SPORTS ITEMS FROM ALL QUARTERS
London, Jan. 8.
A modern football trainer is a' national figure. He, like the film star, gets his "fan mail" in the morning. Bill Scott, of Preston North End, goss letters from both sides of the Border, writes a cor- respondent.
The other day he had an inquiry from. Hawick Roxburghshire). Another was from a college youth In the Midlands asking for advice on how to become a professional footballer.
In the place of Dally Dunean for the match with Bolton Wanderers. Derby County had the tall Sear- borough youth, Halford. Manager George. Jobey has high hop for this schoolboy international
Jack Tennan, Just arrived from Liverpool, was a disappointed man In his first game for his new club, Ballon Wanderers. Jack was res- ponsible for Derby County's second goal, his short pass back to the goalkeeper being intercepted by Hughie Gallacher.
West Bromwich Albion players holly disputed the goal which lost them the match at Stoke. It came two minutes from the end. The
Alblon players apparently protested that the ball was out of play before Steele headed it back for Liddle to
net.
Bury's win at Blackpool was their first since October 26. Is it a good omen for the cup-ties?
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Five home clubs went goalless in the First Division matches played last Saturday, Where ground advantage "?:
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Two Scottish. selectors watched the Bolton-Derby gaine at Burn- den. There were four Scots an view-Cook (Bolton) and Napler, Gallacher and Ramage (Derby).
A JOY DAY
Great winger, Sammy Black, The Plymouth Argyle outside-left had one of his field days against Port Vale. He scored all four goals, three of them in the first half- hour.
Liverpool had to make a last- niinute charge in their. team to meet Everton. Ernie Blenkinsop collapsed, and Ben Dabbs was rush. ed to the ground to take his place at left-back. The reserve man gave
plucky display
Surprising that Notre Forest's ars home defeat of the season should come immediately after a brillant display at Bury the pre- Vious Saturday. West Ham are to be congratulated.
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Without their two first choice half-backs, Emery and Hall, Don- caster Rovers are losing ground in the Second Division fight fer hon
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Belton Wanderera "hopes of the young Welsh-born half-back, · Tom Clark, who made his League debut against Ports mouth on New Year's Day and was also out against Derby County Clark is open for any position in the middle line. Hails from Tre- halod,
Praise in being showered on the broad shoulders of Dave McCulloch, The Brentford's centre-forward. Scot from Hearts is mixing graft with craft for Grifin Park benefit.
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Stx goals to none is berby County's tally this season against Bolton Wanderers. The Rams must know how to hold Westwood and Cook.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1936.
THE ALL BLACKS STARTING TIMES
GO HOME
The Last Glimpse At Twickenham
London, Jail O.
Kowloon Golf Club
am. p.m.
The Fear Cup Competition, 36 holes medal play on handicap. will be played on Sunday 2nd Febr- uary. Starting times as follows:
9.05 12.45 9.10 12.50 9.15 12.55
9,20 1.00 9.25 1.05 9.30 1,10
nis
30p
C. P. C. SHOOTS THREE ROBBERS
Armed Bandits Captured With Loot
BRIBERY CHARGE FAILS
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SUMMING UP
His Lordship in his summing ùp pointed out that there were some dišcrepancia," in the evidence but at the same time there was definita
· agreement that the defendant had In some way interfered with the working of "the market. Human memory, he stated is not always certain and the long interval of
It could be taken that the date May 18 as the day of the vialt, was certain and then in view of pre- vious evidence regarding the times of the water restrictións it acemed
Shanghai, Jan. 24, off the east side of Chengtu Road. A sharpshooting Chinese police- As the men turned to have it out man brought down a gang" of | with the policeman, C.P.C. 1097 three robbers in an alleyway off fired rapidly at them, bringing all Road near Welhalwel three down with six shots out of Chengtu The New Zealand footballers W. Taylor, E. F. Bames
Road yesterday morning a few his service pistol. have finished their tour" and will|1 Jack, A. Eastman..........
