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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 1, No. 3. March 23, 1938

Sport

page 4

Sport

Bright Boxing Prospects

The Club Championships and tournament Trials were held in the College Gymnasium and performances were of a high standard. From the talent available, a good Tournament team should be picked.

The officials were: Mr. B. A. Guise, referee; Messrs. W. P. Somerville and F. D. Khan judges: Mr. L. C. Mckay, timekeeper: Mr. B. C. Campbell, announcer.

Following are the results:—

Flyweight,—Speedy, 8.0, beat McCullough, 7.7, on points in a willing but unscientific bout.

Bantamweight.—Semi-final: Lambert, 8.9 beat Armstrong 8.10. Armstrong being disqualified in the second round. This was a very even bout between This was a very even bout between two good boxers, and the ending was unfortunate, Final: Lambert, 8.9 beat Muir, 8.0, by a technical knock-out in the second round. The plucky Muir had no guard against Lambert's hard left and right books.

Featherweight.—Semi-final: Coveny, 8.13, beat Oram, 9.2, by a technical knock-out in the first round, putting his man down with crisp lefts to the body and jaw.

Lightweight.—Semi-final: Trillo, 9.10, was t00 vigorous for Doole, 9.9 winning by a technical knock-out in the second round. Final: Sheehan. 9.12, beat Trillo, 9.10 on points in the best match of the evening. Both boxers hit cleanly but Sheehan was the more aggressive.

Welterweight.—Semi-final: Ryan 10.7, beat Carroll, 10.5, by a technical knockout in the third round. Carroll powerful left book won the fight. Final: Ryan, 10.7, beat Tocker, on points. Tocker was down for a few seconds in the first and second rounds but managed to stay the distance. Unfortunately, Ryan broke his thumb in the last minute and will be unavailable for Tournament.

Middleweight.—Final: Arnott, 11.0, beat Fraser, 11.2, on points. Arnott's fast and determined attack kept Fraser mainly on the defensive, but he finished strongly when Arnott appeared to tire.

A no-decision bout between Barnes and Robertshaw provided some comic relief.

A cup, donated by Mr. F. D. Kean for the most scientific boxer, was awarded to Coveny, the winner of the featherweight class.

Tennis

A Visit from Massey

On Sunday morning, 13th March, Victoria and Massey met for the first time on the tennis court. The inevitable Miramar gale spoilt playing conditions somewhat, and undoubtedly handicapped the visitors more than Victoria. Local players are used to it. Four of the six men chosen for Tournament trials. H. J. Hartley, F. H. Renouf, L. B. Sandford and B. W. Brock, comprised our team, which won by five games to one. L. B. Shand, easily the visitors' best player, caused a surprise by defeating Hartley, who, however, was playing below form.

[unclear: A] Tournament trial the contest showed that Massey have one player with claims to inclusion in our Tournament team—Shand. Renour beat him comfortably in a special singles in the afternoon, but then Renouf is at present playing better tennis than any of our Tournament candidates and in fact, probably the best tennis that he has ever played. Shand has a very fair service and, with sliced strokes, is steady on both backhand and forehand. His form in doubles was quite good and he is fully entitled to further trials.

A return match with Massey will probably be played at Palmerston North before Easter.

Results:—

Singles:

  • J. Harley lost to L. B. Shand. 3-6, 2-6.
  • F. H. Renouf beat G. A. Stewart, 6-1, 6-1.
  • L. B. Sandford beat T. P. McGrath, 6-2, 6-2.
  • B. W. Brock beat G. L. Zinzam, 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles:

  • Hartley and Renouf beat Shand and McGrath, 6-4, 6-3.
  • Sandford and Brock beat Zinzam and Stewart, 5-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Laconisms.

Preface to War.—You can always hear a war coming. Listen for the clashing of symbols.

Liberty.—Liberty is a woman. Never take her favours for granted. Be forever jealous or you will lose her.

Hitler on his Storm troopers.—"They are Jesus' Brown Army,"

Lecture "meat."—The cocky is the backbone of the country, and the funny bone and the wish bone also. . . . men at an evening of the Governor General's are obliged to wear stiff shirt fronts and other doo dahs on such occasions—they hate it—they are miserable—as though they were at an undertaker's picnic.

—V.E.

P. Coira on Diving

At a recent Swimming Club evening, Mr. P. Coira judged the dive, and at the conclusion of the competition, gave a short talk on Modern Diving.

