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SHANGHAI RUGBY.
INTERPORT TEAM BEATS U.S. MARINES.
Sporting Appreciation,
A crowd of 2,500 at the Sta- dlum, Shanghai, witnessed the vic- tory of the Shanghai Interport Rugby fifteen over the Fourth Re- giment United States Marine Corps by the large margin of four goals, a penalty goal, and two tries (20 points) to a goal (5 points),
WHO WILL WIN?
TO-DAY'S LEAGUE MATCHES AT HOME.
[Exclusive t› China Hall--- By "Linesman."] The following is a list of Home matches to-day. The football teams in black type may win; where no black type is shown the match may result in a draw:
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
Newcastle Un.
Division I.
y.
V.
Liverpool
V.
WEDNESDAY
V.
GRIMSBY T
V.
V.
Bolton W
Huddersfield Manchester U
ARSENAL The Shanghal players outshone their opponents in practically | Birmingham everything except speed the Blackburn R. Marines had at least five track Blackpool athletes of the first order in their Derby Co.
LEEDS UN. Fifteen. Shanghai's forwards were LEICESTER
of about the same weight as the Manchester C. v. ASTON VILLA Marines, but they combined much PORTSMOUTH V. Chelsea
MIDDLESBRO' Shefeld U better and had the best of most
Sunderland v. WEST HAM of the scrums. The Marines'
Division Π three-quarter line possessed more
V. speed than any seen locally, but their handling was poor,
Sporting Act.
On the following evening, - a letter was received from 1st Lieut. C. D. Baylis:
"As coach of the Fourth Re. giment U.S. Marines Rugby foot- ball team, I believe it only fit- ting and proper, at this time, to congratulate the Shanghat In- terport Rugger team on their splendid victory of yesterday, at the Stadium. With only. fourteen months of Rugger ex-
Am
perience (gained in Shanghai), I believe, nevertheless, that I qualified to express my opinion when I say the Fourth Marines, as long as they con- tinue to play Rugger in Shang- hai, will never be beaten by a belter team than represented and wore the colours of the Shanghal Rugby Union football. team, yesterday.
GOLFING CAPTAIN TO PLAY HIMSELF IN TO-MORROW.
Mr. A. B: Stewart, the new cap- tain of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, will play himself in at 12.30 p.m. to-morrow.
The difference between Bobby Jones and the limit player is not merely that he does not make these Dilatakes quite so often. The big- gest difference is that he does not get all hot under the collar and mess up the next one-Archia Compston.
DIAMOND DRESS
RINGS.
DIAMOND BROOCHES.
Barnsley BRADFORD C. v. Bristol C.
BURY
Cardiff C.
Tottenham Oldham
PRESTON N.E Reading
v.
V.
BURNLEY
V.
Notts F.
v. Southampten
Y.
WOLVES
CHARLTON EVERTON Plymouth
v. Millwall PORT VALE Swansea
V. BRADFORD WEST BROM. v. Stoke City Division III-Southern Bournemouth v. CRYSTAL P.
Bristol R. Clapton O. COVENTRY Fulham Norwich NOTTS CO. QUEEN'S P.R. v.
THAMES Swindon
Walsall Watford
V.
V.
Torquay
v. Northampton
7.
Gillingham
V Luton
Exeter
BRENTFORD
BILE
v. Newport
V. BRIGHTON
v. SOUTHEND Divlaton III-Norihara.
v. Tranmero Darlington. DONCASTER v. Barrow Gateahend
CHESTERFIELD Halifax
CARLISLE Hartlepools HULL LINCOLN Nelson
N. Brighton STOCKPORT WIGAN
V.
v.. Rochdale
v. Southport
Accrington WREXHAM V. York
Y.
V.
V.
Rotherham v. Crowe
Ecottish League.
ABERDEEN . Partick T
Clyde
East Fife
FALKIRK HAMILTON Hibernians Kilmarnock MORTON
V. DUNDEE
v. MOTHERWELL
V.
Leith
Hearts
V. ST. MIRREN
CELTIC
v. Ayr QUEEN'S PK. v. Airdrie. RANGERS v. Cowdenbeath
TO-DAY'S SNIPS.
Arsenal.
