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EDDIE THOMAS KEEPS WELTER TITLE Colony Swimming Championships
Eddie Thomas of Merthyr (left) successfully defended his British weller- weight title against Clif Curvis, of Swansea, on September 15, winning on points over 15 rounds.
Thomas, who was defending the title for the first time since he
won It from Henry Hall of Shefeld at Harringay last November, had a weight advantage. of 2 lbs. 6 07, scaling 10 stone 6 lbs, 2 oz., lo Curvis 10 stone 3 lb. 12 07.
Man Tests
The
Strong
Main Attraction Always At The Highland Games
BY ARMOUR MILNE
The Highland Games' senson in Scotland has just ended. From mid-May to late-September, between 100 and 120 of these traditional sports meetings have been held. Nowhere in the rest of the world, unless it is in parts to which Scots have emigrated-particular Canado, Australia and New Zealand-are meetings to be found with the same traditions.
They were originally gatherings of clansmen and had a festive background. This is still expressed in the piping and dancing competitions. To these have been added athletics contests, many of which have been derived direct from simple testa of strength among agricultural workers, for it is a remarkable fact that many of In addition to the the best Games today are those prompted in small villages.
track events to be found at any sports meeting, the Highland Games have their own events peculiar to the Scottish people.
NO STOPS FOR SUNDAES AS CYNTHIA EAGER CLIPS SIX SECONDS OFF A RECORD
The Highlander has a muched on the end of a length of popular-f not the most popu
ut 1114: Highland tisther regard for strong-mon piano-wire, at the other rad of event tests of skill then for leelness which in a stirrup-hanille for Games. It is doubtful, however,
ference
never has
of foot. Their champion is the the thrower 10 hold. This if it is as old as some of the man who throws the hammer hammer”
been Games themselves. rather than the long-distance tolerated D! the High Trad
There is that at Ceres in runner, the wrestler In pre- Games.
||"g the sprinter.
Originally the hammer used Fifeshire where the Games are had an un- for this reason that pride of was, in fact, a hammer uften reputed to have
luce is given to such events as burrowed from the local black-broken run since 1314, having
that year to: putting the weight,
throwing smith's shop. One development been instituted
return of hammer,
ark the victorious the lone has been tolerated. The throwing
Banmer head weight, and tossing the caber,
15 now
round, the Scottish soldiers from the Battle of Bannockburn, where At many Games the weight The shaft remains a wooden
The they routed the English. is not the brass-bound 10-pound one and not a length of wire.
Ceres And its length is
Games are held on (1.250 kilograms) Iren shot but
feet 2 inches (1.200
stretch a big cumbersome stone. And
270 metres) overall.
of common land, the
archers the Scots look on that
The
haamer Bow Butts, where wire handled.
Century Army dicl relatively easy
fest of
of strength, competitor throws from a circle, the 14th SU they add a 22-pound (9.970 inside which he may turn kilograms) stone, even 20- long, as often, and as fast as Pund (12.701 kilograms), stone rut, for extra caure.
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be likes. The wooden-shafted hummer inust be thrown from
their practice.
ROYAL BRAEMAR
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Hill races are another of the There
BY "RECORDER"
Cynthia Eager, u year older and all of 141⁄2 now, swam the 220 Yards Free Style in 2 minates 51.8 seconds at the Victoria Recreation Club last night for a second Colony Championship and a second Colony Championship record.
Swimming the 220 yards in under three minutes was an unheard of Lent in our feminine swimming world even two years ago when Shauna Anderson reigned supreme as Hongkong's feminine aquastar of the century. Last year, University's Mamie Leung, as luckless a mermaid as there ever was, brought the record down to 2 minutes 57.4 seconds. Yesterday she finished a faraway second as Cynthia, all knots fixed with sallor-like precision, swam effortlessly away from the field.
