Sports News
JOHNSTONE WINS HARBOUR · RACE.
COOKE TWO HUNDRED YARDS BEHIND WINNER.
LANCE-CORPORAL FINLAYSON THIRD,
TREACHEROUS CURRENT BAFFLES
COMPETITORS: POOR TIMES
[BYWATERMAN."]
Seventeen competitors took the water in the Open Harbour Race yesterday and the event resulted in a signal triumph for J. R. John stone who was 200 yards is front of the second competitor, the | soteran C. J. Cooke, who has won the event for the past three years.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1929.
gaining on the others. 'At one stage he was level with Pereira who was fifty yards behind Johnstone. Finlayson was Dot far behind Pereira but was many yards to the East.
At the halfway mark, Johnstone began to forge further ahead and There was tense excitement at it was at this stage that he began the V.R.C. when it was learned to steer for the winning post. He a few minutes before starting time gradually drew away from those that an entry had been received following hit and got to the Prays teom C. J. Cooke. The triangu-Wall a good 200 yards ahead of lar: duel between Cooke, John C. J. Cooke who, although he found stone and Reza Pereira promised Jelinatone too much for him, had to be very interesting and therezo difficulty in shaking off Pereira was much speculation as to the and Finlayson. result,
A close sussle for third place suw
9 seconds,
i
YESTERDAY'S TRAINING GALLOPS.
SPECULATION ON THE CHANCES OF THE
HANDICAP RACES.
SOME OLD FAVOURITES BACK FROM
SHANGHAI
[BY MORNING DEW.”]
that he will win the Fifth Aggre- gate Stakes-much will depend on who will start in the race.
The handicap races on Saturday will be far more attractive than the Aggregate stakes. For one thing, the form shown by animals in the
There will be some good sport in class is more or leas equal, November, becausa a good number and the task of "spotting" the of local favourites returned on winner, even for one who is at the Tuesday by the Empress of Asia rails every morning, will be exceed-The "Eye" stable brought back ingly difficult,
The weights allotted by the handi capper even up the chances im mensely, and while I do not wish to deal with the prospects of the bandidates until Saturday morning, I don't think I am giving away any secret when I say that Mountain Air, Sunny Day, and Cavalier will probably figure prominently. I make this statement because I have been these animals at work recently, and feel that that they ought to make a good show.
In the "B" Class the top weights are, to my mind, better than those with lighter weights, and I should competitors Finlayson accounting for Pereira by not be surprised to see some of the heavier weighted ponies get this event. The A class is very open, and I hope to give readers a full account of the chances of the different animals who will be likely to start. This will be on Saturday morning, when an exhaustive ac- count of the day's prospects and "selections will appear in this paper. Chesapeake Bay continues to im press, and will in all probability carry off the stakes on points. though I would not like to say
Of the seventeen there were six Chinese and since the Best men from their..contingent had entered the large number of Chinese watched the event with high hopes of their representatives carrying away the hodours. One of them secured fifth place and 7th, 5th nad pth fell to their swimmers.
When the competitors took the at Railway Pier. Roza Pereira took the lead followed closely by E. W. Railton. These two swimmers struck out towards Wanchai and gradually drew away from the 'rest. Johnstone was seen somewhere in the middle, following Pereira's course and Finlayeon, if anything,, took a still more Easterly
water
course.
I studied the course which Cooke would take and saw the veteran allow the rest of the competitora Lo go ahead and then take a straight course for the Club.
After the race had been in pro-
The first Chinese swimmer tal complete the course in yesterday's race was Chan Chan Hing who was a httle over 8 minutes behind the winner. E. W. Railton came in next and then the rest of the com- the the long but long was the petitors gradually finished one after only one to give up.
The result of yesterday's race was as follows:-
Name,
1. J. . Johnstone
Time.
Mins. Secs,
52
2. C. J. Cooke..........
31
32
3. L/C. Finlayson
50
4 L. Roza Pereira...
50
3. Chan Chan Hing... 36
49
GE, W. Railton
37
01
7. Luk Man Wai
38
XX0
Leung Siu Mad
49
9.
