THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 833, 29 November 1929, Page 12

THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG

A contemporary contends that cricket does much to keep the British Empire alive and virile. But it does that better for the British Umpire! Fullback Try-Getter Scoring of tries by Rugby football fullbacks has become Quite a commonplace, but the fullback for Fylde. one of the leading clubs in Lancashire, put up a very good record a few weeks ago. His team scored four tries (one converted) to one try. in the match m question, and the fullback. B. D. Butler. scored three of the tries and converted one of them. W. E. Merritt’s googlie bowling is a bogy to many batsmen. May he. then, be described as "Booglie Bill”? P. Nurmi—Draughtsman Paavo Nurmi, the Finnish long-dis-tance crack, holds a position as draughtsman in a government office, says liis friend, Wal Johansson, the light-heavy-weight wrestling champion of Finland. The Government of Finland gave Nurmi a house, as some token of appreciation of his decision to keep his amateur status, so that he could represent his country at Olympic meetings, instead of accepting I ' l c munificent offers to turn professional which were made him in America. Walter Lindrum and Clark MeConachie are giving English billiardists a hazardous time. The Olympic Games “New Zealand and the Olympic Games” is the title of a booklet of about 25 pages, which has been issued by the Council of the Xew Zealand Olympic Association, under date October 29, 1929, and which is now being distributed widely throughout the Dominion. It contains a short but interesting account of the doings of the teams that have represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games since 190 S, a summary of the history of the ancient Olympic Games, another of the modern Olympic Games, some information about the constitution oi the International Olympic Committee, and a plea for better support of the Xev Zealand Olympic Association. Phil Scott says that he has a chance to beat any man in the world. We have noticed that he has managed to beat himself at • times.

Genevieve Breaks the Ice Since the Great War there have been a few instances of women taking part in open golf tournaments, but not until lately did a woman enter a national open championship. A French girl. Genevieve le Derff, broke the ice. in the French open championship. For eight years Genevieve was a caddie st Dinard. and so studiously did she employ* her time between her spells of caddying that her fame as a golfer became more than local. She was persuaded to take up golf as a profession, and she was given a post with the Fourquex Club. Although she took 22 strokes more than did the leader—the leader happened to be Archie Compston—on the first round in the French open championship, she showed none of the nervousness that would have been excusable in one pitted against some of the best golfers in the world. However, she did not qualify for the concluding stages. “Goif usually runs in fits and starts,” says a contemporary, but we have known many long-handi-cap men to assert that some starts are misfits. For Anglers We wonder how some of our anglers who are not really satisfied until they have caught trout weighing 91b or 3 01b each would view “prize” catches in the British Isles. A reader has sent us a clipping from a newspaper report of n. competition held recently at Loch Leyen by the Dundee Angling Club. The total catch in the competition was 38 trout aggregating 271 b 4oz. The winner of the first prize caught four trout aggregating 3lb Boz, and the second prize-winner caught six totalling 21b 14foz. The heaviest trout landed weighed lib 7oz, and the next best lib 6oz. The annual report of the German Football Association shows that the organisations affiliated with the body have 23,892 teams and 890,688 players. Two Fouls in One Round Hitting his opponent low with the left hand and then, while the injured man was on his knees, landing a righthand punch to the jaw, Bobby Delaney (Australia) committed two fouls in the tenth round of his fight with the American, Paddy Waltier, at the Sydney Stadium, and was disqualified. Previously Delaney had • struck low punches and had been warned by the j referee (Joe Wallis). Lifted from the I floor, after the decision had been

given. " aitier jyas carried to corner, where he remained for about u minutes. He was then hel{>ed to h’dressing room, where the medical «>fff cer examined him. A r»out halt an hoiflater. Waltier limped out of th . Stadium, and was assisted to hi* horn* The weights were: Delaney 9.4. YV a it, r Wrestlers seem to have had * capital run in their money -mak, nQ in New Zealand. Quite a o 0 turnover, in fact. Sportsmanship When Hubert Op per man knocked Shrs 4min 20sec. o!T the Sydney-Mel. bourne cycling record bringing it don to 39brs -il’min. the other day. he accompanied, in an ofllcial motor-car by George McLeod, holder of the p re '. vious record. A few days before >[ c . Leod had broken the 2 2-year-old re. cord from Adelaide to Melbourne (»;> miles), bringing it down to 4lhrs —a reduction of lOhrs 32mm Jtsec. if. was then ordered to take a week’s re.<but he insisted on accompanying Op. per man. to give the latter all Po> . sible advice and assistance. | a , r sure that *Oppy’ " ill better my figure, he said, ‘ but while he is on th? inh 1 want him to have a decent rack at it and make good time.” Scott’s Promise ”1 promise, when the opportunity given me. that oil England will again dominate the boxing world. We reprint exactly a* it was published London reeentlv that statement hPhil §cott.- Wha; we would like !•> know* is; Who - going to cause OM England to dominat the boxing world Equality! A golfing feat that appears to h* without precedent was performed o n the Stincheombe Hill links. Gloucestershire. recently. Both members of on* pair in a foursomes competition holed out in one. The male member of the pair holed his tee shot at the tenth (130ydsi ani five holes later his partner holed out ir. one stroke at a 130yds. hole. Athletic officials say that tie sostumc rule is less honoured in the breeches than in the observance.