Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
July 9, 1940.
GALAS OF IMPORTANCE
Interesting Night Fetes Planned By Victoria Recreation Club
CHAMPIONS AT NORTH POINT
POSITIONS
IN MAJOR
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB are planning at least two night fotos that should be of interest to many people. The first of these will be on either July 20 or 27. This, however, will be for members only, though with the talent there is inicia
LEAGUE TABLES
NEW YORK, July 7 (Renter)
the Club, one can look forward expectantly to Leading positions in the Major Base keen competition of a high standard.
It is the second fete that t will be of greater attraction. This is the already mentioned triangular meet between the European civilians, the Chinese civilians and the Army.
Armstrong To Defend Welter Title
| ball · League tables are Interesting,
and are as follow:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New York
W L Pct. 40 23 .007
FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAN CRITICISED George Allison Thinks Goal Averages And Percentages Wrong
London, June 8.
THE Football League management committee finally, approved their plans for next season. These will be sub- mitted to clubs as soon as possible. It is understood that some modifications of the first scheme, have been made. 45 23 002 Mr. Howarth, the League secretary, would not disclose the scheme, but said the four divisions have been retained and they will be decided by percentage or goal average.
40 20 .028
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit Cleveland Boston
44 17 45 20 11 31
League Averages
.020 .600
NEW YORK, July 7 (UP),—The following are the leading averages of the Major Baneliall Lesques:
Hits-Finney 101, Cramer 90, Walker, Case, Radcliffe and Herman
any
The
There is some doubt expressed
Everyone else denounces the WOULD BE DIFFERENT over the ability of the military being
549 old scheme. George Allison of With a percentage for wing and able to produce opposition of suf- helent standard, but if that is the
the Arsenal, remarks in the draws it would be different. Even no League competition can draw case the Royal Navy might be in-
"Sunday Express":
publje interest unless all clubs play cluded, or the third section could be
NEW YORK, Joly 2 (Reuter)-The the Services. The Australian Naval New York State Athletic Commission
You've been warned of the dan-regularly and have the same num- been desporting have approved a 12-round, non-title
Kers
giving ber of matches season by season. of even innocent talk Reservists have
away secrets. My statement lost
proposal that themselves frequently in the Y.M. welterweight fight between Henry
professional sections should C.A. bath, and the combined oppost-Armstrour, welterweight champion of
Week, given in general terms to anveld clubs in the four
breach of confidence, sent the have their own. Cup competition, tion should be sufficiently high to the world, and Lew Jenkins, of Sweet-95.
with a qualifying round ou contribute to the interest.
water, Texas, newly-crowned Hght-
McCosky and Case 50, Foxx $4.
closure of the whole scheme for next
argu This will be the first occasion on weight champion of the world.
Home
runa Mize 21. Foxx 20 season's football, still under comment. It excludes any possibility of which the Chinese and European civilians will appear in opposition, Grounds, home ground of the New
The two will meet in the Polo Trosky 17, Greenberg and Keller 1.
a Cup tournament; Pitchers. American League: New-rapidly.
and that has gained as to the prospects of the York Giants Baseball Club, on July son won 11 lust 1. Rowe won 5 lost 1,
We must concede to the Manage. But it does mean a repetition of the Smith 0-2, Wilson, Heving, Deltrich
ment Committee the desire to do it's
Regional League matches already Colony championships at the end of 17.
Jenkins won the, lightweight title and Ross 4-1.
alxteen interest in profes-played until all but National League: Mootry won 6 log best to sustain The V.R.C. have many promising from Lou Ambers on May 10, which o, Fitzsimmons 1-1, Tamuils S-1, Carle- sional football. Whether we agree hav
have been eliminated. I doubt whe→ he scored a technical knockout over ton 4-1, Melton 7-2.
with its suggestions is an entirely ther, remembering experiences this young swimmers, but latest among
different matter. There scem no year, the clubs favour' these home the recruits is Charles Hung, whom him in the third round.
serious objections to the four groups and away cup
on Euccessive Some
of the experts predlet will
Rated, but do not think the clubs Saturdays. will
I am against them Why? Re approve the suggested way of carrying on the competitions.
cause there should be no two blles
Run-Williams 00, Gehringer 69 }newshowkes into action. The dis- (starting 1, begins another
And
indication some
the year.
should
bo
soon be able to do the "50" In 20
seconds or thereabouts. He has only 30 secs. flat. He is a newcomer just commenced his training, and he to local swimming circles who Is been timed at 20 seconds for that is under the Chinese Athletic
Association's conch.
distance.
