THE CHINA MAHS SATURDAY, OCTO
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ALL BLACKS FORWARDS ARE NOT YET COMPETENT ENOUGH
Henri Cochet, above," the world
famous French tenais ace, to gether with Francisco Aragon
and Roul Canavarro, will be seen
CAN CLUB STAVE OFF POLICE CHALLENGE? EXCITING DUEL EXPECTED AT CAROLINE HILL RACE FOR 3RD DIVISION HONOURS SEVERAL interesting soccer games will be fea-
tured in to-day's League programme, the best of which will probably be the clash between the Club and the present leaders in the First Divi- sion, the Police, while the Saints and the Lincolns should also be featured in an exciting struggle
in exhibition games at the Kow-for the points. loon Cricket Club next Monday.
BOXERS SURPRISE
-ACTION AGAINST
BOXING BOARD
SPECIAL MEETING TO BE CALLED
BOXING ON PRECARIOUS STAND
The Recreio juniors are making a strong bid for honours in the Second Division, but the East Lancs, whom they encounter at home, are likely to be too big a nut for them to crack. The latter, incidentally, are the only military team in the Second Divi- sion to retain their,100 per cent. record?
The Royal Navy make their second appearance in the Senior
and Junior Divisions to-day, meeting the East Lanes and the Eastern, respectively, and should win both, although they are likely to be fully extended by the soldiers if their rivals strike their best form.
The two Royal Artillery teams. Stonecutters and Lye mun, make their fifth League to-day against appearances Kowloon and the Fusiliers, res- pectively, and, although the lat ter two teams are favoured to win, Kowloon in particular will A surprising new development have to reproduce their best in the conflict between the Box- ing Board of Control and the form to take the points.
London, October 26.
"purse rebels" occurred yesterday.
Seaman Watson, George Daly,
"Needle" Match
A "needle" match will be seen and Dave Crowley, who have all in the Second Division, where the
of been ruled out the board's Athletic and the Lincolns clash at championship eliminating con- Caroline Hill.
tests, are seeking the signatures
demanded.
The latter, who were thought to
of 150 licence holders so that albe staging a comeback, were sur- special general meeting may be prisingly defeated last week by the Engineers, but the Lincolns were in scoring mood and a gult): of goals-10 in all-resulted from
Purses Inadequate Each boxer, it will be recalled,
MAX BAER MAKES EFFORT- TO COMEBACK
To Meet Batch Rogers In February Next
Oakland, October 20. Max Baer, former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, and his manager, Ancil Bowman. will confer with Leo Leavitt, match-maker for the Oakland anditoriam, on Tuesday, on the possibility of Baer's staging a come back in the heavyweight ranks.
bout The plans call for a against Butch Rogers, northern California hattler, in February, it is understood United Press.
declining to fight for approved their encounter against a depleted MARYLEBONE C.C.
Varsity team.
purses, declaring that they were
The Fusiliers, who are fast suc inadequate. Since when a special meeting of the Stewards has been ceeding the Borderers as the crack the Colony, convened for October. IS, at which soccer regiment in possible action against "those are good outsiders for the Second Division honours, being at pre- responsible" will be discussed.
They Now, under the rules of the sent level with the Athletic for Board the penalised boxers are the runners-up position. seeking to summon a special meet-have, however, an easy task to- ing presumably to have their side day against the Radio and should of the case discussed.
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POLO CLUB GYMKHANA POSTPONED
The
Polo Club Gymkhana which has been unavoidably post poned to-day owing to unfavour- able weather conditions, will now take place on Sunday, November
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AUSTRALIA LOOKS AHEAD
Why Oldfield Was Dropped
A.B.C. LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
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garner both points.
The Fusiliers and the Chinese Police, leaders in the Third Divi- sion, encounter the Medicals and the Bailway, respectively. The Welshmen will have to produce their best from to secure the points, whereas the Chinese Police should experience no difficulty at all.
· COCHET'S TENNIS PROGRAMME
Demonstration Games Are Cancelled
AND CRICKET
NURSERIES
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
REPRESENTED
BUT HARROW FAILS TO GET PLACE
Maybe Joe Louis (left) purposely missed this one so that Mas Back would discount his sharpshooting left: The Brown Bom ber is here shown in training at Pompton Lakes, New Jersey for his successful New York battle against Max Baer on September 24 last
ROVER'S HARRISON WINS
ALL CHINA GOLF FORECAST
CHAMPIONSHIP
The following is Rover's fore cast, giving the favoured team in capital letters:
TO-DAY
FIRST DIVISION
East Lancs
FUSILIERS
KOWLOON
Club
▾ NAVY (Sookampoo, 430 pm):
▾ Lyeeman, KA (Caroline Hill, 4.30 p.) Storecutters, R.A. (Kowloon, 4.30 p.in)
POLICE
+ Lincolns ST JOSEPH'S
(St. Joseph's HV, 4.30 pm)
SECOND DIVISION
Radio
ATHLETIC
Eastern
Clab
RECREIO
University
RASC &
R.A.0.C
→ FUSILIERS (Athletic, 4.30 p.m.)
