CAPITALISING THE ALL BLACKS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 381, 15 June 1928, Page 10

CAPITALISING THE ALL BLACKS

HOW SOUTH AFRICAN SPECTATORS ARE “STUNG

DEGREES OF AMATEURISM South Africa has always taken great pride in the fact that no hint of professionalism has been alowed to creep into its Rugby football. But it is rather difficult to reconcile the attitude taken by South. African Rugby authorities over Geoff. Alley competing at an outback sports meeting years ago in New Zealand for a 20s prize with the huge protitmaking “stunt” the G. Alley South African Rugby Union has outlined for the tests this season. TWO GUINEAS TO SEE A MATCH! The prices to be charged by the four centres concerned for the tests against j the All Blacks are as follow: The Durban seats on the stand will j be 20s each, and seats on the bank 10s each. Admission to the ground i jis 3s. Prices for chairs on the ground j range from 10s to 255. ! Rand prices are: 400 reserved seats at two guineas each; grandstand, one guinea; concrete stands, 15s, 10s, and 7s 6d. Admission, 2s 6d. Port Elizabeth prices arc: Pavilion, 30s. Other seats on stands can be booked for 21s and 10s. Admission, ss. Newlands has the lowest scale, 10s being the price for “A” enclosure and the grandstand, 6s the cost for “C” enclosure and "Malay” stand. “B” en- . closure and open stand seats cost 8s j 6d. Admission charges vary according to enclosure preferred. The prices are ss, 4s and 3s. A GAME OR A BUSINESS? Whether or not this is in keeping with the amateur spirit of Rugby, the South African authorities are in the best position to judge. But if the New Zealand Rugby Union tried to “put across” such a stunt here, the chances are there would be an outcry from one end of the Dominion to the other. OFF THE RAILS Billy McAllister, Australian bantamweight boxing champion, is to meet Kid Socks, newly-arrived Englishman, soon. There is talk of billing the contest as for the bantam-weight championship of the British Empire. But our Australian friends seem to have missed the fact that just before he left England Socks was beaten by Billy Hindley, at the National Sporting Club. Certainly the match was at catch-weights, but both men were over the bantam-weight limit, and there was only a pound and a-half between them. Jn any case, Socks is not ! the British champion. The title is ' vacant.