1940-09-14 — Page 4

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELE GRAPH

September 141940.

'WICK'S"

BOWLS

NOTES

STRUGGLE FOR THE LEAGUE

A. B. SHELDON, son of Mr. H. G. Sheldon, Senior Hong-

kong Magistrate, batting for Haileybury, of which School he is Captain, against Eton. The match was drawn.

Y.M.C.A. Aquatic Gala

Craigengower C.C. And Recreio 'A' Meet To-day

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

HAPPY VALLEY will be the stage this after- noon set for the biggest League bowls tie of the season. Craigengower (at home) will joust against the Recreio “A” to decide whether there will be any replay for the senior shield or whether Recreio "A" will take the trophy without any further ado.

League records of these two teams at the moment is: SHANGHAI RIDICULES

Recreio C.C.C.

P W L T F A Pte.

15 14 1 14 12

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2

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in the Bowls League the shota

Fortunately, for Craigengower, | ***

average does not count to decide

Military Teams In Keen been played in two stages.

Competition

To-night

EXCEPTIONALLY" keen interest in being taken by military sportsmen in the quadrangular swimming gala that is being held this evening, commencing at

7.30 p.m..

the European Y.M.C.A. The Junior Section

To-night's Quadrangular of the "y", the Middlesex, the

Gala Programme

a tie as does the goal average in A football league. Recreio's only defeat was at the hands of the after the game hud atages. Craigengower bowed to Recreio "A" in the first game of the season, and last week to the Kowloon B.G.C.

imagine a defeat for the Valley side Of the two teams. It is caster to

than Hix for Recrei The cham-

plona have shown consistent form that if any team deserves the cham- pionship they are they. If I were rompelled to make a forecast I would vote for the Kowloon side.

1 will leave it there.

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1036 741 28 HONGKONG'S CLAIM TO

899 731 24

To-day's Schedule

MEDLEYRELAY RECORD

AMAZEMENT tinged with a good deal of amuse-

The programme of matches in the ment, can be the only reaction in local swimming circles, lawn bowls league to-day will be: writes the "Shanghai Times," over a claim made by a Hongkong paper-whose story was published in these Kowloon B.G.C.columns yesterday-that the Victoria Recreation Club trio set a new "Far Eastern" record for the 150 yardı medley relay.

Kowloon Docks

FIRST DIVISION Civil Service C.C. v. Kowloon C.C. Craigengower V. Recreio "A" Hongkong F.C.

SECOND

Police Taikoo Hongkong C.C.

v. Indian R.C.

DIVISION

v. Kowloon F.C. v. Recreio

v. Civil Service Kowloon C.C. v. K. Tong THIRD DIVISION Kowloon F.C. v. Prison Officers Kowloon B.G.C. v. Hongkong C.C.

marw's amazing unreality.

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E. C. Spong (Kówloon 1.G.C.) sending down a wood „during the K.B.G.C.—--Craigenzower First "Divi- sion League bowls malch last Satur- day. On this rink, U. M. Omar was besten 24-16, which was-želpful to. wards the Bowling Green's victory by 26 shots--Ming Yuen.,

International

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Trophy For Badminton "Davis Cup" Competition

This was done in a quadran- True, three of these have been claim- LONDON, Sept. 2. (Reuter) ==Ari gular swimming meet almost aed by back-strokers and in back International trophy, for Badmintons. stroke events, but this represents no| to be run on similar lines to that of week ago. The time was 1

the Davis Cup in lawn: tennis, was mean performance. minute 30.1 seconds. The as- Of course, it is unfortunate that presented by Sir George Thomas ni sertion that this is a new all-Bob Rokking is forced only to take the annual meeting of the Inter- Badminton Federation in time Far Eastern record-it was part in short distance events like the national London, not even claimed an a China 6 yards, but had this not been so, a

couple of free-style marks may well Deferred on account of the war, the present the decision is a night-mark-is bold, to say the least, have been set. Witness Hekking's the tournament will begin when Royal Scots and the Royal

Apart from the fact that the performance in the 60 yards hesta normal conditions are resumed. It Corps of Signals are in opposi. THE Goscombe O'Sullivan Cup

be held Far East also includes Japan-when he tied the local record. This is proposed that it will ition.

competition has attracted HOWEVER, let us turn to a whose swimmers comprise some normally, would have presaged of trienally and be divided into two Quadrangular gula at the YMCA. All three of the milltary teams more attention this year than

more pleasant topic. Con- of the finest in the world-it better things to come. At any rate, geographical groups-American and have been champlons over the past it has done since its inception. gratulations to Charies Rosselet may be remembered that the ever proved that Jackle Lumsdaine

the displays have been more than European zones,

Sir George Thomas, was re-elected three yenes, and tonight's resulla But it is very much unwanted and his men for their fine win Foreign "Y" relay team of the most sensatonal swimmer pro-president of the Federation and re- may give some indication as to what attention, and by all it is very in the Rinks Final last Sunday. Archie Logan, Dick Hall and duced here.

presentatives were present from As a sport-] kong Area Championships that win much deprecated.

