GOLF NOTES.
(BY R.HH.].
At one time it looked as though the team which was going to Manila was going to be well below the proper strength, but as things have turned out it appears that it will be quite a strong one. Though the team has not been officially nounced, I believe Shewan and Harton are going. If this is so, our leading players are going to take a good deal of beating, and f Manila can do it they deserve
best very
Our
· H.K.C.C. TENNİS
TOURNAMENT.
DATE OF MATCHES.
HANDICAP EVENTS.
The dates have now been fixed for deciding the ties of the various events of the Hong Kong Cricket Club Anaual Tournament, with the exception of the Mixed Doubles congratulations, handicap which has been left open
Of course, Manila are playing on on account of the small number of thair home green, which makes ties. This system is a decided ad- & lot of difference, but so far as
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29th,
Third Quarter.
6. E Green (rec. 9/6), v. Barrow (rea 3/8), March 13th; 0. C. Womack. (rec. 3/4), O. E. 0. Marton (owe 3/6), March 13th; H R Remington (rec. 3/6) Goldman (owe 15.4), March 12th; G. W. Sewell (owe 15.1) . R. E. Valentine (rec. 1/6), March 7th.
Fourth quarter.
HANDS OFF CHINA!"
LDR. S. Y. WONG'S STRIKING
N. L. H. Railton (ser). W. L Dunbar (ser.), March 9ad: Very Rev. Dean A. Swann (owe 2/8) Lt. D. Smith (rec. 2/8), March 1st; L. Forster (owe 15) bye v. W. A. Nowers (ser) bye, March 14th
HANDICAP SINGLES."B". First Quarter.
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ADDRESS.
·JOURNALISTIC ADVENTUR ERS" AND INTERNAL POLITICS.
WEAKNESSES IN CHINESE
CHARACTER.
one knows the only amateur pair vantage, as has been proved by the W. L Stanion; (owe 1/8). byes! China is left alone and allowed to
Seasons.
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are
in the Far East who are really smoothness with which the tourna likely to best Shewan and Martonment went off during the last few are Budd and Blinko, and as they do not belong to Manila, we can
Wednesday, February 13th, is the at least hope for a win in the
No less than six top fourball and the two leading opening-day. singles. On that Manila will have
open championship matches to look to the lower matches to pile up the points, but they will down for decision, three each in the still have to work very hard before Open Singles and Open Doubles, they got them. Andrewes, who will while there is one in the Club presumably play third, has experi. ence of good golt, and is a terribly Championship. A break of a fow dificult man to beat in a match days occurs during Race Week. while our captain, N. L. Smith, has the enviable habit of produe ing his beat golf on the big ocen-
sian,
Sheldon is another who is named as one of the team, and, though be has not been very much in the public ere since the 1997 Champion. ship, I hear that lately he has been playing some very fine golf. The remaining place will presumably go to Bloxham if he can get away. Just before he went on leave be was playing brilliantly, and his play during the triangular Interports at Faniing last year was excellent. Also he has been down to Manila before, which is an advantage.
Below are published the dates for the respective ties, as well as the draw for the Handicap Events. The draw for the Championship
in was published Events
our columns last week,
OPEN SINGLES. February 13th:-K. T. Sar . Iu Tak Cheuk: H. Owen Hughes t D. S. Green; J. G. Lawrie . W. B. Cornaby.
February 15th:-A. H. Crook v. C. E. Holmes; S. E. Green . T. Isomura: M. E. Lo v. Ng Sze Cheung.
February 20th:-T. Fujimori v. Lim Peng Chin; Lt. J. Hale v. F. Grose; Ho Ka Lau . H. D. Rumjahn.
February 21st:-R. F. Jones
Barrow; E. Railton v. Cheng Chi Wing.
February 22nd-T. Honda . E. D. Lawrence; M. W. Lo . I. M. A. Razack; Wong Hing v. Chan So. February 28th-H. Yoshida . T. Akiyama, L. Goldmar . J. A. Cassumbhoy.
