THE OTAGO CHAMPION

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 205, 18 November 1927, Page 10

THE OTAGO CHAMPION

TN among the students of the Auckland Varsity is C. J. E. McLean, who hails from Otago. McLean has come to Auckland to take a course in a r c h i tec - ture, but more important to the swimming fans than this, is the fact that he holds all froe-sty?e swim m i n g championships in the Southern Province. McLean has begun training Tor xne mew Zealand championships which are to be held at Dunedin next year, and throughout the week he has been seen in action at the tepid baths under the supervision of the Auckland coach, Mr. W. Anderson. He is only 19 years of age, but has plenty of speed, and after a bit of hard training on the right lines he should show up strong at the big meeting in Dunedin. 7K Tik ?'(k Girl Cricketer The other day the Mairehau (Canterbury) team was a man short when it went into the field. But that did not dismay Mairehau. It enlisted the services of Miss L. Wilson, who fielded very competently. She saved a number of boundaries and accepted one catch. A man was fined in England recently for taking part in three fights in one evening. It is hardly necessary to point out that he was not a member of the Boxers’ Union. John and The Tin Hares When Kipling wrote, “East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” he reckoned without the tin hare. John Chinaman, too, has fallen a victim to the mechanical form of coursing which has taken western nations by storm. Companies have been formed to promote the sport in Hong-Kong and other centres. Coming Cricket “All Black” Harry Foley, the young Wellington batsman, who made a most promising start in big cricket against the New Zealand XI. at Wellington, plays for the Institute Club. He is a good all-rounder, batting and bowling above the average, in addition to which he is considered to be one of the finest slip fields in the Dominion. The fact that the Government has granted £I,OOO towards the loss suffered on the recent cricket tour of England is much appreciated by all followers of the game in New Zealand. This, added to what will be secured from the Australian Board of Control as a result, of the match in Sydney, the total takings of which amounted to £7BO 13s, and the gates secured for two matches in New Zealand, should go a long way towards reducing the expected deficit of something over £3,000.