THE PLAYGROUND

Southland Times, Issue 18853, 19 June 1920, Page 9

THE PLAYGROUND

The Australasian Waterloo {’up, Purse, and Piute are to i>.- decided at ' Ib.eklea, Brisbane lA 1 < i n June 23, 25 and 26. The drought, in Queensland and New South Wales has no: aa-ated lo encourage ihe greyhound sport oi late in the I'.uamonwealrh. Club-swingcr Tom Hurnuv> is s'; 11 prepared to whirl his ;ci muscle producer-- l"r good money over period.- id many hours. His late.-t i- to chaihuge anyone in Australia to meet him over ,53 or 72 hours in Sydney. The Goulbum to Sydney amateur cycling road rare of Id, I mile- is now af.raetm; toe at enlioti of w Iveler-t in Au.-trada. IT 1 contest will take pha'e in September, when many valuable pru-e- iil he on •••;»?. Now that Aueu-t 2> has iieeu deiitut. iy fixed for ;U,. i larry ■! ; 1 1 <ai v.onus e;u pionship -e'.idtar match, the prou . i.-v- m the Sydney li.uio.eao, whieii carr: - wU,i it prize money to the value of '--'a.d and in which Harry ai i Id non are to e-uiio.-tr, have fixed July •'!! as the date ot t.e- It uilof that even', wild • the i.nal :.nd eo;i--iud-t ion rtiee are t' i>e decide,! on Augu.-t 7. Extre.ontin;:ry mtenst is iuaier liken in tats handieap. fa' in ailutt ton to Harry and hj elton eomp.d it.a. o'iu r.- who intend I rig Ikiddon, j.i'o McAipine ' Harry's Tamer', and W. Meld', hi, A writer in i!v I hilly Mail stales mat f"vca young children '.vere recently re-rued • rom tin'\.u;: ttg at Id i hernam by tut iionworker. Waln-r Gilm'd, and a sporting lle-riever dor. 'the chiidivn were in a yard at the back of 72 HitdlMu r-ad. watching the dog swimming in the near Hon. The yard over! •Ts river, and at me edge i- a drop >■; ."lit. pratoued by a wooden fence. Heiorhteii vritii I ite dog s paiuonnjmce. the tuu.uren i-.uord on me 'cuce. which suddiudv opAc down lor a langEu oi six or seven, v ard.s. They ail tell into the water, w h.an a; tins po.nt t- wry iieeu ui mid-stream. 'ihe dog was swimming amour when Lucy Morris, a.wd live year.-, climbed on its back, and Horace I’orter, aceu w'.cn vears, gra'ooeu 1 1 <-1 * i "i us tail. liiu.- burdened the ;L i never turned .or t lie iomx, and th° Ipiie one-- ioutm -auely on a ,-itip of sand at the cdw. hl-sanvaude tile othei children were in .gre:u il.mger, out tihbeii., a fine swan:;n-r, unit to ineir .'-si 'ir. He caved all who were in the water, bringing three tn the bank at one journey. In th-s ea-iv da>a of dm game, when great matches a• r ■ te .v. well .snow n cricketer,-. cv.-Tien-t ■.•: htil ■ vmar me. tear, kern, tlaar t ! ems die ir’i.t rank undi well advanced m year.-. In v. o. e. oie Young i! 0 ■ i ih" 'hd lo loros, U’.c ege limit of' dm former rs placed a.- bign as 3S. .!• hn Mill'.!!, a; id. cm.! : ’;■■■'■ ; "'t cut of the I! amp-ium b .in ; ! "dlaai, in to--s'dh year, was piekad o.r the L;. Act's, at 1... r ,r-; and r.mre recently (duke. »t Notts; William l.dlpvdd a. of Sus-mc ; and "W.dA were v, in utmost the oe.-r to::,, v.v.l a. may hem i -come gnm-.'.ed veterans. In cb.ii am 1 1 village cricket, however. there aa - m are remark.'.: dm c,.-c.- oi the extraordm my m-tamms of the -< b-ran. Id M. I dr:,-a m •' r imod; ro; - t uamriom 1 lay- i for r .: ~-vms, eajoyu.g m. my Ei-anaiit the ne m m o i ■ n ■ ij-'r; m greater p uu of a eel. Try -a m'dmi on crclfs obtain-'! o. or 2'‘it V.'ICA-’.S one year m'S;:: Three 1 '" .' dm a ■- !•:" T- ddi-ter, XL A. No ha m ' i' A Gregory -all U--ina'.. -I m- McA'ist r. ei" wifi >-e -7 1 next r.u.n; Greg >ry. v.im wns ■ im-r neu.tn. is in Sydney ; and N v.d’.o was ■: . m.-t J inunrv, aeio diy • .uumne.i a N eve youth Wales 'tv uu lema-t ty vcn-land, m Brisbane. last .-'I:’::: or. rbe is aid a m—u i r:eoiatcii agali. • tya ■nd .mu trie i nme- -■ ..rr that h'g c-m ; ' ml im naU". (di.o is ~\ ,tv : ,i; ;■i . 1 e ii. .t he '. ad lead Budding on f 'r m.m.v ye..rs ; hj r ii. A I, i p-gord o' l -' hj rene liman s r*■ ic(writes Idvd I• i ui the ! m.ny .Vyrsi, but Of- mom.. rue more of npprt-hen-Fion toomy, !u di kinds of Frenchmen have b.-.-n m".k:n-g great -indes,

