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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JUNE 22 1936.

University of California's hope of winning a third coniscutive Olympic Games title, and Univer- sity of Washington's ambitions to make Berlin trip for America adds new interest to the inter- Collegiate rawing regatta on the Hudson River to-day. The Washington crew, above left to right: Morrie, Day, Adams, White, McMillism, Hunt, Rantz, Hume and Moch (cox). California's hoper, ba- low, are, left to right: Maxwell (cox), Forterfield, Thompson, Graves, Bigham, Swanson, McKinney and Flemming.

To-day's Inter-Collegiate Rowing Regatta

Will Be Pointer Towards American

Olympic Representation

Poughkeepsie, New York,

16-175 HONGKONG

[second over the rugged oarsmen of -- June 21. Cornell. The time was 18 minutes.

Afty two seconds, only Pointing toward the Olym secourts faster

than the record pic rowing tryouts at Prince-established by the 1928 California ton in July, seven of the crew.

CLUB

EX-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP British

MIXES COCKTAILS "Woman"

AND REMINISCES

Athlete's Sex

GEORGES CARPENTIER ON DAYS Changed

THAT USED TO BE

RECORDS FALL

Grand Performances By Americans

SUPERD OWENS

Chicago, June 20,

The University of Southern Call- fornia, with 104 1/3 points, to-day won the greatest National Collegiato athletic meet in history.

with 78 points, while Indiana, with

Ohio State University was second

and Stanford, with 36, were next that order...

London, May 29. A well-known British athlete Paris.. Kreatest of middleweights. Mickey

who gained international hon-42, Fifteen years after and 3,000 Walker stands head and shoulders miles away from Boyles Thirty nenny Leonard was the king of light-

over the other welterweights' while; ours as a woman has as result Acres, Georges Carpentier is weights, Jimmy Driscoll was tops:

Jesse Owens, the 'Nogro athlete of of two operations changed her sex and become a man. «

Oltio University, repeated his "grasul busily mixing highballs,

jamong the featherweights, with Kid

slam" for the second successive year, Chocolate the best among more re-

For 30 years Miss Mary Edith winning the 100 metres in 10.2 France's greatest contribution to cent fighters. At Brown led the Louise Weston, of Oreston, near Ply seconds, which is a world's record; the fight game, who was knocked bantamweights and dimmy Wilde mouth; lived the normal life of 200 metres in 21.3 seconds; the 200 out cold by Jack Dempsey In the headed the small fellows."

woman, and in addition won the Brimetres hurdles in 23.1 seconds; the fourth round, of, tie historic Batile"

tish Women's Championship for put-broad fump with a leap of 25 fest

On Wednesday she received the following certificate signed by Mr. L.. I. Bronter, a surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital:

This is to certify that Mr. Mark Weston, who has always been brought up as a female, in a male and should continue life as such."

Ken Carpenter, of the University

the Discus Throw, with an effort of. 173 feet, which constitutes a world's record-United Brenn,

- Record Will Not Stool

Chicago, June 20. Jesse Owens, of Ohio University, broke the world's record for the 100 metres with a time of 10.2 seconds.

of the Century in Jersey City on July After naming his group Carpentierting the shot and throwing the Javelin, 10 inches. 2, 1021, is barman owner of added that the Erentest French Now she is Mr. Mark Weston and luxurious establishment in the heart fighter of all time was Charles Led- has discarded skirts, blouse and silk of Southern California, again won of the Etalle district.

oux, forther, French bantamweight stockings for trousers, shirt and collar Shaking up cocktails, mixing Mar- and featherweight champion wit and tie.. tinis and concocting an untold num-was kept from winning a world's ber of other beverages have proyed titte because of the War." 50 proЛlable that "Handsome" Georges is about to open second Carpentier doesn't think Aghting and classier bar,

has changed very much since he To-day at the age of 42, Carpen-first donned gloves back In 1995 tler is moderately well-off, respected. He said it has been speeded up a bit and well-liked. ite is seen every-due to the shorter scheduled Bghts where: at social functions, at sports Julherwise "ghling to-day Is just Mr. Weston, as a woman competed

Tho. previous best was by Percy events, at famous resorts. He still like the fighting of 30 years ago, in the World Games at Prague in Williams, of Canada, who in 1930 the idol of old.