Home.
Notts County. Lincoln City. Stockport. Rangers.
Bury.
Port Vale.
West Bromwich Albion.
Awry.
Wednesday.
Anton Villa. Middlesbro'.
West Ham.
Preston North End.
Burnley.
W Valves.
Crystal Palace.
Wrexham.
Dundee. Motherwell.
FANLING GOLF.
STARTING TIMES FOR TO-MORROW.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1930.
SPORT “SNOBBERY.” GOSSIP IN THE WORLD
IS RUGBY FOOTBALL THE GREATER GAME?
PROFESSIONALISM DECRIED.
OF SPORT
Major Trape, one of the charac- BOXING'S DECLINE IN NEW YORK
THE TOTALISATOR A SUCCESS.
CORSICAN
GOLF
Archery.
No sooner does one craze attack Ameri-
ca than another new
Corsien's first
galf
Golf. course has been opened
at Lozari, about four miles from Ile Rousse.
ters in J. B. Priestly's most recent novel, "Angel Pavement," in the course of a heated argument on what he calls "the vulgarities of soccah," holds that Association) football can never be a game for pure sportsmen so long as the players are paid for their services Rugger, an the other hand, be con- tends, symbolises all that is manly and fine and unselfish, being un- marred by the professional instinct.:
"In Ruggah, you don't mind if the other fellah wins." We are all familiar with this view, which we sporting craze compels public at may share or not share, according tention. Archery is proving very The new course is within a few to our prejudices. This is a good popular at the moment and is ex-yards of the sea, on a small plain at the base of an imposing am- deal in favour of Major Trape's at-pected to be midget golf's succes- titude, apart from the characteris-sor. The South appear to have|phitheatre of mountains, the peaks tic flourish of "snobbery" which more members keen on the sport, of which are snow-capped during insinuates that Rugby is played by though the North have enllated a most of the year. a rather select class of sportsmen. large number of recruits in tho Lleutenant - Commander Sir Warden Chilcott, who has an estate As a matter of fact, we have seen last few weeks. a number of Rugby matches in
at St. Florent, Cap Corse, is pre- which tactics that were decidedly
sident of the club. "dirty" were noticeable. As a rule, however, the game is as clean as any game that is hotly contested and which evokes the enthusiasms of the contestants can be.
Different Standards,
*
The
*
Sacro- Under Athletics, tary of Tasmania
(Mr. D'Arcy Addi son) is conferring with Lord Lansdowne with a view to arrang- ing a visit to Australia of lead-
Being unprofessional, the stan- ing British sportsmen Interested dards are inclined to be different in hunting, polo, fishing and golf. from those of games in which the Mr. Addison, is of the opinion players are paid. But a standard that representative types should be of seeing exists, just as a business standard given an opportunity
of "real Australia" exists with a professional team, the wonders whether in the form of the honour and of travelling through the hin- of the School or Club, or merely asserland untrammelled by social
Mr. Addison has obtained the
the vanity of the individual; and engagements. sustained at all costs it must be. Hence Rugby is exposed to the same co-operation of the Australian dangers as its professional sister Agents-General and the Austra- Han National Travel Association. garce, though for different reasons,
penses.
ex-
件
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While out with the
Hunting. Cheshire hunt, Mr. James Tinsley, who
was acting as Master, was thrown when his horse fell at a deep ditch, and narrowly escaped drowning.
The horse pinned his uncon-
scious master, whom he had kicked
on the face, underneath him and dammed up the water over his
body, When rescued by members of the hunt Mr. Tinsley was, restored by artificial respiration..
*
*
The famous motor- Motoring. cyclist, Alfred Caramic, a former
and we can well imagine that a cad the proposal being that all the champion of Switzerland, was killed would commit just as despicable an visitors will pay their own act in order to get the cudos of a try, as would an Association player of like k who wanted his pound for the extra paint. The man who plays honourably, however, be he an Association "pro" or a Rugger of the British team which won Blue, will allow,no such element to the Schneider trophy at Venice in tarnish-his-game
1927-has-been-appointed to com- mand No. 43 Fighter Squadron,
Unhappy Element.