Players at Fanling, over the week ead were greeted with a surprise. which they did not altogether we-J. come at first. The first six greens on the Old Course-and certainly some on the New Course-had been gisen a top-dressing of fine sand. Actually the effect of the sand on a putt on Saturday, before the rain came, was not very great, hut cre
March 1st:-S. A: Rumjahnt. felt it would be and so hit the first! few putts much too firmly. The W. C. Hung: Luk Ding Cheung only really noticeable difference Chiu Tsun Chia; Lai Kwang was that one did not get half so Tsun r. "Y. Sajiki.
This
March 5th-H. Y. Ho v. E. F. Fincher; J. S. McEachran . Y. Hachiuma.
OPEN DOUBLES. February 13th:-T. Imura and H. Yoshida . Ho Ka Lau and Ng Sze Kwong; F. Yvanovich and C. Barretto t. A. H. Crook and Dr. Montgomery: Y. Sajiki and T. Isomura . E. W. Railton and C.
Pile.
T. J. Prise (owe 2/4) byer. V. March 11th; C. Stigter (owa. 976) bye . M. D. Scott (ore 2/6) bye,
arab 19th.
Second quarter.
E JR. Mitchell (owe 5/8) T. Megarry (owe 3/6), February 15th: AH. Penn (rec. 2/6) v. R. P. Lonsdale (owe 13.2), March 1st; J. M. Norrie (rec. 4/8) . D. J. Gilmore (rec. 2/6), March 4th; D. Ellis (owe 2/6). W. A. Stewart (rec. 8/8), March 8th.
Third Quarter.
1929.
abroad to be educated had demon- strated that the Chinese people were capable of every form of develop ment and compared well in every way with students of other nations in that respect.
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mordinate Loys Of Family?
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE PENALTY" IN THE
SUNDAY HERALD" CUP FINAL"
CONSTABLE ADMONISHED.
OBSTRUCTION: CASE FAILS.
"Haven't you something better to do than to arrest people for
at Smithfield"
velopment of the Chinese would see THE EDITOR OF THE HONG KONG obstruction at nine o'clock at night
Dr. Wong who asked if the de- the inordinate love of family ad justed in favour of patriotism and replied that the evil could not be ad- justed or reformad. It was true that the housekeepers of China had not been able to reirsin from stealing the chickens From their own back yard but in how many cases had not other chickens been stolen from her by her neighbours who seemed to take such a strong objection to the epidemic of chicken stealing?
Squeeza!
it
DAILY PRESS''],
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This question was put by Mr. R. SIR.I have read the reports on E. Lindsell, at the Central Magis this match in the papers and I am
tracy yesterday, to a Chinese de His Worship having st still not at all clear as to the rea-tective. son, if any, why the penalty against certained from the Inspector in Portugal, which turned the tide of charge that the offence took place at nine o'clock at night, asked if the game, was awarded.
As far as I could see, the award, any real obstruction was being to say the least, surprised both the caused. On being informed to the spectators and the players them contrary, his Worship, after ask-,
H. Graves (rec. 3/6) v. L. A. R. shall only get this if foreign Powers chief obstacle in the way of rapid like to know the frank opinion of generally worked on a 10 per cent.
Duncan (owe 5/6), March 8th; C. L, Sanden (rec. 3/8) v. A. Reid (awe 15), March 5th; E. R. Price (ree. (8) T. L. Christic (rec 9/6), March 5th; G. N. de Man (owe 2/6) v. J. H. Ashworth (ser.), March 4th.
Fourth Quarter.
R. P. Moodie (owe 2/6) . W. Woodward (rec. 2/8), February 21st; F. A. Merry (owe 6/6) bye winner of former tie, March 14th; A C. I. Bowker (owe 2/6) bye
13th. P. E. Barker (rec. 4/8) bye, March
"HANDICAP DOUBLES.
First quarter.
