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TOURISTS IN WINNING YOUNG STRIBLING
VEIN.
ESSEX OUT FOR 67!
REMARKABLE BOWLING'
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FEAT.
London. Yesterday.
AGAIN VICTOR.
KNOCKS OUT GERMAN IN SECOND ROUND.
REFEREE INTERVENES.
+
| LAWN BOWLS WEEKLY CHAT.
Glimpse at First Week's
League Games.
HAPPY AUGURY.
Glorious Uncertainty of Ancient Sport.
By "Short Head."
At one time It was thought that the whole programme for the first Saturday of the new Lawn Bowls London, Yesterday,
League season would be a "wash Leytank to-day was the scene of Young Stribling beat Schonrath, but one dried up in time and the At the Albert Hall to-night out" on account of heavy showers, but fortunately all the greens sensational cricket. Essex with the German heavyweight cham. seven wickets
The referee stopped the Hames proceeded with only a slight in hand required pion.
drizzle or two. The 'exception was 114 runs to lead the Australians fight in the second round.
at Taikoo, where the second string- on the first innings, but collaps
were due to meet the Yacht Club.
ed in a must startling manner for
Thare the deluge was so heavy round about three o'clock that a the addition of only 24 runs.
postponement was inevitable,
1. M. Hornibrook, with his Awing delivery, was the case of the roul, and, before the luncheon interval he had the remarkable analysis of 6 wickets for 7 runs, His Anal analysis read:
Q. M. R. W.
9 4 11
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A. Fairfax took 2 wickets for 25 runs and
C. V. Grimmett. 2 for 17.
Having lead of 80 runs on the first innings, the Austra- lians, batting A second time, gave far more creditable account of themselves. At the tea interval the "Aussies" had scored 155 runs for the loss of four wickets, to which W. M. Woodfull, the cap- tain, had contributed 54. At the close of play the tourists had in- creased their lead to 352 runs with four wickets in hand.
P. M. Hornibrook, the Queens- land player, is just a little above the average age of 27 for the team, being 30. Professionally he is a dentist. He played in the Fifth Test Match of the 1928-20 series, and, bowling 67 overs, 13 maidens for 103 runs and 4 wickets, came third In the Test averages. In the Australian sea- son of 1929-30 he was fourth in the averages with 19. wickets 'at the cost of 477 runs. He made
26 runs in the Fifth Test and for the match had an average of 22. He is a very fair slips fleldsman.
The Australlans look like win- ning their encounter with Essex, providing the weather holds- Reuter.
Scores at a Glance, Australians: 156 and 263-6. Essex: 67,
TENNIS.
Players for First League Matches.
The following have been select- ed to represent the K.C.C. in their League fixtures to-morrow: "A" Division.
Versus M.BK, on the M.B.K, courts at 4 p.m.:-
E. C. Fincher (Captain) and E. F. Fincher: Thomas Lay and A. E. Guest; W, Hyde and G. Rooliker.
"Division. Versus the Craigongower Cricket Club, home ground at 4 p.m.-
1. Jack (Captain) and K. B. Hambly; . Grose and J. Mackintosh; Wm. Gletins and A. T. Lec..
"Division.
j
Terrific Smash.
The fight ended the sequence of 25 knockout victories with a terrific smash to the mouth half way through the second round, knocking
The series of games played were down the German, who was bleeding responsible for a surprise or two, copiously. The referee's inter thus demonstrating so early the vention was justified. The fight glorious uncertainty of lawn was scheduled for ten
It is as well that this rounds,bowls. Reuter.
should be the case, for even lowly Clubs can always hope to pick up few points when a particular The world's heavyweight boxing green may favour them more than title, left vacant by the retirement their opponents on the afternoon's of Gene Tunney, will go to the win-play. Moreover, even the most ex- ner of the bout between, Jack pert wielder of the woods has his Sharkey, the American hope, and off days, and this can always be Max Schmeling, the German con-made the most of, by his opponents. tender, next June.
World's Title.
The New York State Boxing Com- mission has decided that this fight will be held on June 12, and the winner will be recognised as the champion of the world.
Our Sports Diary
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on one head, thus emulating Mus- kett's feat on May 25 last year against J. Sloan, of Talkoo.
