TENNIS NOTES.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1929.
DERBY FAVOURITE. WAH YAN COLLEGE
PLATE RACE.
South China's activities on the field of sport are indeed great local- ly and along the coast, but the Hain interfered with the opening grounds at King's Park are specially UNPLACED IN THE GREENHAM of the League season on Saturdag, devoted to lawn tennis. It is there the programme for which, with the fare fitting that an exhibition match exception of one match. had to be should be one of the features of postponed. Tennis players of the four well-known players are expect the programme. In this connection various Clubs showed keen disap- pointment, as they had looked for to take part.. Probably H. D.
ward eagerly to the opening matches with great interest. Still, it has 10t cast a wet blanket on the players,
and the matches for next Saturday are now awalted with enthusiasm.
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Rumjahn and S. A. Rumjahn, Doubles Champions of the Colony for five years, will play Ng Sze Kwong and Ho Ka Lau, two of the best of the Association's players, in a doubles match.
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The only match decided was that between South China Athletic As- News has come to hand that Khoo sociation and Kowloon Cricket Club Hooi Hye is expected here by the in the Senior Division on the 8.5. Angers about the end of the former's courts at King's Park, month. Most players are familiar where the ground did not prove too with the name. He is undoubtedly wet to justify a postponement. It one of the most prominent Chinese resulted, as generally expected, in players at present and has a very win for Kowloon who have thus good record. Khoo has been Singles 'drawn first blood in the "A" Divi-Champion of Singapore for several sion. A win by 8 sets to 1 seems years and also of Malaya. One of to be an easy match for Kowloon. China's representatives at the last but the run of play was more close Far Eastern Olympiad at Shanghai, than the result would indicate. he and Lum Po Wah defeated the Japanese and Filipinos. He has also been in actiori at Wimbledon, and although he did not cut much ice there, has acquired by his ex- perience there a very good know- ledge of the finer points of the game. At present he is in Saigon on business and it is hoped to stage a few exhibition matches at the Chinese Recreation Club during his visit.
It was
South China's initial match in the "A" Division and they were unfortunate in being up against a first League side of mora than twenty years standing, and past champions to boot. They put up a plucky performance on the whole and, with more experience this season, they should be able to do better in the future.
Whilst on the subject, an "an- nouncement has been made that the official opening of South China's Pavilion and courts at King's Park will take place on Sunday afternoon at 3 Their Pavilion has just been completed and a sort of "At Home," to which a general invitation has been issued, will mark the occasion, Lady Shou-son Chow has kindly con sented to perform the opening cere mony and Sir Shou-son Chow and many prominent members of both the Chinese and foreign commu- nities are expected to be present.
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LATEST "BETTING.
The re-appearance of the Derby favourite, H.H. the Aga Khan's Costaki Pasha (9.4), in the Green- ham Plate showed that he has wintered well, but lacked training As, after running close behind the winner, he faded out three fur- longs from home.
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The race resulted as follows: Sidonia (8.9) Modder (8.13) Empire Builder (9.4)
Sixteen ran; won by one length, four lengths separating second and third.
The betting was:-20 to 1, 10 to 1 and to
Darby Betting.
The list of prominent bookmakers of the Victoria and Beaufort eluba give the following Derby quota tions:
7 to 1 against Costaki Pasha. 9 to 1 against Brienz.
10 to against Gay Day and Mister Jinks.
12 to 1 against Cragadour. 14 to 1 against Reedsmouth, 10 to against Rattlin' Reefer and Reflector.
20 to 1 against Bosworth, wark and Kopi.
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SPORTS.
ATHLETES UNDISMAYED BY RAIN.
CHAMPION'S FINE FORM.
The athletes of Wah Yan College took little notice of the rain yester day when they held their fourth annual athletic meeting at Caroline Hill
There were thirty events on the programme, and, with the exception of the tug-of-war, which was impos-: sible owing to the slippery state of the ground, all events were carried out on time and some very good per- formances resulted, thanks to the efforts of the organiser, Mr. A. J. Mauricio.
The school's senior championship was won by Fung Kwok Wah whe won all the running events from 100 yards to ond mile. The condition of the track was against good times And ao records were lowered.
The Basults.
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The results were:-
100 Yards (Senior)-1, Funk Wah; 2, Jim Wong. Time: 11 secs. Yards (Junior).-1. Fung Bul-Wing Piu; ; Ho Po Kwong. Time:
25 to 1 and upwards the others,
Mr. Jinks. Favourite. Betting on the Course-at New market on the (Derby (tax free)
was:
100
12.4-5 secs.
220 Yards (Senior), Fung Kwok Wah; 2, Chan Kam Wai Time: 23.1-6 secs.
120 Yards (Junior).1, Tsang Hiu Ho;, Fung Wing Piu, Time: 30
Necs.
