1941-08-01 — Page 14

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 1, 1941.

Items Of Interest To Swimmers

Origin Of Swimming Naturally Lost From Record

Earliest Of

Of Men Must Have Taken "Dips"

Week-end Gala At N. Point

(By "Tinker")

A CONTEMPORARY scribe the other day wrote that there was no apparent origin to swimming, and as with many other of the natural abilities of the human be ing it is impossible to imagine that there would be any specific beginning.

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Primeval man must have encountered water. He may not have had much use for it except for drinking and fishing. There must have been other occasions, however, when he used it to wash his wounds, and the strange things it did to his body may have surprised him,

Having recovered from the shock of finding another colour to his torso underneath his coating of diri, he may have been suffelently Interested In the phenomena to bravely face total immersion,

Deaths by drowning there must have been nid fear of water in large quantities must have been inherent, for the seas and lakes In those daya contained fish and amphibians the size ut housea. Dut our hero, the Brst mun to awin, lived lu a slightly later ern-when they had shrunk n bit.

He must have felt the buoyance of the liquid medium and out one grent occasion when he tumbled in he discovered that by moving his arins and feet like a dog he could not only remain ofloat hui' was able to move around.

is very possible, too, that one of these early fishermen dancing with anger aver the one that got away, may have slipped and fallen into his; pool and by similar manipulation of arms and legs have got back to safe- ty.

these it

By Incidents similar to must have been discovered in long gane ages that man could maintai himself in water. For water, after all, is the home of the first forms of life. The amoeba and parameclum and other unicellular bodies-the lowent forms of life-are to be found In water.

Many days have passed since the

Outsider Wins Again At Newmarket

NEWMARKET, July 31 (Reu- ter)-St Leger and other classic three-year-olds raced for the Sussex Blakes over mile course here to-day, but Lord Glanely's outsider. Eastern Echio, upset calculations with victory over the fancied Firie, owned by Captain Bailie.

Lord Rosebery's Ptolemy, the only St Leger candidate running, was third.

Schmeling Abed With "Stomach Ache"

.Says Nazi Report

NEW YORK-Max Schmel-

parachuto

25 minutes dog-stroke record for a ing is recuperating from 50-yard pool to the present time of stomach ache and 25 seconds, but the improvements have been mainly over the last hun dred odd years, only.

Breast-stroke

and

were the two principal styles

side-stroke Britain before 1873, during which year J. Trudgen introduced a new stroke which he had learned In South America.

This was called the Trudgen, com- monly known as the Trudgeon and from it arose the crawl. This latter. was copied from the natives of the South Seas-was introduced into Australia as late as 1900 and reached Britain in 1902.

One

cannot say how long it had been in use by the South Sea Islanders.

fighting in Crete in a ward on

THIRD SOCCER TEST MATCH

Action in the Third "Test" match between the touring Hongkong Chinese footballers and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. China won 5-2, Here we sea Lai Shiu-wing being tackled by two of the home team, while C. T. Tsao waits in the rear.

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Six Chinese Soccer Players Invited The House of Quality & Service

H.K.C.A.A.F. Annual Meeting Club Withdrawals

The Hongkong Chinese Amateur

Athletic Federation held its annual general meeting yesterday, and despite the fact that six affliated Clubs had withdrawn during the past term, a successful year was reported. Mr Mok ing was In the Chair.

A profit of $890.07 was shown, and

the ground floor of the former in the report Mr Mok ng revented American College just outside that during the year South China Aliens, Harry W. Flannery, C. B. S. A.A., Chinese Bathing Club, Chinese correspondent, said in a broadcast R.C. Taikou Chinese R.C. Chinese from Germon-occupied Athens after an interview with the former heavy.

weight champion.

To Stay In Australia

It now transpires that there were concrete offers behind the message from Sydney that stated that the touring Chinese football team from Hongkong were seeking to remain in Aus- tralia. This is what the Press reports:„

Six members of the Chinese Soccer team have re- ceived offers to play with.clubs in Australia.

They are V. K. Hyul (centre- forward), C. T. Tsao (outside- left). K. II. Chang (right-half), L. S. Hau (left-back), and S, W. Lal (inside-left).

r

Bunk (centre-half), X. We Are Trying

Says Manager

from the Commonwealth Immigra

If the players can be exemptes To Get Consent" tion. Act regulations they will stay. The Australian Soccer Association YMCA, and the FI.K. Minlature had to provide £100 bonds for each Football Union had withdrawn, but of the Chinese players. that the last three named had since The bonds provide that the players tejoined.

will leave Australia within six months.

