THE CHINA MAIL.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1,
3904Sporting PageR
MR. D. S. LI LEADS LEO FROST IN THE JOCKEYS' CHAMPIONSHIP
ahsenice from the Race Meeting
A Annual
was Mr. "Gus“ dn Roza, who had 15 winners last year,
ARSENAL'S BID
FOR TITLE
Chelsea's Desperate
Plight.
NORWICH AND CHESTERFIELD FOR PROMOTION
THE following is the position in
The mer leagues in England
as cabled by Reuter:
Arsenal
882 ANNS
Keep Your Head
Golf Hint
(By HERBERT JOLLY).
I know it sounds all wrong, but! my hint to beginners is:
try to keep your head down playing a shot: keep it still.
Many players, beginners in tieniar, Anish their shots
Never
Still POINT-TO-POINT
AT FANLING
200 Present In Poor
Weather.
FOUR WINNERS IN SEVEN STARTS
NEXT MEET ON MARCH 25 THE KONG BROS. STABLE
Although held weather
over
ADVANCES
RACE RESULTS SUMMARISED
IDING four winners and a third placed pony in seven starts yes. terday Mr. D. S. Li, the well-known Shanghai jockey ousted Mr.
R Pine Leo Frost, the local champion, in the jockeys' table. Mr. L'is expect. Mpion Jockey, who is now
ed to do well again on Saturday,
in inclement 200 spectators when that the shot is fluffed, or the ball
hit off the socket. In moving the watched the Army Point-to-PoPint par-head down the body also is mov-races at Fanling last Sunday.
At the conclusion the prizes were insufficient with ed. ru that there is
and presented by Mrs. Burrett, wife of the head still facing the spot from room between the shoulders which they played. That is because the ball for the length of arms and HE. Major General O. C. Borrett. The next Point to Point, run by they have been told to "keep the the club. hend down" instead of "keep it
When you grip the club it should the Fanling Hunt, will be held on s." There is a big difference. become part of you- a continua-Sunday, March 25, near
Tree Hill. Keening the head down fretion of the arms.
The results were as follows:-- the Hitting the ground under quently means that players move
24th Regimental Race
Mr. Norman Dellz, who rode 1 wa winners yesterday, is in fourth result ball can only mean that al the the head down, with the
1st-L-Col. G. T. Raikes not
Winchester Stag | position, which is very encouraging in view of the strong challenge moment of impact there was sufficient room for the length of 2nd-Mr. J. C. Richardson Zephyr offered by the seven Shanghai joc keys the arms and the club. In other Brd-Mr. D. P. Yates... Luch Neas
Tote paid: $4.30. words. it's head down" and not
Also ran:-Tigre, Sunrise. of "head up" which is the cause
The Navy Race. 1st Lt.-Comdr. Baker ... a fluffed shot.
Keep the head still, but keep it, 2nd-LL-Comdr. Boutwood UP in position, and at the end of 3rd-Lt P. Jamieson..... the shot let it turn. Turning does Tote paid:$1.70. not mean that you have moved it! in the sense in which we general-Leprachaun, ly use the word. The centre of the Tulla. head will remain in position, but it will have turned slightly towards the hole after the ball has been struck.
VITAL MAMAK GAME TO-DAY
Saints Make Change In Defence
RADIO WITHOUT DYKE
(BY STICKS).
DOSTPONED
POSTPON
Friday.
from
inst
the "needle" game in the Mamak Hockey Tournament between the Radio, twice Mamak champions, and the St. Andrew's Club will be played to-day on the Marina ground, Kowloon at 5 p.m.
NEW S. AFRICAN CHAMPION.
Alsa
ran:-Smiling
LEO FROST, cham-
second to Mr. D. 8. Li in the Jockey's table. He rode 44 winners last season.
.Malaki
Tarnborg Pink Gin
Commander, Devon,
Four winners yesterday enabled Messrs. Kang Bros. to second place in the winning owners' list-four winners behind
L. Dunbar.
весиге
Mr.
