TENNIS LEAGUE.
"B" DIVISION...
SOUTH CHINA A.A. BEAT CRAIGENGOWER.
In the mid-week match yesterday in the "B" Division of the Tennis League, South China A.A. beat the "Craigengower Cricket Club easily on their opponents' courts at Happy Valley. The winners obtained no less than 2 games, losing 28 only.
To the total the Luk brothers con- tributed 27 games, while the other two pairs also passed the 20-mark. The home pairs were outplayed and could only wit one set out of the
nine.
The details of the match follow:-
LAWN BOWLS.
LEAGUE PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW.
THE PROSPECTS.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS; FRIDAY, JUNE 8th, 1928.
CALCUTTA -SWEEP WINNER.
SINGAPORE OR COLOMBO?.
NO SHARE OF TICKET SOLD.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SINGAPORE, June 7th.
It is rumoured that an English man, Mr. W. H. Wright, staying here en route from Colombo to Saigon, drew Felstead in the Calcutta Sweep.
With indications of good weather │" : this week-end, lawn bowls players are looking forward to resuming the League matches to-morrow. Evea practice has been impossible for more than a fortnight and many of the players have been putting in time on the greens since the weather brightened this week Green rangere have been very busy these last few daya.. and their charges appear to have benefitted considerably by the enforced rest¦ and the rain.
FORTUNES FROM *"* SWEEPS.!!
IS THE MONEY WEIL USED?
£500,000 WINNER AS A
LIMITED COMPANY.
SANDHURST WIN CADETS' CHAMPIONSHIP.
SOME RECORDS BROKEN.
Sandhurst,
Although B. M.C., again won the triangular contest with the R.M.A., Woolwich, and the Do winners of sweepstakes make RA.F. College, Cranwell, by' almost good use of their, good fortune 1
as large a margin as last year, Thousands of people are spending scoring 31 points, two fewer than enjoyable moments speculating on twelve months since, to 18 by Cran- what they will do if they are lucky well (3 up on 1927) and 7 by Wool- enough to win prizes in the Cal- wich it down), the two best per- cutts or other Derby sweeps. In-formances at Queen's Club were by quiries made by Daily Mail report cadets from the defeated college.
The one record, a long jump of gift. Odin., as against the old record of 21ft 8in., was accomplished by N. E. White, the old Clifton sprin- ter, representing Cranwell. looks like following in the footsteps of V. B. V. Powell, who shocked the proprieties of Clifton by winning the public schools challenge cup for that school five years ago practically off
Mr. Wright, when interviewed byers of those on whom foiture has Reuter, declined to give any, is smiled during the past, year of two formation beyond admitting that he show that an the whole winnings
"have been carefully forested. bought many tickets in the sweep, and at least one drew's horse.
LONDON, June 7th. The Felstead ticket in the Cal cutta Sweep is believed to have been drawn by a man at present
Mr. William Kilpatrick, the Capetown dental mechanic, former ly of Leeds, who won £60,000 in the Calcutta sweep last year, has just and, where his mother and sweet returned to Minthorpe, Westmor heart live. He is to be married in
at sea. He is due to arrive in July. He visited Milnthorpe · soon
This is the second match and wia' of the South China who now
There have already been", more occupy the leading position in the postponed matches than were ex- League Table together with the Chi-pected or allowed for. The season nese F.C., Indians and Portuguese.
is in its early stages but already nine games in the First Division and eleven in the Second have had to be left unplayed so far. The break up of the East Point team is another unfortunate circum- stance, but it is now certain that!
All London was excited, the the remaining men, among whom 5-6 are come Hong Kong Electric Com-Derby having been won and lost,
HJ. Howard and G. Kelly (0.0.0.):
lost to Luk Kang Cheung rad
Luk Ding Cheung ......... 2-0 last to Lee. "Woon Tasi nad
Lee Wái Tadi ..
2.0 lost to Chan So and Ho Wai
Fling ....
* 0-21
A. Hamson and Zimmern (C.C.C.) lost to Luk Kang Cheung and
Luk Ding Cheung
lost to Lee Woon Tol and
Lee Wai Tsoi lost to Char. So and Hu Wai
Hing
g.
