THE CHINA MAIL.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1932.
KINGS THEATRE
TO-DAY
ONLY
AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM.
Glittering frolicksome farce of a maid who couldn't hang on to money and who couldn't get rid of men.
From the stage hit,
"Good Gracious Annabelle”.
by Clare Kummer
unch
VICTOR McLAGLEN JEANETTE MɑcDONALD
IN
ROLAND YOUNG
ABELLE'S
AFFAIRS
ANNA
DICTURE
Directed by
ALFRED VERKER
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
WUSH DONE
Booking at The Theatre
With
JOAN
BENNETT
www
HARDIE ALBRIGHT Directed by SIDNEY LANFIELD
ALWAYS A GREAT SHOW
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RESULT OF BYRKLEY
STEEPLECHASE.
Privats Pride Wins in Field of Seven.
RUNNERS FOR TO-DAY.
London, Yesterday.
The result of the Byrkley Steeplechase at Derby was:----
Privats Pride Parting Shot
Spot of Bother
There were seven starters. Betting:-
11 to 4 agat. Jrivate Pride. 11 to 8 agat. Parting Shot. 100 to 8 agat. Spot of Bother. Sefton Steeplechase.
The following are the probable
ENRAGED CYCLIST
INCIDENT.
Hurls Machine at His Competitors.
EXHAUSTED RIDERS.
Surrounded by all the re- maining competitors in the race, and finally brought to the ground amid a storm of insults from his colleagues, Frankenstein, 8 well-known Continental rider competing in the six-days' race at Rhine- land Hall, Cologne, on Decem- ber 3, In a furious passion flung his bicycle at the ancom - ing riders.
One of the mon, named Schorn, was brought down, with his head
runners in the Sefton Steeple cut and bleeding, by a blow from chase at Newbury on Wednesday,a with pre-post betting:-
6 to 4 Golden Miller, Parsons' Well.
5 to 2
9 to 2
The Torch.
6 to 1
Gleesome.
7 to 1
Dusty Feet,
8 to 1
Laminaria.
10 to 1 Kellsbore Jock.
ELLIS KADOORIE
ATHLETICS.
pedal of Frankenstein's machine.
A hand-to-hand fight ensued and matters looked so serious that the police intervened, and used their truncheons on the combatanta.
PORTUGUESE CO. TAKE THE LEAD.
Gosano Brothers Gain Places in High Jump.
VOLUNTEER SPORTS.
The High Jump event in connec- tion with the Hong Kong Volun- teers' Sports next Saturday, was competed for yesterday afternoon and resulted as follows:-
1. A. V. Gosano (Portuguese Co.). 2. J. J. Ferguson (Scottish Co.). 3. B. Gosano (Portuguese Co.).
PRIMO CARNERA IS
"TOO BIG.”
Discharge From French Military Duties.
New York.
Carnera has won another battle,
this time with the French inflitary
The fight was really due to the authorities, who wanted the "Am- frayed tempers of the exhausted bling Alp" of pugiliam riders who, with only brief inter-cruft.
ав д ге-
vals for rest, have undergone. the M. See, his manager, has an-. nerve-racking ordeal of cireling, nounced that Carnera has now the small indoor track.
The incident which fired their resentment towards. Frankstein occurred when he took upon him self to shoot ahead of the field, overlapping his exhausted col- leagues at the rear and coming up
Nearly Everybody Takes Part in the Meet.to the front.
DARSHAN SINGH CHAMPION.
The annual athletic sports meet-
It was then that they closed in upon him and brought him down. and he replied by using his cycle as a missile.
been exempted from performing military duties in France-"be- cause he is too big"-information! to this effect having reached him from the French Government.
Carnera was recently examined at the French Consulate. Nego- tiations for Paris against an unnamed French his appearance in hoxer in the dreadnought class have been taking place.
Although Carnera is of Italian birth he was claimed as a French race citizen after having signed naturalisation papers when em- ployed as a carpenter in France.
The police acted as a cooler on ing of the Ellis Kadoorie School for the competitors, and the Indians was held yesterday after-continued. noon on the ground of the Indian Recreation Club at Sookunpoo. There were no fewer than 20 ́events on the programme, and almost every boy in the school took part.
The prizes were distributed at the conclusion of the meeting by Mr. A. R. Sutherland, Inspector of Eng- lish Schools and former headmaster of this institution.
The full results were as follow: High Jump (Sr.).—~1, Darshan Singh; 2, A. R. Khan.
High Jump (Jr.),~1, Soonan Aboo; 2, Mohd. Yusuf.
Three-Legged Race (Sr.).—1. Mohd. Dawood and R. Shamsuddin; 12, All Mohd. and S. Haasan.
Three-Legged Race (Jr.),-1, Mohd. Barkat and Sunan Aboo; 2, Mohd. Yusuf and A. H. Abbas.
100 Yards (Sr)-1, Darshan Singh; 2 Abdum.
100 Yards (Jr.).-1, Ismail Ali; 12, Sunan Aboe.
Sack Race (Sr.), S. Ebrahim;
12, Mohd. Dawood.
