WARTIME
SPORT IN THE SUMMER
PUBLIC MUST HAVE OUTLET FOR ENERGY
By Kenneth McMillan,
(the well known British sports writer)
S the war progresses, sports promoters in Great Britain are going to find it increasingly difficult to obtain the services of men in the Forces for no extended leave is grant- ed to Servicemen to enable them to take part in sporting events of any kind.
The boxer must make his own plans will be only eight days without rac- to follow his profession when on leave. ing, but all meetings will be under The Association Football professional, | rigid wartime conditions. unless he can get normal leave on a Saturday, must lose the opportunity of playing his afternoon's football with his club.
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new
The football season is nearing close. But looking ahead, this order is going to curtail the activities of athletes and professional cricketers. For the latter it will be impossible to get away, for matches-even confined as they will be to two days-will take up another two days when travelling is taken into account.
There will be no meetings at Good- wood or Ascot this year. These meet- ings are-in peacetime-famous for their display of feminine fashions.
Instead, an extra meeting has been sanctioned at Newmarket-home of British racing and some of the fam- ous Ascot Cups will be raced for there. Racing is, of course, one of Great Britain's staple industries.
Some criterion, even in time of War, has to be obtained of the potentialities of the British tho- roughbred horse, If the stock is not to deteriorate.
SCORES AT A
Chung Shing
GLANCE
"A" DIVISION
Combined
Bathing Club 64 Banka "Red" 63
"B" DIVISION
Combined Banke
"White"
60
Red Eagle ... 41 Green & White 24
You Yau Club 30
BASKETBALL
CHUNG SHING'S GOOD DISPLAY
PONT LEVEQUE
WINS DERBY
London, "To-day.
The English Derby, removed from the traditional Epsom Downs to New- market because of the war, was run yesterday and resulted as follow:- Pont Leveque (Sam Wragg) Turkhan (Smirke)
Light House (Perryman)
Betting: 10 Pont Leveque, Turkhan, 85-40 Light House.
100-7
Also rant-Black Toni (Low- rey), Golden Tiger (Beasley) Hippius (E. Smith), King of Trumps II (Nevett), Mornbabad (D. Smith) Oli- don (Lane), Pharatis (E. Eliot),- Paques (Weston), Ridley (Taylor), Stardust (Harry Wragg), Tant Mieux Firth (Gordon Richards), Solway (Beary), Romulus (Arthur Wragg). By "SPORTSHAWK"
RIDERS IN THE OAKS The Chung Shing Bathing Club bas- Riders in the Oaks to be run to-
will ketball team gained another victory in morrow
include.-- probably "A" Division of the All-Chinese Co-Chambrella (E. Smith), Golden Pen- lony Basketball League last night at
Mannawind (Herbert), ny (Beary), Chinese Y.M.C.A, when they defeated Belleheim (Perryman), Drawing Prize Combined Banks by 64 points to 53 (Cliff Richards).—-—-Reuter.` after leading by 26-24 at the end of Sixteen ran: Three lengths ́separ- the first half,
ated first from second, and á head se- Though the teams in action could cond from third. Special place bet- not be considered up to "A" Division|ting was 5-4 on Stardust and 11-10 standard, the game was keenly con- on Tantmieux. tested.
The winner was bought privately BASKEBALL
by Mr. Darling from H. E. Mok, form- Chan Yu-chen, centre for the win-er Shanghai sportsman, whose Paques ners, and Yam Kl-sing playing right- | was unplaced.
Already there have been severe limitations on horse owners and train-forward for the losers, were by far ers through the calls of war. Many have had to sell their horses, and others have restricted their studs.
In short, unless a Serviceman can accommodate himself in the vicinity of his training camp, it will be out of the question to try and arrange anything else, except during a period of extended leave.
The idea behind this new edict is sound. It is based on the assumption that no one person should get special A fact that cannot be forgotten in concessions of any kind, when such a relation to war sport in Great Britain .concession would mean putting extra is this; peace-time saw most of the work on his colleagues. In some cases, better known codes highly organised during the past six months, matters on the playing and watching side, and have been made easy for the profes- it is to maintain the machinery for a sional in the ranks of the three Ser-quick return to normal conditions vices to get away and play for his after the victory is won, that govern- .club. This was only natural in a ing bodies have had the support of the
period of training and settling down, British Government.
But now the new recruits have be- .come more valuable as they progress-
ed in training, the whole idea of leave WATER POLO has been overhauled.
