Aston Villa's Good
BARNSLEY STILL WINNING
London, To-day.
The following were the results of
games played yesterday:
FIRST DIVISION
Leicester
Fulham Tottenham
2 Birmingham SECOND DIVISION -
1
0 Burnley
0
2 Sheffield U.
2
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
Bristol C.
0
Aldershot
0
Bradford C. 1 Halifax
0
Doncaster
5 Rochdale
0
Hull
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
4 Barrow
Lincoln
0 New Brighton 0 Rotherham ◊ Barnsley
HONG KONG REFEREES
MEETING
tary.
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IPSWICH TOWN'S GRAND DEBUT IN
THIRD DIV. (SOUTH)
FORM
BRYN JONES IN
AGAINST "POMPEY"
(By AIR MAIL)
London, August 27.
One fact driven home in the eagerly-awaited opening to the new season is that football in England is an ever greater attraction than ever. Usually, the aggregate Saturday, attendances hover between 650,000 and three-quarters of a million. On Saturday over 800,000 people flocked to the grounds of the 44 clubs in the English League.
EMBER 18, 1938.
Start
·SHANGHAI INTERPORT BOWLS TEAM NOW COMPLETED
Mr. J. W. Brierley will complete the Shanghai Interport Lawn Bowls team, we learn from an authorita- tive source.
SHANGHAI LEAGUE SOCCER ENTRIES
Chinese To Play
Again
Shanghai, September 7. This season, as conditions have improved, the Chinese have signi-
The crowds got full value for money after the warming-up affair in the Jubilee matches. Goals were plentiful-an average of over fied their intentions to join the three a match-and there were plenty of surprises.
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Association Football League and The eyes of everyone were onja goal on his debut. It looks as if after careful arrangement sent two clubs, Aston Villa and Ips- Arsenal will not regret dipping of in two entries in the First Divi-" sion, another two in the Second The annual meeting of the Hong wich Town. Villa, of undying lavishly into their coffers.
and three in the third. CUP FINALISTS SLIP Kong Football Referees' Associa-fame, celebrated their return to
The two senior teams are the Cup-holders Preston North End tion was held last night and was their proper place in the First presided over by Mr. T. G. Stokes, Division with a grand win at slipped up at Leeds, while Hudders-famous Tung Twa and Lido, assisted by Mr. D. Kossick, Secre- Grimsby, Broome getting the two field Town, their rivals at Wembley new eleven under the control of in the Lido Recreation Association. goals which placed them on the last April, fell to Brentford,
London.
The newcomers are composed of The meeting began as an extra-fright road.
former first-stringers, ordinary general .one, but follow- To turn to the little,
Manchester City and West Brom-several ing discussions and votes it was tively unknown East Anglian side wich Albion, reduced to the Second who played for senior sides like to Three Cultures, Chinan, and adjourned for a few minutes and who, after admirable patience and Division, showed they mean resumed as the annual meeting. persistence, slipped quietly into the waste na time in an endeavour to Young men.
T. U. Loh and N. Z. Lee, stars of Mr. G. F. Finch was elected League-they made their bow in regain status. City trounced Swan- Chairman for the year and Mr. J. the Third Division (Southern Sec-sea Town 5-0 at Maine Road, and the former Tung Hwa, have also Rees, Secretary and Treasurer. tion) before a splendid crowd of Albion scored three times without enlisted for Lido and it is said that Messrs. C. E. McIlgrew, (Navy), S. 23,000, and did more than was ex-reply against Luton Town. Millwall arrangements will be made short- MacCormack (Army) and R. M. pected of them by beating Southend showed their liking for promotion ly to call back K. S. Suen, T. V. Lo, by housing a crowd of 32,000 and C. S. Hyui, C. T. Tsao, V. K. Hyui, Omar (Civilian) were elected to United by four goals to two.
beating Chesterfield in convincing K. H. Chang and N. Lee who play- the Committee.
BRYN JONES IN FORM
style. Bradford, Sheffield United, ed for Tung Hwa in 1984 and won Arsenal, too, hit the headlines, and Tottenham Hotspur were all both the League and Skottowe Cup for, as usual, they claimed the smart away winners in this Divi-honours.
Other teams new to the First largest "gate" of the day, 58,000 sion, while Newcastle United, an- turning up to watch their game with other side with fine traditions, open-Division will be Aurora University Portsmouth, "Pompey" generally ed promisingly with a home win and the East Surrey Regiment, to do well at Arsenal Stadium, but this over Plymouth Argyle.
arrive at Shanghai from Colches- time they found Arsenal too good As a tribute to the memory of the ter, England, in the middle of Octo- for them.
late Colin Veitch, the famous Unit-ber. Bryn Jones showed the brilliant ed player, the flags on the ground The football Committee met on
a two-minutes form looked for, made some glori- were lowered and
BARTLETT FOR SOUTH AFRICA
London, September 1.
A. Fagg, Kent, for private rea- son has found it necessary to de-
cline the invitation to accompany ous "Alex James” passes and scored silence observed.
the M.C.C. teàm to South Africa.
