1932. THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY
DICK SAVITT SITS IT OUT
ARMY VIRTUALLY LEAD IN FIRST DIVISION SOCCER LEAGUE By "SPIV
South China Athletic Association practically relinquished their lead in the Senior Division of the local Soccer League" yesterday for the first time since the current segson started.
Instrumental in their virtually, dropping now to third position were the Police XI, who with already an upset triumph over Army to their credit, repeated their last year's feat of holding the Caroline Hill Club with a goalless draw.
Army, by scoring a comfortable 4-0 win over St. Joseph's yesterday, and with one game in hand, are now the virtual League Leaders.
An error of entry on the score) Comparatively they were the sheet gave Army's league stand-much better forward line against ing as played 15, won 10, drawn the disappointing Poller attack 2 and lost 3 in the league table which was too individualistic and too slow to produce muchi drawn up by me last Saturday,
result.
This should have been player! 24, won 10, drawn 1 and lost 3, Army still having one outstand ing Arst round game that against the Club. Both Army
rmy and Sing Tao have one game in hand to South China's 10 games played, and have the same number points with Army showing a better goal average,
Greatest eredit goes to the Police defenders, who showed the anticipation of their op ponents' movements, and time and again
checked the fast South Chinn forwards with their gallant tackling.
even in the Play was fairly' of 23
Arst half and reached an ex- second citing climax In the with each side trying hard to obtain the winning goal.
STRONGEST POSSIBLE
as shots
South China Helded their At one period in the second strongest possible team yester-hall, South China were all over day against the Police, evident the Pallee goalmouth, but were ly taking no chances, and re- unable to
the finishing Palther hit the usual line-up touch, verted to their with Chan Kassau tending the crossixir or were defected away forwards.
from the defenders, Moks Chun-wall, the South The Police too, had their China teft-winger, came through golden opportunities, when Au with another brilliont per-Chi-yin broke through the de- formance, but the spectacular fence, and was robbed off the short passing movements shown ball
when
Just about
For-
ball back to his own goalkeeper, who had left his charge. tunately for him, the hall went wide of the goalmouth.
At Coraline Hill, St. Joseph's, after
holding Army to a conjess score in the first half, cracked up in the second half, to allow Army to score four goals with- out reply. Goal scorers for Army' Cunningham
(2). were Edwards and Jones.
At the Club ground, Kowloon Motor Bus received a rude shock at the hands of Kwong Wah to whom they lost by four cools to two.
Norwegian Speed Skaters
This plcture was taken at Adelaid e during the mid-match argument which ensued during the semi-final of the Men's Singles in the Australian Tennis Cham- pionships when Savitt appealed for the match to be suspended because of the wet court, but after a short delay, during which Ken McGregor changed into spiked shoes, the umpire ordered "play on." .
not allowed in the Savitt how objected again, saying that spikes were United States and he had, none himself., A 13-minute argument ensued, during which Savitt threatened to default when the umpire ruled that McGregor was entitled to wear spikes, and it was Sir Norman Brookes who eventually got the match going again, Contral Press Photo,
Sweep Up Saints Draw Up To Within
Oslo, Feb. 9.
by the erstwhile League leaders within range of the goal.
Norwegian speed skaters at the beginning of the season A breakaway by Suntos nearly dominated today an inter- appeared to have lost much of ended
in
South national meet for
which at- their smoothness.
China. Fok Yu-wah kicked the tracted Olympic competitors
from six nations,
disaster
PETER WEST WINS
10-MILE ROAD RACE IN KOWLOON
By "RECORDER”
S/Sgt. Peter West of the Royal Engineers won the Hongkong Amateur, Track and Field Association's 10-Mile Road Race in Kowloon yesterday at an average of 5 minutes 36 seconds a mile and though Cpl. R. Stebbings only lost ground gradually, he still lost three minutes' ground at the end.
Stebbings bought a pair of tennis shoes in a hurry, having left his pair in the New Territories, and dis- covered before the race was very old that his toes were very much cramped inside them. It is still, doubtful, though, that he would have caught West,
Third place
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Ken Henry of Chicago made the best showing among tho United States representatives, Ife finished fifth in the bined score with 205.303 points. First went to Norway's Fitn Hodt, who fled with Henry for the best time in the 500-metre race yesterday and today won the 1,500.
Hodi won the 1,500 in 2:23.8. Three Norwegians followed, with Japanese Tsuneo Sato fifth in 2:25.5, Henty eighth in 2:25.0, and McNamara, 10th in 2:27.8.
