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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1936.

University of California's hope of winning at hird consecutive Olymple Ganies titlo, and Univer- alty of Washington's ambitions to make Berlin trip for America adds now interest to the Inter- Collegiate rowing regatta on the Hudson River to day. The Washington crew, above left to rights Morris, Day, Adams, White, McMillam, Hunt, Rantz, Hume and Moch (cox). California's hopes, be low, are, left to right: Maxwell (cox), Porterfield, Thompson, Graves, Bigham, Swanson, McKinney and Flamming.

To-day's Inter-Collegiate Rowing Regatta

Will Be Pointer Towards American Olympic Representation

Poughkeepsie, New York,

segod over the rugged oarsmen of June 21. Cornell. The time was 18 minutes,

fifty two seconds. only 6-1/4“BAER COMING Pointing toward the Olym-seconds faster than the PECONO pic rowing tryouts at Prince-established by the 1928 California ton in July, seven of the crew.

nation's outstanding eight- Cornell holds the recurd of four- oared shells will race down the teen victories In the historie cam-i four mile Hudson River course petition. Syracuse is second with at dusk to-day in the thirty-va victories.

eighth renewal of the inter- collegiate regalla.

The majority of to-day's contest- ants likely will compete on Lake Carnegie, Princeton, for the fight to

BẮCK"

EX-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP British

MIXES COCKTAILS "Woman"

AND REMINISCES

GEORGES CARPENTIER ON DAYS

THAT USED TO BE

Athlete's Sex Changed

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RECORDS. - FALL

Grand Performances

By Americans SUPERD OWENS

Chicago, Juno 20.

The University of Southern Cali- formin, "with 1041/3 points, - to-day won the greatest National Collegiate athletic meet in history. with. 73 points, while Indinne, with Ohio State University was second 42, and Stanford, with 30, were next in that order.

London, May. 20. A well-known British athlete Paris. greatest of middleweikhts. Mickey

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

over the other welterweights while ours as a woman has as result Acros, Georges Carpentier is weights. Jimmy Driscoll was top

of two operations changed her Jesse Owenn, the Negro athlete of Bex and become a man.

Ohio University, repeated his “grand busily mixing highballs.

among the featherweights, with Kid

slan" for the second successive year For 30 years Miss Mary Edith winning the 100 metres in Chocolate the best among more re-

10.0 France's greatest contribution to cent fighters. Al Brown led the Louise Weston, of Oreston, near Ply-seconds, which is a world's record; the fight game, who was kicked bantamweights and Jimmy Wilde mout, 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 Bri-meters hurdles in 1 seconds; the fourth round of the historie Battle

tish Women's Championship for nut broad of the Century in Jersey City on July 2, 1921, is barman

After muning his group Carpentiering the shot and throwing the juvellu, 10 mp with a leap of 25′ feet owner of idlet thot the greatest French Now "alle" is Mr. Mark Weston and } *; Ken Carpenter, of the University luxurious establishment in the heart fighter of all time was Charles Led-hna discarded skirts, blouse and sill of Southern California, again wor of the Etoite district,

oux, former French bantamweight stockings for trousers, shirt and collar the Disens Throw, with an effort of Shuking up cocktails, mixing Mar- and featherweight champion who and tie.

173 feet, which constitutes a world's tinis and concocting an untold num- was kept from winning a world's

record.-United Press, ber of other beverages have proved title because of the Wor." 60 profitable that "Handsome** Georges is about to open ji secon

Carpenter doesn't think fighting and classier bar,

has changed very much, since het To-day at the age of 42, Carpen- first donned gloves back in 1905 | Weston, who has always been brought tier is moderately well-off, respected: He said it has been speeded up a bit up as female, is a male ami should

d well-liked. He is seen every due to the shorter scheduled fights continue life as such." where: at

at social functions, at sports otherwise "fighting to-day is just

Mr. Weston, a a woman competed events, at famous resorts. He is stilte the fighting of 30 years ago. in the Wock Games at Prague in the idol of old.

| It's no better or no worse.” STILL INTERESTED

hegan to realise that I was a Among the modern heavyweights years absence from the ring he ranks Joe Louls as the best. He normal and had no business competing und his multi-occupations, however, is an exceptional fighter, Carpentier in women's games," he told have not dulled his interest in the added, and "not just the best of a parter. "For some time I did not boxing world. He actively con-id to!" as many consider the Black have the enurage to see a doctor. A nected with the game as the days Bomber. He thinks Louis will be few weeks ago saw a pecalist in when he was punching his way to the next world's champion-United London, and after undergoing two fame. Unitil ten years ago he viewed Press.

