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FLASHES FROM FIELD AND PAVILION
Sport Items From Here And There
(BY BEN MADIGAN)
As the title of this article suggests, It deals with "small items" of interest to the sporting community and it is my luten- tion to include in it items dealing with every form of sport. It will run as a regular Friday feature In the "Daily Press,"
TO-MORROW'S GAMES
ANALYSED
Now that the Interport games have been fought out, the league. clubs resume their normal pro- gramme to-morrow. Rifles, the leaders, will be out to avenge their early season cefeat at the hands of St. Joseph's, even though Camp- bell and Ervin are doubtful start- ers. Fusiliers at
full strength, should overcome the mediocre Navy team at Prince Edward Road. Let us hope that the South China "A" --China "B" clash at Caroline Hill
Lee Wal-tong. His rallying of the Interport XL in the closing stages of their encounter with Shanghal. magnificent. Despite w:Ls
the critics, Lee, along with his club- mate Fung King-cheong, were the only forwards on the field worthy of mention. This páir stul form the most deadly forward combina
lon in the Far. East.
USEFUL RECRUIT. Rines have unearthed an able recruit in Galbraith who had a run in their second string last week-end. I would very much will not be a repetition of their liked to have seen this promising previous farcical meeting. Of the ❘ lad given a try out, earlier in the remaiding fixtures, the clash be-season. He gave a promising dis- tween Eastern and Seaforths look play against South China, and like a draw, Kowloon (C) should with a little speeding up he should beat Club. Athletic lock good develop into a useful player. against Kowloon, and Police may strike a winning vein at the ex- pense of Recreto.
·WARD IMPRESSES Not since I had the pleasure of seeing Jack Barker. the Derby County and England centre half
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STROKEN
Australian BUTTERFLY IN
Ladies XI For England
Pen Pictures Of Some
Of The Team
Although the cricket Season seems a long way off, the fifteen Australian women players who are coming to this country will act sau for England while we are playing our International hockey matches, writes a Home correspondent.
Thirteen of these players were chosen some time ago. and now the team hus been completed. Miss Betty Archdale, captain of our team which toured Australin. has sent me some interesting notes! on some of these players whom she met. Here are the players:
Margaret Peden, of New South Wales, is the captain. She has a good all-round knowledge of the game, was Secretary of the Aus- tralian Cricket Council, and is largely responsible for the growth of women's cricket in Australia.
Peggy Antonio Victoria) is the bowler who caused our players much trouble. She bowls leg spin- ners with an occasional off-break. She is good, strong bat and a brillant field. Miss Archdale wrote England. On wickets as hard as a polished dining-room table,
COMPETITIONS
Alterations In A.S.A. Laws
MANY CLUB DELEGATES WILL NOT APPRECIATE ONE SIGNIFICANT OMISSION IN THE ALTERATIONS TO AS.A. LAWS WHICH ARE BEING SPONSORED BY THE A.9.A. COM- MITTEE. THESE PROPOSALS CONFORM WITH THE NEW LAWS PASSED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING FEDER- ATION, WRITES A CORRESPONDENT IN THE "MORNING POST."
The A.S.A. Committee, however, have not recommended the Federation's ruling that the butterfly stroke shall be admitted in international competitions. If there is not a direct resolution from a District, English swimmers will not be allowed to use this stroke in, competitions held under A.8.A. Laws.
I gather that a majority of the A.S.A. Committee are op- posed to the stroke, although avery country except Great Britain voted in favour of it at the Federation meeting in Berlin. An En- glish official at the Olympic Games told me he was opposed to the stroke on several grounds, and added that he was not going to be dictated to by professionals who had discovered the stroke.
Well, no professional coach can claim any credit for the discovery.
bers of a boys' club in New York, The stroke was developed by mem-
despite the scorn of professional coaches
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Admittedly, the American butter y performer, John Higgins, failed to take a place in the Olymple 200 metres, but if the race had been over 100 metres there would have been a different result. Higgins
GOSSIP FROM CAROLINE HILL
As a result of the injury received in the Interport, Leung Wing-chiu with a full-size ball, she can make! would have come home alone!
Is still a doubtful starter for South China "A" to-morrow. I hear it whispered that Yeung Shul-ylck;
and
the ball break several Inches in! any direction."
the South China "8" and Interbowler, hurricane hitter, and
Nell McCarty (Victoria) is a fast
brilliant short-leg feld.
in action, have I came across a pory star 'may find a place in the pivot so ideally built for the job China "A" team in the near fu- as Ward the Shanghai, centre half. ture. This clever winger is equally Ward put up a stonewall defence at home in both inside positions. against the pick of our sharp-Chan Tak-tal will lead the China shooting forwards, and was the "B" forward line against China
key man of the team.