v Lincolns
Plays Brilliantly In Afternoon
A RICKETTS SECOND AND N. A. BROWN THIRD
Shanghai, October 21 Playing fine golf the after-
VALUABLE LESSONS
LEARNED
FORWARD WEAKNESSES ARE PUZZLING
WELSH SELECTORS PROBLEMS
(By Howard Marshall)
London, October 2.
Do not let us make the mistake of under-rating
the All Blacks after their defeat at Swansea. In that grey drizzle they were fairly and square- ly beaten, but they must surely have learnt their lessons. They are still a potentially great side, and when all their injured players are available again we shall have every reason to fear them.
Their forward weakness. though, is puzzling. It makes us think that since New Zealand abandoned their 2-3-2 scrummage formation they have lost sight of all scrummaging principles in their search for a quick-heeling equivalent
It becomes wearisome to talk of scrummage formations, but the fact is that the All Blacks have forced us to consider once more than importance of close forward play.
MATCH FOR
Perhaps it is true that now GOOD RUGBY adays few tries are scored directly from the set scrum- mage, but that does not lessen the value of securing the ball in the tight Possession means initiative, and the side with the ball directs the run of play.
Possibly the All Blacks would argue differently. Let us pack 3-4-1, they might say, in the hope that when we do heel though it may be only half-a-
THIS AFTERNOON NAVY AT HOME TO CLUB TEAMS
MANY CHANGES FEATURED
Two exciting rugby games
(Club, 4.30 p.m.) noon round at Seekingjao yester day, J. W. Harrison won the Ama tear open Golf Championship of China for the fourth time with a dozen times in the game, the should feature the official opening ball will come so quickly to our of the Royal Navy's rugby ground 3core of 309 for the 72 holes, Ascrum-half that we shall be able at Causeway Bay this afternoon, when they entertahi the Club first
two (Caroline Hill, 3.00 pm)Ricketts, who put up a good fight to beat the defence and scare.
and A fifteens in As it happens, it was from a set scrummage that the All Blacks friendly encounters.
The Navy first fifteen is a fair- (Clab, 5.00 p.) Yesterday's conditions were scored against Swansea. For the
~ NAVY
(St Joseph's, 300 p.m.) was second with 31, and N. A
Y SOUTH CHINA Brown third with 312.
East Lancs.
ENGINEERS
(King's Park, 3.00pm) ideal for golf with gorgeous wearest, this argument continnes, lety strong one and, with St. Clair ther, a good course and perfect, our opponents have the ball, for Ford and Benson among the (Military, 4.30 pm) sreens, and consequence there most of our tries will originate threequarters and Miers who after a year's absence, at stand was considerable improvement in either from their mistakes or in makes a welcome reappearance some good movements off-half, Kowloon
the standard of play from that the loose mauls A (Kowloon, 3.00 p.m.)
are anticipated. seen at Hungjae on the previous Now it is sometimes policy for THIRD DIVISION
brief periods to allow your oppon- Bekenn is a newcomer at full- day. ▾ ENGINEERS
ents to heel when their backs are back, bat Jones played last sear (Chatham Road, 4.30 p.m.)
Lincolns
EUROPEAN POLICE
Railway
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The scores registered in the slow and clumsy, but as a general] son as a centre-threequarter and.
was featured in several Trian- championship this year may seem principle it is, surely essential to + St. Joseph's
with those of dominate the game by winning gular Tournament matches with (Chatham Road, 3.00 pm) poor comparison
+ CHINESE
The moral Benson and others. previous championships, but it POLICE
must be remembered that both the tight scrums.
effect of successful scrummaging Last Season's Players (Railway. 430 p.)
Hangjao and Seekingjao courses in itself is most important, as EAST LANĖS. (Railway, 3.00 pm) have been considerably altered
Air Force
FUSILIERS
Medicals Land lengthened, especially the any player will agree. (Military, 3.00 p.m.)|latter.
TO-MORROW
KOTEWALL CHARITY CUP
v Army
Great Ovation
Stimulus For Backs
Every forward must have ex-
King, of the Tamar, is another of last season's Navy afteen, while Lt Cochrane was also seen Jin several matches.
