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JACK FLETCHER, in a letter from the Middle East,
. sa'd that he and "Nurmi" Vance were then in
strict training for the 10-mile A.l.F. championship. The
greatest trouble, he wrote, was to secure suitable footv/ear
for pacing it out over the hot ground.
J>OTH Fletcher and Vance are members of South Sydney Harriers,
and the first-named has a Bob Avery Memorial to his credit
(Farramatta-Enmore course). Vance is the G.OM. of athletics and, like
opperman on a bike, does not count the first 100 miles. He declares he
aoesnt get his second wind until he has covered the first 20!
A MATEUR athletic affairs are not running as smoothly as might
XA- be wished. The sudden resignation recently of Secretary "Tassie"
Ferguson has loaded other officials with extra work. That, however, may
soon he changed, although Roley Bateman has consented to carry on with
the .dual role of publicity officer and secretary until the annual meeting.
Roley tells of a most unusual letter received, during the past week from Mr.
N. J. Kavanagh, JR., of Paddington, who has offered his services as secre
tary to the State body. They usually have to be cajoled into the task!
TDUMOR hath it that Les Puckle, popular president of Bondi Bowling
Club, will not seek re-election to office when his present term is
concluded. Just who will succeed the presidency is a mystery, but it is
expected that Wally Granger is a possible starter. Won't Mickey Moose be
proud? Wally fosters Walt Disney affairs in Australia.
JJ. T. ("DICK") Harrison, a winner of more bowls trophies and
fi-4' championships than any other man in the Commonwealth, has
left Sydney to again take up his abode in Melbourne from whence he came
25 years back. He wrote his Sydney club during the week asking that his
clearance be forwarded. His intended new club was not stated.
npiIOUGH Speedway racing has been dormant
A since December, a move is on foot to decide
the World's Derby for Motor Cycles, and the World's
Speed Car Championship early in April at the Sports
Ground. Vic Duggan, who holds the Derby, is engaged
in an aeroplane factory, and Bill Reynolds, the English
man, who won the car title, is in business on Ids own
account producing certain delicate munitions. Both
have signified their intentions of defending their titles.
JACK GOULDING, one of the most successful
" scullers produced in the amateur ranks, a
former State champion and a winner of the Silver
Sculls in Victoria, has joined the A.I.F. Goulding, in
addition to being a sculler, has figured as a stroke in
the Sydney Club's Champion Eight. In recent years he
has rendered yeoman service to the sport as a coach to
the ancient club's junior and maiden crews, successful
m the recent Cock o the Harbor. Goulding s brother
Bert, a former professional lightweight champion, was one of the first to
eqlist, and has been through the Libya, Greece and Crete campaigns.
TOTALLY SMITH, who won the State 10 miles' professional cycling
championship at Sports Arena on Saturday night, has attained
his goal after a long series of ups and downs. That he possesses class is
evidenced by his lowering the Australian competition record for the distance
by three seconds to 20.21. Smith is a product of the defunct Wentworth
Park Cycling Club which flourished during one of the many periods of un
rest in League circles. He was on the first programme at Sports Arena, and
before the first season ended was admitted to ace ranking. He has stamina
aplenty, but till recent date has Invariably been "burned off" in the final
sprints. He ranks among the tallest and leanest riders in the sport.
SQUADRON-LEADER BILL EDRICH, English Test cricketer, leaving Buckingham Palace recently after being decorated with the D.F.C. for dayltght raids over Germany . Help
SQUADRON-LEADER BILL EDRICH, English Test cricketer, leaving
Buckingham Palace recently after being decorated with the D.F.C.
for dayltght raids over Germany .
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