ARMY SPORTLIGHT
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 18, 1941.
MIDDIES FAVOURED
FOR
AREA ATHLETIC HONOURS Services' Last Major Sports Event On Tuesday
ON
SWIMMING IN THE OFFING
By "Squaddy”
N Tuesday, on the Hong Kong Polo Club ground the last major sporting event for the 1940/41
the Aren Athletic meeting
season
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2.30 p.m.
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Following trans will take part Chinese Amateu
12th Const Regt RA
8th Coast Regt. RA
5th AA Regi, RA
1 HK Regi BKSRA
2nd Br The Roval Seal
14 Ba The Muddlesex Rod
47th Rajput Regt
2 14th Pungal Regt
Combined Smad Fits
Strong favourites for the Chann petchup ares Middlesex Regiment
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Federation Sunday, May 4. has been put back until May 18 and will now be be tween the Chinese and Middlesex Hegamend, who are eunsidered the
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DISCOURSE ON RACING
I read a statement the
EASY VICTORY FOR TSUI BROTHERS
By "Adrem"
Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yan-pui yesterday en- tered the semi-final of the Colony tennis tourna- ment when they beat E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hung 6-2, 6-4 ou the Stand Court of Hong Kong Cricket Club.
Beyond establishing that Th Tsun brothers an
excellent!
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tronged military athletic team mother day attributed to the Colony.
the meeting, Colonel E. R. Bradley, them, the match was most umn- horse-breeder, resting, both Fincher and Hung
beng quite unable to cope
all round play
MIL
2 Miles Belay, 440 Yards Be famous 480 Yards Hundies,
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3 writes C. E. M. Brown in he Relay 1 Me Relay the "N.C.D. News." Miles Tea Bare, Throwing the daven, Throwing
There are Lott Sand Bradley High Jump
different wiLys in which the best rice cap lose honestly" oh, yes And how abmail
the
Discus
who so far this year have responsible Jes 2010 times and destaner fra tray and up. Poking the Weight feld evords.
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The meeting will last thater day! and, if the weather
the I ul. alternative dates, will be Apud 297 and 30 and May 1
Results
Wat are
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Meeting
meeting
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them
The
DIT perceptibly,
TO-MORROW'S
LAWN BOWLS
The first set war over an smash - Thong Te three 1 attuates, there being no tallies, to speak of The
end srt was Pune rattled off live games, before *HE Amqual General Meeting al
will the editionteal number of ways the opposition the Aiea Sport Bottl
appeared to rea ran Jose
rave dr. Atin which 11 take place on Tuesday, May 6
lise what it was all about They Tot up the combined all honestly" thus
then slackened. activities; total and then add the percentage Sporting
gave the sixth game away, and the forthcoming possitalities of an upset in every then, with Fincher for
and Hong season will be discussed and any lace and you have a fairly de- showing slight improvement, last 110 Stone: 12th Coast Reg! De
leasu why tipsters 5. the next three games before they new proposals submitted by Units quate walkover from Royal ceived
"outs even nuttier than they are clamped down and went out at
Taken all in; Scots 1st Middlesex Regt, beating in Hong Kong will be in-
be to begin with Units vestigated
will also a general adea of sporting all. "The Chaser" doesn't do tou!
It is probable that Fincher and badly Week before last 22 out of
Last Hung, in all their years of tourna– placed. 38 selections week he gave you Luckylon and ment tennis, have
SO steund-rate ¡A. E. Cootes, they made to look Goldenlight as outsiders
they were yesterday, and it must, in fairness to the Tsuis, be said that the latter were in top form and this had much to do with the complete overshadowing of KCC pau as anything.
2/14th Punjab Regt by two pulls fo nit: 5th AA Regt. RA beat 5/7th Rajput Regt by two pull. to one
events to come
It has been suggested that in future years Army Cross Country 130 Stone:- 12th Coast Regt, re-
runs, which always take place on ceived a walkover Trom Royal
Mainland, might be run ¡the Scots; 1st Middlesex Reg! lost to 2/14th Punjab Regt, by two pulls the Island and so give members of
the- Karrison stat ford to one: 5il A A Regt. RA. beatand a change. 5/7th Rajput Rext by two prids.
to one
Sem Deal will be pubert off on the Pale ground ..
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Harking back
Bradley's statement Comrade 7211
there seems to be one problem he the hasn't eared to tackle Hamber of different
Seabiscuit. thir which
in ways
Krevatest
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The
Club Match Postponed
The match
between K.
