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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1934.
CHINESE OLYM-
The
PIC TEAM
Due Here This Evening
Chinese
Olympic team, beaded by Dr. C. T. Wang, Chair- man of the Chinese National Ama- teur Athletic Federation, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, will arrive in the Colony this evening by the President McKinley.
The team which comprised over 200 Northern Chinese athletics will be joined by 39 South China athletes and officials, and will
do
SWIMMING TREAT FOR HONG KONG.
CAPT. H. E. HILL- MAN. LEAVING POST
JAPANESE ATHLETES TO ATTACK | Served On Yangtsze
WORLD'S RECORDS
in Nineties
ON THEIR RETURN FROM (retired), will rotire
MANILA OLYMPIAD
The Sottish eleven had a great were quite as able as the English | leave for Manila by the same boat day at Wembley in 1936 when they | vanguard.
on Sunday evening.
A unique opportunity of witness- the Japanese players have express- England won by the power of It is understood that a receptioning attacks on world swimming re-ed their appreciation of the courts, their left wing, by Bastin and in honour of China's Athletic records including free style, back- If the Caroline Hill ground or Brook,' and by the fact that they į presentatives will be given in stroke and breast stroke, will be the Sookunpoo Military ground are marksman like Bastin. South China's new pavilion at afforded the Hongkong public to- available, then there is every pos- That first goal of his will long Caroline Hill Sunday afterwards the end of this month when sibility that a track and feld the Japanese swimming delegation meeting against local stars will be to the 10th Far Eastern Olympic staged, but the proposal is at the Games to be staged in Manila com- moment "still in the air" and will mencing on May 12, will attempt come up for further discussion on to break records in yards which Monday. they have hitherto been prevented!.. from doing so, owing to lack of a swimming pool in yards"
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touch the ball as it swerved slight-
The following southern athletes will represent. China:
Swimming
Chan Ki-tsung" (Canton) Chan Chun-hing (Canton) Wong. Sau-shan (Canton) Kwok Chun-hang (HK) Lau Po-hi (H.K.)
routed and Routed England's men, Since that year Scotland have never been able to repeat that triumph. Yesterday they Intled for the third consecutive time on this Stadium, the result being the be remembered.. Brook glided the noon. A soccer match is likely to same as in, 1932. Still a sportsman ball to him, and the inside-left; | be staged." who can rise above partisan feel- after moving a yard or two, re- ings, loyalty i it pleases, would leased the shot of the "match. The derpur to the conclusion that such | drive was of about twenty-five score as three goals, without yards. The ball was never more reply, suggests. To say that Eng-than knee high and travelled at land's team was thrice as skilful thrilling "pace. Jackson did as the Scottish combination would at least be misleading. Up to a ly to his left, but he could not hold point the visitors showed much it. Nor did it seem that any keep- excellent football. For seventy' minutes the Isshe was in doubt. England took the lead slightly be- fore the interval owing to a goal got by that great forward Bastin. The adjective is not flattering. for Bastin stands alone as the finest attacker in Great Britain. Like Bloomer of old. he has the faculty of rising to a national egil How often was it said in the long ago that Bloomer scored his usual goal ini an International natch. Never did he play so well for: Derby County as for England Bastin is perhaps more consistent) for club and country. His spark- lg goal was the turning point i a keen argument,
the
and
er could have parried it. In the first half Bastin made three glorious shots, and the third brought recompense. for his disap- pointment.
to
Tribute has been paid to Moss, but Cooper and Hapgood were va- ant" tollers. England's halt- backs were: reliable." Next Bastin and Breds, Crooks was use- ful, but not quite so convincing as he used to be. Nevertheless, he was closely marked from the be- ginning. Carter's day has not quite arrived, but he gives promise of becoming a fine young foot- baller. The Scottish forwards were really better than could have been expected, but the great Scot was Massie, the man who travelled from Bury to Bethlehem in Ameri- ca and back again to Dublin be- fore the Heart of Midlothian pick-
ed him out and found his true place. Happy is the man who finds his true vocation in this life.
