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THE
RIVAL SKIPPERS IN
GOLF CONTEST.
Notable Match Played in Honolulu.
DINNER 10 THE WINNER.
The international Golf Contest for the Championship of the Pacifie Ocean is developing inta à hot con-1 Lest. All the masters of trans- are putting in Pacific steamers their spare time on the miniature Golf Courses or driving cages on board.
Another notablo contest was re-
CHINA MAIL.
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FINE STRUGGLE FOR SCOTTISH FOOTBALL
THE LEAD.
LEAGUE.
Last Over Before Lunch Celtic Defeat Hamilton
Spells Doom.
VINCENT & FOR 51.
----
Durban, Yesterday, Before 1,000 spectators Wyatt cently played at Hosclola when Hammond opened the England Caplain "Andy" Townsend, master
the Matson liner Maxi, de-innings in fine weather and on n feated Captain Shunji Ito, Master good wicket against the bowling
liner the N.Y.K.
Tatsuta of Rell and Cochrane. Both bata- Maru. It will be recalled that a men found scoring very difficult, few months ago, Captain Ito defeated when lunch was taken the
of
ed Captain George W. Yardley.
master of the s.s. President Cleve-core stood at only 66, with two land in a gruelling contest in Hong wickota down.
The pair batting stendily, took Kong. In an effort ta regain the Skipper Championship, Captain Yardley hua challenged Captain the score past the half century, in the hop of but at 56, Hammond was caught "Andy" Townsend defeating him and thus vaining the of Vincent. 66-1-20. Without privilege of challenging Captain Hany addition Wyatt was snapped to a return match.
A
ing
be
Academicals.
NARROW MARGIN.
Another match in the Scottish League was played yesterday in Glasgow, Celtic meeting Hamilton Academicals and winning by the narrow margin of one goal.
Result as cabled by Reuter: Celilc
1
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1931.
PHAR LAP CAUSES THE "BUTTERFLIES
PARTNERSHIP.
Owner and Trainer to Combine.
TERMS NOT DISCLOSED.
THE JESTERS."
Remarkable Growth of the Jesters.
POSSIBLY "JESTERETTES."
Mr. D. J. Davis, owner of Phar
Everybody who is anybody in the Lap, and 11. R. Telford the chest. nut's trainer and leasee, have ar world of cricket knows the Butter- ranged a partnership. As Telford flics. The history of the Butter- "made" the champion it is fittingflies Club would áll a very large he should comtimie to train him.
The terms of the partnership in book, writes F. B. Wilson, formerly Captain of Cambridge Phar Lap have not been disclosed, Crickel and while they are satisfactory to University, in a home paper.
Briefly, it was formed by two. Mr. Davis will take the grotter. Rugbelans, who, not getting aufst- Telford, it is reasonable to nesume share of the horse's carnings.
Of the £46,062 already won by ciently good cricket at Rugby- Phar Lap, Telford's share was two- neither had a hope of even being
of the thirds, and though sonic
2 Hamilton A.
w.f.a. races in the Autumn and the tried for the Second XI.----began an Spring will not be an valtable as in independent club of their own. REVISED TABLE.
Shortly the first eleven wanted the past, they assure a substantial tinals.
Messrs. Davis and to be members, and later Winches- F. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. income
32 14 Telford If nothing goes amiss with ter, Eton, Harrow, Westminster and 29 19 4 82 .27 18 G 76 20 42 the horse.
23 41
Rangers
Motherwelt Celtic' Partick
28 18 5 G
70
29 17 3
59 39 37
29 16 3 10
70
Hearts
61 35 41 33 52 Hamilton Aberdeen Dundee Airdrie.....
.30 15 3.12
31 13 5 13 61 53 31
28 11 6 11
Cowdenbeath 26 12 6 11 St. Mirren Morton Kimurnock
40 63 26
127 14 3 10 00 14 3 12
51
47 53 31
40 43 29
46 48 28
29 11 4 14
48 65 20
28 10 5 13 28 11 2 16
44 51 24
Queen's Pk.
27 9
5 13
47 51
23
29 7
Falkirk
28 10
9 13 18
61
་ཀྭ
wt
60
for runs
libernians Ayr
20
3D 15 36 GB 16
10 3 22.32
10
.30 7 6 17 39 66 .27
East Fife..29
The gol: matches have developed up behind the wicket off Bell.
Cyde the part of 56--2-24. Both batsmen had lost lively interest on other skippers, who make a special their wickets in the last over be- effort to be in the part where the fore the luncheon interval. games are played, not only to take'
A crowd of 5,000 spectators wit-Lrith cheer in the their places
a fine struggle to essed also galleries, but
in the included
rather when Leyland and Hendren be- elaborate dinvers at which the de-came associated in a dogged part- feated contestant plays the role of hership for the third wicket, but | between Captain with 31 runs added, Leyland' step- The match Yardley and Captain Townsend is ped in front of a straight one from scheduled to take place on theBell, 87-38. Hendren remain- Royal Hawaiian Golf Course in to see the century hoisted but Honolulu on May 27.
left one run later. 101-4-30. Turnbull left at the same total,
host..
