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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,
Sporting Pages.
CLUB BEAT KOWLOON IN POOR FIRST DIVISION SOCCER GAME
Birack on the head with a pitch- ed ball during a game in Winnipeg, Man., Jimmie Foxx, above, star first baseman of the Athletics, was reported to be, suffering, dizsitess
GOLDEN MILLER AND HIS EGGS AND TONIC
HIS GREAT FRIEND IS A GREAT DANE
WORLD'S BEST STEEPLECHASER
GOLDEN Miller, Miss Dorothy Paget's
standing steeplechaser which was on out-
of the
hottest favourites in the history of the Grand National, only to fail last week, was bought like a pig in a poke, but caused a sensation with 19 The Kowloon Football Club, above, were defeated by the Club' yesterday wins out of 30 starts, earning £12,534 in stake by 8 goals to 1 in the First Division of the soccer league in a very disap-
pointing display on the Club ground.-(King's Stadio). money!
H.M.S. DUNCAN SURPRISED
Grouse is a harlequin Great Dane and a big one, writes a Home correspondent. He trundled over and looked earnestly in my face for several G.O.M. OF GOLF: and drowsiness at Seattle, Wash. seconds, his jowl immense and gravely wrinkled. That inspection is a necessary preliminary before one is allowed to see that quiet Irish gentleman Golden Miller,, hottest Grand National favourite since stable lads can remember, and the best! steeplechaser in the world.
It was feared the career of the alugger, who, wan to tour the Ori ent this winter with" the American league All-Stars, would be serious- ly affected by the accident, but he recovered.
GARRISON
$1.
SERGEANTS
Grouse and the Miller are old but undemonstrative friends. They live at Mr. Basil Briscoe's training quarters near New- market. The dog makes the rounds of the stables and has a
MESS IN LEAD nodding acquaintance with the other 40 horses, but he makes
Steel, Coulson's Snooker League®
PRISON OFFICERS DISPLACED
St. Patrick's By defeating the Club by five clear games, the Gar rison Sergeants Mess secured the top position in the Steel, Coulson's The Snooker League last night. Prison Officers' Mess is second with a total of 18 points, one behind the Garrison Sgt's. Mess'
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Two other games were decided last night, the Royal Engineers Sergeants Mess beating the Dock- yard Police by the odd game in five and the Prison Officers' Mess
clear his preference for the Miller...
INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW AT MERANO
Special Facilities In Splendidly Equipped Hippodrome
AGAINST ANY
FORM OF BETTING
The Undesirable Element
HIGH PRAISE. FOR POST WAR PROFESSIONAL
PARTHIAN'S
BRILLIANT
COMEBACK
New Mamak Hockey Player's Debut
ERRATIC PERFORMANCE BY LOSERS' BACKS
(Ky "STICKS")- (By FOURBALL) Mention disarmament to a well- They are both sober-minded curried colonel and you will see
Under the new leadership of and given to meditation, and they fireworks. But talk of organised Birch, the Parthian rallied magni- take an early morning stroll like betting on golf championships to ficently in the second-half of their a couple of philosophers.
John Henry Taylor and you will get
Mick's Tribute
The only other person admitted to this communion of minda is an-
an explosion. I got one when I Mainak hockey tournament encoun- saw him at Richmond last week. ter with the Duncan at King's Park A subdued explosion, perhaps be- yesterday to win the match by 5 other Irishman, Mick, stable lad, cause this G.O.M. of golf is still goals to 3, after being led by 3 Merano, Mar. 27. who has done" the Miller and convalescing after a gruelling The first International Horse,
eighteen holes with tough op goals to mil at the interval, Birch's Show to take place here will be
exercised him for years, the newly built and
Mick describes him in one Asn-ponent-bronchial catarrh. He has hat trick" in the first ten minates held at splendidly equipped Hippodrome telice. The grandest horse in the won his match, but it has left him of the second half featured the from April 14 to 22.
wide world”
A number of nations have al- ready signified their intention of be- ing represented and all participants will be given special Lacliitios.
proving successful against the TWO CENTURIES BY
Catholic Union Club and beating them by 3 games to 2.
SCHOOLBOYS
Both of the two latter games Baxter And Holden Flog
were very even and the result was not decided until after the last. player had Anished. Regan
Won
the game for the R. E. Sgta': Mess
Queen's Bowling
What must constitute a local re-
by easily defeating Martin, while cord in School cricket was accom
the K.C.C. yesterday Grindley gave the Prison Officers plished at their narrow victory by beating when K. Baxter and R. Holden of Antonio
rather weak,
game.
