THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1935
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MARATHON RACE
WON BY TRUCKLE
OF H.M.S. BRUCE Large Entry For Small Ships Cup
`DAINTY AND DUNCAN WIN TEAM EVENT
A. B. Truckle, of H.MS. Bruce, won the Three. Mile Marathon race which was open to His Majesty'a Small Ships yesterday afternoon. Seventeen teams, comprising over 100 men from different men-o-war In the harbour, participated in the
race.
The couraC was along Canal Road East, round the race-course and back, via the harbour front, Canal Road, West.
A. B. Eldon, of H.M.S. Bruce, came in second, and was followed by Sub. It. Webb, of H.M.S. Diana, and A. B. Wilson, of H.M.S. Dun-
can.
Captain Hammick, of H.M.S. Dun- can, was responsible for super- vising the race,
H. E. the Commander-in-chief, Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, pre- aided, and, after making a brief speech, asked Mrs. Hammick, wife of Capt. Hammick to present the cups to the winners.
Team Price Shared
F. R. Zimmern hit 11 houndaries in his innings of 94, and as a result the Past XI beat the Present XI by 24 runs in the annual Uni- *versity cricket match at Pokfulam. Our photograph shows the two teams before the game with Sir William Hornell, Vice-Chancellor
of the University, seated in the centre-(A. Fong),
BERWICK RUGBY
TRIAL
Greens Beat Colours
By Three Points
The Greens defeated the Colours
In the team event H.M.S. Dainty by (two tries) 6 points, to (a try) teams from and H.M.S. Duncan tied for first 3 points, when two place with 93 points each, and the H.M.S. Berwick met in a trial rugby
China Fleet Small Shipa Cross match yesterday at Happy Valley. Country Challenge Cup, was pre- E. A. Newton scared the only try
sented to both teams. Each team for the Colours during the first will hold the cup for a period of half, Two tries for, Greens were scored during the second half by
six months.
The results were:
N. Barnshaw and F. K. Smith, res-
11.M.S. Dainty 93 points, Duncan 93,pectively. Daring 172, Osiris 178, Tamár 236, De- light 277, Bruce 201, Diana 209, Herald 314, Rainbow 348, Oswald 883, Diamond'
400, Parsons 435, Orpheua 453, Decoy 468, Pandora .547, Datender 635,
INDIAN POLICE
BEAT RECREIO
IN HOCKEY GAME
Player Brings . Net Down After Goal
SNAPS UPRIGHT IN FALL
BADMINTON WIN FOR FIREMEN
Mixed Doubles Success Over Saints
MR. & MRS. SHUTE AGAIN SECURE ALL THREE SETS
EMPIRE BOXING CHAMPION LEAVES AMATEUR RANKS
Pat Palmer Expected To Go Far As Professional
London, Jan. 11. Pat Palmer, 1934 amateur Brit- ish Empire and European flyweight champion, signed professional arti- cles to-day. A fast and clever boxer as well as a hard puncher, Palmer is expected to go far as a professional-Reuter.
BADMINTON
RANGER'S
TENNIS AMATEURS MAY BE ALLOWED PAID FILM WORK
English L.T.A. Give Support To Crecho Slovakian Plan
London, Jan. 14. The English Lawn Tennis
FORECAST Association to-day decided to
FIRST DIVISION GRIMSBY, () v Huddersfield (-) STOKE (0) v Manchester C. (1) SECOND DIVISION BRENTFORD (1) Blackpool (0) ✓ W. HAM (1) WIN Fulham (8)
SWANSEA (-) v Barnsley (-)
FOR RECREIO “B”
Narrow Defeat Of Chinese R.C.
F. H. KWOK AND MRS. LO ON FORM
THIRD DIVISION (South) Brighton
QUEEN'S P.R. CARDIFF Clapton O. COVENTRY
Gillingham
READING
Southend
Torquay
▾ WATFORD
v Newport
V BOURNEMOUTH
Northampton
v CHARLTON...
THIRD DIVISION (North) (Accrington (4) v DONCASTER (1) The Chinese Recreation Club Chesterfield (8) v MANSFIELD (2) were defeated by five games
DARLINGTN (4) to
(Gateshead (6) four when they entertained the HALIFAX (4) Recrelo "B" in the Mixed Doubles ROTHERH'M (0)
[TRANM'E, (1)
Badminton League last night.
