ARMY SPORTLIGHT
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 31, 1941)
THE ARMY BOXING SEASON WILL SOON BE UNDER
UNDER WAY Interesting Competitions In Offing
Garrison Snooker BOWLING ALLEY
League Starts On Monday
By "Squaddy"
THERE
JOTTINGS
By “STRIKE”
game, Hall was obviously away below his usual form, his 453 not being anything like his usual capabilities.
Alley Team Wins.
On the same evening ન Ave- game Ten Pin Match between re- presentative teams from the Tuls and the Alleys was played.
The result was very close in- deed, the Alley Team finally win- Niehoff who was second highest ning by 15 pins only, the scores scorer of the match, was matched; being:-- against Blount, and made 916 against Blount's 872.
Molthen Oft Form
an
Alley Team Tulsa
2937 2922
a
a was really battle of Giants on January 23, the occasion IN TWO WEEKS the first of the Garrison box-being a five-game Ten Pin
Engle of the Tulsa was the star ing competitions will be held. The Inter-Unit Team match between the U.S.S.
bowler of the match, scoring
He also registered Novices competition will be held at Nanking Bar-Tulsa and the Alley Team.
at 7. the only 200, 215 in his first game. racks on Wednesday and Thursday, February 12 the four players forming
Second highest score was con- pted by Devlin for the Alley and 13.
the Alley Team being the
or an in the
Team with a useful 772
of the average 1-0 strongest four
154 pins per game. Alleys. They lost how-atter just managing to beat his This player would have done even ever to the Tulsa after a opposite number by 12 pins. Watts better had he not failed in his
mediocre scores, 135 and 131. 2-0 keen struggle by the low red exactly 800, while Peterson | third and fifth games to make two
margin of 19 pins.
The Area Open Individual Box-1 Coy Midd'x ing competition will be held at IQ. Cuy., Mild's beat 24th Nunking Barracks
Tuesday, 1 On
Hvy. Bty, R.A. Wednesday and Thursday, Maren 22nd Coy.. RE beat D. Coy.. 11, 12, and 13.
Royal Scot
HE GarrisSOU
6-0
Snooker League
conmebee
The Area Open Inter-Urit Team; boxing will be held at Murray Barracks on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 8, 9, and 10.
It is hoped this season that the| Snooker Monday, above competitions will be great-
for:
WELL
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and the! Following teams.
Station Sergeants
Iv improved, as the Combined Ro- | have entered; yal Artillery are getting together R.A teams for the above competitions | Stanley, arici Individual competitors the Individual Opens. In the pre-) vious thres
the Royal seasons
·Scots and the Middlesex Regiment have been the only two Regiments competing in these competitions.
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The Royal Scots have won the Team Novices competition for the Just three seasons. They have also won the Area Inter-Unit team open boxing competition two sea-
The scores werdim
Tulsa
Alley Team
3395 3376
It was one of the keennest and tensest games that I have seen for Messa long time in the Alleys.
Royal Engineer 'A' Team. Royal Engineers Sgts. Mess. Royal Signals 'A' Team. Royal Signals Cpls. Mess, Royal Army Medical Corps. Royal Ariny Pay Corps. Corps Military Police, The first games will be played en Monday and are:-
R.A. Station Sgts.' Mess. Stanley v Royal Engineers. 'A' Team: Ro-
sons out of the last three-1938, ya! Engineers Sgts. Méss Royal 1940--Middlesex Regiment won this competition in 1939.
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It is interesting to follow the progress of players- In opposition to one another, in adjoining alleys, as for instance Ernie Hearther against Moore of the Tulsa, Hear ther made no mistake, securing 925, the top score of the match, while Moore made a useful 820:
Borg had little difficulty against De Molthen, netting a useful 871 per average of 174 pins r Molthen zame.
was cleary off form.
There was quite a tussle be- tween Peterson and Watts,
the
notched 788
It was rather curious that in al The remaining players bowled high-scoring match such as this fairly well, considering that they there were only four scores of 200 had never to my knowledge bowl- ur over. Niehoff for Tulsa regis-ed in a match game-with tered two of them. 200 in his third, possible exception of Pawlowski scoring fame, and 212 in his fourth, while of the Alley Team-the Blount bagged 204 1 his first being between 672 and 744.
In passing I might mention that game, and Hearther 223 In his fifth
mentioned the highest individual score of the type of match
above is invaluable as it tends to the match.