The players will ask the Chinese; Consul-General (Dr Pao) to nega- tiate for exemptions.

New Officials

for the ensuing year:

The following officials were elected

[second;

Keen To Stay

"His less probably had been due to drinking some chocolate abandoned by the British during lime he was separated from als company," Flannery sald Schemling

Chairman. Mek ling: Vice-Chairman, told him during the interview. Lain Chi-tung: Treasurer, Mok Wal-la:| "The milk in It may have soured." Audior, Tam Pak-fan: General Secre

tary, Lo Kwok-nal; Clerk, Yick Fashek. Hy has been (The

approached by Nazis, in announcing

IL Leichhardt, but the other players Schmeling was in a hospital, said

The following were elected to take would not divulge the names of the he was suffering from a "tropical activities, with the assistant given..

charge of the various sporting clubs who hod approached them.. disease.").

Two-offers-are from Melbourne In Hospital

clubs and the others from Sydney. Football (Sze Po-wal and Lam Chung-

"I am keen to stay in Australia," until August 30, but the VRC.- FLANNERY said he found the homing (The Yim still and Lau said Hyul. Lat Taun return gala will be as ar-ward with nine other German soldiers K-hong and Chu Fook-sing); volley-ball prizefighter asteep in and Stu Hon-lit): track and field (Tsang

basketball (wok Mak-hol "My play has improved here, and ranged.

in another In this latter Meet, however, one in the college building now turned sul Stang and Yu Fin-chikter I would de ses of two I am sure event has changed. Instead of hold: | into a hospital. ing the 100 yards breast-stroke, the distance has been lengthened to 220 among the first group of parachute "Schmeling, It was learned, was yards.

troops which landed on Crete in the carly morning of May 20 to under-

-OF-local swimming-news-there-

or none. The La Tsun-: University gala has been postponed

THE dearth of sprinters in the V.R.C., was made most apparent at the trials held in their pool on Tuesday night for the selection of the combined V.R.C.-Y.M.C.A team ngainst the Combined Chinese Clubs, All four who clocked first and second were from the "y".

And latest news is that D. H. Taylor is giving up competitive swimming.

A pleasant surprize was the 'form of Tony Lopes over the 50 yards | bock-stroke. He bent A. K. Rum- Jahn, and it is always an encourag- ing occasion when one of the younger swimmers sprouts into the fore. Ils time of 32.4 seconds was excellent.

ATTRACTION this week-end will

be the triangular gals at North Polni to-morrow between the Chinese Bathing Club, South China AA. and the University Swimming Club. This is in aid of the Chinese Medical Relief Fund.

of the

South Chian was one Chinese Clubs that was hard hit by migrations to Sing Tao, but they yet have a number of promising swim- mers, especialy among the women.

The

programme contains two in- vitation races-100 metres free-style for men and 200 metres breast-stroke for women. It would be fine if some of the sprinters from Lat Tsun, the V.R.C. and Sing Tao turned out for the first named event, while in the second if Miss Ll Po-luen takes part there is no doubt us to the winner.

Mas o Wai-king, the young G.B.C. star who, after only'a year's acquaintence with swimming did so well in the championships last year, has mado further advance and she should be a prominent Ngure at this meeting.

Trojan Basketeers

The following will represent the Trojans In their inilal appearance in the Basket- ball League for the Wu Teli Chen Trophy. against Chinese YMCA, at the Chinese "Y". Watorico fond. t. 7.30 pm, on Baturday:

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take the first invasion of an island by olr," said Flannery.

"Schmeling landed in a vineyard three miles south of Caned and four miles east of strategie Suda Day."

Schmeling, who previously had been reported killed in Crete, said ho lost 25 pounds from the strenu- ous battling and subsequent illness.

