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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JULY. 126, 1934.

SHANGHAI SWIMMING CHAMPION IN UNITED STATES

UNABLE TO DEFEND

TITLES

NORTHERN PORT'S CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMMES ARRANGED

RAVEN'S GOOD

OPPORTUNITY

With the departure of Frank Hadley for the United States, the swimming championship of Shanghai is more open this season than it has ever been before.

In addition to most of the Champlon, swimmer's contenders last season girding up their loins for action in the coming contests, many good men who previously had not entered the lists owing to the foregone con- clusions of Hadley's victories, are going into training with an eye on this year's crown,

The championships will be con-jentrics. Raven has a number of ducted this year by the Amateur records to his credit, but has Swimming Association in three dropped out of competitive swim- Galas, one at the Rowing Club ming for several years and will baths, one at the Forelyn

and the third at the French Club. THE EVENTS.

baths and it difcult to regain his past speed. He will probably swim the shorter sprint, free-style races, from the 60 yards to the quarter mile and should be well in the running if he is fit,

The events have been shared out as follows:-

Shanghai Rowing. Club Gala, August 24 and 26;---

220 yarda men's free style, 880 yards men's free style. 100 yards women's free style. 50 yards women's backairoke 100 yards men's breast stroke. Long Plunge championship. French Club, September 1:-

Shanghai's two outstanding youngsters are Noel Hammond and Archie Logan. These two will fight out pride of place in the majority of the straight swimming events. Both have revealed speed, with Hammond probably the faster fn the aprints and Logan the better stayer, but recent training

Entries for the above champlon-has altered form and should both

ships close on August 7.

"

100 yards men's free style.

100 yards junior boys free style.

B:--

100 yards men's backstroke.

50 yards men's free style. 50 yards women's stroke.

enter for the majority of the straight swimming events, they will contest for first position in mort,

champion,

has bad

The King visited Lord's on the last day of the Second Test and both teams were introduced to him. Here His Majesty is saan greeting W. M. Woodfull, the Australian captain,

The

MALAYAN TENNIS TITLE

RETAINED BY LIM BONG SOO

LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE

GREYHOUND WITH

SILVER NECK

K. B. G. C. TEAMS FOR Remarkable Operation

SATURDAY

After Accident

The following have been select- ed to ropresent the Kowloon A greyhound, named Somebody's Bowling Green Club in their Choice, who, in May broke his league matches againať 0.9.0.0. |nock in three pinces, was cantor on Saturday:

Ing round the training, paddocks at Wembley Stadium less than month afterwards.

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Some brilliant lawn tennis was seen at the Singapore C.C. First Team at 0,5.0.0.2--J. last week when the "Malayan Watson, A. S. Russell, J. H. champion, Lim Bong Soo, ne-Budding, L. Guy (Skip). cessfully defended his Singa- P T Farroll, J. S. Logan, pore title by beating Chua Hall, W. Macfarlane (Skip). Choon Leong, S7, 6–3, 6–0. K. Dunean, H. F. Stoneham, S. Bong Soo took the first service Randle, W. 5. Drake (Slip). and the games went to two-all on Second Team at K.B.G.C.:-J. L. Borvice until the fifth, during Tetley, C, L Farmer, J. Rodger, which Choon Loong brought his J. G. Meyor (Skip). backhand into play and scored two glorious winners with cross-court W. E. Halo, H. H. Roso (Skip).

D. W. Waterton, C. B. Hosking,

J. Macdonald, E. V. Scarlo,.. J. G. Charlton, G. E. F. Thompson

driven which finaked over the net

and completely beat the holder..

was serving well and went on to

At this stage Choon Leong (Skip).

He looked, and was, the picture of health. His recovory in one of the outstanding triumphs of vetor. Inary surgery.

Somebody's Choico suffered a spectacular fall in a recent hurdle trial. At first he was thought to be dead.

Then it was discovered that ho was alive, although his neck was breken.

SILVER PLATES, ·

begged the veterinary surgeon in His owner, Jfr. S. Cursos,

attendance to do his utmost..

A brilliant operation was por formed. What amounts to At

load 4-2 and 5-3. This eighth game was a gruelling one for Choon Leong and took a lot out his opponent's returns coming artificial nock has been created by

pace, and he gradually increased

of him, as deuce was called seven over with far less accuracy and means of delicate silver plates. times before he won through.

his own speed and keeping the elevar manipulative surgery.

CHALLENGER'S SUCCESS.

