At Foreign ¥.M.C.A.
On Friday and Saturday night, February 23 and 2% at 845 the Foreign Y.M.C.A. will conduct a City Gymnastics Championship in the Association gymnasium. The meet this year is the largest of its kind ever held in the city, comprising seven different organizations with 26 competitors. Besides competition on the usual parallel bars, horizontal bar and flying rings, additional events, the side horse, long horse, tumbling, rope climbing and free exercise have been added in ar. Attempt to increase the number of titers entering and offer a reater range of versatility to Shanghai's gymnasts.
Tumbling, rope climbing and free exercise have been listed as special events and es such competitors need present one exercise only. On all other) pieces competitors must present a required exercise and offer one series of movements of their own choosing. The major events on the apparatus will be divided into Prokofieff, on the Police left wing, too, showed a rare turn of speed and he scored two good tries. When this youngster, who is in his first season at rugger, learns a little more of the intricacies of the handling code, the best local opposition will need a great deal to stop him. He catches well and his pace and determined running gain yard after yard. His defence, too, is good.
But although the Police outsides scored nearly all the points it was the forwards who won the game. They pulverized the Details' pack from start to finish, shoving them all over the place without a break. Rey-naids hooked delightfully and had the ball back nine times out of ten for Larby to put his backs away. That was all there was to N. Occasionally for a few minutes the soldiers would come within a short distance of the Police line and remain there but always they were driven back.
POLICE}. D: Killingbeck; Mac-Farlane, A. E. Kyte, H. Edgar, A. Prokofieff; C. K. S. Smith, L. B. Hocking, K. J. Larby; J. MacDougall, T. Rossing-ton, D. B: D. Henchman, E. Skreitul, A.J. Buxton, A. Gammie and G. H Reynolds.
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DETAILS:—Ward: Starkie, Collins, MacKenzie, Keeson:—Woof, Crew:
Bradley, Manaster, Davidson Plumb, Russell, Williams,' Jones and Searles.
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