3-9 1-10
5-29
W. J. Howard and G. Lai (C.C.C.):
lost to Luk Kang Cheung and.
Lak Ding Cheung
3-8
lost to Chan So and Ho Wai
Hing
beat Lee Woon Tsai and Lee
Wai Tsoi .......
+ 5
3- 9
19-91
Total: Craigengower 20; South China A.A. #3,
LEAGUE TABLE.
pany players, will carry on the junior League__programme. Skip- per Lee leaves for Scotland in another fortnight, while Skipper McTavish has, it is understood. joined a Kowloon firm, so that he will still be playing for one of the
Clubs.
To-morrow's Programme
·
-
The Police team and Kowloon C.C. seconds stand by to-morrow, All other Clubs are engaged in a programme which appears to be very attractive. Last season's re- sults would not provide a saic standard in. picking winners and the Clubs bave done little so far to enable form to be judged. Be sides, bowls has its ups and downs like every other game. The draw,
however, seems from what one can
judge to suggest victories for home The "B"Division League Table Clubs with the exception perhaps of to date is:
the Taikoo second string, who will no surprise. if they win on the Kowloon Bowling Green Club ground.
"B" Division.
P. W. L Pts.
Chinese R.C. Recreio
Indian R.C.
South China A.Â........... 2
Hong Kong C.C
Nippon Club
University
M.B.K.
2 2 0
⭑
2 D
Q
2 0
20-2
1 1 0
1
2" 1 1
1
1 "1
I
0
"O
Q
0
Royal Engineers..... 1 0 1
2° 0
Kowloon C.C. Crigengower 0.0.... 40
PING PONG.
"CHINESE BEAT JAPANESE: **
An exhibition Ping Pong match was played in the Chung Shen Athletic Club on Tuesday night, when Ng Tai Ping, the Colony's Ping Pong Champion beat Francis G. Nagochi, the ex-Champion of Yokohama, by three straight sets,
108, 0-0, 0-1.
Ng Tai Ping played very steadily from the beginning. Winning the first set, he retained the lead throughout. The Chinese. then
cause
gower
In the Senior Division, Craigen are at home to the Civil Service and the progress of the former who are out for League honours will be watched with in terest. Kowloon Docks R.C.. eater- tain the Bowling Green Club. Although the champions have lost one match, it is generally felt that they will reach the top again this
Ecason."
To-morrow's programme And League standings follow:
Division I.
Craigengower C.C. v. Civil Service
.0.0. Kowloon Docks R.C. v. Kowloon
B.G.C.
Taikoo R.C. Kowloon C.C.
Division II. Civil Service C.O.. R.H.K.Y.C. Club de Recreio "A" v. Craigen- Kowloon B.G.C. v. "Taikoo R.C.
gower C.C.
East Point R.C. v. Club de Recreio
Are
"B."
LEAGUE TABLES..
D 4
showed real brilliance in controlling The positions in the Leagues the ball and was particularly ac-
P. W. D. L. Pis. curate in his drivings, securing 23 Craigengower... 220
1 0 0 2 points out of his possible drives. Kowloon C.C... 1
1 2 Kowloon D.R.C. 210 The Japanese player is anxious Kowloon B.G.C. 2 1 0 1 to reverse the result, and it is Police R.C. .......
0 1 2 hoped that a retura match will be Taikoo R.C. 1- Civil Service... 2 arranged some time next week,
After the match, there was a gathering in the Club-house, where the winner received many congrátu lations. Silver mementos were pre- sented to the two players by the Club.
WEST INDIES TOUR.
VICTORY FOR IRELAND.
THROUGH REUTER'S ACENCY.]
DELIK, June 8th. Ireland have beaten the West Indies at Dublin by 60 runs, after
close game. Ireland: 173 and 320, West Indies: 142 and 291. The feature of the gaze was the sterling batting of McVengh for Ireland in their second innings.
2
0
0 0
0 0
0
17 Q 10 " 0 1
0.4
0 16 0 27
Colombe to-day (Friday). He wins the whale £950,000) as apparently be has not sold any share of the ticket.
Talk Of The Towi.