Yosyasi Gomi, Japan, was 18th in 2:30.5 and Burke, 21st
In 2:32.5.
won
In
ANOTHER VICTORY The 10,000 metres was another victory for Norway's Sverre Haugli, who
yesterday's 5,000 metres in eight minutes 51.4 seconds, Haugli covered the 17 minutes marathon distance 37 seconds, 10
seconds ahead st his pairmate Wigoo K. Hansen, Norway, who was second,
A special 1,500-metre race saw wegians ahead with went to L/Bdr. King-yin, piled on the pace, seven Norwegians. C. Williams and fourth to an carrying Lee with him as Jack Kuus the winner in 2:23.7. unheralded Hongkong School Munson, Leung Kal and Falconer The best American entry was Sports Asscelation entry, Chang | dropped back.
Don McDermott of Englewood, King-yin.
Falconer was very nearly over-New Jersey, who placed tenth in It was found before the race taken by Smeath in the last 50 3:20.4. Kiyotaka Takabyashi, atarted that the original course yards, but finished a contented Japan, was 14th in 2:30.5. mapped out was longer than eighth, an improvement of three Associated Press. 10 miles, and the runners, were places on his performance in the only required to take in Prince New Year's Day Road Race. Edward Road instead of Boun- dary Sireet in what was just a Title over a four-iop race be- Binding and ending at the King George V School.
West led Williams, Leung Kt, Munson, Falconer, Lee and Chang King-yin at the end of The first lap.
At the end of the second, Munson had displaced Williams
in 1 third / place, followed by Chang Leur Kal, Falconer, Hing-yin, Lee, Wong Kam-sun
Smeath is was back in third
plade after three laps, followed
by Munson, Leung Kal, Chang
HOW THEY FINISHED
1. S/Sgt. Poter West (Army), · 50
minutes 338 `seconda.
2 Cpl. it. Stebbings (Army), 8020)
3. L/Bdr. C. Willams (Army), 60:56
4. Chang King-yin 19SÄ), 01:34:
Inter-Hong Lawn Bowls
The following were the
ré-
6. dr. R. Munson (EYMCA), 61:53 sults of the Hong Pairs lawn
83:21
4. Cor. N. Lee (Army, 630 bowls quarter-finala played at
7. Loung Kai (no.)
1. Gar. T. Falconer (EYMCA), 83:31 Kowloon Bowling.
B. AB E. Smeath (R. Navy, 632 terday:
10. Wong Kam-sum KSSA) 8348
Green yes-
11. Fung Fing-kai (HKSSA), 68:13 A: Bailey and G. A. Mackrell
Half A
Game Of The League-Leading Jaguars
By "GRANDSTAND"
A deluge of base hits which included a homer by. Showboat Ali enabled the Saints to overcome a determined Canuck side 5-3 for the winners to draw within half a game of the leading Jaguars who were idle over the week-end, while the Pandas shaded South China 3-2 in a ras t-moving gamer rep
In the "B" Division the Red Sox surprised the US Navy with a 6-5 shading
No Lindwall, No Compton JOHN GODDARD'S WORLD TEAM
Melbourne, Feb. 8.
Five Australians, three Englishmen and four West Indians are chosen by John Goddard, captain of the touring West Indies team, for the "ideal world cricket team" if a match were to-be played against. "The Rest". In England.
He would leave naming the 12th man until the day of the match to see what was the state of the wicket.
This la his mythical 'team: Lindsay Hasselt (captain), Ark||- thur Morris, Kerth Miller, Nell Harvey. and. Bill Johnston, of Australia; Len Hutten, Aleg Bedzer anti odfrey Evans" of England; and Frank Worrell Everton Weekes, Alfred Valen tine and Sonny Ramadhin,- of the West Indies
DISAGREEMENT
It is undoubtedly a team
of
KCC JUST MANAGE
let Club
Kowloon
just managed to keep all
four points in the First
"mony talents" but it is just as Division Cricket Leaguo certain to evoke disagreement match at Cox's Road on «mong some cricketing en Saturday, winning by one thusiasts. There are those who wicket from Indian Recrea will claim, and with grounds
such tion Club just on time... for their argument, that players as, say, V.9. Hazare, of
Division India, Ray Lindwall, of Aus- The other First tralia, Denis Compton of Eng leaders, Army "A" and NAF, and land and Eric Rowan of South easter victories over Cralgen- Africa should be among God-gower and Army "B" respec- dard's elite.
