SWIMMING TRIALS DISAPPOINT
UPSETS WILL GIVE SELECTORS MUCH FOOD FOR THOUGHT 440 YARDS RESTVIM WILL
-BE INTERESTING
(By “CRAWL”)
THE Interport Swimming trials recently held in the Victoria Recreation Club have produced not very satisfactory results, both in the free-style and other events and in the selection of the Diving I feel fairly certain that our combination. :
not take either first or second place against the Shanghai performers.,.
men will
THE FIRST OF THE INTERPORT TRIALS WAS THE 100
fiton, above,
over the 100 is competing in erport 100% free-style
REARRANGED
LEAGUE TENNIS GAMES FOR WEEK
K.CC. Challenge To C.R.C. To-morrow
MIXED DOUBLES LEAGUE TO-DAY
The revised lawn tennis League fixtures for the coming week issued by the League Secretary, will see several interesting en- counters feat
tween Kowloon Cz Chinese Recreatio
United
who
clash be- Club and
the being the
permitting Recreation making 2
Shield, which they lost to Chinese
YARDS BREAST-STROKE AND THIS PRODUCED THE FIRST Colony title, were first and second, strong bid to regain the Dunlop UPSET IN THE COMPLETE ECLIPSE OF E. M. MARQUES, THE while Stanley Lee and Wong Woon- COLONY BREAST-STROKE CHAMPION, WHO WAS BEATEN ki, who came third and fourth, Recreation Club, will BY ENRIQUE CHAN FOR FIRST PLACE AND BY FONG were obviously not quite accustom-K.CC. (2) and should anner
• In the second heat of the breast-stroke trial, R.G.L. hant, K. Nazarin and Lau sang all returned times above those of the third placed swim- mer in the first heat, and are au- tomatically ruled out.
both points comfortably.
The clash between Chinese Re- creation Club and Kowloon Cric- ket Club (1) should prove very The half-mile trial resulted in a interesting in view of the Chinese
POOR IN COMPARISON
CHUNG-YU FOR SECOND PLACE, A FIFTH OF A SECOND SE-ed to the beard and were not in the same class as the two first plac- PARATING HIM FROM THE SECOND CHINESE SWIMMER.
In determining the members of the Interport team one must ed performers. naturally consider in what other events selections can be utilised and I must admit that Fong Chung-yu is no further use outside of the breast-stroke event. Enrique Chan is a fairly good water-win for Lionel Roza-Pereira in 12 Club's much strengthened team polo player. Marques is fairly good in a game of polo, although not mins. 22 2-5 secs, which is very and their host's weakness through quite as good as Enrique Cin, and I think that he will be the se poor time compared with Lawrence's the absence of Miss Rose Perry.
best of 11 mins 47 45 secs, which
The KCC-CRC clash to cond choice.
was established in 1935.
morrow should virtually decide Roza-Pereira's time for the quar- the “A” Division Championship and Olipter mile was a little over 6 mins on current form the Chinese will Chak-and he is capable of a better time win, although it should be a very
over that distance.
close affair. Although it is a very unwise On Wednesday there will be an- policy to mix politics with sports, other
encounter in Chinese Recreation Club, one is however, obliged to do so which "eedle” when commenting upon the pros-the holders, encounter Craigen- The 440 Yards free-style, which pects of the contest being held mgower at Causeway Bay. This was also swum off on July 28, review of the grave outlook in North fixture should produce a very
contested series salted in the second upset of the China, and present indications are evenly day, both A. da Roza and J. M.that the meeting will probably be matches and the result will go Calvert beating Lionel Roza-postponed until next year Pereira, this being the first time în nearly eight years that the latter has been placed other than first or second
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Chan Sik-pui, above, the Chung Shing Benevolent Society water- polo player, is worthy of a place. in the Colony's Interport team as goalkeeper. He will be seen in the first trial game, which will probably take place next Wednes day at the VR.C
U.S. BOXING ASSOCIATION'S- CRAZY IDEAS
K. O. Count From 10 To 20 Secs.!
SECOND UPSET
RECREIO TENNIS
First Round Results In Men's Singles
Roza-Pereira will be given an- other opportunity over the same distance next Wednesday afternoon at the VB.C, when Wilfred Law-
Club de Recreio's annual lawn rence, the Colony and Interport tennis tournament has not made champion, will be given an oppor-mach progress due to the incle tunity against Robert Chan, who ment weather prevailing during was second to Roza Lawrence, It the past month and a half, al- will be recalled, was under doctor's though the Men's Singles Senior orders for the past fortnight and Championship First Round has was therefore unabl rticipate been completed resulting in the trials.
NICHOLLS ABS
The Interport Diving trial last Wednesday evening at the V.R.C. saw only four performers off the one-metre board and much disap- pointment was voiced at the non- appearan of Pte. Nicholls of the BAMC who is a very useful per- former.
This idea of changing the rules to suit the contestants is apparent ly popular in United States boxing circles. The Americans seems bent on altering the rules of boxing a da Bo to conform to their own notions of what the noble art shoul?
Following on the
foul" rule we now
10
seems
me the equally ridiculous and extension of the mock-
unnece
out time from ten to twenty conds. This was instituted for the Louis-Braddock fight
Ring enthusiasts cannot help asking: what next? Surely the rules
Pereira,
Tows
valho
medios 159-6-
Remedios
A Barretto
long way towards deciding who will carry off the divisional title.
WEEK'S PROGRAMMER The following is the revised pro- gramme for the coming week:
TO-DAY
Mixed Doubles:
* KCC (2)
▼ KCC (1)
USRC. GE.C.
TO MORROW.
HKCG C. de R K.C.C. IR.C.
HKUTC
Division
HKUT.C. USRC. CRC SCAA
WEDNESDAY
(1)
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