THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 27, 1937.
Here are three star pitchers of the National League, working under the banner of the St. Louis Cardinals, (L to r.): Paul Dean, Lou Warnecke, purchased from Chicago Cubs, and Dizzy Dean, the talkative one.
ELEANOR HOLM JARRETT ON WHY SHE TURNED PRO.
Forced Out By The National A.A.U..
BUT HELPED HER TO GET JOB
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(By ELEANOR HOLM JARRETT)
who Holm Jarrett, Eleanor dropped from the U. S. Olympic swim- ming team last summer for “relaxing” on champagne while en route to Ger- many, makes her professional swim- ming debut soon." In the following despatch she tells "why I turned pro.”
I'm not fooling when I say it wasn't the glitter of gold that lures me into the professional ranks. It was the national A. A. U. They forced me to turn pro.
LOCAL SOCCER FIXTURES FOR THIS WEEK-END
Six Clashes For To-morrow
:
CHINESE SWIMMING ACTIVITIES
Coronation Gala
Preparations
The Chinese Bathing Club will shortly be a scene of keenly con- tested aquatic competitions before the official opening of the swim- ming season on May 1.
CORONATION
REGATTA SHAPING
297 YACHT RACES AT TORBAY
SCHOONER RACE MAY BE HELD
(By “YARD ARM")
London, April 1.
Entry inquiries from the United States and from Egypt. as well as from nearly every country in Europe, have been received for the. Coronation Re- gatta to be held in Torbay from June 19 to July 3. The event is likely to prove the greatest in yachting history.
Details of preliminary plans for the regatta were described to me yesterday by one of
the regatta officials. The number of races at present arranged is 297. The first race each day will begin at 11 a.m. The races are to start at 10-minute intervals, and it will be four hours before all have begun.
On many days it is likely that in the early afternoon watchers on the shores of Torbay will be able to see over 20 races simultaneous- ly in progress. The competing craft will range
in size from 12ft wards.
up-
or:
It is not yet known how big the be. In a letter largest class will circulated by the regatta committee to yacht clubs in every contingent there is an offer of races for any class for which there are sufficient One inquiry that has been Mr. Y. W. Fung, Secretary of the entries. swimming section, of the Hong received was from Mr. Edgar Pal- Kong Amateur Athletic Federation, mer, of New York, the owner of the told a representative of the China 345-ton Guinevere, one of the larg Mail yesterday, that although he eat schooners in the world. HANDICAP EVENTS had received no information, or in-
Handicap races have been vitation from the Victoria Recrea-
of for cruising yachts ganised Club, with regard to their forthcoming Coronation Swimming form class will be the 12-metres, varying sizes. - The largest uni-
Gala, he understood from other which will include newly-built sources that a team to represent China has been included in the gala. nected, as entries from the Con- English yachts as well, it is ex-
All the local Chinese swimmers of note will, however, be invited to take part in eliminating trials and the best team to represent China will then be selected. These trials will be held at the Chinese Bathing Club during this week.
The following are the local football tion fixtures for the week:-
They just didn't want me to be an amateur, I don't know why. Seaforths They certainly need swimmers in this country. They haven't got any
more.
Fusiliers
TO-MORROW
V
Second Division
First Division
Kowloon Chinese (Kowloon, 5.15 p.m.) v. Police (Prince Edward Road, 5.15 p.m.)
v Kowloon
(Club, 5.15 p.m.) V Fusiliers (Prince Edward Road, 3.15 p.m.)
V Seaforths (Sookunpoo, 3.15 p.m.)
Club If that mess hadn't happened last summer, I never would have Rifles turned pro.. I didn't have to. After
made Engineers all, 1 could have always money appearing in motion pictures and working in my husband's band. Engineers
I had certain ideals about ama- teur swimming that I didn't want
to give up. I got fun out of it un-
til that thing happened. But why.
should I keep my ideals about ama- South China teurism when they (the A.A.P.) don't seem to have any themselves? | Club Besides, I had no assurance I would be reinstated if I did remain an amateur.
FOR FIVE MONTHS Before we sailed
last summer, I had been training five months, go-
Rifles
Club
Kwong Wah
Third Division
V
Ordnance
PROBABLE
(Kowloon, 3.15 p.m.) STARTERS FOR
SATURDAY
**First Division
"A" v Seaforths
(Caroline Hill, 4.45 pan.)
V Fusiliers
V
(Club, 4.45 p.m.) South China "B" (Sookunpoo, 8.15 p.m.) Second Division
2,000 GUINEAS
London, Yesterday.
tinent.
Concessions to foreign entrants include honorary membership of Torbay yacht clubs, and remission of race entry fees and harbour dues. Many of the visiting yachts are likely to remain in English waters to take part in other re- gattas along the South Coast.
BOBBY JONES' REMARKS ON
The following are the probable ST. ANDREW'S
starters and jockeys in the Two
Guineas to be rum Thousand morrow:-'
to-
..
World Worst And
Best Course!
Pot Boiler (Gordon Richards), Goya II (Elliott). Fair Copy (Perryman), p.m.)Phakos (Nevett), Foray (Pat Beasley),
London, April 1. Le Grand Duc (Smirke), Sultan Ma- The Old Course at St. Andrews to homed (D. Smith), Senior (Harry which reference was made recent- Wragg), Diplomat (Sirett), Scarlet
V Seaforths (Caroline Hill, 3.15 Third Division
Ordnance (Chatham Road, 3.15 p.m.)
V Medicals (Chatham Road, 4.45 p.m.)
V Seaforths
(Club, 3.15 p.m.) Service Corps v Kumaon Rifles
(King's Park, 4.45 p.m.)
ing all over the country at my own Liga expense so the A. A. U. could raise money to send the athletes to Ger- Engineers many. It got so I almost hated to go in swimming. So when we sail- ed, I decided to relax, because I had a full month in which to get into condition after reaching Berlin.
The mistake I made-If you can call it a mistake-was doing what I did in front of Avery Brundage, then president of the A. A. U.
NO MALICE
the
g at all on been any training boat except, perhaps, a little lim- bering up.
A rest would have done all the athletes a lot of good.
Plume (Beary), Midday Sun (Lowrey), ly, is most deceptive. The moderate Fairford (Weston), Reviresco (Cars-golfer is usually distressed at its lake), The Hour (Smith), Leksar apparent dullness. When Bobby (Semblat), Sun Bather (Steve Dono- Jones first played that he exclaimed, ghue), April The Third (Bullock).
No jockeys have been assigned to "This is the world's worst course,” Prince Arthur and Sand Sprite.-
tore up his card at the 11th, and Reuter.
flung the bits into the sea.
COLONY SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP
For the really first-rate golfer the course discloses most attractive subtleties, such as the hidden bun- kers and a wind of an astonishing Two more matches were played | perversity.
It is only fair to add that when VEN
1 bear no malice toward Brund- age. In fact, I feel sorry for him. in the Colony Snooker champion- I think Brundage got the idea And I have no regrets on turning ships last night. At the Catholic Bobby Jones next play at St. from Hitler that everybody should pro. I do think, though, that the Union Club, J. E. Noronha beat W.drews-when he won the champion- usual 10 per Stafford 140 to 111, while at the ship--he appreciated the course's do the same thing at the same time. A.A.U. deserves the He must have thought the boat cent agent's fee for making it pos- Kowloon Cricket Club, C. Strange potentialities, "This is the world's wás his verdict on was a concentration camp. As a sible for me to get nice fat con- beat E. A. dos Remedios by 45 best course,” Ithat occasion. matter of fact, there shouldn't have tracts. It was mighty swell of them, points.