THE CHINA MAIL.
MAY 11, 1934.
330Sporting Page 72
THREE CHINESE OLYMPIC STARS LEAVE FOR FAR EASTERN GAMES
SINGAPORE CRICKET
LOSS
'Dr. H. 0. Hopkins Transferred.
PLAYED AGAINST HONG KONG
Dr. H. O. Hopkins who has played against Hong Kong in In- terport Cricket, has been trans- ferred from Singapore to Penang.
By his departure Singapore and the S.C.C. not only lore a remark. ably fine batsman, but an excel- Ieat skipper and a useful medium pace bowler who can keep one end Lied down for long spells. His loss will be a serious one to Sings pore cricket and there will be many who miss his ever ready smile. There is no doubt that the Old Ox- onian is one of the most polished and attractive batsmen who has ever played on the S.C.C. padang. Hopkins' batting has. perhaps, muf- fered owing to his haring to over- how, ut during the Selangor match we had the good fortune to see him at his best and his in- wings must have been an educa- tion to the many younger playing under him.
men
It is not generally known that
H. (. Hopkins got his Blue Oxford in 1923 when there were t
fewer than eight other old
well. Blues in the side. Such known players as D. R. Jardine, G. T. S. Stevena. B. H. Lyon, L. I. Taylor. R. H. Bettington, R. . Robertson-Glasgow:
and C.
11.
Knoit were in the same team. th the actual match with Cambridge, which Oxford won by the most overwhelming margin in the his- tory of the contest. Hopkins scor- ed 42. His main scores for Ox-; ford that season were 73 vs. Hamp- { shire, 50 vs. The Army, 51 vs. The out Free Foresters and 100 not
vs. The M.C.C. at Lord's just prior
"Gentlemen, The Winner!"
Max Schmeling, former heavyweight champion of the world, borrows a boxing custom and raises the hand of Douglas Fairbanks in token of victory after the latter had wun a golf match at Barcelona, Spain. Doug, Jr. (right). and Joe Jorahs, Schmeling's manager, form the audience.
Cricket Short Of Real Personalities
WORPLESDON
SURPRISES BY FAR EASTERN GAMES CHAN CHUN HING
v.
DERBY WIN OPEN TO-MORROW
Don Patricio Not Given
Fair Trial
SOKOLOFF THROWN IN
SHANGHAI CLASSIC
Shanghai, May 8.
saddled Twenty starters were
out of sixty entries, for the Der by, making a bigger field than is customary, and on the whole a far more level field than usually is
Been.
Undeterred by his defeat by Don
CHINA TO MEET P. I. AT
BASEBALL.
HE Tenth Far Eastern Olympic Games will commence
in
NOT ON BOAT
"Matty" Chang's Debut
On Birthday.
BASEBALL GAME AGAINST JAPANESE
Optimistic Swimmers THE
Manila to-morrow when China, Japan, the Philippines, the Three Chinese Olympic Dutch East Indies, and French Indo-China will vie for the supre athletes, Chang Fat, macy now held by Japan as the result of the 1930 Tokyo Games. Yeung Hang-wa and
The opening ceremonies will be conducted in the baseball
stadium at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. This will be followed with Pau Lai, sailed for a baseball game between China and the Philippines. At the same Manila, the scene of the
Augusto, and possibly even apur time, the tennis classics will be started in the tennis pavilion, and Tenth Far Eastern Olym-
a half hour later, the Philippines will meet Japan' in "volleyball.
Saturday, May 12.
2:00 p.m.
Opening Ceremony
Baseball-Philippines vs. China
Tennis
Volleyball-Philippines vs. Japan Soccer Football-China va, Philippines Basketball-Chinn v. Japan
Sunday, May 13.
Volleyball---China va. Japan
3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
Baseball-Chins vs. Japan
Tennis
Girls Volleyball—Philippines_vs. China Soccer Football-Japan vs. Java Basketball-Philippines vs. Japan
red on by the manner of it, for un- doubtedly he was, unluckly, the supporters of Rochester stuck to him, and two-thirds of the betting 3:00 p.m. was on him and Don Patrieio, the 3:00 p.m. former being the favourite, though 3:30 p.m. 5:00 pm. only by a fraction.
