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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1936

Sporting PageALY

FAMOUS VETERAN RUNNER PREDICTS A FOUR-MINUTE MILE

RUGBY IN WALES

OUTLOOK AT

PRESENT IS

VERY BRIGHT

Problem Of Choosing A Strong Pack

D. B. JONES LOSES SEAT

AS SELECTOR

(By ROWE HARDING) If Welsh Rugby club pros- pects are bright. Welsh inter-: national" prospects are still

brighter. V. G. Jenkins Wool- ler, Cliff Jones, Davey, Idwal Rees Rees. Jones, Bassett, Me- Call. Tanner and Davies

still are

Fine Police PRANDY TO

Footballer

WTEL JOHNSTON. the Police

available...

soccer leader, was born 17:

FIGHT IN

SHANGHAT

Matched Against

Negro

FEATHER WEIGHT HOLDER WILL HAVE DIFFICULT

An

TASK

Shanghai, September .25. announcement, sure to bel welcomed. by Shanghai's boxing followers was made yesterday by Mr. F. L. Bautista, of the Shang- hai 20th Century Club, when it www sixted that James-Prandy, featherweight champion of the Royal Marines, of Hong Kong and of the Chlon Station-had been- signed to fight in the main event of a big professional card being larranged for _October_8.

Prandy will meet Johnny Ware,

Moreover, Cowey should now Swindon in 1912 and at the-age negro fighter from Manila. The be fit, while Knowles and Hop-of 12 was playing for his school former will be remembered by all kins (Newport), Waters team in the Elementary School those who saw him score a techni- (Pontypool) and E. L. W. Jones League as e centre-forward. cal knockout over G. J. Magee of (Llanelly) have outstanding 1921 he was a member of the the 4th US Marines-on-May-22 [winning team and three years latèr

Fast

speed and skäll

As in the past, the Welsh as a member of the successful selectors greatest difficulty will 1928 Goraghill School team, as left which is to be held at the Falice! The semi-final of the card. be choosing. a strong pack. back, in the Secondary School

Last season. excellent new League

Specials Recreation Ground, will material was found. The dis- covery of G. Williams (Abera-Swindon District League and Sampion of the Philippine Islands and Leaping school he played in the between Charlie Johnson. brother of the lightweight cham- von) and H. Thomas (Neath) day League and in 1920 was play- has probably solved the pro-ing for Swindon Victoria Club in honours in the 135 lb. class since a leading contender for ́Manila, blem of the Welsh second row the Wiltshire County League ce his brother sailed for America. for some time, but there may right half, but later played in the and Seaman Dobell of HMS. have to be remodelling of the forward line. front and back rows.

He joined the Hong Kong Police]

match.

The back row was the least satis- factory part of the backs Lang, unexpectedly recalled for service

the middle, ceeded expectations, but he is hardly the ideal man to lock the scrum, and I expect Harris (Swan-1 ...sea), to be a strong candidate for

the position.

Last season's wing-forwards, Long (Swansea) and A: M. Rees, are both-strong, bustling players,

ming.

TEDDY FINCHER

· SCRATCHES

Philippens Wins K.C.C. Junior Title

Kent

-Excellent Hitter Dobell appeared locally in an ex-

Kay Stammers, above, British Wightman Cap tennis star, was teamed with Alice Marble, of California, in the US National we- men's doubles tournament at Brookline, Massachusetts," but "lost in the semi-final .tö Helen Jacobs and Mrs Sarah Palfrey-Faliyan.

WORLD SERIES BASEBALL Giants Draw First Blood

48,000 DEFY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS

New York, To-day--

►

-

¡YMCA. HOLD:

CLUB TO DRAW AT HOCKEY

Club Lose Chances In Second Half

An

W. G. GEORGE HAS

78TH BIRTHDAY WINNER OF 12 A.A.A. TITLES

LOVELOCKS CHANCE THIS MONTH

W.

(By "The Twelfth Man")-

London, September 93- GEORGE the famous runner of yester- year, celebrates his 78th birthday to-day Fifty years ago, almost to the day, he ran what was considered to be an unbeatable world's re- cord mile in 4 mins. 123⁄4 secs, at Lillie Bridge. It ̈ ́ stood as the world's best for 27 years. A

The "W. G." of athletics had an amazing career, both as an amateur and a professional, in the early 80's. "And to-day, despite such a strenuous career in his youth, he is still an active man. He was the winner of 12 A.A.A. championships, the largest num- ber of track titles ever secured by one person

And after he became a professional runner in the first in- stance because the AAA. declined to give him a permit to run as an amateur against W. Cummings-W.G. became famous everywhere that raming was practised. He made visits to America and Australia, and generally managed to beat up the champions of those countries.

