Page
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MA
Sporting PageAS
HOLDERS FAVOURED TO RETAIN LAI WAH CUP THIS AFTERNOON
GRAND NATIONAL AT CHALLENGE CUPS
AINTREE
TO BE COMPETED
FOR AT REGATTA
Yacht Club
WINNERS BOUGHT FOR V.R.C. Favoured Against
MERE TRIFLING SUMS
ITS GLAMOUR AND ROMANCE
1:
(By Sidney Galtrey)
CLOSE FINISHES EXPECTED
(By "REFEREE")-
It has now been decided that both the Victoria Recreation Club
4
HAVE looked on scenes of far greater enthus the Royal Hong Kong Yacht iasm following the finish of Grand National Club will put their challenge cups Steeplechase than are usual after the Derby up for competition at the Rowing winner has passed the post. Perhaps I should Regatta to be held in Kowloon Bay
to-day. make two exceptions by way of anticipating In previous years when two challenges from readers. They were the regattas were held a season the memorable years when the Prince of Wales Yacht Club would present the
cupa for one meeting arid won the Derby of 1896 with Persimmon, and then, V.R.C. for the next, but this as King Edward VII, when his colours were year, as there was only one re- gatta the Clubs have decided to triumphant on Minoru in 1909.
share the expenses and so the are having their Hong Kong Club Challenge Gup
the
V. R. Gordon, who was eliminal- ed from the Club Handicap Singles event by E. L. H. Shate, at the H.K.C.C., on Thursday" last,
The measure of enthusiasm at Epsom is V.R.C largely dependent on whether the winner is the (Senior Pairs) and the Junior CAER CLARK CUP favourite or an outsider. When an extreme out-Fours Challenge Cup, while the sider wins the Derby, it might be going to its Yacht Club are putting up their own funeral as it walks back between two mount ed policemen to the unsaddling enclosure.
No matter what wins the Grand National, the public will give the hero and the other hero (the jockey) an ovation. Even humble and tabed Tipperary Tim, at 100 to 1, was exalted "emotional lovers of pluck and grit in a horse.
What is it that accounts for, the difference? First of all, I am sure there is a much larger the vast proportion of folk in Liverpool crowd who have more anderstanding of the
A HYDE-LAY RETURNS
TO THE COLONY
by
horse Former Hong Kong Champion Who
Played In Empire Games
They believe in his possibilities of overcoming the many formi- duble obstacles standing grimly | between him and ultimate vic tory; they are prepared sympathise with his limitations if such must be exposed in the ruthless test..
to
Ten Minutes Marathon But what really precipitates the explosion of enthusiasm is the fact of the emotions having been so long
..
Mr. A. Hyde-Lay, who was the Colony Lawn bowls champion dur-
ing the 1933 season, arrived back
in the Colony yesterday by the B.B. Patroclus.
Mr. Hyde-Lay, who represented che Colony in the recont Britah, Empire Games, was former Hor. Secretary of the Kowloon Cricket Club,
suppressed. The Derby is run in GOLDEN MILLER
UNPLACED
GRAND NATIONAL
SENSATION
Stock Exchange Challenge Cup from Senior Fours and the Junior Pairs Challenge Cup for for competition.
In comparing weights it s seen that both clubs are about the same. with the Yacht Club a little heavier: The biggest difference is in the Senior pairs, which the V.R.C. pair, although the lighter crew Ar favoured to win. K, Knudsen and P. de N. Ramus, the Yacht Club pair, exceed their opponents by about 30 pounds, but they have the heaviest cox to pull, G. S. P. Hey
Continued on Page 5)
ENGLAND CREW'S
WIN AT MANILA
SEASON CLOSES
THIS AFTERNOON
CHAMPIONS CLASH
WITH REST ··
„TROPHY AND SOUVENIRS
TO BE PRESENTED ·
INTERESTING
LOCAL SOCCER
PROGRAMME
LINCOLNS TO MEET
CIVILIAN'S DEFENCE VERY POWERFUL
SOUTH CHINA "A" TWO OVER-EAGER ARMY
NAVY'S. BRIGHT CHANCES
AGAINST FUSILIERS.