Whether Don Patricio is as good 8:00 p.m. as so many think is a question to be decided in some future race, for he did not get a fair run but, even so, if he is as good as he is said to be, he ought to have bean somewhere near third.
Something went agley with Or deal Morn Just as they turned the bend for the mile post, Sokoloff 3:00 p.m. was thrown over the rails, and the 3:00 p.m. pony swerved out, forcing Den 3:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Patricio with him and holding the 8:00 pm. favourite back for several, lengths.
Nobody seemed to know what! affected Ordeal Morn--perhaps he jibe at his name-but there was no blame put on to any jockey for his riding, and the Stewards, after a an inquiry, only could return
hard luck. The pony probably slipped.
Handsome Win.
Modern Play As Stereotyped verdict of and
As Appearance
By SIDNEY ROGERSON
London, April 15. enjoying
themselves but
Cricket is suffering from are the exceptions.
to the Varsity match. He finish scarcity of personalities.
Blues' batting
438
with rund
29.20.
an
The
Tennis
Monday, May 14.
Gymnastic Demonstration
Volleyball-Philippines v. China Soccer Football China va. Java Boxing Pistol and Ride Shooting
3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 15. Baseball-Japan vs. Philippines Volleyball-Japan va, Philippines Girls Volleyball-China vs. Philippines Soccer Football-Japan vs. Philippines Basketball-China va. Philippines
2:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 16. Track and Field Baseball-Chlon va. Philippines Volleyball-China va. Japan Swimming Basketball-China vi. Japan
Wade nursed Don Patricio up to 3:30 p.m. his field in careful style and had 5:00 p.m. him well in the running at the 8:00 p.m. half-mile post, but the pony did
any improvement from 5:30 p.m. these not show
there, Jack Point made a short- 3:00 pm. lived burat just before last 3:00 p.m. quarter and. when he threw
How They Are Known
experienced spectator
is
the
In 5:00 p.m.
his hand, there was a call for Ro- 5:00 pm. 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 17,
Track and Field Tennis
Volleyball-Philippines vs. Chẳng Girls' Volleyball-Philippines va, China Swimming
Boxing
Pistol and Rifle Shooting
Friday, May 18. Baseball-Japan va. China All-Around Champlonahly Tennis Boccer Football-Philippines vs. Japan Swimming Basketbal¡—Japan vs. Philippines
1
ed the senson fifth in the Dark in days gone by every countyable of course, to recognise the chester, who certainly looked like averages, scoring XI, had at least one player who star performers by their manner doing it. However, "Nobby" Clark average of by his personal appearance as well Hobbs by the twirl of his brought Worplesdon through on The same year he played as his style at the wicket, was im bat. Sutcliffe by the turnover of his the rails at a dne pace and went 3:00 p.m. for Worcestershire, his highest inmediately recognisable to the cric after a stroke, Mead by the pull at by really easily to score
a hand- 3:00 pm. ning being 78 against Sussex keting public. Representative his cap-peak. But the ordinary
3:00 p.m. During 1024, 1925, 1928 and 1927 Xls were
Ro- some win by two lengths. combinations of there]
4:00 pm. watcher of the game has not only cheater fought gamely, but he 6:00 p.m. Hopkins appeared in the Worees- "characters." each map an out-
no "characters" to enjoy, he can could not held the leader, and, in- 6:00 p.m. tershire side at intervals, and instanding personality.
hardly distinguish one player from deed, White Viceroy rapidly was 1924 hit 137 against Nottingham- Consider the England teams' of
Saturday, May 19. making up on him. Don Augusto 3:00 p.m. Baseball-Japan va, Philippines not the 90's and early 1900's. Most of shire at Nottingham, and 77
nished fourth. out in the return match at Wor-the men
3:00 p.m. All-Around Championship national beroes. cester. In 1926 he made 90 against Their hold on the public imagina
only 6 2/5 sec. over the record 4:00 pm. Weight Lifting
The time was very fast, being 3:00 p.m. Tennis Essex at Leyton and in 1925 made tion was illustrated-by the use of 88 uxainst Glamorgan at Cardiff, their Christian names or by nick-
held by three such good ones as 5:00 pm. Soccer Football-China-va Japan
5:00 pm. Swimming Beaconsfield, Castlewood, and Busy 8:00 p.m. and when home on leave in 1931 names, such as "Old Man," "The]
wan:--$2, Bee. By quarters it scored 74 against Notts at Wor- Croucher." or "Plum."
were
another.
