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Britain's Olympic

Training Courses For Athletes

(By Lt.-Col. F.A.M. Webster)

Nothing will be more productive of Olympic suc-. cess when the next celebration of the Games takes place in London next year than the efforts which have been made to provide first- class athletic education in England.

A

SECA.;

In 1934, Britain's Amateur Athletic Association organised a Summer School Course in athle- tics at Loughborough College Playing Fields, in Leicestershire, and in the following year the most perfectly equipped and planned stadium in the United Kingdom was laid down. The Course lasted for three weeks. The first two weeks were de- 34 mium. 33.9 sec.: 2 ml'ex. 9 vided to teaching spurts officers mins. 51.3 secs. ¡ 120 yards of the Services, games musters Hurdles, 15.6 secn.: 220 yards from the arhools and would-be Hurdles, 24.2

High 0% ins, Long club couches the technique of Jump, Gift, how to tegel uthivien,

Jump. 221, 9inn.: Hop Step sucressful | and Jump 41 fl. 11ins.; Jave- send mast

110 ft. week | Ju. 147 ft.: Discus, Cruise, with the thin! nevated to the practionl instrue fins, Pole Vault 10 ft. 11 ins,;

them- | and Shot Put, 39 ft. fione al artive atletes elves, was held in the THW Meanwhile there is great hope Calope Stadium in 1985, and in BERG The National Drive for Phenlond Fitness was instituled sader the negis of Lord Aber- dare and the Contral Commell of] Boereative Physics' Traitsing. Longbleruugh College contri- dated to that grout delve by the nation of 5 School of Athle- Tic timmer and Physiend Estura- tion, of which I was the Hegel, nd cantinged n'eg to hold the A.A.A..Course, on which the instructors were the best Eng-

for England, generally, and for Cambridge University in parti cular, in the appointment as Chief Conch to the A.A.A. of Major G.H.G. Dyson, formerly an instructor at the School of Athletics, Games and Physical tuention, and of Captain John Powell, formerly a pupil at the same school, as Chief Coach to the C.U.A.C.

Standard Of Performance

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1947.

Chances

MACARTHUR AMBITIONS

London, July 20.

The Sunday Pictorial's gossip columnist today said:

" Tokyo, it is onld by people toho know the flumi boyant General Douglas Mac- Arthur rather well, that he communicated with the Mac- Arthur for President Club in Wisconsin re follows:-'I will accept the Republican nomien. tion next pear'."~United PTCA.

Tennis Stars Join

M.R.A.

Caux-sur-Montreux, July 20,

Malcolm Campbell's Speed Bid

Lake Coniston, July 20.

A slight breeze today delayed Britain's speed king, Sir Malcolm. Camp- bell, in his second at- tempt on his own world motor-boat speed record of 141.74 miles per hour in his jet-propelled Blue Bird II.

After a five weeks' postpone- ment of his attempt on the water record, Sir Malcolm, who arrly- ed hure Inst night, said: "I wantį to get this thing over as quickly na possible. It is all a quer"} tion of trial and error. It may be that the modifications madel since i was last here-the addi-, Three All-India tennis players on of an underwater fin and a straight from Wimbledon an. reduction In the size of the rud-

the nounced here today that they der--will give

Neceяkary had joined the fight for moralj stability, but I cannot say at the re-armament, They are Jimmy moment whether they will or Mehta and S. C. Miura, two of } not," India's Davis Cup team. Ind In readiness for flashing the Mahan, who was last year ranknews of the record bid to all ed number two tennis player in parla of the world, eight tele. India

phone lines have been laid to: the solated tile village of Con-) "At this stage when two Iniston-on-the-Lake-a distance of dlas are coming into being, our 15 miles.-Reuter. country must find unity through MRA." said Mehta. "Some feel that all differences are settled

