Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SPORTS NEWS DEVELOPMENT
OF
May 23, 1940.
FROM HOME
CLUB CRICKET
War Situation Does Not Permit
Usual County Schedule
Golf Championships And Motor Racing Suspended
LONDON, May. Ons effect of the war may be that spectators deprived of their county cham- pionship gamos may turn to watching Club cric- ket, which promises to be played on a big scale, and it is possible that the spectators so drawn may remain watching Club games after the war is over.
ELETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tennis
Dear Sir,Reconstruction. ¡Tennis."
What a splendid'idea!
SWIMMING GALA AT Y.M.C.A: TO-NIGHT
Aussie Naval Reserves Select Strong Team
OWING TO ILLNESS and duty, several changes have been made in the European Y.M.CA. selections to meet Australian Naval Reservists in swimming races in the of Y.M.C.A. pool to-night at 9 p.m.
Why not begin by calling it "Lown Tennis." There is not a tennis court jever plays tennis..
De M. Mr. A. P. Herbert might have a word for it.-Sports Ed.
The Australians have a stiff night ahead as they have not
from which to choose and several swimmers will participate in two or three events,
The programme will give them an opportunity of resting between events, and a break of five minutes between events should also help.
For Saturday
The high standard of play in Club cricket is rarely in Hongkong. No one in Hongkong the same number of swimmers Programme Of Events recognised. Most people look on English cricket as an affair of counties, with a fów Clubs playing somewhere out of the usual line of vision, but these week-end games provide bright play and quick results in comparison to the sometimes dull play of the three-day county matches.
The position is not compara- | ble to that of Australia, where
the mainstay of the game is the Nurmi Sees
Club programme in which all the leading players take part. A player makes his name with a Club, before he is noticed for selection by his Stato for in- clusion in the Shaffleld Shield matches.
In England, the county if the Club, and only members of county Clubs ever seo first class cricket. One of the most, serious objections to the English plan is that big only go to those who can honours devoto virtually the whole, of, the summer to cricket, and the number of young men in that position is decreasing.
It would quicken the Interest of the younger players if they knew
4-Minute Mile
In Ten Years
NEW ORLEANS, (AP)----Paavo Norm, the veteran flying Flan looked into the future to-day and predicted that 10 years hence some- body is going to run a. four- minute mile.
PASH
The retired distance runner, whose olympia record is an athletic legend, sold that when some boy, 14 years old that accomplishment it will not be to-day, comes along about 1050 with
great surprise because before then they had a chance of recognition, there will be 4.03, 4.03, and 4.01 miles. Instead of being condemned to a Nurmi is here with his
fe-time of nothing but Club cricket protege, Taisto Maki, who will run Finnish because they did not get the neces against Don Lash Sunday sary initial start.
Finnish Rellot Fund.
for the
Atane time wealthy amateurs were common-enough, but now most people have to work, and few can
WITHIN HUMAN LIMIT "It's foolish to consider the four- limit of
afford to spend in playing cricket minute mile beyond the
me during which they might human possibilities," he said in pre- the time be laying the Zoundations of success ele, deliberate English.
The remarkable, fents
of Jack
Week-end. Lawn Bowls Rinks Chosen
The following rinks have been chosen by Clubs for their Lawn Bowls League matches this week- end:
CIVIL SERVICE C.C.
3.30 p.m.)
fat team v. Kowloon B.G.C. (home, C. J. Walker, J. W. Deakin, A. W. Grimmlit and F. J. Jones..
M. E, Purvis, W. J. Burling, M. N. Rakusen and H. E. Strange.
J. Gellatly, J. Houldge, L. Collyer and J. F. McGowan
AT A MEETING of the European Y.M.C.A. Swimming Section yester- day the handicaps and order of on Saturday at 9 pm, were arranged. events for the first gala of the season
European YM.C.A. will be repre- sented by many youngsters, among whom are F. A Weller, B. S. Wilson, Mr. E. W. Rallion was in the chair G. Ameid and A. Dodd, former and was supported by Shanghal sprinter.
