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INTERNATIONAL BASEBALL

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 19, 1940

LEARNING TO SWIM PORTUGAL BEAT BRITAIN AFTER

The Back-Stroke

By Guy Larcom, Jr.

Co-Author With Harold S. Ulen of

"The Complete Swimmer"

(This is the sixth of a series of 12 articles which appeared in

the "Christian Science Monitor.")

"ALTHOUGH MANKIND has long been loafing through the water on his back, the strokes used have been in the main under-water arm strokes of the paired variety with a scissors or breast-stroke kick. There are a number of strokes of this sort; but none] of them has the speed, power or value of the back crawl."

EXCITING AND CLOSE GAME

CRICKET

AT

HOME

Gillespie Bats Well For Losers

GIVING A MUCH better display than generally anticipated Britain were eliminated by Portugal in Following cricket matches were the. First Round of the International Charity Base- played in England on Saturday ball Competition at Caroline Hill yesterday when Red Cross, Sir Pelham "Plum" they were beaten by 7 runs to 6' in the last inning. Britain can consider themselves unlucky to

At Lord's, in aid of the British,

Warner's XI beat a Club Cricket Conference eleven by 3 wickets.

Club Conference XI: 269 for 8 have lost as, in the last inning, with the score tied

dec. (F. W. Hobbs 74, J. W

Taylor 1 for 33).

A. Stephenson 4 for 64, R. and two down, Crary, who was playing his first game Warner's Xt: 271 for 7 (D. Comp- this season and who, was giving a good all-round

ton 101, J. Robertson 48, J.display, fumbled a hard hit by Z. Gosano.

W. A. Stephenson 13 not out)..

For most swimmers, experienced at speed but much of comfort. Of and as well as otherwise, floating mo-these the paired arm pull

leg-kick seem to be most popular; is

in skill а

the tionless on the back

and will be discussed demanding nice balance, carefully breast-stroke section.

that the regulated breathing, full relaxa-) It was only logical

crawl stroke tion and, incidentally, calm water. principles of the

Gosano advanced second when' Although it can and should be should be carried over into the

and

by a pitched1 to-day we At Osterley, a British Empire Pereira was hit learned, most persons of ordinary back-stroke,

Indian Gymkhama by ball and then to third on a passed bouyancy generally find it easier have a fine new way of swimming XI beat

great 230 runs.

ball. He scored the winning run to rest on the back with the as-Jon the back that shows sistance of small sculling move-possibilities, if record-breaking is Brit. Empire XI: 281 (W, F. M. on a wild pitch.

D. Leonard pitched Babbington 90, M. D. Lyon ments of the hands or a slight any evidence. The fastest form uff

76. Abdul Salem 5 for 100).

good game for the losers while. pedaling motion of the legs. There back-stroking, it is slower

Jorge, in a new position at third! Following are the opening League is no more restful position in the the crawl but in a sense may be Indian Gymkhana: 51 (Clark 4

for 14, P. F. Judge 4 for 20) base, also played well in spite of football games: water. Many little strokes have more natural because it permits

Saturday, September 21, two costly errors. been developed for swimming on freer breathing, with the

At Trent Bridge, Notts beat the

A neat play was pulled in the the back that make no pretence'out of the water all of the time.

Beltrao was Notts-Derby Border League by fifth inning when 10 wickets.

out at first and Pereira out at the for home plate.

than

face

fairly

Border League: 97 (Butler 4

23).

Gillespie was the best British Notts: 234 for 3 (Harris 50, Simp-batter and registered three hits at son 71, Hardstaff 65 not out) four times at bat, and next to him Playing 15 overs per innings to came Jorge who secured a three- play out time Notts scared 157

B. Gosano's Three Bagger

(Hardstaff 111 in 60 minutes, hit-bagger and a hit. ting two sixes and 15 boundaries), Border League 59 for 9.

Twickenham Cricket Club beat Rugby Union by 120 runs, home side scoring 187 for 6 der., and the Rugby players 07.

Guildford (189) drew with rey (171 for 8).-Reuter.

