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IN SHANGHAI

Hong Kong And Tientsin Not Able To Send Teams

At a meeting of the Shanghai Amateur Swimming Association held last week, it was revealed that invitations extended to Tientsin and Hong Kong have been refused on the grounds of the present poll- tical situation making it difficult for the bodies concerned to raise sufficient funds to send teams here As a result, the local swimming championship galas will take the limelight, and these will be held towards the end of August.

The Cercle Sportif Francals will hold their rala on August 29, the tive local championship events "allocated to this Club in all pro- bability being ran off at their Children's Gala which is being held on the afternoon of that date.

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In view of recent enthusiasm will perform in conjunction with over swimming at this club, there the championship events allocated is a prospect of a revival of the to this organizatiör.. open swimming gala being held as

in past years, last year being the

"IMPORTANT DECISIONS

Against Australians

YOUNG PLAYERS WHO WOULD NOT LET ENGLAND DOWN

By virtue of their victory, at Leeds last week, the Australians retained the "Asbes." The follow- ing comments by a correspondent in Thomson's Weekly News will be of interest:-

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War On Barrackers

SO DISTURBED is the Dominions Office about the "barracking" of the Australian Test team at Trent Bridge that efforts are being made to prevent its recurrence at the remaining matches.

"It is feared that bad blood will be stirred up between Australia

and the Mother Country.

Hence the suggestion has been made to the Home Office that. greater police supervision should be given at the remaining Tests. Exaggerated accounts of the barracking have been sent to Australia' and a very unfavourable opinion has been created. THE Australians have no objection to legitimate criticism..but resent attempts to howl them down for fighting their way out of a difficulty.

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Dominions Secretary Lord Stanley, member of the sporting Derby family, is particularly anxious for the remaining matches to be con- ducted in a friendly spirit.

SUCCESSFUL GALA AT ROWING OLUB

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US. BASEBALL RESULTS

"New York. Aug. 1.

The following are the results of the League baseball matches play- ed yesterday

No amount of argument can overcome the fact that the Australians are

of the strongest post-war batting sides that have visited Eng- land. Bradman may be the star per- former, but that does not alter the fact that while he

problem Another important decision made for our bowlers in himself, he has at the meeting was to the effect a number of colleagues who are The Shanghai Rowing Club will events would be Umited to boys.

that the Junior Boys championship capable of obtaining runs in plenty. Fingleton, McCabe, Badcock.

Even greater interest than Pittsburg" hold their annual gala on August under the age of seventeen years Hassett and others are not likely

Rizzo pitched.. 27, on which occasion four cham- |the age limit to be effective up to /to be easily "dismissed when the heretofore seen this season was

witnessed at the Rowing Club, Brooklyn...... pionships will be swum off in con- the date of the gala at which the going is good for the bat.

Camill pitched. Shanghai,

their last week. at function with the usual handicap championship event will be held.

midweek miniature swimming gala, and amusing events.

and the ladies' events came to the St. Louis With the interport contests ruled The last

Boston tore in view of the large number of entries.

first that these popular functions were dropped.

of the championship out it remains to the local cham- galas. will take place at the For-pionships to attract interest this eign Y.M.C.A. on September 3. when the Association swimmers

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Undoubtedly the best attraction St. Louis I have a vivid recollection of the of the evening was the musical Boston again be competed for by the well- known speed swimmers from the way Peebles tied up the "wonder chairs event in lifebuoys, this being Foreign YM.C.A.. the departure batsman" at Old Trafford some won by Miss Huxley with W. Chicago

Corneck as runner up. ja Tommy Britton leaving the field years ago after rain. clear for such notables as Archic That brings me to the argument Logan, Toby Gavriloff and Lmore than once brought forward Oliveira. Gavriloff is expected to that our only hope of beating this win the" ahort distance events, powerful batting side is on a sticky while Logan is favoured

In the wicket. middle and long distances, Oliveira being a distinct possibility in eclipsing Gavrilen in the 50 yards.

