1940-05-04 — Page 15

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 4, 1940.

ATHLETICS

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First-Class Performances In Yesterday's Field Events Lim Nam Student Almost Clears 6 Ft. In High Jump

NEUTRALS TAKE HEART

London, April 16. Incoming reports show that the first British landings in Norway and

the

J. H. ODELL WINS

TWO EVENTS

By “SPORTSHAWK”

THREE GOOD MARKS in the field events, all of which may reasonably be claimed as Colony records, were set at Caroline Hill Stadium yesterday when the All-Schools' Athletic meeting was continued in favourable weather.

Pereira, Distance. 54.50 metres.

Men's Steps-Hop Jump, A. Grade:~1, 2, and 3, Lim Nam College boys: 4, Lee Kul- tong (Pui Ying). Distance 11.09 metres. yin (Pul Ying); 2. Chow Kam-sung (Pu!

Men's Shot Put, B. Grade:-1, Wong Cha- Ying); 3, Wong Tong-ying (Pui Ying); 4, Chan Yee-fong (Wah Yan). Distance 10.12 metres.

Ladies' Throwing Javelin, A. Grado:-1, Ho Chu-fa (True Light); Ip Mo-chun (Fong Lim): 3, Leung Yu-kuen (True Light); 4. : Au Yeung Chu-ping (True Light). Distance

robust naval actions are having a brac- ing effect in neutral countries. "Their newspapers reveal only a small part of what the people are thinking, for D. H. Taylor of Police, the V.R.C.ranjan Singh; 3. L/C, W. Lane. Distance

11.55 metres or equal to 41 ft. 2 in. round in most countries

16- Germany swimming champion, put the

Men's Pole Vault:-1, Ma Tak-kwong: 2. | newspapers have to tread carefully, pound shot 41ft 2in. bettering the Chu! Fook-sing: 3, Wong Kim-wan. Height 24.00 metres.

the mark of 39ft 101⁄2 in. set by A.3.30 metres or equal to 10 ft. 94 in.

Men's Throwing Discus, A. Grade:-1 and balancing each good word, for

Ladies' Throwing Baseball:-1, Ma Mo-2. Lim Nam College bays; 3. Ma Kul-tong Allies with a compensating word for Napoloff, at the University sports se-

4. I. (Pui Ying); 4, Chow Kam-sang (Pui Ying). Germany.

veral years ago, generally considered kit; 2, Ma Mo-ping; 3, T. Noronha;

Distance 28.11 metres, and in the to be the Colony record. Naranjan In the Governments streets, however, it is clear that there Singh also of Police, took second place is fresh heart. Dispatches reaching at 40 ft 91⁄2 in.

a wide- London yesterday reported

A late entry in the Open pole vault, Tak-kwong, competing unat- spread belief, and confidence, that the Ma British and French Governments were tached, cleared the bar at 10 ft 94 The Colony pole vault record of not treating Norway as a sideshow, in. but as a vitally important theatre of 11 it had been claimed for Sgt. W. A. Land, of Royal Engineers, who was here some years ago.

war.

Certainly in London it is realised that the urgent tasks of Allied strategy must be, first, to prevent the Germans from establishing air and sea bases on the Norwegian coast, and then to On drive them out of the country. the German side the Norwegian cam- paign was not thought of as a side- show; it was to be the basis for nearer and heavier attacks on British ports, the warships, and merchant ships means, in German! minds, of forcing a decision and of bringing the neu- trals in on their side.

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REMARKABLE JUMPING In the All-Schools "A" Grade high Jump, a Lin Nam College 11-5/8 student jumped over 5 ft in, a half of an inch less than the Colony mark of 6 ft claimed by Sgt. Land.

ALL-SCHOOL FINALS Men's 400 Metros Relay, A. Grade:-1, La Salle College; 2, Lim Nam College; 3. Pul Ying College; 4. Wah Yan College. Time

48.3 sec.

Ladies' 400 Motros Relay, B. Grade:-1, True Light Girls' School; 2, Fong Lam Girls' School; 3, Sau Nam Girls' School; 4, Chi Hang Girls' School. Time 64 sec.

Men's High Jump, A. Grade:-1, Lim Nam College boy; 2, Fong Chi-hon (Wah Yan College): 3, Li Hon-yan (Pui Ying College). Height 1.82 metres or equal to 5 ft. 11% in. Men's Long Jump, B, Grade:-1, Wan Kei- hing (Wah Yan College); 2. Lal Chung-vin (Wah Yan College); 3. Wong Sui-tao (Pui Ying College); 4, Hung Pun-fal (St. Paul's Boys' College). Distance 5.75 metres.

metres.

