1940-10-09 — Page 14

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 9, 1940

LAWRENCE MAKES GRADE Convincing Form In Interport Trials Yesterday Colony Team GRAPHIC GOLF Now Complete

By "Adrem"

WILFRED LAWRENCE, FORMER COLONY SWIMMING CHAMPION, DELIGHTED HIS SUP- PORTERS YESTERDAY WITH TWO FINE PER- FORMANCES IN THE TRIALS HELD TO FILL THE TWO REMAINING PLACES IN THE COLONY TEAM TO MEET MANILA ON OCTOBER 23, 24 and 25:

Lawrence has not been fit recently and has ap- peared in no competitive events throughout the sea- son and so his form was an unknown quantity.

It came as an extremely plea- sant surprise yesterday, therefore. when he swam brilliantly in the 100 yards back-stroke to easily beat Lau. Yiu-ting, who has given A.K. Rumjahn

hard 60, many fights this year, in a time only three-fifths, of à second outside Rumjahn's time returned in the championships, and two-fifths of a second better than the time in which he (Lawrence) won championship in 1939.

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Lau Yiu-ting made a determin- ed effort to run away with the race yesterday but Lawrence swam easily, gaining a little each turn, and then opened up with his celebrated last-length sprint to win by, a.body's length. There were only two starters.

The 100 Yards free-style which was held after several members' heats, was a grand race and showed Lawrence at his best.

Against two consistent sprint swimmers, and Huang, who has shown his capabilities recently, Lawrence swam a well-judged 1 race to win comfortably.

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HARBOUR RACE ON FRIDAY

It was announced- by Victoria Recreation Club this morning.. that the annual har- bour-race will be held- on. Friday, starting from Kowloon at 5 p.m. sharp. There will be post-entries,

AMBULANCE SPORTS

The Annual Aquatic Sports of the St. John Ambulance Brigade will, by courtesy of the Com- mittee take place at the Victoria Recreation, Club, to-day at 5.30

When, at the end of the third length, Lawrence. was lying, last in the field of four, it was thought possible that his effort-in-them. back-stroke event had taken too Superintendant of Nursing Divi

Lady Macgregor, Lady District into the last length, however, he sions, has kuidly consented to soon put any doubts at rest, and present the. prizes.

much out of him.

On turning.

swimming strongly, he overhaul¬-

ed Huang, who, surprisingly, en- ough, had secured a lead of al- most two yards on, the rest of the field, to beat him in the last 10, yards in 59 seconds. Others who took part in this trial were Ng Tsun-man and A. V. Ozorio..

Lawrence And Lau In

Lawrence has now been. nomin- ated for the Interport team and will take part in the 100 Yards Breast-Stroke and the Free- Style Relay. It is also possible that he will swim in the indivi- dual medley-event: Lau Yiu-ting has also been awarded his Colony badge. although it is unlikely that he will be called upon to swin.

REVERSE OVERLAPPING, GRIP ALLOWS ALL OF RIGHT HAND. ON SHAFT-

CONDUCIVE TO RIGHT", HAND. " STROK

BOBBY JONET (HANDS ABOVE})}} "FIRST PROMINENT

EXPONENT OF THIS POPULAR GRIP.

FRANK STRAFAÇI 15 ALSO USING IT KERE

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GRIPPING: THE PUTTER

BY BEST BALL

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By using the reverse over- lapping grip in putting, golter efficiently combines the guiding accuracy of the left hand with the smooth stróking qualities of the right. Both of these qualities are impor- tant on the greens; further- more they must blend, together perfectly for a top flight per- formance. Such a grip is not secure enough to employ for the more vigorous, wooden and iron shots, nor would it be conducive to allowing the left hand, to play its usual role in such a swing. In the putt, however, the stroke should be delicately attuned. and this grip, lends itself admirably to such a performance.

Bobby Jones employed the grip above for years of tour-. nament winning. golf; it carri- ed him through victories. în four major engagements in one year. The club is taken. back with the left hand and stroked through with the right. As most of the present day pros do now, Bobby used. to take the club back with his hand touching his trousers-so that there would be no stray- ing outside the line. Frank Strafaci, who employs the same reverse overlapping put- ting grip, is also employing o similar technique in his stroke..

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WOOD GIVES US. NAVY

ARMY SPORTLIGHT

„BY “SQUADDY”.,

THE first games of the Small room for improvement on the

Units' football competition are left wing..

being played this week with the

H.K. Signal Company playing "D" IT is proposed to run a Softball Company of the League between Units of the Association Royal Scots at garrison, and those interested Sookunpoo to-are asked to send in their team morrow, 9th,

and manager's name to the Hong Kong

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p.m. The Signals should not have much trouble in taking honours ¦ More of th's sport should be seen for this game, although "D" Com- between units but the only teams pany have one or two excellent who are keen on this game so far players.

are the Engineers, Royal Scots and Next Monday "C" Company of the Royal Air Force, who have the Middlesex will meet "A" Com- already entered the League. pany of the Scots at Shamshuipo kick-off-4:30 pm...

kickoff 4.30 Soft Area Sports Board.