His Descent

escribing his descent, Schmeling Des

was quoted as saying: "We swooped pretty low before we jump ed out. Then we opened the 'chutes right away, and, as a result, there

very well,"

MR PETER WOO, co-manager of the touring team, revealed this: "Several State League clubs have invited Chinese players to slam three-year contracts, and play for them,"

"Our players do not desire to play with separate clubs, We are trying authorities for the whole of the team to get the consent of the Australian to romain in Sydney so that it can season. The players compete in the State Leaguo-next-

would also ball games. compete In basketball and base-

"We have permission to remain in Australia for six

months, but with the assistance of the Consul-General pals (La Ting-kwong and Pun Bing- Leichhardt's man; big-pong (Pang Kul-nas and Oer) said: "I intend to do all possl- the present restrictions will be re-

secretary (Mr

W. for China (Dr Pao) it is hoped that Kwok Cheuk-kwan;

Yuen Kan-to and Ne Par-ling in charge

a Chung-tan and So Kim-ho); billiart ble with the Immigration authorities moved, and the players allowed to

miniature Soccer Wang Sin-wan and Shong Chi-yin and to enable Hyul to stay in Australla. remain indefinitely in Sydney.

of publicity.

omiliated to the reserve on the body

Each of the following eleven clubs

representatives to

Chung Shing Benevoleni Society, Eastern Club, Hongkong Miniature Football Unifon, A. A. Kwong Walt A. A., Taikoo Chinese Tung Yee Club, Chinare YMCA, Ling Fung Club, Kit Cher, Wah Kiu and Kow-

loon Residents' Union.

"Iyut doesn't want fantastle con- ditions, and he would be the "If our request is granted I will gresiesi centre-forward In Aus- remain in Sydney after the comple- tion of the Australian tour to help

trafia."

The co-manager (Mr Peter Woon making arrangements for the team said: "The whole team world like to in the competitions," sald Mr Woo.

"I will do all possible to assist in the negotiations for the players ap- proached.

"Our players have become

very

were only about 12 seconds that we popular because of their good con- could be shot at.

duct as well as good play."

"And we were shot at, too.

"Each of us guarded outselves ns we came down with a pistol.

"I've got a lot of friends over there in the United States), quoted him as saying. "I hope the Flannery war is over soon and we can get together again."

Rink Championship match at the Kowloon C.C. on Sunday Inst. A. M. Rodrigues bowling, being watched by L. J. Silva, F. V. V. Ribeiro, J. Hoosen and A. M. Rumjahn. The Indian Figueiredo T. Stiva. I. Bova, no rink, skippöd by M. R. Abbas beat the Recreio four, skipped

by H. A. Alves, 24-10, Ming Yan.

Bilva. Nick Beltran, Poon Kwen-yim, B. Neves, 11. Osmund and B.. Young

The players approached are good all-round athletes, and would be n boon to Australian sport.

"Chang and Hyul are Olymple Games' basketball representatives."

Former Cases

May Start Businesses ALL of the players had good jobs

Hongkong, Atr Woo added. If they could not secure positions Sydney many would start In business on their own.

in

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State League club ometals favour the proposal. Owing to the with- drawal of Newcastle City Club, there are only 11 teams in the State League. An extra team would do away with the bye each week. A RESNIK and A. Beth-Halevy.

members of the 1938 Palestine that all applications for admission be State League regulations provide leam which toured Australia, were made at the annual meeting in No-: given permission to stay in Austra~vember. The two lio after the tour.

lowest clubs in the competition table must also apply

They are still playing in Victoria. for re-admission.

Boxing

Danahar Or Snow To Meet Ernie Roderick

THE BOXING CONTROL BOARD has decided to recognise a contest, if arranged, between Nor- man Snow and Arthur Danahar as: anal eliminator for the British

Beavers Build Dam For City

A beaver colony has provided

welter-weight championship, the the town of Salmon Idaho, with winner

to meet Ernie Roderick for a dam and saved citizens the Uite tille.

cost of building it. Billy Hazelgrove is to meet Eric Jones (holder) for the southern fly-

Five beaver were transplanted weight championship, and the Board to Jesse Creek by the Idaho Fish has also decided to recognise a ght and Game Department in the between Eddie Maguire and Dave

McCleave as for the southern mid-autumn of 1930. die-weight title.

Hockey On Skates

Tile Hongkong Skating Club defeat ed the Corinthians by four goals to all

Watermaster Virgil Harris said the animals moved downstream to within 100 feet of a sito selected by reclama- tlun engineers for a dam..

"The flow of water has been so stabilised," Mr Harris said, "that although last year was extremely

ink on Wednesday, Drewery scored vided sufficient water for the grow in a skate hockey game played at Cira's dry, the Jesse Creek drainage pro- two goale for the winners. The other ing city of Salmon and goal-scorers were Cheung and A. Lam. ' tal water supply was unnecessary,"

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