THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th, 1928.
LAWN BOWLS.
JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP PROSPECTS.
BASEBALL NOTES.
SOME VIEWS AND REVIEWS.
GOLF.
HOME FOOTBALL.
BRITISH SUCCESSES IN U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP.
ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
TO-MORROW'S FIXTURES.
TO-MORROW'S' MATCHES.
The seniors in the law bowls League having completed their season, the juniors will carry on to-morrow with another round of
the four weeks programme still
left. Those for to-morrow are as under:-
East Point.
Craigengower Recreio Av. Bowling Green. Civil Service . Kowloon C.C. Taikoo... Yacht Clüb.
CHAMPIONSHIP PROSPECTS. PERKINS AND BECK" IN LAST
{BY C. L. C.).
The Filipino Baseball. Club again showed their superiority over the
redoubtable South China Dragons when they defeated the latter team
EIGHT.
[NEUTER'S. AMERICAN SERVICE. Į
NEW YORK, Sept. 12th. Britain's representatives in the American Open Amateur Cham-
by one run sad with an inning in pionship at the Braeburn course, West Newton are doing well. Of hand on Saturday last at the
the three who qualified among the Happy Valley diamond. That wae the third defeat which the Chinese top 3 for the match play stages, The Yacht Club have their home
two still remain in the last eight, team fixture with. Taikce still outstand-tean have received from a
this season ing, and have the right to choose which previous to where they will play. The Yachti- | always occupied a lowy pocition men have been showing ach im
in the league. prored form lately that if they
come
[..
succeed in gaining the points from With the exception of the game Taikoo it will be no great surprise.
A question which will concern which was the subject of a protest mang to-morrow will be the out the Filipinos have emerged with a matches betwees clean slate this season. They have of the Recreio A. Bowling Green and Civil Service r. Kowloon C.C. beaten all-comers and bid well to On their own ground, the Bowling walk off with the championship of tireen Club defeated the Recreio the Colony. They have a splendid "A" team. The latter, on the other hand, have not been beaten at home, and may be fancied to anain- tain the record. Civil Service in their away match beat the Kowloon C.C., and the visitors will probably get their own back. The teams are
of about equal strength and the
match should be ä close one.
Including tomorrow's fixtures, the remainder of the programme of the three leading clubs in the race for the championship is as under:
Civil Sarvica 0,0... (b) v. Kowloon C.C. (a) r. Recreio "B." (a). Taikoo.
Becrelo "A."
(h) v. Bowling Green. (a) v. Taikoo." (h). Yacht Clubz. (a) v. Kowloon CC.
Taikoo B.0.
(a) r. Yacht Club. (h). Yacht Club. (h) v. Recreio "A." (h). Civil Service.
(a) v. Recreio "B." Recrcio""A" are one point behind the Civil Service with a match in hand, and they both have still to play Taikoo away, where visitors generally do not come away with the points. Taikoo are also in the race for the championship which makes the position more interesting.
LEAGUE TABLES,
outfit this year, and under the management of Mr. Rull, the team has showed up to great advantage.
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It now remains for the Filipinos to dispose of the Hong Kong Base ball Club, and if they do it, they will armex the championship. The Dragons are out of the raning unless by same unlikely chances, the Ball Club waliop the Filipinos twice. This is improbable and though these teams are down to meet each other twice more, it will be sufficient for the Filipines to beat the local Americans once.
To-morrow at the Happy Valley diamond, there two teams will meet, and the chances are that the
Filipings will win the game and with it the championship. The local Americans have so far lost every game they have played this season. The game, however, is not Ekely to be one-sided, for I under- etand that the Americans will make a bold stand. As I have said many times before, this outfit is a "dark horse,"
and оле истет knows when it will come home the winner.