GRAND NATIONAL being clean bowled by McMilan.
NOMINATIONS.
May Prove Expensive For Owners.
ALTERED CONDITIONS.
ten
Yet another wicket fell before The
interval,
being Chapman caught off Vincent. 126-6-24. Farrimond (21) and Tate (15) FAW the score advanced to 103 before lea was taken.
RIFLE SHOOTING
ABROAD.
Wrong Interpretation of Rules and Conditions.
EXPERIS OUTCLASSED.
some-
London, Jan. 23. Impressively high totals made at the rille shooting competitions Continuing after the ten inter val the pair added 25 runs before among units of the British Army
stationed abroad recently Farrimond fell before the wiles of what puzzled the Army Rife Asso- Vincont. 188-7-85. The seventh
in London. ciation headquarters wicket partnership had added an
The figures appeared so surprising invaluable 62 runs and had plac- that the committee which examin- ed England in a more promisinged them called in the aid of the best position. Further disaster, how-
a match was
shot under identical
London, January 20. Under the altered conditions of the Grand National, the race is to be restricted to six-year-olds and ever, was in store for the tourists rifle shots in the British Army and upwards which by March 17 this as Voce left at the same total. I year "have been placed first, The ninth wicket, in an heroic conditions by a team of the best second, or third (by the judge) in effort natch the lead, added a steeplechase of three miles or 35 runs before Tite was clean in bowled soon after he had reached the equivalent upwards. or foreign distances or in a steeple the half century.
The end soon chime and England chase of any distance at Aintree.
in rung Liverpool; 01 have Won any found themselves 22 steeplechase alus, 600 sovs to the arrears on the first innings. It winner (selling races in every case was Vincent who caused all the damage and his figures are well excepted)."
worth recording:-
R. 0. M.
W. - 31.2 0 51 G
shots of the Small Arms School, Hythe. It waS then found that these expert shots could not equal: the stores submitted and the Com- mittee, therefore, decided that the Association'a iules and match con ditions had not been interpreted correctly. These facts were related at tife annual meeting of the Army Rifle Association held at the War Office this week and a suggestion) was made thal as a central super- vising body for matches held abroad was out of the question, the only was to put the rules and conditions way to promote fair competition fully on paper and insist that they ba rigidly carried out. The ro- blem was considered in private by 57 the committee.
Out of the eighty-five horses en- tered in this year's race, a num bor have yet to qualify, including Balius, Florin II.. Obserstown At the close of play South Prince, Render, and Solanum. Africa held a lead of 25 runs with Under the conditions of the race all their second innings wickets there is an entrance fee of 10 sovs, intact.
with 50 3079 forfeit for those left Scores:- in after January 27. Thus the
South Africa-1st innings,
five horses which have yet to qualify may incur a loss of sixty. J.Sledte, 'c and b White ..
B. Mitchell, b,immond sovs for their connections if they are left in the race after the first J. A. Christy Peables
forfeit stage. and yet fall
qualify before March 17.
to H.-W. Tayloric & Peebles.
73
16
1G
Viljoen cliammond b Tate :. HB. Cameron b Voce
16
4
Hammond
31
McMillan not out
20
and
C.
Vincent e Chapman b Peebles
6
Horses from abroad about which there are doubts as to whether E. Dalton e Farrimond b they have yet qualified under the conditiona comprise Aulnay, Bangle II, Image.
Gyl
Lovami,
TILDEN'S PLEA FOR OPEN TOURNAMENT.
Every Possibility of Arrangement.
US. LAWN TENNIS.
New York, Feb. 15.
A. J. Bell, b Voca Cochrane, b Peebles
Extra
FENCING.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS FOR TOURNAMENT.
DATE ANNOUNCED.
A fencing tournament will be held on Saturday, March 21, at 3.30 4 p.m. at the Yacht Club. This which will include 0 tournament
events for ladies will be held. the auspices of the 25% under Fall of the wickets: 1 for 127, 2 Fencing Club, and, if the weather! for 131, 8 for 167, 4 for 164, 5 for permits, will take place on the 168, 6 for 208, 7 for £91, 8 for 242, lawn, tea being served throughout the programme of events. The pro- 9 for 248, 10 for 252.
gramme is as follows. BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Total
זי
0. M. R. W Tatz 222 192 4' 35
19 Hammond
G 35 27 10 Voco
2
51
2
67
63
'I
After a plea from William T. L A. R. Pechlea, 27.4 8 ១ 25 Tilden, II, retiring star of the J. C. White, American tornis courts, the United
England-1st innings. States Lawn Tennis Association .E.B. Wyatt e Cameron b Bell 24 was on record to-day favouring an Hammond, e Mitchell, b open tennis championships, which will bring the cream of amateurs and professionals together for
test of tennis supremacy.