the V v.-.m.- nr >*f U"' i—shm.u. He 1 vigour, and the marantic fie,’ of it. I-’- 1 ' A--,, a ; ! ,mi gaum a- p"ac--Bml the l*rll •,.>■!■;! . a, ! m - arc_ n>t ra-mg gen -r:,! am, m,, ibc r-.m radii and caring . • ird. .V iTvncl.nam add me reetuiliv ai' Idva-a, uim.a ihiP Ihi was owing to the war. F. -V : miaetliina fertuade came to Fr-mw l, c-t cm-'-r.-'iicc, but I ringing up ail o', it i cmiu’ry In France, gnoe tit." r -ah- aimuld be obtained. Quite raa L :itlv a :;mv and, was opened near Paris, ami i; r- intcr-’.-t.ng '' l; - 1 '^ :ir Bvertihe.-, a rara-ar ih; play, a basket ball ruuM-h. an ! a ••.,,a-.n,:!itry Tins spori.'iirm. ' 1 i there is n uy.'d y r ,. ;ll u .-nma. The name of Uarpeiuicr k'-cn.vt - aa’ l u-I:.aaa in the world Isays c,, ;i .. v ;-ai. a .ml M- I ana: has spread fur The slight.*.-: ..Tt r <u the pre-cnee o: a mri will tiring bun with las rod" an'*! ha" - F*e reach ready f ; u a ni-de n:r’ •*i t' 1 ** - i <’■ t 'am':'' ihciu 'lyT period T Fw tr-, > ugbt tisLore nmre dan of these Last ;. car he captured seventy-live c; an a'-arage length of eleven feet. IBs biggest. haul in one day was nine sharks. (>•>■ shark at a tun" is not enough for Mr Sf -a :ie is Id.iriv on [he job, and on wuw.ms !u- lias am d mar a night. \VP-a ; ; U known tic'. or the inure i- m i -..1 : -d a. m>n> an idt a of the angler's cniauia-m caa -■ m•: .diced. .-kilt and r p.' a : 1 arc r.-nuimd in th.c cnnre.-t and in i-,r : to— r-i arm,-um Mr Sara his exd p -add ■ . m;m \ •■ars ot practice .. • -j.i a .-.ifii him that delicacy ,j{ cm :; a ices the inherence be r w .-. a a ,-a: tore ! ii-di mi l a broken hue. So t..r as the question of physical strength is caiß'ci net! u is .-ulha:ant to .-at that he wua the amateur bale weight wrestling ch .mpion.-hip at the Olympic games, _ The o-atlil of the fisherman is an expensive item, ill- S-ira uses a .-phi bamboo rod, SO > yarns of line known to the Hade as 2-1-cord cutty v,._...p. ai ingeniou- reel of his own der,',i The re. I co.-t £2.*. the rod £l2, jh, hl;f , in the i remit day or high p'-oe’, means an expenditure of about £O.

Sports. Sufi Pastimes

I Ihe rod is of the type ordinarily used by expert fishermen. It is eight feet six indies in length, nud contrary to the generally expressed opinion of the onlookers, does not ; have a steel centre. As the line has u , breaking strain of only bOIb, an extraordinary amount of ski'd and accuracy in hand- ■ libu: tile h„e is needed lo prevent accident. Thai is where the reel gives its aid. It ■ is a marvel of compactness and eTieieney. , By means ot several screws it can be so ; adjusted that no matter how the shark ; pul's it can still be wound in without the b.eal-.uig strain b-iiig reached. The hook—an ordinary I.A) one, is fastened to the line by a piano spa! wire on .-wive!-, and a i bait of salmon or mullet completes- the | pueumuit. Siiiigaree, by (he way, makes good bait, but it is not so readily i■: luumide on the beaches a- it is on the ; e manes to ihe north m-.d south of Syd- ; I my.