The Civil Service C.C. hnd a com- paratively easy win over the Club de Recreio at King's Park, the score in their favour being 76-49, a big improvement on the meeting inst shots. season when they wan by only four
Crafgengower's Away Win. The Craigengower Cricket Club have raised the hopes of their sup porters by snatching their firat victory on foreign soil, the Kow- loon Dock R.C. going down by 49 to 41 shots. I am led to bolleve that the hero of the game was Rumjahn, playing No. 3. He was in dazzling form and could do nothing wrong. Time and again before he played the Dock were lying, but he either drew the shot or drove them. out and lay. He had a big say in and the Electric Company resulted The game between the K.B.G.C. his side's win. Whilst compliment-very much the same as a year ago ing Craigengower on their win, the when the former won by 74-47, last Dock folk need not be discouraged. Saturday's result being 72-43. They were without three good, players, owing to the exigencies of duty, and can perhaps be relieved that the score against them was no more than five.
Bowling Green Overwhelmed. Taking a line through last season's game and the two friendly encounters this season it could not be called a great upheaval of form for the Kowloon Cricket Club to 30defeat the Kowloon Bowling Green Club. The surprise lay in the tall scoring. It must be many a year since
a K.C.C. team licked the they act as hosts to the Kowloon, Bowling Green to the tune of 72-48, Doek R.C., the latter winning last The weakest skip on the Ibaing time by 63-58. The Dock will have side
Adam Holland. Ia stronger team than a week ago. am told, that he could do The Club de Recreio entertain
Tennis-To-morrow--Tennis League commences-Division "A" H.K.C.C. V. C.R.C.; S.C.A.A. v. I.R.C.; M.B.K. v. K.C.C.; Division "B"-CR.C. v. N.C.; H.K.C.K. v. C.S.C.C.; U.S. R. C. *. H. K. U. T. C.; E.Y.M.C.A. v. LR.C.; K.C.C. v. C.C.C.; Division "C-C.S.C.C. v. H.K.C.C.; G.T.C. v. F.C.; K.C.C. v. C.R.C.; Club de Re- creio v. L.R.C.; H.K.U.T.C. v. K.I.T.C..
May 12-K.C.C. tourna- ment commences.
Ride Shooting-May Distribution of Prizes, Volun teer Headquarters. ・・・
Racing May 17 Extra Race Meeting,
Lawn Bowls-To-morrow Taikoo R.C. v. Police R.C.; C.C.C. V Kowloon C.C.; K.B.G.C, v. K.D.R.C.! Club de Becreio v. C.S.C.C.; Division II-C.S.C.C. v. Taikoo R.C.; Yacht Club v. Club de Recreior K.C.C. v. K.B.G.C.; Electric R.C. v. C.C.C.
for
To-morrow - Entries Open Singles Championship close.
Water Polo-To-morrow-- Entries close for League, p.m.
HOME
Golf-To-day--British Pro- fessional Championship. South- port,
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Was
To-morrow's Games.
In the First Division to-morrow Taikoo R.C. Bro at home to the Police R.C. and should have little, difficulty in repeating their last season's success by 70-48.
The Craigengower C.C. meet the K.O.C. at Happy Valley and will have to be in their best form if they wish to avenge last year's defeat by 60-53.
The Kowloon Bowling Green Club have also a defeat to avenge when
nothing right against Silk the Civil Service C.C. at King's
stone, who seems to have gone Park, where the latter won last back to the form for which he was season by the narrow margin of noted before: he left the Colony 56-53. The Recreio are
without last time. The first year he came three good players of the 1929 team back he played for the Bowling and will have to go all the way to Green, but last year, he appeared win to-morrow. for the K.C.C., but in neither
In Division II. the Civil Service season could it be said that he C.C. are at home to Taikoo R.G. was really dangerous as-skin. The and ought to repeat last year's Bowling Green were without David win by 62-48.
Gow, who, I hear, is not inclined The Yacht Club have the Club to tie himself down to League de Recreio as visitors and ought matches
every Saturday now. to improve on last year's score of Still, he will always be there 57-51 in their favour." when wanted.
Tel. 21488.
J. Stonn (Jun.), T. Swan, G. H. Stewart, Walmsley (Skip).
Civil Service C.C.-Holdman, P.
Haynes. (Skip). R. Wood, Deakin, and F. H. W.
Davies, and W. E. Hollands (Skip). E. L. Holland, H. Strange, R. E.
