1936-04-28 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL

28, 1936.

SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB.

The Fourth Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 2nd May, 1936, commqueing at 2,00 p.m.

The First Bell will be rưng at

1.30 p.m.

By Order,.

S. A. SLEAP, Actg. Secretary.

Hongkong, 27th April, 1986.

COMING TO THE

How Parliament Crushed

Opposition To The

BRITAIN AND

WORLD

Football Pools

KING'S OLYMPICS

AND

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Oliver

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PICTURE

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CERTAIN TO TAKE PART IN SEVEN CONTESTS

London,

Britain la certain to compete in only seven of the nineteen events of the XIth Olymplad in Berlini

this August, and she may contest three mete, but in none of them has she an outstanding chance of an Olympic title.

REMARKABLE BRITISH

VOTE

POLO TEAM OUTLOOK

CRITICS DO NOT FEEL VERY CONFIDENT

(By William Barkley) Parliament and the Govern- ment have no intention at pre- sent of restricting football pools. A Bill introduced by Mr. R. J. Russell (Liberal National, Eddisbury), to abolish football pools was defeated in things to say about the British pole the House of Commons by the team which will meet most crushing vote which any States for the Westchester Cup at private Bill has received for Hurlingham, this June, many a long day.

It was defeated on second

Mg by 287 vutes 40 24.

The

· London. crities have sonte strong

the United

The team, which will shortly start

rend-practice, is as follows:

Mr. Russell spoke for an hour In

Team will be sent for the track ging frosn amorulist's point of nruf field events, swiming, wreath [view, that football pools should be lug, boxing, cycling, rowing and stopped;

nindera pentathlon, Fencing, weight-¦ First, to elean up Ute game, a poin lifting and yachting may be added which he did not explain, and

to this list..

The track raves and rowing olone

chance of present any sort frst, or even a pice.

is even possible that 40 Beld athletes at all will be sent, To gain selection to the track and firkt tem both men and

Wor

must equal the performance of the sixt competitor in the 18th Olymplid in 1928, Amsterdam in

and no Hell

athlete here as yet come near the mark, although the women are hot- ter than the men,

Of the fourteen track events in The Olymple programme only three

Second, to prevent the expenditure by punters of colossal sums on a weekly gamble, After ty minutes of tits Air, McGovern shouted ironically, Half

Re

No. 1 Capt. M. P. Ancell, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.

No. 2 H. B. Hughes,

No. 3 E. H. Tyrrell-Mnetin, Back Captain H. P. Guinness, Royal Scots Greya,

And the erities agree that it. does not stand a chance. They think that there are at least four teams in the United States capable of beating this combination. The Arst West- cheater Cup match to he played in Britain since 1991 in likely to he yet another of the one-sided nitairs

has proved since then, they eny.

CHIEF GRIEVANCE

At fifty-five minutes Mc. win Thorne. ancient Socialist West llam apporter, produced, a whistir and blew it vigorously twice.

Chief grievaner of the scribest is McGovern Fried gleefully, the omission uf Gerni Balding.

MI

Full time." and Mr. Russell

minutes later. KEEPING HER QUIET

down

sat Balding Bves in the United States,

has an American handicap of nine goals, and is regarded here as the

Mr. Gioffrey Lloyd, under-serre-Best British player in the world.

Be played for Britain in the 1990

look like having any interest for at the Home Onlee, bluntly saist Britain. These Are the 400 metres, the Government could not introduce series, and has much improves since the HOO Betrek, ILT! thir 50,000 Comprehensive legislation to abrilish then. The critics cannot understand

why he was got invited, believing *< joff-the-course betting.

metres walk, e

The lam two are already held by He quoted a letter sent to a Misthit he would undoubtedly have ac this country. Thomas Hampster by a farm labourer:

won the 800 metres at Los Angeles In the world record titpe of Finla. 49.8/10th mecs, and Thomas Green wen the walk in 1 hrs. 40 mins. ter nets. Hampson has now retir- ed, but Green is expected to defend

him title.

It is curious faci, probably prin- cipally due to climate, that Britain has hitherto usually fared best in The Olympic 400 and 800 metres, And this year's crop of middle dis Lenee runner is up, to standard.

LEADING CONTENDERS

distance.

100

Very near

gave A

Dre

repted. They point out that it is

"I have no truck with betting, not too late to include sim. but please oppose this Bill. The Tyrrell-Martin, who will captain pools keep the old woman qulei The British team, meets with ap- for at least two hours a week," proval here, but once again the cri- The Government

com-les irritatedly ask why his opinion pletely free vote on the Bi; per-Terreli-Martin has been playing with About Baking Wax not sought. sonally he would vote against it.