Lawn Bowls
To-day's Pairs Championship Schedule
isideration by the League, followed the F.A. ruways been its job.
tlea
clubs
It is useless to leave it to the clubs at a Cup cherry; it is foreign to what to make their own fixtures, That we regard as a knockout tournament, would cause dissatisfaction, disagrees Surely with 20 clubs in South A, 20 Like most local sprinters, he has
ment and even chaos. The idea of in South D, 22 in North B, and 24 OUTSTANDING performer in
deciding the championship of each North A, there could be
a full the Chinese Athletic Associa- taken up water-polo, and his style has suffered. Both arms sweep side-
section on coal average or percentage season's programmo-one permitting tion's swimming gala at North wards and the push and pull is not
and not on poluis is, in my
VICW,
National Cup Competition, even if Point last Saturday was 13-given its full benefit. His speed, as
unthinkable.
|some of the early rounds were re- year-old Lam Kul-yuen, of a far as I could see, comes from:
Imagine come unfortunate club lonal? having to turn out on two occasions It is practically the same thing as height of about 4 feet 2 inches, strong side kicks, very much like
with teams so weak that they were "seeding” the players in n lawn the trudgeon stroke. who swam against a fairly
The following is the scheduled beaten 10-0 each time. Why, they tennis championship and would of strong current to finish the 50 metres in astonishingly good O Chinese Athletic Associa-matches for the lawn bowls Pairs might go on to goal average of 20- course only involve the amount of Championship to-day (weather per-for and 20-against and being nearer travelling which the League now tion's lady swimmers, most mitting):
the bottom of the League than the feels is possible. Our Own Corres- time,
Impressive were Misses Chiuj
top!
pondent. He has a great leg splash, but 1 think his power comes from a cor-Sul-ngor, Ng Woon-ying and Yue
rect, push and pull stroke which Yuen-kwan,
AT KOWLOON C.C.
C. M. Silva and F. X. Soares v. W.
really carrica him through the water. Miss Chiu Is undoubtedly the V. Field and V. Chittenden. fiin buoyancy is good, but his breath-Club's queen, but Miss Yue should W. Hour Sling and L. C. R. Souza ing could do with Improvement. soon challenge her supremacy, Miss V. P. A. Peckham and W. McNeill. Taken in hand, and instructed cor- Yue has a nice strake, but indications; really, there should be a great future ore that her breathing is not being in this youngster.
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AT RECREIO
done correctly--she appears to gasp C. Dowman and F. C. Channing v. after a third or fourth stroke, and B. D. Evans and R. Hall,
v
to loiter mite too long for a good T. Coleman and M. Ferguson gulp before carrying on. Her leg W. C. Simpson and P. Younghusband.
ems far too lugh, and too, seems
W. Harrower and H. L. Lockhart v. would do better if allowed to sink E. W. Simmonds and F. C. Goodwin.
more.
TALKING about coaches, most of the clubs at North Point now have coaches. Eastern is a little late in bringing out its coach, but I understand he is, to Miss Ng Woon-ying has some un- begin this week, and Eastern, a definable fault which would take comparatively new club, han a time and close study to discover. galaxy of budding champions, who Up to the present her breathing ap are all waiting to be developed. pears to cause her
difficulty. Lee Wing-hong will bear watch- ing, as he has potentialities that are yet undiscovered. If he should strike a more synchronised form, gala was Ho Siu-lum, who with a little more "reserve," he could covered the 50 metres dash in offer strong challenge to members of
A
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NOTHER swimmer who caught the eye during the
much
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AT CRAIGENGOWER
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"B" Division Tennis
Division Lenvia maiches scheduled for to-day are as follow! Army
V. South China A,
A.
-Chinese R.C.
Recreio
Civil Service
Craigengower
v. Kowloon Tong
Kowloon C.C.
་
v.
v. Indian R.C.
v. Hongkong CC.
the club, if not to outside swimmers.
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A REPORT from New York
mentions "the complete dis- appearance of the names of American women awimmers from the new world swimming records as revealed by the cur rent official swimming handbook of the Amateur, Athletic Union. This booklet has the first printed ist of world records that were passed at the recent meeting of the International Swimming Federation,
Although American women wera missing from the list, American men continued to rule the waves. They held 25 of the 31 world marks, In- cluding every freestyle record from 100 yards to 600 metres, four of the six breast stroke standards, all of the backstroke ones and three of the tour relay records.
Japan and Germany are the only two nations to make even the slightest challenge to the male stars of the United States. The Japanese held four records and the Reich two, High manis Jack. Medien, now assistant swimming coach at. Colum- bia University
New Yordent
who still has seven marks. The
record is the 41 seconds for 100 yards set by Johnny Weissmuller in 1927.
pretty Dailah
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men's division with the astounding number of 14, records. She holds every freestyle murk from 100 yards to a mile, except for twe
Denmark two, holds seventeen women's records all, while, Holland is second with soven.. Two records go to Brazil and one each to Belgium and Germany.
IN DARKEST HAMPSHIRE
"Is my buk ready, Hawkins >" "Not quite, Sir. Thay va just dusting it.”
"A gesture of old world courtesy, na doubt, but was it really necessary ?"
* Very necessary indred, Sir, az is hap pens to be a hip-bath which has lain some years in the coach-house. His Lordship rarely entertains,“
well abreast of modern thought. Thir Battle of Raid's Lime Juice, Sle, bu your
room..
**Placed there by His Lordship's owA hand, Hawkins. And « very refresh- 'ing drink following upon a one-sided battle with his Lordship's decanters." "Yes, Sir, and Rose's has still further virtues. It is justły renowned for anni- hilating the aftereffects of alcohol,
"His Lordship's notions of hospital-pigariy knowie as mornings after"
ity are not of thila century. Ho seemed to think he had a sacred duty to lay me low beneath the table. I marvel ilut I'm here to sell the tale."
* Vat in roma mays His Lordship le
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