Golden Miller had come back Very Retrograde Step
McKinstry, the Parthian's cus from a gentle centre on the Heath when I called to ate him. They My question about betting acted todian, worked hard in the first don't work him too hard. "he has like a tonic. The old light of battle half and made some very spec not a very strong constitution." glinted in his eye as he replied: tacular saves, but was given but "Betting It would be a very few shots to deal with in the they explain.
Not strong! Miss Dorothy Paget retrograde step if it were introduced second half. must wish she had another licwt. in any form-parimutuel or tote "weakling" who can take Aintree If the attempt is made I think that cliffs and precipices in record time, the Royal and Apcient will stop it The Miller has put on four stous and rightly so. of muscle since, he won the last National, and he walks' with the suggestion of jauntiness the fauntiness of the perfect horse.
Nineteen wins out of 20 starts, the Central British School scored £12,584 in stake money, and three times winner of the Cheltenham 250 runs between them, being un- Garrison Sgts. Clean Sweep
Gold Cup Steeplechase. That's his The outstanding feature of the defeated for 144 and 106, respec
(Continued on Page 5) match between the Garrison Ser-tivly.
geants' Mess and the St. Patrick'a In addition to their magnificent Club, which the former won by five batting figures, they were also ro- clear games was the great fight sponsible for skitling out Queen's C.R.C. "AT HOME" ON put up by Harper, the St. Patrick's College for 66 runa, Holden taking reserve, in his match against 4 for 25 and Baxter 4 for 33. Smith, the Garrison's No 1 player; he was not beaten until
the black ball.
The scores were:
Garrison Buta. Mess St. Patrick's Club
Bowler
Smith Trim Leach
Ranzom
Total
57 French
54 Harper
64: Sims W 64- Donnerell
70 Funnell
309
Scores were
C.B.S.--266 for 2 wkts, dech. (K Baxter not cut 144, R. Holden not out 106) ME
Queen's College:68 (8, Lea 24, 29 R. Holden 4 for 25, K. Baxter 4 for
(83);
EIGHT CANADIAN GOLFERS FOR . 162 BRITISH AMATEUR TITLE
SATURDAY
Lady Southorn Will Distribute Prizes
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Trotter Shines Of the two backs, Trotter, at left- back, played the better game, Holm- wood being erratic by giving sticks too often.
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Mamak League Table To Date
K.LT. Q. Polleo R.DE.
HOWE SCORES SECOND
"HAT-TRICK'
BARLOW'S OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE
KNOX THROWS AWAY CHANCES
IN a
(By “Rover")
re-arranged First League soccer fixture with Kowloon on the Valley yesterday even- ing, the Club gained a not very convincing vic tory by the margin of 3 goals to 1, a score which flattered them.
his Howe supplied the goals for the Club second consecutive hat-trick and although not displaying his usual bustle and speed, gave
the
Kowloon defence plenty to think about at times. He was well supported by Hill and Bickford, the latter's accurate passes giving him two of the goals.
Elliott worked hard behind the line, and fed Forrow with many well-judged passes, but the latter, deputising for Fowler at outside right, was obviously out of position and failed to ma ́s use of the chances given him, giving a slow and half-hearted per- formance.
JAPANESE-AMERICAN GOLF PROFESSIONALS MATCH
Game Arranged For Southera California Next Month
Los Angeles, Mar. 27. The Professional Golfers As sociation to-day announced that a team of six Japanese professionals will play a team of American pros In Southern California On May 11
And÷12.
The American toom will include Low Beatt, and Willie Hunter, and four other players to be selected later United Pressii
Elliott failed miserably in front of goal, missing at least two 'sitters, and the shooting from the other forwards was without sting, Cairns, the Kow- loon custodian, dealing capably with most of the efforts that came his way.”
Cinh Halves Shine
The Club was well served by their intermediate line, Skinner and Robertson being particularly to the fore with sound tackling and wood distribution. Skinner was al- ways rather apt to ovor kick his forwards, and with Howe keeping farther back than usual, some like- ly openings were missed.