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··HOME CRICKET.
SHANGHAI RACES.
HAMMOND'S FINE START. "CHAMPIONS" RESULT AND
SWEEPSTAKE WINNERS.
GOOD SOUTH AFRICAN BATTING.
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LONDON, May 7. Rain interrupted the matches all over the country ýester- day one match being abandoned and four others drawn.
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Yorkshire, M.0.C." Yorkshire-359 for five wickets. Rain compelled the abandonment at this fixture.
Oldroyd scored. 147 runs
Surrey Hampshire." Surrey-to for 8 wickets des clared.
Hampshire-147 for 5 wickets. Drawn.
For Surrey Hobbe scored 134 and Ducat 11
Gloucester v. Warwick. Gloucestershire 493 for 5 wickets
declared.
Warwickshire-203 and 76 for no
wicket.
Gloucestershire won on the first incings.
Batting for Gloucester Hammond scored 238 not out.
On the other side, in the first innings, Smith scored 109.
Lancashire. Northants... Lancashire 280. Northants-192
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Lancashire won" on the first.
Mr. Jinks 0-1, Brienz 10-1, Costaki Pasha
Boys).inninga. and Cragadour 100 Yards (Small
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440 Yards (Junior).-1, Lam Tin Tong; 2, Chung Chan Fai. Time:
66.1-3 secs.
190 Yards Handicap.-1, George Lay; 2, Chow-Chan Lam.
Senior Championship Long Jump. -1, Chan Kam Wa; 2. Boon You Sang.
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Obstacle Race.-1, Jim Wong; 2, Lee Chuen Sam.
Sack Race.-1, Shuen Cho Wa; 9, George Lay. -
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Two Miles Bicycle Race.-1, Luk Maa Sum; . Ho Shu Kwong.
Putting the Weight.-1, Chan Yew Họ; ? Fung Kwak Web
Three-Legged Race.-1, Jim Wons and L Chuen Lum; 2. Lam Ping Tong and Pang Kui Ying..
Hurdle Race (Senior).-1, Boon Yua Sang; 2, Fung Kwok Wah.
High Jump-1, Chan Kam Wai; 2, Fung Kwok Wah.
Inter-School Relay Race-1, St. Paul's College.
Scouts Race-1, Troop Leader A Hunt; 2, P. Kwong (1st Troop).
Half Mile Race.-1, Fung Kwok Wah; 2, Lam Yin.
Old Boys' Race,-1, E. Chan; 9, Leung Kam Kwong.
Pole Vault.-1, Bun Tua Sang; 2, Lee Chuen Sam.
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990 Yards (open to S.C.A.A.)-1, Chan Yu Tin, 2, Tang Tan Sang.
One Mile-1, Fung Kwok Wah; 2, Lam Yin.
Teachers Race.--1, Wong Yuk She; 2, E. Zimmera.
Committee Race, J. Gilchrist; 2. Jerome Lau.
Consolation Race.-1, Lam Tai Cheong; 9, Kwok Tai Cheung.
Inter-Class Relay Racs.-Class 1.
AFTER BRITISH TURF HONOURS.
AUSTRALIA'S CHAMPION.
[BRITISH UNITED PRESS.]
Following the arrival of Reigh Count, the turf champion of the United States, comes the news of the shipment to England of Australia's
Bowling for Lancashire R. Tykdes- ey took seven wickets for 31 runs South Africa v. Leicestar. Leicestershire-908 and 191 for seven wickets.
South Africa-334 for eight wickets, declared.
The match was drawn. For the visitors Siedle scored 169 not out.
Oxford U. e. Kent.
BY MAIL, WIRE, AND WIRELESS.
London.-Tho
British
Under
State Secretary of the Colonies has arrived at Nairobi in order to
The following are the results of study the problem of creating yesterday's Shanghai, races:
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Race I.-The Yangisse Cup. New Zealand.....(Mr. Dallas) Yeterock (Mr. Sokoloff) 2 Sahara
(Mr. Bowling)
Time: 2mins. 13.4-sers.
2—The Kiangsu Cup.
Meadowgreen......... (Mr. Judah) Victory Eve....(Mr. Encarnacao) Howecroft (Mr. Maitland)
Time:
4mina. 41.2-Baecs.
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2
3
3. The Racing Stakes.
Kilmory w Castle Diamond
John Willy
(Mr. Needa)
1
(Mr. Springfield)
(Mr. Wells-Henderson)
3
3.The Rubicon Pista,
(Mr. Collaco)
Time: mins. 15.2-5secs.
Ontario Bright Lad
(Mr. Wells-Henderson) Lysander (Mr. Maitland)
Time: miza, 49.1-5secs."
............
