HE CHINE
TOMMY FARR LEAVES FOR AMERICA
INTERPORT SWIMMING TRIALS
DIVING NOT UP. TO SCRATCH 880 YARDS TIME POOR IN COMPARISON
(By CRAWL")
Pereira with 92.8 points. Nor
TENNIS AT
WIND-SWEPT VALLEY
(Continued. from Page 18)
FINE COMBINATION
day As a result of these changes
A SERIES OF BOXING
TANGLES
COURT INJUNCTION
DISMISSED
B.B.B.C. STEWARDS DILEMMA
(By HAROLD LEWIS)
London, July 17. TOMMY FARR, the British heavyweight cham- pion, leaves London for New York this morning to prepare for his fight with Joe Bous for the championship of the world at the Yankee Stadium, New York, on August 26.
ON SEPTEMBER 30.
symptom of cholera was fever and some further useful advice to the Although Lionel Roza-Pereira effect that whisky was an infalli secured first place in the 880 ble cure. he stuck to his guns and Yards free style Interport trial at the end of the game it was still yesterday, his time of 12 mins. 22 2-5 secs was very poor in Leonard and Lai also being or comparison with the Interport re the sier list, Ernie Zimmern and cord established by Wilfred Law. Kitchell and A. B. Hamson wer rence in 1935.
introduced to make up the sid Ed da Roza, as was to be ex- The last two, incidently, are re HE WON HIS LEGAL CONTEST YESTERDAY WITH MR. pected, secured first place in the
puted to be one of the finest com- SYDNEY HULLS, THE PROMOTER, WHEN MR. JUSTICE BEN Diving trials with 93.8 points,mations in the "C" Division al- NETT DISMISSED A MOTION FOR AN INJUNCTION TO RES- and was followed by Lionel Roza-though they did nothing outstand TRAIN FARR FROM BOXING PUBLICLY WITHOUT HIS CON- man Lee and Wong Woon-ki were mg in more august company yester- SENT BEFORE THE DATE OF THE FARR-SCHMELING FIGHT third and fourth, respectively. the game proved far more even than Farr leaves behind him some queer tangles and a few head- The Diving on the whole was could have been hoped for had aches. Immediately the lawsuit was ended a special meeting of the Stewards of the British Boxing Board of Control was called to very disappointing, but this
Craigengower been at full strengti to be expected as the dives performed off the low, or one metre Easily the catstanding pair for consider the position.
the sick list, Ernie Zimmern, board, whereas the Colony cham-
brothers. Ernie, after a tentativ pionship is held off the three metres start, played really well, being
NO NEW board Hong Kong have rarely won sound in every department. He was The Stewards view with con- the Diving in Shanghai, and I do particularly severe
cern the statement made in the HOCKEY on the fore.
after-TOURNAMENT not expect them to take first
hand, served well and volleyed High Court to-day, and after- wards published in newspapers, second place honours in the Northern adequately. port this year.
Brother Francis was his usual that they recognise Max Schmel dashing self while as a combinationing as heavy-weight champion of
the world. The 880 Yards free style looked they were
re superb. Craigengower like anyone's race up to the 700 might be well advised to keep them yard mark (28th length), following together in subsequent matches as, which Lionel Roza-Pereira spurted I understand, they have had con- and finished about 12 yards to the siderable experience together in good of A. A. da Roza, who beat the League some years ago. J. M. Calvert, for second place by about two yards.
ANYONES UNTIL—!
was
were
ΟΙ
CHOAS DISAPPOINT The Choa brothers were rather
2
The following statement Was Lissued:
"At no time have the Stewards made such a declaration.
"When they discussed the ap plication for the Tommy Farr- Max Schmeling contest to be officially recognised as for the heavy-weight championship of the
ing that they considered the title vacant
TITLE WAS VACANT
TROPHIES ALSO NOT WANTED! HOCKEY ASSN. MEETING
proposal by Mr. A. E. P. Guest, the Radio Sports Club, that the Hong Kong Hockey Association
the disappointing and never seemed to world, they declared at the meet conduct a tournament to the exclu The following table shows
Ision of the Mamak Hockey Tourn times taken at the completion of be very happy They showed
Iments and United Hockey Tourna. every 50 yards up to the full dis- lamentable lack of understanding tance, the first at the wall being and as a result were left flounder-
What the Board said previously ments, was defeated at a meeting mentioned, although up to the 700 ing on several occasions. Fortun-was that as Braddock had broken of the Council of the Hong Kong Yard mark Lionel Roza-Pereira and ately for them, the opposition were his contract to meet Schmeling for Hockey Association held at st A. A. da Roza were almost level, unable to press home their advan- the title, and was suspended in New only inches separating the two: Distance Time-Mins. Swimmer -Yards and Secs.
50
35 secs.
100
75
secs.
150
1.55
200
2.39 1
250
3.22
300
4.05
350
4.48
400-
5.32.3
450
6.15
500
6.57
550.
7.40
600
8.23 1-5
650
9.05
700
9.46 4-5
750
10.28
800
11.12.45
850
11.57
880
12.22 2-5
A. A. Roza A. A. Roza A.-A. Roza.
A. A. Roza A. A. Roza A. A Roza A. A. Roza-
A Roza. A. A. Roza "Roza-Pereira Roza-Pereira Roza-Pereira Roza-Pereira Roza-Pereira Roza-Pereira Roza-Pereiras
Rozz-Pereira“ Roza-Pereira
UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS.
were
tages and as a result they only dropped half 2 point
Veteran Professor Redmond and Jack Rodger did not meet great deal of success but, except in the final set wh evidently tired, they ponents work hard They were but they were stil some really glo cularly liked and Rodger's o
LEGAL PROF The legal profe by D. B. Evans and played with
as was to be expected
Wilfred Lawrence, is still under erratic stroke doctor's orders, although he hopes rackets with to be able to take part in the next won one set Interport trials next Saturday night, might have se The Interport Selection Commit-shade more
Dea fee have decided to re-swum the 440 Yards free style in order
Lawrence chance agai
Chan, who
Roza in
Roza-P
are of the
give
time se had done to height. ance was the
Robert
and Lionel
the Choas
the
tee bet
They wound (Continued
The following
INTERPORT DIVING TRIAL:
4. Wong W
512
880 Yard
L
ter than
YESTER
flower
York, he was not champion when he met Louis. Therefore, the Board argued, the championship was vacant and Schmeling and Farr were en- titled to fight for it.
Andrew's Church Hall yesterday. A further proposal by Mr. Guest that permission from the English Hockey Association be sought enable trophies to be played for, was also rejected
Mr A in the Chair, Inspector
A. Xavier
decision, regarded as quixo tie by the vast majority of boxing people, became a boomerang very soon afterwards, when Farr, the W. P. Karn British champion, accepte title match with Louis, tically all the world regarde
hampion.
ted
If Farr should
28-the
P Guest imer.
and e president, was ted by Sub- retary), Mr. Capt. G. Bowerman. essrs. A. E.
and G. Som-
that the AS- mt to the and United
Ed da Bora
928 points.” Stanley
one