Strange and Railton had an easy
SOCCER RIOT IN first half, but were kept, hard at it
SHANGHAI
3 Tung Hwa Players Suspended
GAME AWARDED POLICE
Shanghal, To-day.
later in the game, when Kowloon pegged them back for a considerable" time. Both hacks gave a good showing, intercepting and tackling quickly and well, Strange placing the ball very accurately to his for¬ wards,
(Continued on Page 5) Wae Table To Date League
FIRST DIVISION
P. W. L. D. 7. API,
The sequel to the Stadium to South China A 20 17 060 17 37
21 10 9 2:42:40 22
on Saturday last during the Tung Lincolas Hwa and Shanghai Municipal Po-South, China B 18 9 54 47 83 22 lice First Division soccer clash took Club L. D. F. A. Pts place last night when three Tung
Police 16 150-145 9
Recreio 16 11 2 3 11 12 25 Hwa players were given long sus Athletle 13904.32 0.22. pensions In addition to the game be. Navy
43 32 25 21
KOWLOON GOLF St Andrew's 16434-3 ing awarded the Police who were Fusiliers' 31-35:17.19 leading by 5 goals to 2 when it was Artillery
125817 abandoned, St. Joseph's ARDANT East Lanca This means the first defeat of the Kowloon 466-71-23 21:15 4.13 4.6. 3 24 23.11. Chinese champions this season...
CLUB
Radio }R.C. of United
RAA.C.
Starting Times For Sunday
Buffolk:
University
Diamond Cornwall
Medway HIGH HANDICAP COMPETITION |Parthian
Duncan The following are the starting times. BA.
12th Battery The Chinese Recreation Club "At for the High Handicap Competition
Dainty Home which was postponed from which takes place at the Golf Club next Saturday, March 23, owing to the Sunday, Stout form perscored Borner inclement weather, will take place 8.00 C. Thompson v. C.
9,04 1.0. Murphy v C. G. Anderson next Saturday afternoon when Lady 9.08 W. Ahern La Parves Southern will, distribute the prizes 9.12 E. G. Finchery Henderson won in the Open Mixed Doubles 0.10 W. J. Woolley E. Black C. Ross Somerville, four times Lawn Tennis championship and 0.24 L. Jack H. J. Bebbington
9.20 W. Kershawy. G. Heyer In spite of the efforts of Stafford and Fowler, who won their mat Canadian amateur champion and C.R.C. tournament events. 0.28 J. G. Chariton TV E. P. ches, the Dockyard Police lost to winner of the American title in Preceding the distribution of 9.23 F. Reme
F, the Royal Engineers by the odd 1982, will lead a team of eight prizes, M. W. Lo and Mrs J, P. 8985. Gellatley
(Continued on Page 5). Canadian golfers to take part in Kay!! will meet H. D. Rumjahn 940 D. N. Parsons
W. C. Simpan B.44 V the British amateur championship, and Mrs. Chiu - Chun-chlu in # League Table To Date:
9,48 W. Stoker, on May 20.
Mixed doubles, exhibition game.
G. O, Moss Stewards of course Messrs. Stoker and Henderson.
Blog Dockyard Police LosoSSA
Garrison Sgto
"Prison" Officers
Central Polles
RE+W.0,» &„Szta?? CPOs Betray Dockyard Pellice Catholls Club BL Patrick'E
WOMEN TO
Larry Gains Knock-out Win In
Birmingham's First Big Fight
Birmingham's first bla
|weight contest for ended early at the
blow, he was waried z by, the
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Among those suspended was KONG AND LEE TO
C. Chen, who represented Shanghai
against Hong Kong in February
8 2-51 18 28-3 He has been debarred from playing
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until December 81, 1985.
Referee Attacked
MEET TSUI BROS.
To-day's Lawn Tennis, Weather Permitting
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Weather permitting, a good game tennis should be witnessed on
It will be recalled that a serious rlot broke out last Saturday at the Stadium: when, following a penalty given against the Chinese, the Re feree, was punched and kicked by the stand court of the Hong Kong one of the Chinese play HEWAN CHIcket Club this afternoon when The Chinese spectators then rush- Paul, Kong and Lee Wal-tong meet own and F. Fowed at the Referee, but he was in- Teal Wal-pai and Tsul
their 2 all mediately surrounded by the Police the Third Hound of the Open
In their team who escorted him of the field,, Doubles Champiónslitp. at King's
YMCA BEAT FUSILIERS BY TWO CLEAR GOALS Goals by W. J.
arneler gave D. Gaurden victory over the L. D. Gand
friend hockey end WJ Geali
Bedi
Park very fast thin
LOCAL GOLF
ADAMSON CUP RESULTS
Oficials of the Interns was tlement and Public Sa
had to be called out
held the upper hand for the greater riot squads part of the
quell the lot:
be
O'Callaghan, The 'Spurs Soccer
Set
The Taul: brothers- sound pair, while Pat
tong are among strongest challengers Doubles title
To-mo
Player Transferred To Leicester e
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for the
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