1938-12-21 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 21, 1938

News Snack Bar

Franz Stampfl, the well known Austrian and A.A.A. coach has started to coach Cambridge Uni- versity in field events. Stampi, who is becoming a naturalised En- glishman is one of the finest track and field coaches in the world and is greatly sought after by En- glish clubs. This is not ju-jitsu bat Stampfl showing the correct body balance for discus throwing, at Cambridge,

BRITONS LEAD EUROPE

IN DANCE

700-LB. SWORDFISH "DECLARES WAR"

"enemy's"

"This is a fish story and Lieutenant Lazar, com- manding officer of Fort Drum, reported it to headquarters of the Philippine department in an official communication as gospel truth. Be- sides, he sent a photograph of the fish. "A giant swordfish, nine and a half feet long, weighing between 600 and 700 pounds “declar- ed war" on the United States Army. Without warning, it charged headlong at high speed against the boat-shaped rock island known as Fort Drum, lying between Corregidor and Cavite. At the first.impact, the fish broke off its sword and was knocked out cold.

The a derrick. "Lieutenant Lazar reported that with

heavy, capture was completed. damage to the enemy was

"Hundreds of fish saw the while the fort remained intact. So complete was the victory that the toric charge and presumably swami Commanding General ordered a press home to tell the story of the Don release recounting the battle. Quixote of the fish kingdom. Mean

"Lieutenant Lazar said the sword- while, on the rock there was plenty fish, technically known as a blue of excitement. It couldn't be de- marlin, was first sighted several cided whether to give the valiant hundred yards away from the watch fish a military burial, or whether The observer said it was to preserve it to prove it wasn't just a fish story. In the end, the soldiers took the 700 pounder to people Cavite who made a feast of it.

"The fish was no mere rattler because, as Lieutenant Lazar

Britons, Mr. and Mrs. Norton, tower. won the first prize at Koenigsberg, in East Prussia, for the Central European professional championship, says Reuter.

dancing

Germans, Danish, Dutch, French, Swiss and Esthonian couples also

ran.

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U.S. SAY "MORE OF WELLS”

As a result of the recent broad- · cast in New York of Mr. H. G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds," in manj which caused hysteria parts of the United States, the Bri- tish film, "Things to Come," based on another book by Mr. Wells, is now back on Broadway for an inde- finite run, says Reuter.

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PRINCESS GODMOTHER

Princess

Alice Countess of Athlone was godmother to the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.

Whatever part of the world he may be in, the British Tommy generally manages to make him- self at home. This picture shows men of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, who in between a dif- ficult and dangerous job in Jeru- salem get their fun just the same. Photo shows Tommy game ough to try to learn the language and being "handed" a few points by an Old Jew in Jerusalem.

J. M. Allsopp, chasing a school of fish.

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