(By FAIR FIELD)
London, September 30... The eight amateurs in the
The Club have made three MC.C. side which has just left
and Rigg replacing Edwards for New Zealand represent seven
in spite of the difficulties of perienced the exhilaration which changes, Bonnar and D. A. Bynes public schools-Eton, Winchester, Navy Charterhouse. Malvern, Repton.
(Caroline Hill, 4.30 pm) getting to Seekingjao yesterday, comes from shoving in a properly
large numbers turned up to watch controlled pack, and the corres among the threequarters, while Dulwich and Sedbergh. A.. D. Baxter did not, I believe, go to
Vale, the Welsh amateur inter- the afternoon round, Harrison ponding depression caused by Smalley comes into the pack in- Col. EL C Harrison, who is za an English school
national, who has been playing for especially being followed by despairing attempts to hold heavier stead of Garrod
ex-English International forward, It is the same with the backs will referee the senior match. Harrow is not represented in Leavesden, has signed for Ayles- quite a crowd, and he received a or more competent opponents.
great ovation at the conclusion.
there is a constant strain and.
“A” XV Changes. the list. There is nothing extra-bury (Spartan League).
E. S. Cunningham, U. S. Consulfety in playing behind beaten
In the Club "A" fifteen, Archer. ordinary about this. What is sur prising is that since the war Har-
General, presented the prizes, forwards, but an immense stimulus row has not had a single player
congratulating 3. W. Harrison for with a dominant pack in front of will be seen at "full-back, while This fine performance in winning And there, as Bernard Rigg and Sharp make an appear- in a Test match against any⠀⠀ country.
a trophy, that had been in com-Shaw made Don Juan say, you ance as left centre and left wing petition for 12 years, for the have our difference; to be in hell threequarter, respectively. fourth time. He also congrata is to drift to be in heaven is to lated A Ricketts, the runner-up steer. And you cannot steer and N. A. Brown, who finished game of football without posses third.*****
The following tentative pro
Five Caps Each gramme has been drawn up for the local appearances of Cochet
Eton (with Lord Tennyson, and his party for next week on the Kowloon Cricket Club's court Major R. T. Stanyforth, Nigel On Monday Cochet will meet Haig, G. O. Allen and E. W. Daw- R. Canavarro in a three set son) and Winchester (D. R. Jar-f match while on Tuesday F. Ara-dine, A. J. Evans, D. G. H. Town- There apparently been gon will play Canavarro and on send, J. C. Clay and HD. Read) some feeling in Australia over Wednesday Cochet will meet Ara-have five "caps" each. the omission of W. A. Oldfield, the gon. On each day after the sin-Malvern come next with four G. B. Legge and F. T. Mann),': brilliant Test wirket-keeper, from gles match there is to be a dou- (E. RT Holmes, D. J. Knight, any official position, in the Ana üles match.
London, October 2.
AMERICAN BASEBALLERS
SAIL FOR JAPAN
Selected Sixteen Players From
U. S. Under Herb Hanter.
Tokyo, October 18. Sixteen picked American amateur baseball players under the direction of Mr. Herb. Hun- ter; sports promoter, sailed for Japan from San Francisco yes- terday aboard the NYK Taiyo Mark, a Dessage reaching here to-day said.
in Japanese sporting circles as
· kralina... team før, the South. The exhibitions will commence Harrow, however, has had more Mr. Emter who is well-known
at 3 pm on each of the three blues since the war-12 than any other school except Eton (17) land Winchester (14)40 **
African tourSA ROM
Many people thought that Old field's long service would be re- warded by his appointment to the vice-captaincy of the team. After ail, the great little stamper bren first-class cricket
fifteen year:
days.
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There Is Record Entry For Next World Olympiad
the man who introgiuced Ameri- ean football here this spui selected these baseball players from all over the United States, the group gathering in Chicago before beading for San FrREETSCO.
Rengo,
Great Bri- CLOSING DATE FOR S.C.A.A.
MEET POSTPONED
£Hošiuras,
you
sion of the ball,
Frizes were also won by W. It seems to me that the Al C. Bowling for the best 18 holee Blacks are drifting. In no phase
at Hangjao, L. L. Farnsworth for of dose forward play, save, per- best 18 at Seekingjao; qualifying haps in the energy and strength round by D. C. Innes-Ker and they exert, are they really com W. Harrison,s!
petent. They dribble in a bunch
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Hank Greenberg Voted
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Spr. Whitcombe For
Rugby League
Tondon, October Whitcombe, who ha
to play in the Combined Services London Counties Trust Fund this afternoon
Best Ball Player Of Year done over to the Busty League
code: