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LOCAL YACHTING
Resail Of First Cruiser Championship
Light Winds And No Result
(By "SHELLBACK")
On Sunday the Yacht Club made their second attempt at sail- "Tag round the Estand to Fort, but the sueetse of the venture was equal tu, or slightly less than the first effort, so the first Cham- pionship Cruiser' race still remains to be decided. Anyway, what does it matter? It was a grand day and sailors don't care, so they will just go' on smacking at it until they really do manáre le Ect round.
Norseman, Sai Long and Wander- ET. On the other side of the Channel, Norddwester was work- ing out a very nice lead down by Repulse Bay, followed by Typhoon, Cuity and Tern.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,
STEEL COULSON'S SNOOKER LEAGUE
Results To Date
threc By winning their last matches handsomely the R.N.Y Police have moved from seventh tc second place and are only one point behind the leaders.
In view of this the clash between these teams on Thursday next should prove most interesting.
The Catholic Union Club sus- tained their Arst defeat of the sea- son at the hands of the Prison Officers Mess.
Results of matches to date are!
December 27, 1935 Dockyard R. 1 ENY. Police
5 St. Pats. Prison Offs. C.P.O.S
C. U. C. D. R. C. C. P. O.s
121
0
C. S. C. C.
1 Garrison Sgta. 4 2.0. U. C. January 2, 1936
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5 C. 8. C. C.
0
4" St. Pats.
3 R' Es
R N, Y. P.
Latest results are.
4 Prison Offs.
R.E.3 v. C.P.O.s
68 Darwent
15
50
54
35
34
According to the bill of fare-the course indicated was the Island to starboard, advertised as the third Cruiser Champlonship. However, late on Saturday afternoon, some pright spark discovered that the
Round about 3:00 p.m. the wind Sailing Secretary had 'blundered
freshened slightly from South- and the tides were all wrong. wo
and it looked for a Sgt. Collins the race was altered to a resail South-East tor the first Cruiser Championship while as if something might have Sat. Moreton-18 » Fissey
44 Rogerson race, to wit the Island to Port. This been done about it, but the im-Set. Daniels 32 Edmonds
65 Hutler decision, conceived as it was by proved conditions failed to last and E. Wade master minda, had the unexpected by the time the Yachts were near- Sgt. Warr
Result-RES 3, C.P.QS 2 effect of breaking up the tradition log Tytam Bay the prospects of about early birds catching the in shing became dim in the ex-
The order by then was La Pile worms. "Bai Long" was carefully treme
C gale, Norddwester. Monsoon, r. Mason placed early in the day, well to the
Typhoon, F H Cutty, Tern, U and I, West of the starting line, in a non- existent breeze, presumably think-Penguin and Wanderer, with the Dr. Shaw
odd intervals Perry West to Ing that the start was East. and eventually had to be in improbable places, and the Lowed across the Kne by a motor proud possessors of engines pro- boat in order to start of in the ceeded to start them up, whereas the hard bitten sailors, who do not right direction.
approve of such contrivances, ac- cepted or refused tows according to the state of their pride, and so
The Four Tonners went off first at 9.50 a.m. and then the Cruisers at 10.00 am., both to light easterly airs with spinnakers set to Port; harbour was the run down the
remainder spaced
home.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1936.
AUSTRALIA AND ALL-INDIA
Visitors In Bad Way
RUGBY PRO- GRAMME MAPPED OUT
Play For Spunt Cup Is Revised
Lahore, Jan. 12
£5000 LESS FROM
WIMBLEDON
Two Reasons Why
London. Des 24
The Lawn Tenn's Association's neme from Wimbledon, has drop- ped by nearly £5000-£13,868 to £9054. Why? writes a correspond
ext.
...
RANEE OF SARAWAK
Flying Home To See Film
All India is well on the way to third Non-official winning the
Singapore, Jan 7. Test against the Australians. To-
With the gramophone aboard the ship playing the latest: Harry day they placed themselves in à
Roy success "Cheek to Cheek," As anticipated the Committee of sound position when in their sec-
This is the most striking fact "Don't Be Afraid To Tell Your the Shangna, Rugoy Union Foot-ond innings they hit up 301 and bal Cap have found it necessary then took seven Australian wickets shown in the report and balance | Mother", and "Every Single Little
for a total of 157.
sheet to come before the annual Tingie of My Heart"- the revise the system by which the
The Australians thus need a fur-meeting of club delegates to-mor- Ranee of Sarawak. Lady Wyner Spunt Cup W be played for this
The contest will now bother 138 runs to win with three row. It applies to the year 1934. Brooke, and her youngest daugh- season.
the Agures for the 1935,champion- ter, the Dayang Valerie, arrived run on a knock-out basis, and the wickets in hand.
