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SPORTING NEWS AND NOTES

LAWRENCE STAGES COME-BACK: WINS TWO

THRILLING BACK STROKE

RACE WITNESSED IN COLONY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Only Two Competitors In 100 Yards Free Style

WILFRED LAWRENCE, who in 1936 won the four major sprint aquatic championships of the Colony, staged a magnificent come- back yesterday after a year's absence, owing to illness, when he won the 100 Yards Free Style and 100 Yards Back Stroke Championships, in the Victoria Recreation Club pool.

+ Swimming against only one other competitor. Lawrence was never seriously challenged and won the 100 yards free style in the time of 57 4/5 seconds.

THE RESULTS

It is interesting to note that; Lawrence has won this event in The following were the results of

$30, 33, 34, 35 and 36, breaking yesterday's events:-

the record in 1935 with 57 1/5 100 Yards Free Style (Champion- seconds.

ship of the Colony) 1. W. Lawrepes; 2. Chan

nan Wing Time. 57 4/5 secs.

440 Yards Free Style (Junior Championship of V.RQ)

1. Silva-Natto (Time, 6 mins. secs.): 2. E. M. Marques (Time,

The 100 yards back strqke yes-! terday provided a thrilling race.kat. the four entrants being A. Rum- Jahn, Lau Yu-ting. Chan Kai-hin and Lawrence. For the, first 75 yards, the four kept pace with each other but at the anal turn. Law "rence made a magnificent spurt and won in the time of 79 4/5 secs. Lawrence thus regained the title which he last won in 1935 when his time was 69 275 secs.

Hardcourt Tennis

OMAR RUMJAHN

BRILLIANT

Omar Rumjahn played a great game in the hardcourt doubles tennis championship yesterday to carry his partner. George Choa, tą vjɛtory against Willie Hung and Lee Wal-tong at the U.S.R.C. before a large crowd of spectators.

mins. 42 secs.).

· Ladies' 100 Yards Free Style Handicap

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6.· 1938

TUBORG BEER

WINS TWO TITLES TUBORG

DANISH GIRL THE NEW STARS IN

SNATCHES 11TH WATER RECORD

Ragahlid Hveger

Copenhagen. Sept 5. A new world record in the wo men's 1,000 yards crawl was es- tablished here yesterdng by the celebrated Danish world record- holder, Miss Ragnhild Eveges, who covered the distance in 13 minutes. 36 seconds.

Miss Hveger is now in possessior 1st Heat: 1, Miss N. Noranha: 2. of 11 world records, an achieve Miss D. Hunt: Second Heat: 1. Miss ment that is hitherto unequalled E. McKelvie; 2. Mrs. T. MacMahon. (Transocean).

Boys' 50 Yards (Handicap)

1st Heat: 1, B. Thirlwell; 2. L. Heat:- 1. L. Gutteres. Second Viera: 2. J. Gomes. Third Heat: 1 T. Lo: 2, D. Rodrigues. Fourth Heat: 1, E. Costa: 2, R. Vas..

100 Yards Back Stroke (Cham-

pionship of the Colony)

1. W. Lawrence: 2, Chan Kai-hin;

3. A. Runijahın.' Time. 70 4/5.

U.S. BASEBALL

RESULTS

New York, Sept. 5. The following are the results of matches played in the Baseball Choa, who showed up so pro-Leagues yesterday:- misingly in the HK.C. Cajony championships earlier in the year. did not find the hardcourt to his liking and was, at best, very me- diocre.

Willie Hung and Lee both played well, especially in the second set which they took without conceding 1 game, but Omar Rumjahn proved too much for them, forcing these two players into error after error in the final set.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Results of yesterday's garues vere:-

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SINGLES

S. A. Gray beat J. R. Turner 6-3. 6-3

Wong Fook-nam beat B. Agafur- off 6-2, 6-2.

A. E. P. Guest beat T. Kyok 6-2,

4-2.

S. A. Rumjaha beat Peter U 6-2, 6-2.

DOUBLES

O. Rumjahn and G. Choa" beat Lee Wal-tong and W. C. Hung 6-3, 0-6, 8-1.

DAVIS CUP

AUSTRALIA

ANNEXES DOUBLES

Germanstown, Pa., Sept. 5. Australia reduced United States lead in the Challenge Round of the 'Davis Cup com- petition yesterday by winning the doubles, Adrian tidal and John Bromwich Drating Donald Budge the

and Gene Mako," the American Kia - Wi champions, in four sets, 9-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

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European Athletic Meeting

Paris, Sept. 5.- Eleven finals were decided yesterday in the second day of the European Aibletle Cham- pionships, which were attend- ed by 25.000 spectators, in sunny weather..

