10
V.R.C.
CHAMPION INTERPORT GÖLF. SHIPS.
EVENTS STILL TO BE DECIDED.
WHY NOT SWIM 100 YARDS.
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The swimming season as far as the Victoria Recreation Club is concerned is practically at an end. The annual Harbour Races, which usually close the, senson, are now. over, and the last Night Fete has also been held. There are, how-
event
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st, 1927.---
MANILA BEAT HONG KONG.
TEN POINTS TO TWO MARGIN,
A telegram was received from Manila yesterday giving, the results of the foursomes played on Wed acaday between Manila and Hong Kong in the Golf Interport.
Hong Kong were beaten in all the foursomes, Manila obtaining two points for each win, A., six points ba the day's play. -
"Manila "alsó " won the singles earlier in the week, beating Hong Kong by four points to two.
Manila thus win the Interport by ten points to two,
unders--
THE RESULTS.
Singles."
Arc
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The complete results of the singlea few Club championships and foursomes matches stili to be decided.
These
are the Long events Plunge: Throwing the Polo Ball; and the Team Race Championship. | It is hoped to hold them some afternoon heat werk
*
The dificulty with regard to the
Capt. I. Erksine beat B. F.
Few, 5 and 4 Capt. A. F. Bloxham beat
EJ. Nell, 5 and
J. E. H. Mason beat C..C..
W. D. Brown, R.N., 8 and
'kang,
Manila.
0
1
0
1.
0
G. M. Ivory beat F. J. de
Rome, and 20 Cranston, bent T G. Ben-
nett, 5 and 4
last appears to be that no team in the Cology seems to be willing to
Stark (cagt), 7 and 6. 0° swim ngalost the Victoria Recrea-Capt. Fielder and Lt.Cdr. tion Club team. The V.R.C. dol not by any meats desire a "svim over," and therefore they have very sportingly offered, that failing a challenge from any other team, they will be pleased to swim against 4team under the style of "The liest of the Colony." They would aruch rather do this than secure the honour without a contest,
At the same time it has been suggested that the V.R.C. might
Total
Foursomex.
G. M. Ivory, and Cranston" (Mažila) beat C. Stark and F. J. de Rome (Hong Kong), 5
... 0
E.
well come into line with swimming riuba in other parts of the world with regard to the distance to be sen in a race of this kind. In J. the team races it has been custom- ary here for each man to swim 40 yards. In other parts of the word at least 100 yards is swum by each member of the team, and there seems no reason why this practice should not be adopted locally.
C. J. Cooke's Success. Congratulations
10 ur. C. J. Cooke on winning the Harbour Race again, and incidentally, the tropay Gunight.
1 the water had not been rough. and the tide against him at the end there is no doubt he would have broken the previous record. ttowever, he has done exceptionally west, and is an example of fitness 3 the younger generation. He says that it is the last time "he intends to swim the harbour. although he has no intention of giving up swimming. We hope, however, when next year, comer·
will be persuaded that. J. once more to show the Colony how the race should be swum.
minutes, 10.1-3
and 4
J. Nelliand Capt. Fielder (Manila) beat. Caps. Erskine and Lt.-Car. Brown (Hong Kong), 4 and 3
R. H. Mason and B. F.
Few (Manila)
beat
Capt. Bloxham and T. G. Bennett (Hong Kong), 3 enɖ2
Total
Grand total
BILLIARDS.
We wong nyany
0
Y.M.C.A. RESIDENTS BEAT
NON-RESIDENTS.
4
2
2
a
G
10
In a competition billiards match played at the Y.M.C.A. early, this week, the Residents defeated the Non-Residents by 803 points 638, the scores being:-
Rezidenta.
W. Taylor.. W. L. Walker P. Jack C. Evans
T. Richards
150
123
110
150
150
Total
603
Non-Residents,"
190
150
150
105
105
034
E. R. Ponaford..
Cowherd Greenhalgh
B. Rogers
J. P. Murray.
Total..
between
ifis time was not far off the rè cord set up by J. C. Finch in 1913, when his time was 22 minutes 20 seconds. In 1910 Finch won again, his time being. 3 minutes, 21; seconds, and-In 1917 he won, in 23 minutes 3 seconds. Cooke's time on Wednesday was 23 minutes, 17.3-5 seconds. Mr. Cooke has pre- viously won this race in 1996, his time being SHU
The game arranged in 1909, his Guardaman Hine and Bandmaster Second, and in 1984 and 2009; his Cresswell has had to be cancelled. seconds, and 29 minutes, 28.2-5 but Mr. X" of the Y.M.C.A., will All the latter's place to-morrow seconds, respectively.
