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Official Visit
Macao, July 3.
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"AND FIELD
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To Take Places
Of The 1936 Giants
Wilbur Miller Burns Up Track To
Clock 47.1 For “Quarter'
By Vadim V., Kolarchoff NOTICEABLE feature of the last Olympic Games A
at Barlin was the success on Track and Field of the Negro athletes on the American Team Jesse Owens, Mack Robinson, Archie Wil- tams, Jimmy Lavalle. John Woodruff, Ralph Metcalfe, Fritz Pollard, Corney Johnson, and Dave Al- britton chalked up 62 of the 157 points scored by the G.3.A. in the Track and Field events, and be- tween them they accounted for eight gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals."
Of these nine athletes only five are still active today. They are Robinson, Woodruff, Pollard, Johnson," and "Albritton. Jesse Owens is now coach of the freshman track team at Ohio State Uni- versity. Metcalfe is coach of the Xavier University track team. this University" being a Negro in- stitution at New Orleans, and Metcalfe's star, pupils' are High-jumper Lloyd Thompson, hurdler Gilder Farrow, and spirinter Enos Hicks,
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Passes by Macao students in the Trinity College of Musle plano- forte examinations held де the Santa Rosa de Lime College on June 19 are:-Advanced Senior: Alina Rodrigues; Junior; Katherine
Thompson is the USA national indoor champion in the high jump and to win that title he Tang, Leonor da Süva, Natercia had to defeat' an all-star fleld which Included world record-holder. Melvin Walker, Lobo, Venus Tal; Intermediate: champion Corney Johnson, and such other sky-climbers as Les Steers, Artie Byrnes, and Harold Olymple
Joao da Buva; Advanced Prepara- Osborne. tory: Carolina Braga, Carmelita
Archie Williams and Jimmy that there were a lot Patacas. Maria
of high- Then there is Mack Robinson of Quintas. Luvalle, both of them outstanding powered Southern California Tro- the University of Oregon, a fair Sophaine Lew; Preparatory: Mar- students as well as outstanding fans in chase. garida da Luz, Lo Po-ling, Lo Po-athletes, have deserted the arena is Long John Woodruf. When runs
And then there imitation of Jesse Owens. Mack. po, Tereza Braga; First Steps: of track for the halls of higher Long John was at Berlin to win and
the 100 and 220 Yards Arcelina Quintas, Kwok Yut-kel, learning..
the Tow hurdles And the 800 Metres, he was just a long.jumps for distance. Manuela da Silva, Maria Braga. Today, however, a bigger and gangling. awkward youngster who his best figures so far.-9.6,21.2.23.4. He shows a better host of what has been didn't know much, but today he and 25 feet 5 inches. Jesse at his described as America's "negro is a twelve cylinder runner, and his best showed Auxiliary" is preparing to swamp what is more, he doesn't need any figures of 9.4.20.3.27.6, and 26:81.
corresponding Tokyo and to take away with gasl
Mack Lan't the best leaper, in his them back home every medal the Japanese can possibly put up.
family. His younger brother Jack That is if the 1940 Olympics ever
recently jumped 25 feet 6 inches.
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Dinner
The Hotel Bela Vists WILS the scene of 3 festive banquet on Thursday evening when N.C.O.'s of 57th Mozambique Troops played host to their friends of the Ma-materialise. chine Gun Company. After-din- ner.speakers Included Sgt. Miranda and Sgt. Fermandes.
Departures
'THE SPRINTERS
Ben Johnson, Herbert Thomp- son, Mozelle Ellerbee, Encs Hicks. and Mack Robinson will be ready for the two sprints. No Teutón, ¡ Roman, or Japanese can hope to match strides with these five boys. They will overtake the wind and
much help to the "homesters".
