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August 13, 1940. LẠI TSUN

V.R.C.

AQUATIC CHAMPIONS PARADE

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Lawrence Not · Missed By V.R.C.: Ng Nin's Splendid Showing

(By "Ripple")

NOW THAT THE V.R.C. have proved their superiority over' the Lai Tsun Swimming Club, there yet remain the Chung Sing. Club and the Eastern Athletic Association to challenge their position of supremacy among the swimming Clubs of the Colony. Much that was expected at the V.R.C. on Saturday came to nought,;

but it was, nevertheless, a splendidly successful function. Records were not broken simply because the figures are now so high that it will take swim- mors of near world Olympic class to better them.

But at the European Y.M.C.A., where the Chung Sing Club and Eastern fought out a duel in a neutral pool-with the "Y" being the weak third side of a triangular meet-Tommy Kew swam brilliant 50 yards lap in the 200 yards free-style relay and was clocked at 24.2/5 secs. for an unofficial re-

cord.

At the V.R.C.. outstanding i performer was D. H. Taylor, who covered the "50" in 25.1/5) seconds. He swims this distance with such ease, and finishes so strongly that I wonder he is unable to bring the Colony 100 yards record down to somewhere near 54 seconds.

fio was closely tailed by David Hutchinson-who was one-fifth of a second behind--and Hutchluson ean, without any hesitation, be classed as the most limproved swimmer of the

year.

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Intention not to swim when in the course of conversation then the Secretary was making suggestions far Lawrence's attempting to break the buck-airoke record!

However, in the excellence of the swimming, in Roin-Pereira's graceful efforts in the 230 and in the final cuts of the incet, Lawrence was

not missed.

COUNTY CRICKET

Centuries For Sutcliffe And Constantine

The

League Tennis

I. R. C. Beat South China

In "A" Division

Scores were:

EVENTS. AT THE VRC. on Saturday. Above

in the 100 yards backstroke race in progress. A. E. Kumjalin (extreme lett) won in 72 2/5 seconds, but nol before he had put A Kreat fight against Poon Wing-koi (second Inuc), L. Roza Pereira was second, Poun dropped away in the last length.

Below is the #tari of the women's 50 yards free-style. Miss V. Churn, the winner, Is in the second lane from the left. On the extreme left is Miss To Mo-ying (Lal Trun) who led over the first length, but lost on the turn, and fouled the ropes a few yards from home.

Japan School's Track Meet

F. A. Council Meeting

Chan Chun-tan's fine in the 220

OSAKA, Aug 12 (Domel). The Jupan Middle Schools Grand Athletic was nothing spectacular 2 mins. 37

Meet, comprising track and field secs-and if anything, once more his

events, swimming, baseball, basket- weakness in footwork was brought

THE RUMJAHIN COUSINS, S, A. ball, volley-ball, football, tennis and out. Ils occasional scissors-kick-

and II.D., Doubles Champlons of the gymnastics, opened to-day, under the while powerful in itself is only

Colony, wero main contributors to auspices of the "Asahi Shimbun," at brought into force when he rolls on

the Indian Recreation Club's victory the Koshien Baseball Stadium. About his left side, but there is nothing LONDON, Aug. 12 (Reuter), over South China In the "A" Division 2,300 young sportsmen are competing WHAT happened to W. Law-wrong with the strength of pull in one day match, Bradford of the Tennis League yesterday on for the national championships.

They won rence? That was a question his arms.

League v. a Yorkshire XI, drewSouth China's courts.

three of their sels, and the 1.B.C. on Saturday night that not even HE Lai Tsun girls were beaten 7,000 people to Bradford to won 6-3. the Hon. Secretary of the V.R.C.

in the free-style event, but day and £380 was collected for could answer beyond he has there is evidence that they would the British Red Cross. not turned up."

K. F. Liu and F. N. Wong lost to S.

There will be a meeting of the Coun- whatover! The explanation, ap-if they take seriously enough to

No notification be able to beat Hongkong's best match was drawn.

A. and H. D. Rurajohn 4-8; beat 0.cil of the Hongkong Football Associn- The Bradford side included eight | Rumlahn and Razack 6-4; beat Minu tlon in the Association Ofees to-mor parently, lay in a "touch of the

row at 3.3 p.m. Over the first 25 county players and two ex-West and Madar 6-2. flu" and I have it that as early yards, Miss V. Churn was second to Indies Test players. Two centuries

A. Chan and J. Hsu lost to RumjohnsONSTANTINE, the West Indlan as Friday he had intimated to Miss Ko Mo-ying and it was anyone's were scored, one by L. N. Constantine 3.0; lost to Ruminhn and Razack 3-6; cricketer, playing for Windhill one or two friends that he would race over the last few yards until West Indies) and the other by H. not be swimming on Saturday. Miss Ko fouled the ropes.

Sutcliffe (Yorks). E. A. Martingdale lost to Minu and Madar 3-0.

W. C. Ho and H. C. Kwok lost to against Spen Victoria In the Bradford the Rumlahns 3-0; los: to Runjahn and League, took right wickets for 39, Quite a number of people attended What they gave away, however, in West Indies) was included in

Razack 5-7; best Minu and Madar 6-4, including the hat-trick, the gala with the expectations of that race was taken back with in- seeing great race between Law-terest flie 150 yards medley relay.Constantine

scored 100 ̈ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄In "CO Fence and Chan Chun-nam in the Lat Tsun won by about half the minutes, his innings including three 220 free-style, and, quite rightly, the bath. The V.R.C. had no breast-U's and fourteen 4's. Sutcliffe was at Hon. Secretary dwelt to some extent stroke or back-stroke swimmers to the wicket 110 minutes in scoring 127, ou this event to give the gala offer my opposition. "build up". The disappointment of yes, in

the

public

was evinced

whe

first,

2

training.

the "boos" that greeted the ON the other side of the har-

second, in 1

bour, at an earlier time, the cheer and applause #t Chung Sing - Eastern Y.M.C.A.