Squadron Leader Aviation. Leonard H. Slatter, who was in charge
In Hong Kong our sport is not one of the crack units of the "tainted" or "honoured" (according R.A.F.
Hornchurch.
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to your opinion) by professional- Squadron-Leader Slatter is at ism, and the differences between present in command of No. 111 the two forms of football are rela- (Fighter) Squadron stationed at tive to the preferences and up bringing of the public. Generally speaking, if a person has been brought up at a school where Rugby football is played, he will prefer that game to Association, and vice versa; and the all-round sportsman momentary decline in the revenue has an eye that casts equal favour of the professional pugillst.
The first four autumn Indoor on both. Yet, solely amateur as our games are, In this Colony, there shows at the Madison Square Gar as compared Is an element that has unfortunate- den drew $103,404,
The so-called deprea- Boxing. sion in boxing in New
York has caused
ly crept into them from time to with $136,162, taken in at the time which we can only call un-ticket window fast year. happy. Too often do we read of This loss is largely attributed local referees reproving the players to the present scarcity of good
ring talent.
for losing their tempers.
Players, if they are not actually ordered off the field, are at least
"I love fielding and warned for unseemly behaviour far Cricket. -would just as oftener than is desirable, and it
feld as any time," would hardly be fair to accuse our writes, D. G. Bradman in "Don referees of trying to find trouble. Bradman's Book,' the story of It may be considered wise to take a my cricketing life, with hints on tolerant view of these "trivialities," hatting, bowling and fielding." remembering that we are not in our which is published by Hutchinson native land, that all temperaments and Co. Mr. P. F. Warner, in an, in the East have not the cold ardour introduction to the book, refers to of the Celt or the Anglo-Saxon; Bradman's foot as "small and that excitability is bound to reveal beautifully neat, which Pavlova ital in moments of vigorous play-might. have envied."" Ho denics But surely that would be begging that Bradman's eschewing a high the question?
drive is a weakness in his play Primitive Emotions,
Bradman could play any stroke 9.00 am. C. B. Riggs, R, F. Clark. 9,94-9.16-Reserved."
Football is not Indigenous to this on which he cared to concentrate. 9.20 am A. H. Musson, J. E. part of the world and the distinct Mr. Warner predicts that Brad-
Macfarlan.
"code" which is or should be the man will play between 600 and P. Fletcher, A. W-vital essence of its exercise, foreign 700 innings and will put the age Hodges.
way perplexing to gregates and number of centuries | A. . Chambers, W. and in some Dulloy,
other than Nordic personalities at scored by W. G. Grace and J. B. H. Pooley, B. D. Evans. the outset, cannot be said to be a Hobbs in the shade, 0.30 D. F. C. Cleland, A. Cproduct of the native Boil. It is
The Royal Hong Kong Golf Club notifies the following start ing time for to-morrow at Fan- ling:-
Lw.gratifying to feel that this "code"
A. EL Ferguson, JP. Occidental culture and religion as Warren,
W. J. Clerk, J. H. Raikes. have been
For the second time Fencing, the Alfred Hutton
Cup has gone to Ger
at Bellingona during a trial speed run in a motor-car. When he wes travelling at top speed one of the back wheels became detached and. the car turned over.
M. Carmic was picked up severely injured, and he died as he was being carried to hospital. His mechanic, Ostine, was killed on the spot.
Racing.
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That the totalisator's total turn-over so far this year. was over £3,000,000 was announced by Sir Clement Hindley, the Chairman of the
Racecourse Betting Control Board, at the Board'a dinner.
He said that the profit would cover the working expenses and also help to pay the interest on borrow- ed capital...
Only Seven
established race-
courses were without. the tote. It
is expected that Ascot will be equip ped with a tote by the middle of
next year.
He disclosed the fact that the average odds paldˆ daily on the
double were 190 to 1.
'The Marquess of Zetland declared that the machinised totalisator operating at Newmarket, was the best and most Ingenious mechanical totalisator invented.