Yeung Yuen Wah 30 14.
10. 11. RemediosTM....... 30" 20
11, Pte. Parkes : 19, W. Fornita;
gress for Give minutes, Johnstone 13. Ed da Roza'; 14, Lau Ming On; had caught up Roza Pereira and 15, Lance-Bdr. Greenway; 18, Geo. were both heading slightly North | Woods.
East of the finishing line. Finlay
Fon was stili further Fast about
thirty yards to the rear of Pereira.
The Past Winnors,
Winners of the Harbour Race
Cooke on the West side was swim since its inception in 1900 are as
ming teadily and had passed the rest of the competitors except the ones named above. The rest of the Geld straggled behind being out- classed by these four.
follows:-
1906 Gr. Brotherton 1907 A. E. Thomas
1908 A. E. Thomas ... 1000 C, J. Cočke. About one-third of the way 10 T. Logan across, 1 Dollar Line steamer 1011 T. Logan crossed the course of the swimmers 1912 Br. Nutty, R.C.A. and at this time. Johnstone, Rezn 1913 J. C. Finch Pereira and Finlayson all struck 1916 J. C. Finch further to the East, Johnstone 1917 J. C. Finch swimming almost directly parallel 1918 A. Legan....... with the finishing line. Perhaps the 1819 J. R. Johnstone. thought the moving 1921 J. R. Johnstone steamer was stationary, and accord 1920 J. R. Johnstone ingly got the impression that the 1999 D. Lyon f.. current WILS very much stronger 1923 D. Lyon than it actually was, otherwise no 192 C. J. Cooke explanation could be found for this! 1923 A. May change of course about one-third 1928 C. J. Cocke 1927 C. J. Cooke 1928 C. J. Cooke
• Record.
swimmers
way across.
MeLawhile Cooke kept to his straight course and awam steadily,
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
The H.K. Police failed to put in an appearance at Sookunpoo for their match with the K.Q.S.B. The Borderers turned out on time and Mr F. Smith, the referee, was 'on the ground. At 4.55, twenty-five minutes after, the official time for kick-off, Mr. Smith declared the game off.
Two games
were played in the junior division with the following results:-
1
K.O.S.B. Res.. 5 R.A.M.C. S.L.I. Re........ 6 R.E. Res....... 2
K.O.S.B. v. R.A.M.C.
|
34 9.9-3
Pony,
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THE “TREVESSA".
TROPHY.
!
(Indo-China) Rees
The Presentation,
did not Anish.
I presenting the Trophy to the winner, Mr. H. S. Rous, Rear-
DUTCH VESSEL WINS FINE Commodore of the Club, said that
RACE.
DOUGLAS BOAT SECOND.
The
bwelfth
it was unfortunate that the Hon, Mr. A. C. Hynes, could not pre- sent the trophy to the winners.
A most interesting race had been witnessed and congratulations were the due to the winning coxswain, Mr. race for "Trevessa" Trophy was won yes Klason. The Trophy (which is terday by a boat from the Dutch | silver replica of a ships' boat with s.s. Cremer, owned by the Kon- sails set and complete with cara inklyke Paketvaart Maatschappy and equipment) was fauded over to (Royal Packet Navigation Co. of Mr. Blaise, Deputy Superintendent Batavin) for whom the J.C.J. L. are of the J.C.J... for safe custody the local agents. The trophy will unti) next April (date of the next therefore, de kept at the J.C.J.L. race). offices until next April. The win-1 Mr. Klasen received a silver cup ning boat was coxswained by Mr.is a souvenir of his fine effort. Klasen
Mr. Blaize in reply said that it A boat from the sis. Haiching was a great pleasure to receive the Douglas Lapraik & Co.) was trophy back again and the firm second with Mr. Johnson coxswain. were always ready to enter a boat) (Holt's) cowed by a European crow,
A boas from the as. Neleus | if one of their ships were in port.
