1941-08-15 — Page 22

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 15, 1941.

(By "Tinker")

MOST INTERESTING ITEM on the aquatic schedule for the week-end is the return fixture between Lai Tsun Swimming Union and the Victoria Recreation Club, which will be held at the Chinese "Y", Bridges Street, to-morrow night, commencing at 8 p.m.

Items Of Interest

Interest To Swimmers

V.R.C.-Lai Tsun Return Gala To-morrow

David Hutchinson Returns To The

Splendid Swimming At Last Week's Combined Meet.

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On the last occasion of meeting, which was on July 12, the V.R.C. gained a 32-23 points victory, this being mainly due to the efforts, of the women,

If anything; to-morrow, the| V.R.C. should have an easier win, for David Hutchinson will once again be turning out for

Lawn Bowls

them, and it should mean a win Easy Victory

in the 100 free-style, which last

time was won by Lau Tai-ping,

of Lai Tsun, beating Lionel Roza Pereira.

For a Bitte time, now. Halchin- son has been wavering in his at- Earlier on he fecitons, as I were.

threw in his lot with the European strangely enough, Y.M.C.A., and,

when

since his departure from the V.L.C. has been twice defeated over his distance.

in the The first occasion was

University Gala Y.M.C.A. Charles Huang rut it across him in over 60 secondat Last week-end in the Combined Meet, Taul Hang took first place, but in the very good time of 57 seconds.

be

Opinion has been expressed that is doing the right thing for it was at the V.FL.C. that he Improved his Awning, and it is there that he trolna most.

The teams and programme for the galu re

Women's 124 vards medley relay. Guterres, V. Churn and J Anderson (V.B.C.; L. Sadick, Tsang Fung-kwan und Ko Mi-Bris (1n Taun).

Men's 200 yards breati-stroke.. Mat- ques and A. Ale (V.I.C.): Fong Chong- yue and Trang Cheong-po (Lai

sun),

Men's 13 yards free-slyle.-D. Hutchin

For S.R. Solina

And K.M. Omar

W. Lawrence (V.R.C.-"Y") and Charles Huang (Com- bined Chinese) taking off in the 400 yards mixed medley relay. Jackia Anderson (V. R.C."Y") and Ko Miu-ling (Chinese), first swimmers just touching at the end of their lap-Ming Yuen.

AND S. R. SOLINA

K. M. bad OMAR, of Craigengower, comparatively easy entry into the fourth round of the Pairs lawn bowls championship esterday when they met W. McLeod and W. S. Dall on the Civil Service CC. green and won 29-15. Fight of

of the losers' total were scored on the 10th and 21st heads

Soling and Omar each being a 4. opened with a 1, and augmented Tennis their total with three 3's and a sing'e and led 14-2 on the 17th end. was increased to 10-4 at the 11th, then 23-5 by the 15th, and eventually 28-7 on the 18th.

Scores were:

W. McLeod &

0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1,

Thin

0, B. 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 4, 0.413

W. S. Dall:

6. R. Selina

K. M. Omar! 40,3, 0, 1, 3, 3, 0, 0,

.1, 3, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 3, 3, 0, 1, 0-23

sort and C. Itnani (VR) Luu Tal-plo last week-end' lived up to all ex- and Tang Cheong-ming (Lat Tun).

Men's 10 yards free-style.-C. Ilunpectations. It was a pity that! and C. Silva Netto (VIL the Chinese girls were disquali- Women's 100 yards breast-strokeVfied in the 300 yards free-style Churn and 51 Noronha (V.R.C.); Ko

the reversed relay, for ling and lo Po-kum (Los Tran).

kwan and Chan Chin-on (Lai Taun).

Lopen (V.R.C.) Lan yarda

hack-stroke:-

result

Men's lun yards back-sirka would have given first place of HumJahu and T. Yli-ion and Poon Wing-hat the gala to the Chinese Clubs.

Women's 100

However, they might also have Guterres and 1. Lopes (V.R.C.); L. Balick

In the opening been disqualified an Tang Fung-kwon (Lal Taun)

Women's 50 yards free-stylo-Y. Churn

event, the 150 yards medley, for and J. Airtron (V.AL.C.); Ko Miu-ling

one of the girls went off too early. Arul J. Stek i Tsun),

But in this race there was no one "apping." and the crowd that forked around the starting en made most difficult to see any- thing.

