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RUNNING RECORDS U.S.R.C. Tourney Starts
Thinks Many Performances
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The hardcourt tennis elampion- ship of the Colony, organised by the United Servlocs Rocreation Club last year and which proved so auccessful, will once again be feature of the local tennis season. U.S.R.C., comprising Major T F The Tennis Committee of the Baines Capt. G. 9. Bates, Mr. G. E. R; Divett, and Capt. C. L. Edwards,
Paavo Nurmi in an interview with the Norwegian "Sports manden" and other Finnish and Norwegian newspapers set forth his views on the prospects for the records for various running dis- tances, on the occasion of the shortly-to-close Northern Light Ath-R.M., have decided to organise the Jetic season.
It is
Nurmi'a expressed Mr. opinion that the world records for the complete distances of 800 to 10,- 000 metres in the next few years
will be well bettered. "I would Hike to believe this," says the king of the runnera, "that Henry Jonsson (Sweden), at the moment the best in the world for the popular dis- of 3,000 and 5,000 metres, will accomplish the lastnamed dis- tance (5,000 m.) in the time of
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tournament again
11 announced that the champion- ships will commence on August 29. Entry forms will be sent to the secre- tories of every club afiliated to the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Association in. due course. Entries close August 22,
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Last year's events, men's open "When Edvin Wide and I began to singles and doubles, attracted a large ruminate on the world's records, and number of entries and proved very to invest them with international enjoyable, and it is hoped that local style, we were doubtless just as good
tennis
players will once again support as the best people of our day. We, the tournament. however, did not have just the same! Tsui Wai-pul, the Colony cham- purposes as
ses as these people did, and we plon, won the singles title last year In so far as the 800 m. distance la could not work upon the same basis and, with W. C. Hùng, he also carri- concerned, Nurnal does not wish to na now. The
modern training for ed off the doubles. be taken as asbolute authority, but the long distances was at that time
It is understood that the practice "according to my clear conviction, virtually unknown, and the results inst year of allotting cauris for one the world record for this distance is were for many distances of quite this year; but applications may
day to each club will not be followed the weakest in the tables, Cunning modest class.
ba hair's 149.7 does not belong lo the "It is therefore my conviction that
made by players to the U.S.R.Č. for best running performances, and 1 there are in the offing strong im-courts for practice. All applications also do not consider Woodruff's unprovements in the records for the.
must be made 48 hours before recognised 1.47.8 as a highest poss5,000 in.
courts are wanted. በ5 well as the 10,000 m. ble scort
Salminen is, after all, now quite old, but still despite that fact the best man in the world for over the mile, and in the position to lower the time of 30 minutes considerably,"
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"Also the record set by Jack Love- ~70 luck for the 1,508 m. at 3.47,6 does not incur any too great respect on -80 my part," the great Finn goes un to say. "When the time wil be -90 lowered to 3.43 then we will stund at 1.15 the threshold of the peak of man's
endurance for the distance. I be Leve that San Romani is good for such a result, and also Cunningham bus prospects of bettering his time. The same naturally is true for Love lock, in the event that he wishes to start again.
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the American, Chicago the middle distances seem to however, of very good class. My express meaning is also in this case, that the present tacties (form or
Pittsburgh Pirates improved their played here to-day. Donald Budge, blanking out Philadelphia
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records for the have been bet- again in the past few Nurm is of the opinion that the peak has not been reached, and that the Finn Gunner Hockert will not enjoy his record of 8.1-4.8 as world's best very
the International Olympic Committee, Yankees). on sald to-day that he is cabling all the This record must be lowered by seconds, in other words, two 1,500 m. 67 members of the Committee, asking Detroit
them to vote by cable whether they runs
following the other in period of four minutes. When one think the Olymple Games of 1940 considers how the speed among the
the should be awarded to Finland,
He has ordered them to give runners for the longer distances has unfolded itself more and more, we tapid verdict--United Press.
conclude that two such dis- tances of 1,500 metres are not an im- possibility for a strong and speedy young man.
must
s--one
According to Nurmi's opinion, con- sidered
But
dered us an Individual. Henry Jonsson (Sweden) is the best in the world, but this does not mean that in a race with all the stars on the starting line that he will be the winner. He still lacks form. this is a thing that will remedy it- self with time, and he is without a doubt
the man to bring about really peaks record for the 3,000 m. distance. "When I say," prophesica Nurmi further, "that
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