minutes after the men had looted
ALL THREE WOUNDED take home with them the adnara-|W. Ahern, E. Westlake
a house in the neighbourhood at tion of everybody who has seen. McKeivle, A. J. Den-'
platol polät. Two of the robbers One robbet was wounded neat them play, They have been
were critically wounded and are the heart and was taken to the perhaps less superhuman than C. Borner, W. Orr...
hovering between life and death Police Hospital, unconscious. An- their predecessors, but by common Gellatly, E. G. Judd
at the Police Hospital Two load-other was shot through the thigh. Everton had fourteen players at consent our team which beat them Black, A. E. SÜK-
ed pistols and the loot were taken Only the third ran, with a wound Buxton for . cup
stone preparation.. yesterday" played as no English
9.35 1.15 from the men, who drew their in the abdomen, succeeded in estime must be taken into account. Missing from the party were such team has played since the golden. C. Mosa, R. Hender-
weapons, but did not get a chance caping and somehow reached a as Ben Willams, Charlle Gee, Jockage of Davies and Kershaw. Up to
9.40 1.20 to use them, so quick was the friend's house north of Boochow Thomson and Dixie. Dean, inter- yesterday 57 English teams-chub. | S
Milne, F. E. Booker 9.45 1.25 Chinese policeman on the draw. Creek, The friend, seeing his nationals all,
county, and national-had played W. Kershaw, W. Stok-
It was the second capture of condition, · induced him to seck against the New Zealanders and
9.50 1.30 armed bandits in the Chengta every one of them had been beat-J G. Charlton,
W. J.
Road Police District in five days Woolley
0.56 1.35 and, as on last Saturday, virtually Some day, perhaps, the physi ·W. G. Geall, A. T. Bra-.-
the entire, foreign and Chinese logists will tell us why the supreme;
10.00 1.40
-staffs of the Station turned out of More serious than was first anti-genius for Rugby football should Parsons, T. D. Paton 10.05 1.45 cipated is the illness of Ernie
reside in two small islands in the C. Labrum. A.
derson Blenkinsop, of Liverpool, Influenza Pacific. To the ordinary man it is
10.10 1.50 was expected. The trouble is an
as baffling as the fact that the six D. Gausden, A. N. ulcer in the stomach.
Other best long-distance runners in the W. Martin, C. G. An-
10.15 1.55 world last year were all Finns, or that the world's finest hockey
derson
10.20 2.00 players are found among the clerks HC. Mancell, W. of the Indian railways, telegraphis,
Simpson
10.25 2.05 the Stewards of
Course W. and Customs.
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One club not worried by team considerations or injuries for their cup choice is Preston North End.
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Four special trains will be well filled by Bolton Wanderers suppor- iters for the tie 21 Blackburn. The road over the moors between these Lancashire towns will be busy.
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Non-success is not causing any lowering of gates for such clubs as Manchester City and Everton. Success is making a big difference for Charlton Athletle and Sheffield
United.
Last week Bolton Wanderers pald a good sized fee for the transfer of Jack Tennant, full back from
Less costly was Liverpool.
the signing of Ronald W. Bowers,” a young back from South Liverpool.
