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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY: JULY

1984

ATHLETICS: UNIVERSITIES

TEAM LOSES

ORTHERN COUNTIES

TOO STRONG

Northern Counties A. record for the mile, returning 4 defeated the Univer- min., 27 4-5sec. The

quarter- letic Union by 20 points mile titio went to A. J. Poole

L.Weatwood.

a

the Leeds University (Blackheath I.) who won by

foot from J. E. Stond (City of Rochester A.C.) in 61 3-5kec.

ter of good times were of the track, and, in thei , W. Wiglund, London and H-Reovés, Man- ity Police, both scored

Wiklund won the dis avelin. and Reeves the dhammer,

Villiamson took the 100! the U.A.U., in 10 1-6sex, Engelhard (York H.) home in the furlong in The University of Lon- ident, G. N. Blake, won yurds. in 50 1-5sec.

rds.-M. S.

City Police,

the

Middlesex Women's Titles

of

SMALL LEAGUE TENNIS |

WHITCOMBE BREAKS AUSTRALIA BOWLS FIXTURES PROGRAMME

BRITISH RECORD

Made Lowest Total Ever At Southport

Southport.

IT RAINED FISH INSTEAD

WINS SPEEDWAY

TEST

OUTPACE ENGLISH

RIDERS

THRILLING MATCH

FURTHER MATCHES IN ONLY TWO MATCHES IN

CHAMPIONSHIPS

GRIMMITT WINS

day in the lawn bowls champion Further matches were played you įships.

"A" DIVISION TRA

Owing to the funeral of the lato; Mr.

BANANA COFFEE

Lo Cheung-ahlu, father of who have boon, prominently idöntified Messrs. M. K., M. W. and Horneo Lo, with the activities of the Chinese Recreation Club, the matchon in which this Club was to have been NEW EXPERIMENT IN

ngaged in the "A" Divison of the League yesterday were postponed.

D. Rumdahn of the Craigengower G.C. met P. O. Dunne, the Kowloon C.C. player on the Civil Service CC: green and won by 21 shota to 18. Tho match was interruptod for

Actually only two matches were space of five minutes by rain and involved. The Chinese B.C. "A" after resumption Rumjahn scored two team was down to meet the Indian shots for victory on the head im- R.C. at Sookunpoo while the Chinese mediately after the adjournment.

R.C. "B" and "" teams were to have clashed at Causeway Bay,

Australia won the first of the season's Speedway Test matches at Wembley Stadium by defeating England by 69 points to 38.

The crowd was officially return- At Talkoo R.'C. A. W. Grimmitt, who, since the elimination of U. M. Australia nearly met dienster Omar, will be favoured for the title, In the opening heat, for Vic won through the Second Round Huxley, their captain and holder against J. S. Logan of the Kowloon of the British individual champion B. G. C. by 21 shots to 15. ship, appeared to bump violently

"cap," in the rush for the frat rebend. Both came off, and although Huxley hurt his knee he was able to turn out. again for his

next race.

These two postponements left only one match down for decision on the Island and one in Kowloon,

On the Hongkong side of the har bour, the Hongkong C.C. entertained the Club de Recreio. The match had to be abandoned on account of rain

The

before either side had secured the necessary points for victory. Club de Recreio were then leading by

OPEN SINGLES. Playing in the Open Singles Cham- plonship at the Club de Recreio yes erday T. Armstrong defeated J. G. Meyer in a close game of 21 shots to 4% nets to 2%. 20, the match going to 19 heads.

DIETETICS

can be

Experiments at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College have just

a "coffee" shown that produced from bananas.

In these experiments, the fruit ́ was peeled, cut in small cross- sections, and treated in a de hydrator. At a temperature of 120 degrees, semi-rips fruit re- quired 17 hours. A longer drying was necessary for the ripe fruit, which contains more sugar,

Its taste is described as a creamy cocoa", saya Austral News.

Many inquiries are being re- colved as to the possibilities of banana coffee. Several doctors.

interested in "ascertaining whether its nutritive qualities will. make it useful in treating gastric disorders, or in building up child- ren after certain ailments.

