RACING
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NEW STARTING BARRIER
RAINERS and jockeys who have TRAINERvileged to see the
"Mc- Clure Starting Barrier" in operation report most favourably upon this lat- est addition to race starting devices in Australia.
The inventor, Mr. A. McClure, of ia St., Randwick, N.S.W., Victoria an electrical and mechanical engineer, The barrier is portable, and the num- ber of strands to be used is optional. There is a splendid braking device, and everything is provided to elimin- ate trouble. There is no chance of only one side of the barrier rising. It is an electric release, and, in common with most other starting machines, the official can stand on either side of the course.
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The barrier can also be used as
walk-up start and for
ing youngsters. Fractious
educat- gallopers
are also provided for. A feature, which should make an immediate ap- peal, is a flag semaphore to guard against a false start.
The flag semaphore will prevent horses going more than £
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AUSTRALIANS FOR WIMBLEDON
The Australian
L.T.A., have
nominated Dr. G, M. Hone, of Adelaide, who has figured, promin- ently in inter-State lawn tennis, to play at Wimbledon this year, Dr. Hone is a brother of B. W. Hone, who played cricket for Ox- ford some years ago, and who is a master at Marlborough.
Mrs. T. Geddes, a leading Vic- torian player, and a consis'ent left-hander, has also been nomin- ated to play at Wimbledon, and is on her way to England. She in- tends to play at Beckenham and in the London' championships at Queen's Club.
GERMANY TO MEET GREAT BRITAIN
Berlin, To-day.
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 30, 1939.
Army Sportlight
(By "SQUADDY")
:
THIS summer seems destined to be a
THE
bumper one from the point of view
NORTHANTS
of water polo. Interest is high as is SURPRISE
evident in the determined efforts of
one or two individuals to resurrect the LEICESTERSHIRE
Hong Kong Water Polo League and also in the new policy that seems like- ly to be adopted by Y.M.C.A. with re- gard to their water polo side.
It seems fairly certain now that the Hong Kong Water Polo league will ngain function this season and shoulded
include several Army sides,
that Army
It has been proposed should run two sides. If there are two divisions of the League, one will be en- tered in the first division and one in the second.
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London, To-day. Northants, who have not return-
such a satisfactory result for years, surprised Leicestershire in their County Championship match at Northampton, when they scored the huge total of 510 for 8 dec. to win by an innings and 193 runs. this result they have to thank Brookes, who has batted consistently well this season, for a fine score of 187. Leicester: 134 and 183 (Merrit 6 for
56).
PROBLEMATICAL
Whether individual unit sides will en-
For as few will be ter is problematical, strong enough. The Middlesex are unlikely to put in a team as their wa- ter polo commitments are already very heavy and it would be difficult to fit in the fixtures. However, it is still far from certain that they will be absen- tees, and while there is life there's hope!
doubt very much whether the
but the Artillery should be able to en-
very well
the Combined Small Units who did strong last year against sides, and were runners up in the Large Units' League.
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Defeating Sweden by 3-2 in the Davis Cup yesterday. Germany Scots will be strong enough to enter, fur-qualified for the semi-finals of theter at least one side. Another com- long, at most. It is erected a furlong from the start. Primarily the bar- European zone and will, accord-bination that might be able to enter is rier is composite arrangement. ingly, meet England in Berlin next From the supporting structure an arm is set round a hub that is mov- week-end. able on a fixed axi Necessary ex- tension springs provide the impetus and subsequent motion of the arm.
A fool-proof system to release the arms simultaneously is provided. The whole thing is silent. The bar- rier is designed to operate as a mov- ing, stationary, or portable unit, and is applicable to any size of track, or even to any sport, because with a change in design, but still embodying the original principles, a barrier of. dimensions compatible with the desir-
ed arrangements is available.
For a big racetrack, a tapering an-
gle iron structure 12 feet high, and three feet square at the base, is advocated, and according to the in- ventor, despite the side strain across a wide course in relation to the paucity in base area, there is still a structure that is consistent with mechanical rigidity.
Last Anglo-German contest in Berlin took place seven years ago the when Germany qualified for semi-finals in the European zone by defeating England.3-2.
con-
In the match against Sweden yesterday, Roderich Menzel verted a score of 1-2 of the day before, into victory, by winning the decisive match in four sets against Schroeder.
After the first set ended 2-6, Menzel came into prime form and proved himself entirely superior to his Swedish rival, winning the next sets, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 and thus the third point for Germany. Henkel did not play the final game against Hultman For small tracks, a housing of so that Sweden took this point with- smaller dimensions to contain the out contest. Hultman instead, play- | necessary gear is employed. This unit is of light weight construction, and, ed against Goepfert, of Berlin, but as an assembled unit, is well with lost the match 2-6, 2-6.
in the carrying capacity of one per- son. The actual working components
of each type of barrier are commut- able.
· Full results:-
SINGLES
Menzel (Germany) beat Hultman A feature of the McClure barrier 6-0, 6-2, 6-1. is that it can be released electri- Henkel (Germany) beat Karl Schroe- cally, or mechanically, in front, the rear, or in a line parallel with der 5-7, 3-6, 6-2, 8-6, 6-3.
Menzel (Germany) beat Schroeder 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
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the tapes from
any position, or height, at the discretion of the start-
er.
The electrical unit is designed to operate from 12 volt storage bat- -teries. By the displacement of local high voltage reticulation with stor- age batteries, the risk of a potentially dangerous environment is obviated.
DOUBLES Schroeder and Rohlson (Sweden) beat Henkel and Von Metaxa 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.-Trans-Ocean.