"J. H. Ashworth and H. A. Mila (rec. 5/6) bye v. A, H. Crook and 19th; E. J. R. Mitchell and G. R. O. C. Womack (scr.) bye, March Horridge v. G. N. de Man and C.. H. Graves and C. I. Sandes (rec. Stigter (rec. 4/8), February 13th:
15 r. J. Barron and L. T. Ride (rec. 3/6), February 13th.
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Second Quarter. F. A. Merry and C. E. Holmes D. Scott (rec. 3/6), February 5th; (oxe 3/8). R. P. Moodie and M.
do not interfere with us.
I was stated that motor touts commission basis.
The new Chinese Central Gov- ernment will only be a success it
It had been said that Chins wai have a free hand. We cannot suc ceed if we have foreign interference undermined and threatened with saves and none of whom I haveing the question quoted abore, dis- in our politics," asid Dr. S. Y. economic rain by the increasing asked to elucidate me on the point charged the defendant.
that was so were able to say that they noticed
Motor Touts, In another case, his Worship, in Wong, M.Sc., Ph.D., addressing amount of “squeaza
man charged with members of the European F.M.C.A., ing on. Money was too much for anything that would justify the
was only human stances, it is only natural that the convicting & Kowloon, yesterday evening, in the anybody, whatever their nation-referee's decision. In the circum
fine of $. In doing so he said:- representative nature that men should fall victima Portuguese players should have touting for passengers, imposed a first of a series of talks on China.ality, and
felt disheartened.
I'll let you go for half the or- Strange to say, the national The English people are well dinary fine. You are not a regular "We shall have government like Western nations, to the lustre of money. get peace, order and the spread of characteristic of the Chinese, known for their sportsmanship. and tour. in the course of time, if we car edurstion in our country, and we their love of their family, was the fair play and I should very much
reform, the late Dr. Sun had said, those who watched the game.
If we can learn to love our coun: Yours, etc., The Storm Centre.
try as we love our family we thall Bertrand China had become the storm-be all right as a nation."" centre of the world, Dr. Wong went Russell had said that avarice, en. A great process of reform was callousness, and cowardice were the making itself felt and the ultimate three great defects in the Chinese evolution of China would have a character. These three defects were the in- great indience upon the remainder almost entirely due to
Chinese were avaricious because of the world, for one had to re- ordinate love of family. member that one-fourth of the population of the world was Chi- they had to obtain money to most nese, Many of the recent events in the obligations entitled by family But the for others. With the Chinese, it China had happened against the ties. The Westerner, with bis in beyond their control
been ag- was different. They thought more will of the people and had got dividualism, did not care so much general situation had gravated and accentuated by jour of their families than of themselves.
Callousness. nalistic adventurers and the pub lished statements of these people should not be taken too seriously,
INTERESTED.
Hong Kong, Jan. 28th, 1999.
The defendant, in this case pro- duced a licence to show that he was a ricksha coolie, but evidence- was givan by the police to show that he was seated on a motor car Who will teach this applied science on Saturday night and was beckon- to the Chinese! queried anothering to several ladies who had just
left the Ko Shing Theatre. member of the audience.
the
"We ourselves," replied Doctor, with the help of our friends from foreign nations whom
We welcome in our midst.
Was the amount or armed robbery prevalent in China due to the large army which was disbanding because they had nothing to do he was asked.
2
"would
China had no army, the speaker | Then there came the charge of answered. She had merely a collec callousness. We would find that bion of individuals armed with The Manchu Yoke.
Chinese ethics were based on mutual
seythes.
With regard to "squeeze," be re Prior to the great revolution of devotion and therefore callousness
contradiction in minded his hearers that no country 1911, China was ruled by the Man- would seem churians, a tribe entirely alien to terms. And yet he had to admit in the world was fres from this evil. Gradually, the more that there was an appearance of At any rate, it was always present the Chinese. thoughtful Chinese came to see that callousness in the everyday conduct in politics. It was only human their country's policies and poli-of the Chinese, Why was this denature to "squeeze"! "when one had tical systems were wrong. In com- veloped to such a marked degree? the opportunity, but when paison with western nations, China It was mainly due to harah laws. If, Government was established with was behind the times. If China for instance, in many districts, a per- an inter-departmental system of
son fell down ill in the street, those "checking," then "squeeze was to take her proper place in
frequently found themselves in
More Harm Than Good From the world, she would have to re- onlookers who went to his rasistance be an impossibility.