When the second half com-
the Scotsmen menced
made a splendid and sustained effort. Al- though a goal behind, they had fought hard, and they had clearly resolved that the time had ar- rived when equality must be re-
Maisie is a first-class at- established. They penned English back divisions in the tacking wing half-back. Possibly penalty area. They tested Mass
he did not concentrate on trying Fis as he has rarely been tested; Ar- to baffle, Bastin and Brook. senal's goalkeeper responded to reply was to retaliate by forcing every call and saved the faltering along Marshal, and Cook, the And so backs from disaster. Maybe Moss cleverest Scottish wing. was fortunate, but good
England have a post of honour in gallant goalkeeper generally has the International rable but Scot · the luck with him. He took risks, land have passed through a sea-;
the old adage that "Fortune son without a win: The
the pity. favours the brave" held good. One ball hit the crossbar with Moss beaten. Again Moss saved the situation when it seemed as if Coot's centre would be headed in a the angle formed by the cross bar and the post on the keeper's right. On another occasion Moss seemed to rise on one leg and push the ball away. His hands, even hls, fingertips, seemed to fol the thrustful invaders. One admired little Cook, with his magic feet in control of the ball, and the more straightforward advances of Con- nor on the other wing.
The effort never spent itself; but the Englishmen gradually regain- ed the upper hand. They beat their toes back. They Tegained confidence by the work of
the
goalkeeper.
A goalkeeper
er
more's
England-Moss (Arsenal); Coop- (Derby County) (captain), Hapgood (Arsenal); Stoker (Birm- ingham), Hart (Leeds United). Copping Leeds United); Crooks (Derby County), Carter (Sunder- land), Bowers (Derby County). Bastin (Arsenal), Brook (Man- chester City)...
Scotland-Jackson
(Chelsea); Anderson (Heart of Midlothian), McGonagle (Celtic) Massie (Heart of Midlothian) (captain): Smith (Kilmarnock), Miller (St. Mirren): Cook (Bolton Wanderers), Mar-
sha), (Glasgow Rangers), Gallech-
er (Chelsea), Stevenson (Mother- well), Connor (Sunderland).
Referee: Mr. S. Thompson (re- land).
Official Figures.
of class dan give heart to The official figures for the Eng- a team. With twenty-seven min land v. Scotland match at Wem- utes of the second half gone bley yesterday were: Attendance, Bastin picked up another stray 92,963, Receipts. £20,173 75. Od
ball that came in bis direction,
and as he was nearly reaching
the line of the penalty area he
was brought down. The referee U. S. BASEBALL
St. Louis Beat Philadelphia
Kaye a free-kick. The Scots did not agree with his decision: That was perhaps natural · Eric Brook, the outside-left of Manchester City, drove the ball hard "and it | seemed as if. McGonagle defected its course and Jackson was beaten a. second time. The Scottish goal-
New York, May 4. keeper might have covered the The New York Giant's world's drive, but the tangent at which baseball champions, nosed out the ball rebounded left him help- Pittsburgh Pirates in the Nation- jess. This second goal really al League by a 5 to 3 tally, Jack- finished the game although six son obtaining four-bagger for minutes from the finish Bastin the champions. ipassed to Brook who made a lob
to the centre. This enabled Bowera to head a goal-about the one thing he did well in the match.
This sketch of the course of events will show that the game was so sternly fought out that England deserved to win, but not by so wide a margin. In midfield manoeuvre there was no difference in the capacity of the rivals. At times: particularly in the second half, the Scottish patchwork quilt of, a forward line. withie Cook on his wrong wing, with Marshall strong, as a young Jop by his side, and Massle behind them, with Stevenson prompting and Gall- acher alwaysrithreatening and flicking the Balt most dangerously,
a
St. Louis Cardinals beat Phila delphia Phillies in a close tussle by a tally of 8-7. Medwick hitting a homer for the Saints, and Allen crossing the plate for Philadelphia.
cabled Results as
by Reuter were.
Boston
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Chicago Brandt pitched. Brooklyn Cincinnati
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Tsang Ho-fook (HK) Mel Tze-cheong (HK) Chan Chun-nam (H.K.), Shek Kam-pui (H.K.) Miss Yeung Sau-king (HK) Miss Chan Woon-king (HK.) Miss Lau Kwai-chun (HK.) Miss Leung Wing-han (HK)
Football
It is also possible that a soccer game between the Hong Football Association and the Japanese As a result of an invitation by Olympic team will take place, but the Hong Kong International, owing to the fact that the team "Amateur Swimming Association to is carrying very few reserves, there the Amateur. Swimming Federa- is the possibility that injuries may tion of Japan in January of this be sustained at the Manila games, year, Anal arrangements have necessitating the cancelling of all been made to stage, the attacks arrangements for football, on the existing world records, in yards at the European Y.M.C.A. Pool,
Mr. Tsuruoka, Head Coach of the Japanese Swimming
Taul Hung (goal-keeper) fCan- when met
ton)
Li Ning (full-back) (Canton) Chan Chun-cheong (Centre-
half) (Canton) Chan Ks-kiu (Centre-forward) Wong Wing (goal-keeper) (HK) Li Tin-sang (full-back) (IX.) · Lau. Mau (full-back) Wong Mel-shun
(H.K.)
