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1940 ENGLISH FLAT-RACING SEASON ONE OF STRANGEST

THE 1940 FLAT RACING season will be remem-

bered as one of the strangest in the history of the 'VARSITY

Turf. The War seriously interfered with the sport which was greatly curtailed.

The Derby and Oaks were run, Guineas, and New Oaks with case. at Newmarket Instead of at Ep- Many people thought that she was son, the Cambridgeshire, for the better than Pont l'Eveque. When first time, took place at Notting-racing stopped. Godiva was sent ham, and there was no official St. to Ireland where she met with o Leger. The best that could be! Inlal accident. done was to stage the Yorkshire It was uncertain which was the St. Leger at Thirsk on the last day best of the two-year-olds until of the season.

the last week of the season, when The greatest blow the sport re- Poise, wned by Mr. J. A. Dewar, ceived was the suspension for conclusively proved his right to three months in what should have be regarded as such when he cas- been the best part of the season-

aly won the Back End Stakes at Newmarket. Unfortunately he There was no racing in the South

for any of after June, meetings being held m was not entered

classic races. Even if he the Millar ds and the North

been he would not have been eli- alfition to Newmarket

gible to compete as he is a geld- ing, and in classics are open only to entire colts and Allies.

Djebel In France

In

A French horse. Djebel, Won the 2,000 Guineas and then wen! back to his own country.

SOCCER

MATCH

VETERAN BOWLER'S SPLENDID FEAT

There is the true story of an Oxford Undergra- duate walking down the High one boat-race morn. ing and saying to a pass-bowling for er-by: "Excuse me, sir, but can you tell me the date of the Boat Race?"

Here is the story of Freddie Fischer, veteran Buffalo bowler the who at the age of 51 won the sport's most coveted honour A.B.C. all-events championship—with a smashing total of 2001 pins.

Freddie Fischer has been challenge that has stood for five There are 39 years, but years without takers. it was only seven years ago that he two daughters, too--Gladys, who pickert up the finesse which lust rolls about 165, and Betty, who is spring brought him the Sport's just starting.

the Fischer has taken part in 23 A. most coveted achievement --- had

and in that B. C. tournaments, time the best bowlers all over the have learned to know country him.

the

If that exaggerates the lack of interest of modern Oxford in one of the two events which of one

American Bowling Congress all events championship.

Fischer Aspires To Repeat In '41

And he picked up that finesse in the kitchen, Poise is trained by Fred Darling time carried the only Blues-crie-

Not that Fischer wasn't a good at Beckhampton, In that stable ket was the ether it is patheti-enough bowler before. He started

true of the inter Varsity

the has been among When is probably also the best two-year- cally

at 12, and best in Buffalo since he was 14. AI- France capitulated Djebel was re-old filly, a daughter of Umidwar Soccer match latest of which was Like Poise, she has played recently, writes L. V. Man-

though he has no records on the ning. ported to have been sent to Ger- and Rosetta.

In Buffalo, they all knew Fred- thousands of games he has rolled, die Fischer--good and bad bow- many, but he has since reported yet to be beaten.

The King won only one race The first war-time game play his lifetime average is 200 pinsters alike. Must of them call him to have won a race in France,

This was with ed at Oxford last December was, and you don't get an average like Many meetings were cancelled during the season.

Merry Wanderer, a useful two- I remember, entirely surround- | that without being ut least preta at short notice, and as there was

good. year-old who should do furthered by other diversions, including a Rugby game and a girl Under-

But for 32 years he rolled good service in the Royal colours. The colt is engaged in the 2,000 graduate hockey match. The ath-

straight ball, relied on Guneas and the Derby in 1941, letic club had, in great restrain, control. but will have to improve consi- refrained from using the running derably if he is to win a classic track. race. Reuter.

no rule which provided for them to be held elsewhere the Stewards of the Jockey Club decided to modify the Rules of Racing So that every race closing after Nov 1, 1940, could be run on any course selected by them. une a wise move, for previously when a meeting was abandoned the races had to be re-opened and fresh entries made.

This

be

It was fortunate for Mr Fred Darling, the owner of Pont l'Eve- que, that new entries had to munde for the Derby, as the horsel was not in the mal race,

Aga Khan Sells

During the year, the Aga Khan| sold his Derby winners, Bahram and Mahmoud, to American breed- ers. Sir Abe Bailey died in South Afmea, and M. 11 Joel in Eng laud. Boll Wern ut * tim anone the strangest supporters of the Ther. Houses were sold at tidiculously low

prices

at

GORDON

RICHARDS'

PIGEONS

And the hundred odd who look. ed on seemed to find us much to watch in the hockey as in the Soveer.

WHEN

Which

understandable. There were some very pretty girls. The soccer match (a 2-2 draw) hould be remembered not for the football, but for the perseverance in the face ar much discourage- ment of the little

group of en- thusiasts which averted a gap in the hist ric sequence.

CRICKET,

For a long time Gordon SOCCER

Richards has been doing

voluntary service of a mi- LOSSES

Newmarket Sales, und smallitary character in con-

prices brought out huge fiekts at some meetings.

al

Gordon Richards is the cham pian jockey for the fourteenth time in fifteen years. He rode 68 winners, had 56 stconds, 47 thirds, and was unplaced on 172 occasions. For the first time in his career, Gardon won the Lin colnshire Handicap and the Ce- sarewitch.

The Derby again eluded him. He was unplaced on Tant Mieux,

stable-companion of Pont l'Eveque. Two years previously Gordon was in the same position when Bois Roussel won for Fred Darling's stable. On that occa- sion the champion rode the better- fancied stable companion, Pasch.