In the meantime the stand- Jiah Amateur Champions avail-ards of performance which wil able and some great foreign enaches and champions from the entitle an athlete for considera- by partition, but there are uif- British Dominions; the English tion for special preparations to ferences in every home, every Decathlon Championship of 10 take part in the Olympic Games city and every family in

events to be decided in the space

of two days, was instituted with remarkable results. Meanwhile Hud the School of Athletes

Die

18) mark.

of 1948 have, I understand, been fixed by the A.A.A. Team

Manager as follows:---

100 yards, 10.2 secs.:

220

country.

our

by MRA, and we need it fast in

"We need the change wrought|

every home in India,"

"When we left Indin,” ndflert

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HONG KHENG

PASSENGERS

Big Fight At Glasgow?

London, July 20.

world

fly.

Sports Festival In Moscow

Moscow, July 20. Generalissimo Stalin and the Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Vyacheslav Molotov, were pre- sent at the Dynamo sports stadium here today for the big Soviet youth sports festival.

Baseball Leaders

New York, July 21. Major Leagüe lenders, including games of July 18.

45:

American League Batting: Boudreau, Cleveland,

340; Kell, Detroit, .338. Runs:

Williams, Boston, Henrich, New York, 02. Hits: Dimoggio, New York and

Kell, Detroit, 104. Runs batted in: Williams, Boston and Dimaggio, New York, 59. Home runs: Williams, Boston, 18: Heath, St. Louis and Gordon, Cleveland, 16. Stolen bases: Dillinger, St. Louis,

23; Philley, Chicago, 14. Strikecuts: Feller, Cleveland, 116;

Newhouser, Detroit, 112.

About 50,000 boy and girl athletes took part in the mass parade watched by 76,000 spe- The claly invited spectators. lutter

included the heads of diplomatic missions, sports, de- legates from many European countries, and Lord Burghley, Chairman of the International Amateur Athletic Federation and of the committee organis- Ing next year's Olymple Games in London.

•

Lord Burghley is now on a brief visit to Moscow to dis-. cuss, it is understood, Sovlet participation in the Olympica.

Stalin, looking fit and bronz- ed, stayed in the Government box throughout the four and a half houra' parade and de: Drenching rain monstration.

many Rutions, and particularly, yards Hurdles, 15.6 secs.; 440 this spirit home and spread it at 7.30 p.m. at the Chinese dak," the Ho Hong Company. weight crown holder, will gh Pitching: Shea, New York, 11 and costumes,

the Dominions Commenwealth.

amongst our own people for the

new India to come.”

"Inga at her best has always stood for great principles," said Mira. "We have learnt to live

them as well."

with on catering swimmers.

The main event of the evening will be the Men's 445 yards free style, featuring the championship All three leave for England trio Laut Taiping. Yau Salkwan today after a five-day stay at and Chan Chun-nam. Lau recent.to the Moral Re-Armament World ty won the event comfortably and some going by air.

Assembly.

the general standards of per- They will-travel-to-India-vinu inter-clut meet.

in gund time at the V.R.C..L.Al America, where they are to play

The Buish will be very close

in the American championships. and I should not be at all sur -Reuter.

prised if the record for the Pool is si;uttered. Incidentally these three swimmers are the best in

NICE GRAND PRIX

Nice, July 20.

in

at

The fight is contingent upon the British Boxing Board of Control allowing Paterson minimum of

&

2; Harder, Cleveland, 5 and 1. National League

The bulk of the passengers rescued from the s.8. Hong Kheng, which went aground on (By "Crawl") ned with half-n-dozen pupils. yards. 22,8 neck. 440 yards. Mahan, "our goal was to play! lat the number rapidly reached 0.5 sec.: 880 yards, 1 min, tennis well. We have found The Lai Tsun Swimming Union Saturday morning.at Chilang