(centre-half)
Leung Wing-chiu (centre-half)
(HK)
Lee Kwok-wal (centre-hair
(H.K.)
Ho Chor-in (centre-half) HR Lee Wal-tong (forward) (HK) Ip Pak-wah (forward) (EK) Fung King-cheung (forward)
(HK)
Tam Kong-pak (forward) (H.R.) Tso Kwai-shing (forward) (H.
K.) Tay Kwee-lang (forward) (R.
K.)
Volleyball
Wu In-tuan
Lam Shiv-wa Lee, Yuk-lam Chan Shek-ping Tsang King-chuen
Baseball Chung Chan sar Cheng Hing-yeung
:Shanghai: Athletes
The following is the latest avail- able. list athletes from Shanghai:
K. K. Chen. (short distance) "G. C. Liu (short distance;
ST. Tung (middle distance) C. L. Lo (middle distance) T. C. ghin flang distance) T. Sum (10.000 metres) Y. G. Lin (high hurdles) Y. G. Tao (low hurdless P. C. Chen (weight events) P. K. Lang (weight events) Y. S. Bang (weight.events) P. S. Woo (high jump)
C. W. Wong (broad jump)
T. K. Yang (hop, step and jump) P.. L. Foo (pole vault)
P.E. Chao (short distance)
K. L. Han (short distance)
Y. T. Tsoong (middle distance)
S. Chen (long distance)
8. S. Chen (10,000. metres)
T. 8. Wong (low hurdles)
S. 8. Liu (weight events) Seto Kwang (hop, step
Jump)
and
T. T. Hob (broad jump)
K. Chang. (weight events)
Philadelphia
7 14 .4 Allen hit a homer. St. Louis
8 11 Medwick hit a homer..
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as given below were postponer! All the American League games owing to rain::
Chicago v. Philadelphia. St. Louis v. Boston, Detroit v. New York. Cleveland v, Washington.
UP THE SCALE
Berger and McManus hit hom-a superior cast of countenance but A friend of the writer's who has
is otherwise unremarkable was standing about on a crowded-rail- way platform. Hearing the usual ""Mind your back, Bill Mind your back," he looked round and was very much amused by the porter saying hastily: "Beg pardon, siri Didn't like to say "Erbert.
New York Jackson hit a homer. Pittsburgh
2 5. 0
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The Combined Associations will meet again on Monday when it is hoped that definite arrangements will be made. Delegation JAPANESE ATHLETES IN ACTION by Mr. R. Goldman, Hon, Secretary of the HKLAS.A. arrived in port with the ship de- last night, said the swimming corated with flags. the foremast delegation
were very pleased at carrying the Japanese Delegation's having at last an opportunity of Flag. attacking the existing world re-
The Japanese Delegation to the cords in yards and would do their 10th Far Eastern Olymple Games best to establish new records.
arrived in Hong Kong yesterday
The following World Amateur Swimming Records will probably be attacked by the Japanese Swimmers:-
World's
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Shanghal May 1. Captain H. E. Human, R. Coast Inspector on Thursday after a long and distinguished career in the Chinese Maritime Customs.
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General Agents. serving on the Inspector-General's Hong Kong, 3rd May, 1984. star in connection with pilotage matters.
vice in China in the Royal Navy Captain Hillman Brst saw ser-
in the nineties. He was first a sub-lieutenant and then a lieuten- ant in R.M.S. Firebrand, a 500- ton wooden gunboat which operat- ed on the China Coast and on the Yangtze, and he served in this ship from January 22, 1896., to March. 31, 1887..
metres in 1932. and Nago, the Javelin thrower, broke the Japan-
ese record before sailing.
Eleven of the 22 swimmers par- ticipated in the World Olymplad." and of these only two were un- placed.
The tennis team is also a very formidable combination. Hyotaro Sato and Hajime Ebisu rank fourh and fifth in Japan, while Selich Yamagishi, an elder brother of the Davis Cup player, is in the same class. Sato represented Japan in the 1932 Davis Cup series, while Yamagishi and Yamada represent- ed Japan in Java in 1932,
Championship, Amateur Swimming Records
MEN-FREE STYLE
100 Yards—J. Weissmuller, U.S.A. 150 Yards-W. Laufer, U.S.A. 220 Yards J. Weissmuller, U.S.A. 300 Yards J. Weissmuller, U.S.A. 440 Yards-J. Weissmuller, U.S.A. 500 Yards---Arne Borg, Sweden
MEN-BACK STROKE
100 Yards J. Weissmuller, U.S.A. 150 Yards G. Kojac, U.S.A.
M.B.