DEATH OF
AN OLYMPIC
CHAMPION
Britannic Hall.
The Open Race. -La-Col. A. C. Marsh 2nd-Mr. R. Allen.. 3rd-Mr. E. Archer
Tote paid: $4.70.
-
Jockeys Records To Date
1st 2nd 3rd Un
Half a Mile-
A 4 - 3 11
4 4 2 22
Panama (Wong); Red Fox (Frost): Corrie (S. W. Pan).
5 10
18
4
22
25
Dancing Butterfly (P. P. Botelho):| Bold Commander (Pih); The (Wong).
Carp
€ 17
Five Furlong-
6 17
Diane
0 16
Air.T. L. Wong
A. J. P. Heard
.
*F. Marshall
S. Y. Sun
Proulx
Tommy Toby ...The Bogle "D. B. Li
L. G. Frost Tote paid: $30.40.
Cobley, Orleans, Y. 8. Chang Also ran:-Tom
Jack N. Deitz Gaga. The Goods, Boston. O'Lantern, Ike, Black Maria. craft, Cherokee, Cuckoo Eyes.
The Ladies' Plate. 1st--Mrs. Williams.......Golden Star 2nd-Miss Scott Harston..Golen Shes B. A.
I. P. ChanIBON ....Tim.. 3rd-Mias Beryl Fair
*I.
M. Pik Eva. E. 0. Butler
P. P. Botelho Feat
W. Pan Gertrude Lawrence, The Dun, Boukra Yue Shun Wa
The Ubique Cup.
Wigan F. M. L. Jet-Cap Williams
The Quail 8. N. Pan 2nd-Mr. E. B. Skey
G. A. Harriman D. Black Tete paid: $3.20.
Brewer. D. 3rd-Kr. E. Garthwaite. The Gawk R. H. Charles
Alas ran:--Enculado, Bill
น. II. Choy Leslie van Rooyen, the nuke of Normandy. Tip Top.
F. F. LI The Radio have only lost to the owner. Police this season. The Police are young Transvaal title-holder, hav- now leading the Tournament with ing secured a points decision over
George Purchase, in one a 100 per cent. record.
The Saints are expected to ex- jtend the Radiu in this encounter,, and unless the Radio can secure, both points their hopes of regis 43tering the "hat-trick" in the com
petition will be dashed. They are. [however, expected to win.
Van Rooyen's Fine Recovery,
Cape Town, Feb. 22. The South African welterweight boxing tifle, which has been vacant for some time, has found a new
Also ran:Valetta, Cloudy
No Curlew Then, Until
Boares
14
18
17
17
FIRST DIVISION,
Games Points
30
Derby
30
39
Huddersfield
30
39
Tottenham
35
Relegation,
Chelsea
24
20
Sheffield U
#3
22
Liverpool
31
24
Formingham
30
25
SECOND DIVISION.
Grimaby
30
Brentford
30
37
Preston
30
36
Blackpool
30
35
Relegation.
Lincoln
30
20
Manchester 1
30
21
of the Been in
D. A. Coppin
Millwall
20
24
Salts F.
30
24
-Radia player left for Home
011
Cape Town,
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Norwich...
30
Queen's P.R.
Coventry
Reading
Relegation.
28
44
20
39
20
24
36
in their vital match against 87 CBA.. which they won thanks to
bis fine efforts.
In the first three rounds of the heavy-weight prospects of recent the Neuralsa last Friday and his
contest, Purchase years. He is a far better workman In fact, there is absence will greatly weaken the ten-round
the fiery champions. He assisted the Radio fought like a whirlwind and must than Jack Doyle.
Van Roo- no comparison between the have had a fair lend,
Oriental en son recovered and began to Irishman and the almost
In my estimation. Jack London is one of the best unquestionably
J. Johnson
8. K.
C. Taylor
F. Lobel
G. W. Sewell
West Hartlepool London in magnis
Y. T. Fung W. G.
Tan 8. W. Tang Tang Man Wa
Oner
Dinne
0
0 10
0 12
One Mile
S, Y, Liang
A
+
(Wong);
J. C. A. Ingram
0
p Kui Ying
0
0 0
13
Mutiny
Bay
H. V. Pearse
A
CardifT
A. A. R. Botelho
0
Trenthridge (Chong): Diana
Bournemouth
20
• visiting jockeys.