Sack Race (Jr.).-1, A. H; Abbas; 2, Mohinder Singh.
220 Yards (Sr.)-1, Darshan Singh; 2, Abdum.
220 Yards (Jr.).—1, Ismail`AK; 2, Sunan Aboo.
Throwing the Cricket Ball-1, Darshan Singh; 2, Munchit Khan.
Class 8 Race-1, Ismail Alf; 2, Usuf Wahab.
Half Mile Race-1, Darahan. Singh; 2, D. Shamsuddin.
Quarter Mile Race.-1, Iemail]
| All; 2, A. H. Abbas.
Class 7 Race.-1, S. M. Abdul Rahman; 2, Mohd. Usuf.
Arithmetical Race. 1, Darshani Singh; 2, Surat Singh.
Our Sports Diary.
ATHLETICS -To-morrow and Friday Volunteers (Heats) at 6.20 p.m.
Sports
SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN WINNING POSITION.
Saturday- Volunteers Sports at Lonergan's 1st Century
the Club de Recreio at 2.80 p.m.
G
OLF-To-morrow - Third
Round of Taggart Cup (Ladies Section).
Friday-First Round of Ladies' Championship.
Trial at
FOOTBALL-To-day--Interpart K.F.C. at 4 p.m. Saturday Second Division- Argylls v. University: R.A.0.C. v. Navy; Club v. Twelfth Heavy Bat- tory;
Borderers v. Kowloon; Chin- ese League-Sung Ching v. Chin- ose Athletic "B"; South China "A" v. Eastern; Yee Woo v. Chin- ese Athletic #4»
HOCKEY-To-day--Sim Shield -Hong Kong Club v. Army of U.S.R.C. ground at 4.30 p.m.
To-morrow--St.
Andrew's University II.
V1
Friday-Hong Kong Club "A" V. Jata at King's Park at 5 p.m.; St. Andrew's v. Royal Signals.
HUNTING-To-day-- Fanling Hunt Hounds Moet at, Sheungahul at 3.15 p.m.
CRICKET Saturday First Division Indian R.C. v. Craigen- gower C.C. (L.); Navy v. Kow- loon C.C. (F.): Civil Service C.C. Royal Artillery (F.); Second Division Craigengower C.O.
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Indian R.C (La); Kowloon Cice
Gel (L); University
Recralo
RUGBY FOOTBALL-Saturday -Probable Interport XV. v. The Rest at Hoppy Valley at 4 pm. STEEPLECHASING-Sunday-- Fanling Himt gand Race Club Meeting at Kwanti.
Arithmetical Race, (r.). Plaza SCHNEIDER TROPHY
Singh; 2, D. Talip.
Masters Race-1, Mr. A. Bakar. One Mile-1, Darshan Singh: 2, D. Shamsuddin,
Consolation Race.-J. Kitchell; 2 R. M. Bux.
M.
Old Boys Race-1, Archulli; 2, Dawood All.
Senior Champlon-1, Darshan Singh.
SUBSTITUTE.
High-Speed Seaplane Contest.
AN AMERICAN TROPHY.
Washington, Dec. 16.
A scheme for replacing the race for the Schneider Trophy,
CHAMPIONS AT HOME which was won outright by
TO CRAIGENGOWER.
Strongest XI Fielded
for Saturday
The following will represent the Indian Recreation Club; against: the Craigengower C.C. on Satur- day on the LR.C. ground
A. A. Rumjann, (captain FD- Pereira, A. H. Rumjahn, S. R Kermani, A. H. Madar, A. R. Miny, A. K. Kinu, O Ismail, B. A Ismall, J. S. A. Curreem and H. D Rumjahn 20kg
Great Britain this year, by an international high-speed sea - plané esatest for an American.
public today. by the National Aeronautical
scelathin
come the
The
of the Season.
Adelaide, Dec. 26. following were to-day's close of play scores in the Shef- field Shield match between South Australia and Queensland:-
South Australia: 421 (Lonergan
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Queensland: 267 (Oxenham 82, Sides 74, Lee 4 for 39).
---Reuter.
N.S.W.'S POSITION AGAINST VICTORIA.
Big First Innings Advantage.
Melbourne, Dec. 26. The following are to-day's close. of play acores in the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Victoria, which com- menced on Thursday:-
N.S.W.: 278 (Ironmonger 4 for
75) and 248 for 9 (Lead- better. 56)..
Victoria; 108 (O'Reilly 6 for
22).
There was no play yesterday.— Reuter,
H.K. CLUB CRICKET ELEVEN.
Against Civil Service
on Saturday.
The following will play for the Hong Kong Cricket Club against the Civil Service Cricket Club on Saturday on the Club graund
B. K› Hepburn (captain), A. C. Beck, F. R. Duckítt, F. ARM. Elliott, W. D. Folley, CRKVE. Gahagan, O. E. C. Harton, P/W J. Planner, J. R. Ratten, B. E. Stock and J. R. Way,
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