ALL SPORTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 223, 9 December 1927, Page 10

ALL SPORTS

A Weekly Budget

Sidey Time Golf Golf is said to have had a marked effect in promoting early rising during the past winter. At the height of the season a golfer has to be up at sunrise to be down at the office in time to leave. Ordered Off! For a player to be ordered off the field is not unusual, but for both a player and a linesman to receive marching orders ill decidedly uncommon. However, this occurred in a recent Soccer match at Shildon, England. A centrehalf was sent off for infringement, and when disagreement arose between the referee and a linesman regarding another decision the linesman was also ordered off. Another "Come-Back?” It is likely that Cyril Coaffee, joint holder of the world’s record over 100 yards, and Canada’s champion and representative at the last Olympic Games, will wear the maple leaf at Amsterdam next year. Of late little has been heard of him, but he demonstrated recently that he retains his brilliance when he beat C. Bowman, the American champion, and De Hart Hubbard, in an invitation 100 yards at Toronto in 9 4-5 sec.

Getting Back to Form Charlie Oliver, who was a rank

failure with. the Enzed cricketers in England, looks to be. striking form again. He finished up last Saturday with 87 not out, which should help him considerably toward retaining his place in the Canterbury XI., which will play in Auckland in a few weeks’ time.

To Help Olympic Fund The New South Wales Amateur •Swimming Association has decided to give the whole of the proceeds of the forthcoming Australian national swimming championships at Sydney in January to the Olympic Fund, provided certain alterations are made in the present dates of the Sydney section of those title events.

N.Z, Boy Swimmer Abroad The former New Zealand junior boys’ swimming champion, Leslie Olds, who, with his family, is now living in America, has lost none of his New Zealand form. At a recent swimming meeting conducted by the Pacific All Stars Club he won the 200 metres in 2 min. 45 sec., which is remarkable time for a boy of 13 years of age and suggests that in a year or two he will loom forth prominently in the American swimming world. His elder brother, D. Olds, evidently is getting back to his form of a couple'of years back, as he was second in the race and also captured the 90yds medley in 56 sec. The Pacific All Stars is a Californian club which is comprised of young swimmers, one of whom carried off the 50yds in 24 1-5 sec. Letting Them Go When facing W. E.- Merritt. who bowled splendidly for Old Boys against West Christchurch on a recent Saturday, J. Newman, the English professional coach, shaped to five successive balls which went past him. The impression was gained, however, that several times he dropped his bat, missing the ball deliberately. This attitude may possess significance in view of the policy adopted toward Merritt by some of the professional batsmen in England. They did not attempt to hit his leg-break, stopping it with their pads or letting the ball pass, if clear of the wickets. Their use of the bat was concentrated on the googlie, or the ball which went straight through. However, Newman did not face Merritt long enough to determine liis system. He was unfortunate enough to strike a ball from F. R. Powell, which jumped straight up and ran along his bat, ending in the slips.

Winner of Grand Prix Hubert Opperman, winner of the Dunlop Grand Prix, the biggest event of the year in Australasian cycle road racing, took to the pedalling game as a telegraph messenger years ago. Now 23 years of age, he is talking of going to Europe next year. Twelve Days On End

A non-stop motor-bike test in Canada the other week was won by a 2% h.p. machine, which ran for 12 days and did 7,344 miles at 102 miles to the gallon. A super-figure fiend worked out the fact that in that time the engine had turned over 46,678,544 times!