THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 12, 1940
CHINESE BATHING CLUB'S POWERFUL RELAY TEAM
ARMY SPORTLIGHT
By "SQUADDY"
WING to late entries being received the Water Polo Committee decided .to redraw the Small Units' Knockout Competition, which as follows Water Polo is now
and not as previous ly published in this column:-
1ST ROUND
7th A.A.
"C" Royal Scots
12th Bty. R.A.
30th Heavy R.A.
2ND
7th A.A. or
"D" Coy. Middlesex v 12th Bty. R.A, or
V
"D" Coy. Middlesex
v 40th Coy. R.E.
v "A" Coy, R. Scots
30th R.A. ROUND
"C" Coy. R. Scola or 40th R.E.
38th Heavy or
v .H.K. Signal Coy.
"A" Royal Scots R.A.S.C.
v 30th R.A.
"D" Coy. R. Scots
V
"A" Coy. Middlesex v
6th Sect, R.A.O.C. 22nd (F) R.E,
"HQ" Middlesex
v
All-Star Medley Line-Up For Saturday B.W.O.F. TO BENEFIT GRAPHIC COLE
BY CHINESE GALA
By “Natator"
SWIMMING FANS, who have been eagerly looking forward to fast action, will be treated to a double bill of entertainment at North Point this week-end, when Chinese Bathing Club and South China Athletic Association will hold galas on Saturday and Sunday respectively, both to start at 7.30 p.m.
dull The former will be staged for the be more evenly balanced,' and benefit of the British War Organisa-moments, if any at all occur in the tion Fund and the Society of Friends game, will be very few. of the Wounded Chinese Soldiers. Tickets at $2 each are obtainable at the gate, the gross takings to be given to the above funds.
Those who have not sent in their entries are reminded that they close Heats for the to-morrow at 5 p.m. events, if necessary, will be swum off on Thursday also. In the past, entries for open events have always been sent
"B" Coy. R. Scots "B" Coy, Middlesex 24th Heavy R.A.
Deserving causes such as these It will be seen that the favourites, Hong Kong Signal Company, meet should have the full support of both Royal Army Service Corps in the the Chinese and European communi- in late, with the result. that special Second Round. The Service Corps ties, who, I am sure, will come for-arrangements have had to be are considered by many to be theward in strength on the occasion, and strongest challengers to the Signals.
First Round ties are to be played by Monday and Second Round ties by 1st July.
will not go away disappointed.
Featuring three open events, and a waterpolo game that should be even- ly-contested, besides the many other interesting events, Chinese Bathing Club have indeed a well arranged and THE Large Units' Knockout Water entertaining programme, and the com- Polo Competition draw is as fol-mittee must be congratulated on their
lows:-
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1ST ROUND
12th Hvy. Regt. R.A. v H.K. Signal Coy. 5th A.A, Regt. R.A. v Middlesex Regt. *Royal Scots
v Royal Engineers --- 2ND ROUND... 12th Hvy. Regt, or H.K.S.C.
v 8th Hvy. Regt. R.A.. In this competition all First Round ties will be played by July 1. The Royal Scots, who are the favourites for this knockout, are opposed to Royal Engineers, who have not yet been seen at full strength, this season.
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choice of events.
ALL-STAR TEAMS
The initial item on the programme will be the 300 metres medley relay race, comprised of the back-stroke, breast-stroke and free-style stroke-in that order. This should prove to be
the highlight of the evening as, the participants are all stars, every one being a champion in his own field, and very close results are expected.
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Next in order should be Chung Shing, who will probably turn out team composed of So Tim-mo, Wong Sun-man and Ng Chun-man. South China should also be close at the finish having Shek Kam-pui, Ho Pun-kun and Li Fook-ke representing them.
made on the spot to. include delinquent | teams.
NOVICES CATERED FOR On Sunday, South China Association will hold their first gala of the season. The programme has been arranged mostly for novices, many of whom will be seen in open competitions for the first time, and it will be interest- ing to discover what improvement has been made with one month's systema- tic training. In order that this may be checked from time to time, South China will in future base their pro- grammes on these lines.
The 150 metres, invitation to
Chinese teams, medley relay is expect- ed to provide the excitement for the
Although the distance. evening.
will be
Is
half of the Chinese Bathing Club's In- The home team is favoured to take vitation medley, it is almost certain this event, as they have their line-up, that the winner of the previous even- Chan Kai-him (back-stroke), Enriqueing's race will again win this event.
