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Mra. Helen Willa Moody is to be offered sturdy challenges for the honours the has so long held in the tennis world, and among her compatriots who are expected to give "Helen" an anxious time ia Mia Marjorie Sachs, a former Radcliffe College student.
BRITISH SWIMMING "HOPES".
FINE PROMISE OF SCHOOLBOY "SPEED-KING"
Two
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If he succeeds in acquiring: even a reasonably correct stroke, and learns to breathe rhythmically, he will perform some notable times.
Three English representatives ut Copenhagen mude Acreditable showing, with Miss Joyce Cooper and Miss Phyllis Hurding winning features stood at all the free-style and backstroke races, But Miss Marjorie Ilinton Merton-street Baths when Oxford University opened the season with met with a reverse in the 200 yards a fixture against the Monson Club. breast-stroke event, won by the
Elan Jacobsen. Tunbridge Wells-the double suc- Dane, Miss Icess of the 14-year-old Monson boy, mude world's record of Smin. F. Dove, in the 40 and 90 yards 50 2-sec., with Miss Hinton virtually events, and the Dark Blues' run ontelassed in 2min, 68 2-ánec.
· SURPRISE FOR OLYMPIC FOLK.
who
away victory in the water polo match writes W. J. Howcraft in the Practically London Morning Post.
The most gratifying feature of all the Oxford team were in lown the trip, however, was Mins Hard- metres In the 100 during the last week in their vucning's victory tion for a series of practice games, back-stroke in 83sec., a performance and a dally work-out under the which will both surprise and im- guidance of the international water press the A.S.A. Olymple Com- polo player, E. 11. Temme. Judge- mitter. It is eight years since Misa ing by the form in their Arst match, Harding took second place in the Temme's "tips" have not been Olympie back-stroke final at Paris, wasted, and it is obvious that the yet she is still improving. If she University have a really good side. could improve about another two
Tunbridge Wells Dove the schoolboy won the 45 yards in 24 seconds over 100 metres between now and the end of August. Miss the 2-5sec., and later took the 30 yards Harding would again be in Jin 57 4-5sce. A few months ago 1
wrote that Dove, who was then un-eting line in an Olympic final.
Miss Couper's time in the 100 known outside Kent County circles, metres free-style. 73 8-10sec., is In many respects they offer.
was one of the best boys of his age much below her best, but it is pos- themselves as a model to the am-
in the country, and his swimming sible that the English champion they bitions young player, for
was runtent to win, and was reserv jat Oxford on Saturday goes a long feature their game by its virality
townrus confirming this Although still rather prone to de-i
In their league match in the "g" way
Dave locked his art being herself for the 400 metres free. pend too much on defence when
Division of the Hongkong Lawn opinion.
The ex-Engilsh sprint champion, in opposition to a stronger com. bination, they possess plenty of Tennis league against the South Chinn between the rail and the bath wall style, which she won in 5min, 58sec,
TENNIS LEAGUE
HONGKONG C.C. "B" TEAM FOR SATURDAY
attacking sirokes and are power-A‚A. nt King's Park on Saturday, the the 0 yards race, otherwise his¦ Mrs. Dupre Murrell, better known
ful overhead. They have followed Hongkong C.C. will be represented by in the footsteps of the Rumjaha the following players: A, C, I. Bowker cousins in concentrating on vollesand T. C. Monaghan, V. R. Gordon, ing, this being one of the most po- and 1. 3. S. Lloyd. W. A. Nowers tent phases of their game.
and G. C. Worrall
SPORTS CHATTER FROM THE "FOUR CORNERS”
Sensational Football Transfers-Potential Track Champion-Britain's Olympic Boxers--- Disqualifying a Boxer
Football Surprise
IN
time would Meronds.
