MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1927.
SPORTS
MY NOTE BOOK.
Kowloon Dock's Feat at Lawn Bowls.
HAVE LICKED ALL COMERS.
BASEBALL CRITICISM.
Another League Match Postponed.
FAR EASTERN GAMES.
Incident At Happy Valley.
DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
FRANCE DEFEATS U.S. 3-2.
TILDEN BEATEN,
Philadelphia, Saturday, Lacoste bent Tilden, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2,
Cochet beat Johnston, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
France thus wins the Davis Cup by three matches to two.
INTERPORT BOWLS.
Colony's First Trial Game.
POOR EXHIBITION.
Remarkable Play By Taikoo Skip.
THE CHINA MAIL.
[Dy "Short Head."] Trial matchee do not always
Lapalay'a rink acored in the first From Shanghai papers It two heads. In the third they lay would appear that the Empress three when Macfarlane drew and boat will not leave till October 8 opened his acore. In the sixth head (Saturday), which would mean Brown displaced the opposition but that the Interport will probably Macfarlane knocked his own aido's wood out and Lapsley's rink scored be played on the following Wed-
one. At the seventh head it ap-nesday (October 12). peared as if Macfarlane's rink would score, but Lapsley sent down
Shanghal Comment. Shanghai will send a team
LOCAL CRICKET.
INDIANS DEFEAT THE ORDNANCE.
A CLOSE GAME. ··
MONEY & SHARES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
On London- Bank Wire
.... 1/11/2 Bank on demand.... 1/11 9/16 A well-judged wood and drew the down south leaving here on the At Sookumpoo, the Indian R.C. Bank 80 day's sight .. ——— shot. The eighth head saw Lapsley! Empress boat on or about Octo-"B" team defeated the Royal Army Bank 4 months' sight 1/1 lying a couple when Brown got in ber 6, anya
Ordnance Corps by 14 runs.
Credits 4 months' sight 2/- close to the jack. This perform Times." There is every chance the respectable score of 122 runs
"Shanghai
Batting first, the visitors put up Documentary 4 months' anco he repeated at the eleventh of Shanghai sending down
sight head, although he was, eventually
the
55.
to which S/Sgt. Walker contributed
2/-% Од Рагів- Walker was also the mainstay of On demand........ 1215
5 wickets for 43 runs.
bring out the best in a player, but throughout, and at the 18th head submitted their names. At the the bowling of his side, capturing Credits, 4 months' aight 1
displaced by Lapsley. The latter first class team as several of maintained a four or five shots lead our best players have already
the score in his favour was 16-11. next meeting of the Committee In the next two heads Macfarlane's of the Lawn Bowls Association rink got three each, finishing up on September 15, the team to with a two, which gave victory to represent Shanghai will be this side by 19—16.
selected. Any bowler who can get away and feels that he can help to strengthen our side is
Cpl. Bendall made a useful 22 On Berlin- whilst S/Sgt. Waterfield (10) was on demand .... the only other bateman to reach double figures.
On New York-~~
A fine first wicket partnership of On demand 41 between Madar (21) and Suflad Credits 60 days' sight 49% 4794 (18) gave the Indians a good start.
On Bombay- Wire
Both players, have gone in the framing of the being the best of, the eight. Raid requested to submit his name to but a rot set in afterwards and nine}
And they also expose
it is the custom to hold them-and custom must prevail if the heavens fail. At the same time they serve the useful purpose of showing the In his match with Tilden, public on what lines the selectora Lacoste opened nervously and double-faulted. straining every nerve, played final team, slightly less accurately than the weakness of any player not ac- usual, Tilden putting four succustomed to "big" occasiona" and cessive balls outside the court who have not the temperament to with misjudged sideline drives.
survive the ordeal. Later Tilden momentarily ran
It was expected that general in wild against Lacoste's stone-torest in the first trial game at the passed off almost according, to walling, but recovered and with valley yesterday would have been Neither of the two scintillating driving and volley-keen, but the number of spectators, number of ladies, Lawn Bowls League games had ng ran the Frenchman all over including any particular bearing upon the relative standings of the Clubs concerned, but what was interest ing was that the Kowloon Dock, by beating their Taikoo brothers, completed their fixtures without
[By The Tramp.") The sporting
schedule.
Axtures
lusing a match-a splendid per- formance.
I do not profess any great knowledge of the game of lawn bowls or a wide acquaint- ance, with local records, but I understand that this feat of going through the season 'un- defeated in the League competi- tion has not occurred for રી number of years.
the court. Lacoste, however, came back. Tilden became tired. The Frenchman broke through the American's service and won the match. Reuter's American Service.
