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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
NOTICE TO MEMBERS THIRTEENTH RACE MEETING Saturday, 16th December, 1950.
There are eight races. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race will be run at 2.00 p.m.
Through Tickets ( Races-$10.00) may be obtained at the Compradore Office of the Treasurers, 1st floor, Telephone House, also tickets for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting as well as the Special Cash Sweep on the "Pearce Memorial Cupi scheduled to be run on 28th February, 1951.
To avoid congestion at the Club's Offices at Telephone House, non-inembers are requested to purchase their sweep tickets at the Club's Branch Offices at -
5, D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong
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302, Nathan Road, Kowloon,
MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE
Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.
Badges admitting Indles not in possession of Brooches or Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary on the written or personal introduction of a member, such member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for pay- ment of all chits etc.
Badges admitting to Members Enclosure will NOT be on sale at
at the RACE COURSE.
The Branch Offices and the Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11.00. n.m. and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 am. The Treasurers' Compradore Office and the Secretary's Office are situated at 1st Floor, Telephone House,
A limited number of times will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ortiere d in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel: 27810).
NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEETING.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $3.00 including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable at The Gate.
BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN ETC., WILL NOT DE PER- MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB DURING THE RACE MEETING. MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
· SERVANTS' PASSES
Servants' passes will be issued to privato box holders only, who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure except for passing through on their duties and must remain in their employers' Ktand.
BY ORDER,
6. A. BLEAF,
Scoretery.
WEEK-END CRICKET
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Week-end Softball
TERRIES' TUSSLE WITH MADCAPS HOLDS THE CENTRE OF THE
By
STAGE
"GRANDSTAND”
The match of the week- end is the Hazzard Shield encounter between Austra- lia and England at Chater Road on Sunday. The Aus- tralians have named the players they are to plck their team from and nre, 1 in the previous
The Braves-Americans tussle scheduled for tomorrow at 3.30 p.m. matches, short of bowlers has been postponed as the Maple Leafers find they cannot field a fall other than for Tommy team this weck, but instead an exhibition game between the USS Floydı Mahon, Tony Weller and R. | Bay and the Homuntin Warriors will be played. G. Craig.
Their batting, with Noel Arthy, Neville Oliver, Weller, Craig, E. C. Fincher and George Hong Choy, is formidable enough,
There are three First Division League matches on today and two Second Division League matches, with one more on Sun day.
Craigengower's meeting with Recrelo at King's Park in the First Division tomorrow is the League match of the week. The Valley team have never been notoriously successful at King's Park and if they are the
improved team they seen to be this match will be the real teat.
Optimista are
at home at Chater Road to the Indian Re- creation Club and the Indians will find it extremely difficult to repeat their зен
ten wickets' victory of Inst season.
Royal Navy are at home to the Kowloon Cricket Club and should be able to give their visitors a very good match.
In the Second Division, Army are at home to University and KCC to Navy today while on Sunday Dockyard are home to the RAF.
THE TEAMS
al
HAZZARD SHIELD Australian Residents against - gilat XI at Chater Road on Sunday, 10, commencing 13 a.m.
Ran-
herp:-N. R. Oliver, N. E. Arthy, EA. Weller, R. G. Craig, Dr Tribe, T. P. Mahon, H. icine. J. It. Cook, E. C. Fincher. 9. Hong Choy, Cpl Guest, HAAF, Rt. Leaty, J. C. Flitcroft,
The actual team to play will be selected from the above-named, who are requested to be at the ground by 10.35 .m. on the date inentioned.
of the softball stage will be occupied by the St Teresa's v Madcaps conflict which For fans whose thirst for Senior League blood must be satisfied, the centre promises to he full of action, as the bitter rivals are both craving to get back into battle for a decisive verdict in what will probably be their Inst encounter this
season.
The other senior tilts do not promise much excitement as Americans take on Fred Diesta's Dodgers, while the Pandas tangle with the second the revived division Reds.
The lone scule in the ladies' circull this week will be be- tween the front-running Wahoos and the cellar-doomed White Fangs, with the champions probably starting with their re- nerves,
The tailspinning Junior Lea- que Grins, who dropped four verdlets in a row after remain- ing undefeated for almost two months in the Gold section, will be
put to a severe test this after- noon
which
will decide in the pan or made whether they were just a fash genuine stuff.