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THE-Annual Rowing Regatta.is.

only a few weeks off and some of the competing teams are getting on with their trials and practice

race. The Sappers Rowing already have a pro- posed team for this event and are hoping to retain the "AH KING" Cup for the third successive season, Here is their team:

Stroke-Col. Bridle.

No. 1.-L/Sgt. Bowling. No. 2-L/Sgt. Sheldrake. No. 3.-L/Cpl. Foley. No. 4.-L/Sgt. Davis. No. 5-Cpl. Birrell.

The Cox will in all: probability 62 L/Sgt. Dobson who is experi- [enced at this work..

DURING the last week the Sap

pers have been doing rather well in their hockey fixtures. So far they have played four games, won three and drawn the other: . In the first game with Hockey the Signals there was not much to chose between the teams although the Sappers won by 3 clear goals. L/Cpl. Shaw scored (2) and Sup- per Taylor scored the other. The. game was rather fast with the Sappers having better finish to their movements.. Sgt: Dobson played an excellent game between the sticks and made many brilliant saves. The junior XI beat" "C" Company of the Scots by 2-0, both goals Being scored by L/Cpl. for this competition are the 20th Grant. The match against "D" Hvy. Bty. RIA, 24th: Hoy, Bly. company, of the Scots did not pro- RA, and the 35 (M) C. D. Bly. duce much hockey and at half- RA. from the 12th Huy, Reg, time the Sappers were three goals RA, the '7th (H) A¡A Bty; Regt, down; in the second half they, and the 17th (H) AA. Bty; of the seemed to pull together. and 5th A.A. Regt: RIA. and the Royal equalised through L/Cpls. Grant, | Army Service Corps, who are sen Westwood, and Sapper Taylor. In tering for the 1,000 yds, and 2,000 their game with Royal Air Force yds. races. This competition will they had practically all their own take place. in: the middle of way and scored three goals in the November: first few minutes of the game; with the fourth being scored just before the interval. The final score"} was 4-1 for the Sappers?

Other teams which are entering

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the Hong Kong Volunteer:De-

fence Corps swimming gala which is being held at the Queen's Road Swimming Bath Victoria Barracks, on Saturday evening

commemming: at

R.A.SC are not doing very well lately in their hockey fixtures: al though they are playing some good. hockey. On Monday they were Swimming 930 pm, there is unlucky to lose to the Medicals: by the odd goal in threes Flynn playing at left-half was the best Service Corps player on the field and. after not playing for such a long time is still worth his place in any pivot line. Kirkby-played well and passed, the ball about well to his rofwards. There is

ARMY

A LESSON IN PITCHING TENNIS

By "Grandstand”

an Invitation Rt-... lay open to all Army Teams (post entries) (6x333ydds) and ittis hoped that there will be a large entrance for this event.

HKVDC have also challenged the Army to a game of water-polo at the conclusion of the gala, and here is the proposed Army Team..

Pte. Berry; (1/Mx.); Bds. Hymas, (1/Mx.) and 2/Lieut. Mil- lar. (2/RS.); L/Cpl. Bedsford, H.K. Sigs; Sigi Allen, (H.K.Sigs.), L/C Digman, (H.K. Sigs.), L/C Slater. (2/RS.).

Reserves PSM Ure (1/Mx.). Interesting tennis was: witness-Bandmaster Jordan (2/RS.). cd at Sookunpoo yesterday, when The Final of the Large Units' PLAYING FAULTLESS BALL, the Stanley Mo- S/Sgt. Emberson and S/Sgt. Duf-water-polo competition will be Queen's Road at hawks blanked out the U.S.S. Asheville in a nine-eld secured the title in the Army played at the

(Other Swimming Bath to-morrow Tennis Open Doubles nil massacre on Saturday, featured by the classy Ranks) tournament, beating Sgt 6.30 p.m. The teams for this are the Combined Small chucking of Moundsman Wood, who had the Ashe Webb and Cpl. Milne.of the Royal final

Army Medical Corps by 6-1, Un'ts v The Middlesex Regiment. Colonel Clifford, the President of ville batters eating out of his hand, and, but for 64.

S/Sgt. Emberson who had al-Area Aquatic Sports, will present Giper Williamson's single over second would have ready won the Open Singles ten- the prizes at the conclusion of the held thein to a no-hit, no-run, no-error game. The.Mohawks wielded their pet war-clubs, and splashed the apple all over the place excepting where Ve100 Yards - Free-Style:-1, W. the elders were. For the. full Lawrence (59 secs,); 2, Charles deven innings, the Sailors parað- Huang (60×115 secs.); 3, Ng Tsun-ed no more than three men to the man (60-3/5 secal);

Results

100 Yards' Back-Stroke:-1, W. Lawrence (70-3/5 secs.); 2, Lau Yiu-ting (73-secs.).

GOLF STARTING TIMES

Following are Royal Hong Kong Golf Club Starting Times for Fanling;-

TO-MORROW

· · Old Couran - '9.10.a.m.. B, A. Baker Carr, F. N.