Waz'r All was the hero of to- ship are not yet available.
at Bingapore from Kaching in the solution la entirely satisfactory for
not only brings teams together j-day's "play the Indian captain Lest the general public should Straits steamer Marudu yesterday. o approximately the same stand- just missing his century by eight get the idea that the champion The Banse will leave by the Im- ard, but the preliminary rounds runs. Banneri: played ane cricket ships are losing the appeal, one perial Airways plane from Singa- will be played without interfer ng ta contribute 10. Weather was the would have expected the report pore on Thursday to be present in
of It London at the premiers the with preparations for the Hong only bowler to make any impres-to include some explanation. Kong Interport match. There sion, but his five wickets cost 102 may be forthcoming at the meet-first flm made by her daughter." 'bne exception; however, the A.S.F. run
ing, but in the meanwhile we are the Dayang Elizabeth, and left guessing. have been included in the pre- minary rounds and they w
the services probably be without
who is now o: P., de Beaument playing full back for the Club 1st
XV.
Preliminary rounds, the first which took place last week-end, teams, were played between Ave A.S.F., S.M.P., French Army, HM Navy, and PB. Od Boys.
The draw has been as follows:- ROUND I
HM. Navy Y. French Army
"Prison Officers v. C.U.C.
B.M.P. V. A.S.F.
37 Mr. Santos
79
PS. Old Boys a “bye
45 Mr. Pereira
55
ROUND II
54 Mr. Da. Luz ·47.
61 Mr. Antonio 22 41 51 Mr. Gill Reut.-Prison Offs. 3, CUC. 2 R.N.Y. Police v. St. Pats, Club
30 W. Stafford 46 J.C., Remedios 39
48 L Castilho. F Fowler
39 L. Remédios 29 C Bellamy J. Gwyther 67 I. Santos
23
18
57 A. Caston C. Down
Result-Police 5, St. Pats. Club C.S.C.C. D.R.C.
. LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE
R.N.Y. Police Prish Oficers
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PS. Old Boys v. the winner ›nt and French Army HM. Navy match.
Winner of 8.MP. and ASF match a bye...
· ROUND HI The Winners of the two fixtures in Round I meet in the final
The winner of Round. I then passes into the first round, of the Count Cup in which the for-wing teams are..entered:~~
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The Spunt Cup contest, still cur
"But for Ryder (70) and Morrisby (53) the Australians would have been in a very sad way in their second lanings. As it was 'plas closed with their scoring 157 for 7, and if the Indians can make use of their advantage they should now win the match.
Scores:--All India 149 and 301 Australians 188 and 157 for 7. Restar
INDIA WINS
Lahore, Jan" 13. India won by 68 runs. The Aus- trallans were all out for 216 Mar took 4 for 80 und Baqajilani "4 for 16.---
Renter.
M.C.C. PROVE -UNLUCKY
Rain Causes Match To Be Drawn
Dunedin, Jan. 13, 19.
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on a knock-out basis, will be play-The cricket match between the M.C.C. and New Zealand was drawn after rain had delayed the start to-day until 3 p.m...
ed in the first three weeks of Fet PW.L.F. A pary: Its hopes to play the local 98 1 32.13 international between Englan. 10 5 5 3 10and Scotland on about February 10 8 4 29 21 22. and Beven-k-Side's mato. 10 5 5 24 28 February 29, No fixtures have 10 4 6 24.8❘ been arranged for March and th
matches bein: in case of 85 3 22 18 zives a two clear weekends **⠀
gin scratched owing to rain,
NOTHING CONCLUSIVE
29 A Lewis slow but a strong food tide helped Although the day did not pro-
duce anything conclusive in the Bower the boats on the way towards the
40 A "Norris Sulphur Channel. Shortly before racing line, it provided a certain W. Bilson
amount of food for thought. The Grimmitt 65 A Waldle Helchers Bay the wind broke from
61 C Prbuz....... C. Strange Mesirs. outstanding feature was East to West, just to give the ex- perts food for thought, and the Sporleder and Sommer's new Four W. Hillyer:47 V. J Smith Result.-C.SC.C. 4. DRC.1 Tenner Norddwester; in the races Four Tonners plumped "en masse" for the beat through the Sulphur in which she has previously com- Channel. Not so the Cruisers, who plated she has had a dubious look- mostly let themselves be headeding suit of salis and consequently off North of Greea Island, with the 'has not shone. On Sunday she result that they gave themselves had on a new sult which appeared an extra mile to sail in the foul
to set extremely well and she cele. C. 8. C. C.in tide "running up the East Lamma brated the event by leading the Dockyard R. C. Channel and several famillar faces Four Tonners over a spell of very Garrison Sgts. were not seen again for the rest speculative sailing from shortly [R E. Bgts. of the day. When we say not
after the start until the fsh.W.F. Sgță., heen, we mean not seen by our
when the yachts gave up, Apart C & P.Os Club
St. Pats. Club Yachting Correspondent, who fol- from that it was borne home that," lows the lead of the best War Cor-
except possibly for the faster Four respondents and is usually up in Tonners, none of the yachts can the forefront of the fray-
save their time on La Cigale in -light-breezes.and in addition we were treated to a premiere of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock's new offspring, Mai Wal, a 18 ton ketch designed for Ocean cruising with a crew of two. Al- though not very suited for local
оп conditions.
