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Ridin' Up The River Road

FB1287-Moon For Sale

Lights Out

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The Sunset Trail

Savoy Orpheons.

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GENE VENZKE FOR 1,500 METRES

(By George M. R. Holmes) IF we may judge from the showing made by America's amateur athletes in the National A.A.U. indoor track and field championship meet at Madison Square Garden, recently, those athletes who are finally picked to wear the shield in the Olympic Games at Berlin this summer are

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While the recent games were held indoors, the performances indicate beyond question that the Americans will have one of the strongest squads that has ever entered an Olympic meet, and world-record figures are not good enough.

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. While every athlete who won

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ed in a performance of which GOLD ROD IS

he may well be proud, there

were three performers who, in ny opinion, stood out above the others. They were Gene G. Venzke. David Burke and Irving Folwartshny)

I frankly confess that the last, two athletes

were entirely *- known to me. and it is probably safe to say that less than 50 of those who were following thei zumes had even considered them las passible point winners, to say nothing of being world record breakers.

gramme.

Gene Venzke

SUCCESSOR TO

PHAR LAP

Phenomenal Australian Two Year-Old

ONLY RACE HORSE TO

BEAT FIDELITY `

(By "LEIGHTON")

London, April 29. That two of these three made

Seve to one on in the rich records in events which will be Champagne Stakes and beaten out fou the Olympic programme certainly heartening to American Red, Australia's best two-year is of a place. That happened to Gold followers. If Folwartshay is to old at the third day of the Easter gure in the Olympics, hë will meeting of the Australian Jockey have to compete in something be-Club. Yet Australian critics are Fides the 35-pound weight,

as still acclaiming him as a possible that event is not on the pro-successor to the mighty Phar

Lap.

His defeat was excusable, for But the winning of the 1500-heavy going, went down on

at the start he slipped in the his metres run by Venzke in the nose and last many lengths. world indoor record time of 3.

That he is an amazing colt - certainly indicates that whether it is because of or 49.95. America is going to have at least spite of his remarkable breeding in |BIG IMPROVEMENT IN LATTER two runners capable of taking the critics are undecided-cannot

EVENTS

that Olympic event which has be denied. Already he has the eluded America ever since 1908. conformation and sprinting pow- (Contnued from Page 4)

when the peerless Mel Shepparders of a four-year-old. won it. Some four years Westminster. He has twice beaten Veazke gave every promise 53sec. Several are within the 54 becoming a world

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REFLECTIONS ON AUGUSTA GOLF TOURNEY

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Cooper, also, has the golf which should give him an open title; but he, too, has not yet shown it when such a title was at stake.

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ago.

of

He Beat Fidelity

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The Hong Kong Football Association lost a valuable member of the Council when Mr. Wong Ka-tman, above, left with the All-China team for the Berlin Games. Mr. Wong has been on the Commeil for several years and has been a member of most of its sub-committees, being largely responsible for the re-drafting of the new Association rules last season.

Sports

Chatter

(By "REFEREE")

Fine Chinese All-Rounder S. MOK, chairman

of the

H. Chinese Recreation Club, is L fine all-round sporsman. At Dulwich be bored in the Assault- and cricket for his House, while he won his "Sabre Colours" at Oxford University

He has also played soccer with considerable success, while during the recent C.B.C. tennis tournament be reached the semi-final of the handicap doubles with F. H. Kwok as his partner. LR.C. Lose Cricketer

Arms and played" Rugger

AE. ISMAIL, who captained the

A. successful Indian Recreation

Club second eleven, has resigned from the Clab due to business

pressure.

for

Ismail As Organiser

Indian Recreation Club, S. A. Pr FORMERLY one of the keenest all-round sportsmes at the Ismail has had to give up active participation in all games health reasons. Nothing daunted, time to the however, he is now giving his spare various competitions at the Indian organisation of the

Recreation Club, and is now one of the most active members of the Committee of that Club.

Saints Lose Hockey Player

J. ANGUS, a member of the

Ce St. Andrew's hockey team, left the Colony recently for Singa- ents. It is understood that he will not be returning to Hong Kong. pore, where he is joining his par

Esmail Wants To Play In League

P. E. ESMAIL, the Craigen- A gower

Cricket Cirb first eleven cricketer, is putting in a great deal of practice at tennis as, in the League during the summer. I understand, he desires to play

Grimmitt's Most Prized

Medallions

AMONG the many lawn bowls

trophies won by A. W. Grim- mitt, none are more valued by him than the medal: presented to him by the Lawn Bowls Association when be won the only three Open Championship titles in the same season-in 1934 and another pre- sented to him many years ago when, as a lower-deck man, he bext two Oxford Blues, in a 100 Yards sprint event.

Radio Fielding One Team

ACE of grounds will prevent- the Radio Sports Club from entering more than one team in the Tennis League. They are re joining the "D" Division and, with D. Leonard. Gurbachan Singh and N. Kitchell again playing for them, they should again do well They were runners-up last season..