Bouthport (0) HARTLEPL'S (3)
v
Rochdale (2)
v Carlisle (1)
v New Brighton. (0)
BARROW (4) F. H. Kwok and Mrs. T. F. Lo Walsall (2)
LINCOLN (-). again proved themselves a formid- Wrexham (-)
York (3)
CHESTER (2) able pair, and
won their three
SCOTTISH CUP (First Round) games with ease. Miss A. Lee, who PARTICK
Stenhousemuir was paired with S. S. Liang, show-Vale O'Coba ed great improvement.
Scores were:-
(C.R.C.);
✓ DUNBARTON BUCKIE
THISTLE
'Beith THIRD LANARK Y Cree Town EAST STIRLING Raith
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. L. Shute, the Fire Brigade's No. 1'palt, again, A very amusing Incident oc-won all their games when the Fire H. Kwok and Mrs. T. F. Le Dumbermling carred on the Y.M.C.A. ground yes- Brigade defeated the St. Andrews' beat A. M. Rodrigues and Miss. terday afternoon when the Police Club by the odd game in nine in Indian team defeated a team from the Mixed Doubles the Recreio by two clear goals in
C. Silva Badminton beat H. A. Alveg and Mise 0.
Ribeiro beat L. Carvalho and Miss S.
Remedior
League at the Central Police Sta- tion last night,
Scores were
a friendly hockey encounter.
During the first half, the Police made a sudden raid led by Rulia A, B, L: Shute and Mrs. Shute (Fire Khan, who gathered the ball out Brigade):- side the circle and ran straight beat E. F. Fincher and Miss M.
... 21-14 through the defence to net into an beat H, Kew and Miss P. Gittins 21-3 open goal.
best F. A. Broadbridge and Miss
M. Woolley
L
He was travelling so fast that he was unable to stop himacit, and
Churn
8. S. Liang and Miss A. (CRC):
Test to Rodrigues and Miss Silva beat Alves and Miss Ribeiro
Carvalho and lost to
Mias Remedios 21-5 I. T. Woo and Miss W.
[(C.R.C.) ;.
ping over the back-boards and pull-lost to Fincher and Miss Churn 17-21 lost to ing the net down with him. So beat Kew and Miss Gittins ... great was the force of his fall, that beat Broadbridge
Woolley
FORPAR
Vale of Atholl
21-11 CELTIC
Fraserburgh
21- Falkirk
EI
ALBION QUEEN'S PARK East Fife
Lee BRECHIN
Peebles Rovers. 921 RANGERS. 21-11 INVERNESS
CALEDONIAN 9-21 KING'S PARK
ST. J'STONE
Cheung HEARTS
HAMILTON
v Chirnside United HIBERNIAN
v Montrose
v DUNDEE UTD,
V ABERDEEN
Paisley Acas
v. Alloa
CLYDE
▾ Leith
v ST. MIRREN
Cowdenbeath.
support the proposal of the Czecho-Slovakian Lawn Tennis Association to delete from the international rules, the auction prohibiting amateur players ac2 cepting money for posing for action films.
DRIFT TOWARDS PRO TENNIS FELT
OPEN TOURNAMENT AT WIMBLEDON SOON
PERRY AND AUSTIN BIDE TIME
PRED
LONDON, JANUARY, 12, DREDICTIONS THAT FRED PERRY AND H. WILFRED AUSTIN WILL BECOME PROFESSIONALS WITHIN A FEW MONTHS AND THAT WIMBLEDON WILL BECOME AN OPEN TOURNAMENT WITHIN TWO OR THREE YEARS ARE BEING MADE BY WELL INFORMED LAWN TENNIS EXPERTS.
The opinion of British entusiasts, long conservative and anxious to maintain "the fair name of amateurism" in the fore- front of the game, is fast chang ng in favour of the professional. An illustration of this change of attitude was provided at the recent five-day professional championship meeting at Wem bley, on the outskirts of London.
Despite thick fogs which penetraled the building and made transportation between the city and Wembley difficult, big crowds were attracted to the meeting, culminating with a gallery of abouf twelve thousand on the final night,
An earlier professional tourna- ment at Southport, Lancashire,
INTER-CLUB TENNIS proved such a success that the
ATTRACTION
Canton Germans To Visit K.C.C.
LARGE PROGRAMME FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
The Canton German Club will be the guests of the Kowloon Cricket Club in a series of lawn
local authorities decided to make it an annual affair.