account
of
the
WELL BUNCHED TOGETHER— When the Four Tonners emerged from the Gulphur Channel, they were well bunched up except for Norddwester who was well in the the lead and Sal Long who was well behind,
being the order Norddwester, Tern, Monsoon, Cut- ty. Penguin, Typhoon, Sai Long. Smallness of her sail area, com
she pared to her displacement; The Crutsers were more difficult to
looks a solid honest piece of work mark down since they were scat-
and we hope she will successfully tored in a general way all over the
La negotiate the Seven Seas, spread- Western harbour limits, but Cigale led the fleet by a large maring the fair fame of Hong Kong Yachting in distant corriers of the gin, followed next by U. and I.
The trip down the East Lamma globe, Channel was fluky in the extreme, wind with a light South East blowing; the Four Tonners started off doing short tacks in on the Hong Kong Shore to avoid the foul tide. Of the Craisers, La Cigale and U and I in the lead experi- mented with a long leg out to the North of Lamma Island and back again to Aberdeen, La Cigale with success as it was obviously her day with her large topsall, drawing well in the light airs, U and I not so good since she found difficulty in pulling back the initial ten min- utes start of the Four Tonners. The remainder of the Cruisers were rewarded for their patience iri holding back, by sailing in a free South West wind over the identi- cal piece of water where the over eager ones had carefully and l- boriously beat in a Bouth East wind.
NUT A GREAT DEAL SAS TO CHOOSE:
The result was to leave the en- te feet spread out between Picnic Bay and Aberdeen at 2.30 in the afternoon with not a great deal to choose between their re- f lative positions, Some were work- ing the Hong Kong Ehore, others put their trust in the wind of Lamma and still fiore meandered In between the two. Of the third Category, La Cigale led the entire feld, steering a middle course in The centre of the Channel; the Lamma shore adherents were led by Monsoon and U and I, hezt the Commodore in Luana who got into mio, a quiet bay and, looked as a he was set for the night but in aily extricated
himself, then
and
THE STARTERS Typhoon:-Sqd Ldr. C. R. Keary Moonsoon:-Mr. H. W. Dulley, Term: Capt. P. F. Foley. Pengu'n: Capt. D. M. Hey. Cutty:-Mr. F. C. Manning. But Long:-Capt. J. Hooper. Norddwester:-Mesata. Sporleder
CRUISERS Sommers. -
Azuma: Mr. F. B. Lambert. La Cigale:-Mr. N. V. Croucher. Norseman:Mr. L. F. Micolson U and Mr. H. B. Rouse. Loana:Mr. A. L. Shields. Wanderer: Mr. H. C. Tilley. Quest Mr. W, E, Webb. Cherub: MI. I W. Shewan. Távy :-Tamar Wardroom On- Mai Wal-Tamar Wardroom Omcers.
Marie-Tamar Wardroom Of West Wind: Mr. G. d.
CETB
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Ladies Sweepstake
Races
The Ladies Sweepstake Races were held at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday over a course of 7.2 miles Channel, Rocks (P), Holt's Wharf Mark (8), Kowloon Rocks and Chap rahe
La Linda gained first position in the "A" Claas, and Toynette in the Laxed Classes The full results were as fold
Lobo, Až
(Miss & Walker).
9 4 5 20 25
.8 5 1 19 11
9-27 15 30
.9 1 8 9 36
SHORTS OF THE SPORTS
+
!
