FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1926.
"CHINA MAIL" SPORTS PAGE
LOCAL SOCCER.
ALL ABOUT INTERPORT-
TRIALS
TO-MORROW'S VARIETY,
The following is to-morrow's soccer programme:—
INTERPORT TRIAL.
v. Colours, Kowloon Whites ground, kick-off at 4 pm sharp,
LEAGUE.
Division L
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Royal Artillery Y H.M.S. "Tamar," Sockumpoo "A"' ground, 4 pm.
Div. II (Section 4).
R.A. Reserves V. Club de Recreio "A Sockumpoo. "B" ground), 2.30 p.m.
St. Joseph's College v. Surreys Reserves, St. Joseph's ground, 4p.m
Div. II (Section B).
St. Joseph's Reserves v. Kow- loon "B," St. Joseph's ground) 2:30 p.m.
St. Joseph's Boarders v. Moslem Club "A," Bookumpoo "B" ground, 4pm.
SHIELD TIES.
Junior Division.. H.KFC Reserves. v. University "A," Club ground,. 2.30 par
Kowloon Reserves v. South China "A," Kowloon ground.. 2.30 p.m.
University "B" v. Drums. Soo- kumpoo "A" ground. 2.30 p.m.
£500 GOLF.
OFFER TO BACK "ABE!"' MITCHELL.
CHALLENGE TO AMERICA.
(Reuter's Service.)
The proprietora of "Gold Illus- brated" intimate they are willing!
HOME RUGGER.
RESULTS AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
THE CHINA MAIL.
EMPRESS CRASH.
THE "ASIA" & "TUNGSHING" INQUIRY.
NAVAL COURT'S FINDING.
ongine. Just before the impact.. the "Empress of Asia" went Jull spaod ustern with both engines. and the "Tungshing", also went full speed astern
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OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.
HONGKONG, JANUARY 22, 1926, 10:30 AM,
"Tungshing" Sank in Two Minutes. The "Empress of Asia" struck the Tungshing" abaft the boat! deck and abreast, of her No. 3 That the masters of both vessels hold, at ar angle of about 35 were to blame for the collision bedagroes. The "Empress of Asta's" tween the R.M.S. "Empress of engines were stopped and the two Asia" and the LCS. "Tungahing."ships rumained in contact; the TT or London HERIOTS' TWO VICTORIES. but that the grantost degree of Tungsing sank in about two TT on Shanghai
Banka. rusponsibility attaches to the lat-minutes in 30 foot of water. The ter steamer, was the verdict of "Empress of Asia" stood by and Hongkong Bank.. (via Colombo.)
do.
London the Naval Court of Inguly, given lowered a boat to save life." Some Home rugby union results are asit H.M. Supreme Court on January native craft, which were in the Chartered Bank
vicinity, also rescued a number of Mercantile Bank, A. & B.
do. Chinose. Ten Chinese passengers P. & O. Bank Briefly, the finding..was:---- The "Empress of Asia," as it are not accounted for. but no Bank of East Asia appears from the evidence, sailed bodies have been found and some, from Shanghai on January at any rate, appear to have been bound for Vancouver with rescued and taken ashore by these general cargo and a crew of 866 Chinese boats.
wall us 241 | hands, all told, s
The Court Anda that "Empress of Asia" ¦ paysengers.
was
follow:-
December 31:-
trial at CardiT). January 1-
to back Abe Mitchell for £500 in Glamorgan 20, Monmouth. 0 Welsh match play in Great Britain, over 72 holes, against any American. Should this be accepted, the match ls to be played in June or July."
Abe Mitchell,
Should more than one American accept. Mr. W. C. Fownes (the American golf president) R. A. Gardner (captain of the US. Walker Cup team) and Mr. Rice (editor · of the "American Golfer) will be asked to select the opponent to Mitchell.
CRICKET VENUES.
FIVE LEAGUE MATCHES TO-MORROW.
LEADERS OUT AGAIN.
Of the interesting games to be Been some will be in the junior
The picket programme for jó- Shield competition, which starts
morrow includes five league with three games in the first matches (two in the second divi- round. On paper, the three likely to qualify for the second roundsion and three friendly games.
Both the Royal Navy teams are seem to be, University "A" Kow-out to fulfil league engagements. loon Reserves and the Drums.