Mr Coira said that the following points in a dive influenced judges generally:—
1.Height.—Those who had seen Poussard, the French diver, when in New Zealand, would have noticed that most of his evolutions were completed before he got back to the level of the springboard. The maximum height above the board must be reached.
2.Entry.—The entry into the water must be in a straight line, and as near the board as possible.
3.Commencement.—The starting position of every dive should be from attention, with the hands stretched forward, fingers together.
4.Take-Off.—Three running steps at least should be made when taking off.
5.General Appearance.—Neat costumes should be worn, and in every move divers should display style, grace, boldness and dash.

At the conclusion of the dive, legs and body should be perfectly straight, hand together, feet united, in one unbroken line from fingers to toes, As much body control as possible should be exercised.

Mr. Coira mentioned dissatisfaction caused at the Empires Games by the diving judges. Miss Mona Leydon. New Zealand's premier lady swimmer, when interviewed by "Salient," said:

"Some of the decisions seemed very unfair. One man announced that his dive would be a pike; he did a plain header—one judge gave him 8 points and another gave him. The next man did a proper pike dive—he got 3 and 4 points respectively from the same judges."

Cricket

All four teams lost last Saturday, the juniors losing outright and the others on the first innings.

The consistent Harpur's 41 was the best performance for the seniors. A pleasing feature was the wicket-keeping of Banks, who caught three and stumped one.

McPhail again took five wickets for the seconds. This slow bowler from Wanganui is an undoubted acquisition to the Club. In reaching the thirties McPhail also bated well. Parkin top scored with 45 and Kirkham was another useful contributor.

Although the thirds made 182 (Rutherford 56, Sandford 39 not out, Orman 32), they were easily beaten by Kilbirnie. Runs mount up rapidly on the fast Kilbirnie Recreation Ground, and our bowling was not strong.

Swimming Carnival

The past season has been one of the most successful which the Swimming Club has experienced, and it was fitting that it should close with the best Carnival for years. A good crowd, splendid fields in the interesting and varied events, an element of mystery in the act of Professor Ah Mihk, and some close finishes made the evening very enjoyable.

The surprise of the evening was the result of the Club 100 yards Championship. Where Taylor beat O'Flynn by three seconds in a thrilling final, the two swimmers turning together into the last lap. "Salient" awaits with great interest the race between these two crack swimmers in the 220 and 440 yards Club Championship.

The novelty event was very entertaining. Those courageous enough to enter for it were compelled to swim one length of the baths, blow a balloon up till it burst, and then swim a further length. Hamilton, the strongest swimmer in the race, was provided will an extra large balloon, which expanded to an enormous size. "Salient" strongly suspects that he did the dirty deed with a pin.

The ladies of the Club are of a retiring nature—indeed, most of them seemed to have retired! Miss A. Sargisson won the 50yds. Ladies' Club Championship well, but her time (40 sees.) was slow, and the times in the handicap races were equally mediocre.

Professor Ah Mihk, a yogi (?), Professor (?) of Occult Science (?), delighted the audience with a remarkable demonstration of his art. Clad in a sheet and a pair of spectacles, the Professor, his hands firmly bound, was placed in an examined black sack, which uncomfortably resembled a shroud. Mr. Bradshaw, the assistant from the audience, tied the neck or the sack very firmly with a piece of rope, and the Professor leaped into the deep end of the baths. In four seconds he reappeared on the surface, the bag under his arm. How on earth?—and their wonder grew when the professor handed the sack round for examination. No holes, no trap-doors, all done by kindness!

The C Team had rather a nerve to challenge the A Team in water-polo, but, apparently boldened by the A Team's series of defeats, they did so. The final result—three goals to one in favour of the A's might, however, have been expected, the game was rather patchy, with a few bright splashes here and there.

The usual Club Night—the last of the season—will be held next Wednesday. These Club Nights are miniature Carnivals—there are handicap and championship races, a dive, and a novelty event. All those who enjoyed the Swimming Carnival, all who ought to have been there but who were not, and all interested in swimming, are invited to be present at 7.30 p.m. at Thorndon Baths next Wednesday.

Freshers' Tournament

56 Freshers and Veterans participated in the annual Freshers' Welcome Tournament. B. W. Brock controlled affairs unobtrusively and well, and welcome visitors were the Club's President, C. S. Plank, now well on the road to good health again after his accident, and G. F. Dixon, a Vice-President, whose interest in 'Varsity does not wane.

McMurray and Miss Marsh and Devine and Campbell contested an excellent final after they had disposed of Palmer and Miss Brentley and Budge and Whitlock respectively in semi-finals, Campbell and Devine won 25/23. Campbell is from Canterbury and looked about the best of the new men. Miss Brentley and Miss Marsh were two girls who took the eye. The former has done well in Hawkes Bay tennis.