The results were as follows; 200 Metres 1. Osendarp (Hol land]; 2. Scheuring (Germany); 3. A Pennington (Britain) Jenkins of Great Britain was sixth. Time: 21.2 secs. (championship record).

400 Metres.-1. A. G. Hi Brown (Britain); 2. Baumgarten (Hol- land); 3, Linhoff (Germany), Time: 47,4 seca. (championship record).

LONDON SOCCER

Spurs And Chelsea May

Steal

Some Of The

Arsenal's Thunder

Charlton The Team Without A Star

It is a matter of considerable importance to Londoners that London Soccer clubs are still attracting the star players from all over England. For there are hundreds of thousands of natrdits of Soccer in the Metropolis, sud it is only meet and right that they should be given the finest possiblefare, writes a Home correspondent. It used to be left to the Arsenal to sign most of the stars for London, and they have again led the way this season by getting Bryn Jones, the highest-priced footballer of all time, from Wolver- hampton wanderers.

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But nowadays there is very kesn] whom they brought out midway competition for the stars, and through last season. looks like many of the other London clubs developing into a really high-class throw out challenges to the Arsenal forward. With such inside fox- for the leading players.

warda as Gibboni, McAloon, Esat-

I doubt whether a better back ham, Scott. Holliday and Maurice has come to London in recent years Edelston. to choose from. Brent- than Sproston, formerly of Leeds, |ford's "chiệt anxiety may be who who is now on the Tottenham | to leave out, Hotspur staÍT.

Another", star who has a yet Sproston was the first player had" only a short experience of signed by Mr. Peter McWilliam on London football in Richardson, of his return to Tottenham. Inciden-Millwall. He was signed on late fally, I belleve the Spurs will bene last season, but arrived at New At more from the return of Peter Cross in time to help them gain McWilliam to manage the side promotion to the Second Division. than the arrival of half a dozen He should play in important part stars.

In Millwall's new venture this

I have always felt that he could season. make anything on two legs play BALANCE OF CHARLTON good football, and I know that heIt is perhaps strange to write has wonderful induence over his of the stars and their teams with- players.

out finding it necessary to mention Charlton Athletic

But then Charlton would probably have me tell you that they are a team with out a star ... 1- team in which the abilities of the players are so well distributed and blended that the introduction of a star or stars

I expect to see. the Spurs trying to capture some of the Arsenal's thunder, for it was In Mr. McWilliam's carlier spell at Tottenham that they were one of the best teams in the land.

CHELSEA STARS

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might disturb their beautiful balance.

And there is quite a lot in that,

- NATIONAL LEAGUE "

R. H. New York Brooklyn-

New York

Then we have Chelsea hitting Brooklyn

0, 3 1 800 Metres-1 Harbig (Gerup for a place in the Soccer sun.

They have satifted a loat-felt I assure you.' (Coffman pitched and Ott hom-man); 2, Leveque (France); 3. ered twice for the (Olants).

Lanzi (Italy). Time: 1 min. 50.8want by bringing Hanson, one of secs. (championship record). Philadelphia Boston

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5,000 Metres.-1.Marki (Fin- the beat outside-lefts in the coun- land); 2, Jonsson (Sweden); 3. try, to Stamford Bridge from Li- Pekuri (Finland). Time: 14 mins.verpool. Much of Chelsea's trouble 28.8 secs. (championship record), last season was on the wings, and, 110 Metres Hurdles.~1, P, 0. with a reallly first-class player like Hanson available for the left, there Finlay (Britain); 2, Linmann

for the

YORKSHIRE BEAT SCOTLAND

(Sweden); 3. Brasser (Holland): 4 Will always be a choice between A Difficult Wicket Thornton (Britain); Tire: 14.3 Spence and Buchanan secs. (championship and European right. record).

Caught - on a drying pitch, batsmen experienced an un- happy time aj Harrogate re- centia when 17 wickets went down, for an agregate of 127, rugs, and Yorkshire beat Scot- land by eight wickets.

In addition to Hanson there are 400 Metres Hurdles.1, Joye two almost new stars in the (France) ;.2, Kovács (Hungary); 3, Chelsea side who have scarcely Areskoug (Sweden). Time: 53.1 had a chance of settling down at secs. (championship record), Stamford Bridge yet. They are Throwing the, Hammer,-1, Hein Payne, the ten-goals-in-a-match 7 11 0 (Germany). Distance-192 ft. 93 centre-forward; and Brith, who This good performance by (Myer and West homered for the ins. (Championship, European and in his, few games for Chelsea last Yorkshire, for when cricket began Senators and Gordon, twice. Di-world record).

season played most Impressively at in the morning they were 54. be- Maggio and Renrich once for the Hop. Step and Jump-1, Raja- | full-back.

hind with seven wickets in hand, Yankees).

saari (Finland). Distance:-50 ft. These new players may well and in the end they gained only. make Chelsea a power in the land. a narrow first innings lead of 17

If Brentford have not indulged runs.