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ney maker of them all, could prout Victoria Ha10k-
WHI & BICU Records show that the any tual creature was out of the ag.on in bull ure, it wilt in a
derat chade! money
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42 Guest and M. Pagh in the stone- to walch a game, stal
ter
which he retard to final of the Club Championship of wader pofu in vida a pot of studding!
Was postponed until Tuesday. dead of a football match, while
To-day's Matches CAKTIR NAN •Min ng take, belween the afferent Seyn, Can be looked for wand
Elven without an
1. enisommige the Warter Polu League, which has been stajggested to CHIL petition between the Amy, Navy.
ml YMCA in the acal Infre
Roval Corp. Sugrads who were Bies Warnings of both Anny water polo congefrtionis, last year,
due to be contested between the sugain in framing and are hoping. Army Athletic tema ມາເ the to agam meet with success
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Following
Jo-day's Championship programme
OPEN SINGLES Semi Final
Tennis
Them ar
the crownume achieve ment of a story book eareer, the .I vels patched up cripple, after
back in Manch. teinem 11
1940, to wEET the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap won it in the re cord-breaking. tre ad 2 DONITE 115 sec. and boosted his hie- time winnings to $437,730, hughest
R. E. Guest ( In turf history For this fabulous feat, the owners of Santa Anita Well (476) (8). last February honoured the Bis- cut From the jush meadows of
it D Rumjahn v. Tan Yan-pui (Stand Court)
. Owner
Howard's
runch. they
coaxed the retired champion, father of seven and 80 pounds
CLUB HANDICAP SINGLES Semi-Final
heavier than he was a year age, Following is the programme of to make a personal appearance. 'f'olony tennis tournament matches First he was to help unveil his for next week:— own statue
life-seized bronze
by Cowboy Sculptor Tex Wheeler | Then he was to lead the parade to The post for the inaugural running of the Seabiscuit Handicap.
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At a press preview, when he hunself in bronze, the first saw Biscuit tried to take a bite nul ol Sculptur Wheeler's $25.000 job.
Following will represent Crai- gengower (.C. in a Lawn Bowl: Kowloon C.C., (121 match against the latter's green, to-morrow:
J. W. Leonard, L. C. R. Souza. Bradbury B. W. (skip); L. M. Roza, J. Pau, K. M Omar, U. M. Omar (skip); Y. A. Razack, W. K. Way, J. S. Landolt, CS. Russelet (skip): W. E. Broad- bridge, F. K. Modi, G. S. Ladd, T. Lock (skip): J. H. Xavier, D. A
N Rozano. P. Karanjia. M. J. Medina (Rip), S. R. Solina, C. W Lam. W Ward.
W Randall
(okup)
GOLF STARTING TIMES
Following are Roval Hong Kong Golf Club Starling times for Fanding
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Forrest. S L Lloyd
I H Geare, T. Mcgarry
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R. E. Guest (--15.1) or G. W. Sewell ( 4/6) V. T. J. Gould (152) (8).
Tuesday
OPEN DOUBLES
But at the unveiling ceremony the chard c 4/6) y J. S Theobald next day, Seabiscuit behaved with anti Mrs. Torrible ( poise befitting a guest of honour. He listened to his encomiums, whinnied with nervous embarrass- ment while the President of the Turf Club read poem written by Sportswriter Grantland Rice.
Then came the debacle after the unveiling ceremony, the crowd dispersed to make their bets for the first race. Then they waited. They waited and waited
Then the meeting was called off.
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Protesting against the discharge of one of their colleagues (after a knife fight a few nights before). the track's 1,500 grooms had call- ed a strike during the Seabiscuit unveiling. The flabbergasted fans got their money back.
at
Semi-Final
W. C. Hung and E. C. Fincher or Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yan-pui . G. W. Sewell and D. M. Mac- Dougall (Stand Court).
CLUB
CHAMPIONSHIP.
Semi-Final
C. H. R. Oxlade v. F. W. Carter (7); R. E. Guest v. M. Pagh (8).
Thursday
OPEN SINGLES
Semi-Final
S. A. Rumjahn v. Tsui Wai-pui
Court).
Friday
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
Next day the discharged groom] (Stand was reinstated and racing went on Santa Anita. Among other things, the striking grooms de- manded that they be permitted, lo watch the races from the grand- stands... . It's a good thing our matoos here haven't as yet, got- C. H. R. Oxlade or F. W. Carter toned on to the idea of demand-v. R. E. Guest or M. Pagh (Stand ing members' privileges.
Court).
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