The Alley Team were leading make the younger player keen and on the first game by 24 pins, but fosters team-spirit. Tulsa came ahead in the second to lead by 28 pins, which they in- creased to 94 in the third game They were still 'end'ng by 41 p'n':
There was another three-game in the fourth, and almost lost the Ten Pin Match played on Wednes ↑ Sookunpoo on Wednesday the match on the last game, just man-day in the second round of the first two games of the Large aging to keep 19 ahead. another Singles Handicap Competition. It Units Rugby Foot-are or a strike for the Alleywas between veteran J.S. Landolt ball League were Tram would
turned the and Signalman W. Devlin, of the nlayed between the tables.
Royal Corps of Siginals. Football ~Royal Scots and the Middlesex Regt, and the Royal Artillery and the Combined Small Units.
AT
Rugby
Army Pay Corps; Royal Signais 'A' v Royal Army Medical Corps: Last year the Royal Scots were Roval Signals Crls. Mess v Corps presented with. the "Northcote į Military Police.. Trophy for the Premier Boxing The next games will be played competition held in Hong Kong, on Thursday.
Royal Scots proved much too presented
Geoffry by H.E. Sir
good for the Middlesex. Northcote, K.C.M.G. This trophy i
Capt. Man and Pte. Berry were was presented as winners of the TO-MORROW Middlesex Regi-
ment will play the only two Middlesex players premier amateur boxing tourna- | ment held in the Colony
at the Association. Sing Tao in the who really had any knowledge of
first round of tackling their opposing players, time, but if the Civilian Amateur
the boxing competitions
Senior The Scots have a strong team are started Football-
Shield at the - which includes several Army again, this trophy will be present- ed to the winner
Football Club's olayers and should go a long way of the premier Hong
in this League, boxing competition held in Hung Kong
Royal Scots and Middlesex have both held
their Inter-Company Novices boxing competitions and are both training hard to get to gether a strong teum.
Royal Artillery have also been training hard and have been utilis- ing the Garrison Gymnasium dur- ing the last month or so to train their team. It is hoped to see some, new talent this season amongst the Services.
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AT Sookunpoo on Tuesday "H.Q."
*Company, Middlesex Regi ment defeated, 24th Hvy. Bty., A.A..... in the second round
Hockey of the Small Units "knockout competition by six clear goals after leading by three goals at the interval,
Pte. Sheehan was the outstand- ing player on the field, and his ball control was a treat to watch. He scored two of the winner: goals. His combination with Bd. Hymas way giving the Gunners'. defence plenty to think about, with the latter swinging the ball, about to his ferwards; Hymus also
scored two goals,
The cther goal scorers
Bright, and Moggeridge.
were
Pte. Stickley, the former Colony
and Army player, returned to the Middies side after having been out of the game for some time owing, to injuries. He played a sound game at back, and his strong hitting kept the Gunners' forwards from getting near his goal Pearson, the winners' goalie, Shad only two shots to save
throughout the game.
The Gunners. tried hard but. they were definitely, outclassed: by the Middlesex who had a bet ster combined eleven. This "Coy" team should, in my opinion, goa long way in this competition. Their Steam consists of seven, Battalion
layers.
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The following are other resuita
in this, competition
RAE beat. RAMC:
1
1-0:
10th Coy., R.E., bent 17th A.A, 5-2
DCoy. Royal Scots, beat
TARA.O.C.
Cox, RE, beat R.AS.C Hvy
2-0
Kong
ground, kick off 4.15 p.m.
and Bateman Capt. Douglass The BAND AND DRUMS OF THE MIDDLESEX REGT." will played a good game for them... ·
In the second game. Royal Artil- play before and during the inter- val. Middlesex will be at fulllery defeated the Small Units by strength for this game for the first nine points to five after a game of
mary accidents. time for some white.
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have
Devlin's Good Win
Landolt's handicap was plus 17 and Devlin's plus 43 and the lat- ter won by 32 pins, the scores be-
Close Match....
There was a very close three-ing:-
Ten Pin Match in the game second round of the Singles Han- played on dicap Competition. Saturday between A. W. Muenger and Hall of the Royal Corps. of
Deviin 544
Landolt.. 492
It was generally expected that Landolt. well-known as a fighter. dernite the heavy handicap, would just about win, but there is no former gainsaying the fact that 'Deviin played good consistent bowls, his average working out at 155 with- out his handicap.
Signals.
Muenger's handicap was p'us 36 and Halls, plus:33, the winning by 18 pins. The scores were:-
A.WMuengen.
D. H. Hall,
47.1
Landolt would actually have 453-heen required to average at least 185 pins to win, whereas he only Muenger might have done bet-managed: 164: he was certainly ter had he not failed in his second right off form,
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