New Zealand brought their seg ond innings Boore of 116 for to 205 for 7, Vivian scoring 87 not aut and Read taking 5 for 74.
In order to get a new ball with which he hoped to get better re- sults with the remaining wickets, Human adopted the unusual met- CLUB SIDE UNAL 7 This week-end the third and bod of bowling sixteen byes and final game between the Club an eight wides, but the plan was de- the 4th US. Marines. " be play-feated when Vivian successfully ap- teams have won one pealed against the light at 5.40 ed. Both
so far, and no alter
(1.01, match th ation has been made in the C
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G. S
McCormack, the Dartford inside side, from that which met the Im The Club side is: Sunday last. left, has re-joined Millwall Loog,pertal Japanese Railways. XV. on P. de Beaumont: * ·Stewart" the Kent Amateur League club.
H D. Bidwell R. H. Roe. M. Frankham, the former Army McGill: J. Bowerman. V. W. L. and Buffs oross-country champion, Stanion: W. J. Richmond. R. Bleap, has joined Aylesford P.M. Sports W. D. Pearson, H. W. Carter, T. W. Gubb. R. P. J. Stewart, R. G. Geer, P. Watkinson.
Club.
At the special general meeting of the Amateur, Diving Association, don, E.CA, it was decided that the held at St. Bride Institute, Lon- Association shall cease to be in existence after December 31, 1935, and that the Amateur Swimming Association Diving Committee shall take complete control of diving after that date,
•
Patay Hendren will present time trophies and medals to the winners of the various divisions of the North Middlesex Football League at the Camden Athenaeum, Cam. denroad, N.
•
The first preliminary round in when B.M. open this week-end the Spent Cup competition wit Navy meet the French Army, and the BMP. play the ABF. Two other week- matches arranged for the and are the Club 2nd XV against the US. Marines 2nd XV,, and the P8. Qld Boys against the Club 3rd XV-N.CDN, "
GOLF AT THE VALLEY
A. H. McBride, with a card of
With the huge score put up by the MC.O and the cheap-dismissal
of the home team in the first in- at, New Zealand were faced with the hopeless task of making 307 runs in order to avert defeat and they had only three wickets in hand
The full scores of the match were
M.C.C.853 for 5 dec. (Barber 173 Parke 100 Hartstar 76, J. H. Human 97, Langridge 108, E. R. T. Holmes 54 not out),
New Zealand:-81 (Read 6 for 26) and 205 for 7 (Vivian 27 not out Read 5 for 74).
AIR PAGEANT IN PENANG
Penang, Jan. 6
The finest air pageant ever held in Penang took place yesterday át the Bayan Lepas aerodrome. It was organised by the Penang Fly-
Horace Lindrum, the young Aus-74-1058 qualified in the Januarying Club, and 25 machines took tralian billiards player, intends to competition of the Adamson Cup Tr
tour of South Africa at played at Happy Valley between the end of the present billiards January 3 and 12. season bere.
make a
He will be accompanied on his visit by Melbourne Inman, his
'manager.
La Linda, A5
CMrs. M. G. Reary) J088, AB
(Miss M. Larssen) Gull, A9
16.05.19 1
10.05.57 4
"16.05.41 2
5:
(Mrs. Stanton) - Pat, A12 16.00.36
(Mrs. D. W. Persse)
Mixed Classes--Started 15.00
Finished Corr. Fos, Dorothea, E 26.17.00 16.11.06
7
5
1
(Miss De V. Beauclerk) Stella. Y1 16.24.44 18.10.58 3
(Mr. M. Ellerby) Heron, Y3 16.29.36 10.10.24
(Mrs. P. F. Foley) Zephyr, YE... 18.25.50 16.12.02.
(Mrs. M. E. Hindson) Toynette, 02. 18.27.58 16.08.08
(MC, M. Allen) Birls: G7 16.29.18 16.03.16
Cars, E. Cooper)! Lola; G9 10:34.35 16.14.47
(Miss C. Oraonem
Other scores were:-8. E. Edgar 84-2361, E. Moors 79-1485, W. R. Hillyer 83-1865, F. J. de Rome 74-965, A. D. Fraser 84-1767.
The low scoring was due to the fact that the whole of the course was inside the inner rails of the sand track. This makes the onirse considerably shorter and easier than it is normally.
