THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17973, 19 March 1930, Page 13

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

i NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE MANAGEMENT CRITICISED

(,B|y Telegraph.—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The management of the New Zealand Amateur Championships at Wanganui was criticised to-day by Mr G. L. Austin, manager of the Canterbury team. , ... He said the Wanganui officials, with one or two exceptions, were below par. One or two bad errors had been made in judging, and the whole conduct of the meeting was unsatisfactory.

’VARSITY ROWING

BUILDING THE BOATS. BOTH FROM THE SAME LOG. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. —Copyright. LONDON, March 17. The Oxford crew has not yet arrived, but the boats for the 'Varsity boat race are nearing completion. Both are being constructed from the same cedar log. Each is 624 feet long but the Cambridge boat’s beam is 23$ inches, or one-eighth of an inch wider than Oxford’s, because the crew averages 21b heavier. BOXING. MORGAN DEFEATS GRIME. (ißy Telegraph—Special to Times.) DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The fight between Ted Morgan, lOst 3Jlb, and Billy Grime, 9st 121 b, this evening, went the full distance. Morgan won comfortably on points. The contest was marked by holding and clinching practically throughout. Grime was the worst offender.

CARNERA AGAIN. WIGGINS KNOCKED OUT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel.—CoDyrig-ht. NEW YORK, March 17. A boxing match at St. Louis between Primo Camera, the Italian giant, and Wiggins attracted a record attendance of 19,000 spectators. -Camera, 19st 51b, knocked out Wiggins 14st 111 b, in the second round. Wiggins was not able to avoid the Italian’s ferocious drives, which twice knocked him from the ring. 1 Camera’s blows were practically all rights and lefts to the head. POLO. SAVILLE CUP TOURNAMENT. TWO TEAMS FROM WAIKATO. The Saville Cup polo tournament will commence at Feilding on Wednesday of next week. -In the representation from this district two teams have been entered in the name of the Matangi Club. They are:— A Team: Y. Chi tty, A. McNicol, T. Hines, Kay. Junior Cup Team: R. Townsend, W. Phillips, L. Chitty, E. Brown. The teams will leave for the south on Monday next-

CRICKET.

WAIPA COMPETITION. HIGH SCHOOL v. KAIPAKI. This game gave the boys an easy win, the elders going in after' the match was well won. AlcAlahon scored 51, retired, and also took three wickets. Scores were as follows: KAIPAKI. AlcDonald, b Shaw 7 Tarr, st Wynyard, b AlcAlahon.. 1 AlcCarthy, b Shaw 15 Tearle, b AlcAlahon 0 C. McDonald, c Hope, b McMahon 0 W. Ganley, c Armstrong, b AlcAlahon 5 W. Sexton, run out 1 R. Sexton, c Armstrong, b Ricldt 4 •J. Boyd, c Shaw, b Lord 0 T- Ganley, b Lord • 1 W. Sexton, not out 0 Extras 2 Total 36 HIGH SCHOOL. Shaw, lbw, b W. Ganley 0 Hope, c AlcDonald, b W. Ganley 16 Lord, lbw, b AlcCarthy 7 Wynyard, st. Ganley, b AlcCarthy 12 AlcAlahon, retired 51 Snowden, b T. Ganley 19 Rickit, lbw, b P. Sexton 6 Armstrong, b W. Sexton 21 Shepherd, c Ganley, b W. Tarr .. 0 Dalton, lbw, b W. Sexton 12 Oram, not out 11 Extras 6 Total 160 PATERANGJ v. TE AWAMUTU. Paterangi batted first, and in spite of a good stand by C. Tarr, who put on 56, they were all out for 13G. Te Awamutu were headed with Philp 53 and Smith 27.