1937-09-27 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL SEPTEMBER 27, 1937.

WOMEN'S ATHLETICS” SENSATION

MR. “X” DISPLAYS BAD JUDGMENT IN HIS MEASUREMENT

MISS GLADYS LUNN'S FINE FEAT

EMPIRE GAMES SELECTIONS

London, August 27. THE great sensation of the 1937 English women's track and field athletic championships at the White City Stadium here was not provided by one of the fair sex at all. The person responsible was

a gentleman to whom we may refer as Mr. X. He

presented the public with two new world's records for the 60-meter dash. Or, at any rate, that was what it seemed like until we learned the truth.

WHICH WAS THAT OUR MYSTERIOUS FRIEND, MR. X, WHOSE DUTIES INCLUDED THE MEASUREMENT OF THE TRACK FOR THE RACES, HAD MADE ONE OF THOSE SLIGHT ERRORS THAT CAN CREEP INTO ANYBODY'S HANDIWORK AND HAD PRODUCED A COURSE FOR THE 60-METER SPRINT ABOUT SEX YARDS LESS THAN THE LADIES. WHO RAN IT BELIEVED THEMSELVES TO BE COVERING.

This revelation must have been rather disappointing for the delighted and, perhaps, bewildered damsels who appeared so sud- denly to have developed into world beaters. And the heats had to be re-run to restore everybody's credulity in the events of the afternoon.

The said events constituted a nicely, all the same, and none more very heavy programme, for there so than the championship winner were all sorts of minor contests this year-Gladys Lunn, the out- interspersed among the cham-standing figure in British women's pionships. This explained why athletics at the present day. She the competitors were nearly as has a powerful, high-stepping ac numerous as the spectators. tion and a shrewd appreciation of

Though it is not a full explan racing strategy – ation. The fact is that women's At the annual championships a track and field athletics, though special prize, the Lord Hawke eminently satisfactory to those Trophy, who practice them and

ise dividual,

them, are non-magnetic

ing. It

box-office attraction doubtless Miss Lunn.

GERMAN GOLF TITLE

FOR COTTON

T. H. Cotton, the British open". golf champion, after being ruR---- ner-up in the

German open

championship for the past two years, won the title at Bad Ems on Sunday with an aggregate of 274 for the 72 holes.

SECOND DIVISION

Aston Villa Bradford

Burnley

Bury

Goventry

a

H, G. Bentley, of Hesketh, re- gained the German amateur. golf championship, beating L von Beckerath, of Krefeld, young German, seven and five in the 36-hole final Bentley previously won this title ZN

1933

CHARLTON

2 Fulham 1 Wednesday Luton

1 Newcastle

1 Notts F.

4 Plymouth

Manchester U. 1 Southampton Norwich Sheffield U. Swansea Tottenham

2 Stockpart

1 Chesterfield 3 Barnsley

West Ham 2 Blackburi

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

Bournemouth 3 Cardiff

KEEP LE 10

FIRST DIVISION

AWAY WINS MORTON'S SEVEN AGAINST AYR

Brighton Bristol C Clapton Gillingham Newport Notts C. Queen's P.R. 4 Southend Torquay

Watford

Walsall

0 Millwall 1 Mansfield 0 Swindon

2. Reading

0 Crystal P.

1. Bristol R

1 Northampton 1

1

1

1

2 Exeter

5. Aldershot

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

London, Saturday.. The following are the results Accrington of Saturday's League Football Carlisle games:---

Charlton Chelsea

Derby

Everton

Grimsby Leeds Leicester

FIRST DIVISION

3 Bradford C.

1

2 York

1

Chester Darlington Gateshead Halifax

2 Southport

1

1

5 Wrexham. 1 Lincola

Tranmere

3

1 Oldham

3 Hartlepools

Port Vale

4 Barrow

0

1 Crewe

1 Middlesbro. Brighton

1 Huddersfield 2 Rochdale

2: Stoke

2. Arsenal

1 West Brom

Rotherham

2 Liverpool

0

0 Brentford

1

2 Man'ster C. 21

2 Doncaster

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

2-Birmingham 1 -2--Blackpool 1 Aberdeen

FIRST DIVISION

1 Celtic

3- Third Lanark

Portsmouth

for the best in-

Preston Sunderland Wolves

1 Bolton

1 Arbroath

nce of the meet- year to the great

Clyde.