Ladies' Long Jump, A. Grade:-1, Ip Kal- (St. yin (True Light); 2. Yvonne Yolle This mark is better than the La-Paul's); 3, Kwan Kai-pul (True Light): 4, Distance 4.03 ter-School record of 5 ft 7 in. set Lau Yu-kwai (True Light). by Wolfgang Yue of St. Stephen's College last Monday. Fong Chi-hon of Wah Yan College, took next place with a jump o$5 ft 8 in., also bettering the Inter-School mark and the Wah Yan College record he set this year of 5 ft 71⁄2 in.

J. H. Odell, formerly of Central Bri- tish School, scored a double when he took both the 100 and 400 metres; the short distance in 11.3 seconds and the quarter in 55.3 seconds.

Swedish eyes are naturally turned anxiously, almost desperately, towards the Allies. Nowhere was the news of the landings more warmly welcomed than in Sweden, according to the re-

received

the ports

yesterday. On whole it is thought that the Germans are not yet strongly enough establish- ed, nor well enough organised, in Den- The former C.B.S. boy who drew mark to spring an attack on Sweden. the second lane had to run a hard the The

have also

Chi-sang, British minefields

race against Heung greatly increased the Germans' diffi- C.A.A.F. Champion, who was running The C.A.A.F. culties. But, if the Swedes dare be- in the outside lane,

record holder ran gin to hope for a respite, their military Champion and preparations show that they have no level with the former C.B.S. student false hopes. Nor do they relax their right into the final straight, but was most unlucky to be disqualified for vigilance.

of his Information from Holland suggests.cutting in and running out that the Germans had by last week-lane. end prepared everything for an at- tack by land, air, sea, and from with- in. By sea, the landings would have been made by the Trojan Horse tactics used at Narvik. The German appar- atus still stands ready. Equally ready are the Dutch, who have rounded up many of the "Fifth Column" saboteurs and half-hearted patriots within the country.

ACCUSED BY WIFE OF PAL

Police alleged at Sheffield that a man went into a house and to a young wife's bedroom; where he assaulted her while her husband lay in another part of the city unconscious following a street fight in which the man had taken, part.

The wife said that in the moonlight filtering through the bedroom window she identified the man as one her husband had brought to the house as a friend,

Tom Wilcock, twenty-five, of Wood- bourn-road, Sheffield, accused of bur glary and assaulting the woman, was remanded in custody.

Detective-Sergeant Crooks said in evidence that the woman, who had two children, complained to the police early in the morning, alleging a crimi- nal assault had been committed on her

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Honours in the Boys' All-School evenly finals yesterday were fairly divided between Lim Nam College and Pui Ying College, while the True Light Girls' College dominated Girls' events,

The Results

the

OPEN EVENTS FINALS

Odell: J. H. Men's 100 Motres:-1, Cheung Nal-hing; 3, Sung- Pui. Time 11.3

Bec.

2.

Men's 400 Metres:-1, J. H. Odell; 2, Tam Hol-chun; 3. J. Corrigan. Time 55.3 sec.

Ladies' 100 Metres:-1, Miss June Hall; 2, Miss Irene Lopes. Time .13.6 sec.

Men's Shot Put:-1, D. H. Taylor: 2. Na-

He

by someone opening the back door, land heard the light switch, She thought it was her husband, and went to sleep again. ~ She was next awakened, by a man. called her by name and she

not her husband.. realised it was Moonlight was filtering through the window, and as she sat up in bed she Indentified him as "Tommy," whom her husband had brought to the house as a friend.

During the time of the assault,.. continued the detective-särgeant, the husband was unconscious in a al house at Darnall, a distrlot Sheffield, as the result of a street fight in whloh, he alleged, Wilcook had taken part,

When seen by the police the woman

condition:

She stated that she was awakened was 'in a distre

Ladies' Throwing Bassball, B. Grade:-1, Chan Kam-hwa (True Light); 2, Wong Pai- chun (True Light); 3; Au Yeung Yung-yu 4, Kim Yu-chi (Lim Yim). (Sau Nam); Distance 32,80 metres.

Cheung Chau Sports

the The annual sports meeting of Cheung Chau Government School was held on Thursday.

The Inter-house trophy was won by White House, 76 points, with Green House a close runner-up, 63 points. won the (White) Tsui Chak-kau Senior Individual Championship, James Lam (Green) the Junior In- and Chu dividual Championship Pak-shui (Red) the Small Boy Cham- pionship.

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