1937-10-06 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 6, 1937.

NORMAN LEE WAS OVER-TRAINED

CHAMPIONSHIPS

WERE VERY POORLY SUPPORTED BY BEST SWIMMERS IN COLONY

L. OLIVEIRA FOOLISH TO

ATTEMPT TOO MUCH

MIDDLESEX'S FINE EXAMPLE

This is the first part of a review of the Colony Swimming Cham- pionships and will be concluded in to-morrow's editions-Sports Ed.)

(By “CRAWL”)

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L. Oliveira, left, the Shanghai swimming star and former Uni versity champion, has sustained an athletic heart and will be out of swimming for the rest of the season, while H. L. Ozorio, right, who took Oliveira's place as Ricci Hall's champion, has performed credit- ably this season.

FOOTBALL ASSN. AND REFEREES' FEES

THE POSITION ELUCIDATED

In an endeavour to effect economies which would enable them

ALTHOUGH the annual Colony swimming cham- pionships held under the auspices of the Vic- toria Recreation Club usually mark the end of the local swimming season, there are yet one or two outstanding events before "finis" can be written, the balance their budget at the end of the financial year, the but even so, the time is now opportune for me to Hong Kong Football Association were forced, among other things, make a few comments on the season, swimmers in to touch upon the amounts paid to referees and finesmen, and general and the outstanding features, both good though it was at first recommended that there should be an all round reduction, it was later found at the meetings of the Manage and bad.

ment Committee that undue hardship would be placed on the re- REPETITION OF SOME OF MY FORMER REMARKS IS ferees of the junior games and linesmen.

The Football Association invited the Referees Association to UNAVOIDABLE, AND I REPEAT ONCE AGAIN THAT THE

CHAM- several meetings, when the matter was discussed, but it was ap- ABSENCE OF WILFRED LAWRENCE, FROM THE ́PIONSHIP EVENTS, ROBBED THE SERIES OF MUCH OF THEIR Parent from the very start that the Referees were averse to any USUAL EXCITEMENT AND INTEREST, WHILE THE LACK reduction of their fees and, even went further by hinting that they OF SUPPORT BY OTHER SWIMMERS THROUGH SHEER were under-paid generally, and that more should be forthcoming LAZINESS WAS ALSO APPARENT, AND VERY DISAPPOINT with regard to representatives and other big games. ING.

The Football Association's thing they wished to do. sole object in effecting a reduc-| IN CASE OF EMERGENCY The season, it will be remembered, commenced with a galation in fees was to "make ends To provide for any emergency the. between the Hong Kong Europeans, Chinese and the Kwangtung meet," and to place any inconven- Hong Kong Football Association Provincial Swimming team, in aid of the North China Flood Relief ience on the referee was the last (Continued on Page 21) victims, and proved a very satisfactory affair, some fine swimming by the visitors featuring the two nights, but following that, the European Y.M.C.A. held one gala, which fell very short of being the success it was intended to be-again through lack of support, and after that there was a period of "deadness" if I may be allow- ed to coin a word.

The Shanghai war resulted in the cancellation of the China! National Games and later the In- terport contest, between. Hong! Kong and Shanghai, and it was this latter turn of events which "put the lid on swimming,” for a period.

The Championships have been conspicuous for a lack of support from the better known swimmers such as A. A. da Roza, Lionel Roza- Pereira, Wilfred Lawrence and others, all of whom would have helped considerably to liven up the state of affairs.

THE "COMMITTEE”

D.F. LOPES

D. F. Lopes, above, has been responsible for the majority of the spade-work in connection with the recent Colony swimming champion- ships.

Before commenting further I must - pay a tribute to Mr. D. F. Lopes, Hon. Secretary of the V.R.C., and his Committee for their untiring work and enthusiasm to wards making the Championships as attractive as possible, but I fear that their patience was tried just a little beyond the edge, especially last Saturday night, when late arrivals (swimmers) forced the Committee which used to be the highlights of to switch around several events in the "swimming seasons of old"—all the programme so that a start could they care for nowadays are the In- be made on time or as near to that terports and a chance to secure some as possible.

of the bigger spot-light! Maybe a Unfortunately the younger gener-bold accusation, but justified, I am ation of swimmers to-day care little sure, în view of the tremendous en- for the local Championships, friend-thusiasm which prevailed just be- ly Club galas and Inter-Club affairs (Continued on Page 20) -

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