SAW WORLD’S BEST

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 489, 19 October 1928, Page 7

SAW WORLD’S BEST

N.Z. OLYMPIC TEAM PROFITED BY OBSERVATION While the New Zealand Olympic team members did not do as well as they expected at Amsterdam, they benefited by their observation of the styles of the world’s best athletes. This is the conviction of Miss Ena Stockley, Auckland’s champion •woman swimmer, in a special interview given to The Sun after her return front Europe. She said it was an education to the Xew Zealanders to see such swimmers as Johnny Weismuller (U.S.A.), .Lori 11a (Argentina), Arne Borg (Sweden). "Boy” Charlton (Australia) and Martha Norelius (U.S.A.) in action. That was one benetit from the long tour of the Dominion representatives. They were generally disappointed with their performances and had it not been for Wellingtonian Eddie Morgan’s surprise win in the welter-weight boxing, ihey would have felt their defeats keenly from the national point of view. Strange food, trying environment, and overmuch travel all had detrimental effects. Suffice to say that none of the swimmers—Dave Lindsay, Len Moorehouse, Ena Stockley and Kathleen Miller—equalled their New Zealand performances. Later, they regained some measure of form at the Tailteann Games at Dublin. Besides Morgan’s win, Stan Lay’s javelin throw at Stamford Bridge was the most pleasing effort of the tour. That famous New Zealander, Colonel ‘Tiny” Freyberg, wanted to train Lindsay and Miss Miller for the English Channel swim and was satisfied that they could do it. Lack of time stopped his proposal. Lindsay made a big impression on the tour. A cousin of D. E. Lindsay, the All Black fullback, he can hold his own in most sports. Miss Stockley now firmly believes that proper coaching should be extended in New Zealand if Dominion athletes are to be serious contenders for athletic supremacy. The Americans, with dollars, system and coaching as their three foremost advantages, gave an object lesson to the other nations. And Miss Stockley’s prospects for the summer? She expects to be a regular club competitor and hopes to swim in the championships. Before she left Auckland, there were rumours that she would turn professional. If there had been any reason for thinking that Miss Stockley would take up coaching, it has been dispelled by the tour. As she says, if she had won at Amsterdam, things might have been viewed differently. FINAL LEAGUE GAMES BIG K.O. COMPETITION £SO PRIZE AT STAKE As a conclusion to a bumper - season, Rugby League games to be staged at Carlaw Park to-morrow will take the form of a knock-out competition. All of Auckland’s senior thirteens will be seen in action, while there will also be a side from Huntly and one from North Auckland included in the competition. This knock-out competition, which is being promoted by the Labour Day Committee, will be continued on Monday, and League fans are bound to be treated to some fast and exciting exhibitions of the code. The winning team will earn a prize of £SO. Following is the draw: Huntly v. Marist, Carlaw Park No. 1,2 p.m.; City v. Devonport, Carlaw Park No. 1, 3 p.m.; Richmond v. Newton, Carlaw Park No. 2, 3 p.m.; Ponsonby v. Point Chevalier, Carlaw Park No. 2, 4 p.m.; Ellerslie v. winners, Marist-Huntly match, Carlaw Park No. 1, 4 p.m. THE TEAMS Senior Grade City.—Barcliard, Lawrence, Perry, "Williams, WetherlU, Amos, Reynolds, Crouch, Hadley (2), McLaughlin, Townsend, Weavis, Horne, Hamilton, Richards. Shepperd. Point Chevalier.—McPherson, McLaren Monaghan; Humphries, Callander, Surtees (2), Goodwin, Kindly, Houghton, Purdy, Spearpolnt, Smith, Duncan, Bowden. Third Grade Mount Albert.—Bagnall, Wafetam, Costello, Munro, Quickfall, Wilson (2), Jamieson (2), McDonald, Akehurst, Norris, Kerwan. Day, Twining, Petersen. Mount Albert Schoolboys.—Homan, Jamieson, Hutchinson, Darlow, Sampson, Prinns, Stuart, Dawson, Underwood. Brady, Sadgrove. Moore, Gill, McDonald, Stewart, Halliday. GIRLS’ SPORTS GROUNDS TECHNICAL COLLEGE OFFER An offer of the use of 10 cricket pitches, 10 tennis courts and five basketball areas at a yearly cost of £3O has been accepted from the Auckland Girls’ Sports Association by the Seddon Memorial Technical College Board. LAWN TENNIS TE AWAMUTU CLUB The Te Awamutu Lawn Tennis Club’s season was officialy opened on Wednesday by the Mayor, Mr. L. G. Armstrong. A Yankee tournament was played, Miss Bell and E. Bell (Pirongia) winning, with Miss A. Lees (Kihikihi) and J. Goodall running up. There were about 70 players in the tournament. PUTARURU CLUB The annual meeting ot the Putaruru Tennis Club was held this week The report stated that the C grade team had won the inter-club championship of the Waikato East Association without losing a match and that the senior club had reached the semi-final of the same association’s tournament. A. C. Thompson had played for W r aikato against Auckland and the season had been one of the best on record. The election of officers resulted:—President, Mr. S. J. Parker; vice-presidents Messrs. A. C. Thompson, T. F. Snell and A. H. Dukeson, jun.; management committee, Messrs. F. Peters, J. G. Gasparich, F. C. Bailey, A. H. Dukeson, jun., and J. S. Reid; hon. secretary, Mr. O Scholz; club captain, Mr. A. C. Thompson; delegates to Waikato East Association, Messrs. Parker, Peters and Gasparich; selectors, Messrs. Thompson, Reid and Dukeson; ground committee, Messrs. Peters, Thompson, Gasparich and Bailey; match committee, Messrs. Dukeson, Peters and Reid.