Tilden, who ruled. American courts for a decade, recently turni) ed professional-United Press.
29
Ladies' Foils.-Misses Halifax, Beavis, Bonnar, Clare, Scroether and others.
Epee Poule.-Messrs. Ainger, Brandie, Pinguet, Sommerhangh, Southby, Anstruther, Locke and Baxter.
Sabre Contest-McAsrs. Sommer- haugh and Anstruther.
Final of the Ladies' Foils. Foll Contest. Commander
8 South by and Mr. Locke.
G
Vincent Leyland L.b... b Bell Hendren, c McMillan b Vincent 30 M.J. Turnbull, 'b' McMillan Farrimond, e Taylor, b Vincent 35 A. P. F. Chapman, e McMillan,
b Vincent Tate, b Vincent
It is said that preliminary dis-Voce, c Bell, b McMillan cussions of a football match, are I. C. White, cly Vincent becoming more general. What is LA.R. Peeble not out their purpose? I have little doubt.
that the primary one in most cases, is to devise means by which In the opposition may be held. other words the idea is to find a way to stop them getting the goals -Peter William..
Extras
Tothl
South Africa 2nd innings 1. J, Siedle, not out 24 B. Mitchell, not out 50 Extra
0
10
2
12
230
Fall of treckets: 1 for 56, 2 for 58, 3 for 87, 4 för 101, 5 for 101, for 120, 7 for 1888 for 186; 9 far 223, 10 for 280,
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Total (for no wicket)
--Reuter.
LOCAL LEAGUE. University Eleven Against Police.
3
to
Our Sports Diary.
LOCAL
FOOTBALL-To-day-Chinese
v. Portuguese,
Saturday-Firat Division-Club
de Recreio v. Pelice R.C.; Kowloon F.C. v. South China A.A.; Chin- ese Athletic v. Borderers; Argylls v. Navy: Club v. St. Joseph's; Second Division-Borderers Navy
St.
vy: Chinese Athletic v. Joseph's; South China A.A. v. Royal Artillery; Argylis y. Club; F.C. University; Kowloon
V.
Eastern y. Club de Reerelo.
LAWN TENNIS To-day-
II.
Singles-A
D. W. Deane,
Horace.
Rumjahn
V.
Το V. Fincher
V
D. S. Green, E. C.
v. R. Chou, E. Zimmern H. Harkins, M. Kinoshita Luk Ding-cheong: Open Doubles --Ng Kam-chuen and Tsai Ping- nam v. A. C. I. Bowker and W. M. Barton.
To-morrow-II.K.C.C.
Tourna
ment Open Singles--Paul Kong v. J. W. Leonard: Open Doubles -S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn . E. and F. R. Zimmern, G. W. A. Tuften and J. C. P. Toal v. W. C. llung and Chiu Chun-chiu, D. W. Deane and W. N. Petch v. A. D. Humphreys and II. Owen Hughes.. Friday H.K.C.C. Tournament -Open
Sze-kwong Singles-NI
C.
B. Nicholson,
hing
and
.Iu
v. A. O. Johnson, D. J. Valentine v. E..C. Etherington; Open Doubles -G. A. Noronha and L. A.. da E. T. E. Nash and Rocho
Но Wai- Tak-lam So
Shiu Wong wing, Luk Kang-rhoong and Luk Ding-cheong v. D. L. Prophet and H. R. Forsyth, A. II. Ruminhn and A. H. Madar v. C. E. Holmes and D. B. Evans.
Chan
and
HUNTING To-day Fanling Hunt Hounds Meet, Dill's Corner, 2.15 p.m.
GOLF-Friday-Ladies' Cap- tain's Cap (Round), Fanling.
March 24 Ladies' Scan- Prize Giving, Fanling.
CHESS Friday Kowloon Chess Club Championship.
Tuesday-Kowloor Chese Club. Championship.
CHICKET Saturday--Division 1.Un!
— University v. Hồng Kong C.C (L); Kowloon C.C. v. Royal
(L.): Division I Artillery Indian R.C. v. Kowloon C.C. (L); Hong Kong C.C. v. Royal Engineers (L): Club de Recrelo v. Police R.C. (F.). -
RACING-Saturday, 1.30 p.m. -Annual Race Meeting, Happy Valley.
March 2, 3, 4, and 7, 11.30 a.m. -Annual Raco Meeting, Hoppy Valley..
March 22-Fanling Hunt Club's Steeplechase Menting.