HOME SOCCER.
WEEK-END LEAGUE'
RESULTS.
Division I.
Taikoo, I am : Saturday's games resulted as told, a few years ago managed follow:- to finish with only one reverse, their conquerors being the Civil Service. In regard to baseball, only one of the two League games took place, on the programme that portion of the S.C.A.A. known as the "Dragons" defeat
ing the Filipinos on the Happy Valley diamond. There was 2 scratch cricket match and a couple of football games, and that is about all that took place:
turn
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*
I see that another baseball LLeague match was postponed on Saturday, the "Tigers" failing to out against the Japanese. Perhaps, considering the feeble exhibitions given by the S.C.A.4. representatives, it was as well, but another held-over fixture is not helping the League table along. There is, however, some excuse for the "Tigers," who are confessedly not up to average playing strength, which is more than can be said for the Club de Recreio who, last week, accord-
Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 2. Blackburn 3, Wednesday 1. Bury 1, Bolton W. 0. Cardiff C. 1, Middlesbro" 1. Derby 2, Leicester 1. Everton 5, Birmingham 2. Manchester U. 1, Newcastle 7. Sheffield 6, Burnley 2. Sunderland 2, Liverpool 1. Tottenham 2, Huddersfield 2. West Ham 4, Portsmouth 2.
Division. II.
Barnsley 3, Swansea 3, Blackpool 0, Clapton 1. Fulham 1, Chelsea 1. Grimsby 1, Bristol C. 4. Leeds 4, Nottingham 0. Notts C. 0, Southampton 0. Oldham 3, Stoke 1. Port Vale 1. Kull 2. Reading 1, West Bromwich 4. South Shields 0, Manchester C. Wolves 2, Preston 3.
Division III. (South).
Bournemouth 2, Luton 2.
ing to reports given to the Press, Brighton 3, Millwall 1. ignored a baseball game so that their members might participate Bristol R. 1. Coventry 1. in a friendly football match. The Charlton 3, Newport 2.
Walsall 2. Meythyr baseballers have to part with their diamond in a week's time, so it is Northampton 5, Exeter 0. difficult to imagine how the Norwich 4, Torquay 0. League table is going to get itself Plymouth 2, Gillingham 2. completed unless a number of Queen's Park 2, Brentford 3. midweek matches are staged. Southend 6, Crystal Palace 1. There is a call for stricter Watford 2, Swindon 5. management in the League and a
Division III. (North).
tightening up of local rules, and Ashington 4, Lincoln 5. maybe by the opening of next Barrow 3, Southport 1. season we will see things on & Bradford 1, Chesterfield 0. more satisfactory basis for play- Crewe 1, New Brighton 1. ers and public alike.
Darlington 5, Hartlepools 0. Doncaster 0, Accrington 0.
Another Far Eastern Olympic Halifax 2, Bradford City, meet has happened, and while Nelson 6, Rotherham 1. some interesting team games were put up in Shanghai nothing Stockport 2: Durham 1. deserving comment seems to have Tranmere 2, Wrexham 1. occurred in the track events. The Wigan Boro" 1, Rochdale 2..
fixture which interested me more
Scottish Leagns.
than any other, as, apparently, it Aberdeen 4, Hibernians 2. did a writer in the "China Mail" Airdrieonians 2, Hamilton 0. during the week, was the football Bo'ness 2, Dundee 0, match between China and the Celtic 3, Queen's Park 0. Philippines. This produced the Cowdenbeath 1, Kilmarnock 1. usual fight, though it was not 80 Hearts 6, Dunfermline 0. fierce as in some of the former Motherwell 2, Falkirk 3. encounters. These combinations Partick 0, Rangers 6. always manage to come to blows St. Johnstone 0, Clyde 0.
in the course of the engagement, St. Mirren 4, Raith Rovers 3.
and have done so since the Olym- |
pic Games were inaugurated. It
would have been a pity, therefore,
if the match had not lived up to
its reputation. Some people have
R
Reports of League bowls, soccer, lawn tennis, baseball, pelo, and dog racing appear
on page 11.
was only fair. The Craigengower C.C., on whose green the game was played, went, to infinite trouble to cater for the crowd, and the visitors greatly enjoyed afternoon ten in the Coolness of the Club-house.
