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PETER KANE IS COMING CHAMPION
KENT'S REMARKABLE
BATTING FEAT.
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219 Runs In 1 Hour
And 11 Mins.
London, August 21. · Kent scored 219 rums for the loss of Woolley and Ames in the aston- ishingly short time of one hour and 11 minutes, and gained a sensa- tional victory of eight wickets over Gloucestershire yesterday. Accord ing to accepted records, the per- formance of Kent is without paral- lel in county cricket. During Alletson's notable innings for Notts
Sussex at Brighton in 1911, 227 runs were registered in ninety minutes.
There is also on record the scor- i ing of 234 rums in ninety minutes during the match at Hastings in 1907 between Gentlemen of the South v. Players of the South-s memorable occasion for G.. I. Jes- -sop, who scored 191 of the runs.
PLEASANT FUNCTION AT KOWLOON TONG CLUB
Annual Prize Distribution
An extremely enjoyable function was held at the Kowloon Tong Club: last night when the first annual prize distribution followed a Chin- ese dinner.
The spacious hall was packed to capacity with a cosmopolitan crowd Prizes were distributed by Mrs. 1- de Sousa, wife of Dr. Bernardo de Sousa.
HIS METEROIC
RISE IS CLAIMED AS OUTSTANDING
STILL RETAINS HIS JOB
IN IRONWORKS
LEN HARVEY TO CARRY ON
(By GERALD WALTON)
Glasgow, August 21.
KIT.C. REPORT SATISFACTORY PAST SEASON
Officials For The Coming Season
The 10th annual general meeting of the Kowloon Indian Tennis Club was held at the Club House last Sunday, when increases in member- ship, finance and games were re- ported.
Mr. P. H. Vaswani (Vice-Presi- dent) presided in the absence of Mr. Mahan Singh, the President, and congratulated the tennis team on winning the "C" Division of the
ON the night upon which Farr will be claiming all Tennis League last year.
He paid a glowing tribute to the Hussain brothers for their unde- feated record in the League both
last year and this.
NEW OFFICIALS The following Officials were elected
Mahan Singh. Vice-Presidents: Messrs.
our thoughts and hopes, two flights of impor- tance in the British scheme of things will be taking place at the Anfield football ground, Liverpool. That really remarkable young man, Peter Kane, of Golborne, is fighting Jim Warnock, the champion for the ensuing year-President: Mr. of Ireland, in a fly-weight championship eliminat-M. A. Khan and P. E. Vaswani; Hon ing contest, and on the same bill Jimmy Walsh, the Secretary: Mr. & M. Khan; Tennis Representative:-Mr. S. A. Hussain, holder of the British light-weight championship, is Hockey Rep. Mr. Pyara Singh: Grounds Representative:---Mr. Ahmad Khan; opposing Patsy Quinn, of Belfast, over ten rounds. Bar Convener: M. J. M. Pinto.
General Committee Members:-Dr SO CONFIDENT IS KANE THAT HE HAS OFFERED TO Feroz Ali, S. S. Mamak and Firdos N. P. Karanjia, Messrs. M. P. Deb, STAKE HIS SHARE OF THE PURSE, £1000, UPON THE RE- Khan, SULT. WARNOCK, I SUBMIT, WOULD BE UNWISE TO COVER IT. ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT THE LITTLE GOLBORNE IRONWORKER WAS ASKED TO DO A LITTLE TOO MUCH TO- WARDS THE CLOSE OF THE WINTER HE WAS FIGHTING EVERY TWO OR THREE WEEKS AT ONE TIME 1 RETAIN THE CONVICTION THAT HE IS A WORLD CHAMPION IN THE MAKING. FOR HIS SIZE HE PUNCHES WITH EXTRAORÐIN- ARY POWER.
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CONSTRUCTIVE MEAS NEEDED
What is needed now is a switch
it has became
His successes over such experienced opponents as Valentin An-over to constructive ideas. It is all gelmann, Eugene Huat, Ernst Weiss, and Gaston Vandenbos, all very well to point to the fact that Following the dinner and prize title-holders on the Continent, were obtained by methods strikingly football has speeded up, and there- distribution, a tombola was held reminiscent of the great Jimmy Wilde. Until he fought, and beat by conclude that and not until midnight till the Court, last November, Kane had been little heard of outside his na-is more widely held than is general- in one round, Pat Warburton at the National Sporting Club, Earl's more spectacular, but the opinion tive North, but is definitely to-day in the grooming process for ly anticipated that the man who capable hands of Mr. Henry Chan, championship rank.
party break up..
The arrangements were in the
hon. secretary.