Afee's 120 yard medley relay. K Timjan, D. Hutchinson and C. Buang (V.R.C.): Peon Wing-kai, Ya Sul-kwan and Tan Chong (1 T)

Women's 100 yards free-style relay.-V Churn. J. Anderson C. Guterres and I. Lopes (V.C.; Ke Mu-liang, Tsang Funi, kwan. L. Sadlek and Cheng Ol-ling (Lai Trung

South China Unbeaten In

"D" Division

Screwball Story

World Series

Of

Most Appalling Incident

IN the 1918 World Series between the Cubs and Boston Red

Sox, there was an incident so appalling that the memory of a man, the victim, has not yet recovered from the shock. The victim was Tom Clark, then a veteran second-string. catcher for the Cubs, now a gray-haired scout for the Giants.

The way Tom tells it, even now with a quavering voice and Major Baseball SOUTH CHINA A.A.. already tears in his eyes, it was the last champions of the "D" Bivision o

the lennis league, maintained their game of the Series and Tom's

unbeaten record yesterday when first turn at bat when the

they played the Chinese Recreation gigantic horror was perpetrated. Club In their last fixture and won 7-2 at King's Park,

in C. P. If-W. H. Mok and K. C. Wong-K.. C. Slet combinations were unbeatable, the two sets gained by the Chinese R.C. being lost by C. L.

Lau and H. K. Ho.

Scores were

Ton, a genial giant, was getting along in years as an active player and this was the first time he had ever been on the roster of a pennant- winning Club.

It was the ambition of Tom's life to make at least one personal up-

efore he closed his career, bus his C. L. L and 11. K. Hǝ lost to c. cearance in World Series combat Chiu and . C. Llang 3-8; lost to tal

hance of working in the Series Kwang-chiu and W. C. Choy 3-6; best

'ooked slim unless the regular Chi- F. Chiu and C. N. Trang 6-2.

eo catcher, Bill Killifer, should break an arm or a leg or something. Which he did not do. He reinainei disgustingly healthy!

C. P. ip and W. 11. Mok beat Chiu and Llung 6-1; bent Lai neid Choy 6-4; hen Chi and Trang 6-3

K. C. Wang and K. C. Slet beat Chiu and Llamat utong leg and Choy bent Chiu and Tsang -3.

Jewish D. Indians

Jewish Recreation Club lost to Indians

tenn

This incidentally, is something 3-0 in the D Division of the that should be remedied. Non-par-league yesterday.

A. Odell drew will Men's 200 ads freestyle relay ticipating swimmers should not have. Whitro and Tunng. D. Hutchinson, LA. Denn end C. Silva Nello V.1.C.5 Lau Tal-pingbeen permitted to cluster round an. S. Hussain and M. Mochenderle -D You Sol-kwan. Tang Chrong-ming and they did. It was most difficult to last to G, and K. Sing 2-6; lost to M. IL Chan Chun-ham (La! Tsun).

It will be noted that-the-rotný- | Fee_y are altered to conform with the "y" pool. which is only 20 yards in

who was who.

lista and A. J. Suttad 2-0.

lost to A. R. Pollak and M. Tolan Kussa and Moeltenderie 1-6; lost to In the second race, however, its and Singli 5-7 lost to Hussain-erul-

sunlad 6-1.

Was on

on the report of the "tupper" that the Chinese were disqualified, accompanying picture shows

The

length.

At the last meeting, Chan Chun- nom did not swim in one or two or the congestion of the starting end.

the events, though in his absence

Outstanding competitor of the evening was undoubtedly

Yau Sal-kwon spring a surprise in Churn. She swam great

the

Vivienne races in

S. Hamler and B. Godkin bent Hussala and Moehenderin 6-3; drew with Singh and Singh G-G; bean flussaly and Sumas G-3.

for it would reflect little credit on quarter mile and beat Charles both the women's free-style relay those concerned, Huang. But he will undoubtedly do and in the mixed relay inter. In Little had been heard of Tsui so to-morrow for it will probably both she gained distance. mean first and second places in this event for the Lai Tsun.

•Extra stands have been twill at the "Y" for the accommodation of about 300 spectators, and electric fans have been installed to relieve

the hent.

Entrance fee is 50 cents for re- served seats, and 20 cents- for un- reserved.