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have been under
in English swimming as Miss Vern It speaks volumes for the boy's Tanner, of Eastbourne, is due to ar- Mrs. Murrell will re- pluck that he was leading at half ive in England from South Africa distance, yet when they turned for on May 16. the last length he was the last of main in England until the autumn, four, and then came thrungh to win, and will endeavour to obtain a pince Obviously, the Kent boy can sprint, in the British Olympic team. After but I believe he is relatively better one month's practice she returned over middle distances. He will com 67sec. for 100 yards only 4-see, pete in all the Kent County cham-slower than her performance when pionships, but I doubt if he is ad-she won the National 100 yards at vanced enough, or that it is advis. Pitfield-street Baths in 1928, nile, for him to test himself against the cracks in Southern Senior middle distance championships.
A PROPHECY.
LAWN BOWLS TEAMS.
TAIKOO AND KOWLOON B.G.C. PLAYERS FOR SATURDAY Seniora. Taiko R.C.-J. A. Watson, D. B. Bone, W. Weir, W. Wotherspoon Chalmers, J. Russell (Skip); (Skip): A. Stalker, J. C. Polken, J. C.
Munro (Skip). McLeod, d. Stunn, J. B. Chapman, D.
Though the times returned by R. M. Mitchell (Trinity and in winning the Oxford with one hand, struck him, heavily | Lorettor with the other."
[ | Freshmen's 45 and 90 yards races the average of West! addition to Hufton.
While there is nothing in the rule were much below Ham United have given free governing disqualifications which | Freshmen's performances, 1 um 20- transfers to the following players, makes Mr. Abraham's verdiet per-ing to risk my reputation with a all of whom have played in the missible. tule 9 writes Geoffrey forecast that Mitchell will ultimate
At referee by make a front rank swimmer. first team Inst season: Stanley Simpson) states:-"The Earle, Phillips, Wade and Cox.shall decide any question not pre-present his stroke does not exist; he simply ploughs through the Other men granted a free trans-vided for in these rules, .. fer are Lawson, Barry, Fairday, This leaves a referee with a very water with buried head and laying Robinson, and Harris.
wide field of authority, and it is the arms, and has to practically st Earle, who formerly assisted
opinion, of Mr. Charles Dommail, to take a breath. the Clapton Club, signed
t is the result of n professional for West Ham United the secretary of the Boxing Board speed the Scot possesses t
strength, and in 1924. He played for England: of Control, that Mr. Abraham's ver-n
48 a
against Ireland in 1928 and up- peared twice for his country in Amateur International games.
A Track "Find"
TANY athletic clubs have!
MA reason to envy Blackheath
Harrier for the coming cham- their pionship season, for with brilliant "find" in L. W. Ellis they are capable of putting Into the field a sprint relay team which i may later prate champions of the country.
Ellis. on the advier of Albertį Hill, the dual champion of the 1920 Olympiad, transferred from distance-running to sprinting late" last summer, and before the sea- son was out he won a number of notatie handicaps in tinies well inside "events." For a few weeks now has been carefully pre- paring Ellis for the forthcoming events, and a recent trial over 180 yards with his club-mate, Ernie Page, the A.A.A. champion and other prominent sprinters, him inish second and only fert out when Page broke the tape. Incidentally, watch-holders turned Page's winning time as 9
B-Jisec.
Olympic Games Boxers
diet was justified by rule.
saw !
re-
HE Amateur Boxing Aяbein- tion nas selected the fellow-
TIE
ing boxers to represent Great Bri-j tain in the Olympic Games at Los Angeles next August:
T. Pardoe (Metropolitan B.C., Birmingham) y-weight:
JI. Mizler (Oxford and St. George's B.C.. London), feather.. weight:
D. McCleave (Lynn ́AC., Lon-1 don), welter-weight,
·
Disqualifying a Boxer ·
THERE was considerable 'com.
Tout in boxing circles over the
unprecedented action of a referee of a contest at Edmonton, London, I in disqualifying a boxer for "un- gentlemanly conduct."
Harry Abraham was the refores who decided that the conduct of Tom Benjamin (Cheshunt) merited Benjamin's oppo. disqualification nent, Red Pullen (Watos), hnd pre- viously knocked him down with a solar plexus punch, and Mr. Abra- hams said that on rising Benjamin loat all control,
"He rushed his opponent, forced him backwards over the top rope until he was helpless, and thon while holling him in that position
What mensure
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