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THE CHINA_MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1936

TWO RECORDS BROKEN AT MALAYAN MEET

PHILIPPINE BOXER GUZMAN

BEATS COUNTRYMAN

Kid Moro And Leonard Bennett

Fight To A Draw

Honolulu, Hawaii, July. 31.— Buenaventura de Gutman, 125 lbs., of Manila, to-night won a decision over Young Gildo, 125 lbs. also of the Philippines capital, over eight rounda.

Kid Moro, 139 lbs., fought an eight round draw with Leonard Bennett, 147 ibx, of Seattle Washington-Associated Press.

Y.M.C.A. HOLD

BATTERED

PUTTER WINS

GOLF TITLE

N.S.W. Amateur Event Won By T. McKay

OWN CLUBS DISCARDED AS TOO HEAVY

(By "LEIGHTON")

London, July 29. New South Wales amateur zolf champion, Tom McKay, won the final with clubs he had never used before. He won at the last hole.

Playing through the week in the

THEIR ANNUAL preliminary match play rounds,

HOCKEY MTG.

the Sarazen set of clubs made him a tired man. They are distinctly Jon the heavy side.

So when the final was down for [Continued from Page 2)

decision at Kensington, without Mr. G. T. Palmer said that at a telling anyone about it, he picked recent meeting of the Hong Kong up a bag of sticks owned by a! Hockey Association, he had taken brother-in-law. They seemed to it upon his own shoulders to give him to be light as feathers com- the Association, the use of their

Ipared with those he had been ns- ground one day each week in Octo-i

fing- ber, when the Association intend-

It should be added, however,

Eulace Peacock (U.S.), above, one of the greatest Negro track

FAR EASTERN GAMES

FOR SINGAPORE?

SELANGOR ROBBED OFF CHAMPIONSHIP

THRILLING RELAY DECIDES TITLE

Kuala Lumpur, July 25.

SELANGOR has had a long innings of five years as champion athletic State of Malaya. This was brought to an end to-day by the Police who discoveries with the exception of carried off the championship with 30 points to the Military's 26 points. Selangor were third with 16, Singapore next with 11, while Perak 4 and Penang 3 were the other States to score.

Jesse -Owens, whom he has beaten on several occasions, haz so far failed to secure a place in the Olympic aprìm events.

Jed running a knock-out competi- that he kept one sticit of his own, AUSTRALIA'S

tion for civilian clubs.

battered-looking, The "E" Women's Section will be putter-a

wooden-shifted club, bound up in) given the use of the ground on

three places. It won the cham- Thursday evenings as in the pre- vious seasons and during the early pionship for him part of Saturday afternoon.

It was suggested to defer thei

TEST TEAM

ALMOST KNOWN

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dates of first eleven matches until elected to serve during the forth- Tallon,

a larger majority of members had signified their intention of play- ing. when they would be able to ascertain which day would be most favourable.

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The following officers were

coming season:-

Chairman: Mr. G. T. Palmer Captain Mr. R. A. Bates Vice-Captain Mr. L. Macey Hon. Secretary Mr. W. J. Brown Committee Member Mr. S. A. Trem-) lett.

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Two records were broken during the meeting, both by Mid- tary representatives. S. E. Clubb, of the Middlesex, lowered K. Vythilingham's 1929 record for the 880 yards by two-fifths of a second. R. Heron, of the Inniskillings, beat Yakab Khan's 1929 mile time by 2 1/5 sec.

Singapore as the venue of a Pacific or Far Eastern Olympiad was a possibility mentioned by the Hon. Mr. Marcus Rex, pre- sident of the Amateur Athletic Association of Malaya, at the end of the annual championship meeting on the Padang, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.

Mr. Rex said that it had been

decided to hold next year's

meeting at Kuala Lumpur again "DIAMOND”

but if ever a Pacific or Far Eastern Olympiad was held,i

Queensland's bright Singapore would almost cer-

young wicketkeeper-batsman, con-tainly be the venue. stitutes a serious challenge to Bar-

ett as Oldfield's successor.

Ebeling Outstanding

More Ambitious Footing

To put athletics in Malaya on af more ambitious footing, said Mr. Rex

GOSSIP

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Bowen, the Volunteers' pitcher. three vice-presidents who exceeded all expectations and had Ebeling is still the outstanding would act as liaison officers with a successful, afternoon. He had medium-fast opening bowlex in the central A.A were to be ap-more strike-outs than Munro, of Australia. Badcock would add pointed in north, south and cen-the Tulsa, and was backed up by stability to the batting.

tral Malaya.

a safe infield Ön Australian form

last sea This year no swärd had been

Abbas, of the Volunteers, who

stand out. They are Badcock, Ro-but a trophy for the best indivi-i

]

He had

son, five claimants for Test places made for the champion athlete, {depatised for Wing Lee behind the binson, Ebeling, Rigg and Tallon. dual performance had been awardhat, played a good game. O'Brien must also be considered. ed to F. E. Clubb (Military) who a good throw to second-base, but W. A. Brown, having accepted a broke the half-mile record on Fri-was not quite so accurate to third. position in Brisbane, will next day.

season play for Queensland, and) Next year, added Mr. Eex, 2 probably be captain. Born at three-mile race would be introduc- Toowoomba (Qld) he thus returns jed, but this would not count in the Ito his native State from New unit championship. After com.