Europe. After the revolution, it was de-Court because the person's illness cided that the old system of might have been due to illegal examinations for promotion based cause. The evil could not be ad- on mere intellectual attainments justed nor reformed. It required should be abolished, and it was also to be removed altogether. realised that it would be a good to copy, to some extent, the form of government adopted by the biggest western powers. Because China had not immediately set about building a large navy or establishing a mighty army, her was making no material progress. arities appeared to think that ahe But the battleship did not represent true Westem civilisation.
form. March 4th. E. Guest H.T. H. King and Majer C. Willson much value out of the slopes as one Lo: E... C. Fincher v. F. A. Red- (scr.) v. C. W. E. Bishop and W. did on the untreated greens.
H. V. Parker and F. A. R. Duncan caused a certain amount of conmond; lu Tak Lam 1. R. M. Woodward (rec. 4/6), March 1st; fusion as the greens from the 7th Henderson.
(scr.). E. R. Price and T. J. Price (rec. 13), March 4th: 0.. E. C. to the 13th bad not been treated,
Marton and H. Owen Hughes (owe after which sand started again On
15.1). D. Ellis and F. S. Holesolt the whole the really well struck
(1ec. 3/6). putt seemed to find the tin more consistently on the sanded greens than on the others, but the long op proach putts were a rather ticklish problem. Approaches behaved very much as usual, which is to say that they ran like smoke if they were not very truly struck.
The rain over the week-end; February 15th-Lim Peng Chin though far from torrentini, will be and A. Ii. Rumjaha v. R. M. very much welcomed, for every Henderson and W. B. Cornsby course in the place needed it really Lai Kwong Tsun and Iu Tak Lan badly. There was not enough on v. Cheng Chi Wing and Lan Man Sunday to make any very big differ- Kwong: Major RH. Lucas and efice to the play of the courses, for Dr. R. E. Tottenham v. H. Lo and though the grass was damp the lu Tak Cheuk. ground underneath was still February 20th:-Lt. Col. Wyatt hard aa iron. Still, if the weather and L. Forster v. M. K. Lo and T. perseveres na it is at present, the M. W. Lo; Y. Hachiuma, and effects will no doubt be noticed Fujieda v. S. E. Greet and D. S. Green; G. W. Sewell and J. G. quite soon
Lawrie Li Woon Isoi and L Wai Tsoi.
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Rather surprisingly the Govern
February 1st: Casemohoy ment Medical, Kirk and Newton, with a combined handicap of 17, and I. M. A. Razack v. K. T. San have won the Governors Shield, and Chong Tuck Wing; T. Honda beating Stewart and Lennox (11) of end T. Akiyama v. Luk Ding Jardine, Matheson's in the final. Cheung and Luk Kang Cheung.
February 2nd:-J. W. Leonard Jardine's looked to be the winners all through the competition, while and G. Bodiker v. F. Grose and their opponents had a number of W. CHung; Pay Comdr. Payne. really hard matches. The Univer- and Pay-Lt-Comdr. Herbert v. H. sity pair, for instance, took, some D. Rumjahn and S. A. Rumjahu; beating, while Wood and de Rome J. S. McEachran and L. Goldman stood 2 up on them on the 17th tee. R. K. Valentine and A. D. Hum in the semi-final, but the Govern-phreya.
February 28th:-0. E. C. Mar ment Medical stuck to it and play- ed really steady golf both in the ton and H. Owen Hughes . E. G. Fincher and E. F. Fincher; Ho match and in the final.