Slight alterations had to be made in the teama originally chosen. owing to the absence of Holland) and Gray, and two. Civil Service) men were brought In-Smith and: Grimmitt.
The two games resulted:- Omar Reid
Brown
W. Macfarlane
Oswick
McLeod
Grimmitt
Lapsley
Lainy
Smith
Morrison Pendered
(skip).... 19 (skip...
Atkinson
Ванд Cullen Wallace
(skip)... 26
As a game it lacked the finer points of a real test of merit, Lapsley
and Grinmitt were disappointing. The former got in three really fine shots, but that was all. The duel between. Omar and Oswick was tame, neither player giving of his best throughout the whole game. McLeod was better thah' Reld and Brown costly beat Grimmitt, whilst Macfarlane was always over- shadowed by Lapsley.
The scores at a glance are under:
Macfarlane. Lapsley.
0
10
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15
19
2686666ESBEZOG
NEXT SATURDAY'S GAME.
ny
The second trial game will be played on the C.C.C. green
16 Saturday, the teams being:--
Laing:
Wallace (skip).
(skip).... 13
Of these games, that in which the skips were Wallace and Pen- dered claimed most attention as being more likely than the other to furnish a clue to the "big four" to play against Shanghai. It proved to be Wallace's day out, for he could nothing wrong and pulled his side out when all seemed lost, and 3. play elicited the cheers
time and again his marvellous dia- of the spectators. If he could be relied upon to play the same game against Shanghai then it may be regarded right away as all "U.P." with our visitors from the North.:
Reuter:
taken the incident too seriously to the impartial European specta- and have railed against the lack tod, no doubt had its humorous
sidę. of sportsmanship displayed by players on both sides. Why do
that? Everybody who has fol- The incident described in al lowed these Games expected a Home paper anent a batsman re-| fight, and would have been terri-maining "in" despite the removal bly disappointed if one had not of a ball by the bowler is a materialised.
curious one and reminds me of a somewhat similar happening in which I was concerned whilst in India a few years ago. In the former case the bowler with a fast
Wallace scored a couple in the first head, but Pendered did like- wise in the second; then Wallace got another couple, only to be fol- lowed by a similar score for. Pen- dered. The fourth head, was really the decisive head of the whole game. Pendered lay, but. Wallace came up with a beauty, which Fen- dered could not take out, and two; more was hoisted on the board for Wallace--well, 'deserved.. From this to the eighth head, inclusive, the score went all in favour of Wal-: lace, at which point he led by 13-4. Play was unexciting until] the eleventh head, when Pendered cleverly trailed the jack and lay four, making the score 14-9. Had Pendered been at all supported as he ought to have been the outcome would certainly have. been very close. But he was always up against it, with Wallace always do ing the seemingly impossible, amid the plaudits of the crowd, and Fendered scored only four more--- no particular fault of his na skip. Time and again he did his best to extricate his rink from very ugly positions, only to have the morti- Acation of seeing Wallace roll up a shot that left the ordinary player or spectator gazing. It was merely cause for surprise that Pendered, by dint of patience and persever- ance, scored four more singles," bringing his score to 13, whilst Wallace, by still marvellous play -particularly on the eighth, ninth and twelth heads-went on to win easily by 23-18. The scoring board at the finish read
Pendered.
14.
16. 17.
Wallace.
"
∙12 B
If one wants to be of a critical turn of mind there was, I think, more to take exception to in the Incident reported to have occurred ball sent a bail fying into the air. at the baseball game yesterday It landed back on the stumps, and between the “Dragons" and the the batsman was declared not out. Filipinos at Happy Valley. On In my case, when "keeping" in a an error a Chinese bateman secur- match on the Bombay Gymkhana 18 ed a home run, the ball being ground, a snappy throw-in from struck amongst the spectators mid-on dislodged a bail whilst who lined the ropes. The sugges- the approaching batsman⠀⠀ was tion is that the onlookers purpose well away from the crease. I was ly kicked the ball from out of the standing close up covering the In comparison with the above reach of the fielder, thus giving wicket and in taking the ball the nefariana were kipa was medio- |game that in which Lapsley and the batsman time to get around ball happened to hit my arm and the bases. This seems mightily rebound back on to the stumps are in the extreme. The green was more tricky but of course this unsportsmanlike but, considering By this time the runner was affected all eight players equally, the type of Chinese who consti-safe. Nevertheless he was The test of any bowls player is to tute the "fan"" crowds at these given out." And, I think, quite be able to master any, green after a matches; it is understandable and, rightly so
preliminary roll-
The Second Game,
Smith,
Morrison,
on
and
Cullen, and
farlane (skip)." Ваза, Atkinson,
Pendered (skip). Omar, Reid, Brown, and Gray
(skip).
the representative of his club on the Association. Committee.