While Perry has so far declined some very attractive offers for his professional services, it is believed In well Informed circles that he is merely awaiting a more opportune moment, although his defeat by Crawford in the Australian cham.. pionship may now make a little difference.
Austin As Well Austin also has turned down
LOVELOCK TAKES UP tennis encounters during Saturday financial offers but it is believed
RUGBY
Famous Miler Plays For St. Mary's
OWEN-SMITH MAKES RE-APPEARANCE
London.
afternoon and the whole of Sun-that in his case, too, it is merely a matter of time, and that once day up till 4 p.m.de
An extensive programme of Perry takes the plunge Austin will events, including Men's Singles, follow shortly afterwards. Some Men's Doubles; Mixed Doubles, authorities believe that both men will retain their amateur atatus will be held.
Canton are sending down a very long enough to defend the Davis
Cup in 1985, E strong team captained by George Without these two men Britain's Bodiker. Other members of the mids
visiting team will probably be:amatour lawn tennis
strength
C. A. L. Wright, C. E. Watson, H. would be almost negligible for V. Essen, H. Schneider and E, there are no other players in the country who are in the same street
Diliner.
Strong Ladies Team
J. E. Lovelock, the celebrated New Zealand miler, has turned his
with them. So anxious are the attention to Rugby football, He
officials of the Lawn Tennis As- The ladies' section will be re:sociation to retain their services plays as a centre-three-quarter in the. St. Mary's Hospital (London) presented by Mra, H. Fischer, who that some members of the council fifteen.
last year won the Shanghai Laare said to favour loosening up the While up at Oxford University, dies Singles tennis championship, laws governing amateurism in such a way that both Perry and Austin where he went from Otago Univer. Mrs. L Fischer Mrs. M: Leh sity, New Zealand, he gained hiemann, Mrs. A. Kanter, and two could personally receive payment colours for athletics, cross-country others, who have yet to be noming for acting in "educational" films
ated.
but still retain their amateur status running and boxing.
The following K. C. C. players in the eyes of the L.T.A.
It will be recalled that prior to
His versatility was well illustrat
ed, when he gave a splendid dis- have been invited, and selections play of rugger on his debut for the will be made at a later date: his trip to the United States and
C. Fincher, J. S. Australia, Perry participated in a hospital fifteen against the West of Messrs. E. Kent at Tonbidge recently.
Smith, R.
S. Capell, F Algeries of ten short films entitled Lovelock entered St. Mary's Hos-Broadbridge S. A Gray W W How to Play Tennis." He was pital as a student on coming down Hirst, A. Hansen, D. S. Green, A opposed by Dan Maskell, the Bri
G. Phillipens, V. Freeman, Miss tish professional champion, and from Oxford last July
M. Grifiths arid Misa A. Macken the commentary was spoken by: {zie.pl w
"Big Bill" Tilden. The films were There will be several other la- made by a British company which dies in addition to those mention paid an unspecified sum for Perry's ed.
appearances but, according to the We are asked to state that there film company and the LTA, this Rosyth Dockyard enforced retirement from the game will be no cricket at the ECC sum was paid over to charities.
Clichnacuddin v'Edinburgh v. Arbroath
v Solway Star
QUEEN OH,
Y KILMARNOCK
Owen-Smith's Re-appearance The same match was notable for the fact that H. G. Owen-Smith, former famous England full-back,| made his first appearance since his
he ran through the goalmouth, trip (Fire Brigade):
W. M. Smith and Mrs. Kirkwood lost to Rodrigues and Miss Silva lost to Alves and Miss Ribeiro
Carvalho and Miss
Аут
6-21}
8.21 MORTON
V BADESS
Galston
and Miss
21-9 Remedios 21-12
16-21
St. Bernard's
AIRDRIEONIANS
BERWICK
RANGERS
V
Recreation
last season.
DUNDEE
v. Motherwell
F. A: CUP: (Fourth Round)"
v Stockport
Y ARSENAL
v. Liverpool
LEEDS
he snapped the upright and die- lodged the crossbar, which fall in
a heap on the top of him.
The game was continued with only one upright representing one half of the goal.
Midway through the second half, the Police increased their lead through Karnail Singh.