Bradford XI

(which included one 6 and sixteen 4's.

The scores were:

Bradford League,-250 for *7 wickets dec. (Constantine 100).

the mention that Lionel Roza-Pereira triangular gala was in progress. Yorkshire 200 for 0 wkts. had sportingly agreed to all the gap. There, the outstanding figure (Sutcliffe 127).

Mr. J. II. Lawrence, his father, was Ng Nin of Chung Sing. He

is. we know, the swimming con-

vener of the Club and possibly it captured the 220-yards and the

was expected Urat notification 440-yards free-style events in 2 terfly" in the 150 yards medley would have been made through mins, 39 secs, and 5 mins 52.4/5 clay to clock 30.1/5 seconds for

bim, but it is a mystery why, only

a couple of hours before the gala, BCC, respectively, and then al-his lap of 60 yards. W. Lawrence did not personally most immediately

afterwards

The last lap of this race, the 50 inform the lion, Secretary of his gave an exhibition of the "but-inke off seven or eight yards behind yurds free-style, saw Tommy Kew

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Chung Sing's Just man. He shone in [1 tremendous burst of speedin that was clocked at 2435 seconds for 50 yords-but was beaten by touch!

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This for n unoficial record of the Colony.

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A COMPARISON of the times

of the two galas on Saturday is interesting. These were:" 50 yards free-style.-

25 secs. D. H, Taylor nt V.R.C.

253 secs. Chan Chun-nam at

220 yards free-style.—

2 mins. 37 secs, Chan Chun-nam at V.R.C.

2 min. 30 secs. Ng Nin at "Y". 50 yards free-style (women) -----

32 secs. Miss V. Churn at V.R.C 35 secs. Miss Yip Choi-man ati

100 yards back-stroke.

725 secs. A. K. Rumjalin at V.R.C.

774 secs. B. S. Wilson at "Y". 100 yards breast-stroke, m

150

74% secs. Fong Chung-yue ali V.R.C.

81% sees.. Chiu Kam-inoon

edley.rclay/**.

at

min. 31 secs. V.R.C. at V.R.C.

min, 33% secs. Chung Sing at

10 yards free-style relay.—

200

1 min. 47% secs... VRC. at V.R.C.

1 min. 40% seco. Eastern at "Y". 200 yards free-style relay (women)---

2 mins. 10% Recs. V.R.C. at V.R.C.

2 mins, 35 Beca. Chung Sing at

Turning Back To 1914 At The Oval

J.B. HOBBS' GREAT GESTURE

SINCE WAR BROKE over Europe last September, there has been no football at Highbury, home of Arsenal, and one of the show-places of the game. And now that fooball has given place to cricket-such as it is!-an- other of London's meeting-places of sportsmen is shut to the public!

This refers to the Oval, at Kennington, headquarters of the Surrey County club, ond one of England's Ave famous Test grounds. The ban was instituted when, fortunately, the majority of the Oval's most important gaines of last summer had been played. But such was not the case when war clouds threw a shadow over Europe in 1914.

August of that futed year was to be one of the most memor- able

in

the long history of the Oval. Not only

Surrey heading for the County Chum- pionship, but the Bank Hoilday week-end attraction

the Notte team, always one of the greatest drawing-cards_of any cricket season in South London.

Inkes

were

On Monday, with the Surrey and Notts come in an interest- ing position, the war clouds were gathering-and BO were the European politicians. But it

a lot

lot to upset a British sports crowd and over 17,000 passed the Oval turnstiles, de- termined to forget for a while the thought that war with Ger- many seemed almost inevitable. Jack Hobbs, the idol of every cricket crowd, was due to `batl

... ·

Dressing-room. Drama

gally dressed BUT as the

crowds packed the famous Test ground, they knew nothing of the drama taking place in the Surrey professionals' dressing- room. Jack Hobbs was there... but no one expected him to play. The Test master had a high tem-

perature and, on the point of collapse, was stretched on a bench when a doctor was called to see him.

"You're not fit to play to-day," Win the verdict. And, despite the dismay of all the Surrey players and officials, everyone in that dressing-room knew that the doctor was right. But Jack himself spoke up.

"Thai great crowd out there has come to sen cricket,” he said. "They might not see any more far some time-and I'm going out there to give them what they have come for..

Protests were uselest. Jack Hobbs was

And when that hunned to, play, huge Oval crowd greeted him as he walked out to the wicket on that hot August - Bank Holiday morning,

few knew that he was a sick man,

How could they guess that there was anything wrong with their idol? There was certainly nothing amiss with his batting. All that day he kept the Notts bowlers and fielders working overtime, and when the end came, 22

226 runs stood to Jack's credit the score-board.

At eleven o'clock the follow- ing day, before that important Surrey match could be continu- ed, Britain declared war on Ger- many. This staggering decision meant the finish of cricket for that season," The match against: Notte was concluded, then como the announcement that the mili- tary authorities. had commune. deered the Oval.

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