THE SPORTSMANS LOG

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1021, 11 July 1930, Page 9

THE SPORTSMANS LOG

The Record Committee of the International Amateur Athletic Federation has dissented from the American pro - posal that the Olympic Congress should be asked to recognise record? for sprints in which starting blockhave been used.

Extreme fatigue was the reason •why H. W. Austin withdrew from th© British team for the second round of the Davis Cup matches in the Empire zone. Business claims caused C. H. Kingsley to withdraw from the team.

The Xew Zealand Football K - ferees’ Association has appointed the following referees for Chatham Cup matches: —July 19, Wanganui. v. Manawatu. Mr. Weathe. head: July 26, Wellington v. winner of above match, Mr. B. Davie.August 16, Canterbury v. Otago (seir. - final), Mr. W. P. Smith. These avpointments have now been ratified t the Council of the Xew Zealand Football Association. Four official timekeepers agreed on 9 2-5 s for Frank WykofTs recent record-breaking dash over 100 yards at Los Angeles. WykofF did not use starting blocks such as George Simpson used when he ran the same distance in the same time. In Rugby and Tennis W. J. Melody, well known tlarouguou Xew Zealand as a tennis enthusiast, especially where children are concerned, is headmaster at Trenthair Public School, and as usual has started to organise school sport. He is being particularly successful so far as winter sport is concerned. For instance , he is chairman, secretary, sole selected everything in fact, of the Hutt Valley Frimary Schools Rugby Union. and twice last year the team he selected from his district defeated a strong. Wellington combination. victories which were followed up b3* a win agair. x Wairarapa and a draw against Her - whenua. He is now attempting to organise a quadrangular tournament between teams representing Hutt Valle> , Taranaki. Rangitikei and Horowheru;*, and Indications are that he will be st' - cessful The Council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association this week made a grant to the Canterbury Centre of £4O to assist the centre to tide over losses it had suffered at Lermond and Peltzer meetings earlier in the year, the result of bad weather.

Ouleepsinhji’s Briskness K. S. Duleepslnhji was at the wickets for about 350 minuter when he scored his 333 runs against Xorth - amptonshire recently. It is the highest score ever made for Sussex, Duleepsinhji’s uncle. K. S. Ranjirsinhji. having made the previous besu score for Sussex— 2Ss against Somer- ■ set. In one part of the innings Duleepsinhji and Maurice Tate hit up 255 runs for the sixth wicket in 105 minutes. Tate, it will be remembered, scored 111 of those runs. Duleepsinhji was stumped seventh man out when the Sussex total stood at 521. Disappointed Debutants The dressmaker who failed to send home the debutante’s dress in time to * the ball probably received r<% less complimentary verbal testimonials to character than did the man who last Saturday week failed to turn up at the Oval ( Dunedin) with 13 new green jerseys. The would-be wearers of the jerseys were debutants also, for they were to make their first appearance in senior League football that day. as members of the newly-formed Christian Brothers B team. The non-ap-pearance of the jerseys caused the match (which was with KaitangaPt. which had come to town for the occasion) to be put off. * * • Referees for British Matches The Xew Zealand Rugby Appoin:ments Board has selected the following referees to handle mtachcs against tlie British team, the only game* remaining to be arranged being the two tests, for which the visitors will make their own selection, and the Blenheim match, which has yet to be finalised: V. Hawke’s Bay. at Xapier, July 12 Mr. W. Grantham (Wairarapa). V. Poverty Bay-East Coast, at Gisborne. July 16: Mr. G. A. Maddison (Hawke’s Bay). V. Auckland, at Auckland, July 19:. Mr. J. Moffitt (Wellington). V. Xorth Auckland, at Whangarei, July SO: Mr. M. Kronfeld (Auckland*. V. Waikato. Thames Valley and King Country, at Hamilton, August 2: Mr. S. Weston (Xorth Auckland).

Modest Grimmett Grimmett. the bowler who routed Yorkshire at Sheffield—lo wickets for 37 runs—is a little, lion-hearted mar., whose first great international performance was at Sydney in 1925 in

the fifth Test match against Gilligan’o team, comments a. Xorth of England paper. In combination with that artist behind th* stumps. W. A. Oldfield, Grimmett played havoc with the English batsmen. His first victim was Frank Woolley, and so proud was he of the achievement that Grimmett ob-

tained a large photograph of the event. It is still one of his proudest possessions. Grimmett is one of the most modest and most retiring men in the game. After his feat against Yorkshire he went to a theatre, and on returning to his hotel he slipped quietly to his bedroom while his comrades sa.;. in the lounge with glasses charged waiting to drink his health. They did so—but in his absence! Hawera and La.,

According to a report presented this week to the council of the Xew Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, some of the districts from which Xew Zealand’s champion athletes had come to go to the Empire Games, had not assisted to any material extent in the collection of funds to finance the tour of the local athlete. This was stated to be the case with Hawera. the hom» centre of S. A. Lay, which had not provided on#* penny toward the expense of sending Lay to Canada, though Hawera was bound to receive a certain amount of publicity as a result of the tour. The council, though deprecating the lack of support from the hom**> towns of leading athletes, decided not to proceed further with the discussion, but the subject is to be noted for further reference when later tours ar* under discussion. Fast-Finishing Greens Christian Brothers remain th* unbeaten team in the Otago Rugby League’s senior competition. City, who always give the greens a good go for it. looked like doing the trick on Saturday week and for three parts of a fast, strenuous game it was holding ft* own, and a bit more. Then the pace and condition of Christian Brothers told and extra points were scored quickly, with the result that wha*. looked, on paper, like an easy wiu fep IS point* to • recorded*