22 It was visited NеCH.: Mile. 4 mins.

Jackie Paterson, ant approved by the officia's of Miles 14 mina, 45 sec.; 120 something more important, the will hold its first inter-members Point, will be sent to Swatow answer for India. We will take gelu of the season tomorrow night and Amoy by the sa, "Tjíba-

agents for the Dado Marino of Honolulu YMCA. Pool, Bridges street. Limited. of the British yards Hurdles. Ameen. ; 2 Miles Steeplechase, 10 mins. 30 seca.;

"China Hampden Park, Glasgow, within attractive programme fated ship, told the 7 Miles Track Walk, 56 mina.

two months for all standarda of Mull" yesterday. to

the world's Lengthy Business

The remainder will go 30 wees.; Long Jump, 22 ft.

title, provided two conditions are Betting: Walker, Philadelphia, fulfilled,

340; Gustine, Pittsburgh, 320. groups in other ships. As many as eight students Gins,; High Jump. 6 ft. 11 ins.:

The company added that many

Runs: Mize, New York, 77: were sent to England by the Pole Vault 11 ft. 6 ins.; Hop,

Robinson, Brooklyn, 73, of the saloon passengers were Egyptian Government to learn Step and Jump. 46 ft.: Shot

Filts: Baumsolta, Cincinnati, 107: making their own arrangements of Put, 43 ft.; Discus, 130 f the technique not on's

Gustine, Pittsburgh, 103. reach their destinations, athletics, but also of massage, Javelin 180 ft.: Hammer, 140

two montha in Runs botted in: Marshall, Now which to defend or forfeit his psychology and physiology and ft. These, of course, are mere'y

York, 73; Mize and Cooper, the why and wherefore of every.

title; secondly, whether promo-

Now York, 70. contribute to formance upon which it is as

"ter” Charlio "Black, who holds a Home runs: Mize, New York, 27; thing that may

sumed that Major Dyson will

contract for the return bout, athletic sueCORS,

Marshall, New York, 24. Practically all the young men base his conching plans, for!

will allow rival promoter George Stolen bases: Robinson, Brooklyn who attended Loughborough bes Britain has beeter material than

Grant to stage 'the bout.

14; Hopp, Boston, 9. tween the years 1986 and 1939 that in plenty and, obviously, a

Meanwhile, Paterson stated Strikeouts: Blackwell, Cincinnati that he was willing nerved through, World War 11.much higher standard of per-1

to lodge 112; Branca, Brooklyn, 92. and now hold good appoint formance than those quoted will M.C. the famous A.A.A. Colony at the moment over

£2,000 as a "guarantee that he Pitching: Blackwell, Cincinnati, -ments in English schools and be needed if a man is to get his Hammer Throwing Champion Chan is now in very god form, driving a Maserati, won the Nice Press.

this distance. As I understand The Italian, Luigi Villoresi,' would make the fight-United; 10 and 2; Soahn, Boston, 13 and industry or going excel ent work place in the British Olympic and International athlete, who

3-Associated Press. this race will be well worth Automobile- Grand has done so much for the im-

Prix by in the physical education of men Team for 1948.. from oversens who will be com. In further preparation for provement

distance of 321 of the sport at

covering the In the Ladies' Section, the at kilometres, 400 metres in 3 hours, peting at the Olympic Games | the future development of athle- Malvern College, where he in a in 1918, either as representatie education at the schools, in master. He has had, also, er style. Competing, for this event speed of 103.037 kilometres per truction will be 100 yards free 7 minutes,7 seconds, at an average tives of Britain

and the clubs, pertence in running a Summerare Misses Ko Miu-ling, Molt hour. or of the the Services Dominions which are to be re- which should be Britain's real Schoo! Course, for he was my Sum-lau and

O'ympic nurseries, and at the assistant Director of Studies in Miss Ko is. the better awimmer, wimille, driving a Simca, was Wong Yuen-ching The Frenchman, Jean Pierre presented.