South Wales.

Bradman As Captain

Unit Struggle.

Only Weakness

THE outfielders were the only

Tweakness in the Volunteer

was greatly at fault with a hit between him and first base.

sidering the results in the javelin brought off several good catches in team, though Pereira, at left-field,

and discus throwing events which had been introduced this year, the the latter innings of the game. N. The South African tour last sea-Council would decide whether they Leonard lacked sense of anticipa

įtion with high-flies, while de Sa son firmly established Brown and should count in the unit competi-{ Fingleton:as opening batsmen in tion at the next meeting succession to Woodfull and Pons- ford, and McCormick á fast bow- ler.as successor to Wall.

Brilliant leadership of South prevailed in the unit event when start with the result that the Australía ensured Bradman the with the sue in doubt to

latter were kept busy, N. Beltrao the hit a swift one to left-field and Test captaincy, since Richardson very end, the Police beat

Race Laided

by errors, reached home. is most unlikely to secure inclu-Military in the 380 Relay

to emerge champions. sion as batsman this time.

while D. Leonard, the best batter, The final position of the units ruined a good chance of increasing

The Volunteers "went" for the

A tense struggle for supremacy pitching of the sailors from the

the

In South Africa O'Reilly and Grimmett, the leg spinners, en-were: Police 30; Military 26; Se his side's lead in the seventh hanced their reputation as the langor 16: Singapore 11: Perals 4 innings by over anxiety, being

and Penang 3.

South

world's deadliest bowling COM bination on English and African wickets.

First Selection

Three new records were created caught on a foul-ball.

The Volunteers did not resort during the meet. On Friday. Pte F. E. Clabb of the Middlesex Re-to a bunt throughout the game giment set up a new record when jand there were several occasions of the gakme

If it, Fleetwood-Smith, left he won the 880 yards (half mile) when this phase band googly, should be one of the in 2 mins. 2 sees and thus lower-would have been to their advan- first picked even with Grimmett ined K. Vythilingam's 1929 time by tage. the side. It is timely to recall of the Fusiliers broke the mile re-

2/5 sec. and on Saturday R. Heron

But for the timely substitution

Grimmett's comparative failure cord when he covered the distance of Fax for Muoroz: on the mound

against Jardine's team on Aus-

Fax came in at the sixth innings tralian wickets in 1932-33. Still, 4 mins 89 2/5 sec--2 3-5 secs the Volunteers would have won better than the record set up by he must, on reputation, be played Yacub Khan in 1929.

and his pitching somewhat worried the hitting of the Volunteers, who had by then because accustomed to Maarea.

in the first Test, for the moral ef- fect as much as anything else.

New Record

"

In the one mile medley relay (440

Another Pitcher Wanted

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On his day, Fleetwood-Smith, who developed wonderfully on the yards: 220 yards: 220 yards: 880 1934 tour of England, is capable yards) the Military set up a new! of going through any side. His in-record when they won the race in jured finger is gradually improv-13 mins 45 3/5 sec. 4-5 secs, bet-THE second game revealed the jing, and he expects to be it for ter than Selangor's 1935 record.

the opening of the season.

E.D. ANDREWS BLAZES

NEW TRAILS

Greatest Traveller In

Lawn Tennis

TH Americans in their best hit-

In 1931. Selangor ran, the distance ting, mood and there was no lack in 3 min. 38 2/5 secs. but the of excitement. The Chinese took event then was not a medley re-things early in the first two 17

framings, but soon found themselves

in the 100 yards sprint, while M. K Sundram and W. E. Meyer were}" second in the 440 yards, and 120 hurdles events respectively.

Straits Times."

:

Apart from the Military suc- three runs în: arrears. They had cesses, Singapore athletes did fair-to fight back all the way and were ly well. Sebastien Then, won the decidedly lucky to win.

ng jump and was placed third The need of i

extra pitcher (for the Americans was never more apparent then in their last two games, y against the Japanese Young Men's Association and the Overseas Chinese, when they lost in the last innings after leading lived in England ever since his throughout both games. E. D. Andrews, always "Bus-Cambridge days, left for America {ter to his friends, who had to rein the Normandie; he returned to

EARLY DEFEAT AT WIMBLEDON

(By "THE TWELFTH MAN")

London, July 4

Thompson does not seem able to

time against Paul Feret in the se-England from New York in the last more than five innings, and after that drops off badly, cond round of the men's singles Queen Mary.

were in

at Wimbledon, is the greatest Between those two passages he Hearther and Williams traveller in lawn temaks,

has visited, and usually played great batting form and both regis-

[{tered several clean hits. Every year he seems to circle tennis in, the Argentine, Uruguay, the world in a combined sport and Brazil, Dutch and British Guianas, The latter pitched in the last business tour which namally ter-Trinidad,- Venezuela, Colombia, innings, but the handleep against minates in time for the Wimble Jamaica, Panama, Mexico, Call him was greaf, for the kases were don Championships. This year's foraia, Honolula, Fiji, New Zea-full and nobody down. Though he tome was

even more ambitious land, Australia, Java, Malaya, strack one out the Chinese - "WEZE than wangi.

Hong Kong, China and Japan. able to score the requisite number Last August Andrews, who is a What a tennis trail for one man of three runs to win with only New Zealander, by birth, but has to blaze!

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