LOCAL RUGBY.
CLUB TO MEET WASEDA UNIVERSITY.
A Rugby match to herald the new season will be played on the football ground at Happy Valley on Thursday next at 6.80 p.m. between the Hong Kong Club and Waseda University, who are returning to Japan after a-SUC• cessful
wickets fall for only 76.
game
**** 181
On Calcutta-
131
84%
96
A last wicket stand between D.1On demand Mohamed (33) and Hoogen (34 not out) however, pulled the .round.
Wire The Indian R.C. "B" team who On demand won the junior league last year, have been promoted to the senior division and it would be interesting to see how they fare in the first division Icague this Scores:-
R.A.O.C. S/Sgt. Greenaway, b Suflad Cpl. Bendall, hit wicket Cpl. Roberts, c A. R., Minu, b
Sufflad
On Singapore- On demand
On Manila- sonson. On demand
S/Sgt. Gilbert, b Sirdar Khan Pte. Bryant. e Madar, b Sufflad S/Sgt. Walker; b F. Mohamed Condr. Hool, e lamail, b Sirdar
Khan
On Shanghai- 5 On demand
22 30 day's sight (private
paper)
0
79%
Op Yokohama- 55 On demand
101
Gold Leaf, 100 Ane
(Bank's
1
0 (per trel)
3. tour in New South Wales. The Club are fielding the strongest side that has repre- sented them in recent years and a most interesting game should The complete Club side will be published on Tuesday morning and it is hoped that the names of the Waseda side will be available before Thursday.
ensue.
Japanese residents are display-
ing great interest in the fixture and it is hoped also that the Club will not be lacking in support.
NO "MUTT.”
HOW THE GREYHOUND
CAUGHT THE HARE...
A thrilling, though unexpected,
Set. Maj. Hale, e Arculli, b
Madar
L/Cpl. Gordon, b Madar S/Sgt. Waterfield, not out L/Cpl. Burger, e A. K. Minu, b
Suffad...
Extras
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS,
Sovereigns
Б
buing rate)
9.85 25
1% prem. 8 Chinese Copper Cents nom 9 Chinese Copper Cash 6%pm.
Ilake of Native In-
terest.. Chinese Sub. Coin
4 Silver (per oz.) 10 Bar Silver in Hong
Kong
.122
7%p.&. 29% dis.
6. M. R. W. Hong Kong Sub. Coin par
Indian R.C. "B."
M. P. Madar, c Gordon, b Hale.
T.T. on Shanghai
Banks
18 Hongkong Bank
Suffiad
8.2-4 24 4
1
Sirdar Khan
8 1 39
2
THE SHARE MARKET.
Thad
2
0 11
0
Madar
8
0
10
2
A. R. Minu
2
0 16
0
ony Kos
Stock
D. Mohamed
Stock
8
1 11
0
F. Mohamed
Exchang
2 1
2
1 T.T. on London
1/11
78%
21
1075
1
do, Chartered Bank
Lon. Bez.
. $116
$22/0
4
Mercantile A. & B.
332
4
de,
C
$20
2 P. & G. Bank
0 East Asia
$6802
33
Marine Insurances.
5
10 China Underwriters $214
Canton Insurance.... $500
34
North China Insurance T148
Union Insurance ..... $298
A. S. Suflad, e Hool, b Walker V. T. Thad, b Hale
Oswick, McLeod, Holland, and Mac-event occurred in an electric grey- hound race at Liverpool between Modest Mutt and Lad from Delvin. S. A. R. Ismail, b Walker
The latter was leading all the A. Rahmin, run out way, and Modest Mutt, when threoA. K. Minu, b Walker quarters way round, fell out limpA. R. Minu, b Walker Letter From The Shanghai
ing, giving. Lad from Delvin a walk- D. Mohamed, c Bryant, b Hale Secretary.
Sirdar Khan, b Walker But Modest Mutt was crafty, flat-F. Mohamed, run out Yesterday Mr. C. J.. Tacchi, Hon. Secretary of the Hong tened himself on the grass catlike, A. Hocsen, not out Kong Lawn Bowls Association, and waited till the bare careered. received the following communi-round the track a second time. cation from Mr. W. T. Rose, Hon. reast, Modest Mutt aprang, pounc- When the hare was almost ab- Secretary of the Shanghai Lawned upon it, and savaged it. Bowls Association:-
over.