He assured the Club that they and coxswained by dr. Broad, would make a good fight next year
sportingly entered for the to keep the trophy.
They were aware, however,
The Travessa Trophy. that they were not eligible to win
The Trevessa" Trophy was pre- the Trophy but entered for pure sport. They were newcomers to the sented in recognition of the meri
torious conduct of the officers and course, and put up a very fine crew of the ad. Trevesan with the struggle, finishing fourth.
The competitors came to the start object of fostering an interest at Channel Rock, Kowloon Bay amongst the Mercantile Marine in the handling of ships' boats. Any very smartly and were sent away vessel with offices in Hong Kong is with a perfect start. nt exnetly eligible to enter if in part on the 3.36.30 min. Sevarat bats chose to Mr. Ho Kom Teng brought down host their sails at once day of the race, the rats being held two of his good ponies, these being others decided to commence rowing
price nonually. Majestic Hall and Imperial Hall immediately. For the first quarter understand President Hall (Derby mile, the boats bad little assistance winner) will be down here later, from the wind, but later a and the "Hall" griffins will be breeze" arose and assisted the sailing here shortly.
Cremer with Mr. Elasen in charge, soon established itself a good 100 yards ahead of the rest of the field and was first around Kowloor
Boxing Eve (holder of two records), New Year's Eve, Grand Tattoo Eve. Misty Eve, and Festive Eve. They also brought three Derby con- tenders for the 1930 Derby.
The Jarding stable brought back the crackerjack, Adam, who ran second to President Hall in the Derby, and Royal Flush, who was third.. This stable also brought down two griffitis for next year's Derby.
race.
boats Boat No. 4, from the as
starting from Channel Rock. Kow The course is about 4 miles een Bay, around Kowloon Rock, Clan, across the Harbour again and across the Harbour to the Yacht
Kowloon Docks and hack to the around Cust Rock; opposite the Yacht Club.
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LAWN TENNIS.
DATES FIXED FOR FINALS
AND SEMI-FINALS.
The Semi-Finals of the Ladies' played on Monday and Tuesday, Open Single Championship will be
October 18 and 29, at the Ladies' Recreation Club, the games begin. ring at 330 p.m. sharp.
On Monday afternoon (29th) Mrs. James will meet Mrs. Chiu, while on Tuesday (20th) Mrs. Tottenham will meet Mis L.
The Final will be played on November & at 3 p.m., on whica- day the Mixed Semi-Open Cham- pionship and the Mixed Handicap Finals will be also played.
ARMISTICE DAY.
"INTERNATIONAL BICYCLE RACE AT MACAO,
To commemorate the eleventh an-
alversary of the Armistice, the Ma- no authorities are organising a bicycle race from Macao to Tongka and back on that date, the distance being roughly 100 kilmetres.
It is hoped that a good entry will be received from Hong Kong and intending competitors are asked to note that entries close on October 31. Those desiring to take part are dress to Brunswick House, Macno. asked to send their names and ad-
Man at Willesden: I have been helping to organise the workers. out of work for months, so I'm
I had my false teeth from Lloyd Plaintiff at Ilford County Court:
the George's scheme, hard
National Health. Judge Crawford: From
In addition to the above there are several good-looking grifins which have been in Hong Kong for some time and are all shaping well.
The trophy was last won by the course, so to speak, this week, and Hiniching's boat, the Hinsang, and
The subs were released on the Rock. He was hard pressed by the. Haiyang, with Mr. Twibill in
Each year, comamarad. struggle is witnessed between the some of them are really promising. Bont No. 3, another entry from the J.C.J.L. and Douglas Laprak I like no animal drawn by thera. Cremer (with air. Ïyder cox-
The Shipping Firms, and the trophy Dunbar stable, and two belonging swain) immediately behind. to Mr. H. S. Chan look fit and use Nelaus's boat with the European since its inception has been held fal, but it is too early to predict crew started third from the lass evenly by these two firms. anything about the subs at present. but gradually forced their way. ahead and eventually passed many WEDNESDAY'S GALLOPS.
