1931-04-29

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PROSPECTS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.

OPENING QUOTATIONS ON THE DERBY.

. The race for the City and Suburban Handicap resulted as fol- lows:

Anthurium

The Pen

Caballero

There were 17 starters, and the

race was won by three length, with a length separating second and third.

The bolting was 23-1 against An- thurium, and 33–1 each against The Pen and Caballoro.

The odds returned against the winner are somewhat surprising, as a scrutiny of the form of this horse during last season, coupled with the fact that he was so lenient- handicapped, proves him to have had an excellent chance. This

Coldstream, Lord Gianely's colt is also gaining in favour. He, is

on of Grand Parade-Placida, aud with Gordon Richards in the saddle he must be concerned in the finish.

Goyescas is fancied but I cannot make him out to beat Portlaw on

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1931.

H.K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

RUMJAHN AND CASSUMBHOY PROGRESS.

SULLIVAN REACHES FINAL OF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP,

C. A. L. Rumjahn and J. Cassuumbhay qualified for the third semi-final position of the Open Doubles Championship of the Colony by defeating P. Kong and W. T. Lee in the fourth round yesterday, and now await to meet on Friday the winners of to-day'a tie, M. K. Lo and M. W. Lo". Tew Man Kit and Ho Ka Lau,

U.S. BASEBALL.

MONDAY'S RESULTS.

(REUTEL'À AMERICAN SERVICE)

New York, April 27. To-day's matches in the major Baseball Leagues, resuited as fol- lows:--

National League, New York. 8 Brooklyn Philadelphia... 0 Boston

...... 3 2

St. Louia 3 Pittsburg. 6 Amarican League, Washington ... New York

The last named match took twelve innings to completo,

YANKEES NOW LEAD IN AMERICAN CIRCUIT.

BABE RUTH IS SENT TO HOSPITAL.

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Yesterday's match did not produce much of a struggle, although the losers ran the Indians pretty closely last year's form, he was a poor seall along. For the most part, the and to the latter in the Middie Chinese adopted the defensive"

Jobbing consistently New York, April 22-After his Park Stakes at the end of last sea. employing

throughout, which had the effect of phenominal big stick work had been son.

slowing down the game.

the major factor in the victory of Possibly spred rather than

At times they became enterpris the New York Yankees over the stamina is the forte of Heritageing, but they showed some fear and Boston Red Sox, to the tune of 7 who has been shaping well, and

were unable to maintain any presto B, at Boston, to-day, Babe Ruth the same remark may apply to

Bure, after sending over an attack.

was sent to hospital with a strained Coldstream so that these two maying shot. Rong matched his op- tendon in his left thigh. hare better chance in

ponents well, and to him must be Guiness than the Derby. Doctor given the credit of bearing the Dolittle with 3 lbs in his favour brant of the match, and of bring. could only beat Heritage by a necking the issue to the respectable

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in the Autumn Fon) Plate.

the

goes to show how necessary it is to carefully study the handicaps. Homer may be a force to reckon Anthurium was oth in the Green-with, also Estate Duty, and Sir ham Plate over one mile in April Andrey in particular. last which' was won by Christopher Bobin'at' lavel weights, and in this race finished in front of Singapore, winner of the St. Leger and Blen heim winner of the Derby,

He was 4th in the Hardwicke Stakes won by Alcester, and third Cat-O'-Nine Tails (receiving 1 stone), and Lord Bill (Level) in tho Lingfield Park Handicap in July. In the St. George Stakes ni Liverpool over I mile & furlongs, he was again third to Algonquin and Rameses-the-Secord at level weights.

In the Cambridgeshire, An- thurium (But lbs) ran very well indeed, the finish was a close one, he was up with the lenders, and re- crived 7 ths from the Pen., who of 'curse wou.

In the above race he was 14 lbs better off than the Pen who finished second three length

away.

Outside Newmarket we must con- sider Lemnarehus (F. Darling) who won four rices last year and was placed in three. He was beaten a neck and short head respectively by Portins and Turtle Soup in the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, the former had to go all out to win, and for this reason there ap pear to be doubts as to his stamina to the Derby distance. Previous to this race Lemnarthus beat Port law by a neck over 3 furlongs in the Lavant Stakes."

Thyustes is supposed to be unfit, but as he is quoted at 8-1 for the Derby there may be little in this rumour and it must be remembered that he was winner of the National Produce Stakes, •

Lord Derby's Bute, did not run is a two-year-old, but is attracting attention.

chus and Jacopo.

