Risks Forsworn

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 322, 5 April 1928, Page 6

Risks Forsworn

rpHOUGH The All Blacks will not he throwing: themselves about with their customary abandon.* they should he capable (if old footballers, like old ■ soldiers, are as shrewd as they are said to be) of staging a match that will ! have the element of speed, polish and ‘ sparkle, without any of the more ruthless ingredients of implacable Rugby. ! Xext Wednesday's exhibition will al- j low Wellington and its visitors to see I the whole team in action. Every one ■ of the 23 men is selected to play, and the 30th man. included for the occasion, is C. G. Porter, captain of the 1324 All Blacks. On paper there is little between the two teams, and they should attract a sufficient crowd to furnish a handsome contribution to the j Olympic funds. There is some interest in the placings of certain of the players. Lindsay plays full-back, opposite Lilburn, in Brownlie’s team, which appears the stronger of the two, and suspicions that he was picked partly as a reserve full-back, instead of solely as a cen- : tre, are thereby \ confirmed. Hadley, the Aucklander, will hoow with More, of Otago. and the other pair of hookers will be Swain and Burrows. Sheen | has a post as centre, and Lucas is* on the wing. LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS Interest in club and representative . prospects in Auckland is not sub- ! merged by the interest bestowed on the j departure of the All Blacks, and will j quicken from now on. Lucas, McWilliams, Sheen and Had- ;

THE CHERNIAVSKYS SMOKE EDGEWORTH

A large carton standing In the hall j of the Grand Hotel, Auckland, recently attracted attention. It was marked ‘ Edgeworth,” and contained about 20 pounds of tobacco. The owners were \ the famous Cherniavsky trio, Michel, ; ’cello; Jan, piano; and Leo, violin: who are touring round the world. ■ Michel stated that they had brought 40 pounds of Edgeworth with them, so . that they were not likely to be short. They did not know that Edge wort:: is sold from one end of New Zealand to the other. Ail the three famous . brothers are ardent members of the Edgeworth Ciub. “Once a man takes to Edgeworth.” they say, "He is , L wedded to it xor lifej- L

ALL BLACKS ON DISPLAY Rugby Prospects for 1928 By MAKARrVT) DISKS will be forsworn by the 1928 AU Blacks in the exhibition canter they are to stage at Wellington next Wednesday, on the eve of their departure for South Africa. It would be ridiculous to expect much in the way of fiery football from men whose chief concern, at the moment, is to be regarding the receding shores of New Zealand from the decks of their ship.

ley. The Auckland All Blacks, leave for Wellington on Monday, and are sure to be given a rousing farewell. After that local Rugby followers and pluy--1 ers will settle down to contemplation * |of the approaching opening of the I season. There are few changes in the c-on- ! stitution of the Auckland Rugby Union, ; which met this week to form commit- * tees to which various phases of its - important undertaking will be allotted. 1 C. T. Keegan, the varsity frontranker, takes his place as one of the younger men on the union, and as a ; practising solicitor, as well as a sound Rugby man, he should bring the right : qualifications to the job. Keegan, who ; played for a very fine Kings College . team in 1919 and 1920, hurt his ankle i I badly when playing for Varsity last | season, and it is unlikely, even had he not been elected to _ the union, that he would have been able to turn out j again this winter. The union has had some problems to ! solve in the way of handling its senior j competition, and at the moment it is . I not by any means certain whether last | vear’s arrangement will be renewed. r | Players from the B grade could not j OCEAN YACHT-RACE AUCKLAND TO WHITLANGA Four keel yachts -will contest a ; cruising race from Auckland to .Mercury Bay starting at 7.15 p.m- to-day ; i off King's Wharf. A warning gun will be fired at 7.10. The course is from starting line be- i ’ tween King’s Wharf and the launch j iiaroro moored north, keeping channel ! ; side of Sandspit light and Beacon 1 j Rock, thence to Mercury Bay, fin- i j ishing between two mark-boats j moored inside Middle Island in a I south-westerly direction. Should the I race finish after dark both' mark-boats i will show two r*d vertical lights. A j , pilot will be placed on board any com- j ' petitor if desired. Competitors must hail the mark- * boats, giving name and number, both ! at the starting and finishing lines. The first prize is £ 7 10s and the second £2 10s. Entries and handicaps are as follow: / Heartsease, scr.; Qu.ee nie 20m - i WslJjU, _ j,