Whant, Bickford, Murphy, and Taylor (Skip).
Reserves:-Luck and Willmott.
TITLE FOR HOWARD. New Lightweight Cham-
pion of Europe.
Before a packed house Francols Sybilic, of Belgium, the IB.U European lightweight champion, lost his life to the champion, qualified in the eighth round for Alf Howard, Sybille being dis- hitting low.
The contest was controlled by the International Boxing Union. who appointed Signor Cavalier A. Volti as refarce, with Monsieur
A. Collard (France) and Mr. Tom Gamble (Britain) as judges,
man
Howard rushed across to his at the opening bell, but in, got to work with a left flush Sybilla, with his chin tucked well
to the face and then the body. Howard missed with right to the head.
In the second round
ribe.
vicious
Howard
led with the right to the head, but missed, and a left hook to the face stendied him. Later, however, Howard sent his left to the face several times, Sybille's reply being a left to the short
'Appeal Disallowed. The third round was full of The KC.C. are at home to their ing two rights to the head, and excitement, as Howard, after send- close neighbours, the K.B.G.C. thinking he had Sybille at his In spite of the best hopes of who overwhelmed them a year ago their supporters the
mercy, rushed in with a volley of Police Re- by the huge score of 86-30,
blows to find the Belgian cover- The Electric Company entertaining up well, and returning a left creation Club went down badly to the Club de Recreio. They were the C.C.C., whom they beat last to the body, which sent Howard compelled to play a number time by 61-56.
Police Go Under.
Versus the C.R.C.
on the K.C.C.
ground at 4 p.m.:~~
N.
May 12-16-British Ladies' Open Championship, Formby.
May 15 Walker Cup--Great Britain V. America, George's Golf Club.
St.
of
quite new men without the ex-
V.
perience to pull them through a serious League encounter.
Even
then errors were made in advising
W. Brown (Captain) and Mackay: F.. I. Zimmern and D. Laing: Geo. Loe and G. Hedley.
C.C.C. Teams.
The following have been select- ed to represent the Cralgengower Cricket Club in their League fix- ture against the Kowloon Cricket Club to-morTOW
Henry J. Howard, Joseph W. Leonard, William J. Howard, Arthur B. Hamson, Armin Kitchell and George Lla..
? C.S.C.C.
The following will ropresent the Civil Service C.C. against the H.K.C.C.:
"B" Division. Barrow, Bradley, Balfour, Mc- Dougall, Rendall, and Valentine. "C" Division.
Mitchell, Pingelly, Armstrong, Freeman, Best, and Fowler.
TENNIS SURPRISE. Cochet and Kozeluh Not
to Meet.
. May
23-24-England
Scotland, St. Andrew's.
May 26-91-Amateur Cham- pionship, St. Andrew's.
Racing-May 13 Chester
Cup.
May 17-Jubilee Handicap, Kempton Park.
Cricket-May 17-19-M.C.C. 7. Australlans, Lorda.
May 31-June 8-Test Trial Match, England v. The Rest, Lord's.
RIFLE LEAGUE.
Latest Positions of Contending Teams.
TO-MORROW'S TEAMS.
Division I.
the Police skips of the exact num- Taikoo R.C.-J. C. Chalmers, J. bar of shots for or against them Polson, J.
Russell and
W.
on certain heads, the result being Wotherspoon (Skip), that the Club de Recreio could not J. B. Chapman, T. Grimes, G. help piling up a big score. How McLeod and N. Drummond (Skip), ever, there is no reason to be J. Sloan (Sen.), A. Stalker, J. downhearted. It's a game after Laing and R. Wallace (Skip). all, and he plays it best who loses K.C.C.-F. Goodwin H. Overy, best,
J. C. Lyal, J. Gibson (Skip).
H. Gittins, C. J. Tacchi, A. Hyde
A Close Result.