i
TOO MUCH BOTHER
What can Long John do? Well, only 220 yards in 21.5 sees., 440 yards in 47.0 secs. 880 yards
THE SKY SCRAPERS” We should also mention James
in 1 min. 48.6 secs. and Long Bruno Herbert. of NYU Jim 48 John is too lazy to try and the fastest man in the world at harder. So far as no other boy 600 yards and at 600 Metres and tries to run faster than him, he holds the world records for Long John is at peace with the these distances. And how about world. He runs the mile in 4 some of the boys who jump for mins. 15 secs., and they say he for height, Mel Walker has done can do it in 4 minutes, but isn't feet 10 inches, Dave Albritton a mile run a terribly long dis-6 feet 9 inches, Gil Cruter 6. feet tance to bother about when you 87 inches, and Ed Burke 6 feet 10 get the same kind of medal over inches. Just a quarter of that distance? Yes, the Negro boys will be right Bullet Ben Johnson required smith, of Indiana University, to
There is alsa negro boy Jimmy there collecting medals and the Japanese will have to make only six seconds flat in a recent bother about running a mile. enough medals to satisfy all the Indoor meet, and Hert Thomp Jimmy Smith requires only 4 mine. boys! son was right there to take his 11 secs.. and he can run two or measure just a couple of weeks later.
The Hong Kong-Macao shipping wharf was crowded last Thursday night with friends of the familya Japanese typhoon will not be of of the late Dr. Artur Medina, of the Liceu Infante D. Henrique, who assembled to bid farewell to Mrs. Medina and her children, were re- turning to Portugal.
Also leaving Macao was Capt. Caseiro Alves, ex-commander of the Machine Gun Company...
Charity
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In commemoration of the cen- tenary of the birth of his father,
Has Jesse Owens, Metcafe, or Peacock ever run sixty yards in ¦ Iess than 6.2 seconds? The answer: No!
At Strasbourg last August Httle Ben amiled amiably at the nest
three miles witout getting tired enough to allow too many other boys to pass him!
Jimmy has not been very suc-
ment, use Tattoo Powder, Rouge Mr. Kow Ho-neng, well-known collection of sprinters in Europe cessful this season, but Jimmy is
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then went on his marks to show the tered
yet young. Glen Cunningham only cream $5,000
Of European sprint to charity. The money
talent how to run 100 Yards in started going places when he was Was handed over this weck to the Macao Charities Com-9.4 seconds, 100 Metres in 10.2 28 years old and had two daugh-
ters to applaud his seconds. and 200 Metres in 20.7 mission to be distributed.
seconds, all in one afternoon, and Jimmy isn't yet 28, but at the last they used a new lot of Europe's
National A.A.D. meet there were
4.
Religious Feast
best in each race!
WAS WILBUR SCAREÐ? High Mass, with sermon given
Williams and Luvalle will not by Rev. Fr. Sarmento, was held in be at Tokyo to take. two medals, the Se Cathedral last Saturday away with them for showing how. morning to celebrate the feast of fast can be over 400 Metres, but St. Isabel, patroness of the Banta how about Wilbur Miller?
At
only two boys who finished shead
of him and they were none other than Cunningham and Chuck Fenske!
“U.C.LA's FIVE",
Over in California they have a
Casa de Misericordia. Many faith- | Compton, California, some four college called the UCLA It is:
ful attended the special service.
Deaths
There were
at Los Angeles, months ago · a diminutive little
Jimmy Luvalle negro boy towed the line with a felded a small team during the was a UCLA. boy. This college lot of others. Somebody fred a
California season. and Wilbur must have got gun A very successful charity swim-
Deaths among local residents scared or he would not have been twenty men on the track squad. ming gala was held at the Chung during the week included Mrs. able to run
but the UCLA. could honestly Shing Benevolent Society's Bath- Maria J. Rodrigues,. Miss Floriza seconda!
440 Yards in 47.1
say that they had a five mai ing Pavilion at Kennedy Town on Marcal. Mr. Joaquim M. Xavier, Archie Williams could not man-track team. There was the U.C. Saturday night, when a crowd es- and Mr. Jovita J. Dias Azedo. timated at 2,000-persons watched.
age such a speed in Junior College. LA African Legion plus Captain And Wilbur is pretty fast too! Paul Van Alatine and Javelin Archie was asked once: how fast thrower Clark Shaughnessy. The can you do one hundred yards in? members of the African Legion An exhibition of school handi-A alow grin gradually took form were Woodrow Wilson Strode. Tom crafts by students was held at the on Archie's face. Then slowly Berkeley. and Bill Lacefield, U.C.
some fine swimming and aquatle Exhibition novelty events in which a number
of well-known personalities parti- cipated.
The programme follows:-...
Floating Overture-Sung
by
Mi. Chap Siu Tong, Assistant ̧ Secretary of Chung Shing. while hosting in the water on his back.