of the boats. Positions remained the same until rounding the mark- Dis 1st. 2nd - 3rd
buoy opposite the Yacht Club, ex- tance. Qr. Qr. Qr.
cepting that the Noleus's boat con- 4 36 1.09.4 1.43.2
tinued to overtake her rivals and 133 1.06.4 1.30.4
was chasing the second boat of the 45 1.25
5.3. Cremer, which was then lying 1.14
third. These positions were attered as the bouts rounded the Cust Rock opposite Kowloon Docks, and returned to the fishing buoy at the Yacht Club.
Duke of Normandy. San Francisco...
Chesapeake Bay
Sunning
Amusement Tax......
Ace of Spades
The Ape... Young Pretender Eretwhile Hiawatha Monterey Bay
Nara Stag
Sunny Day
Erin's Islo Zephyr
4th 5th Last Qr. pr. QT.
1 38.4
38
1.17.3
9.02... 1.44
1.58
9.39.9
33.3 33 30
H
30
9.32
34
33:3
1.05.2
31.4
35.2 1.15 1.30
2,21
01
39 1.18. 34.9 1.00.4
1.33.2
35.2
32.9
40 1.20 1.58 9.33.3 3.05.4 32,1 41 1.21 2.01 A 30 1.13
.49
The Results.
1771-
All boats competing with the exception of that from the us. Yat- eting, finished the course in the following order.
The start was at 3.56.30 min.
Finish- ing
(J.C.J.L.) Klasen 4.54.16
2. Haiching
(Douglas) Johnson 4.50.17
2.32
31
3-4
37.9 1.17.2 1.55"
32.2
I
Min. Sees.
1.32 A.11 35.3 1.08
2.43
39.4
32.2
27 12.4-5
Kom Tong Hall
38.2
1.10.1 1.434
33.3
"
28 50.4-5
The Jamaica
40
1.17
1.50
33
Boat.
Cox, Time.
20 30.4-5
Cavalier
38.2
1.12.2 1.442
31
1. Cremer
20 58.2.5
Kumon
49
1.10.9 1.532
20 26.9-5
Papaya
40
1.29.2 2,09
2.35
33 16.2-5
Duke of Chantilly
1 30
1.09 1.40
Duke of Nieblung
46
1.17.2 1.52
35
3. Cremer
*92 20
07
1.12.2 1.45
33.3
(J.C.J.L.)
Hyder
4.57.39
23 24
25 36
Fanling Stag
32.2 1.07
1.40.
33.2
4 Neleus
Thunderbolt
1.49
1.21
1.58.3
37.3
(Holt's) 'Broad 4.58.01
20 13
3. Hinsang
97
TUESDAY'S GALLOPS.
(Indo-China) Ide
4.56.58
$76 53
26
22 53.1-3. 17.9-51
Incr
$38 1.10.2 1.42.1
31.4
u. Haiyang
Christmas Chimes
40.9 1.18.1 1.53.1
35.1
49
Tarmacadam ..................
- King's Fallock
Loch Etive
31.2 1.10.3 345 1.00.1 38 1.15.4 1.50.2
7. Kaying
36.1
(B/S.)
-
31.1
34.3
8. Kwonchew
(BIS)
Fox"
3.09.20
9. Cremer
23
20 11,4-5
S 14.3-5
26 10.1-5.
Delaware Bay
93 17.3-3 23 35.3-3
HONG KONG AREA FOOTBALL
LEAGUE.
was mostly in their half. Crawley wound up the scoring with an ex- cellent shot from thirty yards range, the ball entering the net near the upright A "final"burst by the R.A.M.C. aldost brought them success. Spence setting the ball away after the backs had been beaten.
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LAST WEEK'S MATCH RESULTS.