In spite of the Lal Wah Cup ünal which has resulted in the curtall) ment of all First Division games for to-day, the soccer programme this afternoon is a fairly large one, Ave
FULL-BACKS
HALVES WILL DECIDE THE ISSUE
(By "ROVER")
THE first of the three most important represen- tative soccer tournament finals takes place Second and two Third Division this afternoon on the Kowloon Football Club
|games being down, för decision, 100:
To-morrow the programme will be ground when the Civilians, holders of the Lai featured by two First Division Wah Cup, are expected to repeat last year's suc
clashes which should provide very
good football, the Lincolna and cess and beat the Army, who caused a sensation South China "A" encounter on the recently by beating South China in the Kotewall Sookunpoo ground providing the titbit of the afternoon. A
Strong Navy, Side The Fusiliers and the Navy will meet at Causeway Bay, and, with
both the Kent and Cornwall Inj port, the latter should be able to turn out a formidable eleven. They will, however, find the Fusillerza
very steady team and unless they are able to discover any loopholes in the soldiers defence, the latter are quite, capable of securing both points.
..
South China and the Lincolns
Cup.
The Civilians, on paper, are a very strong team, but one must not underestimate the Army eleven who, although they played together for the first time in the Kotewall Cup, gave a very sound all-round exhibition,
* Incidentally, this is the first time for many years that the final of the Lai Wah Cup is taking place in Kowloon, which die- tinctly favours the Army, whose team, derived mostly from the Lincolns and East Lancs, Invariably play on that ground.
Comparing the teams by their Swain and Steele, the East Lanca ure old rivals, and it is unfortunate positions, Rodger is more ex- and Army backs, play well together, The but are of the over-eager type and that the soldiers have sadly deteri-perienced than Rowlands. orated from last season's standard. latter, although spectacular and very rarely cover one another. very daring, does not inspire the Keneghan A Sound Half same confidence in his defence The Civilians have undoubtedly as Rodger does.
the sounder Intermediate line, al- though I must put in a word of Pile and Strange have played to praise for Keneghan who is better gether before now and have ore-individually than Brooks, viously formed a very staunch de Morton, the Artillery and Army tions and Strange's first-time tac every position there is to play, but fence. With Plle's neat intercep forward, has played in practically klea, the Army forwards will find an
Two Points Needed Sonth China have a subatantial lead in the League table, but need The Ladies conclude their hockey two more points to ellach the cham season this afternoon when the pionship. champions of the Caer Clark Cap On Wednesday next the Saints en- tournament, the Hong Kong Ladies tertain the Police in the First Divi- Hockey Club, meet the Rest of the sion at Kowloon where the latter Colony on the Y.M.C.A. ground. are expected to secure both points. |commencing at 4 pmove phytona
Although the Rest team is not fully representative of their best talent, they should offer a very
ROWING REGATTA stern realstance to the champions.
BEAT SCOTLAND IN SPRING MEETING
HONG KONG BANK LOSE IN CASA PAIRS
Rest A Steadier Team
The following is Rover's forecast
·E: Sound Full-Backa
almost unsurmountable obstacle,
FILIPINO SOCCER
TEAM TO INVADE
JAVA NEXT MONTH
The Rest are a much steadier. team and several of their players participated in the Interport trials during the wet periods, when they giving the favoured team in capital BEST ISLAND TEAM displayed amazingly good form on letters: the slippery turf.
little more than two and a half minutes. The winner of the Grand
The champions' strength lies: In National must gallop and jump and
their defence, with Miss Gray and Army keep' on galloping and jumping for
Manila, March 25.
Mies Helbling forming the bul- between nine and ten minutes. And
The England crew for the inter-warka, while Miss Ferguson all the time the onlooker, who has
¡national fours competition deposed Miss Smalley should again perform en him cool and noted how his
Golden Miller, last year's winner the Scotland crew as local regatta well in their wing-half positions. 18cies stand out with condition and-health-is-wondering whether and one of the hottest priced champions in the spring regatta
Good Rest Defence
the Marathon-like test.
and
South China. EAST LANCS.