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LONDON, June 6th
because the winner of the Calcutta Sweep could not at first be traced. Remarkable luck wus with the
holder of the ticket for Fairway, the favourite. He is Police Com missioner Griffiths, stationed in a remote district of West Africa, and he sold half the ticket for £2,000
Stock Exchange Derby Sweep, the first prize in which is at least £125,000, was drawn by Miss Nita Helm, & clerk in Barrow in-Furces3.
The
Miss Helm is thirty-five years of age,, and she received the Fel- stead ticket as a gift from Colonel Thompson, for whom Miss Helm acts as confidential secretary, in a wine and spirits firm in Barrow. good fortune was learned Miss Interviewed shortly after her Helm said, "I have no idea what
shall do rith all that money. She declared that she intends to carry on with her present job for the time being. She had sold a
quarter of her ticket.
The Flamingo ticket in the Stock Exchange Sweep has been drawn by a client of a Member of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
after his success, but returned to
Capetown in the autuma.
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Immediately it was known that The with the winner last year frienda in Capetown formed him to a limited liability company, so that his good nature could not be work- ed upon by sharks or anybody else He settled on his mother and sisters at Milathorpe a sum sufficient to bring them in a comfortable in come. He also bought them a house and a motor-ear,
Ho established and endowed a
his own bat.
Ee
I am sure White can find a foot or so more. So may his runner-up, S. 8, R. Webb, if he can learn to
1/
sense the board. Three of his four tries were "no jumps" on Saturday; in the other, from well behind the take-off, he cleared 20ft.
in
Although it was not an actual record, the half-mile ma by G. L. Rampling, of Woolwich, was dis tinctly the best achievement of the afternoon. Had there been ao wind
roup kitchen in Capetown, where the Woolwich man would have gone he intends to make his home.
Scot's Investments.
M:. James Strang, of Pollok- street, Glasgow, who won £7,900 with a £3 treble at last year's Derby, told a reporter that he had invested the money very profitably He has continued in his occupation as a traveller for a firm of whole sale drapers in Glasgow.
Mra.
near two minutes, and he may be considered to have "staked out a claim" to championship honours,
Fast First Quarter. Running the first quarter in 55.4-5secs, which is as much as one the champion, he wade it hard work would expect from Dougins Lowe, to finish out, especially against the wind, but struggled home in inin. 2.1-8secs. The old record of Emin.. Isec. was put up" us for back as 1694 by W. A. C. King, who won the A. A.A. half-mile two years later. Sandhurst scored heavily by plac Mrs, Ford had a quarter-share of broke-street, Skipton, Yorkshire.ing the first two in the 100 yards,
of a
Ford, part-owner ticket which won a little over £30,000 in the Derby sweepstake organized at Otley in 1933, still
lives in her modest home in Pet-
10s. ticket, half a share was own- ed by her mother, Mrs. Hodgson, who has since died, and the other quarter was in the name of a Mra. Grifin, who was engaged as a cook Hodgson distributed most of her in a Skipton coffee house. Mrs. £15,000 among seven relatives.
Mrs. Griffin lives a quiet life with her sister in a Skipton cottage.
SWEEP PROSECUTION.
The third prize in the Calcutta Sweep, Black Watch, will bring at least £30,000 to Scotland. The holder is Mr. Thomas McEwan, of the Union Bank, Millport, Isle of Cumbyrae, who obtained the lucky number for his mother, a banker's MONEY TO BE GIVEN BACK.-| widow living at Glasgow, A quar- ter of the ticket was sold previously Cobbler's Luck
for £800.
A Leicestershire boot repairer, Mr. L. 6. Screaton, who said he has been cobbling all his working life, has won about £30,000 as the result of drawing Black Watch in the Stock Exchange Sweep. sold half the ticket.
He
A foreman-printer and a tobacco nists wife in the Rhondda Valley jointly drew Bubbles II in the Calcutta Sweep and sold half the ticket for £3,000,
Huge Crowds. The Derby will be known as the Sunshine Derby." in brilliant weather, the crowd easily constitut. ed a record for the great.event.
Over 60,000 motor-tark were park ed on the Epsom Downs and in some cases as much as £10 was ask. ed for a parking space.