Somewhat more elderly at 19, Gar. David Jones, of the 25th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, finished second in the 880 Yards Free Style to become the first Army entry in 16 years to win a prize at the Colony Swimming Championships. He was a split second ahead of Lam Kwan-ngor, of the Chinese YMCA after losing about a yard on each one of 3 turns. Cynthia Eager's victory
1
W35: Sister Joan, who finished Barracks pool, which is a fresh be surprise to anyone. It was inted in the same race, told me water affair, and that soil water generally remarked last year that Cynthia hadn't put in too was much easier after that. that she could have beaten both much training and that ste is Mamie Leung and Shauna An- still unlikely to make a mistake nished a good two lengths be
Gar. David Jones, 10, who derson if she had the faintest about an lee cream special.bind Wah Yan College's
and Idea of how to turn. She plek- Jonn admitted that she has dis- Fortuna Swimming Club's ed up the technique sometime In ciplined herself to forget ice Cheong Kin-man, 18, har Uttic. he course of the past year. creams. She has now left school to feel inferior about." Swim-
Cynthia, always
dificult and a
whole business la 1 merd like Cheong Kig-man person to interview outside of rather infra dig.
have never been seen before in the subject of how Manila's A reasonable explanation of this Colony. hotels flow with ice cream, in- Cynthia's terriile improvement sisted with all the condour in upon her performances last the world that she hadn'! the year was provided by her proud slightest expectation That she pater. He sold, that she hod would break any records. been training in the Victoria
the
NOT IN A CLASS Cheong, however, prover quite conclusively that he is not In a class with veteran Chan Chun-nam, retired this year, a swimmer whole best years were lost In the four years of the Japanese occupation. He was a good 10 seconds behind the Sea | Lion's official best in winning the Halt Me.
Cheang Kin-man is not a long distance swimmer. His best distance is the 220 Yorda, Neither is Sonny Monteiro a middia distance swimmer. Tils distance is the 100 Yards.
David Jones, now in 13 second competitive season, Is likeller in the long run to be a better distance swimmer
that Cheong. His effort Yesterday was even-paced throughout and he lost anywhere from 20 to 30. seconds on the turns.
Nationa
Jones is here. on Service and has been in long- kong exactly three months. He ic Welsh, coming from Abertil-
BEST EVER
Cynthia Eager, the pride of the Victoria Recreation Club, snapped shortly after Her triumph, fa the 220 Yards Free Style in new record. tims for the Colony Swimming Championships. - Telegraph. Stir Photo grapher.
ENGLISH FA ANNOUNCES FOUR-POINT PROGRAMME TO RAISE STANDARD
London, Sept. 23.
Taking their defeats in the World Cup tournament to brart, the English Football Association today Issued' a four-point plan to improve the standard of English football,
A technical committee is to be formed. It will be
a committee of the International Committee and will consist of the Chairman of each selection sub-com- lery in Monmouthshire and fall-mittee and will have powers to confer with directors, ed by a bit of a margin in tak- prominent officials, managers and players. That is to Inga Hongkong Championship sny with all those who matter in football in the coun- back to Wales; After all Wo
try. have a Welsh title here the Welsh Open Singles tennis- brought Koon-hung.
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1
WDI
utle
This committee, which first brought about the elimination back
by Ip meets on November 8, two of England in tha World Cup.
weeks before the all important before the anak series Last year he entered a 1 international match with Yugo-reached. mile swim across an expanse of slavia in London, will have the water in Wales as far as I can
Only this wook, in the game task of carrying out the four-between the World Cup XI and remember he said it was a lake point plan for the improvement the team that toured -and tnished sixth to J. W.
of the game in England.
the same weakness was clearly Brockway, the Olymple and
apparent and it was not until Empire Ganics back-stroke Point number
To the 34th minute that the World swimmer.
examine the standard of En-Team scored. They could have BUCKED UP
|glish football and make recor-
one:
This so buckect his spiritsmendations concerning practical that withlu the next few days wasures for further develop- he was swimming in the Souil | ment in the improvement off Wales District Junior Chum standards of play: for exam- and won the 880 ple, the extensive ure of food- pionships Yards and
lights to provide Cham-
opportunity practice during At the end of every 50 yards winter months for youths
In the years when amalear jai standing postlyn. I have seen traditional competitions. thletes throughout the world more than one champion in this was a lime when these events were still struggling in an effort
tyle of throwing get close to were the preserve of the ghillic tomach the 50-feet (15.210 140 feet (42.672 metres) which the keeper of the deer-pre- Gar. David Jones, of the 25th Field Regt., RA,
creditable
who finished second in the 880 Yards Free Style final pionships. performance serve), the gamekeeper and the
in the Colony Swimming Championships at the Victoria Recreation Club yesterday
nutres) mark with the JG- pounder (7258 kilograms) shot several muscular Scots bent it. Unfortunately they have advanced since then.
nut
2. "RASST) __chieves more
this
when one considers
the farm worker. Now professional wire handled expert--and this athletes specialising In time I am including the world tremendous test of slaminn
than compete.