0.51
DATE
1927
1 25 1929 2 91927 3 74/5 1927 4 52 1927 "5 31.1/2 1926
........... 1 44/5 1922 1 38 1/2-1930
220 Yards--C. A. Wyatt, U.S.A. g. 2 45 4/5 1926
MEN-BREAST STROKE
200 Yards W. Spence, Canada
2.31 4/5:1927
220 Yards-W. Spence, Canada
2 44 3/5 1930
Mr. Tsuruoka sald that the head, morning by the s.s. Helye Maru,
An Improvement Japan had a very successful re- cord at the last Fär. Eastern Games, held In Tokyo in 1930. They came third In the valleyball, second in The basketball and first in everything else. "I think we have improved since then, he continued. "This time, of course, we shall be handi- capped by the climate. but we feel that our improvement will ba- lance this disadvantage.
"Our baseball team is not 15 good this time," he said. "At the läst Games we had an all-Japan team, but our present team is made up from the Tokyo Univer- sity Undergraduates' Club."
"We expect to have 100 per cent. successes in swimming, track and Geld events, but in the other sports we are not so optimistic. I think, however, that we have an equal chance with the other coun- tries," he said.
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"In spite of the rain, the whari was crowded when we left Kobe, which was rather a disappoint- ment for the opposing faction. The and Shimonoseki
of the Japanese Delegation would a specially chartered vessel, which inform the International Swim-
Yesterday the various branches ming Federation of their inten of the delegation were given an cities of Moji
tons on the "world records. He
said the swimming delegation had with them a number of time-keep ers who were qualified to time the
attacks.
In addition to the attacks on the records, there will be a 200 yards relay race between a team from the Japanese Federation and one from the HETAS.A
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Portunity of easing themselves, combined to give us a wonderful the Swimmers having a work-out welcome and send-off from Moj}," at the European Y.M.C.A. Fool, concluded Mr. Hiran uma. while the Basket Ball and Volley The athletes' will come ashore ball teams availed themselves of for training this morning. the European YM.C.A. cement an opportunity of practicing on basket ball and volley ball pitches. The entrants for the Track and the Field events which comprised 42 Owing to strict training,
been all told were given an opportunity Swimming Exhibiton has fixed for 1.30 pm and will pro- of finding their land legs on the bably terminate at about 9 pm. Military ground at Sookinpoo; Among the many swimmers who while the Football and Baseball will take part in the Exhibition are teams had practice games on the M. Kiyokawa holder of the Olym- Kowloon Football Club's ground, pic 100 Metres Back Stroke record by kind permission of the Com- of 1 min. 5-6/10 secs., K, Kita- mittee. mura helder of the wayzapie 1:500
ali Metres record of 19 mins, 12.4/10 morning at the Kowloon Cricket secs., S. Making holder of the Club and found the courts in ex- World's 1,000 Metres Amateur re-cellent condition. This was their cord of 12 miris., 54.7/10 secs.. T. Arst opportunity since leaving- Iriye holder of the World's 400 Japan Metres Back stroke récord of 5 mins. 42 seca.
EXHIBITION AERANGEMENTS
Then tennis party played
Mr. Shibuza, GeneralManager
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of the Japanese Delegation, when Arrangements are now in hand Interviewed said, "We were unfor- and the final date of the exhibi-tunate to have a few of our athle- tion will probably be announced tes drop out at the last moment, next week.
but these resignations were chieny due to domestic reasons. Before Last night on board the 8.5 the pole jumper, published
the departure of the team Nishita, Helyo Maru, the Combined Asso clation comprising many Associatatement that his resignation had tons and Clubs, interested in the nothing to do with the Manchukuė problem. but that he felt that he various branches of sport who have "clubbed" together, met the Was not in good enough condition. Japanese Athletic Federation and to represent Japan at the Games" discussion regarding exhibitions fri
Favourable Athletic
According to programme, there the various sports was held.
There are many famous athle- will probably be two exhibition tes on board. Oshima, who s swimming galas, held at the taking the place of Nambo, the European YM.C.A. Pool and at the Jumper, took a third place at the Victoria Recreation Club
1932 World Olympiad. Among the An exhibition tennis match runners le Yoshioka, who secur against the cream of local talented a sixth place in the 100 metres. will also be staged it is hoped at at the Los Angeles Games. Masu- the Kowloon: Cricket Club where | da represented Japan in the 400
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