Cricket enthusiast as I am, I shall go to see the Australians without being able to pick out single man save Bradman.
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cester, the visiting team including Over them all towered the black-WALKER CUP GOLF the well-known bowlers. Larwood bearded agura of W. G. Grace,
and Voce.
Malaya Record
wearing his M. C. C. cap. Then there were Ranii, hatless, his silk shirt fluttering; the classic poise Going to Malaya Dr. Hopkins of C. B. Fry; the leonine bulk of played for the F.M.S. against the two other members of the hatless Colony in 1928, and for the Colony brigade, S. M. J. Woods and Tom against the F.MS. in 1929, 1930. Richardson; the irrepressible high and. 1933. His record for spirits of another great 1932
fast. these matches is as follows:-
the and 30 1928 Batting 57
1929
60*
53
1930
59
43
"
1932
0
0
"
P
1930
戴
1
የ።
P
* Not out
Bowling 1 for 13 and 0 for 51
Walter Brearley; bowler, cheerful resilience of George Hirst. Each of them was as distinctive in his personality and In his appear ance as he was in his play.
Flattened Out
STARTS TO-DAY
Britain's Attempt To
Break "Duck."
NO WIN IN SERIES OF
SEVEN MATCHES
MERICA. under the lender-
shin of Francis Ouimet, will defend her proud record of seven wing in the series of seven matches in the Walker Cup ama- teur golf contest against Britain
1.051. 1.88.4, 2.11.4, 2.42.4, 3.18.3.
It was a highly popular victory,
being the first classic success
for either the owner (Mr. A. S. Henchman) or the jockey, both of whom rank high in the estimation of all regular race-goers, Worples don paid $284.60 for a win and $39.40 for a place.-N. C. D.' N. *
F
Basketball-Chins va, Philippines
K.C.C. NOMINATE TENNIS TEAMS
League Season Opens
On Monday.
The Kowloon Cricket Club have no- minsted their League tennis teams us follows:
MIXED DOUBLES.
Baseball Stadium
Baseball Stadium
Tennis Stadium
Tennis Court No. 1
Tenala Stadium.
piad, late last night by the s.s. President Coolidge.
Chan Chun-hing, one of the Track-Football Stadium selected swimmers to represent China in the swimming, whose illness on the eve of the Chinese athletes' departure last Sunday, necessitated his 'withdrawal, and who was expected to leave last night, was not on board the Dol- lar liner.
:
Baseball Stadium Tennis Stadium Tennis Court No. 1 Tennis Court No. 1
!
Track-Football Stadium
Tennis Stadium
Tennis Stadium
Baseball Stadium Tennis Court No. 1 Track-Football Stadium Tennis Stadium
Baseball Stadium Tennis Court No. 1 Tennis Court No. 1 Track-Football Stadium
Tennis Stadium
Inquiries 'on board the R. M. S. Empress of Russia, which also sailed for Manila Inst night. revealed no trace of Chan.
The three athletes who left for Manila were the last minute selec- tions to represent China in the Games. Yeung and Pau will parti- cipate in the exhibition water-polo. match, while Chang will take part in the baseball contest between China and Japan on Sunday.
"MATTY" CHANG'S CAREER Chang Fat, who is known 2.5
Track-Football Stadium "Matty" Chang, is one of China's He Baseball Stadium
outstanding baseball catchers: Tennis Court No. 1 was born in Honolulu, and returned Swimming Stadium ¡to China in 1929. Chang who has Tennis Stadium
been managing the South China Athletic Association baseball players for the last four years, has been {playing baseball for 16 years.
