THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1932.
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TRACK
CYCLISTS
WHEELERS RACE SETS
RECORD FOR DISTANCE
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Every year the speeds achieved in the Manchester. Wheelers' open "60" become faster, and the aults of the latest race set up new record for the course, states June the Sporting Chronicle of
27.
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There was an entry comprising all the leading half-century specl- alists of the North and Midlands, and no fewer than three of them- Gilbert and Ross, of the Bust Liverpool Wheelers, and J. W. Brooke of Gomersal-were (32) scratch.
As might have been expected, however, Charles Holland, the Mid- lander, bent the lot, and his one- minute start was sufficient to give him second handicap prize.
The winning time was 2 hr. 12 min. 31 sec., a fine performance for the undulating Shropshire
course.
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SOUTH CHINA MADE TO PAY FULL PENALTY
LEGITIMATE CLAIM TO LEAGUE POINTS REFLECTS AN UNSPORTING ACTION
THE
TENNIS LEAGUE
TABLES TO DATE
C.C.C, Q.12.0.
B.C.A.A.
A.T.C LR.C.
H.KC.C. CN.C.C. Uniremity
Recreio
K.C.C.
"B" DIVISION.
D.
B 14%
"C" DIVISION.
Recreio C.IL.C. 8.C.A.A.
REVISION OF RULES IMPERATIVE REFUSING to agree to a postponement of their match with the South China in the "B" Division of the Tennis League, when the latter declared their inability to raise a team, the Chinese Recreation Club took the case to the Executive Committee of the L.T.A., and under Rules 6 and 8 of the Tennis League, claimed the match KITC points in default.
·Greituntes
A.T.C. University 1.9.6. c.c.C.
FC,
KC C. H.K.C.C.
Despite the fact that they are perfectly entitled to the points awarded them under the rules, it is generally felt that the C.R.C., adopted an unecessarily harsh attitude to the whole incident, their action reflecting a spirit quite contrary to that e associated with league tennis.
By "VERITAS."
AMBIGUOUS RULES.
ANGLO-AMERICAN YACHTING
Britain Well Beaten at Ryde
Although the decision of the team spirit and of pleasant inter- LT.A., in regard to the scratched Executive Committee of the course between the clubs. match between. the "B" Division Leams of the Chinese Recreation Leaving alone the more ethical TEAMS COMPARED.
Club And the South
China side of the question, an incident Athletic Association, in which the such has just arisen, reveals the The selections for the English C.R.C., Olympic pursuit team have been points in default, will come as no reconstruction of the league rules. claimed and received immediate need of a revision and criticized and alu praised. There surprise, and was under the strict At present they are either far tou
Ryde, July 21. are always widely divergent opin-interpretation of the rules, the elastic or, when strictly interpret British-America cup continued to- The contest between British and fans hen selections are based only course the committee could ed, leave one without the slightest day off Ryde when the American American- six-motrea for the private data.
One fact, however, is beyond dis-terested in the tennis league and ting circumstances in one's con-Lage in points, establishing a lead adopt. the sympathies of those in opportunity of including extenua- team piled up another big advan- pute, and that is that on the strict the healthy sporting competitionsideration of a case. book of figures the team do not which it endeavours to promote, at trement, stam a ghost of a will be with South China.
which Britain cannot now over- chance against the French tear.
INDIAN GOLFER WINS TWO TITLES
Relo
C for instance, undertake. which, the CR.C. v. S.C.A.A, dis- To-day. the American team of AN UNEVIABLE TASK. agreement was adjudicated, states four boats came in ahead of the The "sentence" of the Execu-that a match can only be post- British boats, they being in the tive Committee cannot either be puned either through wet weather following order: Nancy, Bobkat, reasonably questioned or dis- which prevents play, or by sane- Lucie and Jill. agreed with. The committee was tion of the Executive Committee the consistent performance of A feature of the racos has been confronted with the unenviable This means that item, in Boukat, which has come in second task of judging a case purely up itself incomplete through illness in all three races while the other The Indian has proved his on the interpretation of the rules or any other legitimate reason three American boats have now
governings its circumstances. only a few hours before the match Extenuating facts and precedents is due to be played, has to get won a race apiece.
The score to-day was 26% points Committee or pay the penalty. The very impossibility of securing For the three races the sanction of the committee now are: within a few hours shows the im- practicability of the ruling.
