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JUNICR CRICKET NOTES
WILL THE INDIANS RETAIN THE SHIELD?
[By L.B.W."]
ENGLISH RUGBY
FOOTBALL
FIXTURES FOR COMING SEASON
(Tanovon REUTER'S AGENCY,}
Owing to the fact that I havd
LONDON, Sept. 23, been away from the Colony, I have, The following lists suggests some boon unable to write these notes of the many fine matebes to be earlier in the season. Before I played in every part of Great proceed any further, however, I Britain and Ireland during the would like to ask the secretaries off coming months:- the different Clubs to send me a' October 29: copy of their fixtures for the season, !
c/o the Daily Press office; otherwise it will be difficult to make any fore.
easts.
To my offorts to gather some news of how things are going in the second division of the Cricket League, I was told that there is very little change from last year Apart from the fact that the Artil- lery and the Navy have put in en -trios in the junior section. If the latter are going to field the same "side as use one which met the
· Indiana two Saturdays ago, their chances of wresting championship honours from the I.R.C. are BK- tremely rosy. I will, however, try to analyse the Navy XI, in a later article by which time, I hope, I will have gathered more news about their individual players.
The Indians.
For one reason or another, the majority of people who follow junior cricket closely seem to be aking oue and the same question, wil the Indians retain the shild Personally, I don't see why they should not as from what Then they will be turning out the rune cleven which won the much coveted honour for them since 1930. M. R. Ablins, their last year's skipper, will be leading the team again, and how that he has lin - season's experience to help him rún ethe side, there should be no reason Why the 1.R.C, should not do the *hat-trick." Abbas has already shown good form with the ball thus far and, if he maintains it, he should rengthen the already formidable I.R.C. attack.
The Weak Point,
The enk point with the Indians as far as I can ace is in their bat- ting, True, one or two of their players invariably come off, but the whole thing Hoema so unreliable that they will fave to buck up in this department if they are going to win the shield again.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1932.
MACAO RACES
ENTRIES FOR THE ST. LEGER
HOME FOOTBALL
WRONG RESULT CABLED
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Holow are the entries for the Macao St. Leger to be run on Sun- day, October 10, It will be seen that Wild Life is ninong the entries which, if started, is sure to be made Birm favourite for the race, White Jade Stag, winner of the Maeso Derby, is also among the entries.
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The entries, together with their probable jockeys and weight, ar as follows:
Ajex-160 pounds (hir. Kerable). Deveron 150 pounds (Mr. G. U. in Róża).
Flying Tourist-155 pounds (Mr.
London Scottish v.. Oxford Uni-A. W. du Roza).
versity at Richmond
November 5 :.
Yorkshire ». Durham at Morley. East Midlands Leicestershire
Northampton.
Lancashire Cheshire at Blun
dellsands,
Harlequins . Bristol at Twicken-
ham. Gloucester . Swanson at Glou-
center.
November 12:
Devon v. Cornwall at Devonport. Somerset Gloucestershire at
Bridgwater.
Richmond v. Harlequina at Rich-
mond.
Nvember 16:
Surrey Kent at Richmond,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Oct. 10. THE result of Saturday's Scot-
tish League match between Cowdenbeath and Aberdeen was 30 in favour of Aberdeen, not of Cowdenbeath, as cabled.
LOCAL HOCKEY
R.A.M.C. BEATEN BY H.M.8.
WISHART
The hockey match between H.M.S. Wishart and R.AM,C, in Navy Hall-186 pounds (Mr. F. the Mamak Shield tournament yea- M. I Soares).
terday, at Sookunpoo, resulted in the former winning by 3 goals to White Jado Blog-160 pounds (Mr.' | nil. Commander Bionister (2), and L G. Front)..
Marreo, scored for the winners.
Punch-160 pounds (1).
Workable Stag-100 pounds (Mr. Butler).
Wild Life 100 pounds (Mr. S. DULEEP'S ABSENCE A LOSS N. Pan).
TO THE M.C.C.
BOXING
BANTAM TITLE CHANGES HANDS
JOHNNY KING BEATS
DICK CORBETT
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
LONDON, Oct. 10, AT Manchester to-night, in a fifteen-round contest for the bantamweight championship of Great Britain and the Lonsdale Belt, Johnny King (Manchester | defented Dick Corbett (London) on
points.