The fixtures are as under- League L
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There is one game in the senior division of the lesgue the Royal Artillery meeting the "Tamar" at Sookumpoo, and a very even game hould be seen. With the inclu- sion of Hudson in the sailors' leam, a win for the latter seems indicated.
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The Gunners' Reserves and the Surreys Reserves should improve their position in the junior "A" bection of the League, although the latter will not have an easy thing with the College team.
The two games in the junior "B" division, should end in a win for both the St. Joseph's teams.
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The rnost interesting game that will be seen is that between two trial teams for Interport honours. This game is down to be played at Kowloon, and a record trowd is expected to watch it. The selec- tion Committee will be there and will have a busy time comparing the respective players' abilities.
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The following are the two teams selected:
University 1st XI v. Royal Navy 1st XI on the University ground
Craigengower CC. y. Royal Artillery on the C.C.C. ground,
Chinese R.C. v. Civil Service CC: 1st XI on the CR.C. ground! League II.
Police B.C. v. Royal Navy 2nd XI on the Police ground
Kowloon C.C. 2nd XI v. Royal Engineers on the K.C.C. ground.
Friendly.
Manchester 12, Leicester 10: Kelso 21. Combined Edinbro Acids. und Edinbro" Wands S. Hawick 6. Horiotonians 14. Gale 6, Royal High Schont 11. Stewartonians 6, Watsonians & English Public Schools 10 Stob- lsh Public Schools tas Richmond).
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Bedford 10; Rosslyn Park 16. Birkenhead Park 17, Bradford 5. Cardiff 12, Bristol 6. Guy's Hospital 8, Oki. Merchant
Taylors 5. Huriotonians 8.. Leicester 5. Mosley 22, Manchester 9. Northampton 8. Blackheath 0. OM! Blues 6 Portsmouth Ser- old Leysians 22, London Scottish 5.
mouth 3, Newport 2..
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Both Captains in Error. The Court is of the opinion that
the Tungshing" which, at a dis-circumstances.
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Marine Insurances. Canton Insurance China Underwriters.... North China Insurance.. the Union Insurance holding Yangtze Insurance The "Tungshing" sailed from her right side of the river after Fire Insurances. Hongkong ory January 7, bound for passing Black Point and steering) Shanghai, with a general cargo a very slightly diagonal course China Firo Insurante....
or Shanghai.K. Fire Insurance and a crew of 72 hands, all told, across to the left. as well as 19 passengers.
side, and that her sluggishness in! Shipping. The "Empresa of Asia" was pro-answering her helm prevented Douglases ... England 16. The Rest 21 (atceeding down the Huangpu River more than a very small alteration Hongkong Staamboats...
in the charge of John Edwin Inch, in, her course in the two or three u duly licensed pilot, Nothing minutes preceding the collision, unusual oceurred, until about 7 which appears to have occurred in am. when she approuched Black about mid-channel Point, about six miles below the China Merchants' Lower Wharf,. whence she had started her voy- age. As she was rounding Black the muster of the "Empress of Point, she observed three steam- Asia" navigated his ship in ships coming up river towards seamantike and proper Shanghai The third of them was except that, having regard to the he should have. tance of three-quarters-cf-a-mile. stopped or reduced speed at the
on the stamoment, when he first ported his Benguets.. being then slightly board bow of the "Empress of heim; he failed to do so, and the Kallan Mining Ad. Asia" bi'ev one blast of her Cours for this reason considers Langkats (Combined)---Ta
da (Single)
S-45 With regard to the "Tungshing,Shanghal Exploration Binburgh Academicals & Glas- altered her course slightly to, star-
Shanghai Loan Court considers that the board. The "Empress "of Asia" the
Raube replied with one blast and put her master was in error in not alter-
Tronoh Mines. helm to port with the intentioning his course to starboard suffi
Ural Caspians to starciently at an early enixugh moment, of altering her course bourd but, the ship being sluggish having regard to the circumstance on her helm on account of shout as shown by the evidence (includ- water, it appears that this altera-ing the position of the wreek) that he was not holding his starboard sion was almost imperceptible.
Precautions to Lesson Impact. side of the channel when he first
New Engineerings When the ships were about half-blow one Blast.