The Bogey Pool at Fanling on January 11 and 12 was postponed owing to insuficient unfries,
KEIO HOCKEY SIDE ÁGAIN TO VISIT SHANGHAI
There were nine aircraft froma 100 Squadron RAF Singapore, three Hawker Ospreys, and two Fairey Seals from HMS. Hermes. Planes from flying clubs of Malaya numbered 11-three from Kuala Lumpur, two aeroplanes and one seaplane from the Royal Singapore Ping Club and five from the Pettini Ping Club-
The pageant attracted a very -Berke · drowa ·tróm “maný parts of ¦ the Paningnia, and the gathering was kept interested and amused by a-running commentary through a loudspeaker, by- Mr. P. J.. D. Re gester.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
Penang, Jan. 8.- Nine passengers in a motor bus
The hockey team of Kalo Uni- versity will visit Shanghai ext month at the invitation of the going to the Flying Club yesterday local Japanese Amateur Athletic | had a miraculous escape when the | Association; the "hanghal Maini- bus went out of control and over,: chi" reported: The squad, which turned into a ditch at the Junction
of Jelatong and Ferak ronda
Is among the strongest in the Kwanto district, including Tokyo, came here -1934 nd established Win enviable record, di
The passengers were all thrown into the ditch, but received only minor scratches.
FIRST TIME FOR YEARS!!
son-in-law, Harry Roy.
her
Mrs. Harry Roy sings in the new film, in which Harry Roy's dance- It is undesirable that the pub-band takes a prominent part. Mrs. He should infer that Wimbledon is Harry Roy's voice was heard in some of her husband's records dwindling in popularity; the at- tendance figures for 1935 are re-that were played aboard the Maru- finite-proof to the contrary:
du on the way from Sarawak BAJAH GOING HOME-
I am informed that two items take a very large. silve out of the £5000. One is the capital ex- The Dayan Valerie, who is stay- penditure an the new stand diving with her mother at Ramies ing No. 2 and No. 3 courts; the Hotel. told the Free Press, yester- other the reduction of price for day that she would visit England tickets: issued through the county associations to the clubs. This latter cost about £2000, but few will grumble at that.
with Ralph Bir Vyner Brooke, n the spring. She would stay a few months and return with Sir. Vyner, The Dayang, who is 20 and is regarded as one of the most beau
ital women in the East, said that she would be back in Sarawak in time for her twenty-first birth- day.
But why should not facts like these be explained in prins along with the annual report? They would prevent misapprehension.
For the first-time for years the accotinia show an excess of expert. diture over income. The deficit As the association is a mere £25. has £38,000 in investments, and other big assets as well, there is po need to fear bankruptcy. After ago, that the third daughter was Hkely to become engaged, soon, the the huge profits of recent years Dayang Valerte said that she had one welcomes the evidence that the LTA, is spending up to its in- no such intention.
come.
COST OF COACHING' Apart from taxation the biggest itent is for coaching over £3000 of money spent in a good object. Salaries cost the lawn tennis fol- lowers of this country £2833, sea- veiling expenses-partly of coun- cillats to attend meetings-£828;
Although it was hinted, in a interview with the Rajah and, the Dayang Valerie on their return from England about four months
"That romance is shattered," she sald laughingly.
ine. Dayang said that while in London her mother would super- Vse the publication of a book Sarawak. The book also included that she had written on life in
her fe story.
The Ranee has already had.
sketches and stories number of
and entertaining ~£552. The In-published.
on
Size
ter-county. Championships grass are a big Item, 1243; one wonders whether in their present torma (doubles only) they worth it. Among the smaller amounts the Harvard and Fate tour cost us £200 another item that might be challenged.
tournament.
The Dayang Valerie way return to Sarawak in a few days,
The Ranee expects to stayin Dr. year. England for about a Hutchiton, Government Medical Officer of Barawak, a dying home to England in the same plane as the, Ranee.."
Apart from dnance the subject of chief interest on the agenda-is- the proposal to amend the tax on and weather and other causes lead tournament players for LTA to scratchings for which adjust- funds-hitherto 2s, a head. Nowments have to be made.
One manager told me that he it is proposed-greatly to the `ul-
intended to let the LTA. do its armat konerary managers who will have to do the own chasing of the "defaulter" accountancy--to have a sliding this complicated measury is scale of is. for two events and 28, passed!
than two. In theory for more player fill in neat entry forms cheques and that's an end of the matter. Io practice. It is far from an and, for there are frequent late entries for events beginning in mid-week,
and enclose
their
McCALLUMS PERFECTION SCOTS WHISKY
DEEN CALLUME EDINBURGH:
I know there is a strong more- ment for repealing the tax alto- gether and the LTA can swell do without the money. It is the clubs, and not the headquarters of the game, that have to strtig- gle for revenue.
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