RECREIO "A" KEEP THEIR TEAM ALMOST INTACT Craigengower Expected To Offer Stern Threat K.B.G.C. AND INDIANS YOUNGHUSBAND'S AS STRONG AS EVER
By "Lead"
THE WEATHER, AT THE MOMENT OF WRITING, SEEMS TO HAVE SET IN, AS DEFINITELY AS IT EVER DOES IN THIS CLIMATE, FAIR AND WARMER AND THERE APPEARS TO BE EVERY LIKELIHOOD OF THE OPENING MATCHES IN THE BOWLS LEAGUE, WHICH STARTS TO- MORROW, BEING PLAYED UNDER PERFECT CONDITIONS.
The stage is now pretty well set and despite the difficulties brought about by rain and the fact that that same rain had the effect of prolonging the seasons of the footballers and cricketers up to only two Saturdays ago, teams have now been pretty fixed and conveners are again considered the west forms of animal life:
things, are making a great effort
never change a winning combina-
tion. Thus we find their team for
to-morrow's match against Cruí- identical with their gengower,
well combination of last year, with one lo-played No. 3 to J. J. Basto in the
exception, C. Roza Pereira, who
STRONG KOWLOON
F.C. LEAGUE RINK
By "Lead"
THUS EARLY IN THE PROCEEDINGS, IT SEEMS TO ME FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT KOW- LOON FOOTBALL CLUB, WHO WERE RUNNERS- UP TO K. B. G. C. LAST SEASON, ARE THE STRONGEST TEAM IN SECOND DIVISION. They will sorely miss Bob Hall,| Talkoo, always a strong team, will not be engaged in the League to-morrow and I understand that
they will be a much different team to last year's. Chalmers, is the only old skip, and Melrose and Watson, both No. 3's last season. are likely to take over the other rink, two rinks.
"B" team, being brought into the who was Younghusband's No. 3 side vice C. M. Silva, who will be lust year, but will have the ser- They have a pretty tough time; playing happily together, over-playing lead for "3. J." Although vices of Ernie Kern and Walter of it these chappies who are res- come a rink of stars which lacks Recreio ran expect strong chal-Naet, former K.C.C. players. ponsible for the selection of teams, cohesion?”
lenges from K.B.G.C. and Crai, thought it would be fairly sure My experience of the
Note that you bowlers. if you gengower this season, I shall be that Kern, who has been a First average
Division skip for some years, lawn bowler is that he is a far think that you should have been surprised if the tried and seasoned would be entrusted with a more touchy individual than mosta skip or a No. 3 rather than a combinations, which are each of but I have had word that there games players and he is far more No. 2, give the blokes selected all the champions' rinks, do not carry
has been a last-minute change up to have an exalted value of the snort you can both on the the team through to their
and Younghusband will continue his own importance than most. I green and off it; don't let them feel success in five years.
as a skip with Kern his No. 3. feel justified therefore, the at you are resentful towards Craigengewer look to be some- opening of this, another season, to them, and if all members of the what stronger, although they have quote the words of my very emrink adopt that attitude, even it lost McNeill to K.B.G.C. eient predecessor, "Skip" peaned matches are not won they will evergreen B. W. Bradbury is back at the beginning
to the fold and will be skipping of last season; certainly be enjoyable.
his With these words of wisdom a rink with Alf Coates will proceed to the business in right-hand man, Joe Leonard lead-
ing and L. C. R. Souza No. 2.
at
"The trouble with nearly all bow- lers is that they think they are better than they really are! Then hand. the human element comes in, the most important of all I would say, for how many times have we seen
Good Policy
The champions, Recreio
"A".
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With Naef leading and Joe
Craigengower will be without Way (promoted) and Ernie Zim- mern, who does not intend to play very much this year, but Lock and Randall are still available,
with Eastman, who caused some up-
Medina to skip the other rink. acta in the Open Singles laat Lock's rink looks particularly season, as his No 2, Younghus. good as Gaddi is an excellent lead band should have a rink capable and Ladd has had any amount of of giving many a senior outfit a experience as skip and No. 3. good game.
Lionel Lammert is a new recruit Field, no longer tied down by other notable member of the side who will assist Medina and un- Naval duties, should be able to turn out regularly, while Simpson is Ward-he did not play regular- will be in charge of a useful-look-y last season-who should streng-
then Randall's rink considerably.
U. M. Oinar has a very power- ful rink. A. M. Omar, who play- ed as a No. 3 last season, will be No. 1. with K. M. Omar and Diek Basa--the latter skipped a rinking outft, last year and has returned from Man'la just in time for the League opening the two and three res- pectively.