Commenting on his own par-, EXTRAORDINARY

SWIMMING

ticular distance, the mile, WG George says that to-day there are a dozen or more of the world's super milers who could equal or better his record of STARBUCK IMPRESSES 4min. 123/sec, which so amazed the world in 1886, And when interesting hockey game one considers the way in

this

au Po Hei Wins Title By Six Lengths ...

UNIVERSITY HOLD HEATS IN YMCA. POOL

י

It was in this event that some remarkable swimming was seen by Lau Fo-hei, who covered the

It was a great misfortune that in 1938 and on his arrival kere Tar regarded by the All-Blacks played with great success as the best hooker in Great Bri-centre-forward for the senior team, bibition bout with Prandy and The first game in the 1936 tain, should have been so serious-He was chosen to represent Hong showed excellent hitting powers. World Series baseball played here was witnessed at King's Park yes which mile zecords have gone b injured in the New Zealand Kong in the Interport against According to word received locally yesterday resulted in a win for terday when the European recently, this is understandable." Shanghai but was not able to obhe is greatly improved in the New York Giants over New York YMCA and the Hong Kong Hoc- Up to 1923, when the famOLLS Back Row Change Likely iain the necessary leave. The for-mean time.

Yankees by 6 runs to 1, the scores key Club shared two goals, both Finn, Paavo Nurmi, won the re-

(By "CRAWL”) Bryn Evans (Llanelly) made an lowing year, acting under doctor's

Many good bouts have been ar-being:-

Some extraordinary swimming“ of which were scored in the first cord. It had been reduced only to efficient substitute for the rest of advice, he did not play football ranged to support the two big ones

was witnessed" "in B. H. half, in a friendly encounter." 4min. 10. 2-5sec. But from 1923

the Europea the season, but he is now a veteran, but he returned to this his

on the programme. Kostia Levchen-Giants

YMCA swimming pool yester 691 The first half was evenly con- to the present day it has changed and may have to make way for a position last

{day evening, when the Hong- season, when he ko, Sokol, will make his first ap-Yankees

tested, but the Club did most of bands four times, and the present Kong University Uning Swim- 1 7 2 younger man. The other front proved to be their leading goal-pearance as a professional, and; The Giants, scoring Spree in the the attacking in the second figure stands at 4min. 6-4-5sec., "to row forwards, T. J. Rees (New-scorer.

will fight Lawrence Baker of the eighth, added four runs to in-period and should have scored on the credit it the American, Glening Club held their heats in port) and T. Williams (Cross Johnston has also becs a good 4th Marines in a special event." crease their lead from 2-1; but at least two occasions but hesi- Cunningham.

preparation for the firigis, which will be held in the same pOGI "TEXT" Keys) were adequate, but they may athlete, while, though not ouïstand-|-- : Good Preliminaries it was Bob Selkirk (Yankees) who tancy and dilly-dallying in front What Will Lovelock Do? have to fight for their places. aling, he plays cricket, tennis and Mark Gecker, lightweight, is to opened the scoring with a home of the goal robbed of them of Now J. E. Lovelock who once at 2.30 pa

Saturday afternoon, commencing though their successors are not billiards, and is keen on soim-meet Fighting Koh, a Korean with run in the third innings, but there several chancès.

held the record at 4min: 7 3-5sec., yet in sight.

Several changes were made in may have another go for it in day, the Half-Mile, which was Only one final was held Jester- ja good reputation. Boris Zatz, was no one on base at the time.

local Jewish fighter, will be match- Dick Bartell (Giants) equalised the Club's tears. E. V. Reed was America next month. I can well

swam off-in two heats, the times ed against Joe Sacramento, former for the National League team in lan absentee and his position was believe that W. G. George knows for the first four best swimmers lightweight champion of the the fifth innings, also with a taken by V. Bond H. Owen-what he is saying when he declares deciding the event Orient. The first bout of the even-homer. Then Mancuso hit a sin-Hughes, played at inside-right to "There are, I feel, two or three ing will be between Wong Ching-gle in the sixth innings to bring accommodate Starbuck, a new-milers who are capable of a mile sze or Hong King-han, Singapore Melvin Ott home, thus giving the comer, on the right wing, and the in min 4800 He is probably Chinese, and a French Army Giants the lead.

