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EUROPEAN FOOTBALL IS UNDERESTIMATED
REVIEW OF BRITISH ATHLETICS IN 1934
RAMPLING'S QUARTER MILE EFFORT
EUROPEAN WOMEN IN LIMELIGHT
Loodon.
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Sports Diary
TO-DAY
|Cricket-First Divlálos:—
H, K, C. C-v. Royal Navy (L). Civil Service CG. v. Indian R.C. (L) C.C.C. v. Combined_Schools :(F) Second Divisions→→
Royal Navy
H.K.C.C. (L)
ነ
Indian B.C. v. Civil Service C.C. (1)| K.C.C. v. C.C.C.- (F).
| Football-First Division: Kowloon v Lincolns
JOHN E. LOVELOCK'S great mile race with William R. Bonthron of
the United States; G. L. Rampling's British recard quarter-mile Second Division:- in 48., and J. P. Metcalfe' 51ft. 3in. for the hop, step and jump, are events which stand out clearly in a restrospect of the 1934 Bris tish track and field athletic season.
Lovelock's content with Bonthron in the Oxford-Cambridge versus Princeton-Comell match, on July 21, was a race which excited more public interest than any since the days of the Lord Burghley- Luigi Facelli hurdling duels.
The general public, which in Britain is not particularly in terested in track happenings, discussed the event for days before- hand, because the newspapers played it up.
No record was set up such a thing was hardly expected by those who knew how the track had been affected by a drought and a rodeo-and Lovelock, the superior tactician, won" in 4 m. 14.4 &
(Kowloon Ground) (4 p.)
SECRETS FOR SOCCER
!
SUCCESS
CONTINENTAL RIVALRY AND LOCAL PLAYERS
RANKING OF TEAMS.
(By Jimmy Hampson)
AN international system of "ranking" football teams would
probably surprise a great number of people in this country, The tennis authorities have such a system for the purpose of (2.30 pm.) | classifying, players in order of merit. An, England No. 1 ranking
player, for example, is a very outstanding figure..
Kowloon v. South China Navy v. Eastern
Lincolns v. Royal Artillery Club v. Royal Engineers
Third Division:--
Railway v. RA.O.C. Radio. v. Recreio. Police v Royal Air Force
Y.M.C.A. v. St. Andrew's
Racing
(4 p.m.}\
(2.80 p.m.)
Hockey-Caer Clark Cap
(Y.M.C.A, ground, 3 p.m.) with Extra Race Meeting (Happy Rugby:
2 p.m.)
Early last year a Continental sports writer created a good deal of discussion by ranking national football teams according to his own estimation. In his "super" class he gave first place to Austria, and second place to Scotland, with England and Italy third and fourth respectively.
Few football lovers. in Britain would agree with this classifi- cation. But the sports writer was by no means ignorant of his sub- ject. He had obviously made a close study of the recent dévelop- ment of football in Continental countries.
Chib v. Navy
Certain overseas teams have in contests with those countries (Club ground, 4 pan.) made such progress that they are during pre-war years. But there Yachting
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's now entitled to rank with some was a surprise in store for us
Second Championship Race for Rac-of our best elevens-
when the Austrians came here in ing. Yachts,
TO-MORROW.
Here is a fact which every young 1932. Hong Kong Cycling Club 100 Miles player to-day should remember.
Record attempts, 9 a.m.
The Oxford-Cambridge repre-jen. In the women's section of the sentatives unexpectedly beat the British Empire Games she won the American team by seven points 60-meter hurdles in 11.8s. and the to five. It was in this meet that running high jump with 5ft. 8in. Cycling
I shall never forget that match the American, Charles F. Stan-Both these performances are bet-I
We are so insular, and so proud of at Stamford Bridge, in which I was. wood, a great favourite with the ter than those which rank, as Brit-Cricket British public, made his fare-ish records; but the English Wo- Police R. C. v. R.A.M.C. (F).
our great football history that we privileged to represent my coun- well appearance for Oxford. men's Amateur Athletic Associa-Football-First Division:-
are apt to forget. that in Con-try at centre-forward against the Recreio v. South China "B"
visiting Austrians. Stanwood has had three splendid tion recognizes as a British record seasons up at University College, only a beat performance by a
(Kowloon Ground)tinental countries to-day there is
Even so recently as two years South Chinn "A" v. Royal Artillery Oxford, to which he went from native British athlete in Britain...
a very high standard of football. ago, few people in Britain had any (Caroline HI) In most sports, and in many de-idea of the progress that had been Bowdoin, U.S.A. As a valedic-Another "double" at the Empire
East Lancashiren v. Police tory gesture he won the 120-Games was accomplished-by. Eileen
(Sookunpoo) partments of art and science, It made by Continental teams. It was yard high and the 220-yard low Hiscock, captain of England's wo
Navy v Chinese Athletic
has always been a common experi-confidently believed that we should hurdles.
