Triangular Event at Shanghai Local Team Leading Triangular Contest—Shanghai, Kobe and Hongkong. a 220 yd. won by Hongkong (Lyon) 100 yd. Breast stroke. Won by Hong-tong (Busschaert).
Team Race—Shanghai 1; Hongkong 2. Water Polo—Shanghai 11; Kobe 0, The Rowing Club bath building has seldom accommodated such a large crowd of spectators as it did on, Thursday at the Opening of the triangular interport contest between Shanghai, Koba and Hongkong.
The decorations and everything were the same as on the occasion of the Rowing Club gala the week before, The city water, however, was not, as clear as it might have been, and it was hard for swimmers doing the craw] to steer as they unusvaldo by the black tiles on the bottom. It was the one blot jon the interport meet that Albert James, of Kobe, should be taken with a slight attack of ptomaine poisoning. As Kobe only travelled with seven men, they were thus unable to put a full team in the water for the polo match, and besides that Albert James was swimming for them in practically every event, and notably last night in the 220 yd. and team race. Hopes, even. if they are faint, are held out, of his being fit enough to take part in the other portions of the interport contest to-night and to-morrow night.
Kobe entered their full quota of two men for both the 220 yards free style and 100 yards breast stroke, but were not placed in any of the scoring positions. As will be remembered, the scoring was arranged as follows: in the individual contests, three points for first place, two for second and one for third. In the team race the winning team receive as many points as are represented by the number of seconds by which they get in first from the second team, with a maximum of six points. Luckily the home relay team beat Hongkong by exactly six seconds, thus scoring the highest possible for this event. Kobe did not enter for the team race. In the water polo points are given to the winning side according to the number of goals by which they beat their opponents.
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