THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1928.
Sport Columns
HOME FOOTBALL.
LATEST MATCHES PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE.
RESULTS AND TABLES.
London, Yesterday, League football matches played to-day (home team mentioned first) resulted as follow:
Division 1.
Bolton 2, The Wednesday .
Scottish League.
Clyde 1, Falkirk 1. Hamilton 4, Hibernian 1. Kilmarnock 1, Raith 0.
--Reuter.
LEAGUE TAULES,
Lengue tables to date
Division L
FANLING HUNT.
PROGRAMME FIXED FOR
MARCH.
GRAND NATIONAL,
TITLE BOUT.
THE CHINA MAIL,
GO OUT TO WIN !
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MORRIS AND MORRELL TO MEET.
LORD HAWKE'S ADVICE TO CRICKETERS,
MARCH 10 TOURNAMENT.
Signalman Morris, H. M. S.
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YORKSHIRE & OLD SCHOOL.
"First-class cricket, if it is to re "Argus" (holder) is to meet Stoker main successful and keep its grip Morrell, H.M.S. "Vindictive" in a on the public, must not be lightly 16-round bout at the Lee Theatre, dealt with. Teams should go Percival Street, East Point, for the right out from the first ball of a middleweight boxing champlon-match to win and not start a skip of the Colony and the R. M. game with the idea of saving it." - After this Saturday's steople-Dyer belt on March 10, under the While making this powerful chases, the next race meeting of auspices of the Hong Kong Boxing plea for brighter cricket in his the Faaling Hunt will be on March Association.
presidential speech at the annual 31 when the programme will include This will be the last occasion that meeting of the Yorkshire Cricket the Fanling Grand National and either of these two popular boxers Club, Lord Hawke indicated how Fox-Hunters Challenge Cup. will be seen in public in Hong Kong. the end is to be attained by the
The calendar for March Is a3 Morris won the title by defeat-Yorkshire team, follows:-
Ing Jose Pintos de Silva at the luat "As to the forthcoming sen- tournament. A second vietary will son," he said, "there is every pros- give him the belt outright. Hepect that the team will do well has beaten Stoker Reynolds for $200 under Captain Worsley. It is not a-side; knocked out Piper Smith in to be expected that every game one round: knocked out Leading will be won; therefore, we must Seaman Wilson in two rounds; and not get alarmed if a reverse comes knocked out Able Seamen Buck- our way. master in eight rounds.
Saturday, 3rd.-Steeplechase race meeting at Kwanti
Sunday, 4th-feet at Stables, 10 a.m.
at
Wednesday, 7th.Meet at Mr. Potts's Bungalow, 2.45 p.m.
Saturday, 10th and Sunday, 11th. follow:--Meets to be announced on notice board at Hunters' Arms.
Wednesday, 14th. Meet Sheung Shui, 2.45 p.m. -
Saturday, 17th-Drag Meet at Mr. Potts's Bungalow, 2.45 p.m.
Sunday, 18th.-Paper Chase, Lok Ma Chau cross roads, 11.80 a.m.
Wednesday, 21st.-Meet at Mr. Souza's Bungalow, 2.45 p.m.
Goals. P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. Huddersfield 28 10 4 8 68 17 36 Everton ....
29 14 8 7 76 52 36 Leicester... 30-14 7 9 71 35 Bolton
30-14 0 10 61 1 46 34 Cardiff .20 13 8 8 62 47 Blackburn 2.30 12 9 9 46 50 33 Newcastle .80 11 9 10 68 50.31 Burnley
231 14 3 14 60 07 31 .30 142 14 52 54 30 .29 10 9:10
Bury
Liverpont
64° 57 29 Aston Villa .29 12 & 12 56 5-1 A Sunderland .28 11 7 10 G6 53 20 Tattenhum
.29 12 6 12
GO 61 29 Derby 30 10 7 13 67 67 27 Arsenal .27 10 7 10.57 59 27 Middlesbro.30 9 9 12 61 65 27 West linn.20 11 5 13 69 67 17
Shefeld U. 20 Դ 7 13 61 62 26.
