Sport Review

Had An Air

Anyhow

iIEAN middleweight champ jdi, with another Noumean :er, Yewene turned up in all ready for a fight in —but they went home again iays later in a huff without rtting gloves on.

By Stadium manager Harry ixplained— after the boys had hat he had arranged to bring udi and Francois Anewy, but ir learned that Anewy had out and that Yewene would

fetead.

r matched Doudi with Aus light heavyweight champion Haduly, with Yewene in the support, and scheduled the for August 3. But he post this to August 10 when he that the boxers would not be I with their manager, ato, until August 1. inato said later he knew * of the postponement and igree to it only if the boxers i guarantees. Miller refused id he pointed out that the ent was that they would get cent, of the gross takings. So umeans flew back on August t dissatisfied. rding to Miller he had Bd that if the Noumeans did i Sydney he would match with “boxers of the calibre 7e Stewart, Brian Sheehan, Todd and possibly Empire older, George Barnes.”

Miller said he lost £42/10/- in bringing out Doudi. But presum ably the Noumeans lost considerably more than that, with their air fares, so nobody achieved anything on either side. The Sydney newspapers reported the argument, but it made hardly a ripple among the boxing fans.

It Was Good Enough

for Drake

From Norman Baxter, in Suva WOMEN have invaded many fields, for centuries the ex clusive preserve of the stronger sex. The ancient game of bowls is a typical example.

At Levuka, the original capital of Fiji, female bowlers are no rarity, but what excites the interest of the visitors is the sight of Fijian women playing the game.

In their younger days some Fijian women may play basketball, hockey, table tennis or tennis, but rarely seem to have the inclination to get on to the playing fields once they are past the 25-30 mark.

The Fijian women who play at Levuka are no tyros at the game.

They know all its intricacies, and to see some of them building a head would delight the heart of the

bowling purist.

Levuka has given a lead in en couraging Fijian women to play bowls, and it would be a fine thing for this Colony with its multi racial set-up if other clubs followed the example.

It Should Be A

Gastronomical Tour

THE chances are that a Chinese basketball team from Welling ton (NZ), which is to make a short tour of Fiji this month, will not return home with an unbeaten record. . .„ The China Club, Suva, which will act as hosts for the visitors, has arranged a programme of entertain ment which will leave the Wellmg tonians agape and perhaps wonder ing if, after all, they have come to Fiji to play basketball.

The Chinese in Fiji are Imown far and wide for their lavish hospitality. The high-class Chinese food which the visitors will enjoy, however may not be conducive to

good basketball th 3 next day.

But it is not the working of the Suva Oriental mind to down the visitors. The Suva Chinese just want to give their visitors a memorable tour, and have gone to a great deal of expense, including laving their own courts.

The tour opens on August 25 and ends on September 4.

Brigadier D. M. Cle

land presents the Port Moresby bowling club's Champion Pair trophy to Mr. B. Suttie and Mr. T. Durkin, at the opening of the new club extensions on July 4. —Papuan Prints.