1
3
5. The Great Northern Handicap. Daredevil
(Mr. Dallas) 1 Purple Diamond...(Mr. Brand) (Mr. McCann) Michigan
Time: mins 19,4-5secs.
-The Chefoo Handicap "A"
Westernfield
Wikiwiki
Raftery
(Mr. Hill) 1 (Mr, Harris)
(Mr. Jack) 3
Time: 3mins. 34.1-5secs. 7.-The Chefoo Handicap "E" Class,
(Mr. Collaco) 1
(Mr. Bott) 2
British East African Federation, including the mandated territories of former German East African colony.
Geneva.The conference of do- legates of the International Society for Contemporary Music has de cided to hold next year's meeting
in Liege, Belgium. Oxford was selected as the meeting place for 1931 and Vienna for 1939.
Leningrad.-A wireless message received by the Academy from Pro- fessor Fersmann says that his ex-. pedition for the exploration of the Central Asian Karakum desert is making good progress, as it has been found possible to make use of motor Cars.
Moscow, The Soviet Government bas decided to build a new railway line from Barowoje to Akmolinski extending over 240 kilometres, and connecting important, grain and cattle breeding districts with the Siberian railway, Construction will cost about 21 million roubles.
Esson.The association of em- ployers in the mining industry of the Ruhr district has accepted the decision of the official arbitrator, which the employees have rejected in view of the high cost of living...
The Minister of Labour has, therefore, called a new conference, which to meet in Berlin in order to reach a compromise.
New York-Professor Nodgett, the well-known American oil ex- pert, will go to Soviet Russia in June, at the invitation of the Soviet Government, in order to give a number of lectures in Mostow and Baku on questions re- lating to the production of naphtha and its by-products.
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Eisenach. The death is announc- (Mr. Bauld) 3ed of the well-known Alsatian poet Friedrich Liesbard, at the age of The Kingpo dup.
54.
Saracen.. Forty-six Skinny
Mongol Boy Sparkhill Copper
td
(Mr. Judah) 1 New York. The Chicago express (Mr. Necda) 2
ran into a motor car near Middle- (Mr. Harris) 3 town, New York, killing nine, and Time: 2mins 40.4-05ces..
seriously injuring two people riding in the car. 9.--The "Shaforce" Challenge Cup:
Kent-957 and 199 for two wickets. (Presented by Offeers of the British
Oxford-148.
The match was drawn. Bowling for Oxford in Kent's first innings Hill-Wood, took five. wickets for 79 runa
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two
Defence Forces, 1927) and the Champion Sweepstakes. Pat ....... (Mr. Collaco) Wheatcroft (Mr. Brand) Poppyland
(Mr. Dallas), Time: mins. 4.3-5secs.
10 The Jockey Cup. Shorty McGee (Mr. Rethe)
Kotts. Suss81. "Notta-980 apd 147 for wickets.
Sussex-198 and 168 for seven Prince Ericbert...(Mr. Reiber) wickets.
Royal Lancer......(Mr. Berlofson)
Time: Smina. 50.9-5800s.
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In Notts's first innings Gunn scored 109 runs. Tate took six wickets for 60 runs.
Notts won on the first innings.
FOOTBALL BOOTS AS A
WEDDING MASCOT.
PLAYER AS GROOM AT DOUBLE CEREMONY. .
11.-The Newchwang Cup. The Night Hawk (Mr. Hill) Frisia
(Mr. Encarnacao) Good News...(Mr. McCann)
Time: mins. 11.4-5secs.
3
Munich-Olaf Gulbransson, the well-known painter who, for several
decades, has been one of the out- standing contributors to Germany's best satirical periodical, the Sim- plicissimus, has been appointed sue vessor of the late Franz von Stuck as member of the Munich Academy of Arta.
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Copenhagen-In the new Cabinet, under Socialist Premier Stauning, who was designated by the King to form a new Government following the resignation of the Madsen Myg- dal Cabines, in consequence of its defeat in the general elections, the portfolio of Foreign Affairs will be 1 taken over by Mr. Munch, and the 2 Ministry of Justico by former Pre- mier Zahle. The majority of the seats in the Cabinet will be held by members of the Social Democratic Party, in accordance with the out- come of the general elections. It (Mr. Rothe) I
is expected that a further decrease (Mr. Judah a
of the country'a armaments will (Mr. Dallas) 3 form one of the main points in
the programme of the new"Cabinet.
Bucharest.-The Goverment bas Coeur de Leon...... (Mr. Sokolof) 1 decided to institute" a Gernian- (Mr. Harris) 2 Romanian Chamber of Commerce, (Mr. Dallas) 3 with seats in Bucharest and Berlin, Cloverland
in order to strengthen the commer- cial relations between the countrica
12.-The Dalny Handicap.