The Cours consider that, of the Shanghal Docks -mile apart, the "Tungshing." being at alightly on the starto ships, the "greater degree of Lands, Hotels & Bldgs. board bow
"Empresa of responsibility for the collision 1.K. & S.-Hotels (old)
do. Asia." the "Tungshing" again blew attaches to the "Tungshing."
(new). The Court considers that the Hongkong Lands one blast and altered her course
both ships H.K. Realty Eto starboard The "Empress of oẞleers and crew of
properlyHK. Territorials Asia" replied with one blast and conducted put her helm bare aport and her after the colision and that all Humphreys Estata engines to half-speed. Immediate-possible steps were taken to save Princes Building
Rural Lands 20lly after this.. became apparent life.
Richmond 11, Bath 6.
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St. Barts Harlequine 14.
wansea 1. Glumeester 3.. Abertillery 1. Neath: 9
gow High School 14, Bridgend 4. Lanelly 12.
later 38. Munster 6 (rish trial,
at Dublind. Aberavon v. Cross Keys, scratched.
LOCAL CRICKET,
KOWLOON'S MID-WEEK
MATCH..
NAVAL XI DEFEATED: interesting cricket match was played at Kowloon yesterday, when the home club defeated
Naval team. Score:-
*Kowloon C.C.
J. C. Lyal b Palairet Capt. C. J. Bensley, e & h
Nave
Lt. Hall, e Nail, Nave Capt. E. W. Morris, Ballance, b Coomber B. Petheram, c Ashby, b Lt. J. H. Smith, e Ashby, b
Coomber..
Coomber
Hongkong CC. 1st XI v. Kow- loon CC. 1st XI on the H.K.C.C.C. W. Jeffries, b Coomber
J. P. Robinson, c Ballance, b
Coomber ground.
S. E. Green, b Studholme F. C. Pavitt, st, Vincer, b
Coomber .. A. G. Lanning, not out Extras...
Total
Indian R.C. v. Hongkong C.C. 2nd XI on the 1.R.C. ground.
Civil Service C.C. "A" v. H.M.S. on the C.S.C.C. "Hawkins" ground.
"WHITE WINGS.”
RACE TO CHEUNGCHAU ON
SUNDAY.
The cruisers of the Royal Hong kong Yacht Club are due to take part in the third championship Whites: Clark; Wynne, race of the season on Sunday.
The Bishop; Mitchell. Sims, Leung
race will be to Cheung Yuk-tong: Taylor, Forsyth, Chau Island (starboard)..and back. Humberstone, Sugn Kam-shun, a distance of 25 miles; sturs 10.30 Brown.
a.m. at the Yacht Club.
Colours: Rodger; Wheeler, Xavier; McGreavey, Stewart, Bristowe; Charlesworth, Howard Gosano, Butler, Macklesworth.
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Mr. Wynne will captain the White's team and Mr. Stewart the colours. Game will start sharp at 4 p.m., and play will be of 40 minutes' duration in each half.
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LOCAL CUP-TIE."
The following have been select ed to represent the Kowloon Foot ball Club in the Junior Shield match on Saturday:
Kowloon Reserves v. South China "A," Kowloon ground, kick- off at 2.30 p.m.-Vickers; Guest, A further trial game will take | Knight; Oliver, Pasco, Miles; place on the Club ground on Morris, Street, Brown, Spary, Wednesday next (January 27). [Eastman. Reserve:--Vickars.
This game will also start at 4 p.m. sharp, and will be the last trial game, for at the conclusion, the Interport team, with the nесеs- sury reserves, will be picked. Two games will be played between the Interport team and the Rest of the Colony on Saturdays, January 30 and February 6, details of which will be given later.
FANLING HOUNDS.
Week-end fixtures for the Fan- ling Hounds are
Saturday, January 23-Meet at Mr. Potts' bungalow, Fanling,
at 2.30 p.m.
Sunday, January 24-Meet at Lokmachau cross-roads, 10.80 a.m. Joint Masters:-Mr. H. Birkett, Dr. F. Pierce Grove.
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that a collision WILA imminent. The Court desires to record its The Tungshing" then stabsurded opinion that, on the morning of her helm with the intention of re- January 18, 1926, the conditions of ducing the force of the Impact. tide and weather were not such as The "Empress of Asia" went full to render it imprudent to take autern with her starboard engine down the Huangpu & vessel of the and fuil sheed with her port size of the "Empress of Asia."