Now the precedence of "claims" of a star player in the Forces will be-1. His Army, Navy or Air Force team; 2. His unit; 3. His governing body, l.e. the Football Association or the Marylebone
Cricket Club; 4. His club.
SERVICE CORPS DRAW WITH "y"
Two water polo games were played Equal leave for all will be the key-at the Y.M.C.A. yesterday, between note now in the three Services.
CROWD RESTRICTIONS
To offset this restriction on playes, -the British Home Office has just lifted -the ban on crowd attendances, and the be admitted to public may now grounds up to half the capacity of the available accommodation-except in ..certain vulnerable areas where it is -felt desirable to continue to restrict ..crowd attendances.
This will do much to help. sport- Ing organisations this summer to cater for the public. In the big. Industrial areas where there are thousands of munition workers it is essential that they should have .some outlet for their energies on`a Saturday afternoon, or whenever they are free.
The Briton must have somewhere to - go once a week to watch his favourite sport-whether it be Association Foot- ball, cricket, racing, boxing, or grey- ⚫hound racing. It is a national outlet -that keeps the British worker fit and determined to face any and every hardship till victory is won.
Army teams and "Y",
In snatching victory from the 7th A.A. Battery by 2 goals to 1 the "Y"
the best players. These players scored 11-clear goals each, together five foul goals by the former.
The second half started off much combination of Yam, who was taken like the first, except that without the out, Chan seemed to have lost interest in scoring goals and was now inclined to pass freely to his team-matess
The substitutes for the losing team, did not seem to "click" as well combination as the first stringers, be-
in NORTHUMBERLAND AND ing more inclined to individual play DURHAM ASSOCIATION
than team-work.
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of
These two "A" Division teams The following have been selected to re- fought clearly to the
the present the Northumberland and Durham
Association against K.C.C. in a friendly match, showing real talent and more Lawn Bowls game on Sunday" at 3:15 p.m. than a hint of promise to become the real "Top-notchers" in Hong Kong Baskteball circles.
T. Waller, His Excellency, W. Mulcahy and T. W. Carr (Skip).
C. E, Judge, Dean Wilson, A. A., Dan and J. F. McGowan (Skip).
J. G. R. Humble, Prof. W. Fald, T. Cole- man and J. Fraser (Skip).
J. Hempsey, W. Hempsey, E. Purvis and S. Hodge (Skip).
Any member not selected and who wishes
In the two "B" Division matches played the "White" team representing Combined Banks soundly trounced the "Red Eagles" by 60 points to 41, after leading at the interval by 21 to 17, while Yau Yau Club beat the "Green and White" team by 38 to 24.
CHUNG SHING BATHING CLUB
Foul No. of Goals Goals Fouls Yam Ki-sing
6. 2
0 Chan Kim chau
had to go "all out." The pace set |Sum Shui-hing throughout was fast. For the winners, Chan Yu-chen Goldman was outstanding, playing a Lee Fook-ki great defensive games May, in regis-Kam Kong-sam tering the first goal, also gave a fine So Pak-hul performance and was ably supported Lee Wan-fun
Wong Cheong, by Benn, playing at back.
} Dodd scored the other goal for "y"
and Wilson for the Battery.
THE JUNIORS
In the junior game a greatly im- proved Service Corps team gave a very good account of themselves to share six goals with "Y".
Richards (R.A.S.C.) in scoring two magnificent goals, gave a sterling per- formance whilst Reid at goal came into the picture with some brilliant goal-keeping. Andrews for Service Corps and Chater (2) and May scored the goals.
The teams were:-
7th A.A. Battery:--Whittle; Wilson and Yabaley: Molyneaux; Page, Robinson and Vasco.
V-Eardley; Chater and Benn; May; In addition there is news for race- goers and owners of bloodstock. The Hunt Goldman and Dodd,
Berviča"-Corps:-Reid; ~ Andrews
and -British Government have agreed to
Thomas; Martin? Theaker, Richards •, and -the Jockey Club's plan for an addi- Beatson Sneddon,
tional 54 horse race meetings. From Wilson; Benn and Willis June, until the end of August there! Weller, Martin, and Chater.
May;
Total Points
to take part, is welcome and arrangements
will be made for him to play.
COMED BANKS "RED"
11
0
1
0
0
11
5
2
Au Yeung-sing
4
1
1
1
1
2.
Kwok Tsang-fuk.
5
1
2
0
0
Tong Chen-chun
0
D
4
3
1
NE Yeuwong
1
2
Mao Kai-wal
0
Lau Kam
1
1
64
Total Points
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