Whitcombe, the youngest of three With a score of 61, Reginald well-known golfing brothers, play- Ing in the first qualifying round of the Dunlop-Southport competl- Ition over the Ainsdale and Hesk th courses, achitoved, the lovost total ever returned for 18 holes in a first-class British chamn pionship. Two records were beaten when

His guros, which lowered the the Middlesex women's champion-Hesketh course record by thres ships were held at Charlton Park, strokes and included nine ed at 51,000. Blackheath. In the 80 metres "bindete," were: Out, 844 342 444; hurdles championship Miss Violet in, 444 438 884-64. Webb (Polytechnic LA.C) wan Although Whitcombe's feat con- easily in 11 9-10sec., which beata atitutes a record for the British the British record by 1-10sec., but Isles, it does not apply to the rest Williamson when the course, was remeasured of Europe. Aubrey Boomer, in Into Les Wotton, the new English U.A.U.), 10 1-üsec. It was found to be a few inches the fourth round of the 1920 Vault-R. D. Cotton short,

French open championship, H., N.CA:A.), Drt Gin.|

turned a card of 61. Miss E. E. Maguire (London -H. Reeves (Man-Olympiades) won the 100 yards

N.C.A.A.), in 11 2-bacc., as against the NOT CATS AND DOGS

Scores: R. H Wild and H. Jare vious record of 111⁄2sec., and re-

A thrilling finish was witnessed on Armstrong (Hongkong CC) lost to le.-C. Whitehead (Sal-tained her furlong title in 26

FARNDON'S RECORD RIDE. .G.A.A.) and F. Handley 1-10sec..

the Kowloon Docks grem whore A. A. V. Romedios and J. Gonsalves I Improvement

E. Silkstone playing A. S. Alves in 2-0, beat F. J. Remedios and H. A. A.C. N.C.A.A.), equal 1-10sec, on the previous beat. Miss

Colin Watson, England's cap the tain, rode magnificently in the opponent in great form and

same competition found his Barros 7-5, lost to C. A. Barretto and min. 69 3-5sec.

was G. A. Noronha 3-0, L. Fawcett, also of London It rained fish during a recent first race and was only 3-5ecc. eliminated by 21 shots to 17. In the W. Wiklund (London, Olympiades, retained her Javelin storm five miles from Geelong, outside the track record, but his

twenty-fourth head Silkstone and discus-throwing tities and Victoria, Australia. After

WAS the effort

eclipsed by Tom lying four and had great chance of M.

also won the shot put.

storm. small carp, some weighing Farndon, the young Now Cross snatching victory by a single shot several ounces, were found in star and London champion, who, when Alves noxed his wood in to take rds.-S. E. Engelhart

the property of Mr. in the next race, knocked exactly W. Littlejohns, of 1sec. off Frank Pearea's record of The following weddings are an Edward J. N.C.A.A.), 22 1-5sec.

PLANNING TO VISIT 78.28cc., made two weeks ago. 10A. II. Briscoe (all-nounced to take place shortly. Mr. Grovedale.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Kemming Lee, bank clerk,

No dam or water supply is close

England secured yet another As G. Parkins is due to meet C. J. H., N.C.A.A.), 4mln. 34 at 19C, High Street, and Miss to the field, so possibly the ash "drat" when Harry Lees was only Tacchi this afternoon in the Singles

U.S.R.C. v. C.C.C. Championship, the tie in the third af 38C, Bonham Road. were sucked out of the only lake 1-sec. outalde the new record. in round of the Pairs Championship in

Washington, July 3. Chan Wal-hung, of 58. Queen's in the district by a vortex during Hent 3, but despite the successes which B. G. Post and G. Parking are League at U.S.R.C. yesterday, the speeding southward aboard the ump.-W. N. Patterson Mr. Chan

