ALL SPORTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 293, 2 March 1928, Page 10

ALL SPORTS

A. Weekly Budget

tlie swim—Ena Stockley and Kathleen Miller on the other side of the Tasman.

New “Pro” Sprint Champion Tom Miles (Queensland) Is the new I Professional world’s sprint champion. IHe has beaten Tim Banner, and out I of four races set down for decision I he has won three—the 75yds, 220yds l and the 130yds. • * • Boxers for N.Z. The three Green brothers, Theo, Teddy and Jack, who are well known to boxing fans in Australia, have decided to come to New Zealand at the end of this month. Teddy and Jack are to box here. The former, who is the fly-weight champion of Australia, should draw well in the Dominion, and that great performer and champion of a few years back, Jack Green, who is boxing well, will, no doubt, pull big houses wherever he shows. * * • Tennis and Temper The “Daily News" says that a rule to prevent tennis players from glaring at a linesman when they disagree with a decisio ; n is as essential in Britain as m America. There is too much flouting of the authorities during tournaments, especially bv7 players who deliberately lose a stroke because they disagree with a decision. By this they gain cheap applause from groundlings who construe the act as good sportsmanship, when it is exactly the reverse. Tennis players should be subject to rules similar to those governing other sports. The American Tennis Association proposes to prohibit glaring. Money in Tennis Jean Borotra and Miss Daphne Akhurst were triple winners at the Australian lawn tennis carnival concluded recently. Borotra won the men’s singles, the doubles with Brugnon and the mixed doubles with Miss Akhurst. The latter won the ladies’ singles, the ladies doubles with Miss E. Boyd, and the mixed doubles with Borotra. From the attendances and the takings at the tournament, it is evident that the Australian Lawn Tennis Association will make big profits from the tour of the Frenchmen. The gross returns from ! the Australian championships were ! nearly £5.000, and matches in Sydney j this week have probably yielded another £5,000.

Patsy” Hendren, who is coaching in Adelaide, South Australia, made anoher century the other week-end for the Colts against Kensington. He batted brightly, and scored 146 out of Ask Bill Woodful! It imight not be such a bad idea if the A.C.A. could persuade one or two of the Australian cricketers to give a lecture on the game while in Auckland. Bill Woodfull is said to be quite good at it. * # * Betty Taw, 14 years old, swam third to both Misses Stockley and Miller in the 100 and 200 yards championships in Australia. Made her marble good: About Goats Goat-racing has become so pooular in Australia that there is some talk of starting it in New Zealand. We know some animals that race under the New Zealand Racing Conference rules that would be splendidly suited to the new sport. After Records? Walter Laufer, the loted U.S.A. swimmer, has now to be added to the list of those who have become victims to the lure of Hawaii. He has taken up permanent residence in Honolulu, where more speed records have been made than at any other place, and his name may 'presently be seen among the world’s records from which Johnny Weismuller has displaced him. New League Rugby Rule Here is the new English Rugby League play-the-ball rule, adopted on January 2: “Only one player from each side will be permitted to play the ball, and one player from each side (to act as half-back) be allowed to stand immediately behind the players playing the ball. All other players within a radius of five yards must stand behind them, otherwise they will be penalised. Penalty: A penalty kick. The word j ’them* refers to the man playing the ball and his colleagues acting as halfbacks, and that all players on their side must be behind the latter (the player acting as half-back). Flavors i are therefore not now in order in standing on a level with the acting half-back, but must be behind him.