Newport
29
ter.
t
Torquay
20
J. S. Dyke the brilliant S.W.B. greatest ring battles ever
T. P. Saunderson
Le G. Hin
The following are the summarised results of the first four days Running Career Spoiled
of the Annual Meeting:
Poy
Placed Ponies To Date
Bay
(Frost); Cossack's 24 Beauty (Marshall): King's Country
(Chang).
High Speed (S. W. Pan); King'a Fency (Chang); Budge (Heard). Six Furlongs
By War.
TURNED PROFESSIONAL AFTER WINNING TITLE
Pretoria
The death has occurred here of Rudolph Ludowicus Lewis. who won the famous long-dis- tance cycling race round Lake Malar for South Africa at the 1912 Olympiad in Sweden. After winning the Olympic title Lewis turned professional and in
Soldier of Britain (Sun); Electric the two years before the war e- tablished himself as one of the Star (L) Chief Seattle (Butler).
Bronze Era (Deitz); Atlas (Heard): leading riders in the gruelling Nell Gwyn (Proulx).
long-distance races which were. 15 Able Amazon (14); Alacrity feature of Continental sport 14(Charles); Just That (Sun),
Cavalcade (Chanson); Classic Hall those days. Both in France and Germany he won important events, (S. N. Pan): Surprise (Marshall).
Woodland Stag (Frost); The Goose which established him as one of
(Proulx); Lucy Glitters (Black).
Chesterfield (Marshall): Sarabande
(Heard); Iron Sides (Deitz).
the great riders of his time, and
when war broke out his reputation
Electric Star (D. S. Li); Macaroni had spread to America, and he was
Heard); King's Fancy (Chang). Seven Furlongs-
Classic Hall (L4): Cavalcade 3(Deitz): Sarabande (Heard).
ner Round-
contemplating accepting attractive financial offers made him to com- pete in the great six-days' races which were then the vogue,
Bay (Frost); Corack's Like many other fine sportsmen Beauty (Marshall); Helman (Chang) of his time the war interrupted his
0 12 Bright View
Macaroni career, a long period of service on 13(Heard); Soldier of Germany (Sun).
the eastern front undermined his (Butler); Princess health, and he was only a shadow
20 Angeline (Frost); Just That (Sun).
20
(Frost): Sadko (Soares).
Partnership (Wong); Racing
(Pin); Burgamaster (Black).
Fanling
(L); "Vriday
King Willow
Buy
of the great athlete that won Olym- pic honours when he returned Boy the Union and took
sidence in Pretoria.
Bobnick Star
Chesterfield
(Heard): In Good Time (Souren).
Gladiator (Heard); King's Worthy (Chang); Oak Bay (Frost).
Young Chap (Dell): Copper Idol Sarabande (Heard). Chang
Consbek's Beauty (Marshall);
to
up his
re-
He Orst attracted wide at- tention by winning a 200 miles trial on Rand roads to 'see whether South Africa had a suftable rider to send to con- test the Stockholm race.
The distance of the Olympic
King's Justice (Chang); Bright Star event was 160 miles and was de-
2nd 3rd (Liang) Star (Yue Shun Wa): cided as a time trial with riders
iwo every
minutes, Lewis was one of the early star-
Owners' Records To Date
lat
Dunbar
9
1
4
Kong Bros
2
Mr. Pearce Dynasty Hem
2 Mayflower (W. H. Choy); Splnaway dispatched
(P. P. Botelho).
Brilliant Star (L): Bright View
2 (Wong); Gladiator (Heard).
tara setting up a record for
the
4.
Leong Kwok Cheong Li-Skíu Pang Fatshan
0
(Soares); Chow Fan (Harriman).