ཀ,!,
J. Gardiner and Miss 8. Dalsiel (Fire TAIKOO BEAT “Y”
Brigade)
lost to Fincher and Miss Churn 5-21 lost to Broadbridge and Miss lost to Kew and Miss Gittins 10-21
Woolley
CORRESPONDENCE
21
Association Yet To Record Win
GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT
BRADFORD G Leicester BLACKBURN Norwich BURNLEY NOTTS F. Southampton TOTTENHAM PORTSMOUTH Swindon
v-Luton
v Manchester U.
V BRMINGHAM
▼ Newcastle
v. Bristol C.
:
on Saturday and no American Thus Perry's amateur status was His kicking, tackling and handl Lawn Tennis tournament on Sun- not affected. ing were splendid..
day, the ground having been re
Good Money A South African by birth, he has
served for this special occasion. It la obvous, however, that there played for the Springboka in the The Programme is good money in the game and cricket test matches against Eag-
The Canton players arrive by neither man la exceptionally land. While up at Oxford he ob tained his "Blue" for cricket and steamer and will meet the K: C. C. wealthy at the moment. Even if Rugby and a half-Blue for boxing at tennis, commencing at 2.30 p.m. the LT.A. passed a measure per-
mitting film acting for personal Lovelock will be long remember- on Saturday, May
The Canton team will be the gain it is believed that Britain's ed in America as the man who ran aruarvelous mile in the Oxford-guests of honour at an informal two stars would go the whole hog Cambridge vereus Princeton-Cornell dinner and dance on Saturday and join the professional ranks for it appears that match last year) - Chased hard by night at the R. C. C., and will con- anyway, for it Results in G. M. Young
William R. Bonthron, the New Zea tinue their programme on Sunday plenty of money is to be picked up, even by the losers, in profess lander set up a world record of im. morning Cup Series Sir-With regard to the China G. A. Smith and Miss K. Sum-
Fleet Boxing Championships, which mers were the strongest pair for [Figures in bracketa denote result 7.68. That time has since been bea- Titia will be served at the K.sonal tournaments. Latest results in the Stubbs took place last Saturday at the the home team, winning all their of corresponding game last season, and ten by Glenn V. Cunningham of C. C., and the programme will be Perry and Austin do join the teams in capital letter are favoured to Kansas, who returend 4m. 6,78 concluded during the afternoon, paid players, they are likely to Shield golf competition are as fol- China Fleet Club, I would like games, while D. Cameron and Miss win. All teams mentioned arst are when beating Bonthron at the Pal. the visitors leaving for Canton by start a large scale exodus from the
through the columns of your news-3. Haines were the most succesful playing at home.]
STUBBS SHIELD GOLF
Boxing Challenge
Playing in the Mixed Doubles DERBY Badminton League at Taikoo last Plymouth night, the Talkoo Recreation Club SUNDERLAND defeater the TM.C.A. by 6 games Wolves
Reading
To the Editor, "China Mail".] -to 3
Second round: H.K. University paper, to issue a challenge to pair for the winning two of
·beat Canadian Pacific Band 2, Stoker Dawson or any middle their Dodwell and Co., beat Gilman and weight In the Colony over any Cond-up distance, the match to take
ohird round: University beat A. at the next prot
P. C. 3 and 2; Chartered Bank beat This challenge can be ace Govt. Medical Dept. 8 and 2.Jar by Able Seaman Barry also at the dine, Matheson have yet to play welter-weight limit;
Dairy Farm Co, and Kowloon-
and
Canton Railway to meet Dadwell
Bec
The concluding results
und pf
JACK E TERSON
Able Seaman.
H.M.3 Herm.44;
FAMO
RACEHORSE DEAD:
W. BROM.
✓ PRESTON
v. Swansea: BOLTON
v Everton
WEDNESDAY HILLWALL
▼ Sheffield U
mer Stadlum,USA
the 4.55 p.m. train.
OVER SUFFOLK British Golfers Protest
Scores were
HERMES SOCCER WIN
Bath and Mie K. Bummer
CRISTO
and
21-18 Three Goals Victory
In Friendly
amateur field on the part of numerous other Europeanstars. Such drawing cards as Christian Boussus and Andre Merlin, of France, Baron Gottfried von Cramm, of Germany, and Enrique Maler, of Spain, might respond to
Against French Labour Ban templing offers
(Continued an, Page 5)
AHMADAR RETURNING
FROM LEAVE
A H. Madar