THIRD BACK GAME SNAG I notice that the third back i game, originally introduced by the famous Arsenal (England), is being exploited in local football in a more crude form. I had the op- portunity of studying this type of defence when in England and from a spectator's point of view. found It boring to watch. When it was in its infancy I sought the views of Bobby Irvine, the former Ever- ton and Portsmouth star on the subject and he said it took the thrill out of football.
HOCKEY RIVALRY
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beautiful
Hazel Pritchard Is A bat with most attractive style and a fine variety of strokes. She made 75 for New Bouth Wales against England, and played for
Australia.
Crawl Too Exhausting
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final, while two other competitors who had returned about 58sec in their heat falled to qualify.
The A9.A. Committee now pro- pose that "The District Associa tion conducting the championships shall seed the entries and make the draw for the stations.. At the time of the race, after withdrawals have been notified to the starter, he, together with the judges and referee, shall, if necessary, redis- tribute the entrants into heats suitable to the conditions prevail- ing at the time."
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When the stroke became known "If "seeding" had been in opera- belief in the U.S.A. was that the been abou: two years ago, the general tion last year Archer would have rated as a 57sec. man at tiring above-surface recovery least on his previous form, unless would not give the best results in
the "seeding" committee had the Olympic events; but that be known that he had suddenly lost Hef no longer holds. It is now his form owing to an illness. The claimed that if the stroke is taught unexpected results in the Nation- from childhood it will be possible at 100 yards last year indicate the RATED THE BEST
to develop the necessary muscular | difficulties attached to "seeding." Kate Smith, an excellent all-power and stamina to stay out 200 The Scot, George Anderson, had Many sound judges grade Cheongrounder and a strong bat both in metres at racing pace.
i the fastest public form to his cre- Moon-wing, the Athletic left wing defence and attack.
Good fast finest La the
the Colony. He bowler and pegs away at the leg-
When Kanhamoku crawled to dit, yet he was only seventh judg- ed by the time test, while the Ox- should be a certainty for Interport stump. Was vice-captain of Aus- victory in the Olymple sprint at honours next season, providing he tralia, and has an almost perfect
the "old bri- ford sprinter, Digby Young, finish- remedies his one fault of crossing throw-in from the Celd.
ed fifth, close on the heels of the the ball too hurriedly. His speed
winner, Fred Dove. And how and accuracy are the feature of
many Southern officials knew that his play.
Young was capable of 58sec.?-he did not know it himself!"
JUNIOR STARS
watch. It enthusiasm goes for anything, these juniors have a promising future ahead of them.
The recent "Bor's" game at Sdo- kunpco proved a happy hunting ground. for the talent seekers, Young players to catch the eye were:-P., Jorge (La Salle) and A. Only the brilliance of Miss Wong Cruz, whose sparkling forward kept the C.B.8. centre half, Miss combination WILA a delight to McCaw from obtaining Interport | honours this season. After seeing her masterly display for The Rest against Shanghai, the former will have to look to her laurels next season. Filling the right back position in the Rest team, Miɛs B. Pope, Hong Kong Ladies regular centre half gave a sound display. and was, the best defender on the fleld.
STILL THE BEST
SCOTLAND'S MIGHT Scotland have selected a formid-
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able side to oppose England in Sunday's Charity Cup Game. The team composes five Seaforths, with
Played for Australia in the Third A. Hudson (New South Wales).
Test as a fast bowler and took one one wicket for seven runs. of her last year: "I do not think we have any bowler as good in The team will arrive in England in time for the Coronation, but their tour will not start officially until June 1, when there will be a reception, lunch and practice at the home of the Chairman of the Women's Cricket Association at Great Comp. Kent. On June 2 the tour proper starts with a match against Kent on the Bat and Bait ground at Gravesend.
a strong sprinkling of other local CORONATION YEAR stars, Wales are taking no chances in facing the Irish eleven for which Campbell is a doubtful
If ever a player deserved a word | starter. North (Police) may and
of praise in glorious defeat, it la
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a place in the Welsh side.
Golf Prizes That Are
are
Worth Winning
An amateur tournament, to my mind, should never be financially worth while winning.
sham amateurs. I, main, provided the prizes open to suppose, in every sport, now that be won by handicap players in
in games
is an almost open tournaments are confined to automatic passport to fame, writes 1 reasonable Bgure.
London Correspondent. Defl- nitions of the "shamateur" vary. My own, for what it is worth, is "a man whose principal aim, in devoting the time, 'trouble and ex- pense necessary to maintain his skill, is something more than that of deriving pleasure from the game.
For this reason. I, in company with a great many other people, view with concern the increase in the value of the prizes available at open competitions.
