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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 26, 1940.

CATERING FOR THE SERVICES IN RUGBY IN BRITISH ISLES

AS NOBODY EXPECTS the Rugby Unions to do anything about anything for the duration, here's three all cheer sirens for the seven London clubs, who, all on their own, are seeing to it the unattach- ed Services player is going to get as much Rugby fun as possible during leave-time this coming sea-, son, writes L. V. Manning.

Rosslyn Park, Guy's, Wasps, Old, Millhillans, Metropolitan Police, St. Mary's and Barts have placed their grounds at the disposal of a new London Services club which these clubs mean to organise and also see it gets a full set of decent fixtures-no easy task in this stu- pidly exclusive London Rugby world, as I guess the newly-form- ed British Empire club knows by

now.

The sole objective is to ensure that the Service player on leave) far from his club base gets a game.

No subscription, and, I hope, no old school-tie complexes, and no frown from H.M.S. Twickenham.

Not that the boys behind this scheme will worry if there are. My prophecy is that the Services secretary will be Bill Ramsey, the successful Middlesex County hon. secretary.

A Way They Have In Rugby

Last war the Rugby Union lowed Rugby League players play for any recognised club regimental fifteen.

BEASLEY CUP FINAL MEMORY

PAT BEASLEY, "THE PLAYER LEFT OUT AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF TWO ARSENAL CUP FINAL TEAMS, IS IN LONDON NOW, AND WILL BE IN THE ARSENAL TEAM SHORTLY.

Behind the first final he missed was, perhaps, the most dramatic back-stage episode of all Cup his- tory, and Pat could have blamed me, but never did,, writes L. V. Manning.

The boy, in his second season with Arsenal, had been chosen by Herbert Chapman for the 1932 al-Final with Newcastle in place of

to name actually appeared in

the injured Joe Hulme, and his the or team sent to the evening papers

by the Arsenal chief,

The new British Empire Club,

1 believe, wants to know if this Stormy Midnight Scene

goes for the present war and for them. So do lots of us.

.

If I know my Twickenham. they will say "mebbe" or something equally Scottish. At least two clubs have refused the British Empire club fixtures.. it's a way they have in Rugby.

Precedent

Meantime, I found out that Joe had unexpectedly recovered, and made a midnight journey to Ar- senal's Brighton training canip

three days before the Final with convincing evidence that Hulme, who had been left in London, was perfectly fit. I told Chapman I would print my story-and tele- phoned it in his presence. Herbert ff-was furious, and next morning sent out the team with Beasley at outside right.

I read that the new club hopes to play a Septs international teen at Murrayfield,

They have as much chance of bringing this off as a match against a Sino-Japanese team at Timbuctoo with the Grand Llama and Mussolini as the touch judges and Goebbels referee.

James

But by Friday he was convin- ced I was right, and Hulme play- ed after a memorable. secret trial on the Brighton ground. also figured in that amazing try- And I suppose It's no good re- out, but broke down after a tackle' minding Twickenham that in 1915 by trainer Tom Whittaker, the exclusive Barbarians played Beasley was chosen for the! professional (Lieut. Gwyn Arsenal Final four years later, but | Thomas) against a South African again lost his place on the Friday i fifteen In a charity match at owing to the surprise recovery of} Richmond, Clem Lewis put that James. Alex later tried hard to persuade Pat to take his own Rugby men everywhere will be medal, but Beasley would glad to hear that Scottish inter- accept, and won one for himself-- not national D. J. Macrae, reported a loser's-with Huddersfield two missing, is a prisoner.

years later.

over.

ACT NOW

GRAPHIC GOLF SOVIET WEIGHT LIFTERS

MAKE NEW RECORDS

JIMMY THOMSON EMPLOYS

FAST DOWNSWING--

UNCOILS POWERFUL

MUSCLES

WRIST LASH ACCELERATES SPEED AT IMPACT, WITH

·RIGHT HAND SLAPPING CLUBHEAD, THROUGH

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Fast Wrist Action

BY BEST BALL

There is little, doubt that Jim- my Thomson's powerful phy- sique has a great deal to do with his long distance drives, Yet even more important is his fast wrist lash as he whips the clubhead through the ball. Some golting statistician has figured out that a little over four-fifths of the speed of the cubhead is manufactured by“ wrist action, while the re- maining one-fifth is divided

the up between

arms and shoulders, Thomson's arms are husky, his shoulders wide. and the entire combination can drive the ball some 300- yards down the fairway,

Bobby Jones once said that other things being equal, it is -the golfers with the greater

power in the back, midsećtion. and shoulders who can put the extra yardage on the ball, So Thomson seems particular- ly gifted here as well in his. wrist action.

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Thomson takes a full swing, coiling his muscles into a taut springlike formation at the top of the stroke. His downswing is rapid but he has the capacity of timing the un- cocking of his wrists, until the proper moment in the hitting area is reached; At impact the right hand slaps the clubhead through the ball with great velocity,

Next Artlolo: - Smooth Swinging.

"Y" JUNIORS

WIN CLOSE

HOCKEY GAME

in

SOVIET WEIGHT-Lifters captured 26 of the 35 world records in all the five weight categories Moscow early this month. Of the remaining nine, five belong to Germany and one to Egypt, Britain, France and Japan respectively.

In the traditional day of weight-lifting contests, in the Soviet Union, records are usually broken, this year was no exception.

BOXING

DAY

Nikolai Shatov, well-known Soviet light-weight, in a two- handed snatch, lifted 117, kilo- grams, bettering the previous re- cord, established by the Egyptian Chams, by one kilogram,

Grigori Novak, middle-weight,

"SOFTBALL" cleared 1224 kilograms in a two-

hunded snatch, 500 grams better, than the official record belonging

Some good entertain- to Towny (Egypt). In a two-hand- ment if not very skilful 120 kilograms, improving on his ed clear-and-press his result was play, will be seen at Kow-own world record by 700 grams; Toon Football Club on the record of 98.7 kilograms in left- Sergo Ambartasumyan's world morning of Boxing Day, handed, snatch had remained un- In aid of the Bomber beaten for two years; until he beat it himself this year by 12 kilo-. Fund will be staged an grams. Over Forties

| Forties softball Under

game be-

tween members of K.F.C., which will be followed by!

a

match between the "pick of the girls" and the Kowloon Police.

Better Own Records-

Several other athletes better-, ed their own; world rd- cords: Manukyan (seml-heavy- weight, snatching 95 kilo. grams 850 grams with his left; Krylov (middle-weight). 92 kilo-.

Jeft-handed; snatch; grams in It is rumoured that books con-

86 Makhanik (light-weight) taining the rules of softball are

kilograms in left-handert snatch, now much in demund as the

Weight-lifting is a popular sport K.F.C. stalwarts are endeavouring in the USSR and has over 26,000. tu familiarise themselves with a devotees. It is most developed in

game which it is certain not the republic of Aringnia, Georgia,

more than one per cent, of those and Azerbaidjan. from where a who will take part have played number of world record-holders before.

hail.

Soviet weight-lifters have at- Competition for a seat on the committee to pick the girls' team tended a number of international meets during the past fifteen years. is also keen and it has not yet In 1937 a Soviet team took first been decided whether selection will be based on skill or pulchrit- Contests in Antwerp. In the same. place at the International Workers'

ude!

year Soviet weight-lifter Kasaya- Further details will be forth-nik met the French athlete Vuil coming when available so-watch laume, in a contest "Tron--which these columns!

Kasayanik emerged victor--Tass.

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UNIVERSITY HOCKEY CLUB OFFICERS

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