The following are the results of Matches Played during the week-ending October 18:-
"
4
Oct. Monday, 14. "A" Coy. K.O.S.B... 4
"A" Coy. S.L.I. Tuesday, 13.D" Coy. S.L.I....... Thursday, 17. "C"Ooy, K.0.8.B...
R.E. & R.S.............. 0 "B" Cor. E.0.S.B... 3
Result :-
K.O.S.B. Res. R.A.M.C.
3
1
抛
Friday,
S.LI. RES. P. R.E. RES.
These teams met on the Kowloon F.C. ground and a very keenly con. tested game ended in a win for the S.L.L. by six goals to two. The S.L.I. scored three times in cach half, while the B.A. put on their two goals in the second half.
The game opened with the S.L.I. attacking strongly and after about two minutes play they took the lead through Denmead. Guest put them
The K.O.S.B. were surprised in the first half of this game which was played on the Garrison ground yesterday. The B.A.M.C. not only levelled up but had a glorious two up with a fine solo effort and chance to take the lead when they another goal came from Enett. The were awarded a penalty kick against R.A. then set up a strong attack Charlton for handling. Cook open- and were unlucky in having a clean
ed the score early in the game for sheet when the interval arrived.
the Borderers, who pressed for a Half-time: S.L.I. Res. 3; B.A. Res.
0.
time but the Gne goalkeeping of
The R.A. set about the business McGowans for the R.A.M.C. kept the score down. Elliott scored a in earnest when the game resumed fing goal for the R.A.M.C. running and Bridgman reduced the lead. in from the halfway line he beat The S.L.I. then rallied and 'Early MacDougall with a fast low shot. found the net with a stinging cross The R.A.M.O. were awarded a shot. A penalty against the R.A. penalty, but Dodslon failed at the for McDonagh handling within the second attempt to convert. With aren was missed by Denmead, this let off the Borderers took the Chambers then got through for the lead through Cook who beat Me R.A. with a lucky shot, the ball Cowans from a pass by Stevens, glancing off the underside of the the left and from ] bar into the net. From a centre by Craig got away
Neil, Enett headed into goal for the S.L.I. fifth goal. Just on, time, Guest sent in n hard shot and the
Lia centre a defender sent the ball to Stevens who beat McGowans with a well placed shot. Half-time: K.O.S.B. 3; B.A.M.C., 1.
The Borderers opened well Craw ley heading in from s centre by Craiz. Except for a flash by the R.A.M.C. now and again, the play
18. 31st H. Bty, R.A................. S
LEAGUE TABLES.
3:st H. Biy. R.A. "C" Coy, K.O.S.B.
H.Q. K.O.S.B.
B Coy. K.O.S.B. ... 12th H. Bly. R.A...
D" Coy, K.O.S.B. ... "B" Coy, S.L.I, "A" Coy. K.O.S.B. "D" Coy. BS.L.I. "C" Coy. SLL HQ S.LI "A Coy. B.LI. R.A.O.C..
R.E. & R.S......... R.A.M.Onna
20th H. Bty. R.A. R.A.S.C. & R.A.P.C.
CRICKET.
5
"C" Coy. SL.I.
20th H. Bty. B.A...... "D" Coy. K.0.S.B... "B" Cof. S.LI.”, HQ KO.S.B. 12th H. Bty, R.A. R.AALO.
Goals:
Played. Won. Drawn. Lost.
For. Agat. Polats.
..1
1
25..
8
11
B
101
£1
10
8
1
13
5
9
1
13
10
13
8
12
9
0
6
6
9
INTERPORT TRIAL.
The following teams have been selected for the Interport Trial next Saturday!-
bail coming back to Guest he netted. from. close range.
Result
S.L.I. Res. ............................. R.A. Res.
- as th
(Douglas) Twibil 5.00.31
Parker 5.01.53
(J.O.JJ) Berg 5.02.52
10. Kwongsang
(Indo-China) Harrison 5.03.49
11. Henry Keswick
(K/D.)
12. Yatshing
Ground.
water 5.12.08
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