The back-stroke pull is a simple when the extended arm "bites"-

The strong sweep of the arm from an ex-into the water as in figure, 16

the head (right arm there). tended position over sideways back to the hips. The point occurs at about the position hand travels about a foot below of the right arm in figure 17 or surface but not so deeply as to just before. The hooked elbow cause the body to roll too far to and wrist mean a firmer grip on either side. The pull begins the water.

the

日

OPENING SOCCER FIXTURES

Club

ν

V

V Kwong Wah

FIRST DIVISION Royal Scots

South China (Sookunpoo, 4.45 p.m.) Kowloon

St. Joseph's (Kowloon, 4.45 p.m.)

(Club, 4.95 p.m.)

SECOND DIVISION

v Kit chee (Military, 2.45 p.m.) Kowloon .

Service Corps (Kowloon, 2.45 p.m.)

Middlesex

V

*

V

Royal Engineers

:

30th R.A.

(Military, 4.45 p.m.)

Ų South China Royal Scots B.. Gobano also registered

(Sookunpoo, 2.45 p.m.)

Kwong Wah three base hit for Portugal but Club

(Club, 2.45 p.m.) Súr-twisted his ankle-his place was

THIRD DIVISION taken by Campos.

V Signals Portugal scored six runs in the Air Force

(Chatham Road, 2.45 p.m.) second inning and were blanked

V Royal Engineers 20th R.A. till the seventh, when the win-

(Chatham Road. 4.45 p.m.) scored. Britain 12th R.A. ning run was

7th R.A.

CLUB BOWLS RESULTS

Club

Following are latest bowls tournament results:

Kowloon Football Club

SINGLES HANDICAP Third Round P. Younghusband (-2) beat; W. Mezgar (+1), and A. Eastman (2) beat J Ross (3).

NON-PRIZE WINNERS.. Second Round:-C. Fuller beat W. Seraphina.

C.

PAIRS COMPETITION Third Round:-V, Atienza and Dawnman beat R. Hughes and W. Simpson.

Kowloon Tong

SINGLES HANDICAP.

V

were blanked in the first three in-t (Stanley, 2.45 p.m.)

V 35th R.Á. nings but scored three runs each International

(St. Joseph's, 2.45 p.m.) in the fourth and fifth innings |

Medicals

24th R.A. Ito tie the score.

(St. Joseph's. 4.45 p.m.)

Portugal registered five hits to

V

Britain's seven, but the latter Sunday, September 22 made six errors to Portugal's five.

ALICE MARBLE

WINS 26TH

TENNIS TITLE

Police

FIRST DIVISION

V Navy (Boundary Street, 4.45 p.m.)

V Eastern Sing Tao

(Club, 4.45 p.m.)

Police

SECOND. DIVISION.

V Ordnance (Boundary Street, 2.45 p.m.)

vEastern.. Sing-Tao

(Club, 2.45 p.m.)

مرح

THIRD DIVISION 30th R.A.

A.S.A. (Soakunpoo, 2.45 p.m.) Shell

V Service Corps (Sookunpoo, 4.45 p.m.)

Navy Rugger Dates' ·

The following are the dates on which ground at Causeway Bay

Alice Marble, United States Second Round:-A. J. Kew (scr.) singles champion, beat Pauline the Navy beat N. A, E, Mackay (4) and Y. H. Betz of Los Angeles 6-2, 6-2 at will be required for Rugby: October arm (the right in Tang (4) beat H. Gitting (scr.).

Manchester, Mass., yesterday. in 19. November 2. December 7, January At the end of the pull, the arm,recovering

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

the Final of the Essex Country 4, 1941, February 22 and March 8, rolls inward, the thumb turning figure 18, for example) remains

the straight, elbow facing away from! Third Round:-H. Y. Hsu beat Club lawn tennis, tournament and over toward the body and

the body, the arm swinging on a. Castro. little finger now uppermost leads line that will take it just outside

It dips]: the way out of the water (figure the corresponding ear.

a point 18). Because this is an alternate into the water again at overarm stroke, as is the crawl, somewhat out to the side rather one arm recovers through the air than exactly at the rear of the while the other is pulling. Thelhead (see right in figure 16).

thus won her 26th consecutive

singles title since May 1938.

Civil Service C.C.

HOME SOCCER RESULTS

CLUB SINGLES

were the results

Rakusen.

At Halifax, Nova Scotia, Mrs.