Track-Football Stadium Tennis. Stadium Tennis Court No. 1 Tennis Court No. 1 Swimming Stadium Tennis Stadium
Baseball Stadium Track-Football Stadium Tennis Stadium Track-Football Stadium Swimming. Stadium Tennis Stadium
Baseball Stadium
He represented Hong Kong at baseball at the Fifth National Ath- letle Meeting In Nanking last year.
"When
we meet the Ja- panese on Sunday, it will be my birthday," said Chang to the China Mail on board the President Coolidge.
KWANTUNG CHAMPION l'au Lal is the present holder of the Kwangtung Provincial aquatic title, and an excellent water-polo
player. He represented Canton at Track Football Stadium swimming at the Fifth Chinese Na- Tennis Stadium
Tennis Court No. 1
tional Athletic Meeting at Nanking Track-Football Stadium last year. He is 19 years old, and Swimming Stadiums ja student at the Sun Yat Sen Uni-
versity.
Tennis Stadium
K.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
•
SECOND OLYMPIAD Yeung Hang-wah is a law student at the Sun Yat Sen University. He represented Hong Kong in the First National Athletic Meeting at Hang- chow in 1980. In the same year he represented China in the water-polo competition at the Far Eastern Games in Tokyp. He is a native of Chunghan, and is well-versed in
music.
"WILL DO BETTER THIS TIME"
"We lost to Japan in water-poko, The annual tennis tournament of in the last Far Eastern Olympiad, the Kowloon Cricket Club was con- but we hope to do better this time", E. C. Fincher and Mrs. Wilson, E. Ftinued yesterday with the following said Yeung.. Fincher and Mrs. Miller, A. E, P. Guest results:
The following will comprise team:-Mei and Miss M. Griffiths.
China's water-pola
"A" Tenn.
Mixed Doubles.
STARTING TIMES FOR FANLING.
Sunday's Pairings. The following are the Royal Now the steam-roller of pro-at St. Andrew's to-day. and to Hong Kong Golf Club, starting
E. G. Fincher and E. F. Fincher, A. A Phillippens and Mrs. Booty Tze cheong, Pan Lal; Yeung Hang- gress, with its effect of reducing,morrow,
times for Fanling on Sunday:-
E. P. Guest and F. Gross, J. Rodger beat N. A. E. Mackay and Miss, Chan' Kit-tsung, Chan Chin- Leverything one level,
The closest the Americans came
Old 'Course.
Mackay and Miss Mackenzie, 6-2, hing. Kwok Chun-hang, and Shek flattened out the distinctive fea-to defeat was in 1923 and 1925, 0.28 a.m. II. N, Williamson, T. E.
"I'* Team
Kam-pul 8. A. Gray and C. L. Stapleton, P. 0.6-4, Rowell, tures. Speaking generally, the ap-when they won by 6 to 6 in mat 1 for 45 and 2 for 24
In 9.32 I. H. Geare, A. D. Hum-Dunne and L. A. Oppenheim, G. G. Total: 10 innings, 809 runs, pearence of our cricketers is as ches played at St. Andrew's
Burnett and B. Lewis. phreys.
10 Team average 34.33 for batting and stereotyped as their play. Indeed the last match, played at Brook.
G. R. A. Capell and A. E. Collins, J. 8. seven wickets for 243 Average there are fewer batsmen with dis-lyn, the America won by 8 to 1.
Smith and C. Wire, D. 8. Green and tinctive appearance than with dis- The following are the teams:- 34.71 howling.
N. A. E. Mackay. tinctive styles. County XLs take: Britala,
+
0 for $4
*T
O for 4 and 3 for 43°
*}
0 for, 28
D
to
hau
There has been no record kept the field with the regimental uni-J. Bentley sa to whether any other player tormity of a male chorus, unlea E. Fiddian bad "bagged a pair" in the Colony Yet there have been a few per- 8. McKinlay va. F.M.S. match, but in Test cric-sonalities eren since the war, Roy J. McLean ket several famous players have Kilner was undoubtedly one. So M. Scott been unfortunate enough to do so. in P. G. “H. Fender, and so werw C. Tolley Amongst the best known are the Richard Tyldesley and Cecil Par T. A Torrance. one and only Victor Trumper, who kin Hammond in by way of be. Wethered got a "pair" when opening against coming one, though east in E. McRayle England at Melbourne in 1908, statuesque-mould.
