1937-02-05 — Page 20

Different Swimming Styles To Suit Various Physiques

THE

recent Olympic Games proved that each nation has developed its individual technique in sport, as it has in literature, art, and music, writes "The Captain? in the "Sydney Referee".

It was particularly apparent in the men's free-style swim- ming events that the two leading nations, America and Japan, favoured widely-differing styles.

The American champions, all tall, strongly-built fellows, keep their bodies quite still in the water, and rely on an arm movement, whose chief feature is a backward twist of the hand from the wrist, resembling the movement of a fin.

Australia Triumph

THE

THE Japanese, on the other hand, turn their whole bodies with each arm movement in a propellor- like action. Thus with each turn of the body the head comes out of| the water, and a breath can be Australia won the fourth Test taken, whereas the Americans must by 148 runs here yesterday. The specially twist the head to bring final Test will open at Melbourne the mouth above the water. on February 26.

Scores:

Australia

England

Adelaide, To-day.

The leg movements vary greatly] according to the size of the hands

288 and 433 and feet of the swimmer. The 330 Japanese swim with the legs much nearer the surface of the water the Americans. They make 432 complete leg beat, while the 39 Americans do more footwork.

ENGLAND 2nd Innings Verity, lbw b Fleetwood Smith Barnett, b Fleetwood Smith Hardstaff, b O'Reilly Hammond, b Fleetwood Smith Leyland, e Chipperfield, b. Fleet-

wood Smith

R. E. S. Wyatt, e Oldfield, b Mc-

Cabe

Ames, Lb.w, b Fleetwood Smith G. O. Allen, c Gregory, b Mc-

Cormick

R. W. V. Robins, b McCormick

Voce, b Fleetwood Smith

K. Farnes, not out

Extras

Total

17 than

21

50

The leg work of the Japanese

12 swimmer, Shigeo Arai, is well known. He leaves a foaming track behind him, which has earned him the title of "The Japanese Motor- 9 Boat"

4

1

7

SCARCELY DISTURB ÎT

20 The legs of the Americans on the other hand, lying deeper, scarcely

Fall of the wickets:-1 (Verity) for

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 5, 1987.

Cheng Shui-hon, (Eastern), above, will play for the Combined Chinese against the Shanghai "In- terport team.

A

FOOTBALL

POSER

"A referee drops the ball (after suspension of the game) in the Penalty Area, and before it touches the ground a defending player handles it."

1. What is the punishment?

2 What is the punishment if the goalkeeper handles the ball. under similar circumstances?

Answer:-

1. A-penalty kick must be awarded. 2. A free-kick from which a goal cannot be scored direct.

ENGLAND LEADS THE WAY

An 80,000 Crowd Showed Appreciation Of Athletics

PROMOTERS SEE THE POSSIBILITIES

W

WHITE CITY Stadium (London) sport promoters are toying with an idea to give British athletics its biggest fillip in post-war years.

Nothing is settled yet, but it is fairly safe to assume that the English A.A.A. will fall in with any reasonable scheme for expansion and development.

more.

The probability is that England's athletes will be given opportunities for competition with the acknowledged. world champions in a series of really big meetings, but that isn't the whole idea.

S a start, of course, it would be useful. Possibilities were

243 disturb the surface of the water. revealed by the 80,000 crowd at the 45; 2 (Barnett) for 50; 3 (Hardstaff) It is certain that the American Anglo-United States match in Aug- for 120; 4 (Hammond) for 149; 5 technique, depending as it does on Just, when Jesse Owens was the at- (Leyland) for 190; 6 (Ames) for 190; the size of the hands and feet, traction. The development idea pro- 7 (Allen) for 225; 8 (Wyatt) for 231 would not be suitable for the smal-bably germinated on 9-(Voce) for 235; 10 (Robins) for 243-ler-built Japanese swimmers.