He is the first Army swimmer to win a prize in 50 feet (15.240 metres)
the Championships since 1934 when Cpl. Campbell, of with all his spinning-top gyra- The Royal Braemar Gathering the Small Units, finished second in the same event. tious. Axain. as in pating the in Aberdeenshire is said to have
eight, there are two weights criginated in 1040 with one of Campbell went on to win the Harbour Race and repre-
hammer,
sented Hongkong in an Interport. 18-poumi (7.258 these hill races being staged by
Telegraph Staff tests the world over has borne kilograms) and 22-pound (9.079 King Malcolm Carandre,
the Photographer. no resemblance to the original, kilograms).
Scottish sovereign, to and fleet- Leing but a metal ball suspend-
NOT TOLERATED
generations the
For several
hammer used in athletics con-
LRC TENNIS
Mrs Litton
& K. C. Dao In
The
Final
Yet another favourite strong foolve messengers to carry is man act of the Scot is throwing Jetters in relay stages from the The weight--which must not be hunting lodge there to Dunferm confused with putting the lie in Fife.
weight. The throwing weight Mure than 800 years later! may be 28 pounds (12.31 kilo- granis) or 58 pounds (24.682een Victoria caused the race!
withdrawn from the kilograms), usually
because hel Bractuar events eansidered it to be dangerous to
both, the
28-pound (12.341 kilograms) for distance, weight is thrown
the 30-pound (24.002 the health of the competitors.
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be
During the past 100 years a new class of professional allilete
for both distance and
The weights anything developed to raise the standard
commercial from an ordinary Llock weight to an iron ball suspended on the end of a
a short
First
Callover
On Cesarewitch
Cambridgeshire
&
London, Sept. 25.
One Mile
for ball
Canada,
Indian Footballers Here In November
Members
of Hongkong Association's management committee
Football
the who
learned at 'a
night
and
meeting last at one end of the pool yester-show outstanding ability and for
that an sil-Indian cheered to the part-time players day he was rafters and they are without a
leam is to visit the Colony ceiling at the VRC-by the VRC Point number two: To ar-
In November. Retired Mermaids
The Indian strive range discussion with manage- Association
bare (Old Girls over
November 1 and will ments of leagues and clubs to. on 18 years
play of see what effective steps can be
three games before age) and he really needed
made to extend facilities end departing on November 9. on that Anal turn อง Lam Kwan-ngor, one of the pluckiest coaching: for example, the or- had several
opportunities for practice swimmers
I have
scen, Just anisation of coaching course could
before then. 50 failed to up him-
the Canadian on the tuch for young players by leading
touring and lost another three-tenths
team, but with this side as professional and amateur clubs, ola second in the last flve
well, they failed when it come yards.
Point number three: To to the scoring of goals. Records did not fall as ex- consider methods of team pre- At the present time, England reeted at the VRC yesterdayparation and tactles required as evidently no remedy, for and nine of the players who failed ed by all of 11.3/5 seconds in taking part
brat Spain in international to
nre included the 080 Yards Free Style and competitions.
against Ireland. Indeed, there Victor Matluk by all of 2.3/5
To is really only one man to lose his place, Milburn at centro- for the centre-half, Hughes, was injured.
The new plan of the Football FULLY ALIVE
Association aims at having only Huen-sang, of
men in the team who can pro- YMCA, a little known
The plan new-
the perly be labelled "the masters came within u fifth of a Football Association is fully of football" and which will, t second of Lykke Rose's record aware about the conditions of is hoped, win the Jules Rimet in the Women's 30 Yards Breast football in England today, It Cup in Switzerland when Fortuna Swimming Club, came that not only directors, oficials played in 1054-Reuter. Stroke and William Tea, of the shows that they are fully aware world championships are next within a Afth of a second
evening. Cheong Kin-man fail-for teams touring abroad
forward, representative,
Point number four: seconds in the 100 Yards Bock examine the programme of club Stroke. The betting was 2-1 tours and that both would pulverise the matches abroad, uld Agures.