of the
BPARKS WILL FLY One thing fans can be sure of this week when the Madcaps meet St. Teresa's at 2.00 p.m. tomorrow, and that iz, sparks Falcons should be able to take will fly. still hanging on to a slender that the latter are lust one The Makappers are the Mustangs despite the fact hold in the top bracket of the notch above the Falcons in the Senior League, and St Teresa's League table, while it is dout:- are not likely to forget eually fut if the truant Spartans, still that li wan these same Madcapscurrying a chip on their colles- who blasted their pennant hopestive shoulders, will turn to smithereens month ago against the leading Rexes, who with a 0-5 noseout thal reare likely to earn a cheap win sulted in a heated protest on an by forfeit. umpire's call, which is still not INTERNATIONAL SERIES yet decided,
After two preliminary hear-
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and judg
number of that participated
last
Entries to the International iugs by the General Council & Series close today. special Committee of Arbitra-ing by activities among softball tion was set up and apparently circles, the same they, too, were unable to arrive teams at a nut decision
owing to Incomplete evidence
to year will vie for honours again. given by with the possible exception of the umpire concerned. It now the P. I. ladies' squad, who are remains for the jury of one to finding difficulty in forming u make up his mind and his side to uphold the tradition of pronouncements arc awaited the fair islands.
with interest.
CX-
The Pakistan team, who won the Hongkong Shanghai Hotels Shield last year, had several meetings,
have and the following have been chosen as the Selection Committee: Mr
The softball fan has a strange type of loyalty, and, whichever way the decision falls, to him the impending clush is a con- OPTIMISTS
tinuation of the previous "Optimlets" against Indian
plosive episode. HC- Creation Club at Chofer Road a
Commencing 1.45m. Kelly Silva-Netto is jinxed by Bakar, Captain; and Mess's B. In as much as Madoap hurler R. Sadick, Chairman; Mr A.
H. Semin, Manager; Mr A. H Oliver, L. D. Kilbre, G. T. Rowe. N. E. Arthy. B. G.
certain power-hitting teams, St Craig, R. Then-Ender,
M. Omar Teresa slabster Joey Franco has Marker. A. I
and A. K. "Junior" Snath, K. H. Rankine, R. M. Mac- his Pherson, A. P. Raynor, T. P.
special hoodoo, for the Mahon. G.
Madcappers have always been Fira, SP. Pritchard. Um.
his nemesis.
Lewis, ARMY
2nd XI against Hongkong Univer sity at Sookunpoo on Saturday at 1.40 p.m. sharp:-Major Major Haix. Lieut Bartlett,
Rowley, Ferris, Captain Addington. Captain Captain Grant Captain Stafford, Lieut Rea- dell, Lieut Hodgkinson. Sert Green→ loes. Bandmaster Stockholm. serves. Lieut Buckley, Sergi Cross
Re- Umpire, Col Harris. Scorer: L/Cal Pruts
CRAIGENGOWER
001-
Imati. Umpire, C. S. Ladd 2nd XI against Diocesan Boya School (Friendly) at Happy Valley on Saturday, commencing 1.55 p.m. aharp. 1. Youngsaye S. Ram- chand, D. leadman, T. Crabtree, C. Abbass, E. H. Esmail, A. I. Pinnell, R. O. Baker, H. P. Lin, R Lawrence and A. Kunneru,
ROYAL NAVY
do to a team.
that
A recent circular has been sent out by the Association
to elusive requesting teams
register colours and designs of their uniforms, and it will not be long before the slipshod prac tice of turning out on the din mond with whatever togs that happen to be available, will be strictly dealt with.
Te
and
In trying for victory over his arch
Locs, Franco has several times seen victory slip right through his Angers through one of the thou sund and one ways a game can be lost.
In spite of all
the setbacks against
There is no doubt that unitor- Franco, his followers are ever optimistic of witness mity in dress on the ball field 1st XI against Club de Recreio at King's Paris
ing the on Saturday,
day when he can adds sparkle to the play, mencing 14 p.m. sharp-G. A.
neutralise the Madcap hex, and surprising though it may seem, Souza, M. J. Divecha, P. J. Bl moria, F. R. Kerman P. R. Ragi,
it is just possible that the bit the junior teams are better 4. 1. H. Emau, M. Freeman, A.
ter recollection of the string of dressed. Softball is now re- Hamall, R. Tay J. Koli and disappointments may work him cognised as B majer sport in
Into the mood,
the Colony, and the wornout Temperament can work won-Plea that the pastime is
stili ders at times, but once it gets growing no longer holds water. the better of a pitcher, havoc
Film "popularity of tie is a weak word for what it can with two further screenings re-
Ball, Son("
was proved cently to an appreciative au- let XI against Kowloon Cricket
dience, The picture was Orst Club at King's Park on Saturday
shown at the Peninsula Hatel at 1.45
Should both pitchers be able through the courtesy of the Uni- pm. sharp-Sury Goldsworthy, Surg Lt Mallows, Lt to hold their
Car
own, the result ted States Lines, and the Invalu Cdr Maylor. Le Cdr Lee. Surg Lt will depend on the mastermind-able hints on batting and field- Morgan, Lt Mills. Lt Dewes, Sgt Jordan, Cdr Elder, Lt Jones, Wir
g between St Teresa bossman ing are being put into practice Spears. Umpire, it Road. Scorer, Tony Gonsalves and Madcap by Wtr Lewis.