The other competition which is Wai Hing and Chiu Tsun Chin v. drawing to a close now is the match Lt. J. Hale and F. A. Redmond play stage of the 1928 Captain's CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP: Cup, in which the finalists are
February 13th-H. V. Parker v. Shewan and Hollie. Shewan, play- ing off scratch, successfully man-S. E. Grem
February 15th:-), G. Lawrie v.
aged to give eleven shots to Davi 10. C. Womack aon in the only match which he
February 20th:A. H. Crook v.
has had to play so far, while Hollis J. S. McEachran.
has survived close matches against Redmond and Lissaman. The final, in which Shewan has to give Hollis sered shots in 18 holes, should be a real struggle, and the result in very
open.
A very large number of people are going to Fanling these days on Wednesday afternoon-almost, not quite, as large as the number who play on Saturday and natur ally there is a good deal of com gestion on the first tee after the arrival of the train. The congestion is increased by the fact that on Wednesday, as it is not followed by
a holiday, quite a number of players want to start early
February 21st:L T. Ride . L. Forster.
3.
February 22nd:-C. E. Holmes . G. W. Sewell.
February 28th:-J. A. Summers
K. Valentine, R
March at Owen Hughes 4. J. Barrow.
March 4th-L.-Col. Wyatt v. B. P. Lonsdalc.
March 5th-H.. J. Armstrong v. L. Goldman,
March 8th:-S. D. Green v. Very Rev. Dean A. Swann.
HANDICAP SINGLEB "A". First Quarter.
Second Quarter.
D E. Hazell (awe 15.1) bye . as to get in J. A. Süminers (rec. 2/6) bye, two rounds before the last train, March 15th; H. Owen Hughes (owe while any Army or Navy matches a/6) bye v. winner of the following which happen to be fixed for that tie, March 15th; H. J. Armstrong day naturally wish to do the same, (owe 1/8) v. Rev. H. Y. Koop There cannot very well be a (scn), February 13th. defaits solution of the problem, for the institution of drawn starting Key Har oyunisadvantages One can only hope that those who for any reasons can get off before the train will not daly over their tifine, but will make a very real effort to start before 1 o'clock so as to give the later arrivals : every" chance.
Third quarter. A Piercy and W. D. Fiddes Wilson (acr.) v. T. W. Hall and C. H. Bradley (roc. 4/6), March 11th; 4. H. Penn and A. C. I. Bowker (rec, 15) v. J. L. Bonnar and V. W. L. Stanion (rec. 3/8), March 8th; G. W. Sewell and G. C. Grove (one 13.1). T. L. Christie and D. J. Gilmore (rec. 15), March 7th; R. K. Valentine and A. D. Humphreys (owe 5/6). H. R. Remington and L. Forster (owe 3/6), March 6th
Fourth Quarter..
Applied Science The Source Of Civilisation
The true development of Westera civilisation was based on applied science, and since reform in this direction was not possible under the Manchu régime, the only thing left- H. J. Armstrong and J. G.
was revolution. Yet this revolution Lawrie (owe 4/8) v. C. A. L. Plumm
was of a racial character and in- mer and J. S. MeEachran (owe 3/6), February 22nd; E. D. Law portance and not a mere political rence and W. A. Nowers (owe 5/8 coup. Unfortunately, those who or A. Reid and J. A. Summers (rec.ganised the revolution were not February lat; Very Rev. quite prepared for the new respon- 2/8),
were suddenly Deen A. Swann and Rev. H. Vsibilities which Koop (ac) v. W. J. Clark and E. thrust upon them. The first presi- 8. E. Green and D. S. Green (owe make himself the Government of the D. Black (rec. 4/6), February th; dent of the republic attempted to country. He attempted an impos 15) bye e. winners of former tie.
under the burden of the heavy load MIXED DOUBLES HANDICAP. sible task and finally fell himself
of responsibility.