The crowd became more excited
"At a meeting of my Com- than over a horse race and cheered mittee held the other night it wildly, until the dog was pulled off, decided that our team will leave when it walked away without a sign. here by the Empress boat of a limp with a wicked gleam in leaving Shanghai on October its eye.
6.
as there
are
"We will select our team on September 15, still a number of our best players away, and it is not ertain if they can make the trip.
"In any case we will send you down the best team we can and I am quite sure they will give you a good game.”
WOMEN'S TENNIS.
WIN FOR SPANIARD AT LE TOUQUET.
Extras
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
0. M. R.
Burger Hale Walker
6 1 20
19.2 2 69
14 0. 43
BHORAS BEAT SINDHIS.
4 Yangtze Insurance ... $41 M.
Fire Insurances.
.186 China Fire Insurance, $210
H.K. Fire
Insurance Shipping
W Douglases
0H.K. Steamboata
... $600.
£88 $21
3 H.K. Tugs & Lighters $1.10 Indo-Chinas (Pret)... $50
ino de
Shell
(Del.)... $48 Transports **** 821-
Star Ferries Water-boats
Refineries.
$54.60
$17
$15
281
$1.70
The Bhoras and Sindhi merchants again met on Sunday morning, the China Sugars former winning by 89 runs. Barma Malabon Sugers
Minios (Bhoras) and Melvani (Sindhia) were top scorers with 25 apiece, and Bengusts Chinwala (Sindhis) took six Kailan Mining Ad. .. 49/- wickets for 24 runs.
Details:-
Bhoras,
Le Touquet, Yesterday. In the international lawn tennia championships finals (women's singles) Signorita Alvarez (spain) H. T. Barma, 1.b.w., b Karani.. beat the German champion, Frau-A. S. A. Hyum, run out lein Ausser-Reuter,
A. T. Namanbhoy, e Pritam, b
Daswani
"PRIDE OF DETROIT” IN HONG KONG.
Two views of the Pride of Detroit, the round-the- which arrived in Hong Kong at the Kai Tack aerodrom jand,
staying a night, proceeded to shai
riators is seen swinging the propellery
^o, an' end-on/view of the
gives
fuselas
hed by.com
1:New Beel, Co
the other, the many
ods, Hong ration of New
F. A. Gengeswalla, l.b.w., b
Dawasni
G. F. Poonwala, b Daswani F. H. Chinwala, e Mabani, b
Pritam
E. M. Malubhoy, e Daawani, b
Pritam.........
Y. S. A. Tapia, b Daswani
N. Mahomedally, not out.
N. 8. Akyum, b Pritam-
A. Musabhoy, run out
Extras
Bowling Analysis.
Langkats (Combined), T17%
da. (Single)... T84 Shanghai ploration. T3.15
Shanghai Loans ***... TEX
25 Raubs
21
6 Tronoh Mines
Ural Caspians
Docks, Wharves,
Godowns, &c.
H.K. $4
19/8
ELE. & K. Wharvan.. 3114
1&W. Docks
K
Hongkows ....
New Engineerings
Lands, Hotale & Eldre,
$35
$143
16
Shanghai
Docks ****
T92
8 HK. & S. Hotela
$814
4 Hongkong Lands
$65
4 Hongkong Realty
38
$1
$124 $95
$114
T7.65 b &
0 H.K. Territorials
Humphreys Estates..
16 Prince's Building
Roral Lands
Cotton Mills. Ewo Cottons
Orientals
.W.8'hai Cottons: (Old),
do. 0
Total
99
TŐ. M. R.
U. T. Thadani'
8 1 22
L. A. Mahtani
3 1 8
7 0 89
4
93 24 8.0
G. P. Daswani
Pritam
Karani
Sindhis,
H. G. Nagranie Barma, b
Malubhoy
| F. H. Meivani, c and b Barma
G. T. Thadani, b Musabhoy
F. G. Tharanf, b Chindala LAA. Muhtani, b. Chinwals {U. T. Thadani, c Chinwals
G.P. Daswant, c and b Barma S. V. Karani, b Chinwala
Pritam, played Chinwala...
H.
K. P. Seervant, not out S. Kalachand, b Chinwala
Extras
Total
Bowling Analy
F. H. Chinwala
A. Musabhoy
A SA. Kyum
on,
80 H. T. Barma3 1
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