(Navy Ground) ence to find "the idiot who praise "wipe the floor" with our visitors. men track athletes, at Los Angeles
4 pin enthusiastic tone all ́centuries But as It happened, the Austriana Godfrey Rumpling has claim to in 1982. She won the 100 and 200- be regarded as one of the three yard sprints.
but this and every country but his scored three times, and we found
greatest quarter-milers in the
Royal Engineers v. East Lancashires own." But the late Sir William fit anything but easy to get the odd world. Ben Eastman and 'W. A.}
(2.30 p.m.) Gilbert was not thinking of foot-goal in seven YEN
ball when he wrote these words. The Austrians on that
Club Championship
We have never praised other foot-casion kept the ball on the ground (Fanling Kowloon Golf ball countries" because there has al-in expert style. They excelled both Club Junior Championship ways been a tendency, to feel that in the close-passing style and in (8.32 am) only in Britain could real football the open style of game. True,
Third Division:-
Lincolns. R.A.S.C.
Golf:-
Carr, the American Biers, are the GAR WOOD AMERICA'S "Firat Round Royal Hong Kong Golf
other two. Rampling failed to do
the great things expected of him YACHTING DELEGATE Quality
at Los Angeles in the Olympic|
| Tournaments
OC-
Games of 1932. when he was not a To Attend International Hockey-Mark T. Kowloon Indians be played. To-day this tendency they had been trained by a Britian
fit man, but this year he has given proof that he is back to the very best form.
Britain's Berlin Hope
Meeting Next Month
A M
Mr. Gar Wood, holder of the Harmsworth Trophy for speedboat racing, has elected to succeed Mr.
next month in Brussels.
?
St. Andrew's v. United Services persists, but it would be well for coach, but I do not think Britain (Marina, 4 p.m.) us to revise our ideas on the sub-can claim credit for the visitors' Hunting:-
ject..
high standard of play, Fanling Hunt (Anandale.. 3.15 p.) Yachting:-
MONDAY ·
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club v Navy Bedminton-Mixed Doubles: --
Club de Recreio "A" v. Y.M.C.A.
Funny Results
To the visitors credit, it can be When football was first played on condtions definitely favoured their said that the climatic and ground
the Continent the results were hosts. Usually in Austria, football often quite funny. During the is only played when the grounds Olympic Games of 1908 the Swedes are dry. But, at Stamford Bridge, were besten by England in the that winter day of 1932, the Aus first round by twelve goals to one.trians, employed their swift short- France were beaten by the Dance passing methods very effectively. p.m.) by a score of twenty-six goals to They demonstrated that they had one. England won the title for mastáred the beat features of both Club's
for that series of Games, and retained the English and Scottish styles.
the title in 1912 by defeating the Danes.
He is Britain's most radiant hope for the Olympic Games in Berlin. Lee Barrett of Detroit as the American delegate of the Yachts- two years hence. His return of
men's Association of America to 488. while winning the quarter-]
St. Andrew's v. Club de Recreio "B" the annual meeting of the Inter- mile final at the British Empire national Motor Yachting Union
Kowloon C.C. v. Fire Brigade Chinese R.C. v. Taikoó' R.C. Games broke a British record that!
Miscellaneous:— had stood for 25 years. The pre-
Lecture on Hockey Umpiring vious best was Wyndham Halswell'aj
Mr. George H. Townsend of New
(Naval Dockyard, 5.80 48.48, at Glasgow, July 1, 1908. York, President of the American Yachting:
Roval Hong Kong Yacht Power Boat Association, and a vice- Britain is particularly rich in
Third Championship Race quarter-milers at the present moed as technical· ́advisor'
president of the Y.A.A. was elect-
Ladies. to Mr. ment, for C. H. Stoneley; J. Rob-
Wood.. erts, R. S. Moor, L. Rathbone, F. F. Wolff and G. N. Blake are consistently beating 50s.
Rare Occurrences
all
Field event records are rare oc currences in Britain these days! and when one does happen it is us ually a continental athlete who is
Programme For Thirteenth
Extra Race Meeting At Valley
The following is the programme
| responsible. Therefore, the spec-for the Thirteenth Extra Race Meeting tators were particularly apprecia- of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, to be tive this year when a British Em-held on Saturday, December 16
|1-2.00 P.M. — December Handicap. -- Winner $850, Second $150. Third $50. For China Ponies that have started in at least four Extra Race Meetings of this Club since lat Jan- uary, 1994, and have not won more than one, race at Race, Meetings of this Club since 15th March, 1934. Entrance $5. One Mile.
pire athlete, J. P. Metcalfe, of Australia, approached within 3 inches of Chukei Nambu's world's hop, step and jump record (51ft. 7in.) set up during the 1932 Olym- pic Games at Los Angeles.. Met- cafe's 51ft. 3in., at the Empire
Games improved by 6% inches upon 2-2.30 PM-Barrier Reef Handicap W.-Winner $450. Second $250. Third
the British record made by Peters, of Holland, in 1927.
The Amateur Athletic Associa tion's annual championships were voted rather duli. Great thinga were expected but very little of note took place, apart from a fast three-mile run by Janus Kusocin- cki, Poland. The Olympic 10,000- meter champion ran'like a machine and covered the distance is 14m. 13.68-just 4.48. outside the British record set up by the Olymple 5,000-| meter champion, L A. Lehtinen. Finland, in 1939.