Manchester
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Saturday, 24th,--Meet at Mr. Fotts's Bungalow. 2.45 p.m.
Sunday, 25th. Point-to-Poini, Mr. Potta's Bungalow, 11.30 a.m,
Wednesday, 28th.- Meet Stables, 2.45 p.m.
Saturday,
at
Sist. Steeplechase race meeting (Fanling Grand Na- tlonal and Fox-Hunters' Challenge Cup) at Kwanti. 46' 59 24
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.28 10 5 13 47. 51 25 Birminghmm .29 4 12.11 Portsmouth .29 9 0 14
Wednesday
Rangers Motherwell
Celtic
Hearts
47 7 24 .20 10 14 49 62 20
Scottish League,
Gonly.
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pte. .28 20 6 3 87. 30 45 30 10 6 5 77 34 4-4 2017-8 4 7 27 42 .30 18 4 8 82 41
St. Mirren .30 15 6 9 50
Kilmarnock
Partick
Falkirk
30 13 8 9
.20 14 6 10
30 16 8 12
Aberdeen 30 14 4 12 Covilenbenth 20 12 7 10 St Johnstone 30 11 Hibernians .30 10 7 13 Dundee.30 11 Queen's Park 30 96 Airdrie
Hamilton
Clyde
Bo'ness Raith
.30 7 10 13. 43
PONIES SOLD.
NEW STABLE FOR EXTRA MEETINGS?
MR. HO KOM-TONG'S EIGHT.
Loves Game For Itself. Morrell Has Improved.
"The play will be brightened, I am sure; and the spirit of cricket, Morrell apeared in Hong Kong on as the old school understand it, several occasions before going to will be brought out under your Shanghal where he has improved new skipper, who is a great hitter considerably. In Shanghai he beat and loves the game for the game Sammy Braunstein and Glen itself. Without being reckless, Huckaby of the U.S. Marines and and without jeopardising the Williams of the French Defence team's chance of victory, a more Force. His only defeat was at the aggressive policy will be introduc- hands of Corporal Duncan, R.M. ed, giving greater pleasure to our
For contrast of styles, the hout many adherents." on March 10 will be well worth The times of play had been seeing. Both men are clever, altered, so that stumps would be strong and experienced.
drawn at 6.30. This was a great) Able Senman White of H.M.S. | improvement, as the 6.45 "tinie "Vindictive" will also be engaged. was never popular.. He has not been defeated and han No Long Tea Interval.
The Advisory Committee had
to his credit the following:-knock-
The preliminaries for the tourna- ment will be of a high standard.
KID NITRAM BATTERED BY
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AUTOMATIC RECORD
CHANGING APPARATUS., ed out Ike Jacobs, U.S.N. in two ordered a note to be sent round to
FLAG DISCRIMINATION. rounds; beat Jimmy Riddle, U.S. captains and umpires about the MOUTRIE'S DEMONSTRATION.
T.T. on Landon T.T. on Shangbal Marines; beat Young Gonzales: bent ten interval, which must not ex
Banke Battling Lara twice.
|ceed ten or fifteen minutes at the During the next few days the
Replying to questions Sir A. Hongkong Bank outside. If strictly carried out, public is invited to attend the de- Chamberlain said the British do. Lon. Reg. these little matters would do monstration at S. Moutrie and Co.'s Government had for some time Chartered Bank much to speed up and add interest premises in Chator Road of the been making representations to Mercantile A. & B.
do. Automatic Orthophonic Victrola the Portuguese Government on p. & Bank generally to the game.