On inst year's form I make out Caballero, despite good form Purtlaw to have this best chance

it good lest year, also returned

in an open race and am inclined price: he ran in as many as seven-

to think that the main danger will teen races altogether, quite a num

rome from Coldstream, Leaunar Ler of them small hardieapa in which he was somewhat inconsistent, On the other hand he also bent Lood horses, being second in the Victoria Cup to Ecilath, He ran forward in the Royal Hunt Cup: in the Wokingham Stakes at 8 st. lbs, he finished ahead of Knight Error (8 st. 0 s), and Rattlin- the-Reefer (8st 0 lbs), 1st and 2nd

The 1,000 Guineas, This race for three-year-old fillies ever one mile will be run on Fri- day, and the following showed to best advantage last season,

Athara, Belle Ferroniere, Carola, Charlwood, Four Course, Lampete,

Boore of 8-4, 6-3. His partner, Lee, let him down badly, at times even sending casy smashes outside.

The winners played complacently throughout, and seemed content to control their opponents' shots. Their net work brightened up a somewhat tame match, while they were frequently; appinuded for their all round performance. At Ball in the first set they forged ahead to take a commanding lead of 5-2. The Chinese checked them by taking the next two games, but fell off under pressure by the Indiane, who thus took the set. After another spell of even play, the Indians again brought the score, in the second set, from 2-all to 8-2, dropped one game, which the Chis neat deservedly won by slowing superiority in .. couple of Ane rallies, They, however, made sure of the match by winning the set at

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Club Championship.

In an interesting semi-final tie in the Club Championship, A. L. Sullivan bent R. H. Wild after an even struggle.

Several other ties were also de. cided. Yesterday's results follow:

Open Doubles.

C. A. L. Rumjahn and J. A. Cassumbhay bent P. Kong and 1.

T. Lee, 6-4, 4-3..

Club Championship,

Handicap Singles "A."

While the Yankees were winning, the Athletics, playing at Shihe Park, in Philadelphia, came out of their slurp to win by 8 to 1 from the Washington Senators, and at Chicago the White Sox panished the Cleveland Indians by 10 to 2, There were no other games in the American League to-day, for, rain at Detroit made it impossible for the Tigers and the St. Louis Browns to play.

The St. Louis Cardinals, by nosing out the Cincinnati Reds by 3 to 2 in St. Louis, retained their At Ebbett's Field, in Brooklyn, the leadership in the National Lengue. Boston Braves held on tight to second place by blanking the luck

cas Brooklyn Dodgers by four to nothing. Four errors largely, ne, counted for the downfall of the Dodgers. Rain at Pittsburg made it impossible for the Piraten and the Chicago Cubs to play at Forbes Field. Playing at the Polo Ground in New York, the Giants, in a holy contested game, managed to win by 5 to 4 from the Phillies.

Babe Ruth's Injury.

Ther Bambino accounted for three of the seven russ scored by the Yankees. In the first inning he cracked out a single, scoring Earl Combs and, again in the fourth inning he singled, scoring Combs. He hit a two-bagger in the sixth frame, searing Lyn Lary. Then, with the Red Sox at bat, Ruih strained a tendag while chasing what turned out to be a two-bagger. He fell, painfully hurt, and was at once ordered to hospital. How long it will be necessary for him to be out of the game cannot yet be determined.

Mickey Cochrane entered the home run liats for the Athletics with a four-sacker to-day. Roettger hit Semi-final-A. A. Sullivan beat for the cireuit on behalf of the Cincinnati Reds, and Hughie Critz R. H. Wild, 7-5, 6-2, -

hit his second home runs of the year for the New York innta Cronin, of the Senators, gained his first home run of the season and Friberg of the Phillies hit hin second. Ruth of the Yankees and Herman of the Dodgers continue to lend the race for home runs D. S. Green (owe 15) bent H. honours, with three each.

Following are the scores of to- day's games:

H. J. Armstrong: (owe 15) beat H. Owen Hughes (15.2), 0-7, 03.

R. M. Henderson (ret. 2/8) bent H. F. Foley (scr.), 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Handicap Singles "*B."

respectively in this year's Lincoln, Lindos Ojos, Leopard, Mots D'Or, Hampton (owe 3/6), 6-4, 6-3.

and he was 4th in the London Cup, The 2,000 Guineas,

Pasin, Turtle Soap, and Windy.

brac.

Handicap Doubles.

