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Woke With A Start
My corpulent friend woke with
a start when this occurred. but) could not fully realise what a terrible thing had happened before the colours came round again, and he slipped peacefully the Land of Nod.
away into
Away at my exclusive West End billiards club, not a hundred miles from Thurston's. at the suHT"-- runding public halls and in the far-flung suburbs, thousands of Londoners were also being humanised by Snooker at so much per hour. At my club we play in relays, starting in the small hours: with the waiters who occupy the tables until the lunch-time mem- bers are ready to take over.
Nohady "Flack-Balled"
These busy folk., never able to dash out from their offices for more than a couple of hours, keep the pot a boiling until the fim folk come in at tea time, to be follow- led in the witching hours by the
theatricals.
and
Ex-
The rules as to language things left about" are very plicit. but so far as I can gather no would-be member has ever been blackballed, which, after all is
Lord Barghley, above, Pre- sident of the British Amateur Athletic Union and British Olym- pic Games Committee. WAR TE- cently' honoured by the German Government by Herr Von Ribben- trop, the new German Ambassa- dor to the Court of St. James.
WHY SAY GOOD-BYE
TO DAVIS CUP?
(Continued from Page 2)
This accounts. I think, often as much as the possession of star
RECREIO “A”
CONTINUE IN
WINNING VEIN
HOME FOOTBALL DISPUTE
MEN'S DOUBLES BLACKPOOL & SWANSEA
BADMINTON
V.R.C. RECORD FIRST WIN
OF SEASON
As was
expected Club de Re creia “A” defeated the Free Lan |cers, by 8 games to 1 in the “A”: Division of the Men's Doubles Badminton League at King's Park
AT LOGGERHEADS
PROTEST MAY
BE LODGED
London, November 10.
POSITION which may affect the Second
Division promotion or relegation issues has last night, while Recreio "B" who arisen over the Blackpool-Swansea match at
visited the Chinese Recreation
Club, returned home with a 5 Blackpool on October 31. The facts as reported
|games ́to 4 victory.
were as follows:
In the "B" Division, the Chinese A free kick for an offence from which a goal cannot be "y" recorded their third succes-scored direct was awarded to Blackpool in penalty area and less sive 9 victory when they visit-than ten yards' from goal. At free kicks, opponents may not ed Kowloon Tong "B"
stand within ten yards of the ball "unless they are standing on their own goal line between the goal posts.”
Playing in their third fixture, the Victoria Recreation Club man-standing on the goal line, but the referee refused to allow them Swansea say their players desired to cover their goal by aged to record their first win to do so. The free kick was taken with only the goalkeeper in beating the Sailors' and Soldiers front of the ball. Hampson of Blackpool, touched the ball side Home by games to 2, at Wan- ways to Hill, who pushed it forward, and Hampson drove it in chai. St. Andrew's *R* were the net. trounced by nine games to all by King's College, who were enter- and it arrived thirteen minutes This was the winning goal, tained at the St. Andrew's Church from the end. Blackpool won! Fl
22
CRC. Just Lose At Causeway Bay last night, the only fitting in a club where the players for the long runs of the Recreio "B" by 4 games to 5 in the Chinese Recreation Club lost to black ball ends so many pleasant countries who have captured the games and everyone is so human.eup in the past. Since the War. H. Kwok and S. W. Liang (CRC) however, concerns
"A" Division: A Shock
the USA held it for seven con-lost to EL A. Barros and N. A. In a public billiards hall close secutive years (1920 to 1926); Beltrao to my club which I knew in pre-France for six years (1927 to beat A. E Xavier and F. A. war days, I found everybody to 1932); and now Great Britain from Noronha
Alves
MEIJI VARSITY RUGBY FIFTEEN
Three Matches Over Christmas
JAPANESE STUDENTS WON ON LAST OCCASION
the extent of about a dozen tables 1983-until we are beaten on the best J. Ribeiro and E AR Inlaring Snooker.