President Roosevelt, with his H., N:C.A.A.) and L. Rond, and Miss Madalina Wung of the storm, and carried five miles of the home riders Australia kept down to play F. J. Jones and A. W. Craigengower team had gained a cruiser U. S. S. Houston, for a Playing in the "A" Division of the two sons, Franklin and John, is Sheffield Y.M.CA, N. 32A, Ship Street. Mr. Wong Yuck bach 5ft. 9in.. equal 1. hon, merchant, residing at 62, Bon-In the air before being scattered. on annexing second and

third Grimmitt, has been postponed and easy win when rain stopped play rda.-G. N. Blake (Lon-Loney you of No. 5, Wong Tek in shrubs and several were Heat 5 and, with his team-mate, have yet to finish off their second and E. J. Howard 7-5, losing to A. V. the Virgin

ham Strand East and Allan Annie Some fish were found hanging places.

will be re-arranged. Lees was again first home in

Capt. P. S. Cannon and H. D. Tol. month's cruise out of sight of the U.), 50 1-5sec.

W. E. Hollands and J. J. Gregoryard and Y. Hackuna 5-7, best G. Lai

linton (U.S.R.C.) lost to J. W. Leon- United States. Street, Happy Valley.

paled on a barbed wire fence.

Gordon Byers, obtaining the odd round Pair championship

He expects to visit Porto Rico; point, England became five points with H. H. Rose and J. S. Logan 50

match Gosane and R. Choa 0.1,

Islands, Colombia, Panama and Hawail, probably dis- fahead.

that the arranged match between the

L-Cmdr. G. G. Slade and Lt. embarking at Portland, Oregon, But then the tide began to winners of this fixture and J. E. Massey Dawson (U.S.R.C.) lost to President Roosevelt's turn in favour of Australia. In Noronha and B. Basto down for to Gomano and Choa 0-6, lost to Lai and will take him through the Carib- cruise three of the next four heats they day has been postponed.

Howard 0-6, losing to Leonard and bean Sea, the Panama Canal and нcored maximum points, so that

Hackuna 0-2. To-morrow afternoon A. E. Coaten,

through the Pacific Ocean as far when the interval arrived with G. L. Buchanan, A. A. Razack and (U.S.R.C.) lost to Leonard and as the Hawaiian Islands, Return-

Capt. L. Walch and A. J. Stocker the ninth heat they were leading w. V. Field will meet E. W. Sim- Hackuna 4-6, lost to Gosane and Chosing, he will probably visit Seattle, by 30 points to England's 23. Most of the credit for

monds, J. Deakin, F. J. Jones and 2-0, losing to Lai and Howard 4-5 Wash., and possibly Vancouver this A. W. Grimmitt in the third round amazing revival was due to the of the Rinks Championship on the stood at C.C.C. 5 points, U.S.R.C. 1 the far western

On the six completed sets the scores and Victoria, British Columbia,

Canadian вед efforts of Dick Case and Max Police R.C. groen,

point. Grosskreutz.

Forts. Reuter. Australia's third

166ft. 2(n.

ards Hurdles.-J. Irmingham, U.A.U.), 16]

ards Hurdles.-E. Tyror

H., N.C.A.A.), 58 1-6sec.

Milos R, Walker (Wake-| Ity H., N.C.A.A.). 15min,

Jump.-J. W. Clemen's

U.A.U.), .22ft. 34in.

-W. Wiklund (London,

119ft. 11⁄2in.

residing

fields Im

Unruly Mob At Amateur Golf Finals

-H. Reeves (Man- DISGRACEFUL SCENE AS MCLEAN LOSES

City Police N.C.A.A.),!

Stop. and Jump. Hig

Preston H., 'N.C.A.A),

11..

lle Relay.-N.C.A.A. W.

S. Lockett. R. D. Long-

nd F. Handley) beat ica A.U. by Gyda., 3min.

KENT

TO THE LOCAL FAVOURITE

London.

There is often cause to complain at the manners displayed by members of the public at big cricket and tennis matches. Less frequently do the spectators in golf championship so far forget themselves.