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Corbett was the holder of the! title and helt. He fought a grand 6ght, but King was definitely superior on this occasion.
BASEBALL PLAYERS'
FORTUNE
OVER $230,000* FOR TEAMS IN WORLD SERIES
SINGAPORE'S
RICKSHAS
NOT TO BE ABOLISHED
which was an increase of over 9,000. Lorries, on the other hand, wers
almost stationary in numbers. Ik
190s there were 1,040, and in 1909 there were 1,000, an increase of 111. There was an increase at 10 òmni- buscs-297 to 307.- Bullock-carts Singapore October 1-The policy had gone down from 1,307 to 254 of limiting or abolishing rickshas and hand-carts had gone down from was the subject of considerable dis 2,028 to 1,100 and were vastly fur- cussion at a meeting of the Munici- ther reduced during the current pal Commissioners yesterday when half of the year. Motorcycles it was decided that a proposal by were, down 84-from 600 to 592. Mr. Laycock to limit the number to Horse-carriages had almost gone 4,500 should be referred back for altogether. From 104 they were consideration of the details. It was down to 16 in the current half of·
stated that the Commissioners, were the year. Rickahas had gone down opposed to total abolition.
Iron 10,331 to 5,120. So there was Mr. J. Laycock moved the follow-really no argument about traffic ing resolution:
What might have been applicable in 1023 was not so now, because there was not the same traffic. Ho considered, therefore, that the tra- fic argument was destroyed.
1. That during the year 1933 the number of hire rickshas shall be reduced to 4,800
2 That the number of licensed privata rickshas aé thô end of 1932 shall be ascertained, and that in future no licences shall be issued in excess of that number.
3. That persons having licensed privato rickshaw at the end of 1032 shall be allowed to renew such
The Humanitarian Argument. The humanitarian argument could One be looked at from two ways. was that it was perhaps a little de-
licences from year to year inde-Brading for one human being to finitely in respect of either the pull another human being about, licensed private rickahas or any It sounded very well, but ne the replacement thereof, but if apy
same time people in England, werd. licence lapses such licence may be re-isaved to another applicant if pulled, about in bath-chairs, and in there be any such, and if there be his early days he was pushed about more than one to the earliest appli- by a lady in a perambulator La Japan they did not think it degrad ing for other Japanese to pull them about in rickshas, and he thought the pullers themselves did not look upon it as degrading, but consider ed it was as Eonest way of earping Ta living.
New York, Oct. 4.-Members of the Yankees baseball squad will divide $162,805.33 as their share of the World Series receipts. Thirty
division. Twenty-four of the Chi- cant in point of time. cago Cubs will divide 8101,070.84. 4. That the representative num, The remainder of the money bers of hire rickshas and private taken in on the sorica will go to, riekshas as ascertained by inotions Cricketers, the world over learnt the owners of the Cubs and to the 1 and above shall not be altered
two major leagues.
further without a special resol tion
FORWARD PLAY IN TO GO TO SWITZERLAND AS one players will participate is the
RUGBY
INTERNATIONAL BOARD CONDEMN SPECIALISATION
with
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
deep
that K.S. regret Duleepsinhji had definitely decided not to go to Australia with the
Sussex r. Eastern Counties at RETURN TO Old principles M.C.C. team.
Brighton.
November 19:
Harlequins. Oxford University
at Twickenhar.
DESIRED
circular to players, and referees:
"Owing to the non-observance of son principles laid down in the
London: The International Rug Northampton. Coventry _nt by Board has issued the following
Northampton. November 20:
Lanenshire Durham at Man-
chester. Cheairo . Yorkshire at Birken. Isary to issue this circular to players
head.
and referees in order to retain the
Harlequins
at spirit and traditions of Rugby foot.
ball
J
Blackheath
Twickenham, December 3:
Rugby Union Trial Match at
Sunderland.