ARTILLERY
To-day
LAI WAH CUP FINAL MY CIVILIANS
(Kowloon, 4 p.m.) SECOND DIVISION
(Caroline Hill, 8pm,).
v Navy
(Sookanpoo,. 8 p.m.) v Engineers (Happy Valley, 3 p.m.) UNIVERSITY (Happy 4.80 p.m.)
LETIC (Athletic, 4.30 p.ru.) THIRD DIVISION
the horse will survive to the end of favourites for the Grand National of the Manila Boat Club held on! Miss Oamund and Miss Fowler
Steeplechase, failed to gain a place Saturday afternoon on the Pasig will prove hard to get past, while Lincolns yesterday when it fell at the second River, off San Fedre Makati, Rizal. Miss Wong in the pivot position, is fence. Reynoldstown, at 22 to 1,The new champion crew was com-likely to hold Miss J. Dalziel Eastern flashed past the post a good three posed of 1. F. Bond at bow, Arun-throughout the encounter. lengths ahead of Blue Prince, while dell at 2, Linley at stroke,' and As in former clashes among the
Railway Thomand, the second favourite, was Page at cox.
ladies, much will depend upon the third.
England won by one length over intermediate lines, and if the cham. Police You see the horses race away for | H.R.H. The Prince of Wales was a mile course. In the preliminary pions' halves fail then the Rest will the first fence as if only too keen the most distinguished race-goer races, the England crew eliminated again emerge the winners.
over Switzerland to reach the finals, Following the game, Mrs. T. E. to explode all reserves as rapidly as among the huge crowd of
a while Scotland
eliminated the Pearce, Chairman of the Hong Kong Fusiliers possible. Some are certainly oblig-[200,000. Americans were in ed. You wonder, as they go away stronger force than ever and there crews of Germany and United Ladies Hockey Association will
the point where unfriendly was also a large increase in the States. Becher's is awaiting their first visit, French, contingent. how many will have survived to
to
The result was: erass the water jump in front of the Reynoldstown (Mr. Furlong) Standa. Even then they must make Blue Prince (Parvin) another full circuit-Becher's, the Thomond (Speck) ... Canal Turn, Valentine's once more, sach a terror to be overcome by horses and riders that do not re- cognise terrors.
The Last Fence
There are the moments of Intense suspense when the 'real crisis is on.. They can be acute as almost to hurt.
It is not like watching a flat race, which does not give rise to a suc- esalon of Burges such as: come when those last few fences are ap proached. Will your horse stick it? And if he does, will he meet the fence right? It means so much to the tiring horse. There is still the last fence to be crossed.e
(Continuad on Page, 11).
UNUSUAL CRICKET EVENT FOR LEICESTERSHIRE
For the first time in the history of the Leicestershire County Cric- ket Club a home match will be played outalds the county when the side meet. Kent at Oakham, Rut hand, on August 81 next.
present the Caer Clark Cup and Lincolns souvenirs. Casa Pairs Championship
The Yuill and Company defeat The teams are
Lincolns
ENGINEERS
WILL TRAVEL
DUTCHMEN WELCOME VISIT: OF MALAYAN CONQUERORS
Manila, March 25. An All-Filipino soccer football team will invade Java on May 16 to play a series of games in Soera- baya and other cities in the Nether land Indies,
has apparently at long last found h's true berth at centre-half, where he will be marking the elusive, Howe.
A Difficult Task Keneghan and North, the Army wing-halves, will find their task of
playing policemen to A. V. Gosan»
and Ward.no mean feat, and I very much doubt if they will come off bent.
On the other hand, Brooks haa been assigned to the task of watch- [ing Ridley, who was mainly respon Bible for South China's downfall in the Kotowall Cup, while Parker, has the none too easy fob of keeping Horner, the Army inside-right, in check.