Boston

Philadelphia

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3 ins. (championship record).

Putting-the-Weight.— 1, Kreek (Estonia). Distance:$1 ft. 11 in a batch of new stars for this That Yorkshire succeeded was

Chapman homered for the ins. (championship record).. Beas it is because they have had 'due almost entirely to Emailes, Marathon-1, Muinonen (Fin-their 'll already. Yet, in getting who got the maximum assistance 12.17 0 land). Time: 2 hrs. 37 mins. 23.8 the signature to amateur forms of from the pitch and proved almost

ཧཱུྃ་དྷྭ, O scca, 2, Yarrow (Britain). Time: A. H. Gibbons, of the Royal Alf unplayable, "

homered-2 hrs. 39 mins. 3 secs. Both beat Force and formerly of Tottenham

Boston ... Philadelphia

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for the Red Sox).

Detroit

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Cleveland

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(Sulliva and Kress homered for the Browns),

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the previous championship time Hotspur, they have made a most

held by Palme of Sweden, who important capture, though, GIH- covered the distance in 2 hrs. 43 bons usefulness to the team will mins. 13,3 secs

50 Kilometres Walk-1, Whit

depend largely on how much foot- ball the R.A.F. permits him to play

in the Brentford colours.

THEIR OWN STARS

During s

devastating spell which brought him seven wie-

kets for 24′′russ în 13° OVERR, he reached ply 100th - wicket

of the season.

Another på rens, will give him the "Cricketer's double a feit which has not been eredited to a ¡Yorkshire "player since 1926, when

1 lock (Britain). Time: 4 hrs. 41 mins."60 secs. (championship re- cord); 2. Dill (Germany), Time: -4 hrs. 43 mins 54 secs.: 3. Brunn (Norway). Time 4 ha: 44 mhs, that ffrentford are helping to make both W. Rhodes and the late R. 55 secs.--(Reuter).

some of their own stars. McAloon, King achieved the performance.

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18 1 (Game was called in the seventh inning owing to darkness)-(Reu.

Bromwich was the hero of the ter). match. He was superb in every department.

The Americans romped home. with the first set in 17 minutes, but the Altsträllans exerted pressure in the second at, kreaking through Mako's service to win the set

OLYMPIC AWARD CONFIRMED-

Brussels, Sept. 5. At amoredanart the International In the third set, Exomwich and Clymple Committee held here, yes- Quist treater app cammon-ball terday, the awarding of the 1940 services acornfully and twice broke Summer Olympics to Finland was

confirmed. through the champion's as well Mako's perfi608, F

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I was also décided, subject to As a ́rësit" of his fine showing al contratión, to hold the yesterday Brozkien is Pavoured to Winter Olympics at St, Ormilte, but beat Riggs today through Budge is as decided in Celco at March an overwhelming tabitiribe to beat there will be no 'akling events truist in the duar Magus-Re-apart from military races (Ret

teri "tex}

Then it must not be forgotten

Sporting Fixtures.

TODAY

HADMINTON.-Y.M,C.A.Badmin-

ton, in the West Lounge: MEETING-Kowloon Chess Club,

at Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 pm.

Champion- SWIMMING Colony

ships at V.R.C., Women's 100. yards Free-style, Men's 880 yards Free-style, Relay Race, p.m. Mixed Swimming, in Buro- pean Y.M.C.A. Bwimming Pool TENNIS.-Hardcourt Champion-

ships, Trui Wal-pul . E. K Funs: Trul Yan-pul v Bick Beeto: L Agafiroff and J. E

„Yorkshire were left to score only 40 runs to win after dismissing Scotland in 85 minutes for a paltry 56. and this task was accomplish- ed, in just over 20 minuten

Early in the day the slow leg- Pengelly v Pang 01-lam and breaks of Laidlaw had all the Mok Fuk-in.

Yorkshire batsmen in 'difficulties, TOMINKOW

and this bowler, turning the ball BADMINTONYM.C.A. Ladies' viciously, claimed fix of the søven

Badminton, in the West Lounge, wickets for 30 mins. in the menlos.

ARMY HOCKEY PRACTICE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 BADMINTON—YM.CA.. Badmin-

ton in the West Lounge. SWIMMING - Annual Swimming The Anal practice match for the Championships of the Colony, Army hockey team shortly pro at Victoria Recreation Club, & ceeding to Singapore will take

Mixed Swimming," p.m.

in place on the Bookungoo ground CA swimming tomorrow at 5 pm. The Royal

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