Investigations by the Post Of and against Balding in California confirmed that football pools

this winter, and should therefore be growing in popularity, but have not the best judge of his form. reached the

Hughes, who has also been play Bgures exaggerated mentioned in the debates.

Call: with Tyrrell-Martin in The average value of postal orderfornia since last Autumn, is a finë horseman, and just the aggressive, rent to the pools is 2s. 6d.

The number of individuat partiei-hard-hitting type of player likely to do well in an international match. pants or syndicates sending orders The Improvement in his play dur- each week of the thirty-five week, ing the last two years has been ex- season is 3,800,000.

traordinary, and as he only took up tutall six De seven years ago, the sent by subscribers to pools mas improvement is likely to continue. amount to £20,000,000 In the

season.

the estimated that

I AM SURPRISED

ins

Leading contender for the metres is A. G. K. Brown of Cam bridge University. Brown can get under 48 seconds for the 440 yards. as compared with Ben Eustoman's world record of 46.5/FO£hs, should be able to get

STRONGEST COMBINATION 13 Curr's Olympic record of 46.2/10hs for the shorter metre A devastating speech against the

Captain Guinnass played back for Bill, one which was loudly applaud-Britain in 1939, but was out of the Brown is of those rare track-en led, came from Mr. Lennox-Boyd game for more than a year prior to who run in spretacles. He is short (Con.. Mid-Bedford), who moved the the last-British season. His form.

last sunimer and stocky, and doesn't particularly rejection.

was not particularly funk like a sprinter. He has a long, "I am surprised at Mr. Russell."impressive, but he may well stage even tride, and goes off at top said Mr. Lennox-Boyd in his chitter, but needs to be really well a come-back. He is a very long speed right from the gun, saving ing Oxford accents. "He reminds very little for the finish. Usually, me of the comment made on another mounted to be seen at his best. he prefers to make his effort around member of the house of Russell by Captain Ancell, so the critics any, the back stretch just about the half-Sydney Smith: 'It takes a surgical has never shown form to justify operation to get a new idea into the Another 4 metre probabile is Whead of Roberts, whose best lime

Russell For himself he admitted that he was 47.7/ths for the quarter-mile never betted on football pools but a time that was only once beaten did bet on horse-races. Was he to that year, by Eddie O'Brien on the "compound for since he was inclined Trinectna track with 17.3/10ths. to by damning those he had no in the Maharajah of Kasamir is no

way mark.

in 1995

In the 800 metres there are J. to Stathard and J. V. Powell. Stothard was unbenten last senson. His best time was I min. 53.3/10ths sees., for

#

Captain E. J. Fowler nor Captain G. his position as No. 1, while neither

E. Prior-Palmer, the two reserves, national class. are considered to be of real inter-

Roark, who has an appointment with Assuming That Captain G. T. E.

available, it is thought here

That

the strongest combination Britain could put into the field would be Hughes, Balding, Tyrrell-Martin, and

in of good material Guinness, that order.-United

Press.

880 yards, as compared with East-likely to be available this year, but

world record of 1 min.there is plenty 49.8/10ths, He has

not run since, from which to pick. but is already in

The eight is likely to be a cont Powell was a me

of the 1932 bination of this year's Oxford and Olympic team, finishing seventh in Cambridge University bont-race

SPORTS IN PARIS the 800 metres, with a fast run of crows. They would race as a club, 1 min. 32 sees, His only outing probably Leander. As the Cum-

Paris, Apr. 27. this year was in the recent indoor bridge crew is said to be the most

Britain was well represented at the track and field championship in polished since the war, the Olympic

week-end nt] which he won the 600 yards in 1 bont is expected to have strang. International sports

Paris when she won the relay race min. 19.2/10ths, secs., as compared Light Blue inturnce.

round the streets of Paris, with win- with Eastman's outdoor lime of 1

A-committée of leading ex-oarn- ulng post in the Park de France, min. 9.2/10ths.

men has been formed to choose the Among the team was Lovelock who rowing squad, and, therefore, for is 24 famous rugger player and once, there will be some co-operation champion miler.

BRIGHT ROWING PROSPECTS

1

In rowing, the eight-anred and and effort to select well-balanced In the thirteen aside rugger Britain four-oured events are the brightest crews. Britain is also likely to be lost to France by 5 to 8, for Britain, The coxswainless represented in the pairs, but there

Switzerland and Belgium repre- fours was won by Britain at Los is rather a dearth of first-class sentatives also took part in the sports, Angeles, None of that crew is seuliers.-United Press.

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