Last Saturday's game was not without its share of thrills. At one stage of the battle, the Dragons looked as if they were going to
previous avenge their
defeat. Zafra's pitching arm appeared to be at fault, and he did not do
The positions in the League to much to contribute to the victory,
date are:-
Division II
P. W. D. L. Pts. Civil Service... 13 9
3 19 Recreio "A" 12 0 0 3 '18 Taikoo R.C...... 11" 8 0 Kowloon B.G.C. 13. 71
3 18
Kowloon C.C... 12
5 1
30
Recreio "B"
"Craigengower.... 13
13
5 13 6 11 8 10 4 1 8 9 40 10 8 308 -0. SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST."
East Point R.C. 14 Yacht Club..... 11
For Aget. Up Recreio "A" .748 486 260 Civil Service... 638 663. 170 Kowloon B.G.C. 842 682 160
Taikoo B.C...... 656 019 Kowloon C.C.!!! 700, 744. Recreio "B"..... 019 736 Craigengover... 080 "797 Yacht Club .... 300 810 East Point 718 980
CRICKET.
It was only by good fielding and team work that the. Filipinos man- aged to get the best of the Chi
nege.
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What I wrote last week about the rope-liners fielding the ball for the Chinese team again happened In the game between the Filipinos and the Dragons. Zafra cogged a hefty one to centre field and judg ing from the rate" the pill was. travelling, home run looked a certainty, but unfortunately the Da. spectators at that end took a hand in the matter, and the "Big Boy** was compelled to park at 0 third
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0
8
0
0
41
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87
0 116 0 244
There unfortunate incidents are getting far too numerous and it is
0 107 time that something should be done to check them. I have often seen Mr. Muccio, the president of the Association, going about with a haseball stick trying to keep the crowd back, but unless he wears the uniform of a constable, his efforts will avail him nothing.
DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY II
The match on Wednesday between the Diocesan Boys' School and the University 2nd XI., which was play. ed on the University ground result ed in a win for the home side by 78 runs.
Apart from A. T. Lee, Kermark and Sulamin the University did not show up very well and Zimmern took 5 wickets for 48 runs. promising
very
young
That cricketer, D. J. N. Anderson, start- ed the season well with an innings
of 37, out of a total of 101.
Scores:-
University 2nd XI.
A. T. Lee, run out ...............
64
6. B. Kermark, b-Anderson 20,
Diocesan Boys' School.
D. J. N. Anderson, st. Ker
mani, b Aziz
W. H. Kwan, e Lee, b Chan
Fook
F, R. Zimmern, b Lee
F.. K. Lee, b Lee
B. T. Lee, st. Kermani, b
Rai
G. A. Lee, b. Lee
A, Pratag not out Pong Pun Fong, b Rai
Leung Chuk Kau, b Chan
Fook
A. 8. Kyum, e Sulamin, b
Gan Extras
Total
Bowling tnalysis
37
18
18
12
..101
Q. H. X. W. 11 3 21 3
A. Chan Fook, run out
A. B. Sulamin e Jackson, b
Anderson
24
G. E Yeoh, b R. Lee..
A. T. Les
14
A Baker Jackson, R.
A. Chan Fook
6 0. 32
A. A. Aziz ....41
* 0 11
• Lee
D. Rai
-་་。 12
K. P. Gan, not out
D
K. P. Gan
C. Candab, b Anderson
0
HT. M. Barma, not out
A. Bakeri
AA. Aziz, b Anderson
D. Rai, e Zimmern, b An-
derson aeq Extras
21
Total (for 9 wkts., "dec.).170.
Bowling Analysis.
Lee
W, H. Kwan...
0. M.
W.
18 0 68
0.
2. 0.68
Anderson; 14-2400
F. B. Zimmern. 90 100 (Continued on next Column).
9.3 0 18
0
VOLUNTEERS. UNIVERSITY.
round.
The first round was full of sen
THE VOLGA BOAT-
MAN."
REMARKABLE FILM AT THE QUEEN'S.
FINE ORCHESTRA EFFECT.
REVOLUTION.
for on FILM CRITIC.]
A full programme of football matches is due for to-morrow in all | A PICTURE OF THE RUSSIAN divisions of the English League, and the Scottish League.