Hang, still less had been seen, and In the latter, especially, she over- hauled the loss which had beets victory in the 100 yeros, there- sustained by

one of the earlier tore, came in the nature of a surprise. Awimmers, and more than that Kave Hutchinson Just a sufficient lead for him to beat Ng Nin and score one of the finest wins of the evening for had the V.R.C, lost that race the whole result would have been reversed.

And there is the story behind one

THE swimming of the Car of the other events of the progrze

bined Mect at the V.R.C.me, but I don't purpose to comment,

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Those two runs had disturbed the Red Sox munnger, E. G. Burrows,

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Ile is not a very graceful now the President of the Yankees,

When the Cubs opened the ninth but he is strong and speedy--| mer, as his 57 seconds in the 100 pards with a safe hit and Ruth walked Indicates. lie a very definitely a next man, manager Barrow was all threat to Hutchinson for the 100 aquiver. He waved Ruth from the yards Championship.

has been suggested that three I

new events be included in the men's Championships at the end of The

year. These are 220 yards breast- back-stroke, 220 yards stroke, and 150 yards individual medley. All three are very good succestions, particularly the last, for in it there is a variation that should be most interesting for spectators.

It has also been put forward that the women's events

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Battery-Hutchings, Javery, Errickton; But there were only one out. Turner Barber was sent up as a pinch-hitter for Killifer.

0 11 0 Then came the clarion call for Clark Manager Fred Mitchell of the Cabs real name. Fred Yapp, one-time baseball coach at Har vard-looked along the bench and said:

should include i "Clark! Get à bai and be ready back-stroke and breast-stroke over to hit for Douglas!"

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races are yards. The present

Hit for Shuming Phil Dougins, the

over 100 yards. I don't know how Chi pitcher! Then Tom would be tiring the longer races are for the ext man upi. Ho might save the girls, but they seem to get along al-Series for his club! Anyway,, ht right.

was in a World Serles game at last! There would not,

then, be any Win, lose, or draw, that would be question of substituting one for the something to put in the

and I'm afraid that their in- albumi clusion as new events would make

other the programme too long.

He

picked lovingly

family

out

his

But again, the Championships are favourite bat, one that had "lots of only held once a year, and they wond in it," as the baseball players might be more ermalete it eli dis-say..

tances were included in the program- |·|

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Sunday

OLD COURSE

9.18 I. II, Geare. T. J. J.' Fenwick. 4. Haynes, W. Park.

9.24 G. C. Worrall, R, 1, Cherrill. 020 EG. Price, S. I, L'oyd,

932 T. E. Price, K. S. Morrison,

0.40 J. A. Blackwood. J. A. D. Morriso>. 4.44 G. M. Purk, A. E. Lissaman.

saw. lewitt, R. Forrest.

940 H. W. Belley. D. S. Hobb. 10.15 Major Meek. It. Young,

And of all these events. I certain-HE went out and took the crouch- 10.20 R. Parkin, Capt. Hyde, I think that the men's 130 yards in- ing position of the next hitter az dividual medley might be considered Barber stood seriously,

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at the plate anc brandished his blugcon in the face of because we're going around a sharp

the and

real revelation ТЕГЛ Bullet Joc Bush. While Tom was down on one knee out there, and coming. maybe muttering a prayer, he sud

The truth is it wasn't the last "ame of the Serles at all!

SPORTS ADVT. denly thought of his wife. She was

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in a field box near the Chi dugout. Ile turned and waved to her, as whe |should way;

"Look! In a World Serien at last Your hiero, bonoy!' Watch: mef"

It was the fourth rame et the Scries, and took the Rod Fox two

tore games to kill off the Cubsl

But after the appalling tragedy resthing went hinck for Tam Clark. Ho remembered nothing that hamoned thereafter. For him the double play was not only the end of the game and the Bertrs, but temporarily the end of the world.

While he was still waving to hle wife, with the back of his heer turned toward the diamond, there was a crack of a bat against the ball. Tom turned around, quickly, took one look-and swooned. Barber had hit into a double play

For over 20 years Tom "Clerke has! the Club House' on Friday, 15th, and the Series was overl

Gone was his chance of batting in inboured under that stranac delusion, August, 1941, at 6 pm

Fron his best friends wouldn't tell the World Serieif

At least, that's how Tom Clark him. And he'll probably, no on be tells the sad story of his busted Heping that that double, play ended dream. But hold your bats now, the Series).

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