The attainment of rest sue- Universltits, at which a poten- former years, while Major eras in athletics is a lengthy tial blue should arrive so well Dyson, who is to be Chief In: Ing seriously, she will be extend-100 laps in 3 hours, 7 minutes, bul as the others have been train second having covered 88 of the iniuess which must be begunduented in athletics that all structor on the Course, was mye to her utmost, if she is to witi 16.7 seconds. in adolescence if it is to succeed. the coach has to do is to Chief Instructor at the School this event. The full list of events The work being done at present stabilise his style and train his of Athletics, Games and Phyal-

is as follows:

ER.A. was third, covering 98 lops by ex-Loughborough students body to the highest degree of cal Education and is a'so Chier

1. Women's 100 yards free in 3 hours, 9 minutes and 28.7 such as Mila Fischer at Stowe, physical athletic fitness, The Coach to the A.A.A. I am told

style. (A class Dennis Watts at Askes (Crosby) A.A.A. Course in Athletic will that many old Engilah Cham-

seconds, and the Italian, Ascort in 2. Men's 440 yards free style, a Maserati was fourth, covering the runners up in last yent's urain be held this year in can plons will assist Major Dyson in

(A cluss), Public Schools Championships, nection with Loughborough | his duties at the forthcoming

Men's 100 yards free style. 5.0 seconds-Reuter. W. Adams at Cheltenham, ¦ College Summer School to cover Summer School Course, which

(B class) Major lo Menurier at Peter-expert tuition in practical track to him will be no new thing, borough, Davit Seration in Hol-and fell ath'eties and in the art since he has been connected style. Jand, half-a-dozen Egyptians in of teaching..

therewith since the organisation The School will be under the their own country, Muung Gale in Burma and a couple of ex- direction of Mr. M.C. Nokes in 1994.

students in India and Chui Li in Chino are the factors which will| bring many Olympic successes in 1948 and more especially in 1952.

An Outstanding Success Locke, in particular, has been

an ontstanding success. On lenv- Ing Loughborough he returned

to his native land, the Union of

watching.

1

4. Boys & Girls-60 yards free

6. Men's 30 yards free style, (A-

of the original Summer Schoo! class)

Champ

Wimbledon

Beaten

Paris, July 20.

South Africa, where he became Mrs. Patricia Todd, joint holder of the Wimbledon

the founder of the first Course} =

in Physical Education for coloured people.

He is now

Women's Doubles title, caused a big surprise in the French Lawn Tennis Championships by reaching the final at the expense of the de- Head of the Physical Educa- tion Department of RhoduS

fending champion and Wimbledon title holder, Margaret Osborne of America, whom she beat Univeralty College at GrahamB-

2-6, 6-3 and 6-4. town, in the Union of South Africa, which has been es This was a repetition of Mrs. Wimbledon champions, Doris Miss Hori and Mrs. Patricia Todd, tablished at a cost of £26,090 | Todd's victory and his a gymnasium, changing Onborne in the American Cham- United States, by 7-5 and 6-2 and dressing rooms, shower plonships last year, but today's in the Women's Doubles final. baths, two lecture

was surprising of

two contented the

room

over.

6. Women's 100 yards breasi stroke. (A class),

7. Mixed medley, relay race,

x 40 yards. (for members)

J. Ashmore of Britain in

ง

97 laps in 3 hours, 8 minutes and

SOFTBALL GAME

County Cricket

Statistics

Gloucestershire heads the county cricket cham-

London, July 21.

W.

pionship table with 140 points, followed by Middlesex with 128, Northamptonshire is at the bottom, with 22 points, while last year's champion, Yorkshire, lies eleventh with 56 points.

J. Edrich, Middlesex and England, heads the batting averages with 105.22 runs per innings, while Howorth tops the bowling with 97 wic kets for an average of 15,28.