This is
the courts and not on paper or in the P. C. Leng and C. N. Tsang (CRC) his club have to consider the The possibility of Meiji Univer- the
manager. customers play
каше дом," said
"Not many of our billiards."
minds of the fearful
Question Of Fact A protest may now be lodged by cisions are only final on a ques- Swansea because a referee's de-j
tion of fact. The case outlined, a question of the law, and a successful appeal 11-21 against such a decision would!
canse the match to be replayed. 22-13
Mr. Neil Harris, the Swansea 21-11 Town manager, points out that{
Shanghai, December 3. lost to Barros and Beltrao....
$21 rights of Blackpool's rivals in tsity Ruchy Football team visiting Not Super Men
lost to Xavier and Noronha 2-21 struggle for promotion to the Firs Shanghai over the Christmas holi It is not as if we shall be up CT. Yung and H. W. Ho (CRC)
Inst 20 Ribeiro and Alves There is a nice human atmos-against super men in the 1937
bens Barros and Beltran....
The matter is certain to be dis-t only remains for final adjust- days has turned into a probability. phere, too,
about this saloon-hallenge round
21-19 at Wimbledon. lost to Xavier and Noronha ..
14-21 cussed at the meeting of the Maments between the visitors and the (though the notice: "Players must The only man who none of our beat Ribeiro and Alves
21-15 agement Committee of the Foot Shanghai Rugby Union Football not sit upon the tables" provides, players could beat, F. J. Perry,
ball League. ja bit of a shock, until you realisis out of amateur lawn tennis.
K. Tong "A's" Second Win
Club for that probability to be- that this is a carefully studied None of the possible challengers, At the Cathedral Fall last night,
come a certainty. sub for players too lazy to use U.S.A, Germany, or Australia, Kowloon Tong "A" beat the St. the rest for shots out of reach. will have two real champions in John's Club by 6 games to 3 in the
I do not think many of the very their team.
“E” Division: keen players I saw at the saloor As Austin played against Craw- G. A. Smith and Norman Smith would be likely to transgress inford in this year's challenge round,
(St. John's) this. though I have doubts even Donald Bodge, whom he beat beat E. E. Lee Rod A. E. 12. about the man who so blatantly in 1935, is not beyond him,
Castro advertised his make of braces.
Courageous Potting
or
Chan
21-19
Yeo J. Bennitt and P. A. Truzleti (St. John's)
23-24
1-15
9-21 10-21
| lost to Lée and Castro
lost 15 Mackay and Chan lost to Roza and Yeo
Eoland Kob and J. Pengelley (St. John's) lost to Lee and Castro lost to Mackay and Chan ... lost to Roza and Yeo
Division."
SATO JOINS THE "PROS"
Japanese Signs Up With Tilden
Tokyo, November 29. Hyctare Sato, once a Davis Cap
A cable, stating that Meiji Un Įversity, was willing to send over a team to arrive in Shanghai on December 16, was received by officials of the Japanese Amateur Athletic Association, who working in co-operation with the Shanghai Rugby Union Football Club, Festerday morning.
are
If negotiations are brought to a
player, yesterday signed a US successful conclusion, three mat- $5,000 contract with W. T. Tilden, ches will be played, two
against 13-21 the world-famous professional the Club and one against the tennis player, to appear in a serie Fourth US Marines. Tentative ef exhibition matches in the Unit-dates have been arranged as fol- ed States and Europe.
lows:-- Tilden passed through here yes-
First Match terday en route to the United
The first match to States accompanied by Ellsworth either on Saturday, December 19, be played
19-21 17-21 2-21
w
VR.C.'s First Victory
7
Von Cramm, bearing in mind the beat N. A. E. Mackay and A. great five-set match that a tired best A. W. da Roza and K. C. Austin gave the German player in It must not be supposed that the Paris two seasons ago. There is! further you get away from the also Quist to be considered now. hah of the Snooker world, those classic tables with restful - green
The Main Problem pitches in West End squares, the The main problem is to find less talent there is for the game. man to take the place of Perry for I have seen players in Brixton and the other Davis Cup single. The Balham go for shots-and get names of Hare, Wilde, Butler and them, too-at which Willie Smith Jones readily come to mind. † say that would turn up his nose and play the moment I should for safety. It may have been bad Wilde's fine game against Karl Snooker, but it was great
Courts and Schroder in the Covered
At Wanchai last night, the Vic-Vines, who is to play against Fred or Sunday, December 20, the se- courageous potting.