►

Yet this happened at the Bri-, rushed over the green and carried tish Amateur Golf Championships, him shoulder high to the club house. when, in the Afth round, Jack

McLean, the brilliant young Scota. man, was seriously impeded in hie

MPIONSHIPS game by a section of the crowd,

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McLEAN INDIGNANT.

Not unnaturally McLean showed some indignation after the match. which persisted in cheering the "I got better treatment in other shots-of-his-opponent,--James countries than I do in my own," he Wallace, a local man, who had exclaimed. already beaten Chandler Egan and

new county records were Cyrli Tolley.

ed at the Kent Cham-

"It was terribly hard to fight not only againat Wallace, but also: against a crowd which was hostile to me.

pair, whose brilliant team-work enabled them to score full points in the sixth and ninth races.

A CRITICAL RECORD.

to offer any resistance during this Lees was the only English 'rider critical period and in beating both Heat 7 the Wembley rider secured Huxley and Lionel Van Praag in his third win and remained the only undefeated rider-up-to-the interval. In ench of his three rides Lees beat the previous record for the track,

Australia renewed their alaught after the interval, with three "maximums"

on-

and hud

There was not much interrup- at Belvedere. Among tlon until the tenth hole, where a ed-breakers was W. A. wide expanse of links opens to the know Wallace did not want placed themselves 19 points. ahead) th Field Co. R.E.), who shore. About six thousand people that partisanship for he is a sport. with six heats to go. Huxley and ft, in the high Jump to were watching, and many of them "It is only fair to all that Wal- Van Praag outclassed Watson and [own county record" by showed their partisanship

lace was as displeased na his op- Key and crossed the line together

McLean was one up at tiris stage,

I won the discus with yelling delight at Wallace's strokesponent at the biased behaviour of in a dead-heat, and the Australian 126 .47 in., nearly and cheering when McLean missed the crowd and did his best to stop captain at last. won outright in his better than W. Hertzog's putt.

it, but to no avail:" ord. Land also won the

next ride, when he beat Tom tie at 63 ft. 9 in, and was but he was clearly put off by the of Jack White, a former open

"Disgraceful," was the opinion | Farndon by eight lengths.. secund

The English riders seemed un- lo A. Rosser quite unjustifiable demonstration champion as he watched the closing able to check the inle 1), in the height. made against him and it was not scenes,

continued rkes. Blackheath H., re-long before he was in trouble. By the

success of the visitors and, in fact, "It is terrible to Es titles in the 100 yards time the Afteenth hole was reach-crowd behave like that.

sec a Scottish first place went to Australia in yards,

ed it was Wallace who was one up.

eight of the last nine heats, Lees during the second half. It was "There is no excuse for a specta-alone scoring n win for England

the best performances At the sixteenth he was bunkered, for who knows the game and cheers mplished by S. C. Wooder-hut reenvered well to get a half. missed putt, rkheath I.), who clipped He held on his hole lead to win, McLean. I have never seen any

s off. R. D. Bell's county and his, over exuberant followers thing like it,"

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and I am sorry for never necessary for Australia to call upon the reserves, Frank Arthur and Jack Sharp. Case and Grosskreutz dropped only two out of a possible 30 points as a pair.

The margin of Australia's vic- tary was R record for these matches, the previous best being at Wembley last year, when England won by a margin of 29 points.

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Plans for controlling and check- ing the London to Melbourne air race for the Koepang to Darwin stage are now-exercising the Aus- tralian race authorities, saya Austral News. The co-operation of 48 pearling luggers is being sought to increase the safety mar rin in the Timer Sen crossing of 480 miles. They would be posted roughly 10 miles apart across the

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the shot.

TWO POSTPONEMENTS.

wai

A. L. Sullivan and G. W. Sowoli (Hongkong C.C.) lost to Remedios

Gonsalves, 4-6; bent Barreto and ROOSEVELT'S CRUISE. Noronha 6-2

O. E. C. Marton and T. A. Pearce (Hongkong C.C.) drow with Remedios and Barros 6-6, lost to Barretto and Noronha 5-7.

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