Powerful Team
I must say I like the look of the K.C.C. team. I notice that Vic Labrum, erstwhile senior, will be Recreio, although they did in-playing No. 3 to Tommy Carr, who Charlie Rossclet's rink looks to explicably badly last season, will a'so have "Sonny" Capell, an be an experimental one. Jue Lan-should be one of the chief chal- accurate lead, and Tony Fabel. dolt has been retained as third lenges to K.F.C.'s supremacy, al- man, but Bill Way, who skipped though O. P. Remedios remains ar.nk in Second Division, has the only old skip. Other rinks been brought in as No. 2 and Y. A. will be skipped by J. R. Soares Razack has also received well-and J. A, Remedios, the latter re- merited promotion.
ceiving deserving promotion from an erstwhile No. 2 berth.
The Cralgengower team looks well-balanced and should do well against their great rivals. Recreio "A", to-morrow,
K.B.G.C. Reinforced
senior bowls this season are, Dan Crawley, Charlie Strange and Jack Carr, while Tom Seddon is back in the ranks.
Carr was one of the most suc- cessful skips in Second Division last year, and he is likely to be even more formidable with this team.
Meadows also has a useful four. with Tommy Hunter of the Police as No. 1 and Eric Curtis and Jim- mie Jack. Steven, former Civil Service senior No. 3, will be in charge of the third rink.
their
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K.B.G.C. "A" has been usefully reinforced this season. McNeill. The K.C.C. team looks strange Well-Balanced K. Tong
this season without Frank Good. coming in from Craigengower, and and
win and Ernie Kern and al- Randle from Civil Service,
Kowloon Tong will be without though they have a number of Spary for
match against although the composition of some
comparatively of the rinks has been changed, Alf
will Inexperienced K.C.C. and Willie Howard
do players, they should
his League debut-in Hall, George Sherriff und Adam
well make Holland are still the three skips.
enough if all shake down
serious match that is as a skip. до they are expected to.
Balance is the Sykes, who met with most success
keynote of the Teddy Fincher, the in the last Club tournament, and
only old team, as is apparent in the fact is probably the most improved skip, seems to have a useful rink that Harry Gittins, for many years player, has been given a place in with Arthur Perry as lead and 4 skip, will be lead to Howard. A. Sherriff's rink, in which he will Smith and "Paul"" Jack his Madar is the only newcomer of
other front men, lead.
while
note and should prove a very use- Fraser, The composition of the
I gather that Hsu I.R.C. who, I hear will be going on leave ful acquisition.
shortly, should receive good sup-
is not playing to-morrow as he has team is much the same as season with Dallah, A. K. Minu port from George Lee, Taylor and been unable to get in any prac-
Ramsey. and M. R. Abbas the skips. Minu
Tom Madar will make his debut Cricket Club will be retains his
without rink almost intact,
notably while Dal'ah will this season have as a skip with Norman Bebbing- many of the old faces, the services of A. O. Madar, who Parsons as his two, and Bertie but Frank Goodwin should streng- ton as his right hand man, "Pop" Alec Mackenzie and Alec. Pearce, was unable to turn out regularly Guest, better-known as a hockey then them considerably. last season, as his No. 3.
Police will be
last
as
and tennis player and who only
without Jock Fender, who is on leave, but took up the game a few months Wally Mair is back after a sojourn ago, as his lead. Down Under, when he played
quite a bit of bowls, Ted Post, Some Changes
tice.
I am sorry to say that I have been unable to secure any inform- ation regarding `Prison Officers, who, Third Division champions last year, make their debut in higher, company,
Mair and Jock Shepherd will be: skipping and as all three have The two Bastos, “J.I." and "B.”,
There should be a higher stand- experienced No. 3's-Carey will
will again be 'In charge of a couple ard in Third Division but I cannot be Post's right hand, man-besides of rinks of Recreio". "B" with pretend to be in a position to earller numbers who are no duf-"Doc" Guterres guiding the for comment on the teams until they fers at the game, we may be cer-tunes of the other. Quite a num-have been in actión. tain that Felice will do as well as Der of changes have been made in they did last season.
C.S.C.C. Carry On
the rinks themselves but, with the' large number of young and im- proving players available, this is not surprising.
Kowloon Docks will be without-Last but not least we come to Jock McKe vie but have mast of K.B.G.CB Second Division their old, players, while Civil Ser-champions last season. Veterani, vice, although they have been Bob Duncan, and Guy both ex- very badly hit by leaves; -retire|perienced men, should do quite as
FRIENDLY SOCCER
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ments and other such-tiresome well › In better company; while A friendly football match will to carry on MacGowan, who was Jock McKelvie, who played for be played at Caroline HIL | No. 3 to Hollidge Inst season, will the Docks last year and who is Sunday between Middlesex Re
be skipping one of the rinks, while taking over one of these rinks, is glment and South China, starting Harry Strange will be in charge no newcomer to First Division. at 4.30 p.m.;
of the latter. Only member of Pope and Cheesman, of last year's Following will represent Mid- the Old Brigade still functioning team are not available but other dlesex Jackson; 1 Riches and na skip is M. N. Hakusen, Former wise the team is little changed, Sheehan, Parker, Bright and members of the junior team who although the line-ups to some ex- Thomas; Coomer, McEachran, will be given a chance of playing tent, have been altered.
Pearson, Saw and Marable;