H. J. Price and T. J. Price (owe

TO-DAY'S MATCHES,

Open Doubles,

Of these the following were out | 2/6) beat Collia and Penn (rec. 15), This race for Colts only, three-standing. Atbara, Lindos Ojos, 6-2, 6-2, year-olds, over a distance of one Turtle Soup and Lampeto. mile, will be run to-day at New-Atbara is not bred to stay, was market, but it is unlikely that' the names of the runners will be enhled. The Derby of course is over

miles.

Bince 1808, on ten occasions the winner of the 2000 Guineas has nino won the Derby, though in the last ten years the only horse to

ten yea

excitable last season but appears to have settled down, while Lindos Ojos was very fast over 6 furlongs. Pasen can stay and may have.a better chance in the Oaks, while another I might mention for the latter race is Fara, owned by Lord _Derby,__The_latter_only_had_one win both races was Manno in 1995. outing last season and won.

Newmarket's best appear t Jacopo, Goyescas, Reveillon, Cold- stream, Apperley, Homer, Heri- tage, Sir Andrew, and possibly Tippets and Estate Duty, and of ecurse Jacopo is greatly fancied.

The latter appears to have main- tained his juvenile excellence, for last season he proved himself to fe one of the best two-year-olds in training, winning three races and gaining a 2nd in his remaining out- ing. Probably his best porform. ance was in the race he did not win, the Imperial Produce Stakes over 6 furlongs, in which Dr. Dolittle who beat him only by a The neck, was receiving. 11 lbs. -time-tos-wan-good 1.13.2/5_In_ the fatter race Orpen finished third, and according to reports the lat ter colt has comic along a lot.

The Derby.

The following are approximato- ly the opening quotations on the Derby, and may be of interest :---

Jacopo Thyentes

Letonarchus Portlaw Соуевсав Tippets.

Doctor Dolittle Bir Andrew Homor Cameronian Coldstream Estate Duty:

Reveillon Lightning Star.

Heritage Oban Ashridge

0-1

·B-1

8 1

10 ~1

12 — 1

14-1

M. K. Lo and M. W. Lo r. Ho Ka Lau and Yow Nan Kit.

Handicap Singles "A"

L. Forster . A. B. Raworth.

Handicap Doubles.

Stock and Humphreys (rec. 5/0) P. Nash and Hill (owe 2/8).

Owen Hughes and Moro (owe 15) , Low and Dowley (rec. 6/0). ~Wood-and-Lennox- (ree.--15) ~v.- Keyserling and Jensen (scr.).

HOME FOOTBALL.

ROTHERHAM AND HULL DRAW

(THROUGH REUTER'S ÁGENOT.]

LONDON,April 27... In a Third Division (Northern Section) football match in the English League played to-day, Rotherham received Hull City.

The match ended in a draw, ench side scoring one goal, -

10 - 1

101

20 --- 1

20 1

90 1.

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23-1

20-1

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COMING PT

RENEGADES

OFE

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

R. H. E.

5 11 0

10 14

1 7

New York Boston

Cleveland Chicago

Washington Philadelphin

NATIONAL LEAGUE,

Boston.............................. 4

Brooklyn

Cincinnati St. Louis

Philadelphia

New York.

to to

ос

R. H.

0 4 4

1 13 1

4 11 1

6 19

Following the the standings of the clubs in the major baseball leagues:-

AMERICAN LEAGUE,

New York

Cleveland

Washington **

St. Louis

Chicago.

Philadelphia Detroit Boston

Wön. Lost. Pet.

6 2 .750

.025

7025

B .000

J ,500

3 A .375 .280

0.250

NATIONAL LRAQUE.

St. Louis

Boston

Won. Lost, Pet.

B. I .872

ร g. .777

.571

3 4 *428

.376

New York ....... 10- Chicago

Pittsburg Philadelphia Cincinnati

Brooklyn

1 6143 17

LOCAL FOOTBALL.

CLUB BEATEN BY THE

BORDERERS..

ONLY ONE GOAL SCORED.

YACHTING.

SECOND MID-WEEK RACE.-

The second mid-week race took place yesterday afternoon and re- Bulted as follows:-.

Course:-1, Tamar Line (S); 2, Rumsey Shoal (S). 3, Mark oxi Line (8); 4, Rumsey Shoal (S). Distance: 5.1 miles,

The Hong Kong Football Club senior League team lost the Borderers by the only goal when they, wero at home to the South Wales Borderers in a fast encoun ter yesterday. Rodger, the Club custodian, saved no fewer than a dozen goals, some of which should | Psn.

"H" Class. (Started 3.25 p.m.)

have passed him, and the home 2 La Linda (Mr. A. team had hard luck in not sharing

the points on the run of the play. Trate the start the Borderera kapt

up a continual attack and Rodger

TIME. Fin. Cor.