THE YOUNGER BLOOD

The fact seems to be over- looked that our friends from Overseas have a spin bowler or two who will take a lot of holding up under such condi. tions.

EASIES FOR AUSSIES

It has not as yet been revealed how the younger swimmers have" come on, and their performances "Another point that has cropped in the championships this season up is the arrangement of the Mr. W. T. Tilden, the greatest will reveal who will follow in the Tourists' fixture list. lawn tennis player of all time, has footsteps of Logan and his col-

Many people want to know why now passed the full meridian of leagues who, while far from being they are usually given a series of his glory

court. In "Aces, considered veterans, are becoming easy games On

before making their Places and Faulta“ (Hale, 12s. 6d.) known as among the older swim-nrst appearance at Lord's. ・・・ the champion, looking back on a mers here. Ja the backstroke I agree that the Tourists should career that has carried him into Logan will meet with competition be put more strongly up against it. 40 different countries, proves that from Ernie Smith, the former being say against Yorkshire or Middlesex. his pen has about as much driv- well favoured not only to win but before facing so representative & ing force as his racket. He offers to break the record again.

to the votaries of the most cos-

mopolitan game an autobiography

that is at once a source for enter-

tainment and counsel." writes A third. Borotra gets the Arst prize Wallis Myers in the Daily Tele- smashing. graph.

with M. E. Mc Loughlin and G. L. Patterson second and third.

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of

To begin a game which was ultimately to bring him fame the world over the author stole his most elder brother's racket at the age champlon's volume will not be. I

his recollections imagine. of six and sallled forth with a

famous players and famous corroded. tennis ball to break bls father's window and lose his spectators, nor impressions gained racket as a penalty. Yet he tells on world tours, original and ar- resting as all these are, but the champion was fired by that in-instructional section, which con

cerns the technique and psycho- Since then he has been break-logy of the game. Here is advice

wisdom straight from and ing records instead of windows. One of them and the feat is cracle, here the gospel of success never likely to be surpassed-was and the fruit of vast experience.

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to win the American title for six successive years at a period when the challenge was stronger even

than that at Wimbledon, where he won the title both before and after his zenith.

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Iconoclast though he mains, years have ripened Mr. Tilden's wisdom and softened his prejudices. Неге and there be rattles the windows of governing bodies and tilts at polleles and persons; bat in the main his heart remains large and tolerant.

El opinions on the relative grea ness of his contemporaries and on their quaitles as players must command attention, though he will not expect them to enjoy unanimous acceptance. He ex- cludes Jean Borotra from his "First Ten," while admitting two of his own more recent profes- sional rivals. Kozeluh and Nus. lein.

OTHER PLATERS

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Mr. Tilden, was ever a fighter

team the M.C.C. can get together. They would not be critical if they were, for the all-sumclent reason that their batsmen would be more convincingly tried out.

Curious, is it not, how often the Australians' tactics in their county and University games come in for criticism?

A lot has been written about the way they flogged the Cam- bridge attack for more than a day and a half before declar- ing my own view is that this sort of thing is not even inter- esting. After all there is no point in making a weak side look silly.

ENGLAND'S YOUNG MEN

The water polo match with- out rules was another novelty Item as was the ladies' balloon race wherein each contestant had to swim the length of the bath propelling a balloon. Miss B. Gray won the event with Miss J. Picozzi taking second place,

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Some good swimming was seen in the free style events and here particularly good times were regis-Boston tered by S. Brabner, F. Brewer and St. Louis D. Gray among the ladies. Fox homered

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Smith narrowly defeated H. Farm- er in the men's contest.

A find in younger swimmers was seen in A. J. Dodd, member of a well-known swimming family, who won the boys' event easily in ex- cellent time and more will be heard of him in due course.