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Duleepsinhji, who had been eri- gaged in a desperate battle for the past month to recover from a seri
as breakdown in health, at the Staines, home of his uncle, the Jam, Sahib of Nawapagar. ("Ranji "), is to leave England for Switzerland as soon as he is able safely to
ALEX JACKSON NOT SO
BRILLIANT :
FORMER STAR DOES NOT SHINE IN LESSER COMPANY
London, Oct. 3-Alox Jackson, the famous Scottish International winger, who was not re-signed by Chelsea for the current Soccer ses
of the Board.
Mr. Laycock continued to say
If one considered it was hardship that the first suggestion was made because the life of a puller must be in 1923 when the Chief Police Officer to some extent limited it should be maid that the number of rickshas | thought at the same time that there was excessive. At that time the were all sorts of hazardous employ- number of rickshas was about ment all over the world and much 10,000.
| moje hazardous than that of a rick- Arguments could be advanced sha puller. They should consider both for and against rickshas, but that a ricksha puller probably made he would deal with the arguments two to three tincs as much as an against first of all. There were two ordinary coolio which made for the the traffic argument and the extra unpleasantness of being put humanitarian argument. On the at all times and season, and being traffic argument the sheet of traffic exposed to the weather, wind, sun statistics was very enlightening, and rain.
laws the Board consider it neces-travel, saya's Home paper of Sept. son, did. not make a very impres. and, he thought, conclusive. From
"The Board are of the opinion that the difficulties arising, espe- cially in and about the serummage, are largely, if not entirely, due to the practice of over-specialisation Oxford ». Cambridge at Twicken- by forwards, such as securing a
ham.
fixed formation in the serummage, December. 17:
which leads, among others, to the
Welsh Trial Match at Cardiff,' December 0:
**
Richmond
#L
12.
Anxious Hours.
sive beginning with his now Che-it they could see how the number of shiro League sido, Ashton Nation. vehicles had gone up and down dur al, with whom he has signed for ing the period from 1928 to the pro- sent time. The number of hired rangement. He certainly did the cars in 1925 was 990, and for the club a good turn from a "gate" first half of the present year it was point of view, but he was not at 500. Thus hired cars had gone down all comfortable and failed to score, by no less than 420. and Northwich Victoria, the visi tors, won by two clear goals.
It was during the match at Taun-one season, on a percentage ar-
was captaining ton, in which he Sussex, that the collapss occurred. He was hurried to Staines, doctors were called from London, and com- plote rest was ordered.
sinhji, his uncle, and his friends would not give up hope.
Australia lowes heavily in the spectacular aspect of the vinit of
Weeks elapsed before he was per- mitted oven to leave his bed and sit cut on the sunny lawns, and dur English Trial Match at Torquay, following abuses:-Putting the balling those auxious days Duleep- Richmond . Blackheath at Rich-into the scrummange so
as to allow mond.
players to get into set places and December 24:
throwing the ball into the scrum. Harlequins
Image with unnecessary force. Twickenham.
"They are further of the opinion January 7:
thai since the introduction of fixed England. The Rest at Twicken formaation in the scrummages the
ham,
standard of forward play in the January 91
Four Home Unions has seriously deteriorated, and that such forma. tion is not in the best interest of the game or lie players themselves.
February 4:
England . Wales as Twickenham
Walds & Scotland at SwansEA. February 11:
England Ireland at Twicken- *****hain.
I noticed that J. §. Ackber; one of their stalwarts of 1930-31, is aking a reappearanes in league tericket. Ackber was prevented from taking part in the league Inst season on account of illness, but from the scores of last week's February 25:
Lenient "Referees. "The Board have notiend that during the past season many re- Royal Navy, Royal Air Force terces inve permitted players to
at Twickenham.
February 18:
matdes, I see that he just missed Ireland Scotland at Dublin. his half-century by the narrowcut | March 4:
the M.CC., for Duleepsinhji is one of the most attractive batainen in the world to-day, aggressive and s quick scorer. He also leaves a gap in the M.C. field, being liant man in the slips,
abril-
abrictly enforce scrummaging for possession will take the place of the present scheming, and the return. to the former practice of any for- lift their feet before the ball was ward being able to take any posi- fairly in the scruminage. This par tion in a scrummage immediately dicularly refers to the practice of
players in front rows on the side he gets there will be a distinct gain on which the ball is being put in to the game.
possible margin the second time he Royal Navy. The Army at lifting their outside feet and fol
Twickenham.
was out after a whole season's ab- Bence. He should strengthen the March 11:
batting of the Bookunpoo Club con- siderably and supporters of the side are looking to him for quite a num her of runs this season.