Squeak Kalfalla
Netherland
Time: 1min: 02-2-5secs,
13.
Time: 2mins. 5.2-5secs.
A pair of football boots and an old red and white jersey, the Bintang. colours of the Stoke City Football Club, were the unusual mascots which adorned the car which con- veyed Harry Davies, the Stoke for- ward, and his bride, Miss Mary A. Latham, "from the Roman Catholic Church, Stoke, after their wedding recently..
It was a double event, the bride's sister, Miss Alice Priscilla Latham, being married at the same time to Police Constable James Stonehouse, of the Staffordshire County Con. stabulary, stationed at Silverdale. The two girls are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Latham, of Brighton Street, Peakhull, Stoke- on-Trent..
# SWEEP WINNERS.
(1) $822 (2) 27544. (3) 12181.
(1)
18151.
(2) 4010.
2
(3) 16362,
"A"
"B"
POWHATTAN CHAMPION
SWEEPSTAKES.
two
ANTI-ROMAN CATHOLIC
OUTBURST.
SCENE IN WASHINGTON CONGRESS.
Washington. The staid upper house of Congress put aside its dignity for an hour while two members of
the Democratic minority engaged in a personal exchange, during a debate, on the merits and demerits of the Roman Catholic Church.
Acrimonious statements caine after the Benate had decided by 60 to 14 votes, defeating a resolution introduced last month by Senator J. Thomas Heftin, Democrat of
The local branch of the British- American Tobacco Company inform us that they have received a cable from their Shanghai Office that out The Stoke City players were of the tickets sold in Hong Kong champion, Strephon, winner of the among the crowded congregation.in the above sweepstakes for the Alabams, deinanding that the up-
Mr. Peter Jackson, the City's re- serve centro hall back, acted as ane
Victoria Derby.
This chestnut colt is a son of Saltash, who sensationally won the 1923 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park carrying the colours of Lord Astor to victory at 20 to 1, beating his stable companion, Bold "and Bad, who started a hot favourite at 7 to 1.
Mr. Sol Green, the owner of Strephon, recently offer his animal for sale in Bydney, bat the highest bid for the colt was £9,100, there- fore the owner withdrew the horse and decided to ship him to Eng- land immediately to compete with Britain's turf champions.
Strephon, in addition to winning the Victoria Derby, finished second in the £10,000 Melbourne Cup this year, benten four lengths by fitates man, who completed the two miles in minutes 23 seconds. In the Vietoria Derby, Strephon covered
of the groomsmen,
ETHICS OF BIGAMY.
WOMAN'S IS 'THE LESSER OFFENCE.
可
400-Appleleaf.
Shanghai Race Club Champion per house should go on, record with Race, the following numbers have a vote of censure against unknown' drawn ponies.
persons who threw an empty bottle at him during a recent anti- Catholic speech in Brocton, Mass.
After the rollcall Senator Hellin was given the floor for his long- threatened exposé of Roman Catholic influence in the Congress,:
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11287-Daredevil. 13708-Education.
MINISTRY OF SPORT.
Nowadays there is supposed to he no difference in criminality be- tween man and woman in bigamy cases," said Mr. Justice Shearman at Liverpool Assizes recently when he sentenced Ethel Taylor, aged 31, a Fleetwood waitress, to 21 days' imprisonment for bigamy." "It al- NOVELTY PROMISED BY THE ways seems to me, as an old.
SOCIALIST PARTY. fashioned person, that if a man meets a woman, who is well be. haved and of proper character and
It is reported that if the
the mile and a half in 2 minutes represents himself to be a bachelor, Socialists at Home are returned 33 seconds. This colt out of bigamy is a species of seduction.
The vote this body has just taken," the Alabama Senator as serted, while many members smiled in apparent bored indulgence, ins dicates that the Roman authorities have made, and are making, in- roads into the very stronghold of the government. A clarion call bas penetrated the Senate preparing the way for some Mussolini to come forth and deliver this city from the Roman Church,"
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Senator Millard E. Tydings, Democrat of Maryland, replied to his colleague, declaring he consider ed Senator Heflin's remarks a per- sonal affront,
I want the ⠀⠀⠀ Senator" from
to
Soldier's Love, has won his last I do not think there is the same at the general election the various nine
grievance when a woman represents trados unions will press for, the Alabama know The cannot herself as a widow and goes through creation of a Ministry of Sport to threaten me a damned bit with a bigamous marriage. There is not
Senator Tydings is an Episco the same loss of character to a man regulate, amongst other things, the such talk," Senator Tydings said.
treatment of professionals.
palian...
and Faces in Australia, British turf fans are hoping he will arrive in time to be pitted against Reigh Count and the pick of the British horses."
as there is to a woman."