To date, Lumsdaine, employing Australia, Canada, Malaya, U.S.A The game was too well "covered" Lou Oliveira last year tled the

the back-strike except in the 50 Mexico, and France. be in attendance.

man, I really am aghast at hav-to dwell upon it further, but I must Shanghai record for the Identi- ing come in contact with racial Duncan for his great display against 27-2/5 seconds almost three

yards free-style and participating put in my word of praise to Bob cal events, clocking 1 minute discrimination on the sports the most telling opposition.

The programme for to-night's

pool will be:

200 yards free-style relay (Teams) at 4).

200 yards individual fren-style 100 yards individual breast-stroke. Diving (teams of 2 low and high ixards).

100 yards individual free-style. 100 yards individual back-stroke, Plunging (teams of one).

220 yards Y.M.C.A championship. Throwing the polo ball "Y" cham- plonship.

Life saving exhibition by M'sex Rext.

3).

150 yards medicy relay (teams of

should be expected from the Hong-

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Wnter-pool-Y.M.C.A.

ed Army,

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field,

11 is enemy

to the fundamental

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He was not so badly served by his reconda faster than the Colony front men that the match was mark in question! principle of sport and any other Duncan v. Rosselet's rink, but their Combin-conception that realises

form or too patchy to equal challenge the

seriously their rights of human beings.

opposite numbers, Under normal conditions It would and as a consequence, Duncan was bo a shocking admission of smail-often in the limelight saving from mindedness, but during times like

difficult positions.

Pointa acoring

Relays

院 0, 4. 2

Individual

4. 3. 2. 1

TO-MORROW at the

at the KING'S

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Before the deluge of death struck like

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GREEN HELL

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GEORGE SANDERS

A JAMES WHALE Production

Original Story and Produced by

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SUNDAY's bowls attractions will be the remaining three- quarter final matches in the Pairs Championship. The mat- ches are.

AT KOWLOON F.C.

A. A. Razack and C. S. Rosselet v. A. M. Omar and U. M. Omar,

J. S. Landolt and R. Basa v. H. A. Alves and F. V. V. Ribeiro.

AT KOWLOON B.C.C. W. J. Burling and M. N. Rakusen v. C. Dowman and F. Channing.

L. J. Silva urid J. F. V. Ribeiro have already accounted for F. Needham and A. Brooksbank when they met at the Kowloon B.G.C. on Thursday.

The better of these matches are undoubtedly at the Kowloon F.C. I would predict wins for Omura, Alves and Ribeiro, and Burling

Rakusen,

and

FN the

Y.M.C.A. Hockey Club's Final Practice

in sil championship events except the breast-stroke races, has won or placed in

every one-something unique in focal swimming history!]

LUMSDAINE'S RECORDS

has process Lumsdaine It is apparent that the Colony broken his own Shanghal records has little grounds to make such a in the 150 and 100 yards back-

The YMCA. Hockey Club will claim. An Interesting thought, stroke. It can safely be said that hold their final practice this after- however, arises from this Hong- had Lumsdaine been pushed in the noon at 4.15 pm. before settling kong report What would have

down to the sensor's fixtures. he could have beaten the new happened had a relay team com- mark of 65-4/5 seconds by at leads and are requested to take both a

100,

All members are urged to; attend, posed of Jackie Lumsdaine, back. two seconds. Lumsdaine won hands stroke, Dick Hail, breast-stroke. down from Ernie Smith by about coloured and a white shirt. and Bob Hekking, free-style, awam eight yards, and obviously had no in that event for he rates outstanding off the 150 yards medley relay. further incentive for betler time.

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It is quite possible that a time ap-

It seems probably that he will have in the back-stroke and free-style proaching 1 minute 23 seconds another record within his possession laps. He should also place in the 100 would have materialized. This is at the "y" gain in the Medley swim. free-style--if he does not win that based on figuring out that Lums-He certainly looks the best prospect event. daine would clock about 21 reconds for his lap, ffall about 31 seconds, and Hokking at least 25 seconds. Reverting to the Colony times, it seems that Hongkung, however, still can boast of an impressive list of sprinters. Both Taylor and Ng Tsun- man last week clocked 25 flat for the 50 yards, L

has time Hekking equalled once this year.

RETROSPECTION

OOKING over this season's ac- hievements, there seems every reason for satisfaction. In all, four Shanghul records have been broken.

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