Among the new entries to Shanghai's gymnastic world are the Chinese YMC: A., the Italina Navy, and several unattached performers. The Chinese Y.M; C.A. under the expert coaching of John Schaberg presents a team of 9 men. All 9 men are entered in the third divi sion. As beginners their rating is high and following in the routines of their number cne man, H. H. Loo. should take home some prizes.
The Italian Navy this year presents a man in the first division whose ability on the side horse proves him on2 of the leaders in this event in the Far East. Competition in the first bracket is keener than ever with Touchkoff. winner the Internation?! Gymnastic mpicnship held last December at the Sokol Club. and the S-habe of the Foreign "Y" fighting it out for the {ce rating Shanghai.
The judeing of events has been placed in the hands of men well versed in the knowledge of gymna: tics ard performers are free to show difficult routines with the knowledge that grades will be given accordingly. Every effort is being made by the Association to revive interest in gymnastic activity. Facil ties at the "Y" are such that any phase of the sport may be practised. previous sponsoring of gymnastics had been curtailed because of lack of facilities. The generally accepte objectives end aims of physical education aѓe all ble in evmnastics and the Foreien Y.M.C.A. hopes to nace the activity on a par with the other more popular sports in Shanghai.
Admission charges ere $1 for ground floor seats and 50 cents for) balcony. seats.
Within two minutes the Police were three up. Smith ran sixty yards on a solo dash to outdistance the defence but instead of going over alone, he prefered to transfer the ball to the wing where Prokofieff quickly made short work of the defence and opened the scoring.
Five minutes later Prokofieff again scored after a clever run of thirty yards to place the ball under the posts for another unconverted try.
The Police maintained the pressure and had by far the better of the play but it was not until after another eight minutes that the soldiers' defence capitulated again, Hocking making a splendid try after running 25 yards through the entire defence. Killingbeck kicked the goal. A minute later the same player repeated his performance in almost exactly the same place for still another iry, At the interval the Police were leading by 14-0 and the Details were rarely in the picture. Upon the resumption the lawmen quickly added to their score when following a five-yard scrum on the soldiers' line the ball was taken over in a bunch and then fallen upon after the line had been passed.
The Details then came into their own a little and were seen on the attack for a few minutes but the Police again assumed the upper hand and before the final whistle blew Hocking scored two further tries, neither of which wes converted. His last effort, the best of the game, saw him run 70 yards and outstrip the entire defence.
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