Mrs. Вода Accommodation for spectators will Benn (Secretary), G. T. May, L. H. (Women's Section), Messrs. L. A be limited and members of the Aus-, Chater and R. Goldman. tralian and New Zealand Association
who intend lending moral support to During the discussion the Commit their representative team are ad- tee decided that i Д vised to come early..
water-palo hold for the two teams, members and
Following the gala, a dance will be be entered.
League were formed a team would
friends, in the West Lounge,
EVENTS AND ENTRIES
Following is the programme and entries giving handicaps:
50 yards agregate handicap--West
A Hunt J Sclater (3), 6. Newman (go), L. H Jordan (3), FA
Following are the teams (Austra-2. P. Murphy (50) (5), Heat 1, F.
llan names first):
50 yards free-style--D. Mera and R. Weller (3), A. Dodd (B). Hont J, G. Wed- Johnstone v. II. Jordan and G. Arnold Johnson v. G. T. May and F. A. Waller, dall (go). V. Karpushett (3), R. Goldman
100 yards free-style. Mume and G. (5). d. Hume (7).
100
Willia
4 pm.).
2nd team v. Club de Recreio (home, St. Carr: A F. Shepherd, A. breast-stroke,
J.
S. Eccleshall. per and C. Strange.
P. Da Crawley, H, Lord, IL F. E. Kirton, H. Parrott, R. R. Wood and A. B. Allan.
A. and back-stroke.-B. P. NOWTHAN Heat 1, M, McCaw '(gó), B. Bullivan (3)
Women's 60 yards aggregate handicap Brierly. v. B. S. Wilson and D. Craig (0) Heat 2 D. McCAW (Bo), A. Briarty v. A. Dodd and L., A. Benn
54 yards breaststroke 6. Huine and N. Jordan if. E. Grant (34).
150 yards medley-relay 150 yards medley-relay (back-stroke, breast-siroke, free-style)-A. team, H, S. (back-stroke, Australiens A Wilson, V. Kirpusheff, L. H. Jordan. B. -6. Newman, G. Hume, H. Johnson; team, r. Newman, I. A. Benn, Q. Amold, Marie v. YMCA. 8. 3. Moon, D. team, L. Witts, R. Goldman; d. Hume. Australiens ---A. Brierly, 0, Johnstone, team, G. May, T. A. Weller, A. Dodd. A Bean, G. T. MAY; YMCA, 3 Penson (10) P. W. Bala (7), E. J. Lock Boys 50 yards free-style handicap-. FWA Weller, A. Dood
300 yards free-style relay (23-66-78-75- 56-25)Australians. Johnson, J. Delsa,
(9), N. McQueen_(10), R, Dedear (1),, K. Mettan (19), G. Bounders (21). Hack Newman, A. C. Claxton, G. Humar YMCA.-J. Sclater, F. A. Weller. B. 8. Wilson, G. T. May, La A. Benn, R Goldman.
Harp.
Reserves JFHickman,--J-C. Lucas and A. J. Macfayden.
'INDIAN R.C..
1st team v. Recrelo "A" (away, 4 p.m.).—
J. Hoosen, M. A. Wahab, A. M.
D. M. Khan, S..Yusuf, A. O. Madar
in their business carcerowth of Lovelock, Glenn Cunningham, Syd Rumjohn and A. R. Minu.~
may be that in the
A. K. Suffad, A. Baltar, M. Y. Adal
Club cricket will-le the seeds of Wooderson and now Chuck Fenske areater future for English Test have proved that the figure will be and M. R. Abbas, cricket. More than 300 Clubs belonging to ilon has done it-competition and the and A. K. Min
driven down consistently. Competi- The Club Cricket - Conference have great gift you Americane ave for announced their intention of playing concentration. I think we Finns have 4 p. v. Craigengewer (away, "I never specialized in the mile, Sumdumjahn, S. A. R. Bux, A. G.
this summer, and many more are some of it, too. expected to join them. Some Clubs| have lost their grounds through war demands, but are carrying on Wanderers teams, and, in other cases, two or mare Clubs have Joined forces. No well-known Clubs have closed down.