Championship last month, when
toria Recreation Club beat the Perry, the world's first ranking cond on Christmas Day; and the Another thing that, to my mind. victory over the Swedish player Sailors and Soldiers' Home by player, at the Madison Square third on Sunday, December 27, makes Snooker such a humanising seemed well within his grasp
Garden, New York, next month. James to 2 in the "B" Division:
Many will no doubt recall that jagency, is that four, or even six makes Wilde slightly favourite.
Sato will join a troupe of pro-when Meiji University visited M. Merritt and Yang Chen can take part in a
thus I am convinced that if Britair
(S. and S. Home)
fessional players, who will tour Shanghai two years ago, one playing for side, not self. Rarely puts its back into problem lost to W. Lawrence and
America and Europe during the the two matches played was MM. de V. Soares..... do more than two players gather there should be no fear and trem-
21 coming winter season. His fee, Christmas Day. On that round a table for billiards, which ting when we come to defend lost to C. N. da Silva and
in addition to the guaranteed)sion Meiji won both games against the Davis Cup next year, but a
D. Lopes..... is eminently a selish game.
best A Barretto and D. Xavier 21.15 amount," will include a percentage the Cimb by margins of 19-11 and Wise Crack And Back-Chat team capable of putting up a much
of the receipts. He will sail for 11-8. Both were very hard fought S. Stephens and W. Brown many people:
(S. and S. Home)
San Francisco on December a I know one London club where suppose.
and, largely as a result of the sut- lost to Lawrence and Soares 3-21 this human game of Snooker is
cess of Meiji's tour, the Shanghai With that great tactician, Roper lost to Silva and Lopes
11-21 played to an incessant accompani-Barrett, once again to lead and lost to Barretto and Xavier ..
Rugby Union Football Club and ment of wise crack and back chat inspire our players, the British
1. Bain and W. Sprague
Jazlanese Amateur Athletic As- Members are hardened to the flow Lion may roar as loudly in 1937 lost to Lawrence and Soare...
(S. and 8. Home)
8-21❘sociation, presented jointly a of wit and wisdom, bat visitors as ever in the pas
1-21 Shanghai-Nippon Interport Shield coming from the cathedral-like
8-21 to be played for annually between atmosphere of clubs where bil-
the Club and a Japanese Univer- liards hold away are unable to make head or tail of it all.
game,
If you belong to a club from which the joy of life, has faded! or zre associated with any com- pany of men from which gloom
is removing the bloom, rush
to
the nearest telephone and order
greater fight than
la Snooker table. The size does chairman
of
the
the ManagementĮ
lost to Silva and Lopes beat Barretto "and Xavier
Champions Win Agaïn
14-21
0-21 1. A. de V. Soares and Koh Fook-sing
(Kowloon Toor "B") lost to Wong and Cheong .......... -21 lost to Ong and Chong 13-21 lost to Koh and Koh 23-21
St. Andrew's “B” Trounced
At the St. Andrew's. Churchsity side. At King's Park last night, the Hall last night, King's College Free Lancers were defeated by gbeat St. Andrew's "B" by nine games to 1 by Recreio "A" in the games to nil in the "B" Division: "A" Division:
J. L. Anderson and G. Fowler
(Free Lancers) lost to M. A. Oliveira and J. 3:
Remedios
A. M. Silve
rot matter in the least, it's the Committee, said that the commait lost to L A. Carvalho and cheery spirit-haunting every table tee, had endeavoured to have the lost to E. de Sousa and H. A. which you want to cultivate.
This is my slogan wherever
go, "Snocker is so human."
INTERPORT FOOTBALL
COMMITTEE
(Continued from Page 2)
two games between the played as early in the season
possible.