Last week five teams in the First Division headed the League. tabio with seven points each. Burnley's victory early in the week has given this Club temporary command with nine points in six games" Weat Ham, Everton and Wednesday are on an equal footing with seven
The Volga Boatman" is an extraordinarily fine film, perhaps
the finest that has been based on the theme of Revolution. It claims to take no side but since the hero is
but Storey was besten in the second points in five games while Leads In Red and the heroine a Princess Cited are in the same position who lives and finally marries him the scales are of necessity unevenly sations. First of all Perkins and with the advantage that they have balanced. What can be said is that
played one match less. Storey, both got home, Storey
"The Volga Boatman" is present- Chelsea in the Second Divisioned with less bias than any other against Marston, but both only on
lead with victories in all five games. revolution picture. the last green. Then Yates beat Their followers are Notts County impossible to criticise without bias, Voo Elm, who was on many sides thonght to have great chances of and Preston North End, who have what seems to one member an ex the championship. Then followed cach dropped one point in the same the defeats of Chick Evane and number of matches. Ouimet, while Bobby Jones' former protége, Watts Guna, lost 4 and 3 to Wills.
In the second round, still of 19-hole matches, Bobby Jones had very bad scare. Up to the turn he played really badly, but both he and Corton were magnificent on the homeward half, and Jones managed to win after one extra round to Voight, the leader in the qualifying rounde, while Perkins was too good for the conqueror of Voa Elm.
hole. Sweetzer went out in this
First Bound.
T. Perkins (Britain) defeated Don
Moe (U.S.A.) by one up.
E.
F. Storey (Britain) beat Marston
(U.S.A.) one up.
Yates (America) defeated Von Eim
(America) 3 and
J.
E. Beck (Britofu) defeated Enepper (U.S.A.) and 3
Bobby Jones (U.S.A.) beat Wook
cott (U.S.A.) 4 and 3. Dawson (U.S.A.) beat Chick Evans
(U.S.A.) 2 and 1. Finlay (U.S.A.) defeated" Frances
"Quimet (U.S.A.) ? up. Wills (U.S.A.) defeated
Gunn (U.S.A.) and 3.
Second Round
T.
Watts
Perkine (Britain) beat "Yates (U.S.A.) 9 and 1. willing (U.S.A.) beat E. F: Storey
(Britain) @ and 4. Bobby Jones (U.S.A.) beat Gorton
(U.S.A.) at the 19th. Voight (U.S.A.) beat Jesse Sweet.
zer (U.S.A.) 3 and 2.
J.
B. Beck (Britain) defeated Ross
Somerville (Canada) one up.
LAWN TENNIS,
HONG DOUBLES FINAL
OWEN HUGHES AND SEWELL
WIN...
The final of the Hong Doubles Tournament organised annually by the Hong Kong Cricket Club was brought to a successful conclusion yesterday when the final was decid- ed between W. D. Fiddes Wilson and R. Gordon (Jardine, Matheson & Co. ser. and H. Owen Hughes and G. W. Sewell owe 15/2. resulted in a win for the latter pair by two sets to love 6-2 and 8-6.
It
An interesting fact is that the winners comprise an independent combination, Owen Hughes being From Harry Wicking & Co., and Sewell being from Robertson, Wil- son & Co. They are to be con- gratulated on winning despite the handicap of owe 15/2 against them.
AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.
LAST BRITISH HOPE LOSES.
(REDTEE'S AMERICAN SERVICE] «
FOREST HILLS, Sept. 12th. The last British competitor in the American Lawn Tennis Champion- shipe, H. W. Austin, was defeated by Doeg (U.S.A) while both Boussus and Borotra of France suffered defeat. ·
The principal results were follows:
as
3. Brugnon (France) beat King (U.S.A.) by 62, 46, 60, 63,
H. Cochet (France) beat Mercur (U.S.A.) 45, 11-9, 6-4, 6-4.
Doog (U.S.A.) beat H. W. Austin (Britain) 6-4, 6-7, 6-2, 6-8, 6-2.
G. Loft (U.S.A) beat Doussus (France) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.————
-"
F. T. Hunter (U.S.A.) beat J. Barotra (France) 06, 57, 60, 64,
4-2
THE ST. LEGER. LORD DERBY'S FOURTH WIN.