"The present method of giving and the Orthophonic Electrola, the the subject of flag discrimination. Bank of East Asia points, for a first innings' lead is latest products of the Victor Talk He understood a decree would disastrous," said Lord Hawke. ing Machine Co. which mark shortly be issued abolishing all Canton Insurance
Lord Hawke made only a brief great step forward in the repro- such discrimination of any kind in North China Insurance 143
Union Insurance ..... $328 reference to... the controversy | duction of music,
Portugal and the Portuguese Yangtze Insurance... M.84034 54 30 hands at yesterday's annual pony the middleweight boxer cham-tainty to Sutcliffe, and his rements for the perfection of tone
In his own words Kid Nitram, aroused by the offer of the cap Combining the latest improve. Dominions.
China Underwritera.. $2.20 66 27 roup. The class offered for sale pion of France-whose name is fusal
In regard to the question of a China Fire Insurance $216 24 comprised mostly east-offs which Martin spelt backwards was
Insurance $500 with mechanism for the automatte loan which Portugal was seeking H.K. Fire
Shipping. through the League of Nations, Douglases 24 are unlikely to do much more flat-tout ceruse by Len Harvey at the that
"I am sorry," he said, "we had change of records in which the racing, even in "C" class events. Albert Hall overwhelmed and about the captaincy, but that is all pensed with, the Automatic Or merits-British Wireless Ser-H.K. Tugs & Lighters $2% b 2.90
little misunderstanding humen agency is practically dis- this would be dealt with on its H. Steamboats 22 Mr. Ha Kom-tong's Masonic Hall
happily ended."
Indo-Chinas (Pref) thophonic has already created some- fetched the highest price, $310, the
do. (Def.)... $40 thing of a sensation in the musical
3hell Transports ..... 00/- world and the model on demon-
Water-boats............ $20 stration is the first of its kind to arrive in Hong Kong.
Na pony that ean be said to be 51 31 offhandicap) "A" class changed
60 26
30 24 17.54 88
.30 8 @ 16 37 43
.29 23 17 30 69
28 8 6 17 43 75
Dunfermline 30 3 3 24 33 100
CUP FINAL.
Over a Million Applications for Tickets.
London, Feb. 22.
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LAST 2 ROUNDS A BLANK.
9 purchaser being Mr. H. H. H.presentative Nitram made the re-
The total number of applications for tickets for the F.A. Cup final
Priestley.
at Wembley on April 21 has ex-drawn. ceeded a million.
TENNIS TOURNEY.
OPEN SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
FIXTURES.
T. Honda (a former champion)
nual lawn tennis tournament.
crushed!
To an "Evening Standard" re-
markable statement after the
NARROW ESCAPE..
MISS GLEITZE CAUGHT IN WATER.
vice.
DIET SESSION.
TO DEAL WITH FINANCIAL MATTERS.
MINORITY THREAT.
Tokyo, Yesterday. It is announced that a special Dict Session has been called for April 20, to last a fortnight.
Mining.
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Decks, Wharves, Godowns, dc,
Mr. Ho Kom-tong disposed of fight (which Heven other ponica, one of them week)-supported by friends who was held in mail (Manor Hall) fetching the second were at the ringside-that he
Rather less spectacular, perhaps, highest price, $210, paid by Mr. A. fought for two rounds in an un-DRAGGED DOWN BY VORTEX revolutionary changes in mechanism but none the less striking in the C. Botelho.
conscious condition. He did not Major Lake's Dumfries, the know what had happened until he
and the successful effect achieved champion subscription griffin, was was told later. Then he learned Gleitze, the London typist, was in amplification to an
Tangier. -Miss Mercedes is the Electrola apparatus by which on the catalogue, but was with that he had been disqualified in serious peril in her third attempt degree, combined with perfect tone, astonishing the fourteenth round for going to swim the Straits of Gibraltar. may be attained. This is achieved Mr. M. A. Rafeek (of Osaka down without a punch. Shosen Kaisha), who had a share
transformer and A heavy sea was running, and by means of a. in the
The French boxer has a sense when she was five hours out from valves, together with scratch alter will be confined to the passage of first prize of the South of humour. China A.A. Derby Sweep, purchas- might just as well have spelt Tangier, Miss Gleitze was swept and loud spearled the appear the Coronation Estimates and also ed three ponies, The Grouse for my name upside down as back- into a vortex of water.