On the other
hond, Wong
Chinese
of achievement and make the within winning of the events
the The first callover on the Cesarewitch and the the reach of only really gifted length of heavy chain, no more aliletes. Some of the greatest Cambridgeshire Autumn double was held at the Victoria K. C. Dao, the former Sbaug-thon 18 inches (0.457 metres) runners, jumpers, throwers and Club here tonight. bai champlait, partnered by s long in throwing for distance Litton, had no difficulty in en- the athlete is permitted to turn reached high eminence at there Wrestlers in the world have! tering the Anal of
Strathspey, the winner of last year's Cesarewitch, the Colony around, the handle belag held
was made joint favourite with the three-year-old High mixed doubles yesterday when in one hand only. Throwing for traditional Games of the Scots. on- they defeated Dr G. Choa and height is done over a bar, the But their fame has been Mrs Tamworth. 6-2, 6-4, at the bar being raised as in the pole tional rather than international Forest for this year's race, which is being run at New
because, being professionals, market on October 11 over two and a quarter miles. they have been unable to com-
countries.
Ladies Recreation Club.
Following were
results
other matches played yesterday:
Club Mixed Doubles-Mr and Mrs
Head Ladler Doubles. Mira
Maunsell and Miss flavanond best
vauit.
TOSSING THE CABER
Perhaps the greatest of
The quotations were:
Stakes at
THE QUOTATIONS
THE CESAREWITCH
I
Wilfred Lawrence's 10.3/5 seconds record
150 Yards
THE RESULTS
Medley.
shows that
of and managers can help but the minute player as well. The opinion of In the such men na Billy Wright, Eng-: Individual land's captain, is clearly worth
having,
The first point in the plan shows that the English offels who went to Brazit had brought back something with them; for It was in that country that they saw youths
training under floodlights.
MEN'S 880 YARDS FREE STYLE
Cheong Kin-man (Fortuna)
2 Gur. D. I. Jones
(Army)
3 Lam Kwan-ngor
(CI. Y) ...
rete against the stars of other Both were quoted at 100 to 7. stead of the Newmarket Com-Men's
Thirteen horses were quoted for bridgeshire. A. D. Scholes lost to Mr and Mrs Scoilish tests of strength is the in other countries have become} Fifteen received separate quota. | the Knight's Royal
Some of the greatest niletea|this flest leg
of the double. Hyperbole, an easy winner of . J. Armstreng, 3-5, 1-0. H'eep Men's Doubles.-P. 3.world-famous event, torsing the professionals to be able to com- tions for the Cambridgeshire, Ascot on Saturday, way also McCaly and J. Lancashire lost to caber. The caber is trimmed K. I. Baker and 11. A. log. It may be anything from This year, for instance, Durney Newmarket over mine furlongs
400 pelo at the Scottish meetings. being run a fortnigh, inter at offered at 20 to 1. 2-0; Major Young and H. M, Newton bral M. Gulfried and M. Gotfried 12 feet (3.658 metres) to 20
Lon! ** | Ewell, the coloured American
Rosebery's Fastnet Jr 6-8, 0-3, 6-1.
feet (0.090 metres) in length, sprinter who Baished second in Rock, a well-handicapped three- measuring about two feet 61 the 100 metres and 200 metres year-old, was installed at a clear nietres) in circumference at the at the Olymple Games at Wem-18 to I favourite, The French thick end, 14 inches (35.500ley in 1948, is racing in Scot-candidate, Rae du Diable, who
100 to 7 Strathspey and High 'eap Men's Singles.-E. Zulauf
or centimetres) -leste N Cooke 5-7, 1-0 . Top 130 100 contimetres)
and as a professional. la ap was made Joint second favourite Forest. beat I. R. Baker 6-1. 0-1.
pearances at the leading Games at 20 to 1. won the French 20 to 1 Haricel and French offer
end,
luve evoked considerable In-Cambridgeshire today, but the Squadron, ́TOMORROW'S MATCHES The aber is raised upright terest and may result in Sent-coll's trainer afterwards slated
22 to 1 Royal Onk, Le Hero, Its lighter end. From that end, never la
Fala. backword in this that Roc_du Dlable would run China
Morayalı Litton Mix Y. Kaw Mapeston the athlete must liftiespect, producing yet another in the Champlon Stokes in- Speciality.