A. E. Thompson, R. Young. F Hobinson, N. Peters,
9.36
0.40
America
0.44
P. L. Leefe, D. Ellis,
1. T. Talbot, D. S. Harley.
MacKnight, J. Hopkins.
K.
F. Onimet G. T. Dunlap,
0,48
H. C. Erin
J. Fischen
J. Goodman. -
W. L. Little'·
0.52 0.56
10.00
10.04
探
M. R. Marston 10.08 {G.. Moreland-Du
J. Westland
1. M. 6. Lloyd, A. & L Bowker.
D. McClatchie, J. Mc I
J. D.
Brown.
and W. Hyde.
¿
The complete lengua programme for next week is again, set out below.
MIXED DOUBLES.
(Monday, May 14),
R. A. Rodgers, A.D. Cop-Chinese B.C. nin.
|U.S.R.C.
W, N.. A. Smalleg, A. Kidd.
10.14
Addi
E. C. Webb. E., M. Bryden.
L. Billinghurst,
Martin
10.20
M.. Nicolson, J. Coulthart.
馆
D. 1. Keogh, G, Marseille.
Ja. M. Walker, E, †D. Mat-
L. G. Crawlay: as did A. C. Bannerman, the Aue-in representative XLa a few men The British, team suffered a set-10.24 tralian skipper, at Lord's and Gare still Individually conspicuous back on Wednesday when Lional 10.28 F. Grace for England In Austra Jardine carries on the Warner Monn withdrew from the team on p lia. That mighty-man of -York- traditions of the Harlequin cap, account of illness. He has been 10.81. shire, Bobby Peel, performed, the Sutcliffe, Tate, and Chapman are replaced by Lionel Crawley, final- 10.24 "fent" in 'successive matches in usually hafleas, while the last ist In this year's English Amateur Australia in 1896...
named two generally seem to be Championship and winner in 1981, 0.8mm, Mr. Boulley, Mri, Webb,
v Kowloon C. O..
• Laadina". R.G.
8. A. Gray and Miss M. Woolley beat R. S. Capell and Miss Grif fitba, 8-6, 6-2, 6-4. -
E. C. Fincher and Mrs. Peddle beat Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Miller, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4,
I.
Handicap "B" Singles, Annis beat S, P. Simcocks [4-6, 6-4, -10-80% pa!
Handicap "A" Singles.
A. E. P. Gusst beat F. Gross,
"C" DIVISION » Binals (Friday), May 18),
Hong Kong Section.
"A" DIVISION, Crwonday Kay +15); Chinese B.C. “A” V Glob
mb de Recreio South China A.A. Craigengewer CC. Civil Service CO. Indian E.C. Indian R.C.*** Chinese RC. "B" Chinese RC, v Radio R.C. Kowloon C.C. Chinese R.C." Army 1.0 Hong Kong GUY UBRO, DIVISION;
C. H. Barton, A., Sommer
Kowipun C.C.University
South China A.A, Indian, Z.C.
Chinese B.C.v. Graduates Ass.
E. D. Walker, J. Morris
New Course,
Craigengower.j
Kewlops Kowloon CCN
B.C.
The team is being coached by Mr. Yeung Yuen-we, an instructor at the Central Military Academy. Nan- king.
LINGNAM ATHLETES Accompanied the three players to Manila last night were two Lingnan University students, Mr. William F. Lee, who was the business, manager of the Kwangtung baseball team at· the National Athletic Meeting Inet year, and Miss Florence Young, the niece of General Wong Kwong-yui, of the Canton Air Force. E
On board the President Coolidge [last night, was Mr. Pedro Blocht, the founder, and the 'present" president of the Pedro Sfochi, Engineers and Contractors : Company, – the builder. of the monumental Rigel Memorial
OC Field, where the Games are to take
Glob de Racralo w Central British As
Club de Recrala v Hong Kong C.C.Deutscher, Klub Kowloon 1.6.0.
place,
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