Women Athletes Women athletes came into the limelight more than ever, through their fourth World's Games, at the White City Stadium.
The big event of this meeting was a splen- did effort by Z. Konbkova, Poland, when winning the 800 meter, cham pionship. Her time, 2m, 128 was easily a world's best. Another world's record (11.68) lished by Englehardt iny the 80-meter, hurdids!
A particularly
among the overseas who visited Brita Marjorie
Arke,
$150. For Apstraliad Ponies that! have not won more than $1,500 in atakes at Race Meetings of this Club sizes 1st January, 1934. En
trance $5. One Mile.
5.00 PM Hong Kong Autumn $300. Third $200 For China Pontes Champions. Winner $1,000. Second that have started in at least four Extra Race Meetings of this Club since 1st January, 1084, two of such meetings previous to 1st July, 1934, and two subsequent to that date. Winders at Extra Meetings of this Club 1984, only Weight for in- ches as per scale. Entrance 10 One and a Quarter Milen. 4330P.M÷Tardy Handicap-Win- ner $450, Second $200. Third $100. For China. Fonles, Clare that have started in at least four Extra Race Meetings of this Club since let January, 1994, and have not won more than one race" st. Face Meet ings of this Club this year, En trance $5. One Mila 54.00 PM Hong Kong Autumn Bab-ftriffins, Champions. Winner $1.000, 8ecnnd $300. Third, $200. For Chien Ponies Subscription Gna of this Club of this Season that have started in at least four Extra Race Meaings of this Club since G1st January, 1984W Kot vouch meetings previous to det Ju17/2884)] Land, twoi quent to that date:
Quarter
mes $10,2 Ons:
.t
Never Underate Opponents
Now mark the next stage in in-
After that game I-resolved that, ternational football progress. Bel-in future, my first "secret for suc- glum secured the title for the 1920 cess" would be this: Never under- Olympic Games held at Antwerp estimate the abilities of your op England's team were defeated by ponents. Norway in the first round?
Please do not think that I had England's soccer rivalry with under-estimated the Austrians" France began in 1906, and we talent. I knew that we maintained our supremacy against have
should to fight .for ultimate that country until 1911 when the victory. But I think most of us Frenchmen showed that they had in the England team anticipated mastered the real principles of the something easier than the struggle game. "In 1921 France defeated an fór goals which actually occurred England team composed of ama at Stamford Bridge.
teurs by a score of 2-1. England
י'
6-4.30 PM. Queensland Antuma professional players were employ-"easy" you become over-confident,
If you regard your opponents a Champions Winner 31,000. Send of against France both in 1923 and and you cannot hope to give of
$200. For Australian
5.
Ponies of any Season that have 1927. A very strong England eleven your best. It does not matter started in at least four Extra Race were beaten by France in 1981, by whether you are playing against a Meetings of this Club since-1st five goals to two.. January, 1934, two of such meetings As regards Austria and Hun-leaders, or against an overseas local amateur side, against League previous to Ish July, 1884, and two ary, England proved dominants team from Austria, India, France, subsequent to that date. Winners
at Extra Meetings of this Club 1984, only. Weight for Inches as
per scale. Entrance $10. One and WORLD'S LARGEST
á Quarter Milen.”
7-5,00 P.H-Dilatory Plate-Winner
$400. Second $175. Third $75, For China Ponies, "D" Class, that have
started in at least four Extra Race Meetings of this Clubenice Ist January, 1934, and have not won more than one race at Race Meet ings of this Club. this year, Sub-
SQUASH CLUB
Thames House. With Fifteen Courts
anywhere else you must be pre ously and thorough unth the final pared and able to play conscienti-
whistle.
Critica commented favourably upon the performance of a League team recently who did not begin to relax even when they were leading by a score of eight goals tobne.
seription Griffins of this Club of The Thames House Squash Race The centre half, particularly, this Season, barred. Weight for Kets Club, Millbank, London, with chased the ball as though his life inches as per scale. 1 lb. penalty 15 perfectly appointed courts, depended upon it; yet his team for every $200 or part thereof won luxurious dressing-rooms, dining-were, already assured of victory. in stakes since 1st January, 1994 room, and every comfort, is now the I quote this as an example to
Jockey Allowance. Entrance $5
Our Miles and largest in the world, local players who may believe that 8-5.80 P.M-Finale Plate Winner Recently ten new courts were they have every excuse for slack- $400 Second $175. Third T opened. The best amateur players ing down when the game is going For China Ponles Subscription took part in exhibition matches, and in their team's favour.
Griffins of this Club' of this Season
that have started in at least four there was also a match between There is never any excuse for Extra Race Meetings of this Club Butcher, the professional champion, slacking. You must be up and at and have not won more than $1,500 and Jones, the Thames. House pro-it all the time, playing In your best style against opponents of any class whether they are
or infe
in stakes at Race Meetings of this Closing Weight 148 €175. penalty for every $100 or part thereof won
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