tion may be varied to suit the pur to a slight addition to the present $125, King Sol for $100 and Tars wards last night," he said in the currents proved unavailing, be required, with, the result that to the dissolution in January, has Her efforts to battle against pose for which the instrument may fiscal year's Budget which, owing Tarkas for $50; and he may be French. seen as an owner very shortly,
and she was taken out by those the Electrola is ideal both for use been automatically re-enforced in Cottons (Old on board the escorting tug. in the house, concert hall, lawn or the coming fiscal year.
is down to play to-day in the open singles championship of the Colony, in the Hong Kong Cricket Club an- Some of the fixtures in the Club championship have been decided. Competition in other aoctions be- gins to-day but it is doubtful if the courts will be opened, `in view of }. the rain during the last few days. Japanese are playing in all four open singles fixtures fixed for to- day. To-day's programme (sub- ject, of course, to the weather) is fis follows:
Open Singles:-T. Honda v. J. Cassumbhoy, T. Isomura V T. Yamada, T. Fujieda v. Lieut. J. Hale, R. P. Lonsdale v. Y. Sajiki.
Nr. S. P. Cheng of the Macro Race Club bought a good many of the ponies offered.
In-Fighting Ordeal,
$125, Fire Call $120, King Sol $100 and broke away when we were at
fight with Milligan, He boxed from the effects of her experience. The tone is beautiful and the
Liberty Hall $100.
GOLF AT RYE.
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY.
THREE GLORIOUS DAYS.
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0. C. Womack fowe 15) has safely to victory, says a London scratched to C, L. C. Sandes (rec.writer. 3/6) In the Handicap Singles "A."
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(Continued at foot of next Column.)
"What happened was that I Some members of her party any place of public entertainment. was first of all worn out by stated that she was then on the it affords considerably more scope Three figure prices were paid Harvey's in-fighting - if it was verge of drowning.
in the way of entertainment than for:-Masonic Hall $310, Manor in-fighting. He pinned my elbows She was brought back to an orchestra or band in that piano, Hall $210, Fame Hall $190, Castle to my sides, and pounded at me. Tangier on the tug. She is said band and orchestra selections are $190, Mish Mish $130, The Grouse It was quite different from the to have completely recovered equally as suited to its purpose various instruments may be heard Frantic Struggles. close quarters.
In an interview after she land-clearly in orchestral selections. "It took me completely by sur-ed, Miss Gleitze said:-
Reverting to the Automatic prise. I was paralysed.
"It was terrible.
I had just Orthophonic Victrola, the most "Still I fought on. Then there completed the fifth hour, and was salient feature is that the Instru came one, two blows on the left getting set, though the continued ment cares for itself from the time temple here." Nitram, whose darkness--for there was no moon it is started until it stops after the eyes were puffed up and whose-was making me rather sleepy. last record of those on the loader face was bruised, indicated two "I had made good progress has been played. As few records marks where the punches had when suddenly I was seized by as desired or as many as twelve landed.
the whirlpool and irresistibly can be played in succession and the "I remember the tenth-yes, dragged down and down, in spite advantage of this is most clearly The Oxford and Cambridge the eleventh-and, I think, the of frantic struggles
demonstrated in series records Society's meeting at Rye deserves twelfth rounds. But after that I went under I felt the side of the danco programme may be played.
"I screamed, and as my head where a complete symphony or Handicap Singles "B"-M. M. to be remembered for the glorious did not know what I was doing. Watson (rec. 15) v. W. A. Stewart weather which graced the three I was unconscious of all around boat.