The best apprentices were again R. Lacey, K, Mullins and C, Little- wood. All three had a good sea- son, but Lacey had a bad fall at Nottingham which stopped him from riding for the remainder of the season.

old

Godiva Wins

Godiva was the best three-year-

the lly. She

Won

1,000

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nection with pigeons, writes a correspondent.

He is a well-known freier and owns one of the finest lofts in the

world.

Не has given these pigeons,

which have won him many races and are worth £2,000, to the Gov- ernment.

man who has

Here's something which reflects the sort of war this is (so far) compared with last time, writes L. V. Manning.

a

uncanny

A

Then seven years ago Andy Varipopa. the trick artist, visited Fischer for several

to roll days, taught him hook ball. They spent long hours practicing in the kitchen in Fischer'a home

rolling the ball back and forth untli Fischer got onto the technique of pulling out his thumb at just

and the right moment imparting spin with his fin- gers.

Applying that technique on the ailers was easy after that.

Fischer's game improved steadi-

iv.

It improved so much that at 51 -when met bowlers ore way past their prim" he won the A. B. C. all-events title in Detroit:

He became one of the oldest men in A.B.C. history to take the championship, although Phil Wolfe, now dead, won in 1928 at

60.

Mark Surpassed Only Six Times

Kummel Weck Fischer-a name he picked up from working in his rather's bakery as a boy. Kuemmel Werk is the German term for El kind ul caraway-seed-topped bun, In addition to his stint in the bakery, Kuemmel Weck worked setting up pins in a bowling al- ley just three doors from his horne, and that's how it all start- ed.

After 30 years, he's still active, although he doesn't bowl as many games as he did 10 or 20 years ago. He says his centrol isn't once was, but, the quite what it hook still gets 'em.

bar at his bowling He tends establishment, sti!! Ands time to bowl with a team that's entered

with an in three leagues average of 197 for 99 games so far this season.

Fischer is going to the -A B.C. tournament in St. Paul determined to repeat or at least to take one of the event titles a feat never accomplished in A.B.C. history in successive years.

He may not beat out all of the 30,000 bowlers whe will roll, but

Freddie Kuemmel Week Fische

will at least be up among the con- tenders, and if he can get that 10 pin to fall, watch out!

GARRISON SNOOKER

To win this super-honour, I do not know the actual num- Fischer rolled a total score of 2001+ ber of soccer footballers and cric-pins, a mark which has been sur- times in the keters killed in the first 15 months passed only six Richards, who is 36, will pre-of Great War No. 1, but it ran into tournament's history. bably be called to the Colours be hundreds. So far, four first-class

The highest score is 2070, held fore flat-racing is resumed in the cricketers and seven Football Len- by Max Stein of Belleville, Int.

Fischer's scores were 888 in the Latest results of matches play- Spring, and the

in the Garrison five-man team event, 667 in the ed

Snooker been champion jockey of Britain e professionals have been kill- more times than any other 14 ed. The four cricketers were ama- in 15 years-and whose earningsteurs, three of them being former two-man and 646 in the individual League are: have constituted a Turi record will: County captains-F. T. Eckersley event-an average of more than (Lancashire), R. P. Nelson 222 pins for each of nine games. be looking at life with the eyes of (Northants), G. B. Legge (Kent), His main trouble was with the No. a soldier.

and R. E. C. Butterworth (Mid- 10 pin: He shot at it 19 times Gordon's income for years has

in the nine, games, dlesex). been five figures. His retainer has

When he got a telegram telling The seven footballers are Toni been around £5,000 a year. I have Cooper (Liverpool), Frank Car-him he had won the all-events. myself attended

championship penter (Manchester United), Ro- Fischer figured he was just about dinners

costbert Gordon (Huddersfield Town), the happiest man in the country. around £1,000 each-figures, Joseph Carr (Sheffield United). Fischer's entire life revolves which will appear morumental on Grenville Roberts

(Nottingham around bowling. He is proprietor R.A.M.C. R.E. 'A' the is. 6d, a day soldier's rations. Forest), Stanley Docking (Tran- of one of Buffalo's finest bowling R.E. Sergis Mess

Soldier-jockeys are worried by

Rovers, and Ernest Bell layouts, and has his whole family R.A. Sergio' Stanley the question of leave. Some are

interested. generously treated by their com manding offeers; others are not so

lucky.

which must have

Only the other day I shook hands with a successful rider who feared he would not see a race- course again until the end of the

wor.

CRICKET AGAIN OFF

The: final: Axture of the Volun- teer cricket week which should have been played at: Hong Kong Cricket Club to-day between the Officers and Sergeants, and Other Ranks, has been cancelled. Both previous fixtures were also can- celled.

The match between K.C.C. and R.A.S.C. which should have been played at Cox's Road to-day has

also been cancelled.

To-day's Badminton Following is to-day's "B" Divi- alon League Badminton

pro- gramme:

J.R.C..

V Recreio -St.Andrew's v Bt. John's

Kowloon.

Tong

V Polica

The inatch betweeți Chung Wah and King's College was played on February 10,

mere

In

(Aldershot).

Jones addition, Charles (Southend) was reported missing from a trawler ftect it. October.

R. A. Station Sergeants' Mess, (Stanley) 3, Royal Army Medical Corps, 3; Royal Engineers "A", 4, Royal Signals Corps Mess, 2; Roy- al Engineers Sergeants' Mess, 4, Royal Signals "A", 2; Royal Army Pay Corps; 3. Corps of Military Police, 3.

TABLE TO DATE

C. M. Police

He and his son, Fred, Jr., have Royal signals Cpls. a standing offer to bowl any father R.A.P.C. and son in the country. It's a Royal Signals 'A'

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