LAU PO HEIS AMAZING PERFORMANCE
RUMJAHN & HO POON MOST PROMISING OF YOUNGER SWIMMERS
KENNETH LO COMING
TITLE HOLDER
MARQUES CAN DO BETTER
(By "CRAWL")
IN my earlier comments published in yesterday's editions, I dealt with many of the free-style swimmers in the Colony Championships and the very poor support accorded these annual classics. To-day I will try and confine my remarks to swim- mers in the breast and back-stroke classes, divers and juniors.
HK BOYS FOOTBALL LEAGUE ENTRIES
An Encouraging Response
SEVEN TEAMS TO COMPETE
The transference of Corporal Scott of the RW.F., to Shanghai, coupled with the fact that most of the schools have just re-opened after their mid-summer holidays, has prevented the Hong Kong Boys' secs. for the 100 Yards breast-League from making the early start stroke championship.
they would have desired.
E M. Marques, above, Colony breast-stroke swimming champion. was at his best in the Colony cham- ⠀
pionships when he returned 73
A meeting was to have been held breakers within the next three or owing to the threatening typhoon. last Monday, but was postponed
→ VERY GOOD MOVE
The breast-stroke event in the Colony Championship was dis-four years. appointing from the point of view of entries there were only two
It was hoped that the League would --but provided a thrilling race from start to finish. Marques is
start next Saturday and the fixtures: still our best man over this distance and his time of 73 secs, which
L. Remedios, J. Marques and A. for the first week would be drawn was one second slower than Kwok Chun-hang's Interport record, Roza, who came first, second and up. A meeting will be held this indicates that he is still capable of better things.
third in the VR.C. juniors, 220 week when this matter will be. youngster of 16, who came second, also has splendid possibilities most promising and should do well
Ho Pan, the Yards free-style handicap, are all brought up. as he has a similar style to Kwok Chun-hang, although his recovery in later years.
There is no doubt that the Boys' from the turn has yet to be polished up.
League are doing a great deal of Yeung Yuk-wah, who caused a major upset in the H. K. Univery. R. C. have taken matters into The Swimming Committee of the
good to local football, for not only sity swimming championships, by beating Samuel Ling, the holder, their own hands regarding the re-
are the youngsters taught how to in the 100 Yards breast-stroke championship, was formerly one of placement of their first string swim best ethics of the game, but also the play the games according to the South China's outstanding performers and it came as little surprise mers in years to come, and I believe to me, although the margin of his victory was really surprising.
Yeung has possibilities 2$ Colony champion, but must ira prove his stroking. Where Sam- uel Ling made his fatal error was in attempting to cover the first 25 yards under water, this obviously taxing his strength and, as a result, he found him- self behind at the 25 yard turn.
that six of their best junior swim-spirit of the game, and there is no mers will be coached in a special doubt that within a few years cases class for all distances and strokes of misconduct so prevalent last and will not be released for cham-year, will be conspicuous for their pionship events until they are real-absence.
SEVEN ENTRIES
ly mature. This is one of the most* encouraging signs of the times and "At present no less than seven indicates that local swimming an-units have intimidated their inten- tho
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It was a pity that Yeung Yuk-warest" or relaxation which is one and Samuel Ling were not seen in of the secrets of speed swimming. {not: the Colony championship, as then
BACK STROKERS
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dlesex Boys and the Seaforths Boys. The Referees Association are ap- pointing referees to all these games, but the only difficulty now is that
A perfect example of this was Lionel Roza-Per rawho has retir which will compete this season:- we might have been able to better] supplied in the University 220 ed for the present frour competitive St Joseph's College, La Salle Col- gauge their strength against the yards championship when
Lan swimming, fully deserved his vic-lege, Central British School, Wah Colony's best.
pushed H. L. Ozorio every inch of tory. He has a much more pleas- Yan College, Queen's College, Mid- I believe that Samuel Ling was the distance.
ing style of approach than the entered, but owing to the 'Varsity 1, and several others who saw former champion, Ed. da Roza. finals last Saturday afternoon, de-this remarkable race, with cided to give the championship ploughing through the water em- event a miss. A wise move.
ploying a beautiful, back-stroke, were certain that he would win the -S. H. Wong, former Interport re most of these game will be played race, but he made his one and only serve diver, and Stanley Lee both on Saturday, and in view of the The 100 Yards back-stroke cham-error when, instead of turning over performed fairly well, although the shortage of referees, there may not former was inclined to be a trifle be sufficient officials for both the pionship of the Colony was likewise into a free-style crawl for the last! fought out between two swimmers 20 yards, he continued on his back, stiff in his approach to the take-off, Hong Kong Football League and
giving Ozorio a chance to spurt, al-Very much resembling a guardsman Boys League games. in Lau Po-hei, the holder, who even-
about to fix bayonet tually retained his title, and K. A though he too was practically "on
I was really sorry for Cpl. Hol Wednesday, and it is certain that Should the games be played on Rumjahn, a very promising swim-his last legs," for that vital yard.
ford, of the Middlesex Regiment clubs would be willing to place who, entered as he was at the last
their grounds at the disposal of the moment, was never really given at There are not many others in the sporting chance for the necessary
Boys League, responsible officials Colony with the exception of Wil-practice off the boards. This was
could be appointed to all the games. Lâu gave every promise of re- fred Lawrence that are able to give fully brought home last Saturday! taining his title in the first fifty Lau Po-hei a race in this stroke, with the exception of his one and a SOCCER STARS "yards and although beaten to the although I must admit that Rum-half-somersault, running front
mer. A notable absentee from this event was Lionel Roza-Pereira, but more will be heard of this swimmer later on.
POSSIBILITIES
25 yard wall, proved the better of jahn has great possibilities if taken dive, which he performed very BEING LURED
the two swimmers. I noticed that in hand now. He has an awkward gracefully.
in spite of his questioning of Jack action and recovers with a stiff
Medica several months ago about arm, taking it directly behind his
the new style in back-stroke swim-head instead of at an angle of 65 MRS. STOKER
ming, Lan has retained his old arm degrees, where he would be assur- method, breaking the surface imme-ed of any possible strain. diately in line with his shoulder. Among the youngsters whom im-
ELECTED ribson,
As explained by Medica, this is cer-pressed me were Kenneth Lo, the CAPTAIN OF tain to result in a certain amount new schoolboy champion, whose C.B.A. LADIES of wasted energy as the effect of time of 68 1-5 secs. for one so young the pull does not take place until as he, was astonishing. But then the arm is at an angle of about $5 he is well built, almost like Law- degrees.
RELAXATION!
FROM S. AFRICA
London, September 3. Johannesburg is perturbed at the activities of scouts from Soccer football clubs in luring South Africans to Britain. The South Afri- can Football Association has de- cided to warn all associations that players so approached will be de- clared professionals.
At the annual general meeting rence with a fine reach and better of the Central British Association style. He has not yet developed Ladies' Hockey Club, Mrs. Stoker the Japanese hand "dip" which is was elected captain for the coming date of the next, half-monthly meeting As next Monday is a holiday the It is fairly obvious, however, that so popular among the V.B.C. swim-season, while Miss Iris Wooley was of the Hong Kong Football Referees' any change at this period of his mers since the Japanese Olympic elected Vice-Captain Miss Best Association has been altered to Tues- career will not do him any good as swimmers performed here, and if was re-elected as Honorary Trea-day, October 12. The meeting will be he is very much at ease, the bent he continues on his present trendsurer.
Practice matches will be Hong Kong Football Association, Boom held at 8 p.m. in the Office of the Second Floor, Sloucester Building.
him the required he should be within the record held on Wednesdays