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THE NEXT TESTS.
WHAT PEOPLE THINK.
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Bowling Analysis.
Nave Palairet.. Coomber Lee
5 1 23 Studholme .11 0 Royal Navy XE
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Pay Lt. Nave, b'Lyal
Lt. Ashby, st. Bensley, b
Smith...
Lt. Ballance, c Smith, b Lyal S. C. E. O. Vincer, b Mooris Surg-Lt. Neil, not out. Lt. Hinton, b Lyal Corpl, Lee, c & b Lyal Extras
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Lyal
Smith Morris
Total Bowling Analysis.
AT HOME.
SOME EXPERT VIEWS.
(via Colombo.).
London, Dec. 31. The "Evening Standard" in
A
W. front page article by the doyen of 2 sporting journalists, Mr. James Catton, headed "England's better 6Test outlook," says the balance of 0 opinion of experts is that England. has a good fifty-fifty chance, and quotes J.W.H.T. Douglas, as saying Gthat there are slight odds on Eng- the 4land if the team is chosen in 17proper spirit,
Mr. Catton says there is no 10 doubt that Australia is searching 1for a surprise bowler, though he gives Kelleway, A. Richardson and. 5 Love, the final places.
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Maurice Tate is quoted as say- 3ing that the Australian selections and
· paper, 12 are formidable
0Jolly hat in the field. Tate added: As far as our bowlers are concern. 16 ed. 1 plump for P. G. H. Fender as the first change. He is just the 96 man to unsettle the Australians.
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MILITARY MATCH,
Bowling Analysis.
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Finchem... 4 0 30 Parpitt Carmichael
Many poisoned pen letters have been received by Justide Morschauver, Judge at the Rhinelander trial in Now York, where a blue-blooded scion of wenthy Huguenot family is secking to annut his marriage with s quadroom,
HONGKONG TIDE.
The tide-table given below has been
compiled at the National Almanac Offer
in, London from the result of the
in the Water Police Basin at Twita She Tsal during the years:
73-1998-9.
The zero of the table corresponds with
the the tera of the sounding in Ad miralty Chart, which has been found to be 4 feet 3 inches below vieno ana-level
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8 Bdr. Bule, c Kelly, b Jacob
Lamont Dock, Aberdeen, add 10 feet
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4 Inches to the høight given in the table.
On Tuesday, the Royal En-Maddock gineers and Royal Corps of Signals defeated the 12th Heavy Gr. J. Smith, run out Battery, Royal Artillery, at Gr. Gunn, st. Kelly, b Jacob
the Sookumpoo, in Garrison Gr. Maddock, c Blondin, b
Jacob Cricket League. Score:- The following are the team)N'
RE. & R. C. 8. selected to play on Wednesday.
Egt. Blondin, b Rule Those unable to turn out on this)
L/C Holland, b Finchem, afternoon are requested to com
Spr. Goodyer; b Rule, the honorary In the January Bogey Pool Capt. Bridgland, e Maddock, municate with secretary of the Association at competition at the Fanling golf Carmichael....
course, the name of W. L. Dunbar Lt. Col.. Mackintosh, ran out Colours: Clark (Police); should have been added to those of S. 8. Higgs, e Finchem, b. Wheeler (Kowloon), Xaxier (Club M. H. Roffey and J. S. MacLaren, Maddock Ba "de" "Récréo) Mitchell (Surrays), making a triple tie
Sims (Kowloon), McKelvia (Kow- loon); Charles yorth (Surreys); Humberstone (Surreys), "GOBATIO (Club de Recreio), Suen Kam shun (S.C.AA.) and Hayes (Kow- loon);
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White Rodger (Club) Wynne (Folice), Bishop (Club) Leung Hun tới 1 (SCAN Stewart
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SS Kelly, e McGready,
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(Surreys); Taylor (Kowloon), Pulford (RA), Howard (Club), Butler (Surreya), Macklasworth (Burrays)
Rezerves: Jordan, (Surreya), (Surreys) Brittain
Sigm. Durand, c Halsey,
Carmichael
M. S. Jacob, e Smith, b Rule Bergt. Jones, not out.
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