L. Shields) ...

0.20.43

1 Dorena (Captain Krogh-Moe) ....

6.28.13

3 Arau No. II. (Mr. H. J. Pearce)...

bad a busy time. The Club seldom 4 Dorethea (Mr. B. passed the Borderers defence. On

one of the rare occasions on which they succeeded in breaking through, a goal serined inevitable, but Mul- Inte scrambled it out of an empty goal.

out of

The pressure kept up by the Borderers brought its reward four minutes before half time when Channings placed well Rodgor's reach close in.

In the second half the Club. a more forceful game. played Bishop, who was very prominent in the forward line, shot a little wide of the post. Transferring the on the piny, the Borderers were point, of increasing their lond through Lakeman, but Hynes ob- structed the shot at the expones of & corner. Pallister sent a couple of shots into the side net.

Raid by Borderers. Johnson was called upon to save at the other end, and the Borderers made another raid during which Rodger managed to get his font in a fast shot from the left wing in a pass from the other side of the Beld. A corner resulted, which

was cleared.

now attacking

The Club wore very strongly, but the defence massed in the goal area were able to keep them away. Rodger saved (Continued on nezį Column.)

0.39.30

6.99.13

0.43.40 0.38.15

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4.45.35 6.40.01 "I," "Y" and "G" Class09.' (Started 3.30 p.m. Distance: 3.9 miles.)

TIME

Cor. Fin.

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2 Bluejacket (Capt. -

C. C. Fowkes) 0.31.18 0.33.20 1 Boojum (Mrs. Adams) Speedwell (Mrs.)

Pickering)

7 Adanne (Maj. P.

0.20.51 6.29.53

4.39.10 0.28.17

S. Stewart) 6.42.10 0.41.19 3 Daphne (Comdr.

Walker R.N.)... 6.34.41 0.34,11. & Ailan (Col. W. N.

Stokes) Jessamine (Pay.-.

Lt. Petre)... 0.40.02 0.40.02

6.39.30 6.39.30

from a hender, and the Club took up the attack again. From a free kick for a foul throw in the mid- held area, Bishop gained possession to send in a stinging shot, but the Lall skimmed the bar and denied the Club of their last chanco of gaining the equaliser. The final whistle sounded soon after, leaving the Borderers winners by the only goal,

Q.M.S. Scott lined out the fal- lawing teams

'VARSITY BILLIARD CLUB.

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION,

A pleasant function took plaes at the Hong Kong University Union Assembly Roam on Monday after. noon, when the University Billiard Club held their prize distribution for the billiard tournament which took place recently. ·

Mr. N. S. Lim, the Chairman of the Club, presided, with Mr. K. T. Loks (President of the University Union) and Mr. Johm Pau (Secre- [tory of the Club).

Before calling on Mr, K. T, Loko to give away the prites, the Chair- man congratulated the winners. especially Mr. S. . Ho, who has successfully won the championship cup for two years, and thanked Ma Loko for having kindly consented to give away the prizes. He re marked that the contest had been a very keen one.

The prizes were then given away. The following were the winners:—

Champion Singles:-Winner: 8.

C. Ro.

Champion Singlas:-Challenger:

S. H. Wong. Champion Singles:Runner-up:

M. O. Chon. Highest Break:-S. O. Ho. Singles Handicap-Winner : S.

H. Wong. Singles Handicap (--Runner-up';

O. S. Woi Doubles Handicap:--Winners: S.

H. Wong, N. S. Lim, Doubles Handicap.-Runners-up;

-E, L. Foo, K. Y, NË.

The Feminine Touch. After, the distribution, Mr. K. T. Loke thanked the committee of the Club for the honour they had done him, and congratulated all the prize winnors on their success. Ho anggested that a lady should have. taken his place, because the Club

needs a feminine touch."

The smile of a lady, when giving away the prizes, would inspire the wid hers and thus make them win more prizes in the next tournament (laughter). He further gave a his torical reference to the knights in mediaeval times, who kissed the hands of their ladies after each con- test, and remarked that they could not get such a favour from him (Idaughter).

Borderers-Johnson; Williams, Mullane; Morgan, Eynon, Under wood; Pallister, Lakoman, Par zona, Channings, Duncan.

Club-Rodger Strange, Hynes; Watson, MeFarlan, Duncan; Alex-cheers and a "tiger" for Mr. K. Ender, Bishop, Strango, Railton, T. Loke.

The function ended with three

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