Three novelty events, as usual, are Chan (breast-stroke) and Chan Wing- Service Corps kai (free-style). Their nearest rivals on the programme; the public will be THE Royal Army
water polo team was extended for will be the Lai Tsun Swimming Asso-familiar with the "Mathematical Race" the first time in their match against ciation, who will probably field Poon and "Swimming with feet first" The Y.M.C.A. in the "y" Pool last week. Wing-kai, Fong Chung-yue and Chan other, which will be called "Riding the seen for the first The Y.M.C.A. put a very strong team Chun-ram, and may enter a second Dragon,"
In brief, it consists of one into the water-Mar- team which has not yet been decided time. Y.M.C.A. tin; Benn and Willis; upon. The coach assures me that this swimmer doing the back-stroke and May; Goldman, Chay- second team will not be easy to beat, another much lighter person sitting swimmer's astride him. The difficulty in staying tor and Wilson--but they only manag-and, Judging from his ed to defeat the Service Corps by 6 standards, I know he will not be far afloat in such circumstances will be very great, and I shall be very sur- goals to 1. The "y" were the faster wrong.
|prised if two out of the six teams finish swimmers and were quick to capitalise
the distance of 50 metres. on this point, while the squaddies were very inconsistent in their marking of the "Y" forwards. The Squaddies, many of whom are newcomers to the game, are still not quite clear on some of the rules; this resulted in a few in- cidents which rather marred an other- wise good game. Reid, played well in goal and had little or no with the shots that found their mark. -The Service Corps' backs, Fare and Thomas, were not always too steady but they will no doubt improve with practice. Andrews played a good game in the pivotal position and kept the team together well. Richards,and Martin played exceptionally well in the forward line, but were well mark- ed and given little chance to reduce the arrears. Grey the other forward tried hard but was far too slow and was consequently continually being
robbed of the ball,
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DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL "On Monday thousands of people flocked to the bathing beaches at North Point and Kennedy Town, where the Eastern Athletic Association and the Chung Shing Benevolent Society cele- brated the Dragon Boat Festival with
exhibitions were loudly cheered and were accompanied by the firing of crackers. The gate receipts of Chung Shing have been given to various
The 100 metres free-style open to reporters in the Colony should also be chance a close affair as I hear that the Tsing-the customary Dragon. Boat races. The
tao Press have quite a number of good swimmers, among whom are Lionel Lowe, South China's waterpolo left-winger, who is quite fast in the shorter distances, and Lo Tse-hing, former Chinese representative in the now defunct Far East Olympics.
ace
An item for the fair sex has also been arranged-the 100 metres breast- stroke open to the Colony. Miss Lee Po-luen is favoured, to win this event, as she has been practising very hard lately.
charities.
LAWN BOWLS
TEAMS
K.B.G.C...
A. M. Holland (skip).
Second Division (VC.S.C.C., Home)
The Lai Taun Swimming Associa-sent Kowloon Howling Green Club in the
The following have been chosen-to repre tion have some very promising talent, Lawn Bowls League on Saturday t and should provide keen competition. First División?(v_HK.FXCX" Homía) :-T. Among the other, seven events, of Armstrong, DW. Waterton, H. White, and A. J. Hall (skip): G. W. Deacon, J. C. Got THE Sookunpoo Tennis Courts were which four are novelty items, the pil-7. G. Meyer and G. H. Sherrift (skip): W. still unplayable yesterday morn-low fight should be the most enter-L. Walker. W. Harrower, A. Hyde Lay and ing as a result of the recent heavy taining, next to the waterpolo.
rains and Army Tennis
FEW QULL MOMENTS Tennis Fixtures still remain at a
Chung Shing have not yet announ complete standstill. Royal ced their line-up. for the waterpolo, Army Medical Corps held a Unit Ten- but if they field the same team as last nis Tournament recently in which year, when they won the Federation Corporal Mussen defeated Corporal Championship, they should have no Reynolds in the Final. The tourna- difficulty in winging again. However, ment was played on the hard court at with the absence of Ng Nin, who has gone to Singapore, the two teams will Bowen Road.
Guy,^(skip)(0) 21 Marek wentwadi 7
F. Pope, E. Levolt, A. Cheesman And R. Duncan (sup):.-H. Biskoeil, L.. Sykes, E. V. Searle and H: Lockhart (skip); A Morton, B. A. Atkins, H. E. Drew and L. sbird Division (v_H.K.C.C., away) ;—E Beard BC Walker, C. Wallis andiko C.. Hamilton (skip); H. Spong, Cg -P. 3. Peckham and L.A. Jordan (skip)
Wilkins G. 3. Hammond, W. H. Organ and J. 67 Dinnen: (skip);
JIMMY DEMARET
LEADS THE
PRO GOLF FIELD
PLAYS
ONE Q
HOLE
AT A TIME, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY
GOLF SENSATION
4.25
BY BEST BALL Just why Texas should produce a bumper crop of super golfers, while other states struggle along with one or even none at all, is a puzzle. Possibly it is just na- ture's way of being contrary. Nicknamed the Lone Star State there are at present no less than six star golfers hailing from with- in its borders. There is Hogan, Guldahl, Cooper, and Demaret. for and instance, We'll stop there take Demaret. No one else has been able to take him for some little time. The golf find of the year, he has already tucked some $7,500 in prizes away and already shapes up as the favourite for this year's. National Open title over the Canterbury Golf Club near Cleveland starting June 6th.
Demaret's game reflects his mature mind; he is twenty-nine. He is no over anxious youngster the trying to press his luck at expense of physical well being. As a matter of fact he takes a the philosophical attitude about game that might become the pat- tern for to-morrow's golfer. Be-· tween shots he relaxes, between tournaments and rounds he does the same thing. Each shot, each hole is played as a complete unit in itself. His game is well round- ed and skillful from tee to pin. One of the best liked golfers of to-day he may replace Jones and Hagen in the hearts of the golf fans.
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