1941-08-01 — Page 6

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 1, 1941.

Items Of Interest To Swimmers

Origin Of Swimming Naturally Lost From Record

Earliest 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.

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.

Primeval man must have encountered water.

Having recovered from the shock of finding another colour to his torso underneath his conting of dirt, he may have been sufficiently Interested in the phenomena to bravely face total immersion.

Deaths by drowning- there must have been und fear of wuter in large quantities must have been inherent. for the seas and lakes in those days contained fish and amphibians the size of houses. But our hero. the slightly first man to swim, lived in

Inter era-when they had shrunk i bit.

Je must have felt the buoyance of the liquid medium and on one great occasion when he tumbled in) he discovered that by moving his arms and feel like a dog he could not only remain #foul but was able to move around,

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

By ineldents similar to these it must have been discovered in long gane ages that inan could maintain himself in water. For water, after all, is the home of the first forms of life. The amoeba and paramecium and other unicellular bodies the lowest 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!

raced for the three-year-olds Sussex Stakes over a mile course here to-day. but Lord Glanely's outsider, Eastern Echo, upset calculations with victory over the Captain fancied Firle, owned by Hallie.

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

was

Schmeling Abed With "Stomach Ache"

..Says Nazi Report

NEW YORK.-Max Schmei-

25 minutes dog-stroke record for aing is recuperating from a 50-yard pool to the present time of stomach acho and parachute

25 seconds, but the Improvements fighting in Crete in a ward on

THIRD SOCCER TEST MATCH

Action in the Third "Test" match between the touring Hongkong Chinese-footballers

China won 5-2. and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Here we see 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

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- The Hongkong Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation held its annual ceived offers to play with clubs in Australia.

general meeting

yesterday. and

despite the fact that six affiliated Clubs had withdrawn during the past term, a successful year was reported. Mr Mak Ting was in The Chair.

C. T. Tsao

They are V. K. Hyut (centre- forward),

(outside- left), K. II. Chang (right-half,

L. S. Sunk (centre-hair), "We Are Trying

au (left-back), and S. W. Lal

if the players can be exempted To Get Consent"

(inside-left). A proft of $898.67 was shown, and have been mainly over the Inst hun- the ground floor of the former in the report Mr Mok Hing revealed dred odd years, only.

the Commonwealth Immigra- American College just outside that during the year South China from Athens, Harry W. Flannery, C. B. S. A.A., Chinese Bathing Club, Chinese tion. Act regulations they will stay. The Australian Soccer Association YMC.A. and the H.K. Miniature had to provide £100 bonds for each correspondent, said in a broadcast R.C., Talkoo Chinese R.C., Chinese from Germon-occupied Athens after Football Union had withdrawn, but of the Chinese players. an interview with the former heavy that the last three named had since The bonds provide that the players

will leave Australia within weight champion.

Bix Itefoined.

months.

fireast-stroke and alde-stroke were the two principal styles in Britain before 1873, during which year. J. Trudgen introduced a new stroke which he had learned in

South America.

This was called the Trudgen, con- monly known as the Trudgeon and from it arose, the crawl. This latter was copied from the natives of the South Sens was

introduced into Australia as late as 1900 and reached Britain in 1002. One cannot say how long "it"had" been"in" use by the South Sea Islanders.

O

local swimming news there is

University gala has been postponed until August 30, but the V.RC.- Lai Taun return gala will be os aF- ranged.

In this latter Meet, however, one event has changed. Instead of hold- ing the 100 yards breast-stroke, the distance has been lengthened to 220 yards.

at the trials held in their pool on

"His illness probably had been due to drinking some chocolate abandoned by the British during time he was separated from his company," Flannery sald Schemling told him during the interview. "The milk in it may have soured."

New Officials

The following officials were elected for the ensuing year:

Chairman, Mok 11ing; Vice-Chairman, Wat-ta: Lam Chi-fung: Treasurer, Bok Auditor, Tam Pak-fan; General Socce

tary, Lo Kwok-min; Clerk, Vick Fa-shel.

The following were elected to take charge of the various sporting activities, with the assistant given

second:

humming (Tho Yin-sun and Lau

The players will ask the Chinese Consul-General (Dr Pao) to nego- tinte for exemptions.

Keen To Stay

HYU has been approached by Leichhardt, but the other players would not divulge the names of the clubs who had approached them.

Two offers are from Melbourne clubs and the others from Sydney.

"I am keen to stay in Australia," said Hyul,

Says Manager

MU PETER Woo, co-manager of the touring team, rovedled this: "Several State League clubs have invited Chinese players to sign three-year contracts, and play for them,"

"Our players do not desire to play with separate clubs. We are trying to get the consent of the Australian authorities for the whole of the team. to remain in Sydney so that it can compete in the State League next season. The players would also compete in basketball and base- ball games.

(The Nazb, “in ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄announcing" Schmeling was in a hospital, said he was suffering from a "tropical diuense.")

In Hospital

Football (Sze Po-wai and Lam Chung- Tin-kwung: basketball (Kwok Mak-hot FLANNERY said he found the

"My play has improved here, and "We have permission to remain In former prizefighter asleep in and Siu Ion-t; track and Beld (Thang in another senson or two I am sure Australia for six months, but with the assistance of the Consul-General wurd with nine other German soldiers Kin-hong and Chu Fooking); velley-ball

(Trul Hang and Yu Ting-chik); water. I would do very well." in the college building now turned pole (Lau Ting-kwong and Pur Bing- Leichhardt's accretary (Mr W. for China (Dr Poo) It is hoped that man); ping-pong (Pang Kul-pul nd Ore) said: "I intend to do all possi- the present restrictions will be re- into a hospital.

