MAN WHO
Sappers Win Small SHOT
Units Rugby Final WRONG FOUND LOUIS
ROYAL ENGINEERS won the small Units Rugby League when they beat Royal Scots in the final at Sookunpoo yesterday by three tries (9 points) to nil after leading at the interval by 3-0.
All three tries were scored by Birrell, who, in spite of the heavy ground, was very fast and was the most prominent player on the feld,
Engineers opened their scoring in the Arst half when Birrel scor- cd an uncoverted try after a bout of good passing.
Before half-time Scots should have scored a try when Hunter was tackled five yards from the Sappers' line.
In the second-half Birrell miss- ed a penalty kick and short,y after Gracie (Royal Scots) kicked wide of the posts from another penalty, Birrel scored Sappers' second try when he received from Mar- tin and evaded two opponents. He took the kick and failed.
Engineers scored their last try through Birrell as the result of a 25-yard dribble, Marshall just failing to stop the ball.
Col. Simpson presented the me- dals to both teams at the conclu- sion of the game.
Middlesex-Navy Draw
Middlesex Regiment and Royal Navy "A" played a scoreless draw yesterday when they met in a friendly Rugby game at Cause- way Bay yesterday.
To-day's Match Cancelled
The Club "A" rugger game on the Club ground this afternoon has been cancelled.
Navy to Play Police
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Navy will play Police in Quadrangular Rugby Tournament match at Causeway Bay, starting at 4.15 p.m. to-day.
HOCKEY TRIAL
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An Interport hockey trial select Hong Kong's team to meet Macao in Macao in February will be held on the Club ground, King's Park, on Saturday at 3.30 p.m. Following are the teams:
Coloura:-Y, M. Benwell (Y.M.C.A.}; V. Bond (Club), Crosson (Engineers): M. H. Hassan (Khalsa), W. A Reed (Club), N, B. Whitley (Club): Tejja Singh (Police), T. S. D. Whitley (Club). Cpl. Hitchcock (Royal Scots), J. Fun- seca (Recrelo), W. Brown (Police).
Whites:-U. B. Souza (Khalsa); A. M. Xavier (Nomads), Man Singh (Po- lee); T. Alves (Recreio), Capt. Woods (Rajputana Rifles), D. McLellan (Club); Narwant Singh (Police). L/Cpl. Shaw (Engineers), Gurbachan Singh (Khalsa), M. Akram (Punjabs), Lieut, J. Russ (Punjabs).
The following are also requested to attend:--E. Fowler (C,B.A.),、 Jesbir Singh (Police), R. Marques (Recreio) Sgt. Waldron (Middlesex), B. I. Blck- ford (Club), J. Gonsalves (Recreto), R. J. Reed (Nomads), Capt. Kampta Parsad (Punjabs).
Selections To Follow
Following the trial, 15 players will be selected and the Colony's team will be chosen on the date of the match from these. Several practice matches for these 15 play- ers will be arranged. The first will take place on Tuesday on the Club ground at 2.30 p.m. against a team yet to be nominated,
The Selection Committee have
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GRAPHIC COLE
NUMEROUS METHODS
OF ESCAPE.
FROM
SAND TRAPS POSSIBLE
CHIP! PUTT WOOD SHOTS EMPLOYED
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Sand Trap Tips
sand
By BEST BALL Using a putter in a irap may not appear strictly blue book etiquette to a lot of players, who are used to nothing but a niblick here, but it is being done by the best players. All that is need- ed is a good lie with the ball resting well on top of the sand. a firm surface. damp sand will help this quality, and the right sort of edge to the green.
The latter quality is im- portant. The green must slope gently down to the bunker minus any over-hanging edge for the use of this shot,
The
ball hit slightly downward, will bounce over the sand and onto the green. Avoid getting sand between the putter face and the ball and thus deaden- ing the power of the stroke. A similar precaution must be taken with chip shots from the trap, often employed when the sharp edge of the green prevents a rolling, putt like shot.
When distance is desired and the ball sets up well, a brassie or spoon may be em- ployed. For power shots the player must "dig ih to avoid slipping, only taking sand after the ball has been hit.
Next Article:-Crisp Iron Play.
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yet been informed by the Army Sports Board whether Army players will be able to make the trip but the Committee have every reason to believe that the Sports Board will make known its deci- sion before Saturday.
Members of the Selection Com- mittee are Lieut. J. P. Gunnar (Royal Navy), Capt. Cartwright- Taylor (Royal Engineers), K. Hus- sain (Civilians), V. M, Benwell (Hon. Secretary).