THE RESULTS

The results were:-

Boys One length backstroke-1, J. Lumsdaine; 2. P. Brewer. Time,

22 secs.

Ladies' Balloon race.--1, Miss B Gray: 2, Miss J. Picozzi.

Men's One length breast stroke.-- 1, E. Fabian: 2, P. Brewer, Time. 24.2/5 secs.

Boys' Tub Race.-1, J. Lums- datne; 2, P. Brewer,

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Sporting

Fixtures

TODAY

BADMINTON. --- Y.M.C.A.. Badmin-

ton, in the West Lounge. BOWLS-Open Singles Champion

ship (Second Round); (At Kow- loon Cricket Club); G. W. Mit- chell v. J. C. Brown; A. Brooks. bank V. L. F. Xavier; D. W. Waterton v. B. W. Bradbury; R. Duncan v. C. N. SUTA. (At Hong Kong Football Club): A. R. Dallah v. R. Basa; J. Watson v. E. Zimmern.

Mixed Musical Chairs in Life-BILLIARDS AND DARTS. MC- belts: Winner: Miss J. Huxley. Runner Up: W. K. Corneck.

Boys' One length invitation free style handicap. 1. A. J. Dodd; 2. T. Huxley. Time. 18.2/5 secs.

Ladies' One length free style handicap-1st heat: 1, Miss J.

It looks as if some of our young Peach; 2, Miss J. Huxley. Time. -and "youngish"-players are 22.2/5 secs.; 2nd heat: 1. Miss J. making themselves certainties for Picozzi; 2. Miss B. Brabuer. Time, future Test matches. Among them|21.2/5 seca.

are Edrich (Middlesex), Hutton Men's One length free style and, like Walter Hagen in golf, the Yorkshire), George Fope and Cop-handicap-1st heat: 1, L. Beattle; Time, 18.2/5 secs. greatest natural showman of his son (Derbyshire), J. W. A. Stephen-2. H. Eardley.

Son (Exsex), and Peter Smith 2nd heat: I. C. Smith: 2. H. Farm- epoch; but in 40 years' association

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er. Time, 16.3/5 secs: with the game I never knew him

Some people may smile when I Mixed relay. 1. H. Farmer, H. as an amateur preen himself on mention Peter Smith, but I have Eardley, E. Fabian, R. Burn, B. H. victory or make excuses for his more than once been impressed by McMichael, Misses E. Brown, B. rare defeats. A maxim in his his possibilities as a leg spin bow- Gray, and S. Brabner; 2 C. Smith, place in every ler who has the increased advan~ P. Brewer, J. Lumsdaine, A J. tage of being able to "turn it" both Dodd, J. Huxley, Misses; J. Peach. ways and send down an, occasional V. Cherneff and D. Gray. nasty googly. Do not forget, too,

book deserves a club pavilion:

The object of match, play

Is to win, but no credit goes to a man .who does not win fairly and squarely. A victory is a defeat if it is other than fair. To win is the object, and to, do 30 one should play to the last ounce of one's strength, the last gasp of one's breath and the last sap of one's nerve. If you do so and lose the better man won. If you do not, you have robbed your opponent of his right of BERTINg Your best. Be fair to both him and your- self.

that he can bat a bit. He has al-DAVIS CUP ready scored a century this season

against Kent, and both Yorkshire GERMANY BEATS

and Lancashire have learned that: his spin can be decidedly trouble- some. I like his easy action and

alp" of the pitch.

YUGOSLAVIA

Berlin, August 1 Germany defeated Yugoslavia" in Lord Tennyson formed a very the final of the Davis Cup (Euro- high opinion of George Pope when pean Zone) by three matches to in India, and, he is a thoroughly two.-(Renter).

good judge of a player's ablities,

Pope is living up to a good reputa-

tion, and many people who have

seen him in action this season are his run up to the wicket in view convinced that he ought to play of the knee trouble which kept for England.

him out of the game so long lust season. He has shortened this run. though he can still get plenty of pace from the pitch.