H.B.H. the Prince of Wales was tumultously greeted and had to fight his way through the crowd with the help of two stalwart policemen
Viscount Lascelles and Princess
Mary were present, in addition to H.M. the King and H.M. Queer.
Much Money On Felstead. Felstead was more heavily back- ed than was anticipated, a great many favouring him because he is a son of Spion Kop, a previous Derby winner. Sir H. Cunlife- Owen, the owner, secured a bet of 100 to 1 against him.
the upset, the bookmakers will not clear much as Flamingo was also heavily supported, although there was not so much money on him as
an Gang Warily, Stove Donoghue's
TICKETS GO TO HOME
- OFFICE.
The "Hampton Court Club Derby Draw was the subject of proceed ings by the Commissioner of Police at Bow-street Police Court kist month.
Evan Owen Williams, a fashion designer, of St Anne's Villas, Holland Park, W., pleaded Guilty to being a rogue and vagabond in pablishing a proposal for the kale of tickets in a lottery
Mr. Barker, for the Commissioner of Police, said people all over England, Scotland and Wales had been inundated with the Hampton Court Club Sweepstake proposals, out from rooms which were sent
over a baker's shop in Station Approach, Hampton Court: Some even went to the Hoine Office."
Pallacious Numbers -
Williams was seen by a polics officer whom he told that tickets and circulars had been sent only to club members and affiliated clubs,
"On the following day Chief Inspector Collins cont Williams an application for sweepstake tickets from an address in Duke-street,
Adelphi. Tickets were forwarded to that address., The tickets were marked 10a, each and stated that
concern.
high jump, quarter-mile, and hur-
dles.
A. D. Ward. won the 100 in 10 3-10secs, and the high jump winner. C. York, cleared ft. sin. Cranwell placed the first two in the weight- putting,
The Airmen's best in the running events was the 4min. 40.4-5ines, milé
by A. L Wesit, who reversed last year's placings with T. T. Body, and might have done faster time if press
ed. Wenit, the son of the once well- known Epson Harriet James Weait, gained a cadetship at the RA.F. School, Halton, where he vas one of the station cross-country team.
FIFTY JUNE BRIDES,
MONTH OF BRILLIANT WEDDINGS.
June promises to best its own' record for the mumber of marriages of girls wall known in society, says the Daily Mail. Already about 50 such weddings have been arranged to take place in that month.
One of the most interesting is that of the Hon. Nigel Orde- Powlett, only surviving son of Lord and Lady
Bolton, and Mias Victoria Villiers, the eldest daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Montagus Villiers. This will take place on June 11th at St. Mark's, North Audley-street, W.
Another wedding of great interest, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, will be that of Sir John Pole, son
of the late Sir Reginald Pole Carew and of Lady Beatrice Pole-Carew, and Miss Cynthia Bars, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burns.
Ca June 18th, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Mr. James Cyril Dance, second son of Sir George and Lady Dance, will be married to Mix Charlotte Strutt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Strutt, of Bridge Hill, Belper, Derbyshire.
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SOLICITON'S' STATEMENT..
Schneider and her baby were in- jured, Mr. Schneider was ap- proached by the Legal Aid Society offering to bring an action for com pensation, on the understanding that 28. in the pound of any damages awarded should be paid "There are many motor-cars in- to them. Mr. Schneider then re- volved in accidents which are,ceived a letter from Mr. Lavy en- Telosing a form asking him to act worth only £5 each, and the owners as his solicitor, an of them are impecunicus."
prizes of £10,000,, £3,000, £2,000, There will be a reception in Lon- and three prizes of £1,000 would be the Hon. James Bertie, son of the don shortly before the wedding of awarded.
The numbers on the tickets went late Lord Abingdon, and Lady Jean Crichton Stuart, younger daughter 200,000. The fallacious numbers, of Lord and Lady Bute, which takes place at Mount Stuart, Isle deceive the public into the belief he suggested, were designed to of Bute. that it was a genuinely bona fide dings-Mr. G. B. N. Bonner and There will be two cathedral wed-
name on the tickets, which was a bert and Lady Brewer, at Glouces There was no printers Eileen, only daughter of Sir Her further illegality. circulars were four addresses. One Salisbury Cathedral.
