haling it;;crest on debenture-, 'ihe Victorian I.awn Tennis A-a-oe:ation , to be i ou-patulated on going into this matter so thoroiigldy and e.irne tiy. We have ro dot!.: ; 1 1 i in due t,:m P t.he lieaciquari cis of la.v’.n leniu-- in M. ibr.urne v.ll hr .mitiethhig of which t;o: only Vieiorittns. but . Australians g"i’eral!y. wail be pruO'k Avi