Ten

is as

boxing as a fighter inside the ring.

o-day his perspective is trained on

it

from the outside.

With the reputation he established

during his fighting days, his afluener

of the present day is great. He is held

, ប

as an example to the youth

of the land. He is to boxing in

Lacoste and Jean Bovotra were to tennis and Jules Ladoumegue to run-

LAWN BOWLS TO-DAY

France what Henri Cuchet, Rear SMALL PROGRAMME

OF MATCHES

ing

He is a constant contributor to the

On Wednesday she reerived. the following cortidente signed by Mr. L.. 1. Broster, surgeon at Churingi Cross Hospital:

"This is to certify that Mr. Murk

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uperations in Charing Cross Hospital and convalescing for seven weeks 1 have

returned home as a man." Many remarkable sex operations have been carried out at Charing Cross Hospital, including, it was re- cently stated, no fewer than 25 on women who were changing inte men The operations on these patients

restored them to normal womanhood.

A few months ago, it will be re. called,

Czechoslovakian woman athlete, Miss Zdenka Koubkove, whe French sporting press. He writes as lawn bowls championship matches

There is a small programme, on the Women's World at the White City, underwent he thinks. Following the

recent to-day: tivo in the pairs and two in a series of operations to change her Marcel Thil-Lou Broullard chan- the singles. The games are:

She has now altered her name fight, which the Frenchman plonship

to Mr. Zdenek Koubek, won on an alleged foul, he almost alone among his countrymen, un- hesitatingly wrote that Thil had been knocked

PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP

S. O. Bux and A. R. Minu v. L. out. This enused much Glendinning and J. Shepherd (Crai- unpleasantness and lost him numer-gengower (ireen). Dua tienda but he remained stend- fast to his opinion.

Y.

J. E. Noronha, and F. X. M. da Silva L. A. Gutierrez and A. A. dos But his contact to boxing is even Remetios (Kewicon B. C. C. Green),

6p.m.

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SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

C. Chanpelavier v. D. M. Khan (Hongkong Electric Green).

closer. His services as a refereo are much in demand,

From time to me he gives lectures and he has given any number of exhibitions. When hly colourful manager. Francois Descamps, who fathered and guided him to a world's title,

lel Georges took over his fight J. S. Riddell v. A. E. Carey, (Inulian stable. He has given it up for the R.C. Green), 5.15 p.m. present but he intends to return to it when he discovers a promising fighter.

LOVES TO REMINISCE Carpentier loves to reminisce about his own fighting days, Often he

Former Champion Wants comes out from behind his own bar

To Fix Up A Fight

and sits around with a few of his friends to talk about the old days. This correspondent found himself in such a group recently when Carpen- Foentello, June 21.

tier started to recount is greatest May Buer, former champion of the in the ring. While sipping his world. said "Schmeting came back, cocktail, he said: Baer's coming back too. 1 knocked

crews-will-compete-over-a-twa-mailed represent_the_United States in theout Schmeling_before_and__1'd_like/weight, I met the American Harry

Eariter in the day the freshmen course and the Junio-varsity boats over three malies.

Participants in the varsity race are Washington, California, Cornel, Syracuse, Columbla, and Pennsyl- vania Universities, and the U. Naval Academy.

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

Olympics, a distinction which fell in to prove to the world 1 California in the last two Olympics, again."

Poughkeepsie, which is the seat of

Vassar College and the county seat

can do it!

