At American School Providing no, more rain falls between now and tomorrow afternoon the track and field should be in excellent condition at the Shanghai American School, Avenue Petain, for the semi-finals of the 29th Annual Police Sports. Competition begins at 130 pin. and among the events to be decided are the following Police Championships: Putting The Shot; High Jump; Long Jump; Hop, Step and Jump Throwing the Cricket Ball.
In addition to these tussles, heats of the Two Mile Team Race for the North China Championship and the first round of the Tug of War (Shanghai Open Championship) will be decided, the winners of which will appear in the fina] to be held at the same venue on Saturday, April 29.
The field events in the Police championships to be held tomorrow should be closely contested and from all apbearances it seems that a struggle for supremacy will eventuate between Willie Ward and Alex Prokofieff, both of them well-known in Shanghai for their ability on the sporting field. It is quite likely that several Police records will be shattered by the time these two stalwarts have finished their efforts since it is known that both are considered in the top-flight of athletes in field events in this city.
It would come as no surprise, providing the day is warm, to see the six feet mark exceeded in the High Jump, while in the Long Jump something very close to 21 feet is confidently anticipated. Prokofieff will probably win the Shot Putt with ease but he is likely to receive sterling opposition from George Wade. The former, who formerly held the Far Eastern record for this event, is not easily defeated.
The Two Miles Team Race for the North China Championship will be run off in two heats this week-end, heat winners to compete in the final next Saturday. Twenty-one squads have entered including seventeen Chinese outfits and four foreign Defence Force units. The Lido "A" side is picked to win, but probably will be very hard pressed by the side representing the East Surreys.
In the first round of the Tug of War, the East Surreys will start favourites to overcome the French Forces "A", the Police should account for the Seaforth Highlanders, while the French Forces "B" are expected to take the measure of the US.
Marines' seniors. Whatever happens, however, this event always draws considerable attention, since the trial of strength, determination and concentration on the job in hand is one that always appeals to the crowd.
As mentioned higher, competition commences at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow and will continue through till well past,5 o'clock, with the events for the Chinese and Sikh Police, of course, predominating in the proceedings. anne Twe Thousand Guineas Probables London, Apr. 20.
The following are the probable starters, with their jockeys, for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, to Strange Outcome in Darts League An accurately hurled dart by Sgt. Fleming of the Seaforths against Louza won the Police Open Darts League title for Gordon Road last night, strange as that may seem. Until last night, the East Surreys led with 29 points with all games played. On their heels were Louza and Gordon Road Stations with 28 points each and one game each to play. The final opponents for each station last night were the Seaforths Gordon Road beat the Scots by 2-1 and then Louza in the last game had a double nineteen while the Seaforths had a double fifteen. It was here that Sgt. Fleming stepped up and flung the deciding dart, a double fifteen, thus presenting the title to Gordon Road Louza's loss of 1-2 put the station in a tie with Surreys for second place at 29 points with Gordon Road at 30.
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