The Hunt sisters again did re evening the commencing at 8.30 markably well, Doris, the younger | 9:30p.m. coming third, as against second last year. Her sister appears to be". a little too good for her as yet. hut Doris is going to pull it oft some-day.
SPEY CUP BOWLS COMPETITION.
HOCKEY.
LADIES TEAM . Y.M.C.A.
The Y.M.C.A. will play a friend- ly zame against the Helcas May team to-morrow, when they will be represented by the following: R
R.
Dormer, Jeffries, C. Terry Robinson, J. Gardner, W. G. Law- son, P. Sands, T. Seddon, W. R. ORAIGENGOWER DEFEAT THE Greenhalgh, R. Murray and F. E.
G. Munn.
YACHT CLUB.
UNIVERSITY BEAT Y.M.C.A. "END XL.
In a match played at King's Park yesterday evening, the University second team beat the European .M.C.A. second eleven by three
AN UNEVEN GAME.
The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club bowling team fared badly when they met the Craigengower C. on the Police ground yester- geals to nil: day afternoon in the Spey Cup series. In justice to the visitors to the Valley, it must be emphasised | that bowling is not their strong point, hence the result, 9-28, occa- aioned be surprise.
The Yacht Club's nine points were made up of singles, and a swo in the thirteenth head. Craiger-
SHANGHAL TEAM AT FANLING.
LEAVING TO-DAY FOR THE NORTH.
The Shanghai Lawn Bowls team
gower started to pile up points spent a very pleasant day at Fan-
from the beginning, their major scores being a four in the fourth bend, a three in the seventh, a Bye cach in the tenth and last head.'
The teams were;-- FH.KY.C. Davies
Reid
c.c.c. Muskett Bennett Baja
Shellshear Edwards (skip) 9 Omar, (skip)... 29 The Police and Craigengewer will now meet in the semi-final bottom bracket. The former eliminated the Kowoon Bowling, Green Club and East Point RO
In the top bracket, Kowloon G.C. play Taikoo.
Civil Service C.C. stand by and meet the winners i the Kowloon Dock v. Club de Recreio match.
log yesterday.
They bad tiffin at the Club-house, and played golf,
To-day they leave on the Blue Funnel liner Sarpedon for Shang
bai,
BOY SCOUTS' SPORTS.
As an already been announced, the Hong Kong Boy Scouts' Swim- ming Sports take place at the V.B.C. to-morrow afternoon.
HONG KONG TEAM CHANGED OUTLOOK
IN MANILA.
LOSE AT RUGGER AND
CRICKET.
A member of the Hong Kong team now in Manila, as the guests. of the Nomad Chib, writes:
We lost the rugger match on
IN GOLF.
LONG DRIVING INSTEAD
OF SCIENCE.
(ay my VIDON, BIX TIMES OPEN CHAMPION, }
THE QUAINTS.
MONE DAM THING AFTER'
ANOTHER,
"Que Dam Thing Alter Another" is a considerably more dificult entertainment to produce than "Of Joy." It consints, "ar the title sug-
I have just been reading the year-gests, of a series of short discon- book which is published annually
nected turns, some of which need
Saturday by 13 points to 3 and by the United States Golf Associa." *ery great finish and ability to
FOOTBALL.
Kowloon 1st XI. r. Police.
the
make them interesting.
but not we thought quite good "The Quainte " company is good
enough to tackle this and the very
of properties the bad Theatre Royal are unkind to even the finest voices.
acoustic
anı
But there is plenty of entertain- ment in the dam things Mr. Salisbury is always delightful. Fay Cole again shines and takes part in most of the success-
WAS
the cricket match on Sunday morning by 78 runs to 51 with tion. It is a most comprehensive Manila three wickets in hand. volume of official records, and it Tennis this afternoon. The cricket includes match was played early on Sun-
reports of
the day morning and the players were numerous special committees of the all feeling the effects of a cheery association, meh of which has Saturday evening.
charge of a certain department of legislative affairs in American golf. One of these reports make it clear that our friends across the Atlantic still are working hard to find all sketches. salation of the problem of limiting
"Paris" and "The Age of Com the driving power of the ball. Al their activities are no directed promise" perhaps the best towards perfecting a machine de produced items in the first part. vised by Professor H. A Thomas, The King of the Gins in the and "As Others See Us" and the Camegie Institute of of Technology, Pittsburg, for measur- second. A very charming song ing the resilience at the ball. They In A Little Spanish Town" sung feel that, if this resilience can be by Edmund Nash was also warmly measured and restricted, then a applauded. Gordon Rennie is al- definite limitation can be placed on ways amusing and several of the Julie the carrying and
giris particularly running power the ball-a theory to which our Bransgrove and Ida White get a bwn Rules Committee hai subscrib-dance to show themselves clever ed...
dancers. That very amusing little song "The Lockes on Her Garter" was admirably sung by the former lady in a most delightful modern frock.