RACEHORSES SOLD CHEAP
A man with quite a modest bank Bargain hunters certainly made balance could have gone bargain- some shrewd purchases. A fre- hunting. with reasonable hopes of quent bidder was a West Country picking up a Derby or other big farmer, Mr. F. Gwilliam; who has race winner for a song when a training establishment at Pon- Messrs Tattersalls held their trillas.. He has bought 20 young Newmarket sale, writes a Home horses at a total cost of 308 guin- correspondent...
eas or about £15 each.
I doubt whether even the last waar produced such "gifts" in the "I am having a gamble," he ex- sale ring. A fiver would buy | plained. "If there is a reasonable young, racehorses which, in nor-amount of racing next season it mal years, would have realised should not be dimcult to place bids of hundreds of pounds if not some of these horses to win,” and four figures.
'I might make a profit. I Bought
more
Five guineas secured year-a lot of horses during the last war lings by such well-known sires and did very well; so I can afford as the flying: grey Xandover, to take a chance this time.""" the equally fast Tommy Atkins Farmers like Mr. Gwilliam find and His Grace, The Black Abbot they can keep racehorses and Alishah-all famous racers a cheaply than other people. Feed- few years back. A ku
ing-stuffs close at hand do not Older horses fetched rather bot-cost so much, and feeding à race- fer prices, but even such winners horse there days has soaredat ne Peter Kahe (with a Cesure-least 50 per cent binbe the war." witch engagement) and Holy Ter-Incidentally, it looks as though ror roxilsed only 130 and 200 we they get many more farmer- owners into racing than formerly:
A. P. PEREIRA
BEATEN
Cpl. J. H. Harvey, Army bil- liards and snooker champion, last night beat A. P. Pereira, of the Volunteers, in the best of three frames snooker exhibition before an enthusiastic
gathering at the European Y.M.C.A.
Pereira
Arst frame 96-15, and Harvey won the next two 69-58 and 62-28.
won
the
POLICE STATION
MATCH
A friendly Snooker match will be held between Kowloon Police and Royal Army Medical Corps, the Army team Billiards Cham- pions, at the Water Police Station at 6 p.m. on Sunday. Police will! be represented by Sub-Insp. Bradseil and Sergeants Pile, Pope Matches, Johnston and Haynes.
When S. A Gray, president of Hong Kong Badminton Associa- tim, took the court for St. An- drew's Club against Kowloon Cricket Club on Wednesday he was playing in his first League | match for three years. Gray was one of a small group who started badminton in the Colony and he has been largely responsible for the present popularity of the game.
HORSE
with the Nat
Gould
Just had a letter from an old fighter named Ar- thur Tracy, writes L. V. A story touch was provided by the sensa-Manning. That name may tional attempt to cripple the Mel-
little to you, bourne Cup favourite, Beau Vite convey
five days before the race-though he met men like writes a Home correspondent,
Frank Moody and Kid The attempt failed on a mil- lion-to-one chance. The attackers, Doyle.
a small hole in the who bored wall of the box at the stables, shotį But Tracy is the genuine dis- other than doe Beau Vite's stable mate, El Golea, { coverer of none by mistake.
Louis. though many others have claimed that distinction..
El Golea, not entered for the Cup, is a dead ringer of his illus- trious companion. Both are brown horses and similarly bandaged.
Whenever I hear nobbling stor- les I think back to a famous French favourite for the Derby, which was guarded day und night by armies of detectives.
Overnight the horse was report- ed to be a victim of a coughing epidemic then sweeping the stables.
Tracy, who settled in America, helped to found, the Detroit Mo- tor Works Boxing Club. It was there that he first discovered and then developed Louis's talent. ·
Nineteen Stone Hope
Tracy now tell me he thinks he has discovered Joe's successor. He is 19-year-old 6ft. 3in. Jim Pow- ers, who has been registering some good wins.
His latest was over a Negro After an eve-of-the-race story. | named Seantore Coplin. a Fleet Street night editor wired the trainer and got back the classic reply:
Tracy claims that when he gets Powers down to a reasonable working weight-he weighs 19st. "The horse is well, but the de- at the moment-he'll muke the tectives are coughing."
grade.
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Kowloon Tong's recent setbacks have been to some extent the ro- sult of the inability of their cap- tair, Frank Kwok, to play. Kwok is suffering from an injured arm.
Tracy hopes to come to England soon, bringing his 16-year-old son with him. His bay, he tells me. is showing great promise as a scrape
per.
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