An unusual situation Rugby. has arisen in inter- national Rugby foot- ball, arising from the selection of J. P. McArthur, the Waterloo scrum-half, to play in the England International Trial: matchi at
Blundellsands on December 8.
but is of Scottish descent, and, in McArthur was born in England,
addition to the invitation to play at Blundellaands, he has also been asked to take part in the Scottish International Trial, which will be' played on the same day." It was officially stated that McArthur, decided to play. in tho Scottish trial, o decision which
And
is a little surprising In. view of the fact that in the England trial he was to have been partnered by his club-mate, S. S. C. Meikle,
There is no definite rule regard-
so readily assimilated many. Three years ago Frauleining qualification for international
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C. L. Shank, H. C. and understood in the countries Helena Mayer, at the age of 16, matches, other than that a man is where football has taken so firm a won the trophy at her first at considered qualified either by birth
I D. Lennox,
J. E hold upon the mind of youth. Yet tempt, and after an absence of two R. Stock, S. J. H. Fox,
It would seem that there is still the years she returned to fencing, and
HA A Lammert, Hampton.
or by lineal descent, though it is generally understood that once a
player. has participated in a trial
match he will not be asked to play for another country.
Instances of the kind are rare,
G. B. S. Thomson, D. S. danger of the game being played again won the women's interna Edward.
without cognisance of this higher tional foll tournament at H standard, and degenerating into a Bertrand's Academy, London.
mere battle of wits and brawn In In the final pool Fraulein `Mayer. AB. Purves, E. des Voeux which all the primitive emotional tied with Mias M. Butler, the although last season Scotland chose maybe let loose. There is no British champion, each of whom J. E. Hutton, the United Banks and d. T. May, G. Themerson reason why this should be do. suffered one defeat, and in the Harlequin centre-three-quarter, who RJ Sneddon, J. P.
Bght off the German girl won with has played practically all his foot- Sherry
ball in this country, to play against › 10.32 ^,, L. H. Gearð, B. U., Ireland. It has been proved Indubitably five hits to two., penker
England In the Calcutta Cup G. E. Mitchell Spiced that the sporting instinct, as it is. The final pool resulted-Frau-
match. 8. H. Dodwell, LG E called, is common to human nature lein H. Mayer (Germany), one de- Dodwell
Lindars, U. every race and class and, oven feat; Miss M. Butler (Britain), one Andrew.
though it exists but as the veriest defeat; Miss Daniel (Britain),
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School Taltion. **.
J. Forbes, W. G. Lorimer, glimmer in a boy's heart, it takes two defeats; Mrs. Munck (Den- H. G. Mills, D. Gilmore merely the sympathetic Influence of mark), three defeats: Miss Neligan
Mrs. Sutton Bundy, a
· Tennis, former champion, ef-
England and the Unit
R. M. Chaloner, P. 8. Grant schoolmaster to make it shine da (Britain), three. defeats: Missed States, who caused a sonsation
F. A. Onrapbell, B. Young the leading principle of his life: Olsen (Denmark); Ave defeats by beating Mrs. Fearnley Whitting +1: Fride, J. Harron A Sommerfelt, A. Piercy. The problem. In fact, les much Miss Venables (Britain), seven stall (then Miles Bennett) at Wim-
31.12. - J. R. Hinton, C.-H. Burton, more... with our schools (than eno C. B. Maturin, 3B Langon might töink; and it is in this
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defeats. Make
bledon in 1929, has caused yet an- other sensation by leaving the During a football amateur ranks in order to teach at Keogh," J. "S. Dykes
A Football, match at Trieste one à lawn tennis school for girls. 11.32 * A. C. L. Bowker, H. K❘ In any case, if football is to be
Mr Bundy's win was all the of the players, in a preserved as a game inherent with sudden excess of enthusiasm cats, more remarkable in view of the fact Campbell, S. 6. Perry all the qualities that characterise ed by the excitement of the game that she was twice her opponent's 11.40 Gouthart, C. W. Jeffreys.
KG. E. Ellams, C.-H. Ross many of those things, which stand drew a kaffe he had concealed on age 21-48 A B Reworth, B. out as the best in the British race, als person, and stabbed one of his On her way to the last eight Mrs. the traditions of the game and opponents with it. Migs B. B. Harvey, but she was Bug - Bundy beat another fine player In 112977EL Colila, NE; Gordons
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conscious, and died shortly after
hing hospital
beaten in the fifth round by Miss. Toan Rudley.