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The following will represent the Hong Kong Hockey Club v. Hong Kong8.RA. on the Club ground, King's Park at 5 p.m., to-day:
Those who have met the New Stoker and W. C: Simpson. Zealanders during the past four months agree that no pleasanter and more sportsmanlike team has ever visited us. The All Blacks might have been excused if they had fallen below this standard for our hospitality has not been at that it should have been. Some of their Welsh opponents played the H. F. Shields, J. E. Potter (Capt.); sort of football which nobody ad G. Sommer, J. L. Cotesworth, W. A. mires, and off the field the New Reed, R. A. Bates, S. A. Fowler, J. Zealanders were discourteously L. Tetley, G. E. R. Divett. D. Carey, trated at least twice-once and K. C. Woodhouse. Wales and once in England. But they kept their tempers through- out and were generous even in their inst and most bitter. defeat. At Twickenham yesterday, when England. (with some assistance from Imperial Russia) had won at last and 70,000 people were cheer. ing themselves hoarse. our far glimpse of the vanquished showed
The departure of Shape: the promising left-back of Stafford Rangers, the Birmingham League team, to the Wolves was no sur- prise. Their scouts have been very persistent in their recommenda- tions for him. Other clubs, includ- 'ng 'Aston Villa and Manchester us J. E. Manchester, their leader, City, niso showed a disposition to wards Snape, so that the Wolves thought action was hence his capture.
leaving the field with his arm round the English captain's
necessary, shoulders.
Currlet
Belton Wanderers have just com. pleted the deni for the transfer of James Currier, a centre-forward of Cheltenham Town, the Birming- ham Combination club. was signed by the Lancashire side in March last when he was to go on trial
it being arranged that Cheltenham would receive a fee he was retained. Injuries to the player has delayed the completion of the transfer, but Currier is now pronounced Bt and Bolton have paid over a substantial transfer
fee:
Trevor Jones, the young Welsh back who came into Walsall's side against Tranmere Rovers owing to injuries to the regular defenders, looked upon as one of the most promising players, on the Saddlers' books.
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HOME FOOTBALL
London, Jan. 27. Sheffield Wednesday, the Cup holders -day lost a splendid op- portunity of advancing to the Afth round of the English Cup when they
home to New- custle in the encounter postpon- td on Saturday owing to fog.
were
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But Wednesday could only draw. both teams scoring once and a replay is now necessary as New- castle where the holders may eas- lly make their exit from the com- petition. In 2
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second "division league match Cheriton consolidated their adership by visiting the lowly Barnsley and winning by the add goal in three-
The revised records of the Ave league table now read:
W Wakeman; thẻ 15-years-old schoolboy international, be the Chariton next goalkeeper for Aston Vila? Sheffield U, The need for strengthening the last
West Ham line of defence is fully realised. Tottenham Wakeman, who went to the Villa Leicester at the commencement of the sea-Mchester U. son, has improved wonderfully Tommy Glidden accorapanied the since, and his promotion to the West Bromwich Albion team tờ
Central League side is hailed as the Stoke but was not included, Joe step preceding his advance to the Carter returning at inside-right-first.team. At any rate, Wakeman the position occupled by Tommy is having a good coaching prepara- the previous week.
tory for the arrival of that time.
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Coventry City fairy got into the dumps against Newport County, on whose ground, for the ninth succes- sive time, they were beaten. For club that beat the highly placed Reading to lose in their next match to the "bottom dog" is a remark able reversal of form and one that should give the Coventry City man agement something to think abouz
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"ALBION TALENT Bosa Trevis, one of the West Bromwich Albion's pivots, who is playing second fiddle to Buy Richardson
and Alf Ridyard, caught the eye. of the Manchester City crowd when he made one of his rare appearances with the Cen- tral League team. The City sup- porters simply could not under stand why this fine player is wast- It would seem that the loss of ing his opportunities. In Aguring Blaby has had a weakening effect with the "Albion's colts team. His upon the defence, while the play work had the hall-mark of first- ing of Leslie Jones at inside-right class written all over it and the Instead of inside-left has not im-supporters of the Manchester club proved the attack.
