BASKETBALL SEASON

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 775, 23 September 1929, Page 6

BASKETBALL SEASON

PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES SATURDAY’S GAMES The finish of the Auckland Basketball Association's season was seen on Saturday afternoon, when the last games of the inter-club knock-out tournament were played off and cups and badges for the season were presented by the president, Miss F. E. Lee. Miss Lee said that the girls would have to make efforts to secure the Dominion championship next year toy more than they had done this year—the narrow margin of one goal. She referred to the work of Miss J. Mclntosh, who had been in the Auckland representative team since 1926. She was truly a “veteran” player. In announcing that the association’s vice-president. Miss J. Mueller, was leaving-Auckland to take up a post in Whangarei, Miss Lee wished her success in her new sphere of activity. Miss Mueller hud been captain of this year’s representative team. Concluding, the speaker thanked referees, old players and officers of the association for the .able help they had given her in her work. Cups were then presented to the winners of each grade championship for the sehson. The winning teams were:— Seniors. Varsity Whites; sec- , ond grade, Victoria; third grade. RataV fourth grade, Suburbs; .fifth grade, Ldendale Badges were presented to members of the winning sides in the knock-out tournament as follow:—Seniors. Varsity Blues; second grade. Edendale; third grade, Wellesley; fourth grade, Suburbs, fifth grade, Technical College A. . Following are the results of the handicap knock-out tournament finals which were played during the afternoon : Senior Grade’.—University Blue. 21, Grammar, 13. Final: Training College A, 13. University Blue. 21. Second Grade.—Training College A. 12, Seddon. 14; Edendale, 13, Seddon. 12; Victoria, <>. Henderson. s. Final: Edendale, 21, Henderson. 14. Third Grade.—Killarua. 11, Turners , and Growers. 12; Surrey Hills, 11, OtahuUu, S: Surrey Hills. 14, Turners and L Growers. 12: Rata, 4. WeUeslev, 7. Final: .. Wellesley, 9. Surrey Hills, S. Fourth Grade.—Papatoetoe, 12, Suburbs. S; McKenzie. Ltd., 13, Victoria, 16; Suburbs, 12. Victoria, 10; Y.W.C.A.. 4. Manukau. 7. Final: Suburbs, 3, Manukau, 2. Fifth Grade.—Technical College. A. 2. Technical College, S; Seddon 9. Technical College, A, 13; Otahnhu. 13, St.. David's Guides, 2. Finn’ : Technical College A. 14, Otahuliu, S. WLN FOR PESEK CROWD HOOTS DECISION (Australian and X.Z. Press Association) MELBOURNE. Sunday. In a wrestling contest at the Melbourne Stadium last evening Pesek defeated Santel in the sixth round San tel .had the best of it for four rounds and the* -crowd hooted the de- i cision. Pesek threw lii§ opponent through . the ropes and then put him down on ! the back of liis head so hard that he J could not continue.