If at any time during the play-
A scheme for the amalgamation "It was the end, and a very biting it is desired to stop a particu-of 100 Lancashire cotton mills in (rec. 15.1); H: C. Macnamara (rec. redoubtable iron play of Mr. R. H. me until I was outside the hall.
ter end, too, but better than being lar record, all that is necessary is 15) v. J. F. Kennedy (ree, 4/6)..
order to reduce the costs of pro: The Blank, Wethered which brought him
defented by bad weather or ad- to push a convenient reject button duction is said to bo nearing "My manager was telling me verse currents.
and the record is placed back in that I had been down four times, "I do not think of making a fur- the box. For intervals in the pro- S. M. Garrard and J. H. M. complained to me that when he feree touching me at all,
One of his unfortunate victims I think. I never remember the re-ther attempt, but I wish luck to gramme all that is necessary is to
They all those who try,"
push back the motor starting Andrew (rec, 5/6) have scratched could scarcely get up at the sea- say he lifted me up.
switch. Otherwise, the instrument Formidable Task. to C. L. C. Sandes and H. A. Graves hole against the wind with two "I must just have gone on like (rec. 5/6) in the Handicap Doubles. perfect wooden club shots. Mr. a machine without consciousness. ed on endeavouring to get out of stop automatically after the last Miss Gleitze apparently insist-will play all the records and will Wathered flicked the ball home It was bad luck, but I hope I did the vortex of the whirlpool un record has been discharged into the with an iron right over the range my best." of hills. It was a complaint with
Aided, and fought until she was record drawer. The punishment Nitram, had thoroughly exhausted and in dan- which golfers generally may sym-taken certainly bore out his des-ger of being drowned. She then pathise.
cription of what happened.
gave up and was rescued by those The following will represent the
He explained, by the way, that on board the attendant boat. University 1st XI in a league The golfer whom the meeting he had reversed his name because The Straits have never yet match against the Royal Navy 1st discovered was Mr. Maughan. If there were so many boxers named heen swum, the complex and vary- XI on Saturday, 2 p.m., at King's a tribute from the vanquished is Martin in France.
ing currents making them one of Park: C. W. Lam (captain), Dr. not out of place, perhaps I may be
the most formidable tasks for a
London, Yesterday." Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, the First Rumjahn, S. V. Gittins. J. Bar-Maughan did a great deal of his Len Harvey, on whom there swimmer in the world.
On her second attempt, made Lord of the Admiralty, said the row, W. H. Sling, F. L. Zimmern, golf at Rye. He won a great was not a mark, explained that at the beginning of the year, Miss attitude of the Government on A. P. Gutterres, E. A. Lee, A. T. match from Sir Ernest Holder for the first few rounds he was Gleitze, after 18 hours, got with the question of abolishing the sub- Lee. Scorer: C. L. Tan. Um-ness after being dormy three feeling his way.
in a mile of Cape Tarifa, the marine remained the same as pire: Dr. C. H. Yeoh.
down, and he chased Mr. "I then saw," he said, "that I southern-most point of the Span originally indicated by Lord Lee Wethered to the last green in a could go in and outfight and out-ish coast, but was then beaten by long up-hill flight which might box him. By the eleventh round the cold and choppy sea and con- caally have ended in his favour. I had him at my mercy gotta trary tides,
Mr. Maughan's awing is a short It is understood that negotia one, but seems eminently soundtions are proceeding for a meet- and well balanced, and he hits the ing between Tommy Milligan and ball with a pleasing crispness, Harvey, particularly t
in the
"VARSITY CRICKET TEAMS.
Determination.
D. K. Samy, Dr. D. Laing, A. A. permitted to remark that Mr.
The following will represent the University 2nd XI in a league match against the HK. Electric B.C. on Saturday, at2 p.m. at Pokfulam:-E. Hiptools (cap tain), A. Baker, M. B. Osman, BN Suden” Kat Lake GA-
Kermani, S. F. Chen, N. P. Karan- admirable, and his déterminati
future success.
Harvey-Milligan · Plans.
theth en Mr Dan Sullivan Harvey
Milligan, who is middleweight
stake up to $1,000.
YACHT CLUB,
Presented Cups will be competed
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