In the envelopes containing the ter Cathedral, and Mr. G. E. Walford and Miss Jane Fisher at was "L Vine, Frobisher-road, N. Sir H. Cunliffe-Owen is the chair That was the address of a man.
June brides are ordering wed man of the Imperial Tobacco Com- named Lionel Blackmore, against ding dresses of an oyster shade" pany and has spent' large sums in
This statement was made by Mr. whom he (Mr. Barker) had applied said a West End costumier. "They breeding bloodstock, in the matter for a suminmus at South-Western prefer this to dead white. Most of Frederick Arthur Cox, a solicitor, of which he gave his traiter & free Police Court in connection with them want picture or period frocks of St. John's rond, Golders Green,
as short skirta look so bad, with a another lottery..... Quick Work
veil,"
Bount
Wragg, the winning Jockey, is a native of Sheffield, and this is his first classic success. "
SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST. 1 It seems evident that in spite of l'up to 511,000, but the lowest was
For Aget. Up Dn.) Craigengower
.... 131 110 31 Kowloon C.C.... Kowloon D.R.C. 128 118 Kowloon B.G.C. 120 121 Police. R.C... 117 121 - Taikoo R.C....... 45 64 Civil Service..... 104 · 131
Division II.
P. W. D. L. Pt. East Point R.C. 3 * 0 € Taikoo R.C. ........ 1 1 0 0 2 Civil Service 21.00 2 Recreio "A" ......2 1.0 1 Craigengower. 2 1 0 1 hand. Recreio B"
1 Kowloon 3.0.0. 3_10 2 Yacht Club Kowloon 0.0.... 9 វា
2
0
250
SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.
Recreio "A"
The Hong Kong Superintendent,
of the Eastern Extension Telegraph
Inspector Collins had received 38, which had been, subscribed for
Mr. Lavy denies the allegations. Mr. Cox, who was formerly on gaged at Mr. Lavy's office, and gave evidence on subpoena, said he had seen Mr. Lavy hand over when giving evidence before Mr. money to clients in settlement of their claims, and nearly always a Justice Branson and a common deduction of ten per cent. WES jury in the King's Bench Division made for the Legal Aid Society
the sweepstake when he raided the Co. writes that he is authorised by offices and arrested Williams, and smallest complaint. An undertak-at the resumed hearing of the claims Cross-examined, he said that Mr.. it was admitted there was anothering would be given to stop the sale for maintenance and champerty Lavy was not the only solicitor to £53. His
of the tickets and to return the (officious intermeddling in a case whom the Legal Aid Society took Mr. Fry (the magistrate): Oh, is money subscribed.
and & bargain to divide the pro-their business. that all.
the London Head Office to state For Agst. Up Da.that the result of the Derby was signalled over the Companies? sys- 142 112
tems in the following time:---
10
Egypt and South Africa,
seconds.
30
0.
20
0
0
49 17
0
33
11 0
10Z 117
0 10
1140 13
0 34
Straits, cond.
0 41
"Chinu, 80 seconds.
East Point R°C. 187. 164 Kowloon. B.G.C. 179 18 17 Taikoo R.C. Civil Service Recreio "B" Craigengower ... 101 At the end of the innings he had | Yacht Club :..... 88. 120 Kowloon 'C.C... 83 184 sobred 103 not out.
***I do not suggest there was any real fraud about the sweepstake," India and South America, a said Mr. Barker," but some of the
circumstances were suspicious.”.
Mr. Vine said that the club had always been conducted without the (Continura at foot of next column,)
seconds.
Australia, 30 seconds.
Mr Fry said that the advertising ends of any award) brought by Mr. Layy, in evidence, said that of £20,000 in prizes was likely to Mr. Harry Francis Wiggins, of he never agreed to retain for his deceive the public, apart from the Shepperton, against Mr. Frederick self any percentage of compensa. fact that Williams must have known Lavy a solicitor, of Featherstone tion. Legal Aid Society clients
buildings, High Holborn. the sweepstake was illegal The
had the option, of paying to the printer, and been most impradent. hearing was again adjourned society ten per cent. direct, or Williams was fined with £5 It is alleged that after an ao leaving it to him to deduct the
cident, in which Mr. Miriam amount. costa. -
The