Probable Army Failure
Where the Army defence will probably fail will be in the pre- This announcement was mado ventions of B. Gosano and Bickford yesterday by the Philippines flashing across their neat centres. Amateur Athletic Federation after The Army forwards have had the (Rallway, 4.80 p.m.) įreceipt of a cablegram from the satisfaction of playing together, ✔ FUSILIERS
Netherland Indles Football Federa- while the Civilian attack is prac (Railway, 3. p.m.)tion, inviting a team from the tically a new one. To-morrow
Philippines to play in Java during
Ward and A. V. Gosang will be FIRST DIVISION -
the later part of May and early in very dangerous, both being very v' NAVY
June. The team, will return here adept in long forward passes whien (Causeway Bay, 4.30 p.m.) on June 20
are just the type for Howe, who, ♥ B. CHINA “A”.
given a little room to move round (Sookampoo, 4.30 p.m.)
in, will be very dangerous. THIRD DIVISION...
ed the Hong Kong Bank by one The Rest:-W. George: C. Damund 2 length over a three-quarters mile and 4 Fowler; I Woolley, J. WODE E. LANCE
and M. Bryson; P. Gitting,
8. Dalziel, course to capture the casa pairs Mrs. G. White, M. Smith and O. Brown, ENGINEERS Won by three lengths with eight championship for the third con Reserves: Back, P. Woolley Half-| lengths between second and third,secutive year. The crew of the Back, N. Xavier; Forwards, F. Wong, Police
Betting: 22 to 1 v. Reynoldstown, Yuill and Company way composed 40 to 1 v. Blue Prince, 9 to 2 v. of K. G. Stewart at bow D., Ste Thomond,
wart at stroke, and Lenox at 167.
J..
Lakeman and M. Remedion. A
B. Helbling: C. Ferguson, N. McKenna, B, K. Ladies B. Hunce; E. M. Gray,
|J. T. C. Smalley; W. Marsh, P. M. Har-
V RECERIO
Team Of Seventeen The football committee of the FUSILIERS
The game should develop into P.A.A.F. will undertake the solecone of the fastest of the senson and (Sookunpop, 8. p.m.)
tion and training of the team should the weather clear up we V.B.A.O.C
(Navy, 8 p.m.) which will be sent to Java. The may quite likely see a glut of goals. Air Force wit
team will consist of 15, players, a The following are the teamethys (Chatham Rd 4.30 pm coach and a manager. The tenta- Civiliana: G. Rodger (Club); C. Pile p.m.)tive list of the players is now be Police) and Strange(Club); Brooks (Police), N. Beltran (Recreio) ing prepared and the selection of and Parker Police); B. Gosana the coach and manager will be (Recralo), Ward (8t Joseph's), A. made after the team is formed. ! Howe (Club), A. V. Gosáno (Recrolo),
(Continued on Page 6) and Bickford (Club).ORA
Reserves D Leonard (St. Joseph's), L. G. Robertson (Club), Elliott (Club) and Gomes (Hecrete)wlands (Fusi
The Army Fus
(Kowloon, 3 Wednesday
FIRST DIVISION :
rop, J. Dalziel, J. Mentrin and A. Jacks, St. Joseph's
EAST LANCS BEAT 8TH H.K.S.R.A.
Inter-Unit Knock-Out-
Hockey Series
After being held to a goalles Arst half the East Lanca entered the second round of the Inter-Unit Knock-Out Hockey Competition when they defeated the 8th. Battery of the HKS,R.A. at Shamshulpo yesterday,
The good defensive wor teams featured:
winners were
throughout game but
wild sh
Lt Da the net
v. POLICE
(Kowloon, 445 pan.).
lern) Pte. Swaine (East Lance) and 1/Ople Steele (East Lanes); Fol Keneghan (Fuilliers), Grr. Monton (Arbilery), and Oph North East
2 Lancs); Pte. English Lincolns), L/Cpl Horner (East Danes) L/Cpl. Higgins Chapeolus) Cpl. Ridley (Lincolns) (Captain) and L/Opt. Baldry (LANG colmpte Thompson
Reservon:
(Lin colnm) and Pte. Sandford, (East Laner):
SOCCER INTERNATIONAL RETURNS FROM-TURKEY
defoot, the former West Blackburn, and. English in-