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CHARLTON'S DEBT
TWO BROTHERS
IT
TO
AMOUNT IS NEARLY PAID OFF
JIMMY SEED'S GOOD EFFORTS
London, January 29.
[T is an unfortunate fact that money makes so
great a difference to things in sport. If any thing should be independent of the existence or otherwise of "filthy lucre" it should surely be so beneficial a thing as sport.
BUT WHILE MANY CLUBS OF ALL KINDS ARE A STAND- ING TESTIMONY TO THE “NEGATIVE” POWER OF THE ABSENCE OF CASH, THERE IS A CLUB IN THE FIRST DIVI, SION OF THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE THAT IS SHOWING WHAT MONEY CAN DO.
REFEREE INJURED IN SHANGHAI
ROWDYISM REARS ITS HEAD BASKETBALL TIE SEQUEL
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 26, 1937.
CROSS-COUNTRY RUN-
ON MARCH 21
Shanghai Championship. Will
The
Cover Six Miles
Shanghai, February 20. Shanghai cross-country championship, the big event of the.. year for local barriers, will take place on Sunday, March 21 and will be run over a distance of six
THIS YEAR'S
MATCH PLAY
GOLF EVENT
STOKE
mile of road and country. In HENRY COTTON IS
addition to individual honours for the first men homes the event is also open to teams. Each team will comprise- ten runners, and the first eight home will count for points.
There will definitely be no post entrance. This is a Shanghai championship and entrants will be required to have a resident quali fication of two months prior to the actual-race.
MEN'S HOCKEY
For without detracting one INTERNATIONAL
scrap from the merits of the
club's talent, there is no doubt AT THE OVAL
that Charlton Athletic owe not
a little to the generous gifts of
two brothers.
They are the chairman and vice chairman of the club-Messra Al- bert and Stanley Gliksten respective- ly-who have as good as cleared the club of debt, though partly by spread-
It f ing it over a number of years. seems incredible, but when these five brothers came to the rescue years age-the-club owed no less than
65,000.
DISCOURAGEDZ-NO
Following Lead By Women
CROWD OF 8,000 ANTICIPATED
LIKELY WINNER
(By "THE TWELFTH MAN”).
London, January 30.
I hear that the course of the Stoke Poges Golf Club has been chosen for the finals of this year's match play championship, which Start on September 14. ...
For those who are fond of trying to pick winners on the principle of horses for courses,” Henry Cot ton would be a good choice for this event.
He was in the final at Stoke Poges in 1928, when C. A. Whitcombe beat him after a grand match, but since then Cottony has been-- Open champion, and his game has im- proved a great deal
ONCE A 79. BOGKY Stoke Poges ought to suit Cotton. When stretched out to its best. length it is a real man's course, and at one time had the high bogey score of 79.
London, January 29. With a view to the utmost: pos- Those long, high, iron shots sible support being given to the which are such a feature of Cot- of every England and Ireland match, which ton's play and the envy for the first time will be played at amateur in the game, are well suit If the sum is enough to stagger the Surrey Cricket Ground, Ken led to Stoke, especially if the greens
outsider the disinterested
what
nington Oval, on March 13, the Sou-are- & little holding on the days of must its effect have been оп the thern Counties H. A. have asked all the tournament. struggling Third Division club, as clubs in the metropolitan area to it was then? The best talent cancel their fixtures for that date. the world would be discouraged and would have to be hampered in their needs in so far as these would
in
a
It is expected that there will befand on each occasion attracted over generous response to this appeal, 8,000 spectators and that some clubs will play their It has been decided to charge is matches in the morning.
for admission to the ground for the
Shanghai, February 20. Rowdyism reared its head again last night at the Pavilion and with disastrous results, for Referee W, S. Liu was badly man-handled by members of the Liang Chi backet. ball quintette which led to the ar-
But even finance cannot do alone In playing an international match men's match. Applications in ad- rest of three of the players, who were held in custody by Chinese what has been achieved, in large at the Oval the men are following vance for stand tickets should be part, by the energetic manager-the lead of the women, who have made to the secretary of the Sur police up till a late hour.
already played two matches there, rey County Cricket Club.
cost money.
The three players were said to ship of J Seed have been the ringleaders of the
attack, and they were arrested at CHAMPION JOCKEY the request of the referee and the C.NA.A.F. authorities.
HONOURED
in
The unfortunate incident occurr A pleasing function was held at ed after Liang Chi had lost to Nan (the Gloucester Hotel last nigh Taing by 37 to 32 yesterday even when ex-members of the Davie ing. Although the outcome had no Boag Mess attended a dinner bearing on the championship, as honour of the coming wedding be both teams are near the bottom of tween Mr. Donald Black: the. 1936- the junior league, the losers were champion jockey and an ex-Pre- apparently aroused over what they considered unfair decisions on the part of Referee Liu
sident of the Davie Boag Mess, and Miss Helen Mickel. Those present were Messrs. N. M. Currie, W. A Stewart, W. Fleming, W. L. Alexan- Just as the referee was leaving der, T. Low: D. Black, G. Milne and the floor upon conclusion of the G. G. Burnett.
BADLY-BEATEN
tussle, he was made the target of
an attack by the losers, who pun-custody. Just what steps will be ched and kicked him. Their man- taken is not definitely known, but handling tactics were quickly nip the referee and the CNAAF. ped in the bud by sportsmen, but authorities are said to have taken not before Beferee Liu was badly a serious view of the incident and beaten.
may press charges of assault against the three arrested members
A call for police was made and three offenders were
me taken into of the Liang Chi team
Women Athletes For
WOWER
British Empire Games?
London February 20- English (head,” said a women's AAA off
athletes are hoping to take cial. "If the council decides to send part in the Empire Games in Aus women there would be no difficulty tralia which begin in 1838..
about raising a team.
Girl athletes are even willing to
mess posts in or
The possiblity of sending a wo men's team is being discussed at give up the next meeting of the British der not
Topportun Empire Games Council.
"It is a question of cost. To send absence team to Australia costs $150 chance of
wonderfu
four mont but it is the
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