Merritt,

F. D. Hunter, W, Hewitt.“

G.. E. R. Divett, G.. R. Hor- ridge.

I., H. C. Highot; J. Sa Lee, M. C. Carruthers, G, G, Alt- kenhead..

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L. M. Wylie, A. M. Mack,

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A. M. Kennedy, R. C. Gaird- ner,

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"Grandstand's" notes on the week-end softballmätches✨ will appear in -morrow lesue,

nis tournament on Monday, is game. one of the leading players in

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the Royal Army, Ordnance Corps. THE RA.S.C. did very well in a He was well supported by Sgt. friendly, Tennis-match against Duffield of the same Regiment.

At the conclusion of the sports, Tennis Col: SR Hopkins presented the

ment

the R.A.E. at Soo- last.... wesk kunpoo when they won by. 13

prizes to the winners, as follows: sets to 3.. plate, Williamson being the only

Royal Engineers winner of the The Royal Air Force did not one to have reached first base; but | was snuffed out by a smart 'doù

"A" and "B" League, runner-up have a full team playing and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. only regular player was Hemsley, ble-killings, when Pete Walters.

the who,..with Highlance as his part- hauled down Hurst's line drive to mond, Kenyon walked home with: S/Sgt. Embersoli winner of nab Williamson at first..

another, tally. In the second Singles tournament and S/Sgt ner, managed to win two sets, the The Asheville boys played a frame Lou Morgans was hit- by

Emberson and S/Sgt. Duffield only other pair to have any luck. fairly good

game and only Harvey and Kelly singled to get winners of the Doubles tourna were Bartlett and Brenchley. Cpls. Shict and Lucas, newcomers to the committed. two bubbles, both on. With the ducks on, Grøvern-

Colony, played for the Corps) amt in the sixth, when Sabo ungras- ale ordered one-down the groove.

did rather well. ibusly, muffed Tom. Evers fly, and for MacKenyon to bang into the Tony Grovernale, dropped a pitch right field for two more Molinwic to allow Pete Wallers to steal markers.. home-

Getting back into form. Dia- Rogers made the longest hit of mond Jim Harvey retired Rogers, - the day a triple, but was nabbed Salmond and Joe Tracey, in order dit the counting station when hefth the third tried to stretch it into a homer. The next Ihning: only netted

Kelly, Singles;

HKCC CRICKET TEAMS

THE Middlesex Regt, had a bat- talion trial match on Sunday Fat Shamshulpo and found 'one" or two promising young players for their team. The Medicals beat the Ordnance Corps by 4 Cricket wickets in a friendly.

...with some lively cric÷}

The following teams. will represent HK.C.C on Saturday at cricket at 2.00 p.m..kbarp -- the Mohawks one run, when: Wood |_ First XI (v/1.8/C, at: H.K.C.C.) {~~~, walked to first and scored on in Owen Hughes (Capt.), G. C. Aitken- Waliers sacrifice. In their sixth head, N. D. Booker, D. 1. Bosanquet, ket being played. A grand score In the first stanza, Joe Kelly time up, the Stanley guns barked, AJ. Dowar. J. II, Fox, M. FL was made by Lieut. Coombes, G. M... Park, I. P. Tam singled to make first. Harvey again, and cinched the game with Haymes, J. Li Ilalay, T. G. C. Knight, R.A.M.C., who added. 73 runs to the score- and then retired. Major worth.

passed Kenyon and Walters to andilier four talles on three hits, J. L. C. Pearce and T, A. Pearce.

Socand. XI. (v University. 2nd XI. at Swyer also retired after knocking Comdr. Hole L.. R. An jam the bases. Finding himself and two. Asheville, boots, .....

in the clutches, he could do no The only fielding gem was made. Univeralty's E. J. R. Mitchell (Capt.)up a lively 20. L/Cpls, Reynolds

C. W... E/ Bishop, D; G. Day, Berg. Lt. A. Maub, WA, Macklaidybetter and passed up. Tom Evers by Hurat who replaced. Sonny Com. W G Finle, IN H. D. Gillen and Stonor were the only Ordn A., W. Bourne, L. Har as well, for Kelly to romp home Sondag at third: wheir he climb-ple, Haukney, R. M. M. King, D, O. ance players who managed to get FIX. LÒNGAN M. Kirby: LT. C. Calthrop, E. H. with the list Mohawk run!" ed up the hillside to shng Kelley's Parsons, It: S. W. Paterson; D. S. Robb a decent score, both reaching the

and I. P. Tamworth,

20 mark... Feeding four more balls to Sal-foul fly,

drowea.