BLANKS
Not one Lancashire team in the. First Division managed to score & gool Last Saturday. Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers and Black bum Rovers all at home, drew blank and lost. "Everton and Liver pool played a goalless draw at Goodison Park,
Playing a big part in Sheffield United's great run of victories is Éph Dodds, the centre-forward, The former Huddersfield Town youth is scoring treely.
were not the only persons who ad- mired his play, some of the man- agement being particularly struck,
West Bromwich Albion's reply to overtures for the transfer of Tudor,
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P. W. D. L. F.A. Pts. 28 14 7 5 43 30 35 26 13 5 8 50 34 31 25 13 5 7 55 43 31 23 13 4 8 37 36 30 25 13 4 8 49 34 30 24 12:48 13 26 28
GORDON BENNETT RACE
(Spechai to thế “Hong Kond Dail Fress" (Copyright).}
Warsaw, 'Jan, 27. Poland which has won the Gor- don Bennett race for the past three
of this year's race, the date of years will again be the organiser which has now been fixed for August 30 in Warsaw,
It understood that the Boviet Union will enter balloons for the nations which have always parti, Arst time while in addition ofber etpated including Italy and Spain have announced their intention of
competing, this year.- Transicion Eua M
The Wolves forestalled some of the northern first-class clubs when they secured the signature of George Anthony Mordue, a centre- half of Washington Colliery, a Durham side,
The Wolves regard the capture one of their young half-backa, was of Norman Roberts, the outside to promote him to the Central right of Bangor City, the Birming-- League side, where he has beenham League club, as one of the giving satisfactory, displays, Cudor best they have made for a long is a 17-years-old. Welsh schoolboy time. Roberts, who has previoutly International and a son of an Al- | played for Chester, has deen show- blog biside forward of pre-war ing nine torm with the Bangor side, daya The management think a Part of the transfer arrangements great deal of him and he is prob- is that the Wolves are to send their ably the most promising young half first tesni to Bangor for a friendly the club has had for a long time, match st the end of the season
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medical assistance at St. Luke's Hospital, where he was later placed under arrest..
The Arst foreign policeman to reach the scene was Prob. Sgt. W.
Irrevelant to store water on that date as the water was open until
11 a.m.
His Lordablp stressed the point of law which had been brought up by defending counsel insomuch as the evidence of an accomplice
was not corroborative unless it was
the alarm and joined in the chase: 3. Morris, who heard the shots. One robber, though seriously He arrested the second man: wounded, managed to escape from The alarm at Chengtu Road Sta- the scene of the shooting but was tion brought Insp. W. D. Mac later arrested at St. Luke's Ho-Gillivray. nine other foreigners aide source. This corroboraton was | substantiated by that of some out-
plal in Hongkew."
And, more than a score Chinese The gang operated from 2 policemen to the spot. The lodging-houses In Rue Palikao, | wöunded men were sent to hos-
French Concession, and left their 'pital in an ambulance and the lair at 9.30 o'clock yesterday loot and the two pistols in the
not legal corroboration.
The Jury then retired for the space of twenty minutes and re- turned an unanimous verdict of
Not Guilty."
morning. Armed with two auto- | possession of the robbers were marle pistols, they went to House taken to the Station. Early in 30. Lane 155, Chengtu. "Road, the afternoon Chengtu Road de- where they intimidated the occu- lectives visited the robbers" room | the premises and seized an auto- pants and ransacked the rooms in the French Concession, but matte pistol.
On for loot. Having obtained money, falled to find any loot or weapons
Wednesday evening 9.1 Jewellery
and clothing to the there.
armed robber and two apparently value of $280, ty left Out Were Last Saturday morning the unarmét, accomplices Tooted a followed by a poung man living Chengtu Road staff ifried but | coai hong at dia Boone Road, es- in the house, who raised an alarm, under Insp. MacGillivray while caping with $83. Jewellery to the C.P.C. 1097, on plainclothes duty an armed robbery, was in progress ¦ value of $24 was taken by other in Chengtu Road, heard the outcry in a lane off Takd Road They robbers at a Chinese dwelling in and pursued the three robbers, threw a cordon about the house in Lane 417, Point Road. the same who ran into an alleyway leading question, arrested, two-robbers, on | evening,—" W.C.D.N."
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