It's no better or no worse."

was clocked in 10.3 seconds. STILL INTERESTED

Owens' record will not stand, how- ears absence from the ring he ranks Joe Louis Ten years

"I began to realise that I was ab- over, na is performance was aided Among the modern heavyweights and his multi-occupations, however, is an exceptional fighter, Carpentier in women's games,"

the best. If normal and had no business competing by a wind, the measured velocity of

he told a re- which was 2.5 miles an hour. have not dulled his interest in the added, and "not just the beat of a porter. "For some time I did not boxing world. He is ns actively con- bad lot" as many cunsider the Black have the courage to see a doctor." A Kenneth Carpenter, of Southern nected with dir game as the days Bomber. He thinks Louis will be few weeks ago I saw a speenlist in California, broke the world's discus when he was punching his way to the next. World's champion.--United London, and after undergoing two record with an effort of 173 feet, the fame. Until ten years ago he viewed Press. boxing as a fighter inside the ring. To-day his perspective is trained on it from the outside.

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LAWN BOWLS TO-DAY

SMALL PROGRAMME OF MATCHES

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operations in Charing Cross Hospital Previous best being 171 feet 11 and convalescing for seven weeks inches by Anderson of Sweden have returned home as a man,

Forrest Towns, of the University Many remarkable sex operations of Georgia, amashed the world's re have been carried out

out at Charing card for the 110-Metron-high hurdles. Criss Hospital, including, it was with 14.1 seconds, na compared with cently stated, no fewer than 25 on

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women who were changing into men. Percy, Beard's, former time of 14.2

| Reconds---Reuter, The

operations on these pallents restored them to

to normal womanhood.

QUALIFYING EVENTS A few months ago, it will be re- called, a Czechoslovakian woman athlete, Misa Zdenka Koubkova, who There is a small programme of competed in the Women's World lawn bowls championship matches Games at the White City, underwent to-day: two in the pairs and two Inja neries of operations to change her the singles. The games are:

eex. She has now altered her name to Mr. Zdenek Koubek.

With the reputation he established during his fighting daye, his influence. of the present day is great. He is held up as an example to the youth of the land. He is lo boxing in France what Henri Cochet, "Rene Lacoste and Jean Borotra were to tennis and Jules Ladoumegue to run- ning.

He is a. constant contributor to the French sporting press. He writes as he thinks. Following the

recent Marcel Thil-Lau Brouillard cham pionship light, which the Frenchman won on an alleged foul, he almost alone among his countrymen, un- hesitatingly wrote that Thil had been S. O. Dux 'and A. R. Minu v. là knocked out. This caused much Glendinning and J. Shepherd (Crai- unpleasantness and lost him numer-gengower Groon). ous friends but he remained stead- fast to his opinion.

PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

J. E. Noronha and F. X. M. da Silva But his contact to boxing is even YL A. Gutierrez and A. A. de closer. His services as a referee Remedies (Kowloon B. G. C. Greon) are much in demand. From time to

bp.m. ime he gives lectures and he has given any number of exhibitions. Wher hi colourful manager, Francois Descamps, who fathered and guided him to a world's title, died Georges look over bis Oght J. S. Riddell v. A. E. Carry (Indian stable. He has given it up for the RC. Green), 5.15 p.m., present but he intends to return to

it when he discovers

GOLFghter

Latest Results In

Competitions

Below will be found the latest results in the various tournaments of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club.

nation's outstanding eight- Cornell holtis the record of four- oared shells will race down the teen victories in the historic, com- four mile Hudson River course petition. Syracuse 'Is second with at dusk to-day in the thirty-five victories, eighth renewal of the inter- The majority of to-day's contest- collegiate regatin.

ants likely will compete on Lake Earlier in the day the frestimen Carnegie, Princeton, for the right to -crews-will-compete-over-a-iwo-mile-represent the United States in the course and the Junto-varsity boats Olympics, a distinction which fell to

Californin in the last two Olympics. Adamson Cup for June with 75-10

3. E. Richardson qualified for the Poughkeepsie, which is the sent a 66. There were 13 entries.`

seal Vassar College and the county of Dutchess County, home of Pre-! S.sident Roosevelt, was crowded with"]·

visitors from all parts of the coun-

over three miles,

race

Participants in the varsity are Washington, California, Cornell, Syracuse, Columbia, and Pennsyl- vania Universities, and the U. Naval Academy.