Charitable as we may be we cannot obscure the fact that near-
In certain sports-and we need not offend anyone by going into ly all open events are inspired, details-lt would be possible, not only by a desire to add gener- granted sumclent skill, to make a
ally to the galety of nations, but very reasonable living as a shama- to draw attention to the name of teur. Golf, as it stands at the mo- the club concerned. ment, is not one of those sports at any rate in Great Britain.
I do not belleve, for instance, that if Mr. Hector Thomson, the outstanding amateur player of the day, were to take it into his head to devote all his ingenulty to making a surreptitious living out of the game, he could pay his ex- penses and clear £10 a Week possibly not even £5,
Opportunities for "cheating" at
golf are open strangely enough, to
CASH PRIZES FOR AMATEURS
No less than sixty pounds worth of prizes are offered, for instance, by the Sunningdale Club for the amateur winners and runners-up
ON THE TURF
New Race A: Liverpool
Although not first in the Deld, Chester, with its £750 Coronation Plate for the May meeting, follows closely on Liverpool
A week ago the Liverpool execu- Live announced a new Coronation ycar race. This is to be run on Grand National Day. It will be a
Stockholm in 1912, gade" were emphatic that the "crawl" was too exhausting for any beyond 100 metres! And the
early days same opinion was voiced in the of the back-crawl
strokel
If the "butterfly" is not recog- will be handicapped in internation- nised by the A.S.A. our swimmers al competitions. For example, will the stroke be banned when Enx- land and Germany meet at Wem- bley this summer?
!!.
"Seeding" Froblems The A.S.A. Committee's, recom- mendation that the entries for the National Championships be "seed- ed" does not offer any guarantee to prevent a repetition of the post- tion which occurred in the 100 yards final last year.
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two
The existing rule is for the win ner of each heat, and the fastest 108ers, to quality for the semi-finals
as the or the final, case may be. This ensures that the three competitors returning the fastest time in the preliminar. tes go forward to the final. Last year AW. Archer won his heat in 59 4-5sec. and finished sixth in the
handicap over the 1 mile & fur AMATEUR GOLF
longs course, and will be known as the King George VI. Stakes.
Ascot both announ- Epson and ced in the autumn the special steps they are taking to mark Coronation year.
TITLE
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As Epsom has already à Coro- nation Cup, instituted In King great satisfaction to Scottish golf- Edward VIL's reign, there will beers, and particularly to those as- jockey and trainer will receive "a no new race. But the winning sociated with the West Coast
gold-mounted whip and 2 £50 gold cigarette box.
So far, Royal Ascot is the most generous of all meetings. The prize money for, the Gold Cup will be increased by £2,250, and the winner alone will receive nearly
£8,000.
DONATION
The Women's AurikorY of the
in their foursomes tournament. Society
for the Protection of
Although the Amateur Cham- pionship has been played an- nually since 1885 (ozçept during the years of the Great War) it has never yet been decided over Old Troon.
In some measure this may be attributed to the fact that when the big amateur event came to the West of Scotland Prestwick WŁA the favoured course; and, it is not to be wondered at, for Prestwick was not only the cradle of the Open Championship, in the days when the contest was' described as for the Champion Belt (which was
If the winners turn out to be pro- Children acknowledges with grate ultimately won outright by young fessionals the cash prizes will ful thanks a donation of $10 from Tom Morris), but was in the re- amount to £90. In other words Mons, P. Mandelyn, of the Belgiangular rota of Amateur Champion- the value of success is only 50 per Bank, Tientsin, cent. greater to the professionata.
This tournament. it should be) -
the mediocre player more than to said, is not open to any great.
the expert-to the man whose con- science permits him to juggle with his handicap.
abisses
of
handicap, since ali captain of the club has kindly amateurs play from scratch and offered a motor-car. value 2100, all women tamateur or profession- us the first prize. The second al) from four.
prize is valued at £20..
INCREASING PRIZE VALUES
This is not the case with the In the vast majority of cases the Coronation meeting that the East offence is Lot dellberate. It ward Hol club' at Felixstove, pro- springs rather from carelessness.pose to hold during the summer. from a lack of appreciation of the The event is one to any one with issues involved. And so it will re- a handicap of 14 or better and the
ship greens from 1888 onwards.
Troon. however, had the distinc- tion of housing the Open Cham- pionship in 1923-the year when Arthur Havers temporarily stop- ped the conquering Americans On that occasion the highest opinion was formed by the world's great- est golfers of the Troon course, and it is therefore not surprising a number of the less scrupulous that at long last the Amateur among us open to a temptation Championship is to come to the that should not be put in our way. Troon club,
Now in my humble opinion the club are, unwittingly, laying them. selves open to disaster-and laying
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and a
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