C. N. K.
(Chang): Navy
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
13
Chesterfield
34
Stockport
24
Barnsley Walsall
Rochdale Rotterham Chester
40
30
Relegation.
RA
20
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
30
28
30
Relegation.
Cowdenbeath Third Lanark
30
28
Motherwell
Rangers
Aberdeen
275 285 298 25
DISARMAMENT PROBLEM
48
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THREE NEW FRENCH BILLS PROPOSED.
He held stoicism of the brat down the attack.
with a powerful lorry-driver.
in the in-fighting had cently built, and there are no silly
James Butler.
The Saints are making several Purchase at bay jpositional changes. F. A. Broad-left and
E. P. H. much the better of the duel-Rea-mannerisms about his boxing.- who partners bridge,
been White
full-back. has moven up into the forward line to jenable A. S. Bliar to All the back position
centre-forward Recent Form Shown By
EF. Fincher will displace N.
al A. E. Mackay
the latter moving to the inside- right position. E. C. Fincher will
be at insider-left.
The following are the teams.
Australian Test Cricketers
Radio:-Man Singh: P. Singh. G. X700DFULL, who will captain
S. Grewal Jaggett Singh, M. H. Hus-
san, R. C. Reed, Attar Singh,
Gur-
W
the Australian team which is
bachan Singh, Awar Singh, Kalwant to tour England, has been resting
Singh and F. A. Kemp (captain).
on account of neuritis. He is now
S.
St. Andrew's:-R. H. Wong; A Bliss and E. I. P. White; E. Mac recovering. The Australlan public Nider, A. E. P. Guest and A. B. Ham- regard Woodfull almost as a na Etional hero: they certainly desire son; F. A. Broadbridge, N. A. Mackay, E, F, Fincher, E. C. Fincher him as captain in preference to any and R. Baldwin.
one else.
Police
Pline successful against fast bowling in P England than, in the last series of Triumvir The match between New South Test Matches, because there is no Mackie and Grayburn Wales and South Australia provid-bowling to give them the experi- H. &. Chun P. W. L. D. F.A. Med little new evidence and merely ence, and the limited fast bowling Grist and Beck
confirmed what was already known. that there is repeatedly worries Miss Bhentor 10 9 1 0 47 618 Kippax early in his innings of 128 them.
TABLE TO DATE.
Pls.
$ 10
B
Yick Chim
Ho Kom Tong
•
H. Y.
Mrs. B. W. Tang
B.
Li and L
8 match, suggested that his form has COMBINED SCHOOLS' Mont
10 10 0 0 35 2 20
Radio [C. B. A. Medway United t. Andrew's K.I.T.C.
R. E. 19th Battery
12th Battery
.12 9 3 0 34 R 18
10 16
10 5 4 1 8 17 11
gave two chances, but his batting)
12 4 6 2 16
in afterwards, a
the previous
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Mule Corps
NO UTOPIAN INTERNATIONAL R.A.M.C.
CONVENTIONS
Paris, To-day. That the French Government does not intend to entrust the country's security to utopian in ternational conventions, is proved] by the announcement of new Bills which, it is expected, Parliament will pass before Easter. They provide for:----
1. the extension of a new Iine of fortifications northward. to join the Belgian defences IN' far as the seal, sta
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3. for the laying down of a arulser, a destroyer and two submarines Beuter.
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RACING
READ
RAPIER'S
HIS
REVIEW OF THE ANNUAL MEETING AND SELECTIONS FOR BATUR- DAY IN
been
better. In other
words, for sheer artistry and de-
6icacy of touch his display prob-
6ably could not be improved upon
by any living batsman. Moreover,
ho hit the ball very hard. Adanit
from a true, fast wicket, but one
Mrs. Lowcock
New Star (L); Lemberg (Heard); Arst 50 miles. He took the lead and rada with such determination Budge (P. P. Botelho).
Cavalcade
(Deitz); In Good Time that he beat the previous, record
Brechin (Hail (L).