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LIST OF PRIZE-WINNERS
Tennis
Singles Championship
S. A. Gray;/
Winner:
Carefully "nursed" by Johnny Best, of the Liverpool Stadium, Kane should very soon hold the fly-weight title. The boy is
Singles Championship Runners-up: note-worthy for his sane outlook.
-K. M. Chan;
Doubles Championship Winners: K. M. and K. H. Chan;
He still walks each morning to This job at Golborne iron-
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Doubles Championship Runners-up: works; he still lives in the unpre-i
She and W. J. Howard;
Singles Handicap Winner: S.
Gray;
pays the piper would be better pleased if there was a little less speed and a better attempt made to introduce a more subtle touch to the game
The players, too, would benefit. for, after all, they are engaged to play football, and would, no doubt, be more at home in demonstrating their natural skill than in display-
tentions cottage with his family, fair share of Rugby football. Har-ing their ability to do the hundred A and he religiously banks every vey has gone to Jack Straw's Castle, in evens. One can only conclude on Singles Handicap-Runner-up: o. penny of his ring earnings, Hampstead, to prepare for his forth-the note that it is to be hoped the L. Pang
which, for so young a man, must coming fight with Manuel Abrew teams will see the bigness of the Doubles Handicap-Winners: C. Bbe considerable.
in Glasgow (September 15). Wong and J. H.Lao;
Jimmy Walsh, it is said, has gone Harvey is a busy man these days. back somewhat since Harry Mizler He is the Wembley match-maker beat him over ten
- rounds in the mornings, he attends at the the at
Royal Albert Hall offices of his physical culture busi-
Doubles Handicap Runners-up:-K. M. and K. H. Chan,
Badminton
Singles Championship Winner:---G. U. da Roza;
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Singles Championship-Runner-up-a few months ago, but he ness in the West End for an hour in
Peter Lo;
and C. D'Almada E. Castro;
should be good enough, even if the the afternoons, dashes off to sun-
Men's Doubles Winners:-P E. Lee rumour-mongers are correct, to dry board meetings. yes, he is a alto- Men's Doubles Runners-up Aweat Quinn. Should the Irishman director of five companies
create a surprise, however, we may gether and, in the intervals, comes Winners: see the national championship and treats me to a dinner occasion-
changing hands.
da Roza and Peter Lo;
Mixed Doubles ““A”
A. W. da Roza and Miss M. Xavier;
Mixed Doubles. "A"-Runners-up:
G. U. da Roza and Mrs. A. E. H. Cas- It has been my idea for some time
that Walsh has been taking too
ally
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HERAS TO COMMAND
Manchester City proposal and give It the careful study and the unstint- if it is to lead to anything. ed support it deserves and requires
It is their chance to do something really big. Will they grasp it?
MAMAK TOURNAMENT CLOSING DATE
All clubs interested in Hockey are reminded that entries for the Harvey says that he is going to Mamak Hockey Tournamen Mixed Doubles "B" Winers J. V.much out of himself, fighting every continue fighting until he is in his son 1957-33 (League System) close Soares and Mrs. Gardiner;
ten days or so as he did last sea thirties Tara
is argu-on Thursday, September 30. Parti-
Mixed Doubles "B" Runners-up:-
B. Allan and Mrs. A. E. H. Castro; son. It is a great temptaton, Ilmowment, and I can command four colars of clubs desirous of joining
Dawn Bowls
for a boxer of any class to gather in figures whenever I care to fight, so together with entrance fee of $3 Singles Senior Championship Win- the money while he is going well. ner-B Basto;
why shouldn't I carry on? should be submitted to the Honor- Singles Senior Championship-Run-But no athlete burns himself up If I had won the heavy-weigh ary Secretary on or before that
through overwork sooner or more championship of Great Britain and date. Win-easily than a boxer, especially if the British Empire, the cruiser- he is of the all-action, all the time weight championship of Great Bri- type such as Walshaw
nët-up: FL. Gittios;"
Singles Junior Championship ner L. Stephens,
Singles Junior Championship Run- ner-up-J. N. Wong,
Pairs Championship Winners -C.
L. Gregory and B. Basto;
Pairs Championship--Runner
M. E. Asger and H. Gittins...
LEN HARVEY
tain, and the middle-weight cham
REFEREE'S MEETING
pionship of Great Britain, and had The next half-monthly meeting They are not all like Len Harvey fought and gone the distance on of the Hong Kong Football Re for instance, who, at the age of 29 each occasion for the middle- ferees Association will be held in and with more than 400 profes-weight and cruiser-weight cham- the offices of the Hong Kong F. Baze, Ko Fook Sing, Peter Pang and sional fights behind him, looks like pionships of the world before I was Gloucester Building, next Monday,
a bank clerk who has played his 30, I should be content:
at 8 pm
Billiards
Team of four: Winners:—G. U. da
JMAJ. M. Fang.