FINE RIDING.-
The following will represent the Volunteers against the University at 2 pt. sharp at the University ground to morrow. 'Bus leaves H.K.C.C. Pavilion at 1,40 p.m. - [THROUGH || KEUTER'S " AGENCY.)" E. J. R. Mitchel (Capt.), H. Owen
In glorious weather before a Hughes, A. W. Hayward, A. C. I. Bowker II V. Parker, O. S. Moor, large crowd Lodore jumped off in C-R-West, VWL Stamon front of Fairway Tourist and Bonnar, G. P. Lammert, and is Flamingo." Zimmern.
(Continued at foot of next column.)
Brentford lead the Southern
It is equally
hibition of fine courage may seem. to another the insolence of an aristocrat. The self-discipline of section with nine points in six the Officer Prince who will not games. Luton and Queen's Park allow himself to be swayed by Rangers have each eight points in sentiment even when the life of his five games. In the Northern se betrothed is at stake, can be com tion, Wrexham and Bradford Citypared, favourably or unfavourably have each played five matches, bus as your sympathies incline, with the the former are one point ahead.-
The Bangers and Celtic are running neck to neck in the Scot tish league, with the Hearts in tem- porary command.
Several changes in position are likely to take place after to-mor- row's matches, which are as under:
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
Division I Arsenal v. Birmingham, Aston Villa . Newcastle U. Blackburn v. Portsmouth. Bury . Burnley, Derby Wednesday. Everton v. Manchester C. Huddersfield v. Leeds U. Leicester v. West Ham. Manchester U. v. Liverpool. Sheffield U. v. Cardiff. Sunderland. Bolton.
Division II. Blackpool Bristol C. Bradford v. West Brom.. Chelsea v Barnsley, Grimsby. Clapton. Millwall v. Hull. Notts County v. Tottenham. Oldham v. Middlesbro' Southampton 7. Preston. Stoke v. Fort Vale. Awansea v Notts Forest. Wolves . Reading.
Division III (Southern). Merthyr v. Luton." Bournemouth v. Brentford. Brighton . Charlton. 'Bristol R. . Plymouth
Exeter. Northants. Newport v. Swindon. Norwich . Crystal Pal." Queen's E.R. 2. Fulham, Southend v. Coventry. Walsall v. Torquay, Watford .. GiHingham,
Division III. (Northern), Ashington . Wrexham. Barrow v. Halifax, Crewe v. Accrington. Darlington. Southport Doncaster t. Chesterfield. Nelson v. Rochdale. Roberham v. Carlisle. South Shields . New Brighton. Stockport v Lincoln. Tranmere. Bradford. C. Wigan v. Hartlepools.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
* Division I. Ayr United v. Falkirk. Clyde v. Hibernians. Cowdenbeath v. Celtic Dundee v. Hamilton. Hearts v. Rangers. Kilmarnock 6. Aberdeen. Motherwell. Partick Queen's Park v. Raith. St. Mirren. Airdrie. Third Lanark v. St. Johnstone
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS.
Three matches were played on Wednesday in the lower divisions of the English League, the results as cabled by Reuter being :—
Division II Middlesbrough 1, Hull City 1. Division III. (Southern). Bristol Rov. 4, Walsall 1.
Division IIL (Northern), Nelson 1, South Shields 0.
Way.
sentimental appeal of the hero to the tribunal or his conquest by the woman he has undertaken to
execute. ་་
The intellectual appeal of the film depends in fact on your
political opinions, but considered simply as a picture, there can be
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two opinions. The story is gripping and, consequent and is acted well; of the production, photography, and general stage- craft, there can be nothing but praise.