Kowloon-Wood; Dodson
This League match will be played to-morrow, kick-off at 4.30 p.m. on Kowloon ground
nad Caveilla: Hedley, Sims and Bliss; Pile, May, Vickira, Miles and Muir Kowloon Reserves. South China "A."
This League match will be played to-morrow, kick-off at 3 p.m., on Kowloon ground.
Kowloon Res:-Slipper; Spary and Pasco; Nicholls, Hartley and Baldwin; Reed, Jones, Easterbrook, Coates and Eastman Reserves: Roberts and Dunnett,
MILITARY FOOTBALL,
RESULTS · IN GARRISON FOOTBALL 'GROUND,
<
NEW ARMY FOOTBALL GROUND.
The following are the results of matches played in the Hong Kong Garrison Football League: October 13th:-
R. Engineers 1, R.A.0.C. a. 31st H Battery R.A., C Coy
K.O.S.B. 1.
October 18th:--
RAM.C. 4, 19th H. Bty. R.A. 5. A Coy. K.O.S.B. 1, 20th E. Bty.
R.A. 0.
October 19th:-
B Coy. K.O.S.B. , H.Q.
K.O.S.B. 0.
At first blush, the scheme may
to have some of the eccentri city of a Heath Robinson idea. The construction of the apparatus is sach that it discharges ball after ball with the consistency of a gun firing shells. At a distance of a few feet, the ball impinges on poadulum, which communicates the power of the blow to another pen- dulum. On the latter, the measure.. of the ball's resiliency is registered. it all sounds desperately fresh, but, we accept the premise that driv ing is so excessively long under certain conditions particularly the hard ground of auinmar-time-s tu make the other shots of dispropor tionate length, then we have to con- fess that the resiliency of the ball is the cause of all the trouble, for this it is that produces the run that makes the normal hitter flatter
**
chorus
Wo enjoyed "One Dam Thing after Another and we are looking forward to see the "Quaints" in their next production which will we think prove more within the scope of a small company.
far better
There is no doubt that very great care has been given by the company in their productions, the dresses and stage settings are than one generally meets on tour, and one and all give proof of care ful training and a real enthusiasm. for their art.
HEROIN PILLS. ·
himself about his driving capacity,
Deep down in the souls of most, LARGE QUANTITY SEIZED & players is an abiding satisfaction
FOUR CHINESE CHARGED.. with the situation. If, as a result of it, the game is going to ruin as a test of skill, it is at least going,
Four Chinese, one of whom was
Fixtures For Next Week. Tuesday, October 25th:-
Coy. K.O.S.B. v. R. Engineers Referee: Sgt. Green, R.A. R.A.0.C. v. 31st H. Bly. E.A. Referee: Sgt. Hyson, RAM.
is the form of propaganda which Mr. Taylor of the Imports and Wednesday, October 28th-
the authorities need to launch be Exports Office prosecuted, and the 20th E. Bty. R.A. D. Coy.fore they can hope to convert their first defendant was represented by Referee Cpl. Lees, subjects to the cause of diminished Mr. A. E. Hall, while Mr. D. Mc-
driving power.
Callum was for the second and third defendants. Mr. F. H. Loseby appeared for the fourth defendant.
to ruin in a very exciting way.a woman, were charged before Whether the multitude are living | Major C. Willson at the Central in a fool's paradise in the sense Magistracy yesterday with "having that all this liveliness in the ball in their possession a large quantity is making it difficult for the purof pills which contained one tenth poses of approaching and putting, of 1 per cent. of heroin,
K.O.S.B.
R.A.M.C. Thursday, October 27th:
12th Bty. R.A. t. B Coy.
K.0.8.B.
C.S.M. Referee: Brandrick, Ist Northants. H.Q. 2 K.O.5.8. r. R.A.M.C. Referee: L/Cpl. Felkins, 1st Northants... All matches are at Sookunpoo Kick off at 4.30 p.m.
New Army Football Ground At Kowloon,
"More Length To Come. Mr. W. C. Fownes, the moving Evidence was given by several spirit in the American scheme, has Revenue Officers to the effect that said that, in the absence of res- the second defendant was seen at trictive legislation, we expect Chin On wharf carrying B trictive legit go farther and basket There were some pills in farther as the ball-makers discover the basket and the defendant said new methods of manufacture. The that they were "junk pills" given American scientists have tested to him to carry by a certain Leung every well-known brand of bali on Ping. He supplied the address of It has been decided that the new the machine, and discovered that this Leung Ping
the most resilient on the market Army Football Ground adjoining shows no more than 40 per cent. the grounds of the United Services of the resiliency: that is possible in Recreation Club will be called
Chatham Road Army Football article of its size and weight.