A. C. Burford, J. Howe, L. E.
Westlake,
A great struggle was witnessed Lay, J. Fraser (Skip). at the Civil Service C.C. green) where the Talkoo R.C. went down Lammert, A. E. Silkstone (Skip). by only three shots. Considering C.S.C.C.-Simmonds, that the local players were almost Holledge, Grimmitt (Skip). as new to the newly renovated Dobbie. Longbottom, Moss and green as the visitors, the result is Gregory (Skip); ^\ more complimentary to the win- F. Jones, Alderman, Oswick, and. The following are the results of Taikoo bowlers found the "going"
ners than it looks on paper. The Brawn (Skip). matches fired on Saturday and more to their liking than on their Knight. Sunday lost in the Hong Kong "native heath" and this was a big Rifle League.
factor in the closeness of the At Stonecutters Range on Satur- scores at the finish. day, May 8:
1st Somerset L.L 665 H.K.PR. H.M. Dockyard 648 H.K.P.H H.K.V.D.C. 639 H.K.P.R BAF. (Kai Tak) 603 H.K.P.K. R.A.F. (Kal Tak) 603 H.K.V.D.C.
845
645
Reserves - Massey and
1
P.
Division II. K.C.C.-T. W. Carr, J. Dinnen, Laing, at J. J. Hirst and L. J. Blackburn No. 3, was about the best (Skip)
player for Talkoo. Now that W. Borrowman, A. J. Kew, W. they have a chance to know their|Goldenberg and B. Petheram 645 own renovated green the Civil | (Skip)?!
Surprise will be occasioned by the refusal of the French Lawn TennisAf Paikoo Range on Sunday, than will beat them at Happy C. Labrum and J. M. Jack (8kip).
689 Service' are likely to beat, more O. B. Raven, D. A. Purves, V. Federation to sanction the proposed May 4
Valley.
match between Hoori Cochet, the Taikoo Range) Club 604 93rd world's amateur champion, and (Argyll and Sutherland High- Karel Kozeluh, the world's profes-landers) 576. slonal champion..
It was proposed to play the match
at Nice in aid of the suffecors in the
League Tables to Date,
recont floods, in the region of Stonecutters Toulouse, and it was understood that at Somerset LI...
Taikos the French amateur governing body (NG & M) YMCA. had given consent.
HM Dockyard
A match between the two chama | RA‚F= (Kai plons has been proposed before but
HK Police the Federation have always frowned on the dea
Hong Kong Fo 93rd (A & BA H.K.V.D.C.
Second Division.
A reference has already been made. to the postponement of the Talkoo-Yacht Club fixture in the
Electric Co.. R. C.-S. J. Clarke, E. Thompson, D. S. HII and W. H. B. Muskett (Skip).
W. Stoker, G. T. Padgett, F. E. Duckworth and H. Hatch (Skip).
A. Tarbuck, 'T. P. Saunderson, J. F. Lunny and A. F. Paul (8kip):-
Reserves: V. Sorby and H. S.
F. W. L Pts. Second Division.
9:9018 The Craigangower C.C. had the § 7: 2 14 Kowloon Cricket Club as visitors 6-8-38 polits to a strength in the K.C.C. 8 6/2/12 and went down by 71-50.. This Jones.
Taikoo R.C.-C. Summers, T. 88.50 that is as surprising as it is wel- Stainton, W. Bell, R. K Duncan
come to their members in general. (Skip). the bod Blackburn is also to be congratuW Cunningham, W. Brown, golated on scoring the possible elght Amery, J. J. Whyte (Skip).
down claiming a foul. This was disallowed, and at the count of "seven" Howard regained his feet. Howard then boxed very cautious.
ly.
In the fourth round Howard forced matters with a right to the head and snappy lefts to the ribs. During the interval between the fourth and fifth rounds the referee spoke to Sybille in his corner, and cautioned him as to the downward direction which his left hand was taking.
The following two rounds saw Sybille leading with a left to the face, while Howard relied on the right, which more often than not missed its objective.
Sybille was quick to seize ad- vantage of an opening, and land- ed with his left hard to the body. This proved his undoing in the eighth round, as a left landed low. and Howard" went down appeal- ing for a foul.
Return Contest Arranged. The referee cautioned Sybille regarding, this punch, but almost immediately after he repeated the offence, and the referee sent him to his corner. and declared Howard the winner.
At the conclusion, Mr. Jimmy Best, on behalf of Alf Howard, and M. Graf announced that a | return contest had been arranged for £200 a side, under a £10 for- feit. The date would. be arrang ed after Howard's eliminating- contest with Harry Corbett,
Tom: Bailey (Liverpool) beat Lucien Dipuet (Belgium) ̈'on points after twelve rounds of dour fighting Over 10 rounds, Larry Gains, the Canadian heavy weight champion, knocked out!! Jules Reynders (Belgium) In the third round.