THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG.

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 851, 20 December 1929, Page 12

THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG.

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“Rouseabout”

British billiard - players acknowledge that Walter Lindrum is at the head of the cue.

Rough Leaguers Tom Gorman, captain of the Australian Rubgy League team now in Eng-

land, reckons that the roughest match of the tour was that in which Swinton beat the Austral fans by nine points to five. Gorman adds that the referee warned various players, but he might, with advantage, have been firmer in his control. The Emergency Comrilit-

tee of the English Rugby League lias called upon the referee and the touchjudges for reports on incidents in the game. * • * Golf Holes to be Larger? A suggestion that the holes in golf greens should be made larger found favour in some quarters in England, and so a test was made recently. Holes five inches in diameter instead of the regulation, four inches and a-quarter, were used. It was the general opinion after the play that enlarging the hole robbed the game of a good deal of its charm. * + * As Primo Camera and Young Stribling have each won from the other on a foul, it may be remarked that their follies seem to be coming home to roost. « * 9 Starters “Live” Cartridge! A man who assisted a cyclist to start in a race at a sports meeting in a Queensland town has recovered damages from the starter of the race. Said starter used a “live’* cartridge in his shot-gun, and some of the pellets struck the man who subsequently sued him. As the starter was named Golliogly, the incident may be described as Golliogly’s googly. * * » Royal and Ancient Rules of Golf Committee has legalised the use of steel shafts. There should, of course, be fewer broken clubs, but what we want most is a ball that will not lose itself. * * * The English Swimming Association has decided not to send representatives to the Empire Games which are to be held in Canada next year. * * Kid Chocolate, we notice, knocked out Herman Silverberg in 72sec. Made chocolate ice of himi Wonderful Half-Mite A writer in the Melbourne “Sporting Globe’* says that J. D. Hitt’s recent performance in a half-mile handicap on the Melbourne Exhibition Oval stamps him as probably the greatest middledistance runner Australia has produced and one of the world’s best half-milers at present. “When the full merit of Fitt s performance is considered,’* continues this writer, “liis feat is all the more remarkable. On a rough track—in places nothing better than a paddock—he had to run round a field of nearly a dozen runners in his heat, yet he won, easing up. in lmin sGseo. It was in the final, however, that Fitt created a sensation. From the crack of the pistol he set a hot pace, and was soon up with the leaders. Cheered on by the big crowd of onlookers, Fitt began to strive for the front in the last i 100 yards. He set after J. 11. Jackson (56yds). and after one of the most magnificent races I have ever witnessed over this distance, got the verdict by inches in lmin 55sec. He had put up the greatest run of his career and on a shocking track had equalled his world’s grass track record, made on the Motordrome in February.’* * * # Or. Otto Peltzer, famous German middle-distance runner, is to arrive in Sydney, from Japan,, on January 13. >»•#<! After the junior tennis championships of Great Britain had ended at Wimbledon at the end of the English summer, the prizes were presented to the successful competitors by Mr. George Gore, a member of the Management Committee of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, who happened to be in London at the time The enti ies is year for the English junior championships totalled 365 separate entries for singles and doubles.

Victorian golfing enthusiasts are discussing already the prospects of sending a strong team to represent their State in the Kirk-Windeyer Cup matches on the Shirley links (Christchurch) during the next Easter holidays. <! * * So phil Scott has won yet another fight on a foul! Well, he may not be crowned king oF the heavyweights, but he ought to be entitled to crow. ** * Amateur Welcomes Pro. The curious sight of one amateur being the only person to welcome a world-famous professional was witnessed in Wellington last week. The amateur was G. S. Bright, a member of the Council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, and the professional was Hubert Opperman, a world’s champion cyclist. There is no cash athletic or cycling organisation in "\V ellington, but all cycling enthusiasts are brothers. When R. H. Bellington, who made 230, and A. P. Wells (139) were putting on 327 for the fourth wicket of Paddington against North Sydney, recently, they hit 108 runs off five overs sent down by one bowler, Gilkes.

SPORTSMEN'S SPECIAL SUNDAY* SERVICE SUCCESSFULLY STARTED A novel idea has been inaugurated in Wellington by Canon James, of St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral. Last Sunday he started the first of a series of special half-hour services for sportsmen, and the attendance justified his policy, for by the time the service commenced at 9.30 a.m. there were more than 150 people present. Here and there holiday attire was to be seen, but people have not yet got used to appearing in church in flannnels, but this will doubtless come as they get more used to the idea. Arrangements were made for the verger to look after tennis rackets and other sporting paraphernalia, but here also only a moderate demand was made upon his services. The service took the form of a modified and shortened “Morning Prayer,” four hymns, and a short sermon, the theme being “Adventure.” Canon Janies was the preacher, and after his sermon he asked those present to make a regular habit of attendance, as he intended to keep the service going. Certain people attached to the church are incline*d to term the service an “insult to God,” but Mr. James thinks otherwise, and hopes that before long many people will attend prior to motoring out into the country or going to play tennis or take part in any other recreation. A REAL “JOLLY” TIME In the junior cricket match between j Waitaki and Otago High Schools, at Dunedin, Otago had literally a “Jolly” i time. Going to the wickets first, the home team scored 242, of which J. Jolly made 62. and R. Jolly SS. Then came Waitaki’s turn, but R. Jolly (6-25), J. .Tolly (1-11), and others sent them to the right-about for 61, and in the follow-on nine wickets fell for 51, R. Jolly accounting for foiLr at a cost of 10 runs, and J. Jolly bagging two lor 4. “For-or they are—’’etc.