At the present time, first-class Ground." The entrance 13 in
players given favourable condi Chatham Road near Bunghom Rail-tions of ground, aim and expect to Hungham and Kow reach the green from the tee ata way Bridge. loon City busses pass the ground.bole of, say, 20 yd. They often drive a great deal farther. In the last open championship at Troon, for instance, there was Mr. Cyril Tolley driving on to the green at the first hole, which measures 330 rd., and getting down his putt for a two. At least two or three play era have driven on to the
green at the eighteenth hole at St. Andrews, a distance of 364 yd. These are
KOWLOON CHESS CLUB. CLOSE OF A SATISFACTORY SEASON.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
the address given by the second A raid was subsequently made on defendant, and there the other de fendants were arrested when more pills were found in their possession. the fourth defendant was not an It was given out in evidence that inmate of the house and that he was just visiting a friend. He was discharged. The others were Ye- manded until Saturday morning.
BOXING.
UZCUDUN UNABLE TO MEET PHIL SCOTT..
[REUTZE'S. AMERICAN SERVICE.)
A hearty invitation to members exceptional shots, but granted of His Majesty's Services to visit the developments which the Ameri the Kowloon Chess Club and parti- ean scientists declare to be possible. cipate in the games was extended it seems reasonable to suggest that
NEW YORK, Oct. 18th. the meeting held yesterday holes of 400 yd. one day will be
The managers of Paolino Uzcudun "afternoon at the Central British reached from the tee without any
School hall.
body getting very excited about it. announce that he has strained his This may make golf more amusing back in training, and will be un-
able to fight Phil Scott on Novem than ever in a purely sensual way but whether it will make for the ber 4th, as arranged on October ultimate good of the game is doubt 10th. fal. It is certain that the leading
The report and statement of ac counts for the season 18-27, pre aented by Mr. J. S. Smith, who presided, revealed a very satisfac tory position.
After a general discussion, it was American players are not nearly agreed to start the new season with as keen as our most prominent sentiments already established, and Kames at the School hall every golfers on hitting their drives tre that, although he only gave voice Tuesday and Thursday, commencing mendous distances. Walter Hagen
once told us that we devote too to them at the faith, they were not Far and away the most notable
at 5.30 p.m.
for the ensuing season:-
gale.
Sequeira and J. C. Fear
at
It was announced that Service mach attention to this department, formed during his stay.. men would be welcome at the meet at the sacrifice of proficiency in the ings, and further that they would art of saving strokes round and change that has come over the at- titude of this country towards golf be eligible to take part in the com- on the putting green, and probably since 1914 is that the study of he was right. In point of fact, methods, which was once the ruling petitions which will start shortly.
The following ollicers were elected Hagen himself is capable of driving passion of the game, has become good deal farther than he does in Chairman-Mr. G. F. Nightin. the ordinary way. He let himself almost a lost art. For proof of go to the full in the international this, one has only to analyse golf Hon. Secretary,Mr. J. S. Smith. team match at Wentworth, with club talk. At one time, the conver sation in the club-house during the Hon. Treasurer.Mr. C. E. Wong which the American professionals luncheon interval and after the Committee.Capt. D. E. de Car- opened their tour here last year day's play turned rapidly and in-
and everybody who had seen him valho, Mezers, H. Randall, C. M during my previous visile to this evitably to discussions as to how or the other well-known country remarked upon the increse golfer executed his shota. Now it ed length of bis hitting
is generally about how far some- body' drives. It is conceivable that I mentioned the matter to him. the changed outlook on most mat- war has Yes," he said, I was loosening ters produced by the myself out, and bitting a bit harder brought about this change in the than usual today, but long driving attitude towards golf. The methods doesn't count for anything. It's of the leading British players never getting on to the green and holing were so diverse and miscellaneous six as they now are. In this roinect, out that wins." weeks before he delivered himself the Americans provide a striking Their uniformity of of his views as to why the Ameri- contrast. Pans beat us at golf. It at least in method is remarkable, even though dicated that he came over with his Mr. Bobby Jones is something of
(Continued on next Column.). a law unto himseli,
· INTERNATIONAL CHESS.
MORE DRAWN GAMES.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCŤ.]
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 19th..
between Capablanca and Alekhine, in the world's chess championship series, has been draw, after three hours listless play.
Various heats in connection with this annual meeting will be decided The fifteenth at the V.R.C. commencing at 4.30. It is understood that the entry list is a large one, which on this ac- count gives promise of keep com- petition between the different Troopa of the Association:
zime
Mi
The sixteenth game has also been drawa, after 24 moves.
** A Lost Ambition.
That was
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