21 Mile 171 Yards-
King's Justice of the course by 47 minutes to win the event from such famous, Brit- |ish record-holders as F. H. Grubb
Trentbridge (Chang): Sadko and Leon Meredith-Reuter.
Gleneagles (Front).
1 (Marshall); Young Chap
(Heard); Chow Fan (Harriman),
Woodland Stag (Frost); Polar Star (Butler): Night Blar (14).
Halter Skelter (Heard); Bistre (8,
N. Pan); Gay Butterfly (H. M. Pih),
Soldier of Ching (Sun)
COAL PETROL FOR R.A.F.
caroni Seven Squadrons To Use
New Fuel.
Prima Donna (Soares),
Trentbridge (Chang) Brechin (Deitz); Blue Star (Wong).
Brilliant Star (L4); Ribble (Deitz):| Budge (Heard)
CRICKET XL
Woo Tucson Cheung and Wo Helénside
Sunday Cricket.
A. M. 1. Soares
Dunbar Campon
1%
Miles
China
The following will represent the Biurt and Lobel
tedly Grimmett received no help Combined Schools cricket eleven Po Chan....
against the Craigengower C.C. in Hall and Ebentos
8. K...
Stephen Lam friendly match at Happy Valley Ting Shin
(captain), A., W. Tang
Is again forced to, think that he no longer possesses the qualities which
on Sunday:
Youngssys
gave him such successes. In 1980, Richardson did nothing to lead to Zimmern, A. J. Huise, W. A. Replay I. T. F.
and G. T. Les (Diocesan Boys' School), Quarto hopes.
R. Holden and V. Bond (Central Bri Lee
ཟླ,
A lifeless wicket was useless to tish School), A. B. Baker and A. B. Leader Wall, who, however, remains an Kitchell (St. Joseph's College) and C. B. Brown
Uanl (Ellia Kadooris School for Beth honest, llonhearted bowler. In Indians). cidentally, sound, students of the game, such as A, A. Mailey, find Australia's lack of fast bowlers dia
Reserve:-Afzal (Queen's College).
Pock
Owing to bad weather conditions
IL Y Liang Hoele
The China Mail quieting from the batsmen's rather the friendly cricket match arranged
than the bowlers point of view. between the Volunteers and the Bir William Pool They afdrm that Australian bata Kowloon Cricket Club on the Hong Hes, Chen Wing Kong Cricket Club ground yesterday Wong Bis pen
Widdecombe men as a whole will be no more was abandoned.
TO-MORROW.
Racing Heart (Pih): Princess
Angeline (Frost); Polar Star (Butler).
(Proulx); Soldier of Hydroplan Lemberg (Heard).
SUCCESS OF TESTS.
London, To-day. Only small quantities of petrol extracted from coal were used. by
Hetman (Chang); Navy Hall (Li): the Royal Air Force for test and
Blur Star (Wong).
Don (Sun); Navy Hall (LA); Brechin (Dell)
3. B. Pan), Bar View Shoung Life
(Wong),
when one Home Defence squadran
experiment prior to last year
flew solely on such fuel.
The Under Secretary, for
· Air:
(B."
Gleneagles (Frost); Badko (Soares): Str. Philip Sassoon, stated in the Hetman (Chang).
Tiny Star (L) Cavalcade (Heard);
Surprise (Marshall}
House of Commons, yesterday, that
In view of the very satisfactory
Bag Tor (Wong) Bronze Era results of this trial, a contract had
(Deitz); The Goose (Butler).
Liberty Bay (Frost); Trentbridge (Chang); Gleneagles (Buller),
Laberty Bay (Front): King'a Justice (Chang); Gay Crusader (Deltz),
Hydropiane (Prople); Bright View (Wong); Naw Star (LA))39d
Able Amazon (Li); Bazing. Reart (Pih);
Mutiny Hay (Bailer),
now been placed to cover the re- outrements of seven squadron British Wireless Service,
*
Miles....
Charly Boy (Frost): King's Jualice "Ahang):) Thann" (Butler).
Tiny Star (1,0); hall) Soldier of For
(Sun);