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Goddard himself has *an- ticipated criticism on the
omission of Lindwalk. The West Indies captain sayı te would not include
Lindwall because
HOW THEY STAND
Keith Muller, in addition to KCC being "as good, if not better, Army "A" than Lindwall," Also has the RAF distinction of being "the greatest Optimists all-rounder in the world today," Recreio
Scorpions
"
· First Division
Goddard continues that he Royal Navy would want. Bedser and Bill Cratgengower Johnston as two of the now ball Indian RC bowlers so there would be no Army "B" mare room for a second fast Univeraity bowler with Miller.
Making the point that he based his selection on the known RAF ability of the players and not on KDC performance in the recent Tests between the West Indies and OGVS
Dockyard Australia, Goddard orgues that! Weekes, when fit, is still a world-Inc
Becreto class batsman,
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19 503
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11. 2 10
Second Division
P W D
11 10 1
11 7 3
Police He chooses Button and the DBS left-handed Morris as the open R. Navy ing pair for his world team University Reuter,
to keep alive the flicker of hope for the Warriors for the flas, in spite of the fact Akademisk Win
that speedball artist Billings dished bat an impressive performance with nine strikeouts.
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Snooker League
The following ihre the latest
standings in the Colony George
Tengah Agun MY, DE Younger Snopker Competition:
Manila, Feb. 3. The Danish Altademisk foot-ash cans ball team registered its second Eastern AA "Á The winners
straight victory-in
Club "A" four-game no. with Harry Lee on the hill, and series here tonight with an OC
Kowloontong G.C.A. after the Navy had register overwhelming 6-6 triumph over 10 and Forces Ave Funs in the first twba selection of the Commercial Eastern A
on hard smashes, mentor and Industrial Athletic Associa-Lusitano Club R french on hard bunked Leg and ton,
RAP KE TAK. KCC "B" took over the Burling chores Knud Lundberg, Instão-left, Chargemen's Mess
Prison Officers' Club himself with a slow.
tensing the sailors found and Holger Seebach, outside-cro Tamas ball which.
left, scored for the vialtors P.O. Tamar difficult to solve,
during the first half. Lundberg delivered the opening marker in the fifth minute of the play by booting in a centre drive Inside the penalty area.
The Bantams in the minor goodbye to the flag this year, single hit and whiffed nine,, the loop really surprised the Dragons this did not deter them from Red Sox delayed their pennant when they registered a con- giving off their best, and the celebrations when they ur
who 'prised the gobs with a 6-8 vincing 11-7 upset victory while flock of partisan - fans the Pandas subdued the Blue trekked out to King's Park yes- noseout,
started Sox 3-1. A near upset was terday afternoon were treated averted when the Rexes res to a thring game as the lead covered in the final chapter to changed hands with every run emerge with.....a narrow 7-8 crossing the home plate.
TKYD consecutive hits triumph.
Panda coach C. C. Leung, and BAINTS 5 CANUCKS 3 Y. B. Leung in the initial chap- The Canucks dished out their ler notched up the first run, and best game
this
season when the count remained the same they fully extended the Saints until the fourth frame when the hurler 5-3 before succumbing before Caroliners jumped on terrife hitting, onslaught which Included a homer by "Showboat" All this clout being the first four-master elouted out by the veteran outfielder in almost 25 yours of ballplaying.
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RESULTS: AT
GLANCE A
Saints
The opposing hurlers were Bucks for the winners and Nazarin for the dosers, and as Pandes we anticipated last week, Nazarin had very ragged sup-
"A" DIVISION
3. Canucks
4 South China
"B" DIVISION
port in the outfield which gave Warriors 7 away more runs than he could Red Sox afford against tight-fielding
outfit like the Saints.
The Sox Big Inning took place in the third when Leb walked, followed by Barros and Xavier who landed the sacks when two twin-killing efforts back-red. Nelson Souza connected for the only hit for. tha Sox, but
a two- it WBS
chase bagger and enough 2 home three runs, and a couple of miscues by the Navy on the
3
GO
Dodgers
0
0
JUNIOR LEAGUE
US Navy
5
11
(District
Art Ozorio led off for the Bantams Saints and nicked Nazarin for Blackhawks
which was eventually Rexes
Into converted
a run when Delawares Benny Omar
slashed out a Pandas Texas leaguer to centre deid, The next chapter saw the Saints
211
Dragons
7
M
South China
7
Dodgers
12
Ares
3
.Blue Sox
2 Wong Cheung-lam (SCAA) 60:57 (Barrack Servicos, HQ Land Forces, 15. Chang Walstong (SCAA 07:05 15K.) best B. J. Wigginton and J.
