1941-09-30 — Page 29

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 30, 1941.

RAKUSEN IS GIVEN SHANGHAI ANXIOUS TIME BY SWIMMING MACKAY IN OPEN

M. N. RAKUSEN, COLONY LAWN BOWLS CHAMPION, CAME VERY NEAR TO BEING ELIMINATED IN THE 1941 COLONY SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP WHEN, PLAYING N. A. E. MACKAY IN THE SECOND ROUND AT KOW- LOON FOOTBALL CLUB YESTERDAY, HE WON ONLY BY 21-18 AFTER 25 ENDS. HE WAS TRAILING 17-18 AT THE 24TH.

In addition to the above game, 12 other Sec- ond Round ties were decided, all these resulting as expected, the easiest win of the day being credited to U. M. Omar who in beating Y. Abbas by 21-4, took 11 ends to reach game, allowing his opponent to score at only two ends!

After con-

A. R. DALLAH, FINALIST IN lead 15-8 at the 14th. 1939, SHOWED GOOD FORM ceding two singles Holl finished WHEN HE BEAT H. NISH 22-8 up with 1 0 3 2. AFTER 18 ENDS. THE FORMER WINDING UP WITH A "POSSI- BLE" TO FINISH A GOOD DAY'S BOWLING, BUT HIS CLUB- MATE, S. MRUMJAHN, TOOK 24 ENDS TO SCORE 22 AGAINST DOWMAN'S 18.

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All of the outstanding swim- shattered the mark of 12 Amor mers of the past two years-Dick minutes 5-3/5 seconds, estab-Batarin

Bangkok Hall in the breast stroke, the sen-lished by Don Smith in 1936, Bombay sational Jackie Lumsdaine of-back by 11 seconds. The Chinese was Calcutta stroke fame and "Toby". Gavriloff, † never extended

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Chie's Further Laurels

Further laurels were added to But, undaunted, the Committee this performance by the fact that of the S.A.S.A., under the able Chic covered the first 440 yards in leadership of Mr. Jack himself

Dearn, 5 minutes 20 seconds, thus unof a prominent figure in ficially breaking the local record local swimming circles for many for this distance with nearly 15 years, worked hard to maintain seconds to spare! It was the only the-standard-of previous years record of the season--but one that" At Club de Recreio, J. G. Meyer and succeeded.nobly into the bar- Shanghai could well be proud of beat R. Leigh by 21-18 at the 23rd gain.

considering local conditions. J. Shepherd, Police R. C. skip, end thanks to a 3 at the last head.

Bobbie Hekking proved a big had a surprisingly easy win over The game was evenly contested.

Chie A Newcomer disappointment this year in the A. H. Rumjahn and B. W. Brad-The score was eight all at the 9th,

shorter free style events, possibly First indications that Abury beat J. H. Gelling, after 19 At the 13th Meyer led 9-11 but swimming star had flashed on the nearly edged out by R. Leoni of a new through his weak heart, being ends, by 21-8 at Civil Service Leigh with 1 1 2 led 13-11 at the local horizon were received at the the A.S.F. in the 100 yards and Cricket Club.

16th. A three at the 20th gave heats of the A.S.F. Gala on Wed-bowing to H. Ballerand in a sen- Meyer an 18-14 lead, but Leighnesday, August 13, when T. S. sational upset in the 50 drew level at the 22nd with 1 and Chie a newcomer to Shanghai-Hekking recorded 59-4/5 seconds 3. Meyer scored a three at the beat Hekking in next end.

the 220 yards seconds in the 100, more than free style. Chie displayed promise second above the mark he clocked of better things to come and he in 1940, while the 50 yards event did not

pro- disappoint these

was won in 26-3/5 seconds---the gnosticators in the final on Satur- slowest time since 1931. The only day, when Hekk ng and the Chin- hope next year in these cham-THE ese star battled neck-and-neck pionship is young Charlle Butt, a throughout the entire 220 yards 15-year-old youngster who pro- -in-one-of-the-most-thrilling races mises to smash all local tree style"

seen here in a long time.

records before long,

Walker Succeeds

At Police Recreation Club W. L. Walker beat D. A. Rozario 21-10 at the 21st head.

by

The score was eight all at the 12th but Walker, with 2 3 2 1 1 took the lead to 17-8 at the 17th. After conceding a two at the next end he finished with 1 12.

W. L. Walker: 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 10

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D. A. Rozario: 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3

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at the 16th end. -

J. Q. Mayer: 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 101

0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 3 — 21

R. Leigh: 1102002020 0 1 0 1

1 2 0 0 1 0 130 18

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At Kowloon Cricket Club, C. M. Silva beat H. White by 21-12 at the 20th end.

Hekking managed to win by a touch-in the good time of 2 mini- White started in grand style, open- utes 37-3/5 seconds, which though At Hong Kong Football Club J.

ing with a four and was leading elght seconds above the record C. Aitken beat W. Ward by 21-97-5 at the 5th and 12-6 at the 8th. established by "Toby" Gravriloff Aitken was down 8-6 at the 9th White failed to score at the re- in 1939, was the best performance

maining ends and Silva recled off in the last few years.. but with 4 1 2 4 2 led 19-8 at the six singles and 2 1 1 3 1 1 to win 14th. Ward then scored a single but Aitken finished the game with

comfortably.

a two.