Here are the positions of the six leading counties after the thegames which, ended on July 18:- htt

- POSTPONED The second game in Kwangtung "True Light" Girls School v. Hong Kong All-star softball series scheduled for today

1st innings Lead in lead in lost drawn. Total

in the Inst half hour sent thou sands acurrying for shelter.

Delegates from 16 Soviet re- publics. In colourful national and from Soviet sports societies marched past 600 behind a massed band of instruments.

Thon, on a great groen car- football pet unrolled on the pitch, the athletes, who trained months, intensively for two gave their demonstrations.

The parade and demonstra- tion was the largest and most colourful in Moscow's history, and was the climax to today's elebration of Physical Culture Day throughout the Soviet Union-Router.

SWIMMING GALA

A swimming gela sponsored by the leading Chineso Swimming Associations will be held at the Chung Sing Bathing shed Tuesday and Wednesday, July 29 and 30, in aid of the Kwangtung Flood Retlef Fund.

on

The gala is open to all swim. mers of the colany and heats, it needed, will be swum on Sunday and Monday, July 27 and 28.

Entries should reach Mr. S.H. Wong, c/o 'Asiatic Petroleum: Cu not later than Friday, July 26.

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P. W. L. D. No doc. matches matches' points

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0. Chinese " members 100 indefinitely owing to the weather. Middlesex

yds, free style. (Handicap).

9. Women's 30 yards free style. (B class). A

10, Men's 100. stroke, (A cinas)

yda. breast-

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λε Bome of the girls from į Lancashire Canton will have to return to Derbyshire College soon, the game, may have Kent

Warwickshire 17. to be cancelled if the weather does not clear up in time.

Other placings: SUBBOX 11. Women's 100 yds, free style. It is learned, however, that. 58

Surkey (A class)

this happens some local players Wireostor 12: Chinese members 100 of the prewar Canadian Chinese Estex yds. breastsatroke, (Handicap) team will be called upon to much Leicestershire

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Yorkshire

Nottinghamshire Bomersetshira Glamorgán Hampshire Northamptonshire

Batting

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RUSSIA AND 16. Free style relay race 1 x 40 OLYMPICS

London, July 20. yards. (for members)

Mr. Li Sin-yu has kindly Further steps to bring Russia donated the prizes, which will

àtion 16 innings, with. averages (Qual

Innings Not out, Ron distributed by miss, ut at the cobe into the London Olymple Games W. J. Edrich

Edrich (Middlesex) next year were expected to be

(Kent) taken this welk end, het verla Amex,

(Middlesex)

clusion of the gala.

library studies and a boxing Miss. Osborne's almost usbeat Wimbledon anal when his service give them the tenth Lord Burghley, former Bri. D. Camplonance fable form which gained her the Osborne, and Miss Brough lost game, and, concentrating, their tish Olympic athlete and Preal- M Donnelly (Oxford) the Course and alt students are Miss Osborns was leading 8-1 victory by the court, they managed to eur Athletic Federation, is at

Athletics play a major part in Wimbledon ainglesey) after being within" in: ace of attack to Misa Hart's side of dent of the International AmaW; (Qualification '85 wickets)' taught to tench Physical Train in the third sot when she broke Mita Osborne and Miss avoid Mrs. Todd's telling pase Lending the festival of physical ing aquatics and so on white the her racket, after which hor Brough were the defendleg Ing shots and win the, sot, fulture and sports in Moscow. following standards have boon game went to plocestea champions in this lourdament, The Hart-Todd combination Ford Butchley was expected already established) 100 yards, Wimbledon Championship and they scored an impressive won the first game of the acts 10 deco) 220 yards) 22.0 soca:: forin was reversed" when" Mar!|victory. Pushed hard in the oud set, but lost the next three 440 yearde, 30/- Loce. 13 880, garet *. Osborne land" Louise best fat/ they twiss had to come and did not gairi mako i člana yards, 2 micky2847 soca, Milo, Brough, United States bret Chri from beblad - Hisn Brough's gorous threat Beuter

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