Heretofore the clubs have re- CASES
E. J. Rogers of Oklahoma could not be taken into considera- the sanction of the Executive for America and 9 for Britain.
supremacy in the white man's game of golf.
City, winner of the state tion. Decision had to be based amateur golf title, is a 16th on the fact that the South Chinu blood Osnge. Early Berryhill seratched a maleh without the of Sapulpa, who went to the sanction of the committee as de finals in the tournament. is amanded by Rule 6. 16th Creek and a 16th Chero-i
kee, but is registered as a mem- Nevertheless, the claim forward cognised this, and in all
by the G.R.C.. came as a distinct have come to a mutual arrange- ber of the Creek tribe.
Rogers is 29 years old, Berry-surprise. It is not the first timement over the whole thing. South hill 28.
a club has found itself unable to China themselves have suffered in Rogers is the first man in the raise a team and has, with the this respect this
summer. but! history of Oklahoma to hold sanction of its opponents, and rather than take advantage of the both the open and amateur without recourse to any rules, rules, agreed to a rearrangement. scratched the match until a later date mutually agreed upon by the clubs concerned. So established, in fact, has become this pre- cedent, that it was amazing to find club such as the C.R.C. putting forward their appeal.
titles the same year.
ORACLEERCENTA
The best time ridden by any combination of Englishmen for, the 4,000 metres this season is 5 min. 8 2/5 sec. In Paris. recently, the team of the Velo Club de Leval- : THE AIM OF THE LEAGUE, lois, including three of the four Olympic selections, won a distinct championship in 4 min, 59 2/5 sec with their nearest runners-up three seconds slower.
recently.
It was
a perfectly legitimate claim, but it is fortunate for the Lawn Tennis Association that every club does not take advan
GENEROUS ATTITUDE NEEDED.
One would have liked to have seen such a lead given by one of the leading clubs in the Colony in this direction. It would show, at least, a willingness to give and take, which is an essential factor in a league of the proportion and importance of the Lawn Tennis League.
Hongkong.
the points American 75 points, Britain 33.
SPO
ADVTS.
HONGKONG FOOTBALL
ASSOCIATION.
Clubs wishing to join or to retain membership of the Asso- ciation and League are reminded that july 31st is the closing date for entries for both.
W. E. HOLLANDS,
Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, July 20th, 1932.
HONGKONG RIDING SCHOOL.
It is difficult to imagine that the tage of the rules in order to principle in such a case as this secure points. Enquiry would outweighs in importance the more least a dozen clubs have a per- probably reveal the fact that ntenerous attitude of mutual con- sideration. Though the incon- fectly fair claim to points by de- velence of last-minute postpone- fult under the same ruling as that ments cannot be denied (to which (Old Jockey Club applied to the incident under dis nearly every club in the league Stables, Causeway
Bay). Tol. 28502.
cussion.
could testify) experience in the past has shown that much better results are obtained from'a gener- ous attitude and an endeavour to conciliate.
HIGGINS UNLUCKY, Bad luck pursued B. W. Higgins, the Manchester Wheelers sprinter, in his trip to Copenhagen for the Amateur Grand Prix of that city After beating no less a person than Willy Gerwin, runner-up in A tenuis league such as that the world's championship last year which exists in Hongkong, despite in his beat, the Englishman fell its influence towards strenuous on the banking and was badly competition, is not intended to Rules should be regarded more bruised in the arm and leg. offer opportunities alone for clubs as guides rather than correctives In the semi-final he was match-to exercise and indicate their and should be used as such. Con- ed against the world's champion, superiority over their rivals, and stant appealing to laws to settle Harder, but it was not surprising cups, shields, points, victories, slight differences which could re- that under the handicap of his and defeats should all be second-ceive more satisfactory attention injuries he was benton,
ary in the minds of the competi- from mutual consideration, does Despite this, and whatever may torn. The league should be (and more harm than good to any sport. have happened in the English fortunately has been by the It is to be hoped that this at- championship, there is no doubt majority of clubs) regarded as antitude of mutual assistance will be that Higgins represents real excellent medium for improving adopted by all clubs competing in sprinting class.
one'u tennis, of inculenting the the tennis league là the future.
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A Gormetent Glas
were many close finishes at the Henley Royal Regatta, among them being that between Trinity College, Dublin, and-Magdalon College; Oxford, in a hast for the Thames Cup.· Our-
picture shows Trinity College winning-(Times copyright).
with JEANETTE MACDONALD