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Butt Approaches 25 Paid-up Capital, Swimming in the Foreign y championship Butt actually reprietors... corded 26-1/5 seconds for the 50 yards, while he is reported to have come close to 25 flat during train- 880 Yards Record ing this year. He had little diffi- culty in winning both Shanghai Chie vindicated contentions that Junior Championships, taking the he would Improve the longer the the 220 yards free style in 2 min- H. White: 400 2 1 0 2 3 000 000 distance he swam by scoring an utes 41-3/5 seconds, and the 100

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easy victory in the 440 yards the yards free style in 61-1/5--both following week, defeating Hekking without being extended in the Amritsar by some 25 yards in the excellent

C. M. da Silva: 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1

112 113 11 — 21

time of 5 minutes 43-4/5 seconds. least.

At Kowloon Football Club, H. Bradbury Wins Easily Overy beat Li. A. Jordan by 22-18

at the 20th end.

With a four at the second end Jordan scored 11 shots at six ends before Overy opened his scoring, Overy then scored 3 3 3 1 to be led

Chie climaxed his meteoric ap- After giving 20-7 at 11-10 at the 10th.

away three Qvery then, had 3 2 1 pearance in local swimming with 0 2 to lead 18-16 at the 17th a record-breaking achievement, in 880 yards. when he Jordan tied the score at 18-all at the the next end but Overy scored the

end.

Bradbury led by only 9-7 at the 10th but was leading the 17th with 1 2 2 13 1 1. Gel- ling scored a single at the next and at the following end Bradbury obtained the necessary shot to win,

B. W. Bradbury: 1 0 1 0 2 040 1 0 1 necessary shots with 1 1 2 ta win

22 1 3 1 1 0 1-21

„J. H. Gelling: 0 2 0 1.0.2-01 0 1 0 0

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At Clyll Service Cricket Club, J. Į Shepherd beat A. H. Rumjahn by 21-10 at the 21st head.

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Club, S, M. Rumjahn beat C. Dow- man by 22-18 at the 24th end.

Rumjahn was down 13-5 at the

Shepherd led 14-4 at the 12th but Rumjahn with 11-1-1-2 re- duced the lead to 14-10 at the 17th. This was the last of his scoring as Shepherd ran out with 10th but with 2 2 3 was only one 2311

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Breast-Stroke Events nes, and claims recovery of Britain O. Grebenschikoff had little dif-

TO-DAY'S GAMES

The programme for to-day in shot in arrears at the 13th. The the Second Round of Colony Lawn Aculty in winning both the men's J: Shepherd: 0 0 2 2 100 3 1 1 2 2 0 score was 18-all at the 19th, Rum-Bowls Singles Championship, is:-

0.0.0.0:23 11:21 (

Jahn-finished strongly with 1-1 1

AH. Rumlahni 11000 1100000 a to win by four shots." "

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At Club de Recreio, A. R. Dál lah beat H. Nish by 22-8 at the 16th. end...

Dallah led D-0 at the third and 13-2 at the 9th. He took the lead to 18-5 at the 15th. Nish then scored a single and a two but Dallah scored a four at the next. AB. Dallah; i 220 221310121

01,004 — 22 H-Niah: 000200000100020

1208 -At-Kowloon Bowling Green Club, UM, Omar beat Y. Abbas by 21-4 at the 11th end.

Abbas scored at only two ends, a single at the second and a three at the 6th, while Omar included four threes and four twos in his total:

SU:M: "Omar: 10 #32 033333.

Y. Abbaar 01000300000

Hall Recovers. Well

At Kowloon Football Club, A, J, Hall beat R, Baba by 21-10 at the 19th ond

Enga turied well and was tend- Ing 072 at the 6th, and 7-4 at the

6. M. Rumjalin: 2/0.0.0.0100202 -2-300.12:10111,0322

C. Dowman: 022110210000

1100.0 100 0 2 0 — 10

Champion's Escape

At Kowloon Football Club, M N. Rokusen, holder, beat. N. AI Mackay by 21-18 at the 25th through a possible at the last end,

After a four, at the second, Mackay was down 4-5 at the 4th but with 1:11 2 led 9-5 at the 8th. Rakusen lcd 13-11 at the 15th and 16-13 at the 19th. Mackay with 1 2 0 1 1 took the lead, at 18-17 at the 24th, but a four at the next end gave the cham pion" victory.

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breast stroke championships--the 100 and the 200. While his time. of 76-3/5 seconds for the 100. was poor compared to Hall's mark (and Butt's comparative perform- formance last Saturday), he came close to the record in the 200 yards, in which he was clocked at 2 minutes 52-475 seconds. The record, set by Hall In 1939, is 2 minutes 50-1/5 seconds,

Like Grebenschikoff Ernie Smith swept the board in the back stroke championships," with!! VZ Matiuk, a promising newcomer from the Foreign “Y jr taking sec and place, while Smith also won the men's 150 yards medley swim in fast time. With three ch planship to his credit, Ernie Smith was thus the outstanding indivis, swimmer of the season. Following are the latest Hong in the ladies free style events M.N. Rakusenr 10310 0 0 0 12 1 Kong Football Club, tournament it was Lecla Hekking all the way. 20:20.0.2.0.0.2 1.0.0.1.0.0.4.211- NALE, Mackay: 0 4 0 0 11-12 000

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POSTPONED GAMES

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K. S. ROBERTSON IN FINAL

results:

while the backstroke and broast Club Bingles

stroke championships fell to the respective champlona and record- Piret Round: A. Watson beat holders Jill Peach and Doreen J. A. R. Solby; KL. §.› Robertson Graywithout difficulty, CA beat: -C- "Fit Needham;*; Scopht From present Indications” the Round: -S. Strange beat J. Siçin- 1042 championship should bo1ex» ner, A. Watson boat A. Brookta= cecaingly interesting, with such bank K. S. Robertson bout PP potential record material mas Anslow Bomi - Finall ➡KS Charlie Butt Balleraud," Hekking Robertson beat H. G. Wallington, iuna Chio available.myrepovedná

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