100 Metres free-style. exhibi- tion-Norman Lee
and Ng Lin,
(8.C.A.A.)
Santa Rosa de Lima College dur came
the answer:
nine and
LA's five-man-team scored an aver-
ing the week-end. The exhibition eleven-tenths of a second. Archie age of 35 points against the three couldn't run a hundred yards in evens. Can uttle Wilbar do that?
was viewed by many residents.
Arrivals
Arrived, last week from Portugal was Lt. Gomes de Freitas Ribeiro, of the Portuguese Air Force, ac- companied by Bgt. J. dos Bantos
And how!
'NEEDS NO GAS Wilbur does not require more than 9.8 seconds and when he did
finest track teams in the world namely, Southern California, Cali- fornia, and Stanford." The African Legion scored an average of 27 points a meet.
Tom Berkeley ran 400 Tards. in 47.8 secs, and skimmed the low Kurdles in 23.3 secs. Bill Lacefeld
stepped over the high hurdles in 14.7 secs. Woodrow Strode of the picture-book physique, pushed the Saturday at 6.30 am. Bir Archi-shot out to 51 feet 6 inches and
3. 400 Metres back-stroke exhibi Couceiro. mechanic. Lt. Ribeiro is BRITISH ENVOY broad-jumped 24 feet 9 inches, and
Hon-Mak Wal-ming (8.C.A.A)), taking up service in Macao.
4. 200, Metres breast-stroke ex-
hibition Miss Chan Yuk-king. Anti-Cholera.
5. Fire Dragon Display in shal-
Bing
"
· FOR, HANKOW
lows-By members of "Chung The Macab health authorities bald Kerr Clark Kerr, British Am- and whirled the discus all the have circulated anti-cholera In-bassador to China, took off, via a way tơ 161 feet 10 inches, ́ And 6. Trick swimming-Lau Yake structions among local residents. Eurasia Aviation Corporation plane the boys had only just started
wing. 7.100 Metres back-stroke exhibitributed throughout the city.
Printed pamphlets have been dis for Hankow. Captain K. Lelding their track career!
tion-Lau Po-bél (HKUS.C.).
6. Floating exhibition-Chan But
Tong
"
6. 100 Metres breast-stroke #7 LOCAL STUDENTS TO
hibition-Miss Doreen Welt.
101, Fire Lon in the water-Mem-
-bers of the Chung Sing.
12. Fire' Work..
Water polo-Boys 2 Girls 2. Boys: Tam Ny Lau: Lau Ku Yeung; Yu Bing Su; Yu Bing Fung; Lau Yee Kun; Wong Bing Kee and Leung Shing.
GO:
VEGETARIAN
was at the controls.
Members of Bir Archibald's party #ying north were Baron B. Fries and E... Fontand, Swedish" ministers; tary Attache; Mr. W. Allen Mr. Wing Commander C. Kirby. Mill-
M. Alley and Mr. Hallpatch, staff
No time limit was set for" Ha
Local Chinese students, under members.
the leadership of the Hong Kong Excellency's visit in Hankow. How- Students Relief Association; will take a vegetable diet on July 7 inver, he will in all probability re- observance of the first anniversary travelling to Shanghal..
turn to the Colony by plane before
of the Sino-Japanese hostilities.
!
Members of the association, it is
It is notified in the Government
JESSE WAS JESSE · Then there is Big Bill Watson of the University of Michigan. At the all-star Western Confer- ence Meet at Columbus, Chio, re-i cently, Big Bill helped himself to 18 points.' We can remember the day when Jesse Owens helped himself to twenty, points three years ago, but Jesse Owens WES Jesse Owens, and he had three sprints counting in his point „BOURG. Big Bill goes. In for
variety Big Bill pushed the shot out to
Girls: Wong Mu Wah: Lok Gee learned, will launch a fund-raising Gazette that the name of Tsung 52 feet 11 inches, whirled the Ho; Lay Bing To: Ho Kin Ling; campaign that day for the bomb Dal Flavouring Products Company, disc out to 154 feet 8 inches. Vip Chol Man, Yiu Choi Wan and ing refugees in Canton. (Central Limited, has been struck off the broad-jumped. 24 fect 11, triches, Ng Yiet Hing
News),
Register.
high-jumped 8 feet 5 inches.
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