Kwok Cheuk-kwan; miniature Boccer

Lau Chung-tran and So Kim-ho; billiard ble with the immigration authorities moved, and the players allowed to Wang Sin-wan and Soong Chi-yin) and to enable diyui to stay in Austraila. remalis indefinitely in Sydney. Yuen Kam-to and Ng Par-iing in charge "Hyul doesn't wani fantastic con- of publicity,

ditions, and he would be the "If our request is granted I will greatest centre-forward In Aux- remain in Sydney after the comple

tion of tlie Australian tour to help The co-manager (Mr Peter Woo) in rinking arrangements for the team said: "The whole team would like to in the competitions," said Mr Woo. stay-

"Schmeling, it was learned, was among the first group of parachute troops which landed on Crete in the early morning of May 20 to under-

VIE dearth, of sprlaters in the take the first invasion of an island THE

V.R.C. was made most apparent | by air,” said Flannery. Tuesday night for the selection of the i "Schmeling landed in a vineyard combined VR.C.-Y.M.C.A. tea.hree miles south of Canca and four against the Combined Chinese Clubs, miles east of strategie Suda Bay," All four who clocked first and second were from the "y".

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

A pleasant surprise was the form

of Tony Lopes over the 50 yards back-stroke. He beat A. K.' Rum- jahn, and it is always on_encourag- ing occasion when one of the younger swimmers sprouts into the fore. His

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

His Descent ·

clubs Each of the following eleven anillated to, the Federation nominated five; representatives to serve on the body: Chung Shing Benevolent Society, Enstorm A. A. Kwong Wah A. A.. Talkoo Chinese Club. Hongkong Miniature Football Unton, Tung Yes Club. Chiame YMCA.. Ling Fung Club, Kit Chee, Wah Kiu nud Kaw

toon Residents' Union.

tralia."

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

"Our players have become very

were only about 12 seconds that we popular because of their good con-

duct as well as good play, could be shot at.

"And we were shot at, too.

Each of us guarded ourselves as we came down with a pistol.

"I've got a lot of friends over there Describing his descent, Schmeling

was quoted as saying: "We (in the United States)," Flannery swooped pretty low before we jump-quoted him na saying. "I hope the war is over soon and we can get time of 32.4 seconds was excellent. ed out. Then we opened the 'chutes

right away, and, as a result, there together again."

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TTRACTION this week-end will A be the triangular gala at North Point lo-morrow. between the Chinese Bathing Club, South China A.A. and the University Swimming Club. This is in aid of the Chinese Medical Relief Fund.

one of the

South Chinn was 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 Lai Tsun, the VR.C. and Sing Tao turned out for the Arst named 'event, while in the second I Miss Li Po-luen takes part there is no doubt us to the winnor.

Miss Ito Wai-king, the young C.B.C. star who, after only a year's acquaintence; with swimming did so well in the championships last year, has made further advance And, she should be, a prominent

gure at this meeting.

Trojan Basketeers

The following will represent the Trojanu |

in their initiaă" appearance in the ¥tasket-} ..

against. Chinese YILCA, at the Chinese

Watarioo

Rink Championship match at the Kowloon C.C. on Sunday

ball League Zor the AWS Teh Chien Trophy. Inst. A. M. Rodrigues bowling, boing watched by L. J. Silva, Hond, at 1:30 pm, on F. V. V. Ribeiro, J. Hoosen and A. M. Rumjahn,' The Indian Saturday t

Figueiredo, T. Bilva; 11. Shva, anı' rink, skipped by M. R. Abbas beat the Recreio four, skipped "Diva, "Nick" Baltras," Poon, Kwon-yim, -1).

by H. A. Alves, 24-10—Ming Yuen. Neves,- 21. Owsmund and 13. Young.

May Start Businessca

ALL of the players had good jobs

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

in

n

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

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

Former Cases

RESNIK and A. Beth-Halevy,

State League club ofeinis favour the proposal. Owing to the with- drawal of Newcastle City Club, there are only 11 teams In the State League. An extru team would do nway with the bye each week.

State League, regulations provide

A. members of the 1938 Palestine that all applications for admission be

team which toured Australia, were given permission to stay in Austra lia after the tour.

They are si playing`in Victoria.

Boxing

Danahar Or Snow To Meet Ernie Roderick

made at the annual meeting in No- vember. The two lowest clubs in the competition table muşt also apply for re-admission.

Beavers Build Dam For City

A beaver colony has provided

THE BOXING CONTROL BOARD has decided to recognise a contest, If arranged, between Nor- man Snow and Arthur Danahiar as

final climinator for the British the town of Salmon Idaho, with weller-weight championship, the winner to meet Ernie Roderick for a dam and saved citizens the the file.

| cost of building it,

Billy Hazelgrove is to meet Erle 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 fight and Game Department in the between Eddle Maguire and Dave

McCleave, as for the southern mid-autumn of 1939. dlo-weight title.

Hockey On Skates

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

"The flow of woler has been so

The Hongkong Skating Club defeat-stabilised," Mr Harris said, "that ed the Carinthians by four goals to nit although last year was extremely

In a skate hockey game played at Ciro's dry, the Jesse Creek drainage pro- Tink on Wednesday, Drewery scored vided sufficient water for the grow two goals for the winners. The othering city of Salmon and a supplemen goal-acorers were Choung and A. Lam. tal water supply. Was unnecessary."

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