Mimself. He walks forward, generation of great sprint run- Stack&M Compbell.
Club Ladies Doubles then runs,
the uprightners. with Schalen & Mr Lynn Robinson V Mrs Tamworth & Mrs Armstrong, saber balanced in his cupped
Handicap Mixed _Prubler.-.hands. Then he throws It
Mrs Johnson and Mm iternolds 6-4 6-1.
Colony's Ladies'
Doubler-Mrson
5. Evans & Mrs Bidwell v. D. A Holmes & Mre Salusbory.
Handicap Men's Singles.-9. M. CATTATĚ V J. A. C. Hurlbatt
InterlinaM. C. Yatskhs & Azafiro Cable & Wireless) v. G. W. Weldon & M. P
Downle
15
at
inches
the
up
and forward, aiming to land Professional Tennis
on the heavy end with the light end going over in a complete three-parts cirolo Away from the thrower.
Wembley, Sept. 25. Karl Schroeder, of Swedin, was beaten by Bobby Higgs, of Bank Line); Dr G. Bmart. & Dr ̊C, No one is able to say when the United Stat:s, by 03, 0-2 was first started. in the quarter-final of the singles Chas (Medical Dept.) v I. Owen ] this event
G. N. Gosskey" (Harry | Sumice to say that it must have in the Prof:sional Indoor Lawn Hughes Wicking): I. D. Smith W. A been going for centuries. And Tennis Championship here to Sanders ¡Cable & WINDOW) (V A. Amarappa & Q. Bone (Senzeldclat). [ it remains one of the most night-Reuter.
Rugger Results White Rose.
and
25 to 1 On End, Phalorian and
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE 10 to 1 Fastnet Rock.
11:21,6
12:10.2
12:10.0
WOMEN'S 50 YARDS
BREAST STROKE
1 Wong Huen-sang (Ch. Y) 38.2 2 Hung Man-mon (Ch. V 30.2
3 Kwok Kam-ngor (Ch. Y) 39.4 MEN'S 150 YARDS INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY William Teo
(Fortunn)
1:46.0
TESTS FOR 'MASTER' WHISTLERS
tho
London, Sept. 26. British soccer
referees
Indeed,
Winter- Mr Walter
have a worldwide reputation boltom, the Football Associans "master" whistlers, and ton's director of coaching and the Football Association in- its International team manager, tends to see that this high writing in the Football Assoda-
tion's latest publication "The standard is maintained and, FA. Paper for Boys," says: "We if possible, improved. need more floodlit grounds
that the boy player who
20
has
The Association first advocat- left school can practise his game jed to County associations a scheme whereby promising re-
after working hours."
It is clear from point onferees were watched la action 2 Lau Tai-ping (Ch Y) 1:47.2 that, agoln taking the lead and their performances assessed
WOMEN'S 220 YARDS
FREE STYLE
from what they saw in Brazil,jeither for recommendation for they realise that the improve-advancement or for
London, Sept. 25. The following were the re-
20 to 1 Roc du Diable and cuits of rugger
games playwel] Hyperbole. today:
remedying 25 to 1 Back Tor.
1 Cynthia Eager (VRC) 2:51.8ment in the general standard any defects in match control. Lancashire Cup, Second Round
RUGBY LEAGUE
Black Pampas and Kelling. 12 Mamie Leung (HKU) 3:02.0 must start at the very bottom Now they have
gone a step 33 to Burnt Brown, Coastal 13 Joan Eager (VRC) 3:05.0 with the youth of the country, further and prepared a special Workington Town &, Oldham Wave. Dutch Clover, Peter 15,
Something has to be done to form for the use of men chosen Flower, Zina and Near Way..
improve the play of England as assessors The form, when ~ - RUGBY UNION
40 to Mossborough and 1 V. Matluk (VRC)
71.0 near the goal. "It was this completed, will provide a com- Warwickshire. 3, Glamorgan Stormy Petre)."
12 Shum Kam-chiu (Ch. Y) 72.8 weakness, this failure to finish plete picture of a referee in sc- J-Router.
50 to 1 Rubens-Router. 3 C.
MEN'S 100 YARDS
BACK STROKE-
C. Wang (Fortum) 78,4 ( many brilliant movements, that fien-Router,