SPORT IN PLENTY

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 41, 27 April 1928, Page 4

SPORT IN PLENTY

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fFrOR the week cuding April 28 there will be plenty of sport relays from the various stations. Now that winter is here thcre will be plenty to occupy the attention of everyone each week. ‘The football competitions are in full swing in all the centres, and descriptions of the games on Saturday afternoons will be a feature of tlie proeramimes from each station. While there will be a great deal of interest in the All Black team away in Africa, there is still plenty to interest the players and supporters in the games at home. ‘there is every possibility of a tour of the Waratahs, the successful New South Wales combination, taking place during the season, and while they will really only be called upon to face the third team cf New Zealand, these matches will afford plenty of interest, and should result in the unearthing of some very promising young talent in New Zealand football, players who, perhaps, would not have had the opportunity of coming into the limelight if the full sirength of the Dominion was available for selection. The inter-island game will be played as usual this year, and the Ranfur- ly Shield games will continue, The holders of this coveted trophy-Can-terpury-have probably been harder hit by the absence of the All Blacks than any other province, as eight of their hest players are away on fhe tour. Still, there appears to be quite a feeling of optimism pervading the ranks of the Red and Black supporters, and already one or two guesses at the composition of the defenders’ team have been heard. While the retention of the shield will be more than their most ardent admirers expect, it is likely that the holders may stem one or two challenges for the trophy, and so

prove that Canterbury has some promising material to rely on in the future. Interest in Wellington, Auckland, and Dunedin seems to be as great as at any other period, and all unions are looking forward to another record season. On Saturday, April 23, the Wellington Trotting Club hold their final meeting of the season, and it goes without saying that this meeting will be as great a success as the ,revious ones this year. The Wellington Club are now definitely established, after many years of hard work, and there is no meeting on the trotting calendar which is mor2 efficiently run, or one at which it is more enjoyable to be present. The club are extremely fortunate in their choice of president, Mr. R. A. Armstrong, whose efforts on a race day make him a very busy man; yet he has time to devote to the attention of the many visiting owners, trainers, and supporters. The handicaps for this meeting are published at the time of writing. The fields are very satisfactory, «nd the material of a sufliciently high class to make an extremely® interesting day’s racing. The Wellington public are quickly becoming proficient in tlie art of spotting winners, as dividends at the last meeting proved, and in the case under review, as many of the horses have appeared at Hutt Park on previous occasions this season, the form of many will be very familiar to the majority of patrons. All that is required to make the meeting a success is good weather, when some very fast racing shovld be seen. Among the well-known horses handicapped are such speed merchants as Logan Park, Logan Chief, Padlock, Peterv'ah, all of whom are eligible for the New Zealand ‘rotting Cup, and such promising young florses as Jean McElwyn, och Moigh, Native Prince, The Shrew, and others. This meeting will be broadcast from station 2YA from before the first sace, and the station will switch over in the intervals between the races to Athletic Park for a relay of the Rugby | football. At Dunedin on the same night the professional feather-weight contest between Johnny Leckie (champion _ of New Zealand) and Gillespie (champion of Australia) will be broadcast from the ringside, and this should ptove a great actraction, Leckie promises to be favourite, as he fas not been beaten since joining professional ranks, but Gillespie will be in much better form than when he met Griffiths a fortnght ago.