Dorothy Round-Little, ex-Wim- The following

of

Second. Round:-J. Carr beat M, N. bledon champion who is staying football maches. in the Southern Scot-

in Canada with her son for the tish League on Saturday: duration, won the Eastern Cana- |dian Championship

Hong Kong Football Club

CLUB SINGLES

Second. Round:-B. I. Barnes beant J. Skinner: B. A. Mansell beat K. W. Far- row: A. Brooksbank beat J. G. Bailey. Police Recreation Club

HANDICAP PAIRS COMPETITION First Round:-E. G. Post Channing (scr.) beat W. B. Harrls and

and F

In this stroke, the head should, little more of a scooping move-. Willerton (plus 2): J. Cameron and be lifted slightly so that it is pos-ment in this kick, however; the Gough, (plus C) beat II. Tillman, and A. Second Round: J. Estall and R. sible to see the feet, the rest of power coming from the hips. and Kirby (plas, 6). the body on a flat plane angling athe thighs. The knees bend slight-Fitches (plus 8) beat J., Harrop and

toward the ly and pliantly so that the water. Hayward plus 2). few degrees down feet. Breathing is of no special is in a sense shaken backward off concern because the face is al- the legs by the alternate up and ways above water. Inhale with down action,

Macdonald.

when

she beat Mrs. Gordon Lewis of Ottawa G-4, 6-0 in the Final yes- Lerday. Reuter.

SNEAD TIES IN CANADIAN OPEN GOLF

Albion G, Third Lanark 1. Clyde 1, St. Mirren 3, Dumbarton 2, Motherwell 3. Hamilton 3. Partick 1. Hearts 2, Falkirk 3.

Morton 2, Celtic 0. Queen's Park 2, Airdrie 3.. Rangers 5, Iibernian 1.-Reuter.

FREE OFFER

A special prize of 10 ́

games will be given to

At Toronto yesterday Harold the highest scorer at Ten-

and Sam McSpaden, holder; Snead, tied with an aggregate of

3:281, for the Canadian Open Go pins recorded between

Championship. -

· CLUB SINGLES Third Rounds-W: J. Cameron beat A. Kirby.

Fourth Bound:-J. C. Aitken, beat Kowloon Bowling Green Club

P.

The play-off over 18 holes wil Itake place to-day,

Following were the scores:~~~ Snead: 67, 66, 75 and 73=281

10 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily,

(Saturdays, Sundays and

McSpaden. 70, 69, 73 and 69201 Holidays excepted).

Reuter,

one arm pull; exhale with the. To master the co-ordination, it other. Balance is important; and is best to push off: backward, arms Kick first if some find it difficult to achieve, outstretched, chin in. they should look to the kick, for and then sweeping one arm back the kick acts not only as a pro-to the hip begin the alternate arm

NON PRIZE WINNERS. pellor but as a rudder. The sim-pull in conjunction with the kick.

Third Round:L. Sykes beat ple experiment of placing the feet A slow, even stroke will be the

Patrick. in a tube and just using the arm goal at first; indeed one of the

PAIRS HANDICAP stroke on the back will prove this values of the back, crawl, is the

Third Round Watson and E, A, statement; wavering unsteady graceful, relaxing pace at which

it can be swum. Relatively easy Atkins (4) beat F. R. Leigh and D. progress will result...

K.F.C. ANNUAL The kick resembles the crawl to learn, a treat to swim, the fact w, waterton (1.2), and W. Groves and

MEETING stroke flutter-upside down of that it is a new stroke causes it w. Houston (5) boat: L. Sykes, and course. The rhythm or co-ordina-to be overlooked more often than 3,,C, Gill (scr.).

BINGLES HANDICAR- it deserves.

Second Round:-J. C. Gill (scr.) The Annual General Meeting tion is the same, three beats to à single arm-pull or six to a cycle. the Complete Swimmer, published. by bent W. Grovos (46); _A." Hyde-Lay The lege, pass cach other three the Macmillan Company of New York. (ser.) beat E. F. Fope (43) and w. of Kowloon Football Club will

Friday, August 30, at 0 p.m." times during the single arm pull Fifth article of, serien appeared in the M. Wilson (4.0) beat E. Cheesman be held at the Club pavilion on

(1). in Figures 16 and 17. There is a "Bunday Harald” yesterday.]

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HONG KONG BOWLING ALLEYS

Lockhart Road.

Tel. 21800.