Among the player who have intimated that they will turn out for the KCC. in the "C" Division of the Lawn Tennis League in F. Goodwin, above, skipper of the premier cricket eleven, champions of the League:

K.I.T.C. Official Returns..

MR. S. S. Mamak, eldest partner

Goldman Announces Retirement

A in the firm of Mask Sports LOLLIE" Goldman, one Outfitters and a prominent official Club, recently returned from six of the Kowloon Indians Tennis months' leave in India.

Novice Shows Great Promise

ESPITE the fact that she had

never previously handled tennis racket, Mrs. H. T. Barras proved that she was quite at home with one when she won the Ladies' "Nine Pins event at the Novelty Tennis Tournament held

at the Indian Recreation Club recently. K.LT.C. Tennis Loss- THE Kowloon Indians' Tennis I

Club will probably be without the services of M. A. Khan in the League this season. Khan, who is on the teaching staf at Queen's College, will shortly proceed to India on long leave.

Hassan Latest Bowls Convert

Esmail was formerly member of M. HASSAN, who was formerly

cricket eleven, the Indian Recreation Club second

01.

Le only interested in tennis, has at last been induced to play lawn bowls at the Indian Recreation Club. He shapes rather well for practice, should be able to gain s a beginner and, with consistent place in the Club's League team later on in the season.

US. BASEBALL RESULTS

champion at. Gold Rod is the horse of the sec standard. G. G. Dunbar's 2 the mile or 1500 metres: but he moment, and racing men are won- min 4sec half-mile at Charter failed to come up to expectation.dering exactly how good house is the best of six perform-It was not until he finished sec-amazing chestnut really is. Quite this ances that attained, or beat, the fond in the Wanamaker mile that a number of good judges declare standard af min 8sec

he was again given serious coa-him to be another Phar Lap it would be just as easy to ride him sideration. High Level Attained

the making. Since then he bas defeated

behind as in front in his races, While that is, perhaps, as little but said that he had such great Among the schools, whose sporta Cunningham at the mile and extravagant, it is extremely difil-speed that it was useless waiting have produced

metres distances, which cult to remember a two-year-old behind other runners with the 3 high level 1500 Sarazen put up a fine battle to throughout are Lancing, Beaford, shows that he has at last come who has won his races duplicate his victory of last year. Worksop, Denstone, Harrow, Wre into his own and lost the inferi-same style as the powerful chest-

in the chance that he might be galloped, but the Joplin Ghost outplayed kin. him four strokes over the last 36 bourne,

Ampleforth, Stowe, East-ority complex which has seered aut. holes, while "Light Horse" Harry Bromsrove, while two

Malvern, Rossall, and to dog him in the past. To-day

If Fidelity was not in the fields while he could not hazard a guess

He did not pull or fight, managed to save

three inds him a most promising can defeated by Gold Rod, praise for as to what he would be like as a enough of his phenomenal individuals almost didate for Olymple honours at the colt would not be so lavish, three-year-od, he had no qualms brilliant 139 for the first 36 holes constitute a team for Epsom, St. that distance, and we say that but every Australian knows that that he would not develop into a to force the Connecticut farmer George's, Harpenden, King's Col-not because we belleve Cunning- Fidelity is quite out of the com-great winning three-year-old." to be content with For Smith it was the second vic-bury, Whitgift, and Bancrofts.

third place lege School, Stonyhurst, Hailey bam has slipped, but because welmon, and yet makes that filly ap tory, as he won the event when it

believe Venake has at last-arrived pear almost second-rate.

Has Already Arrived

The following were the results [Gold J. Ford, of Imperial Service at that form of which he gave so Rod is the only borse was first held in 1934.

McCarten admitted that he of the League baseball matches College, won seven

events, three much promise a few years ago. passed the post in front of Fide pulled Gold Rod almost up over played yesterday:-- being records, but generally there With Venzke, Cunningham, Joelity, one of the most brilliant the last half furlong of the Sires"

National League was not the prodigality of effort Mangan and Bill Bonthron from fillies Australia has produced.]

colt to feel that he was winning Brooklyn

Jones Fails By Wayside

or three days.

Oz

Out Of A Clear Sky

we

of

for the

that has

Ideal Temperament

:

and

Produce Stakes as he wanted the

GIANTS EXTENDED BY PHILLIES

the New York

New York, To-day.