İlaer said he was ready to proceed

of Dutchess County, home of Pre- to New York to negotiate about S.sident Roosevelt, was crowded with either with Schmeling or Joe Louis. visitors from all parts of the coun- "1 am going to the top and then stay

The streets were decked, with there." flags and both sides of the four mik course were jammed with flag-war- ing spectators,

Was try

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However, Baer did not appear to be in championship closs luat night when he gained a decision over The starting point for the race is "Millionaire" Murphy in a listless opposite Krum's Elbow, a bend in fight over six rounds-United Press, the river overlooked by President Roosevelt's estate. The boats pass under two bridges. The first,

the

Central New England railroad cane! COLF TOURNAMENT tilever bridge, marks the three mile point. The second. the mid-Hudson highway bridge. is close to the finish line off Kant's Rock, a stony bluff named after a Dutch trader who plied the river in early colonial days.

The varsity race is always run at

enlmest then-United Press.

English Professionals

Beat Scottish

and

That dates back to 1911 when I Wils 17 years old and only a welter-

Lewis and beat him on points in hard 20-round. fight. The thrill of that victory, ugainst a fighter with an international reputation and one of my most important fights up to that time, was never recaptured by me in later

important .more fights."

"This naturally led to the question, which fight did he consider lls most gruelling. As if such a Bight, because of its unpleasantness, were still in his memory, he quickly an- swered:

"There were two of them. They were against Frank Klaus and Billy apke and both in 1912. I was dis-

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qualified against Klaus ofter rounds of a gruelling struggle and 1 abandoned to Papke in 18 rounds after taking a good licking. They are moments I wouldn't care to re- lve."

Asked to name the greatest gh- London, June 20. England beat Scotland at Hoylaketers he ever saw in action in each of the categories, Carpentier began dusk because the water is usual in the Golf Professionals' Tournament with Dempsey, as if to pay hum- mage to his victor. After several moments of reflection, he continued: DEMPSEY WITHOUT EQUAL "Among the heavyweights, Demp- sey stands without equal among the I saw in netion. "Jack gliters Delaney was the best among the light heavyweights although Tommy Loughran was exceptionally capable. Stanley Kelchel, to iny mind, was the

London, June 20.

to-day by 13 matches to four, one. | match being halved.

Of the six foursomes. England

won Ave and one was halved.

In the singles, England won eight against Scotland's four. The Japanese Olympic rowing crew The leading singles match was won. the Challenge Trophy at the that between Adams, the winner of Marlow Regatta today, beating the the Scottish Open Tournament, and Thames Rowing Club by a length and Aifred Padgham, of England. Adams a half in the final-Reuter,

won by three and two.--Reuter,

kex.

BERLIN OLYMPICS

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

Record Will Not Stand

Chiengo, June 20. Jesse Owens, of Ohio University, roke the world's record for the 100 metres with a time of 10.2 seconds. Williams, of Canada, who in 1930 The previous best was by Percy was clocked in 10.3 seconds,

ver, as his performance was aided Owens' recont will not stand, how- by a wind, the measured velocity of which was 2.5 miles an hour. California, broke the world's discus

Kenneth

Carpenter, of Southern or

card with as effort of 173 feet, the previous beat being 171 feet 11 inches by Anderson of Sweden in

1934..

Forrest Town, of the University of Georgia, smashed the world's re- cord for the 110 Metres high hurdles with 14.1 seconds, as compared with Percy, Beard's former time of 14.2 seconds.-euter..

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QUALIFYING EVENTS

Archie Williams Beats Old Record for 400 Metres

Chlengo, June 10.

In the qualifying event for the 400 | metres in the National Collegiate athletic est, Archie Williams, of California, broke the world's record for the distance with 40.1 seconda which beats the former world's record of 40.2 seconds.

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

held at Berlin in Augus

Herman Wallander, of Тежам However, a bill will be tabled in University, led with the world's re- Tarliament to open credits to enable cord of 10.3 seconds in the 100 metres representatives of French Federations dash-United Preer. of Sports to participate.

Renter adds that Archie Williams The Government's decision is de thus beats the former record establish- signed as a political geature against ed by William Carr in 1032 by a tenth | Germany-Renter's Bulletin Service, of a second.

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