Monday to make plans for the An- nual General Meeting to be held to- morrow evening at the Shanghai
The M.C.C. announce that Mr. H. LAWN TENNIS SEEDING Engineers Club, Wei Foong Build-
T. Bartlett, Sussex, has been in- vited in his place.
A tall left-hander, Bartlett will be 24 on October 7. When a boy at Dulwich College he accomplish- ed remarkable feats with the bat and going to Cambridge was in the 'Varsity side three years, be ing captain in 1936.
For a time he was associated with Surrey, but decided to join Sussex, Last Monday he demon- strated his powers against the Australians by scoring the fast- est hundred of the senson.
FOR U.S. TITLES
Miss Stammers, Miss Lumb, And C. E. Hare Included
(By AIR MAIL)
New York, September 1.
Miss K. Stammers and Miss M. Lumb are seeded third and sixth respectively among foreign entries in the American Women's Singles Championship, which begins here on September 8.
The order in:—
ing.
List of teams entered for the vari- ous divisions are:-
FIRST AND RESERVE DIVISIONS
S.M. Police, Seaforth Highlanders, Tung Hwa, Aurora University, St. Francis Xavier's College, Shanghai Recreation Club, Clube Lusitano, Asso- ciation Sportive Francaise, Sokol, East Surrey Regiment, Lido and Savoia, 1937-38 Second Division champions.
SECOND DIVISION Area Details, Public and Thomas Hanbury School, French Forces, British Navy, Russian Regiment, champions of Third Division, Russian Club, King Cheng, Bramtoco and Kwang Loh.
THIRD DIVISION
Lumb (Great Britain), Mrs. H. Mile, J. Jedrzejowska (Poland), C. Hopman (Australia), and Miss In all first class matches the Mme, R. Mathieu (France), Miss D. Stevenson (Australia). sonzon he has made five contur- K. E. Stammera (Great Britain), The Americans are ranked as fol- Hanbury School, Junior Athletic Club, jes, scoring 1848 runs in 81 Misa N. Wynne (Australla), Miss innings, with an average of 57,98, T. Coyne- (Australia), Miss M.
Queen's Park Failings
Glasgow, August 27,
handled several efforts from this
lows:-
Mias H, Jacobs, Miss. A. Marble, Mias D. Bundy, Mrs. S. P. Fabyan, Miss G, Wheeler, Miss B. Winslow Miaa H. Pedersen, Miss D. Work-
RANKED LAST
man.
4
Tung Wen College, Area Details, Sports Abteilung, Public and Thomas
Berith Trumpeldors, · Vitiaz, Jewish Recreation Club, Royal Army Medical Corps, "S" Football Club, Ching Hwa, Shung Chien, Xaverians and Harmony Haymakers or Hotspurs. - championship, the draw for which was made to-day, R. A. Shayes Queen's Park, although taking quite player, Savon minutes from the in- C. E. Haro is ranked last in the (Great Britain) meets R. Mouvet a talt saare in attack throughout their ferval, Queen's lost a second goal in liat of mon foreign competitors. J. (Belgium), and E. J. Filby (Great me with St. Johnstone at Muiston exactly the same way as the first. Bromwich and A. K. Quist, the Britain) meets F. Kovacs (United
Perth were a disappointing Tennant again being the scorer. and were well beaten by four As in the first half, Queen's roopen-Australians, are Nos. 1 and 2 re- States). C. E. Hare (Great Britain) the second round, ed with a strong attack, and only bad spectively. They are followed by F. has a bye into Amateura opened in promising positioning robbed them of success. Punceo (Yugoslavia), B. Destre-where he meets L. A. Schwartz ashion, but in six minutes St. Johns Just when they looked like troubling meau (France), Y. Petra (France), (Australia); In this round, B. Fin- we took the lead through Tenant, the home defence, however, the vial F. Kukuljevic (Yugoslavia), F. nigan (Great Britain) meets Frank
No low shot from the right wing tora lost a third goal. From a free
bronza the defence into the kick the ball landed in the goalmouth,, Nakano (Japan), and Hare (Bri-Farrell (United States), and G.
Kyle and MCall labbed the ball to the net. tain).
Godsell (Great Britain) meets E. T. bo Sabate Shortly after, a penalty was awarded D. Budge heads the American Cooke (United States.)
tedly against Dickson, but Tennant failed
In the first round of the women's the with the Lick Mansour succeeding in seedings, followed by R. L. Riggs,
W. Hunt, S. Wood, E. T. Cooke, F. singles, Miss Stammers meets Miss Finis time Queen's appeared to Kovacs, F. A. Parker, and B. M.Virginia Hollinger, of Dayton, Ohio,
much of their sprightliness, Grant--Press Association.
and Miss Margot Lomb meets Miss Fortwer had scored a fourth
HARE GIVEN BYE
Laura Moran, of Tuscon, Arīmna. and Browning got
In the first round of the men's Press Association. ̈
the hall over the bar,