Tuesday, bens HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 17, 1940.
HEATS TO-DAY
FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP
Chan Chun-nam Threatens LEAGUE CRICKET TO CARRY ON
Half-mile Record
Satisfactory Entries
(By "Ripple")
FIRST HEATS for the swimming champion- ships of the Colony will be held this evening in the Victoria Recreation Club pool. These, how- over, will only be for three of the five champion- ship events that are on the schedule, for in the women's 100 yards back-stroke and the women's 200 yards free-style relay there are five and three entries respectively, and as there are five lanes in the
heats should not be necessary. pool,
Events this evening, therefore, will be the men's 220 yards free-style, the women's 50 yards free-style and the men's 100 yards breast-stroke.
The list of entries were pub lished recently, and the first event the 220 yards free-style | -may see the first meeting be- taveen Chan Chun-nam and Ng Nin (depending on the draw).' while the return of Mak Wal- ming to the championships should add a little more to the current interest,
an
Further Shanghai Records Broken
Lawn Bowls
Draw For Semi-finals
Of Pairs
DRAW for the semi-finals of the Lawn Bowls Pairs semi- finals has been made, and re- sulted as follows:
W. J. Burling and M. N. Rakusen AL, Omar and U. M. Omar, II. A. Alves and F. V, V. Ribeiro sSilva and J. F. V. Ribeiro.
or it. Basa and J. 8. Landolt v, L. J.
These games will be played at the Kowloo Bowling Green Club Sunday next at 3.80 p.m.
Singles Matches
reminded
that
Similar Programme As For Past Season
FIRST MATCHES IN JANUARY
“I WOULD congratulate Hongkong if you could keep cricket going and run the League through the conditions of the next few months" were the approving words of Major Petrie, Army representative at the Hongkong Cricket League meeting yesterday, when it was indicated that there would be ample support from the Clubs for the continuance of the'usual annual competitions.
Mr.
the
Much as the Army would de-,
Hancock stated that sire to enter the League, con- Hongkong Cricket Club could not run ntinued Major Petrie, he thought more than one team, and, like the it would be better not to because | Army, would not enter the League they were unable to guarantee but would play their Axtures that they could fulfil their fix-friendlies.
Competitors all outtanding gomes in the Singles Championship should be played off ss soon as pursable
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
As the Bnal curtain rang down on the swimming season at the Foreign ****
pool on Sept. 7, two more Shang- hal records were established, Jackiej 150 yards) Chan Cham-nam, while training Lumsdalne breaking the
unfortunato to medley swim mark, and Dorrie Gray Sunday. wIB miwount the number of lengths in cracking a 10-year-old figure in the
50 yards breast-miroke.j 130 yards. [IC W timed at 10 Ladies' mins 42 pees, for 850 yards, and Lumsdaine clocked a fast time of 1 old If he had continued he would un-minate 52 secunds to beat the doubledly have broken W. Law-official record by 3-4/6 seconds, whille renoe's record of 11 ads. 47 second the old mark of 30-4/5 Dorrie Gray exceeded by one-11th of Lawrence, Incidentally, ins only
seconds for ile breast-siroke. entered himself for the 100 yurdis
Other champions cruwned were Su back stroke, but the gap that han
In the 100 have caused will be youthful Bab Ilekking more than filled by the anticipated yards free-style, who was lined in competition
Chinese 58-4/5 seconds, and "Jappy"
swimmers
abrener m
between 10
"Griki being
Racial Factor
ever,
as
tures. Army sides would, how- Prior to the vote being taken on continue to appear in the League. Mr. Mitchell pointed friendly matahes.
out that this year there would bo With the withdrawal of the Army an increase In Volunteer duties, and nide, six Clubs were still left who he thought it advisable to bring that were in favour of the Senior Division ↑ point to the attention of Club re- of the Lengue, and reven voted for presentatives. the continunner of the Second DVI-I Alon
The vote
then taken The League was agreed upon, and it was
Mr H. R. Hancock, who was decided to adhere to a programur Inter re-elected President, was
in similar Lo Inst
tirt
year's-the the Chair, and was supported by Mi matches to re played in January. E. J. R. Mitchell, vice-President, and This was made the more necessary Mr. A 11. Madar, Hon Secretary. because of the Volunteer Camps i
th of whom were re-elected
November
The Entries
discussion We all know that Portugal sŋE
of ther League 141 Europe, and we aisg do know that
was the main subject of the descendants of such people why meeting and an early vote showed!
Big ORTUGUĖSE, but like eagle These Clube, and the num
cling to and pride ourselves favour of the continuance of the meny others. 1 enn only call myself her of teams, were an bring MACAENESE
The following donations were up- !proved:
$50 to the Children's Playgrounds. $100 to the Bomber Fund of the
This is no strong, that, and his wife, who swept through frame out here years and youth age, that the majority of Clubs were in ["8, C. M. Pest" and "H.K Telegraph apart from the back-stroke, I doubt the men's and ladies diving cham- if Lawrence could be anywhere near pionship.
unfident of success.
"To-day'a
will programine
(championship event
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Men's 224 yards free-style. NA
Nin, Charles Huang, Chion Chun-
tom, Mark Wai-ming. Young Cheong Major Baseball
wah and an Tai-plog.
Women's 50 yards free-style.
Miss I. Lopes, Miss V. Churn, Miss 17 Weir, Mi Ko Mui-ling, Miss J. Anderson, Miss P. La, Miss Co and Mrs. Ho Wol-king.
Men's 105 zarda breusi-siroke..---
Ng Nin. I. M. fternellos, Fong Chung-ytu, Enrique Chaine, Ho Poon-kun and Kung Snu-shek
*
THESE may well be regarded
as a preview of the cham-
Indians Maintain Slight Lead
pionships proper. Charles Huang Tigers Threaten Again
is fresh from his success in
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (UP). 3hanghai, but neither hin style
Cleveland Indians, though nor his times are impressive.
honours sharing
with the He won the furlong race up
in north in 2 mins. 44 seca, swim-Philadelphia Athletics
to-day main- ming in a 60-yard pool. Rut double-header even reducing that time to one in ntain a slight lead in the Ameri- -yard pool could not bring him can League over the Detroit within the 2 mins, 22 secs, or under, Tigers, who threaten again which is the Ng Nin and Chan Chun-following their victory over the
Washington Senators.
nam closa
For the women's Eb yarda anticipate a win for Miss Charn, but only on Sunday, too, Miss Ko Mal-ling was clocked at 32 secs!
This is about Bilas Churn's time so
Scores wCITY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
one can look forward to an ex-Philadelphia cellent race there.
The men's breast-stroke will acc Battery Jarder, Tytlake. the Butterfly against the normalijndelphia
see
stroke. It is indeed pleasurable to Battery: Babich, Hayes,
that Enrique Chaine, Colony Cleveland breast-stroke record holder, will be defending his title. I don't know whether Chaine has adopted the butterfly stroke, but if he hasn't his
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Introduced by him, and for-Payment Are all the free-style distances and the breast-stroke and back-stroke. of all Chiis, etc.
The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, If he can live up to the reputation Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) wil that has been built around him, he should be a six-fold champion at the close at 11.45 am, a
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