1940-07-02 — Page 6

Tuesday,

PROMISING SWIMMERS AT Y. M. C. A. GALA Mary Horwood Shows

Great Promise

J.R. Johnstone Training Again

(By "Ripple")

AT THE TRIANGULAR swimming meet held by and at the European Y.M.C.A. last Saturday, a wealth of talent was soon bogging for devolop- mont. In particular is Miss Mary Horwood, a lass just turned 14 years who, in her first com- petitivo swim left the end of the bath the last, and, swimming a zig-zag course almost the entire distance of her 50 yards, turned in the excellent time of 32 secs.

I am of the opinion that she | training. Local followers of dips her shoulders far too low fawimming will remember that In the water, especially her right side kick of his at the V.R.C. one when taking her breath path, when it was once said that, causing the right arm to sidet.fter Jimmy had swum the 880 sweep and bring her across to yards, the pump had to be set to the left. That seemed to be the refill the bath. tendency of the team who swam) They will also remember several in the 200 yards relay. But hundred feet of flm was taken of his

"peculiar stroke, which with this and a few other faults resembles that of Arne Borg, and he corrected, the Misses B. Sulli-was offered chance in the State if pan, I. Mann and D. Craig hold he cared to go.

closely

Arthur May, another swimmer of

promise to he excellent swim-Hongkong's yesteryear, who, after

iners in the future,

practically cleaning the board of all

Of the visitors, I was most im-events locally. joined the Royal pressed by Miss Ip Choi-man's Engineers, and at Home there almost exibition. She had a beautifully swept the boards and was crowned clean stroke that took her across the Army Champlonam told he worms water apparently effortlessly,

What of him?

Miss Sa Wah-ying, of Chinese up by swimming four 50 yards Bathing Club, also postesses an excel- sprints in about 27 secs, each, then fent clean stroke, but her roll ondo his daily 440, averaging about little too pronounced, and her leg 20 seconds per length, I am asking beat does not synchronise too well you if that is good. with her arm strokes. I understand I heard at the beginning of the that she, like Miss Ip, is essentially season that there will be a dearth

a breast stroker, and that they have of swimmers in the Championships only lately taken up the crawl. and Interport. And even when the

Misg

Ko Mul-ling (Lai Tsun) Filipinos expressed a desire of hold- the credit of gaining second ing a competition with local swim- place for her team. Swimming mers. that Hongkong were "afraid" anchor, she was lying fourth in the they would not be able to fold n dest twenty stretch,

stretch, If ever there representative, side. All I can say were an unorthodox swimmer, she is, now is, let the Filipinos come.

She jerks her arm out of the waler and smacks it in almo

almost

SWIMMERS new and old will learn with a touch of pride that "Jimmy" Johnstone is once more

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

THE BOUT THAT COST?

GARCIA HIS TITLE

July 2, 1940-

JACK DEMPSEY RETURNS TO THE BOXING -RING ATLANTA, July 1 (UP).—Jack Demploy returns to the ring to-night to show how a champion looks 13 years after retirement. Dempsey will fight the wrestler "Cow- boy" Lutterell.

Dempsey is 45 and Luttrell 34, but it is expected as many as 20,- 000 spectators will turn out to zee what is termed a "grudge Sight."

Lutterell and Dempsey briefly baitied once before when Lut

NEW CHAMPION-Action in New York boxing bout between Caferino Garcia, of Los Angelos, left, and Ken Overlin, Wash- ington, D, C, Garcia last middleweight title in 15-round bout.

Tho

terell objected to Dempsty's manner of refereeing. "Cowboy" expects to polish off Dempsey in abx rounds, where- as Dempsey hopes to win a quick victory in an early round with his famous one-two punch.

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SPORTSMEN LISTED Pairs Bowls AMONG CASUALTIES Programme

In January last year.

OXFORD BLUE AND it's stables at Bishop's Cannings RACEHORSE OWNER KILLED IN ACTION

SUB-LIEUTENANT

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During his absence on service the training of the horses has been super- intended by his sister Miss J. Muir, one of the best-known horsewomen in England. She personally schooled the horses and rode them over fences. Muir was one of the best-known

For To-day

The following is the programme of the Open Fatra Lawn matches in Bowlis championship to-day:

AT KOWLOON CC.

C. M. Silva and F. X. Sourca v. W.

W. Hong Sling and L. C. R. Souza v. P. A. Peckham and W. McNeil.

AT CLUB DE RECREIO

Immediately, LO YUK-WING (Chinese, her elbows, sinking In before her

("y"), and a well-known local and. Her leg beat is slightly more Utan a "flutter", but what is her great sprinter over a number of years, asset in the correct moment of her Impressed me a great deal when puli.