I do not know of any new blood in the side with the exception of Hector Pereira, a brother of Frank Pereira, who is just out from Cty- lon. Hector" is a fastish bowler but as I have not seen him in action, I cannot say what he is like: As abat he is changeable. At times he lets himseti yo at everything that is sent down..while at others bo is old man Patience himself. I hear that, for business reasons, he may not be ablgato, play regularly this
Beason,
Saturday's Match,
**First Up, First Dowa,” "The Board are convinced that the practice of over specialisation
lowing the ball into the scrummagé before it had passed the first three fect of the front-row forwards of Ireland Wales at Belfast, each team on the aido on which the March 18:
ball is haing put in. The failure has led to a serious deterioration in of reforces generally to inflict the forward play. The modern mis- Scotland England at Murray penalty and to stop these illegal
held.
practices is, in the opinion of the conception of the laws has been to March 25:
Board detrimental to the proper limit and reduce the scope and pos -The Army Royal Air Force at playing of the game.
Twickenham.
The ball must not be touched sibilities of forward play. Owing before it has reached the far foot to this practice there is very little of the middle man of the front row. appreciation by "forward, accus- The middle man must not touch the hall before it is fairly in the serum-tomed to playing in one position of magd and has posped both feet of a the duties of those playing in other player of each tearn,
Subsection is in the follow. Positions and such appreciation is ing terms: Except as provided esential to efficient working of the by law 26 (b) no player shall handle scrummage,
"
BOXING PEER
LORD LONSDALE'S DEFEAT OF J. L. BÚLLIVÄN
..
the ball in a scrummage or pick The Board strongly urge that up the ball in scrummage by hands or legs, or intentionally falls far as possible, the practice of or kneel in a scrummaga. The precipiting a player's activities to one tice of players falling down or kneeling in serumthage has be particular position should be dis come very prevalent, and reforece continued, and they particularly are urged strictly to enforce the penalty, which is a penalty kick mphasise the importance of such against tde offending team, whiista course in the case of schoolboys. fox persistent, offences the player They are convinced that the old must be ordered off the playing en principle of hrst up, first down, "It is generally considered that should be revived in order not only
Lord Lonsdale, who attended the ceremony of laying & commemora tion stone for a new boxing stadium for Liverpool, revealed boxing Secret The champions start off their pro- gramme on Saturday when they are He said that he once knocked out due to meet the Police on the James L. Bullivan, a former heavy latter's ground. Last season the weight champion of the world, in only team to beat the I.R.C. word, America in 1997, in five rounds, the Police and although I hear they "He gave me a good time, though," closure. are confident of being tible to do anid Lord Lonsdale,
And I broke
the trick again, news from the Boo bone in my chest and a knuckle the majority of infringements and to cultivate the qualities of grit and kunpoo camp seems to be just the in my thumb, but I carried on and delays occur at the scrummage. The determination, but also to discover him difficulty of getting the ball into the most promising material and to reverse. In any case, I am sure had the pleasure of
the serummage bas always been que the Indians will go full tab to get out knocking hi
The new stadium, which is now of the exasperations of modern impress, on" that material the im
their own back but as the game will'
be played on the Police ground three parts completed, will be open- times for players and referees, but portance of genuine scrimmaging (and it is such ( small ground), I ed in October, when it is hoped if the law dealing with putting the would not like to say what the result that the Prince of Wales and Lord ball fairly into scrummage sand of keeping on the ball in
Lonsdale will attend
(Continued on nezt (alumni.). will be.
iu open.
Jackson's share of the "gate," which amounted to £175, was about £17,
No Substituta in ̈Sight, There were arguments for the use of the rickshas as well as against it, and he was quite willing to con sider abolition if they could find Ho him a satisfactory substitute. would be very glad to find some other means of transport, but there Decrease in Road Traffic.
"was: no such aubstitute in sight. From time to time people had come During the same period it was along with all sorts of contrivances rickshas, motor-rickshas quite true that private motor-cars-pedal had gone, up from 4.081 to 6,301,but none had esught on.
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