Pope can be decidedly difficult when the pitch háy “life” or Is'. soft on the surface, with a hard sub-soll

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I think Copson has been un- lucky in regard to his big crie- ket aspirations, though that he is a good fast bowler on his day is beyond argument. Edrich has revealed wonderful

He has never played against Budge, and the present champlon No wonder Mr. Tilden is oppos- does not, therefore, figure in his ed to the presence of wrestling valuations. He deems Vines and boring promoters when he is better Hall court player" than organising professional matches. Perry, and places. Nusklein's back-He has a good deal to say on this hand drive. In a higher category subject that will compel atten- Moreover, he can bowl in long than Lacoste's. Perry is Arst in tion and ruffle susceptibilities. spells, which is not by any means his quality analysis only as re- "Professional tennis," he thinks, always the role with bowlers who gards stamina.

"is, a gamble from a promoter's have pretensions, to pace: He has Perry's forehand drive is not viewpoint, but like all gambles, if improved greatly with experience. held in such high esteem as that it clicks it yields big money." But COPSON'S KNEE TROUBLE form with the bat, so I shall always of Vites, W. M. Johnston or F. T. why should "big money", ever Concerning: Copson, it can be remember that magnificent in- Hunter, First in instinctive genius dominate a family and recreative, said he might be good in repre- nings he played against Lancashire comes Cochet, with EN.. Williams, game like lawn tennis? The game sentative cricket, but I am wonder-on a bad wicket at Lord's last || the American, second. and Ramil is there to be played and not ex-ing whether he is rather chary season; That stamped him as a

the French

Just now about going all out in batsman of particularly high class. professional, plotted.

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Ewan-Younger League, Royal En- gineers. Royal Scots "B"; Gar- rison v. RA. Lyemun: Middlesex v. RA.M.C., Royal Scots "A" v. R.A. Stonecutters. MEETINGS.-Hong Kong F.A. Council, in 8.C.M. Post, Board Room, 5.30 p.m.; Kowloon Chess Club at Peninsula Hotel, 5.30pm. SWIMMING-Mixed Swimming, in Swimming

European YMCA Pool.

.TOMORROW BADMINTONYM.C.A., Ladies Badminton in the West Lounge. BOWLS-Open Singles Champion-

ship (Second Round:---(At Kow Joon Dock Recreation Club); J E. Noronha or G. Sherif v. C. P. Remedios: A Hyde-Lay v. A. E Carey, C. B. Hoskin V. H. A Alves: (At Craigengower Cricket Club): 3. A. da Luz y. A. K. Miņu; R. Ellis v. W. GUI; S. Eccleshall v. E. W. Lines;" (At Indian Re- creation Club): E. C. Fincher v A. E. Coster; W. K. Way or A. Warr v. J. E. Herison; V. Ramsey v. J. Cavanagh.

TENNIS "B" Division: Craigen-- gower C.C. v. Chinese R.G.; EK Univetang 7. Club de Hectelo; Civil Service C.C. v. Indian R.C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4---

BOWLS—Open Singles Champlon- ship (Becond Round); (At 'Club de Recreio); J. Coleman v. J. B: Logan or N. Norman. DARTS. "H.B.” League: Neptune v. Embassy Jolly Roger v, RAO. CR; Imperiál v. C.P.O.C.;-

| TENNIS.—"C" Dlylalon: Army T.C. v. Kowloon Tong B.C.; Craigen- gower C.C. v. HK: University; §, China A.A. V. Club de Recrelo, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 TENNIS. "D" Division: Kowloon Tong R.C. v. Army T.C.; Kowloon Indian T.C. v. Central British Assn.; Kowloon C.C. v. Chinese R.C.; Indian R.C. v. Club de Re- crelo; Civil Service C.C. v. Cral- gengower C.C:: Police R.C."Y. 6. China AAS

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