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IMBER 26 will go down as lay of mourning in Fiji’s 3y and boxing history, lat black day they twice had their colours to Tonga in sporting events. Tonga i Fiji’s best on the rugby id Kitione Lave proved con ng 1 y that he is Mosese jte’s master in the boxing i now, with every justifica m claim the mythical title

of rugby champions of the South Pacific, just as New Zealand claims to be unofficial rugby champions of the world. (The “shaky islands” forwards would know they had been in a game of football if they met the Tongans).

They said they came to learn — they must have had their tongues in their proverbial cheeks —for they stayed to conquer.

Lave proved that Mosese’s one round knock-out at Nadi in April must have been a fluke when he put the Fijian to sleep in three rounds on September 26.

Early last month he had evened the score when he ko’d Mosese in one round, so now he leads 2-1 and is looking forward for fresh fields to conquer,

Pat Takes It On

The Chin

GENIAL Pat Raddock, somewhat rotund, and 5 ft 3 in. tall, must be about the busiest sports ad ministrator in the South Apart from his normal duties as a Government Labcpur < officer at Suva he found time m the last two or three weeks of September to select Suva Fijian, Southern District

Fijian, Fijian test and Suva Euro pean rugby teams to play the Tongans.

In addition to all that he had his own club side, Spitfires, to coach, and a Suva hockey team to select and coach, September 26-27 was his week-end of woe for the touring Tongans beat Fiji, and Spitfires lost the last game of the season, the game on which the title depended. To cap it all, his hockey team lost next day.

But Pat, good sportsman that he is, took it on the chin with a smile, and was among the first to con gratulate the winners.

Apart from all those activities, Pat somehow found time to organise the sports programme for the Hibiscus Festival, which ran from September 26 to October 3.

Now he’s hoping for a few quiet games of cricket.

There's Another Game

(They Say)

Papua-new guinea’s insis tence that Rugby League is “the greatest game on earth” is apparently beginning to get beneath the skin of the Victorians, where Australian Rules reigns supreme.

Commented a Melbourne news paper columnist about the big Rugby League match between Papua and New Guinea, held in Port Moresby recently: “Our Aus tralian Rules folk are missing the bus in New Guinea. Things are so serious the Australian Rugby League Board of Control flew up Queensland referee Jack Casey just for the big match. I don’t see any of our umpires going up for Australian Rules matches. We shouldn’t overlook that part of the country. I’m sure Collingwood could find some wonderful ruck material around Port Moresby”.

P-NG Police Superintendent, Ronald Clammer, in Brisbane in September, exchanged a few train ing tips with British Empire welter champion Georges Barnes. It was like old times, said Clammer, who last sparred with Barnes’ father in Eng land 37 years ago.

famous Pineapple Cup was won this year by Bruce Donnelly, of the Tailevu Bowling Cup was first presented, by the Pacific Biscuit Company, Suva, in 1928, and represents [?]s Bowling Championships of the South Seas. The event is open to bowling clubs in [?] and Samoa. Here at this year's presentation in Suva are from left. Arch Gardner, of the Suva Bowling Club, Bruce Donnelly, Malcolm Brodie, manager of Pacific Biscuit Company, and Joe Shephard, of the Suva Bowling Club, who was runner-up.

Photo: Stinsons.

Kitione Lave.

Pat Paddock and his wife Sophia. Story at left.