McCormick

Bowling Analysis

McCabe Fleetwood-Smith

O'Reilly

13.1. 43

5 -10 15

afternoon.

that very

0. M R. W. The American champion Kiefer 2. once admitted that he

A training scheme for juniors owed his might be linked up with the drive 1 great speed to his large hands and for national fitness.

feet. Although essentially a back- Aud there is a feeling inside the stroke champion, he has the typical English A.A.A that permanent American style.

coaches are desirable in England.

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1936-37 TEST RESULTS

At Sydney-England won by 322 At Melbourne ---Australia.

won

by

365 rooms.

runs

UNITED SERVICES ELEVEN

EXPECTED TO WIN

At Brisbane England won by an in- It would therefore be no doubt It is fairly safe to say that Eng- nings and 22 runs.

could take a advantageous if we in Hong Kong land's athletic authorities

(By "ROVER" The are be- lesson thereby and ginning to realise that while a num-team to meet the Shanghai Inter- United Services football train our swimmers individually, ber of honorary officials all over port side on Monday, February 15, according to build. It appears that the country have been doing, and at Sookunpoo, is rather an inter- At Adelaide -Anstralia won by 149 the Americans concentrate only on still are doing, excellent work, the esting one and includes two players Of the 138 Tests played to date swimming, therefore rarely produc-

the above-mentioned method of sport generally is behind the times. from the Royal Navy, A. E. Wolver- Australia have won 55, England 54 ing champions of smaller build, interested in athletics," said one of vens in the full-back division, and "We want to get more boys in-son, who will partner Bugler Ste- and 29 have been drawnL

spite of the wealth of material at the people behind the White City Tel Wride, who will be seen in the their disposal.

Formerly it was imagined that good thing to engender hero-wor- The intermediate line is a very

plan "and we think it would be a lattack. only tall and powerful types could ship of world track stars by getting strong one and includes two Inter- become champion swimmers, but them to race here." the Japanese with their recent per-

port players in Evans and Camp- select formances at the Olympic Games.

A meeting is to be held to dis-bell, while Taylor, the remaining the Civilian Schoolboys' team for have definitely disproved this.

cuss the matter. It is likely that half-back, secured representatives of the English Ama-trial

Interport tear Athletic Association will be The attack is a very thrustful invited to accept an outline of

SCHOOLS SOCCER

TRIAL

A trial football game

their game against the Army Boys,

at Sookunnon, on Monday, Febru

ary 15, will be held this ternoon ROBINS

on the Central British School

ground at 4 p.m.

The schools who have joined the

BRIGHT

newly-formed Boys' League, have INVENTION

been requested to send such players

as they think deserve a trial. The team will be selected after the *gime.

ап

one and it will not surpr

see the Services

Irwin,

plan for official consideration, the

It is obvious that athletics, to through these five men. get anywhere at all, will have to who played for the Possibles, on the follow the lead of all the other right-wing, should have learned his sports and join hands with a cer- lesson by now and, with Wride, of tam amount of commercialism, and the Navy, supporting him, should publicity.-

give the Northern defence

In a speech at lunch at Launcest ton, R. W. V. Robins, England's act none the worse off for this, and at who is undoubtedly the Athletes and athletics need be time. Miller, of the ing captain, said that batting in a least they should feel more capable the second half of the Fest could be such a terrifying ex- of meeting foreign challenges on an admirable leader and perience that he had a bright idea esent the

for cricket authorities.

equal footing. lub in the It was to instal

CLUB JUNIOR TEAM.

following will

Hong Kong Foot

Second Division of the Football the arena, 80

League tom

uth China Athletic

at 2.45

on their own g -Stephens," Wilson and

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Sloan

lation

made a "blob," innings in could promptly llingtonHe also relat

Bult-second last day

Test, when he and 1

and England ha

door on

who more than 600, he got his head

down and overlapped

and Roberts left-wing, should felt,

The following will in United Services: Core on the Rowlands (Fus

for his first

it second innings.

of

over

son (Navy)

eyland Evans (Fasliers and Lay Steady,

Wride Navy);