THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 873, 17 January 1930, Page 7

THE SPORTSMAN'S LOG

Rose to Race Again Randolph Rose, in his day New Zealand’s greatest distance runner, has again taken to the track and has been putting in steady practice during the past few weeks, with the idea of competing at some of the big meetings next month. He has intimated that he intends to compete at the national meeting to be held at Wanganui in March.

Dirt Track Pioneer Frank Pearce, international motorcyclist, arrived in Wellington this week to compete on various dirt track courses in New Zealand. Pearce bolds many records, including world figures of 73 3-ssec for four laps of a dirt track course. He was one of the Australians who, a season or two back, helped to establish dirt track racing in England. Father and Son Although father and son frequently take part in the one sport, it is usually as administrator and competitor, and not as active members. What proved to be the exception which proves the rule took place at Petone last week, when A. E. White rowed stroke in a Collett Cup race, his son, L. White,rowing two. It is only rarely that men as old as Mr. White, senr., take active part in rowing, and it is certainly not often that father and son help to make up a racing crew. New Soccer Law \ Under a new law in Association football a goalkeeper has to stand quite still while a penalty kick at goal is being taken. Many referees in England are reported to be bungling the application of the rule, and insisting on fresh kicks being taken, if the goalkeeper has moved, even if a goal has been kicked. Perhaps the next step will be to make the goalkeeper get right off the field when a penalty kick is being tat en!

Somewhat Staggered The New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association has set the Wellington association a difficult problem in regard to ground appointments at Miramar for the national meeting, to open toward the end of the present month. The parent body wants a considerable amount of wire-fencing done, increased dressing accommodation, special offices, several telephones to different parts of the ground, extra provision for morning and afternoon tea, and the maintenance and marking

out of the courts. In addition the N.Z.L.T.A. wants a number of other more or less minor details attended to. the whole making a formidable collection of requirements. When the Wellington association held its meeting this week, members were somewhat staggered by the list and it was plainlystated that they could not afford to carry out even half the requests. Finally a sub-committee was set up to confer with the secretary of the N.Z.L.T.A. in regard to his requests.