First Quarter,
E, R. Price and Miss Moffatt v. Lt. Col. Wyatt and Mrs. Wyatt (owe 15); S. E. Green and Miss Heard (owe 15). E. D. Lawrence and Mrs. Davenport Browne (owe 4/3).
Second quarter.
E. J. R. Mitchell and Mrs. Carnegie . Comdr. F. C. Baker and Mrs. Baker: J. Barron and Misa Hancock (rec. 3/8) Forster and Mrs. C. O. Stark (owe 15)–
Ten Years Of Chaos. During the past ten years China had been in a state of chaos and the Chinese had been blamed for not straightening out the tangled skein of their political and econo- mical upset. Left alone, they might have been able to set their own house in order but they had nới What bad been been left alone. done, instead 1 The Western Pow era were busily engaged from 1914 onward saving the world's civilisa tion on the battlefelds of Europe. V. W. L. Stanion and Mrs. J. S. While that great struggle was in McEachran (rec. 3/8) v. A. Piercy progress, China's near neighbours and Mrs, Piercy (rec, 4/8); A. H. attempted to set her house on fire Crook and Mrs. Womack (one 4/6) so that they could occupy or buy v. H. V. Parker and Miss D.forcibly the land on which her house Station (owe 2/6).
Third Quarter.
Fourth Quarter.
J. N.. Owen and Mrs. Owen (re 15) v. Lt. D. Smith and Mrs. Smith (ose 4/8); L. Goldma and Mrs. Remington (owe 15.3) . W. Wood- ward and Mrs. Woodward free 4/6).
LAWN TENNIS.
had tood. The European war had ended rather contrary to eastern expectations. Had Germany won, not only China but the whole world would have bear the worse for it As it was, China was hard pressed to pay a bill which was, in her eyes, something like a bill for gasoline used by her neighbour to Bet frre to her house.
In those circumstances, the Chi- nese people got wise and would not interefere
in anything foreign,
BRITISH TOURER'S SUCCESS. good or bad. Unfortunately, they
GREGORY'S BRILLIANCE.
· [THROUGH RÄUTER'2 'AOZŃCY.]
were regarded as callous by the other nations but he felt sure that this trait would disappear as it was, after all, only human esture to sympathise with serious distress in others.
Bacial Didorences Small. ADELAIDE, Jan. 23th,
What were the great racial differ- In the final of the Australasian ences between the Chinese, and V. Parker (rec. 2/0) v.L. T.
Very little, he Hide (817 Feituary To
Tenois Championship here. J. other nationalities. G. Lawrie (ove 3/8). C. W. E. Gregory of the British bring though Western people. Bishop (rea 2/6), March 5th; A team, beat R. Schlesinger (Vic paid too much attention to face Piercy (roc. 8/8) C. H. Bradleytoria) 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5.
(rec. 4/6), March 11th; 8. E. Gregory gave the most brikant Green (owe 15.1) T. H. King exhibition of lawn tennis ever seen
in South Australia, (rec. 2/8), March 11th.
values, the Chinese were the same as
the Westerners; they were all human beings. He thought that the Chinese students who had gone
The foreign powers in China They had been looking too much to had done more harm than good. their own interests and too little 41 Our Own Teachers."
to the welfare of the Chinese. The Another questioner pointed out work of the missionaries had meant that 89 per cent. of the population a great deal to the Chinese and, of China was engaged in agricul merely by their presence alone, had
It was not likely that China tural pursuits; how then, was it earned respect and had taught the proposed to inculcate the masses Chinese many valuable thinga propaganda to be resorted to? The would be Westernised. It was her with the ideals of reform: Was
pagands was unreliable; in order to of the West and incorporate them speaker, in reply, said that pro- policy to select all the good points make reforma success China muet with all the best points of Chinese develop herself industrially. Ap- civilization. plied science would bring about this latter development.
(Continued on next Column)."
At the conclusion. Dr. Wong was warmly thanked and applauded for his outspoken address.
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
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10. 10 p.m.-News bulletin.
10.30 p.m.-Close down.
SUNRISE AND SUNSET.
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