I saw him last Saturday, Per- sonally, I think he is better than his team-mate Chan Wing-kni, whom, I understand, he has often beaten over the short dis- tances. He is credited with 26.4/5 secs. over the 50 metres at the Chinese "Y" pool of 20 Matthews R.N.V.B., elder son of the amateur riders under National Hunt yards length.

Dean of St. Paul's has been killed in Rules. He rode several winners dur-V, Field and V. Chittenden. Chan Wing-kat has been training action. Combining athletics with in- ing the season recently ended. His hard, and at the moment is a little tellect Michael Matthews brought off keenness for riding was such that en stale. He still hopes to lower the 50 anut-common double-when he was one occasion.he travelled from Lon- yards record of 24.3/5 held by Taylor classical honour attainable by

awarded first in Greats, the highest don to a race meeting in a milk train R an after he had spent the night In Well, good luck to him, cla of the Police.

for Turkish Bath reducing his weight, he certainly deserves it, only for Oxford Undergraduate in 1937, the hard work he is putting in now, he was a cricket Blue too. He kept

Fong Walt, another protege of wicket for Oxford for two years, and Sandown Park last year he won the distinguished himself 25 “S.H." of Lai Tsun, is still in his also 'teens and fast developing into sprlater and boxer. sprinter. Ifc represented Lal Toun He was preparing for the Bar when

war broke out. in both the 200 and 300 yard relays,

A. K. Sumad and M. R. Abbas v. and gave an excellent account of fils marriage to Miss Loveday

R. Williamson and C. M. S. Thom. himself in both races, holding his own Abbott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

J. G. Meyer and G. W. Deacon v. against the cream of the olher Clubs. E. R. Abbolt of Moulsford, Berks, The death is announced of Lieuten- | R. Morrison and J. McKelvie.

He has a style which is commonly took place in December, the Dean ant-Colonel H. H. Sutherland, of St. affected among local Chinese swim- officiating.

Andrews, captain of the Royal and There is fairly slow. re- LIEUT. 1. K. MUIR, the racehorse | Ancient Golf Club who had been covery, and the shoulders aid in plung-owner and trainer of Bishop's Can-il for some time la an ` Edinburgh ing the arm to the required depth for nines, Wilts, has been killed in no- nursing home. the pull, The stroke gives them atlon, Mair took over Mr. J. Arrow- certain amount of ‘glide, but apart from that I cannot see of what benefit

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It is, since the shoulders are allowed to sink too far down. This arm nelion may place more power behind their pull, but it would also introduce more resistance. Whatever benefit is derived from the glide is lost in the execution of the stroke,

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A.P.F. Chapman Tends To The Troops At Home

LONDON--Mr. Percy Chapman, former captain of England's cricket, Is now 0.C. mobile canteens in a Bur- district. Mr. Chapman was re- roy

Army cently discharged from the lowing to leg trouble caused in part by the Army's inability to find boots large enough to fi him, He lins biz: ger feet even than Maurice Tale,

Recently his father-in-law, Mr. Lowry, a New Zealander, gave £10,- 000 for a hut for New Zealand troops. 'Until base for the New Zealand contingent is decided upon nothing can be done about the hut, pays Mr. Chapman. As soon as a base fixed the Y.M.C.A. will arrange for the hut, and then my wife and I hope to go out and help run it wherever 娃 may be.

"In the meantime I am. looking after mobile canteens. We send them all over the place, taking tea and re- freshments to anti-aircraft, "search- |light and other isolated units. And.

believe me, there is plenty of room for them."-Our Own Correspondent.

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C. Dowman and F. C. Channing v. At the Grand Military Meeting at B. D. Evans and H. Hall.

T. Coleman and M. Ferguson v. W. Grand Military Hunters Steeple-C. Simpson and P. Younghusband. chase on Tetray and the Grand Military Handicap Steeplechase on Gowran Ranger.

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GOLFER'S DEATH

W. Harrower and H. L. Lockhart y. E. W. Simmons and F. Goodwin.

AT KOWLOON F.C.

AT CRAIGENGOWER

A Morton and H. J. Bicknell v. D. Munro and R. Main.

W. J. Burling and M. N. Rakusen v. Y. H. Tang and J. N. Wong.

Matches Postponed

Colonel Sutherland succeeded as captain of the club in 1938, the Duke Kent, and last autumn when his normal term was expiring he was asked, as war had intervened, to con- Owing to the sudden downpour of the tinue in office. Colonel Sutherland's rain late yesterday afternoon, denth follows within 3 weeks of that whole, of yesterday's schedule in the of Mr. Henry Gullen, secretary of the Open Puirs Championship was post- R. and A.

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