2. Falkirk

Hamilton

4 Dundee

3. Partick

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.0

0 Motherwell 2 7. Ayr 3. Hibernian.

Nobody could quibble letes on the team that England is Hearts because the merit of the achieve at that. In what I understand to send to Australia for the British Kilmarnock ments is only relative. This, be her farewell appearance in this Empire Games at Sydney next Jan-Morton however, is no disparagement of class of athletic competition, she uary.

Queen O'S. women's athletics, which are set out to win three events the Ja-Others already selected at the Queen's Park 2 St. Johnstone getting better and better all the velin throw, the 800-metres, and the time of writing are Winifred Jef-Rangers time, as the record books showmile. She succeeded. And how freys, who won the 100-metres

A Miss Is Good A Mille

A Grand Treble

•

championship in 12.2s., L. Chal- mers, winner of the 200 metres

Nellie Comes Back

4 St Mirren

SECOND DIVISION

Cowdenbeath Dundee East Fife

Two of these people the Misses East Sterling

wo-Stenhousemui

Feminine athletes, have not been First of all she galloped away (24.9s.); and K. Tiffin, close second Airdrie a recognised feature of the world's with the 800 metres in 2m. 18.5s, to Barbara Burke in the 80-metres Brechin sporting life for so very many which is decidedly, close to the Bri- hurdles. years, when you come to think of it, tish women's record time for the and they have had to break through distance; then she threw the jave- a formidable chain of limitations.lin further than any British woman One of these was the notion that it had ever done before (108ft 2in) Chalmers and Jeffreys won their Forfar is best for ladies not to run long and, as a smashing finale, she cut 1937 championships at the expense Leith distances.

out her own pace in the mile, to of that well-known figure in Perhaps you recollect the contro win in the British record time of men's international athletics, Bar-

London gi pre-bara Bu versy aroused at the Amsterdam 5m. 17s. Clipping 3.85. off Olympic Games in 1928 when parti-vious "best" for the mile, recorded who went out to South Africa, re-to 3.39 am k cipants in the women's 800-metres by herself, was a little job that left presentede that county at the Em- in London in 1934, re- an event since eliminated from the Miss Lunn fresh and full of run-pire Gam

sumed residence here and carried! Olympic programme were held toning.

Great appear more distressed than they should have been at the end of th exacting race

Gladys Lunn

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1 Dumbarton .1 Albion

3

2

0

3 Edinburgh:*::1

2 Alloa

5 Dunfermline 4

1 St. Bernards 1

3 Montrose 3

1 King's Park 1.

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KWONG WAH at the per-THRASH

Another girl working industrious-lin Olympi mes fast summer. In

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ly toward a world's record is the 1936 she won three English cham-CHINESE POLICE

long jumper, Ethel Raby. When pionship she first won the English champion- and 23 ship in-1935 she cleared 18ft in last nam

earned with 17ft. 102in. But this her second victory, in 1936, was manage

year she celebrated her third: son- secutive success by touching:19ft the longest jump in the history, of the meeting.

Since then, women ran Britain, at any rate have refused to concede that the longer are beyond their capacity, and the national championships now inclu

race over one mile, instituted last year. Of course,” compared with ,women do not run the mile

fast. In fa lieve I could I am told that Mise Odem.

sell, despite Miss Raby have been invited to ong the gold. But two of the eight places reserved for nen run their miles very women track and field event ath-Ithems

the silver hai

Selected for Empu Games

the

citement

ver 100 and 200 metres]

ales. But the Kwong Wah commenced Second only one she Division programme, against the am this year.

Chinese Police at the Club ground and a feat of yesterday when they administered women's cham-la crushing defeat by 8 goals to L

atly

Kwong Wah stored five times in they the first half through Yeung, Foon- nthusi-hon (3), and Saw Wing-kui and Not only did Mok Wah-ping while Wong Man- After the

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