Gor. E Morphy (EYMCA), 67:33 W. Bellamy
(R.N. Yard Police
15. Wang Lung-kwong (Wai On), 08:45 Department). -38,;
Gar. E. J. Butler (MCA), 60:11
J. MacFarlane and O. L, Work
17. Liu, Mai-lan (unatt.). ...., 6051 (Holt's Wharf) heat-W. C._Simp-
Luan Kewana Wa Onl;, ... wo
13. Lai Yu-man (Pollée)
71:40
Office N.T.) 7.3.
20. Chang Yuk-sheung tunait.), 12:28
K. Bodle and T. Kavanagh (H.K.
21. Chan Hong-inan inatt), 73:00 Police) won a walk over from Y
21:33 C. Clemo and C. F. Wood (China
· King-yin, Falconer, Lee, Smeath | 22. Gnr. J. Davis (Army), ..... and Wong Rom-sun.
27. Yung Chun-kang (Wai On), Light and Power Co., Ltd.)
63:30
Macketvie and R. Morrison
It was on the fourth lap that 23. Chen Chow-ting (Wat On). 04:14 (H.K. Whampao Dock Co. beat 3. thid Echoolboy entry, Chang Khu Hong (Wal On).
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field in the same chapter found their hard-earned lead nullided as the Sox tied up the ball game 5-ell.
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Reggie Vieira drew a piss In the Blth frame
and after couple of daring steals, rombed home with the. He-breaking run on a wild throw.
to
The
Albuquerque outfit adid two·mote runs es Dave Jackie Wel for a trio of safe fought back in the last inning Leonard poked out a two-bagger hits which counted twice,
Bave, the game, but two followed by two infeld errors
In the Afth inning, South clutch, hits which placed two and Leslie Castro'a clutch single,
China
Baw victory slip from runners on base proved futile The Canucks fought back their grasp as Willie. Wod singled as Ward' popped out to hurler and in their half of the same and Jackie' Wel worked burlet | Barros chapter, Ming Lau connected for P. C. Wong for a walk for two
R
now
Seebach scored the second goal in the 14th minute sa he received a good pass from a teammate.
During the second hall, inside-left, added Rechendorff,
to the visitors' tally by blasting in a shot from 15 yards in the eighth minute, Twenty minutes later Moller headed in a pass from Landberg.
scored
4
Home Rugger Results
Scotland Beaten 11-0 By Wales.
London, Feb. 2. The following are the Rugby Union and Rugby League gamen
The last two. goals' wero
James Ronvang, played to-day: in centre-forward. He booted the first tally in 32nd minutes of International Match!
Rugby Union
County Championship Semi-Finals:
the last half and followed St with another
marker two Scolland D. minutes later. The visitors will tackle an all-collegiate selection Speriancashire, 10; Warwick on Wednesday night. United. 3. Biddlesex .. Press.
t of the credit into, scoring position, and un-13 Waterfño:8, Kayn Air. Force 15..
Club Matches: London Tishes, Blackheath 6: London Welsh: 37,, Old' Merchant Taylors 0; Metropolitans Police: 3, SL Mary's Hospital 17: Richmond 8. Wasps 1s; Rosslyn Pari 17, United Services Chatham 3; The game progressed in
Saracens B, Nuneaton 3; Aldershot Hits were scarce for
· Cranleighans: 0) dingdong manner for the next Services, Old the freak single to right field runners on base with two away, with ducks in the pond, and Wally Mar wolted out a pitch game, Nelson Souza poling out three frames, with the lead Bath Newport, 17; Cambridge.
oach University. The Army 12, two Canuck runs dented
the to
hfa Liking and
the only one for the winners, changing hands ofler
round, but parted it. in deep centre while. Groft connected for two
as Dragon hutter rubber.