ITALY THROUGH
Milan, To-day.
Bel-
The "recall" semaphore is visible to all concerned The principle is that an arm carrying a flag is set in In the Davis Cup contest, Yugo- motion, and the oscillations are main- Slavia defeated Italy yesterday by tained by the pendulum effect of a 3-2, thus qualifying to meet counterweight.
The technical side of the working gium at Agram, in the European of the mechanism is for Mr. Mc- semi-finls. Clure to deal with, and it is his in- tention shortly to further his project, the starting barrier being only one of his ideas,
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Royal Engineers have several new players to find this season to fill the gaps caused by the departure several of their last season's stars.
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Many players have shown themselves interested in the idea put forward by the Y.M.C.A. swimming committee that service players should be allowed play for the 'Y' water polo side.
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Last year a few service members of the 'Y' turned out for the Water polo side, and undoubtedly added strength to the team. Most of them were mem- bers of the Signals team, and included Ashford, Dignan, Banham and Tom- linson.
All except Banham will по
doubt be appearing this year.
Of course, should 'Y' enter a team in the League and service players turn out for them, a few clashing of fix- tures appears inevitable. But this is far from insurmountable and should not cause undue worry to the organis ers.
BILLIARDS
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Northants: 510 for 8 dec. (Brookes
187).—Router,
OPENING LAWN
BOWLS MATCHES
The opening games in the First Round of the Open Pairs Lawn Bowls championship will be played this afternoon when no less than five games are down for decision.
A good game should be seen at Kowloon Cricket Club where L. C. R. Souza and C. S. Rosselet, a well and balanced pair, play F. Cullen
C. S. M. Thom, of Kowloon Docks.
At Kowloon Football Club, H. A. Alves and F. V. V. Ribeiro are opposed to J. Howell, one of last year's semi-finalists, and N. J. Bebbington.
The following is the programme for the week-
OPEN PAIRS To-day
J. S. Logan J. G. Meyer
(Kowloon C.C.) L. C. R. Souza
(Kowloon F.C.)
During the past few weeks with so much rain falling and outdoor sports C. S. Rosselet V being impracticable, a great deal of
(Kowloon C.C.) practice has been put in by entrants M. Fergusson in the billiards championships,
R. Morrison Watching members of the Corps of Military Police practice the other even-H. A. Alves ing, I was struck by the improved form F. V. V. Ribeiro shown by several players. McLew has
(Kowloon F.C.) apparently got back to his old form J. L. Stephens and was rattling up the breaks with A Spary consistency. They should provide stiff opposition in the team events, although I do not think they include any poten-J. tial individual champions.
TABLE TENNIS
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A sport which is very popular in the Army is table tennis or "ping pong.'
Ā. Bakar A. K. Minu
F. Cullen
C. S. M. Thom
W. McLeod W. Dall
J. S. Howell
y
N. J. Bebbington
C. F. Remedios v B. Basto
To-morrow
(Kowloon F.C.)
H. Gelling
A. Brooksbank
(Police R.C.)
E. Kirman W. Burling
. W. Hillyer
v J. Hollidge
C. W. Lam
M. É. Purvis
M. N. Rakusen
F. X. Delgado
V
(Police R.C.)
V
M, Y. Adal
I have seen some really excellent play. P. McCarthy ers in regimental canteens and it has P. Morgan always seemed to be that here is a
v A. R. Dallah
(Police R.C.) good field for competition between D. M. Khan
M. R. Abbas units.
To my knowledge the only unit to (Craigengower C.C.).
F. P. Anslow treat it seriously so far has been the J. A. Luz 'The game of the previous day
v. R. Edwards between the Yugo-Slav Puncec and unit games, challenging other teams to
Signals, who have played some inter-L. F. Xavier
(Indian R.C.)
W. Campbell the Italian, Canepele, interrupted come over and play them. I think that E. G. Post
with an organising body there is real A. E. Carey v G. Perkins posibilities for a League, as most units (Craigengower C.C.) have enough good players to compose J. F. V. Ribeiro J. McCutcheon a team,
L. J. Silva
vA. Jilliot It seems a pity that with the pre- (Hong Kong F.C.) sent popularity of table tennis, and A. L. Eastman S. Hodge the abundancy of players, a League W. Grove
v C. Gowland of some sort or a knock out compell- (Hong Kong F.C.) » tion is not run. Most units have tables Y. H. Tang
G. S. Ladd and the duties of a Secretary would J. N. Wong
V J. Pau not be unduly heavy.
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F. A. Cheesman A. E. H. Castro when the score stood at 13-11, 6-1, J. S. Beach v. V. N. Atienza] 5-4 in favour of the Yugo-Slav, was resumed yesterday before 3,000. spectators.
(Kowloon Docks);
Thursday, June 1 R. E. Lee
L. A. Collyer N. A. E. Mackay y F. H. W. Haynes remark- The young Italian did
(Kowloon F.C.)
Friday, June 2 ably well and offered desperate re-
G. C. Moss
C. Vas sistence, finally winning the third
W. Hollands.. V C. M. Alves set 8-6. But he seemed to have (Craigengower C.C.)
C. Mose. over -exerted himself 80 greatly J. C. Remedios
C. C. Pereira that the Yugo-Slav had
easy
(Kowloon C.C.) task in the next set.
J. Forrest J. Orem
an
L
Puncec won the fourth set 6-3 thus carrying off victory for Yugo Slavia
VW. H. B. Muskett
A. Calman
y J. C. Brown
H. Bicknell
(Kowloon C.C.).
A. S. Russel H. G. Cooper v. A. Morton