HOCKEY Saturday Carr Cup Kowinon Ladies' Clark Hockey Club v. Diocesan Girls' School: St. Andrew's Club v. Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Club. FENCING Monday-Fencing Club Meeting, Yacht Club, 5.15 p.m.
March 21-Tournament, Yacht Club, 3.30 p.m.
·ATHLETICS-March 9-Mara- thon Race, Kowloon, 4.30 p.m.
March 1 and 16-Hong Kong v. Canton Universition,
HUME.
FOOTBALL — Saturday-Eng- lish Cup-Sixth Round; Scottish Cup Fourth Round.
RUGBY FOOTBALL-Saturday Ireland v. Scotland, Dublin; Wales. France, Swansen.
INDIAN HOCKEY CHALLENGE,
Competing for World's Hockey Title.
LAHORE TRIALS.
Word made
Charterhouse M eligible for election,
Those five schools. with Rugby,
.
the founders, are the Butterly Schools, and no others need apply. Even Anthony Wilson, son of one
member, he
of the founders, was not allowed even as an honorary not having been School.
to a Butterfly
Et Ceteras' Birth. Players from Butterfly Schools Perambulators: only can become
as the those from other schools, name rather rudely suggests, are Et Ceteras. The cap rade famous by G.-L. Jesse, a cap too seldom used, was an Et Cetera.
The Jesters,
waa
formed in at St. boya 1928 by two Paul's School, J. F. Burnet and WHI J. G. Richards. The club started as a jest to raise sides, for a few friendly cricket matches, for cricket as you like it," as the two founders explained.
Burnet and Rickards took on the difficult and often thankless joba of secretary and assistant secretary, when it was determined to enlarge the proclivitics of the club.
"As You Like It."
These two, with S. M. Mischler. formed the originat committee, of the Jestera, and they elected new members between them, the first NCW member qualification for being that he played games, or tried to, "As you like it"
Other members of the present committee are T. C. S. Haywood. hen. treasurer, F. M. Strawson of squash rackets fame, W. J. A. Davies, and J. D. P. Whentley, the tenuis interna- Rugger and lawn tionals.
·
the At the very beginning Founders decided that the club Ahould not be limited to St. Paul's, nor to any school, nor necessarily The Club is to any nationality. called the Jesters Squash Rackets and Fives Club officially, but that does not mean that cricket is necessarily dropped from the club's activities."
Rugby Fives Improvement, The development of Rugby Fives was perhaps the chief objects of the elab when il was first seriously formed, for Rugby Fives, in apito of the work of that great master of the game, Dr E. F. Cyriax, was
the lacking in
organisation of
matches.
Squash rackets was the second first year tha baby, and in the Jester had 7 Rugby Fives fixtures and one squash rackets match.
After that first season the club shot up ke Jack's Deinstalk. In the original fixtures for 1930-31 over 60 matches were arranged: na a matter of fact rew fixtures have been arranged since the beginning of the season.
"Jesterettes" Soon?
A enggestion has been made to elect "Jesterettes" for squash rackets is becoming increas{nly popular with women-and "mixed" inatches in private courts would make for something like the per fection of week-end partles.
If "Jestercties" are elected, the club will be drawn into lawn tennis matchen among their other activi
to
It is devoutly to be hoped that the Jesters encourage in every way In their power-and their power may be very far-reaching-the game of Real Tennis, "the 'King of An Important announcement was Games and the Game of Kings" made at the annual general meet-The Jesters already have squash Ing of the Bengal Hockey Assocle rackets and five tours, with a tion, that the Indian Hockey cricket tour in the offing: a tennis Federation are sending a strong tour sounds almost too good to team, picked after the inter-provia be truel clal games at Lahore, to Calcutta in April to play two trial matches against teams picked by the Bengal
The following. have been select
Hugh Gallacher is a small inax, el to represent the University Second XI. in a League match There is a feeling among certain
MRW against the Police R.C. on Satur. Hockey Association and, on the with a gontua for keeping the ball professionals that it is unwlee to) play the professional champion Bell
804 63 2 day at 2 pm at Happy Valley: form shown in these trial games. "tled to his toes." He is so tricky 23 647
0 RT. Loke (Captain), A. A Aziz, the final team will be picked for the that often the only way of robbing outside London, and I personally Cochrane.
31.2 9518 G. B. Scally, P. N. da Silva, I. E.. G. 1982 tour of Great Britain and him of the ball is to bring him have no desire to compete in a Vincent
17 672 Long, Nomanbhor, G. Yeoh aubsequent visit to the U.S.A., If down, and consequently his pas championship which is played on McMillan.
P. L. Tan, E. Gosene, F. Zimmern, the world's hockey title is to be sage through the season is a rough
one A Daily Express Wilter. and W. James licansed premises Walter Län--·
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