latter gave an impressive display expecting something pear fighter yet to be selected:

BUFFING BLOWS-UP in that position. New to the other time when the big race takes place 35 lengths and 5 yards using the - Mr Bantista has also announced | Charles Ruffing, who, had been forwards he was soon seen in some at Princeton next month...

back-stroke, moving along at a that he will make arrangements to pitching throughout for the Yan-neat passing movements with

fast pace and reaching the finish That Four-minute Mile import a regular stable of Filipino, kees, blew-up in the eighth in-Owen-Hughes, while his centring

six lengths in front of E. H. Kho, And, judged by the way the re-who used the crawl! bakers for the purpose of holding nings, walking Whitehead with was good. but neither has the cool bead and E. C. Teddy" Fincher has con- frequent programmes featuring the bases full to put Bill Terry 10

cord has been broken in, the last Thrustful Leader ifteen years. Mr. George is not drawals, several events including Owing to last minute with- safe hands of the great wing-for- ceded; a walk-over to C. E Watson expert fighters new to the locali. The Giants scored their next ward. Watkins (Cardiff) has all in the Kowloon Cricket Club's followers.—N.C.D.N.

run when Jackson hit a sacrifice show up to any great advantage 178: "By the end of 1937 one or championship and the Ladies 50 Bickford and Tamworth did not unduly exaggerating › when be the Ladies' 50 Yards free-style fly to the outfield, sending Melvin as a combination, but were good more of the fliers of to-day will Yards free-style handicap, will Ott in Two TUDE were the individually, while S Fowler, in establish a four-minute mile or be held on Saturday. scored by Mancuso and White the centre, was a trustful less Dutchman: In fact, the reall head, when the Yankees' infield der that needed watching at all question seems to be, how much finals which will be swum

The following qualified for the committed two errors 00 # grounder by. Carl Hubbell who the equaliser, was

times. His effort, which brought langer will this record smashing next Saturday afternoon: lincidentalla pitakes senselised lesion

the culmina-llast and what is the reason for Ffor the Giants.

fion of some good comfigation be the world-wide improver New Selector There has been one

The cold and raw weather kept tween Reed, Owen-Hughes and times?** the personnel of the Welsh team were eliminated yesterday from The fourteenth annual athletic began to fall at the end of the

the crowd down to 48,000. Bain himself. selectors.

Slow in settling down, the Club men's handicap Packer, Newton the

doubles sports meeting of the South China second innings and the field soon defence later had a good, grip on Jones, RP. Thomas, and Daa tournament, when they lost to W.Athletic Association will take become drenched Jones were duly re-elected, but D. C. Hung and F. Grose (30) 6-4 piace or November 1, continuing The game was played under the Reed

and slippery, the "y" forwarda. G. Sommer,

The following alterations and B. Janes lost his seat on the 4-6, 6-4 :

on November 8 and 11. The meet-worst. World Series conditions in hardworking trio who proved aladditions to the classification list Welsh Union at the last election, Mrs. F. Goodwin and Mrs. Fining will open at 8 am each day-the last ten years. Reuter. and consequently his place as a cher (rec 3/6) have entered the

great obstacle to the opposing for- of the Hong Kong Jockey Club The only two separate events for Final of the ladies handicap don-seniors and juniors will be the

wards All three were in good have been announced: This seams to me ingratitude on bles at the KC.C. by beating Mrs. 100 Metres. The other

Though the Giants were 3 to 5 form, V. Bond, at right-back, King's Jubilee to C Class, Don] the part of the clubs whose votes Blandford and Mrs. Hosford (owe will be divided into two groups, the odds are 5 to 7 in favour of though he was kept moving by Merry Doer to D Class, Cassius to events favourites to win the first game, was cool and cleared well, alto D Class, Chocolate to D Claze, unseated him, for no man in the 30) 6-4, 7-5. They will now meet the boys' and the girls'.

the Yankees winning the 1936] Price and Austen. West has a greater record of ser- Miss M. Griffiths and Miss O. Begistration opens today at the World Series pennant.

|E-Class, Heriot to E Class. vice, and he is one of our most Dalzie! (-40). -

Association's offices in the China The game was played on

Play Good Hockey the Building for those who wish to Giants' ground and the second. Their forward line was fast and centre.