R. H. E. 1 7.2 2 6 1

of the Colony's best all-round sports- men and holder of the Colony Open Mixed Doubler Lawn Tennis title on four occasions-twice with Mrs. H. C. Lochner, and twice with Misa Rosanand Hancock--and finalist in the Colony Open Doubles Championship on foar occasions once with Captain J. S. MacEachran and three times with Teddy Fincher -end the 1936 Club champion, has deinitely decided to competitive tennis.

retire from

Swimming Aces Start Training, ALTHOUGH it is still a little too A cold for swimming, several Colony stars, including Wilfred Lawrence, Lionel Roza-Pereira, E. D. da Roza, E. L. Ozorio and L. Oliveira have already commenced their training for the forthcoming

seasoz

Samy Turns To Bowls

R. M. SAMY, otherwise known as "General," who was one of his school's best high divers many years ago, is now taking up lawn bowls in real earnest and will pro- bably play for the Indian Beures- tion Club in the League this year. Butt Takes To Tennis

at

A BUTT, who was one of the most promising bozers Queen's College some years ago, and who is a great believer in physical culture, is playing more tennis this summer, than he has ever done before, and it will not come as a surprise to see him play- ing for the Indian Recreation Club, in the Tennis League this year.

Police Bowls Loss THE Police Recreation Club have lost an enthusiastic bowler with the departure of W. Glendinning, who has gone on leave. Together with his son, the two did very well in the Open Pairs Championship Last year.

HAPPY VALLEY GOLF

13 16 0 Melvin Ott hit a home run. Philadelphia

12 16 2 Camilli (2), J. Moore, Norris Paton And Robertson

and Whitney hit home runs.

American League

3 5 2 3 13 2

Burus hit a home run.

19 22

1

6 5

Beuter.

Successful

T. D. Paton won the Junior Section Championship, 1936 when he beat W. J. Baller by one up.

K. S. Robertson

The fact that Bobby Jones faithat, so terrifies some people, and which to pick three members ed to be up among the winners where there appears to have been the United States team came as a distinct disappoint-

his races without being bothered Boston ment and surprise. In practice

a lack of discrimination, it must 1500-metres run next July, Uncla When asked his opinion of in the slightest degree. rounds, the former amateur star be remembered that many schools Sam should come pretty close to Gold Rod, Jockey McCarten, who As it was, Gold Rod ran had been turning in cards which now spread their events over two taking that event.

rides him said: "He is a won-seven furlongs in 1.25% and had made him one of the favourties,

[derful colt, and although I have he been ridden out he would have and while it was realized that?

ridden many good horses as two-ruz 1.25 without much trouble. Before the running high jump year-olds and have won the Sires' practice rounds and tournament

Allowing that he could run an- was started, (Continued from Next Columa.) play are entirely different, was

were picking Produce Stakes at Randwick on other furlong in 13 sec, which thought that he was back on his for Burke to share in making a gill, of Temple University, to Ammon Ra,

Cornelius Johnson and Al Thread-youngsters like Royal Feast and should be easy for him, it means (Cleveland old game..

there is new world record is quite another battle with George B. Spitz Jr. that Gold Rod is

110 doubt that Gold Rod would have run a Detroit But even the great Jones could thing.

better than mile with 8.10 on 'his' back in 1.28, not keep up with those who have

for the title held by Johnson. But those two, and they were particu- exactly the time in which Cuddle. Some jumpers are better in-jout of a clear sky comes David larly good.” been taking part in touranment doors than out and it will certain-Burke, a freshman at Marquette

won the big Doncaster Handicap. Į Chicago play right along, and it is very ly be interesting to see if the University, to win the title in a that Gold Eod had the ideal tem- that Gold Rod, if time can be

McCarten went on to explain Consequently it will be seen St. Louis doubtful if Jones ever seriousty Marquette star is one of these. If jump-off presses the leading players in he is not, it begins to look as if these two athletes had cleared the round the course at Randwick on champion in the making, but has

Johnson, after perament. He can be "trotted taken notice of, ia оче of these tournaments, the seven-foot jumper is not far bar at 6ft. 8 15/163.

LAWN BOWLS MEETING especially as be declares he will in the offing, as competition is

off mornings, and would That Johnson should

never already arrived. " other tournaments.what produces better efforts, and fumped that high is not very sur- barrier he stands like a sheep, and well, throughout the winter and of the Hong Kong yawn Bowls th of May.

have attempt to even canter. At the It is to be hoped that he does: The competitions sub-committee fied for the Adamson Cup for the Lawson Little Jr., the new busi-surely Johnson, Burke ness man golfer, did very well in Threadgill should furnish one an- that distance for some time; but reins or the heels makes him de winter and that he returns in the at 5:30 pm.

and prising, as he has been up around in a race the slightest flick of the that he does well throughout the Association will meet next Friday, The Bogey Pool over the first professional venture other with enough of that between (Continued at foot of Preceding exactly what his rider desires. spring with his great speed unim-ments for the season's open cham-fast

to-make arrange Course at Fanling was cancelled with an even 300.

[now and the next Olympic tryouts.

week-end owing to Column)

McCarten also added

insat- that Itipaired.

Ipionships.

ficient entries.

not enter

his

with

not only a

won

the Adamson Cup, 1935-6 match play stages when he beat A. E. Clarke by 2 and 1.

4

T. J. Price (80-1268) quali-

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