Interport Committee
of
OT
Oce
A. S. Bliss and G. White (St LADIES' HOCKEY
Andrew's "gry
lost to S. P. Chan and K. L
421
lost to E H. Lo and T. Lam · 15–21
+ Lui
9-21
lost to
Cheung
texana
跑
Alver
2-21 EL H. Skute and W. Shute. (Free Lancers)
lost to Oliveira and Remedios lost to Carvalho and Silve
A. L. Fisher and K. Shute
.(Free Lancers)
K. Tong p
INTERPORT
to HT. Woo and W. M Shanghai To Play Here
Next Year
2--21
10-21 RAFFLE HELD TO RAISE FUNDS
L. E. Kirby and J. P. Dawson (St.
"K" Andrew's lost to Chan and Lui Host to Le and Lam 10-21lost to Woo and Cheung.... 6-21 M. Weill and G. Cax (St. Andrew's 4-71-
22-10
lost to Chan and Lai Jost to Lo and Laz...
13--21
Although the Ladies' Interport hockey contest against Shanghai 12-21 will not take place till the Chinese 15-21 New Year,hen Shanghai are due 20-21 to play here, these responsible for the arrangements have already started the business of raising fands to meet the expenses that P. W. L.. F. A. Pts, will be incurred by the visit of the Shanghai team,
LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE
“A” Division
The following were selected to beat Souss and Alves serve on the Interport Committee: --Messrs. W. Pryde, C. M. S. lost to Oliveira and Remedios - lost to Woo and Cheong Alves, W. E. Hollands, J. McKel-lost to Carvalico and Silva ... 5-21 senior League game between the vie, Dr. S. To Wong, Comd. Gan-lost to Souza and Alves................... 10–21. two South Chins teams recently ner G. Warren and Capt. G. W. F. and 'asking if anything were going) Kizm,
Too Weak to be done in the matter.
The following were the members At Kowloon Tong last night, the
[University "A" The chairman said that he had chosen for the selecting of the Chinese "Y" beat Kowloon Tong University S seen the article, but in the absence different teams for the Sunday “B” by nine games to nil in the Recreio "A. of any adverse report from the re- Herald Charity Cup competition: "B" Division: feree, coupled with the fact that Ireland-Lieut.. Fitz G. Dan [no report had been received from jany member of the Council who might have attended the game in question, nothing could be done in the matter.
Mr. Stoker said that a result like that would have an important.
les.
Wales:-Lieut. R. C. M. Kelly. Scotland: Mr. J. McKelvie. Port zal Mr. C:M. S. Alves. England:---X. W. E. Holländk. China-Dr. S. To Wong The above members were
given
bearing on the final positions of power to co-opt anybody they the League, and Mr. J. McKelvie, i wished.
Recreio B
1 0.0
0 0 0 0 0 0
The draw in the raffle organised
3 3 0 2 2 6 for this purpose took place at the 2 2 0 10 8 Gloucester Hotel last evening.
C. D'Almada and H. C. Ha Kowloon Tong ""
| Free - Lancers
"B" Division
lost to P. E. Wong and LF.
Cheong
lost to T.: Ong and T. Y
Chong-
lost to H. Koh and F. Koh
St. Andrew's A312 12 15 2 when Mr. J. E. Macdonald, the Chinese: 2. C.
12 12 15 2 well-known local sportsman, won 03.422.0
the case of beer with ticket No. 4 0 2 4 8 193. The prize for the watch was -10 27 0 6 won by Mrs. Fancy, bolder of 2.21 16 11 4 ticket No. 176.
King's College 10-21 Chinese ****
21 St. Jobu's......
1. 1. Álvares and S. F. Smedley
(Kowloon Tong "B") ** lost to Wong and Cheong lost to Ong and Choriz lost to Zoh and Ech
E. Tong A74 22 15 21 4 It was announced after the 3 1 2 2 3 3 draw that the first Interport trial
VRC
1-21 St Andrew's B12 726 2 $218. & 8. Home ... 4 1 3 9 27 2ame will be held on Sunday, De 121 K. Tong “B*
4 11. 250 teember 20,