The "" played good hockey was inclined to

Time: 17 míns. "2" secs. · 3. Wong Kam-bok take part in the meeting, and will sixth and seventh games will also

Time: 17 mins: 21 “secs close on October 29. Competitors be played there, while the third tunate to be up against such a combined wall, but were anfer will be allowed to compete in net fourth and fifth games will be

Time: 17 miné: 52′ 5–10 sec good half-back line as that of the through Brown early in the The "Y" opened the scoring played at the Yankee Stadium.net

The matches will be played

Club Ansten and Price on the

PATONS GOLF WIN daffy, mer

left-wing combined well, while game, but S. Fowler equalised The broadcasting rights have led the line well and dis second half they were on the

The following was the resea again been purchased by the Ford tributed the ball

very well defensive, but early in that period

|the St. John of Motor Company for $100,000.

Hughes, on his right, found Moss Brown should have placed them

held at the out of pozition several times and in the lead after a fine solo effort sent some nice forward passes down the centre of the field. through the centre.

the qualifications to make a great Senior Singles Tennis Champion- winger, but has been playing in ship, and as a result a new cham- the middle of the back row, a posi-pion will be seen for the first time tion to which he is not so wellia 8 years.

suited. I hope the selectors will A. G. Philippens yesterday won bear him in mind when selecting the Junior Singles title when he

H.

selector as well.

change in

astate and experiërfër “judges of

the game.

experience

des

There is some consolation in the

|64, 68, 6-1

E. G. and E. F. Fincher (40)

fact that his place on the selection W. C. CHOY RETURNS committee has ben taken by Mr.

A. E. Freethy, another fine fudge

of Rugby and Ragby players, but

Welsh football could do with them

both.

“A” DIVISION TENNIS

LEAGUE CONCLUDED

TO COLONY

Health Benefits From

European Tour

S.C.A.A. SPORTS

MEETING

Entry icto

Open

more than four events."

MRS. PERSSE WINS YACHT RACE

Diana, sailed by Mrs. Persse Among those who returned to was the winner of yesterday's ||

YANKEES FAVOURED

the Colony this morning by the sweepstake race arranged by the GOLF CHAMPION BEATEN

and Cotesworth were

PONY CLASSIFICATION

..

wander to the

Score-First

soon after for the Club: In the

In the intermediate line Bates, Tremlett and Henderson; E. Fowler,

s.s. Conte Rosso, was W. C. Choy, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Hayling Island, To-day. In the As a result of the South China the Cambridge Blue and China Taabel, sailed by Major Dixun, was third round of the. English Wo the skipper, rivalled Reed as R A. Bates and Cox G. Mon, Athletic Association conceding a Davis Cup player.

second. The course, Channel roen's Golf Championship, the pivot.. He broke up many din-Hughes, Brown, Austen and Price. walk-over to the Chinese Recrea- Choy intends to remain in the Rock (P), Kowloon Locks (P). holder, Mrs. Majorie Garron, was gerous Club movements and was tion Club "A" the "A" Division Colony for about three weeks beN mark on line (S), Kowloon besten 2 and 1 by Miss Disas always in the thick of it Cox, Food and T EX Cotesworth, Star

HK CHF Shields; Rodger of the Lawn Tennis League has fore sailing for Shanghai, where Rocks (5), and Club line, a dis- Fishwick, the winner in 1932.

V. Bond: G. Sommer, W.

concluded.

on lett The will play some more termia.

right-wing, bock, Owen Eughes, S. A. Powle tance of 94° miles”.

good spoiler, Bickford and Tamworth.

Renter

while E

and

"Tang" "Hon-chin, Wang Kai-wing, Samne! Ling and Wong Kam-pok 50 Yards free-style handicap:- J. Lodengusi, N. A Brandt, Wa Hei-tak and F. Liang

400 Yards free-style:e

H LL Osorio, Lau Po-bei, E. H Koh and A.“Ozoria","

100 Yards breast-stroke handicap Samuel Ling-George Hong-choy, Lo Hung-shun, and Tan Hon-chin.

223rds free-style>

HL Osorio, Len Po-hel, Ozorio, & Oliveira.

880-Yards free-style finai

1 Lau Po-hei

Time: 13 mies: 32 7-10 secs. 2. E. H. Koh

VERITY'S RECORD SEASON.

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