several coaches of the 2nd XI against Kowloon Cricket
mentor Buster Hollands,
younger outfits, Cox's Road, Kowloon,
The pilot is really on
the Saturday, at 145 pm. Kharp spot in a clutch," for Coles, Lt Car Murray. C.P.O.
a gamble Grecralade, C.P.0.9.M. Llewellyn make him a hero or a bum in nt the crucial moment nay O. A. Taylor, P. O.S.M. Smith O/Sea, Gale, Lt Hist. Lt Johnson, the eyes of the faithful, and Li Martinent, A. B. Craven.
recently we have seen Gonsalves Umpire: Yeo. Taylor. Scorer: ch. Mech, Fittocks.
couple that have since Carter, 9. P. O. Grimin, Sig Middie appeared to be boners.
Reserves, LfTe pull ton, P.O.S.M. Fingleton, Yeo, Bur goyne, Mech, Adams.
On the other hand, the Mad. caps have a cogy leadoff duo in Eddie Marques and Franky Barros who can really rattle pitcher with
their
gyrating
on
MASTERMINDING
Quimet antics at the plate. It may not
be softball, but It wins games.
Francis Thinks Enough
Is 30 Years
Overseas overtime
THE PROGRAMME
umpires and scorers:
Full week-end programume
SATURDAY
Midget League 10.30 am. St Joseph's V Dein- wares (Umpire George Pan).
12.00 noonBlackhawks v Lions (Umpire George Pan),
Men's Junior League
2 pm-Aces v Griffins; Falcons Scorer Irene Botelha).
Mustangs. (Umpire Ren Barretto:
3.30 p.m.-Rexes v Spartans. (Um- pire Gerry Pomeroy: scorer Roberto Nuzes).
Ladies League 3.30 pm.-White Fangs v Wahoos.
BUNDAY Men's Senior League 0.30 am. Pandas v leda (Don
Robbins, George Pan, Ren Barretto;
F. Barnes).
11 am-Dodgers v Americans (Y. C. Mel, Wally Mia, Ray To; Ewins Frank Cleary, R. McLane: Manuel Nunes).
2 pun. St Teresa's v Madcaps (F. Ben Barretto).
Men's Junior League 12.30 Dn.Wildfires V
The Americans seem to have found a
at. Inst a pitcher
with their
Juggling, for Me- mound Lane has blossomed forth into The Walker Cup tourna- the limelight as a burier after
subducing the ment at Birkdale (South-wee
last port, Lanca) in May will backed by some fancy distance game, seem very different nextclouding. It is probably Just year. For the first time as well that someone has been found to finish a game, for the since the series began in next in dine for a shot at the Diesta): South China St Teresa's
Umpire Lionel Sequlera; Scorec 1921 Francis Quimet will hurling chores would have to Umpire Vic Podruco; Scorer Hai not be taking part.
be pilot Frank Cleary.
Wingice). This fine ambassador of golf, four straight in
Having been on the grease for
LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE who has appeared in every of the season,
the early part
Men's Senior League match until now as player or for the Gag
American hopes
Won Lost Petz non-playing captain, began his
are pretty slim, Braves .......
1.000 career as a caddle, In this he thick of the fray hoping on a
but the Yanks
are still in the Canadians
Overseas resembles ahy, small built
Pandos Willie Turnes,
America's top mathematical chance, and it is amateur, who succeeds him as your scribe's opinion that Redu
Dodgers captain,
couple of teams will be upset At the age of 19 Oulmet won
before the Anal curtain rings Jaguaru the American Open Champion-
down akip and gained an interno- Although it is conceded that Madcaps tional reputation. He is a great the Dodgers have come close to St Teresa's Anglophile; he told me once he winning in the past, not even Panthers wished our olde could meet their rooters will expect them Baseballers with some success, as a string to be able to stand up to the
A
Americans
Blues
Golds
South China Bt Joseph's
Men's Junior League
of defeats was not good for the shattering blows of the slugging Blackhawks Americans. GOLF FAMILY
game.
!
STRANGLEHOLD
Turneza, now 30, is After
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to-
Delawares St. Teresa's Grifins Willo
Aces ... successful tour of Falcons Q member ot one of the Macao, the Pandas have return- Mustang greatest golf families.. His five cd to port to brothers are professionals and Reds. in the curtain-ralacr
face the feeble South China winners of many big tourna-morrow. Pandus are still in ments.
Wille has won both
challenging position, and every
& Dragons
Vikings the victory will bring them, neaver American and British amateur to the possibility of
Widdres Dodgers championships. He is a seller berili, and after this Sunday Parties ...
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will have a strangichold
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Diuca
Golda
Ladies LessDO
Is a week-end golfer. This is on second slot-sound only to hoes more than can be
said about the undefeated Braves, and Just Canadians .. the majority
#1 Terola .... of the United States Walker Cup playwu.
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