SURREY have dropped their
play for cricket on
A re-
ard
U. A.
O. Bux,
but I honestly bellove that if I A. K. Ismail, R. Nazorin, A. H. had concentrated on the mile, as bas Madar and A. M. Wahab. Cunningham, Femke, Wooderson M. Hassan, K. M. Rumjohn, M.
Mador and S. M.-Rumjahn.
- and - these - others, I could have driven the simso down to 4.00 or 4,07 15 years ago. If that had happen- ed, perhaps the four-minute mile would have been here by now."
glonal basis--at least for the Asked how such a mile would be time being-but will play some, the great Finnish runner quickly
replied: matches. They will not, how-
is less
It will be run even speed. Four ever, have the use of the famous co-second quarters. That Oval, which is being devoted to exertion and that is the way it will war purposes.
be done."
Soon after the war, Surrey tried
to get other County Clubs Interested
or any
In their scheme, but there was grant permits to hold races, hill little responko. Many County Clubs climbs, speed events are wishing for some cricket, but competitions of any sort. In the Father bitter words of the
Surrey Secretary, Mr. A. F. Davey,
Cricket woke up too late. If
The resort, of course, is the restriction of the use of petrol
Westham Beat Huddersfield In Cup Re-play
22
(Beater).
P.
LONDON, May Westham beat Huddersfield 3-1 in a re-play of their Third Bound match of the League Cup to-day. in the Glasgow Charity Cup were Matches
also played.
Remits were:
LEAGUE CUP REPLAY
1
The RAC gives the following westham
only the Counties had got a moversons:
at Christmas The last war put
"The Secretary for Mines has
cricket back ten years, and this stated that the basic petrol ration is one looks like doing the name?. Surrey intend to play a series of granted to enable owners of private,
care
to make use of them to a
3 Hudderßeld
English Regional
wo day for which they alte extent for necessary domes-] Arsenal
hope to ret
re
for some of their te
also carrying on' with
coaching scheme, having schaubtedly Include
players from i the: Servicos. The purposes. While such purposes Д certain amount of essential recreation, parti- trained at the cricket school.
cipation in racior racing, speed events those two great old Surrey players, Sand-jor reliability trials, could not be re-
nea garded as coming under this head,
of
hum and Strudwelik When peace "Such competitions as could be returns, they will deserve to reap held would not have at the present to rewards of their present
Leicester have plenty of pinyers thre
'WICK,
War- Worcester.
and
couta
technical or military value,
toj tho
and have sounded
not therefore be justified Derby and Northants as nelther of Liese grounds.
has been drawing up t
SOUTH "C"
2 Fulham "NORTH-WESTERN
Accrington
Everton
1 Preston N.E. WESTERN
1 Wrexham
Glasgow Charity Cup FIRST.ROUND.
elihood of larringing_games."|
"The public is aware of the many Clyde Meanwhile, Sir Pelham Warner reasons which necessitate the strict- est economy In the use of petrol, programme for Lord's, and there should be some and would view with disfavour its very attractive matches at head use in motoring competitions at the Rangers quarters.
present time.
"A very large proportion of the THE Royal and Ancient Golf motoring clubs in the country have "Club of 'St. Andrews an- their competition activities for the already announced the suspension of nounced last month that,"owing duration of the war. Such clubs, to the present emergency, the would be opposed to any attempis Amateur and Open Champion to carry out a programme of com- by-a-few-of-the Temaining clubs ships of 1940 have been can- potions." called.
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2 Partick
SEMI-FINAL
8 Celule
League Tennis
RESULTS OF “C” DIVISION MATCHES
(go), B. B. Wilson (1), F. Newman (2).
50 yards back-stroke handicap.-Y. Willis Mixed Sealed Handicap Tiring 0. T. May, G. Johnsen, A Saunders, E. Wilson, Min D, Crug. Mrs, H. Bisons. (Running plain dive from low board; running or standing plain diva from top
board: optional dive of either board).
Women's 10 yards breast-stroke-E Grant. Mrs. Simons, Miss Bissons, Mrs. Vani Leenoff,
So yardı breast-stroke handicap.-P. Calderara (go) Goldman (20), L. A... Benn (20), A. Weller (22).