The Wft-hander played steadily

ball woll down the sidelines took

Flexibility has been achieved by

Somebody's Choice will never

the six games without much dif- race again.

to win Choon Leong's next service Aculty

and square the set at. ve games

the

But he can crow and. lord It

A. A. A. OF THE ORIENT

Choon Leong made one supreme over all the Mick the Millers in all, but the challenger made one effort in the last game, which the world; he is the only dog alive more great effort, and once again] went to deuce twice before Bong to-day with a synthotic neck. brought that glorious cross-court Boo caught him in auccessive backhand drive into oporation to points coming up to the net. win the eleventh game and then If. Chua Choon Leong had been went on to take his own service able to continue driving. the to 30 and the first set 7-5.

same pace during the second set Lim Bong Soo took his service as he did during the firet. It is game to lead 1-0 In the second quite probable that he would have sot, but Choon Leong, although taken Bong Soo's title from him, obviously tiring rapidly, levelled but champion obviously MANCHUKUO INVITED. the score at 1-1. Then for the realised that a waiting game was first time he served badly and let the best to play, and ho did not Bong Soo establish a 3-1 lead,

TO JOIN appear to be in the ienst disturbed He made one more spurt and in- by losing the first ect. In the end,

Hainking, July 20. Hans Park has the Polo Ball creased the pace and depth of his his greater accuracy told its tale.

Manchukuo Amateur drives to square the set at 3-3, but! Lim Bong Soo won the singles Athletic Association thrown a certainty as there is no one else in the port able to this was virtually the end, and challenge cup outright in 1932 and received a formal invitation from breast-thrown the ball his distance. Molly Bong Soo, from that point on- was the first to have his name on the Philippines Amateur Athletle Tuttleman is still available and wards, gradually took command the new cup, which was presented Foderation, making it to join the newly formed "Amateur Athletic should be well in the running if of the situation, and won the next last year.

This is the second time he has Association of the Orient and to should care

to compete and three games and the sot. 6-8.

had a set taken off him in cham- participate in the first champion- Hickmott has a chance.

planship tennis during the last ship games of the new body, which few years. Roy Smith of the S.C.C. are scheduled to be held in Tokyo: accomplishing the feat last year.. In 1938,

he.

Raven has the record for the 50 yards women's free style. Throwing the polo ball cham-100 yards and has put up extra ordinarily good time for the 220, pionship. Foreign Y.M.C.A. September but his form this year is indiffer proved to come on to equal terms Marines.

ent and he will have to strain con- with the former. Entries for these champion-siderably if he wants to beat these

Unterberger, the HAGENSTEIN'S "SPECIAL." youngsters. shipa close on August 24,

Austrian

backstroke and breast trouble with his shoulder muscles stroke seemed to be marked out for several years and it is not yet by Hagenstein as his special certain that he will enter for any events and with Moffett and Coon events. Should he be able to get away, he has not the strongest fit then Shanghai will have a competitor in the backstroke. In strong middle and Jo

distance the breast stroke, McAllister will

be close up, but the present cham pion is expected to retain his posi- tion. Bob Duell's absence will allow such youngsters as Brosseau and Grilk the opportunity to take the diving championship und these young, swimmers will be well the picture in these events, with strongeal competition from the

440 yards men's free style, Men's Fancy diving. Women's Fancy diving. Entries for these champion ships close August 31.

CHALLENGERS.

In the prints, Raven, Grilk, Logan and Hammond-are evenly . matched and while none have re- In the men's free style, Raven, turned the outstanding times made Logan, Noel Hammond, Grilk and by Hadley last year, they have all Unterberger form the major shown up well. Raven is probab- competition thoughly the fastest, but the others are possibility of other young and fit and should have im-

of

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A LOVE SET. For the long, plunge Nathan Copcoff will endeavour to break The final sot was all over In his existing record of 70 feet, and eight minutes.. Bong Soo found as Rene Berthet is not in Shang- hat, he will meet no competition.

WOMEN CHAMPIONS.

Miss Jacqueline Ball, the sensa tion of last year, should be able to retain the women's titles, though she will meet with strong competition this season. Mrs. Charles Raven, formerly Vivienne Schmid, has held the titles here previously, but it not known whether he will compote or not. Apart from Jacqueline Ball's tanding merit, there are a of other girls who have a good chance, among these being. Ellen Louise Schmid. Peggy Neal, May Thompson, Eileen Hammond and the Prince sisters. Patsy Smith is almost a certainty, for the breast stroke and the diving Ik Ellen Schmid's favourite event.

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