Cheltenhami 3, Neath 0; Devonport W. H. Chan showed signy of Bervices 0, Bristol Exolor, 23, Old The Saints added to the score while the lead changed hands safelles and Chance once, for
the losers, This Navy, setback cracking up; the Bontams Paulnes Gloucester 20, United steadily, with a run in the third again-this time for keeps as
staged uprising on a series Services Partsmouth 11: Northamp ton, Harlequins 0; Notts B and fifth innings, safe-hits in South China falled to squeeze put the Warriors once more in
et plternating walks and bunts Bartholomew Hospital 29. Oxford the remaining.
Univerzity 16. Stade Frantais 0: semesters being the tieing run across the plaid the picture, as they are
two games, behind the NAVY, wasted is the runners died on in the remaining two frames.
Cooper worked his way to Fentance and Newlyn 1. Farmouth 0; Redruth 16 Plymouth Albion 3; who have to meet the 50% first followed by Lamb While Sole Cardiff. 119 Torquay Aulelo bucha Canucks stogod a last
Wally Mar's hit provided fans and Warriors once more.
Redohouse-Hill sacrificed them & Joyal Naval Engineering College. inning stand when the seventh with a bit of comedy, for when
A large
ugby Leagun rolled around with Nazarin the ball was, retrieved and for the Sox triumph was due other walkt followed by some leading off with a single, Chol thrown in to
to the hot-corner to Mamie Xavier in the centre effective hits by Burke and
Igors if York 8;: Bello Vilo Ran-·
Widnes 13). Doncaster sacrificed him to second and which burler Wang was cover to when he pulled down Bamford paved the way for a bowsbury postponed: Featherstone Collaco's
bunt scored ing, the procession of Pandas ncat
Rovers 20, full Jingston Rovers 4: i Huddersneld · 24. Castleford •;. Hull Nazarin.
Ming Lau grounded who had spiked that cushion several difficult catches at least four-run sprea,
·but the over-anxious ac
made Wong so dizzy that when three of thum being shoestring
James Herrice pitched the 12 Bradford Northern dis Keighley
Hunziat 10: Leeds 7, Wigan 17; 9t Collaco attempted to steal third he get the ball he was chasing efforts...
Pandas to a 3-1 win over the Holon 0-Willehaven Twindon base on the next " pitch " with his. own third-baseman and The Dodgers falled to get å Blue Sox to climb into the top Leigh 0; Wartington, Oldham
Workington Town 0, Wakelolit Rigo Roliz at bat, and was eventually tagged him, taking team on the field in time for Brucket of the Junior League, Trinity: 1-Routerra
one of the neatly pegged out by S. II. him for
the curtain-raiser and forfeited while the exes Just managed "Modest" Khan to Benny
Omat
Tunners.
na'points to the Warriorë,/ to shade the infproved Dodgers The
Canucks moduri fourth inning Jackie Wes was
*Except for lapre in
7-5 through a last inning rally, "double-niny in the
fortunately did effective on the maunt for the outcome of the Pandas, and might have had a when the Bantams surprised when the latter failed to uppear the week was walkover. from South China, game. After Jindoo Hussain, shutout triumph, for all the
the Dragons, with a well in till on the field, Readers
out,
fect the
nok
one of
The
JUNIOR LEAGUE The Blackhawke received A | TODAY'S SPORT
had fled out with a foul, hind-South China runs were scored on derved 1167 victory in snatcher Barros pedged wildly a trio of hits in that frame, wild mourviamen Cooper, car
to first-sucker Hill Woo, and
will be interested to learn that
S. Liang had the best por Hed the full bunten op the Blackhawks open challenge Sherry Bucks rompod all the centage at bat; with two hits in inget muings Instition to tak
to the "B" Division has been Way around to third in three times while extra-base hith which he belted out the city me
taken up, and that the, Managem
meny Committee will endeavour Tamar, The Paname were the fat hext opportunil master
to- schedule:
ar: the
to drawer blend with a pair of Stone Sequeira tallion: In: The opening chapter, 1. mind the Junior: Desgue Hawks, but (UNG Dragon rodu made tibi While the "B" Division (bráin, k in the next frame when they that comprises: Jenkine of the hatched up a trio of marks US Navy, Frank Barros bl; the
The Saints are now half aware, poled out by Wally Mat round-tripper of the fracts. game behind the Jaguars, and with triplo and Coach C. ong more loss against thin Jaguar will say the standingsbung, with a double." tfed up price more in the red-he BiviSION GAMES hit permet auch
Despitóŝa brilliant pitchING PANDAS 24SOUTH CHINA 2 performance by Billings on the
Although both the Pands mound for the US Navz and South China have waved, which he plimited, he has tad
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