The Archive · 1939

New Athletes Here

Lieut. Funk also figures among the entrants for the Mile and 440 Yards Open Shanghai Championships. Here again, if he produces the form he has in past years, he will be hard to overcome, although, in the former event, he will receive stif opposition from the Sikh cross-country runner, Gurbakh Singh. A number of Jewish thiefes, many recent arrivals, have also entered. While they are necessarily unknown quantities on Shanghai sports fields, it is whispered that some are capable of turning in excellent times, In the purely Police Championship events, entries are being sent in in large numbers and enthu can confidently look forward to an excellent afternoon's sport

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