200 yards free-style-invitation raisymm YMCA, (G. Hume, A. Dodd G. Arnold, G. T. May), Hoyal Scots; Royal Corpa of Signals, Middlesex net
Mixed Novelty evant Post Entrica (Conditions will be announced jurt before the Tennis League were played: H. Chater, J. Belater
Water-polo YMCA (L. Eardley; L. yesterday. The Kowloon Indians Goldman, G. 7. Kay, Newman, Reserve, EA. Denn R beat the University, while the Jewish J. Berry) v. Combined Small Walls... Club sustained another overwhelming defeat, being beaten 9-0 by Itecrolo "B".
MATCHES in the "C" Division of the start),
The scores were:
UNIVERSITY BEATEN
University lost to Kowloon Indiana 14-74 in the "C" Division of the tennis
yuterday.
league your And M. E. Tam lost 10 y
L.
NEWMARKET STAKES
LONDON, May. 22 (Reuter)The
5. and 9 A. Hussain 0-8; draw with M. following is the result of
the New-
IL Hussan and E. Singh 0-6; lost to-market Blakes which was run to-day: Khan and S. R. Salich 1-4,
H. G. Kan and C, K. Les lort to Hu saths, 1-t lost to Hussain and Singh: 2-8; drew with Khan and Salleh 1-6.
Y. Ip and G. C. Lau lost to Hussaine
1, Libhthouse II (4/1)
2, Pont Leveque.(11/10)
3, Black Toni (10/1)
Won by 16 lengths. Five and a half
1-8 drew with Hussars and Singh 6-0; lengths separated second and third. lost to Khan and Sailch 4-6.
RECREIO BREAT JEWISH
Recreio 3 beat Jewish Recreation Club 9-0, shree of which were walk overs."
3. Fonseca and R. M. Scare beat Pollak and Talan 6-3; beat Joseph and Citrin 10-
IL G. dosing and P. M. Rosario beat Pollak And Talan B-3; beat Joseph-and Citrin
Ai 11. Alves and J. A. Soares beat Pollak and Talan 6-3; boat Joseph and Citrin 0-0
KOWLOON TONG Y. GDA Kowloon Tong beat Central British Association 6-3,
4.
SPORTS ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG,
JOCKEY CLUB
THE SIXTH EXTRA
RACE
H. Fowler and B. 1. Bickford beat MEETING will be held (weather 1-E. Lee and L. 8 Chart 7-5; beat K. M. permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY ON Len and IL-F. Kwok 8-3; beat D. Chen SATURDAY, 25th May, 1940, com- and W. Fung 6-0.
mencing at 1.00 p.m.
Whiley and 8 A. Fowler lost to Lea arid Chen 1-9; lost to Lee
10 lost to Clian and fine and Kwok 1-6;
D. T. Emith and V Bond lost to Lee and Chen 1-0 lost to Lee and Kwok-1-0: lost to
2
POLICE Jung 2-0.
Police beat Kowloon 6-12
Y. KOWLOON C.
The First Bell will be rung at 130.
MEMBERS' ENULOSURE
No One without a badge will be
C. Brown and C. Pile bent 3. L. Ander admitted to the Mambers Enclosure. son and D. Thug 3-2 lost toula Buch must be worn throughout the and B.-14 3-6, beat P. Wynler-Blyth and
A. Gillard 6-2, W. Morrison
k duration of each Meeting in such and AR Major: Anderson and Itung 6-4, los to Zulauf
bear manner as to be readily identified and Lee - beat Wynter Blyth and Offlard 6-1
Badges admitting Non-Members to Baker and D. Howinit beat Ander the Members Enclosure and Club son and Hing 3-0, foxt to Zulauf und Lee Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and 3-0. drew with Wynter-Blyth and Gullard $3.00 for Ladits (both including tax) -1.5-0.
are obtainable through the SECRET ARY upon the personal or written application of a Member, such Mem- ber to be responsible for all vialtors, introduced by him, and for Payment of all Chits, etc.
French Champion Will Box No More
Hand Paralysed By War Injuries
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PARIS, May 13 (UP)-Edouard Bromley, Kont, on June 12, 10 wolght champion, will never fight DESPITE the widespread des and 14 over 72 holes stroke-again.
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