Winner of Inst year's race California, by only three-fifths of

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Loves to REMINISCE Carpentier loves tu reminisce about His own Bghting days. Often he comes out from behind his own bar and sits around with a few of his friends to talk about the old days. This correspondent found himself such a group recently when Carpen- tler started to recount his greatest thrill in the ring. While alpping his cocktail, he said:

"That dates back to 1911 when I

17 years old and only a welter

hard 20-round fight. The thrill of weight. I met the American Hurry Lewis and beat him on points in a that victory, against a fighter with an International reputation and one of my most important fights up to that time, was never recaptured by me in later and more important Oghts."

try. The streets were decked with 3rd. Round:-T, D. Paton beat R. atings and both sides of the four mileK. Collings 4 & 3, H. H. Mundy beat

course were jammed with flag-way-D. J. Valentine 2 up, J. E. Richardson which fight did he consider his most This naturally led to the question, Ing spectators,

beat N. J. Bebbington & & 4, I. Newton gruelling. As if such a fight, because The starting point for the race is beat J. W. Mayhew 3 & 2 A. of Its unpleasantness. were still opposite Krum's Elbow, a bend in Powell beat J. Forbes 5 & 6, Tfresh in his memory, he quickly an-

the river overlooked by President Chassels beat J. B. Mackie 4 & 2, Ahere were two of them. They

Roosevelt's estate. The boats pass. Dennis beat II. N. Williamson 2 & under two bridges. The first, the 1. Central New England railroad can- tilever bridge, marks the three mile point. The second. the mid-Hudson highway bridge. is close to the Anish line off Kant's Rock, a stony bluff

"

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were against Frank Klaus and Billy HAPPY VALLEY SUMMER

Papke and both. In 1912. I was dis- qualified against Kious after FOURSOMES

rounds of a gruelling struggle and Somi-final:-. I. Pethick and J.I ebandoned to Papke in 18 rounds named after a Dutch trader who W. Mayhew beat T. D. Paton and E. after taking a good licking. They plled the river in early colonial H. Watts; L. Goldman and C. W. E. are moments I wouldn't care to re-

Bishop beat J. Forbes and N, K, live." dayg

Littlejohn.

The varsity rate is always run at dusk because the water is usually calmest then.-United Preșa,

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London, June 20. The Japanese Olymple rowing crew BUSES 3 & 11 PASS THE SCHOOL { wan tha Challenge Trophy at the Marlow Regatta today, beating the Thames Rowing Club by a length and a half in the final-Reuter.

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Bogey Pool, Fanding, Old Course, played on June 20 and 21:-- J. G. Catesworth, 2 down, wina. There were 17 entries.

Asked to name the greatest figh- ters he ever saw in action in cach of the categories, Carpentier began with Dempsey, as if to pay hom moge to his victor. After several moments of reflection, he continued: DEMPSEY WITHOUT EQUAL "Among the heavyweights, Demp- sey stands without equal among the While Lt. L. Ć. Marson, R. A. [ighters Bow in action. "Jack honorary secretary for Area Rowing Delaney was the best among the is away on lenye, his duties will be light heavyweights although Tommy: undertaken by Lt. L. II. Yates, Royal Loughran was exceptionally capable. Welch Fusillers.

Stanley Ketchet, to my mind, was the!

(YOULL RIDE HIM, IF YOU MAKE THE WEIGHT...OTHER- WISE THE DEAL

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BERLIN OLYMPICS

Paris, June 20. The Government has decided that France will not officially, participate in the Olympic Games which will be held at Berlin in August.

a bill will be tabled in to open credits to enable representatives of French Federation to participate: The Government's decision is de signed as a politieni gesture against Germany.Renter's Bulletin Servier,

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Archie Williams Beats Old Record for 400 Metres

Chicago, June 19.

In the qualifying event for the 400 metres in the National Collegiate athletic meet, Archie Williams, of California. broke the world's record for the distance with 46.1 seconds, which beats the former world's record of 40.2 seconds.

Jesse Owens, with a leap of 25 feet 10% inches, won the brand jump, and tied with the world's record.

Herman Wallander

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Reuter ddds that Archle Williams thus beats the former record establish- ed by William Carr in 1932 by a tenth of a second.

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