The story is not unusual although dramatic. The hero, who is ex- cellently played by William Boyd, is one of males who towed the barges up and down the Volga; the song, made famous by Chaliapine, which these uden sing to cheer themselves, just as the coolies, here sing as they drag heavy loads up the Peak, was made extraordinarily effective by the men's voices sing- ing a wordless refrain from the orchestra who must be much con- gratulated on their musical pér- formance right through the picture. Feodor, the hero, is young, strong and bandsome and his song reaches the cars of a Princess who with her betrothed has stopped at a Tartar camp to have her fortune told. When revolution comes Feodor be comes a leader, and enters
enters at the head of the band who come to sack Princess Vera's home.
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Another extensive round up of Communists is reported by our Chinese correspondent and elaborate precautions are being maintained.
The Anti-Japanese Boycott continues despite the resistance of the merchants and the pickets have so far gained the upper hand.
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The great scene, which is most ad- mirably played both by Mr. Boyd and Elinor Fair who takes the part of Vera, takes place when one of their number having been kill ed, the invadere demand a life for a life. Vera is to be abot and atings Feodor into undertaking to be her executioner With her quicker wit and aristocrat con- tempt for fear she reduces him to such a condition that he cannot dë the deed, the dramatic situation is intensely interesting and is not held one second too long. Feodor and Vera escape together in drosky, and find themselves in an inn where the situation is quickly reversed by the arrival of the White army led by Yera's fiancé, A ball the following evening is to be made the scene of Feodor's execution,
CANCER MENACE. and Vera's attempts to save him are useless. At the moment when WOMEN HIGHWAY ROBBERS
SUPPLANTS TUBERCULOSIS her lover is about to give the, com-
IN NEW ZEALAND. mind the firing party the Hed army breaks in and once more
WELLINGTON, New Zealand.. Feodor is in a commanding posi
The cancer death rate in New tion. The final scenes in which the
robbers Zealand is a direct antithesis of the aristocrats are made to pull the found their match to another tuberculosis deal rate, state, the barge up to the city in which the woman whom they selected as their Government Statistician, in a re great Tribunal in sitting e as victim on the Place de la Ré-view of "Causes of Death-1927." dramatic as the rest of the picture. publique shortly after midnight Ters who has refused to leave her.
own people takes her place on the.
WOMAN'S JIU-JITSU,
THWARTED.
Two women highway
PARIS.
11. I HOUSE STREET.
In 1875 the rate for cancer," he
Mme Jeanne Mathieu, a tele-sys, stood at the low figure of 1.88 per 10,000 of population, as ropes beside her fiancé and Feodor phone-operator at Paris, harnesses himself on her other eide. change, was walking home after a compared with the extremely high rate of 15.64 for tuberculosis. Together the three strain and pull, late tura, when two smartly dress The paths traced by those two the two men prince and peasant ed women stopped her and asked both loving the same woman and the way to the Opera. One of the diseases rapidly converged, until the cancer rate assumed the ascen- both trying to ease the burden for women seized her arms, while the about the year 1910 they crossed and pther tried to wrench away her dancy, the margin between the rates haz
At the tribunal Feodor pleads for handbag.de peste touring my trans hoth. The Prince is exiled and the After a brief but severe struggle for the two diseases gradually.
growing wider. Princess decides to stay with her Mme Mathien freed herself and for the current year the cancer Volga Boatman,
overpowered one of the women death rate stands at 9.63, as com
Half-way Lodore held a good lead from Tourist, Gang Warly, Buiand, Marconigram, Cyclonic and Fair- Lodore led into the straight fol- lowed by Cyclonic, Palais Royal and Fairway who were well clear of The Volga Boatman is an un- whom she held in a jiu-jitsu grip trasted with the tuberculosis death the remainder, and Fairway, well-usually fine film and, perhaps, the until a policeman ran up and ar- handled by Weston, won a fing race. Flamingo was fourth, Tour, at fifth and Luvaneran last,
This was Lord Derby's fourth St. Léger victory.
terest to note that the rate for produced. It is e picture which no took to her heels.
The arrested highway-woman cancer for 1927 shows a decrease of best thing Cegil, B. de Mille has rested her, while the second woman rate of 4.86. Even so, it is of in one should mies-and-which many people will want to see more then turned out to be Emilie Taberloo 283 per cent compared with the
aged 26, long, sought by the