BOXING AT WEMBLEY
Petersen Retains His
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FAREWELL FUNCTION
Dr. & Mrs. Matthews Feted
Laudatory "praises for the good work put in by Dr. Matthews while, serving on the council of the St. Andrew's Church and also on the commu.tee of the St. Andrew's Club were expressed by the Rev.
London, Jan. 30.
crowd Wembley last night for the rubber match between Jack Petersen and Len Harvey. The full 15 rounds were fought; and Petersen just won on points, and to retained his title. R. Higgs, vicar of St. Andrews,
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
HOTEL GUESTS
List Of Guests Staying At Peninsula Hotel
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Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Anderson, Mr. B. A Andersen, Mr. A. S Abbott, Major and Mrs. L A. Alston.
Miss P W. Brown, Mrs. Graham-Barrow, Mrs. N. N. Blum. Mr. G. Borst, Mr. N. L. Brown. Mr. H. O. Bramble, Comdr. and Mrs. A. R. M. Bridge, Mr. C. I. Barr, Mr. R. Bigazzi, Mrs. Bode, Mr. R. F. Brelsford, Mr. and Mrs. E. P Boardman, Miss Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. C. Boyer.
Mrs. Gregory Cullen, Dr. Stephen Cheng Mr. E. P. Curtiss, Miss D. L. P. Cavanagh, Lieut. Comdr, and Mrs. H. R. Conway, Mr. and Mrą. Allen Cameron
Opportunity WAS taken during the evening to present Dr. and Mrs. Matthews with gifts in expression of the appreciation of both the church and the club for Dr. Mat- thew's untiring work. It was re- vealed that Dr. Matthews had been associated closely with the Church. Down. Miss P. Dimond. Captain and the Club since his arrival in the Colony four years ago.
and Mr. F. V. Wong, Hon. Secre- 01 British Heavy-weight Cham plan. Before the Aght, the 12,000 tary of the club, yesterday, at 4
social
gathering spectators showed their regard for the King they had lost by stand-Church Hull, which was ing in silence for a minute. Their respect for King Edward VIII was then shown by the singing of "God Save the King." in which a num- ber of visitors from South Wales supporters of Petersen, Jained with considerable effect.
Petersen
deaed convention by entering the ring before his chal- lenger. but no harm came of t His fatal eye, for all a threaten-
The Church Council presented ing redness, was riot fatal to his Dr.. Matthews with a decorated chances this time, and a skilful silver tray, while the Club pre- opponent who had beaten nimsented its former secretary with a cnce by craft--in the first encoun pair of field glasses. ter-was n101 so overpoweringly In expressing regret at leaving sald skilful or crafty after all; Peter- the Colony, Dr. Matthews sen, indeed, was flattered not so that he would take away with him much by the verdict as by the poor pleasan memories of both the form shown by Harvey in every church and the club as he had of both thing but spolling. Fetersen scored' always had the welfare heavily in the firs round. but the church and the club very much On behalf of his wife could not follow up his advantage at heart. by anything more, convincing than and himself he expressed thanks readiness to do most of the to for the honour bestowed on him do most of the forcing. Alternate- which he felt he had not deserved. ly flerce and wild and cautious and and thanked all for the splendid mostly out of distance with a left gifts which would always be trea- lead, Petersen scored a big propor-sured memoirs of a very pleasant
on of his points through upper stay in the Colony.
cuts and, jabs at close quarters af-
ter hear his opponent-had miss-
ed and fallen into a clinch. Really
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"DEWAR" TROPHY
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In the
Anal of
the
"Dewar
he was saved by those telling words in brackets "or his oppon-Trophy played over the Kowloon ent." Admittedly he was a fighter City course on Sunday G. P. Mur and swift enough to reduce Harvey phy beat E. Q.. Murphy by 3 and to mere spoiling or over-anxious countering for most of the time. That was something" in favour of Petersen, the courageous, pertina cious puncher, the Harvey is not castly unsettled. Clearly the weight of that opening puneli played an important part in the contest as it developed.
of the The semi-final round Captain's Cup resulted in W. T.
Black by Taylor defeating E. und 4 while T. D. Paton defeated R. K. Collings 2 up.
pace, and, after a while, to use a swift straight left and to follow it up by the next best thing to a de- cisive right to the jaw-an upper be cut to the chin or
nose as
HARVEY'S FOOTWORK → Up to a point Harvey's footwork and tying-up of a rushing oppon- ent were brilliantly done. At one charged in: This unusual associa- at least served time, it promised to give him thelon of punches
match. It was obvious that Har- some purpuse, and, though Harvey vey was drawing his man on as scored back heavily every now and. well as spulling him. But when apart from an occasional success.
then, was Petersen who main- tained just sufficient ascendancy
it no more.
OTHER CONTESTS
Battersea
the countering becanie annost as to warrant the decision of a draw wild as Petersen's swings and the latter actually re-discovered his straight left, it was equally clear that Harvey's chances; better than the champion's. were slipping away. Harvey scored a few shrewd and elever blows, but even less than Petersen he failed to guln the upper hand for more than a precarious and. fleeting few
If the end was close was only because so few clean and solid blows were landed. sen's use of the rabbit punch, one noted, passed muster with the re- ferec and sometimes was justified when Harvey held, but obviously they could not score any legitimate points.
seconds,
Peter-
Most of the excliemenes came suddenly in the opening round, when Petersen followed up a left with a right and caught Harvey a second time with the latter punch before he could recover. Harvey who had been driven into his op- ponent's corner, dropped on a knce for a count of five seconds, but managed without great difficulty to keep out of serious harm for the rest of the round, Petersen con- tinued to carry the fight to his op- ponent, but only by means of a long tentative left to the body and a periodic swing with the right that never quite got there.
Major and Mrs. H. A. Davies, Captain and Mrs. Denning, Mr. R.
and Mrs. W. E. Duckworth.
Captain and Mrs. C. E. Eccles, Comdr. and Mrs. J. A.-S. Eccles, Mr. L. Encarnacao. Mr. W. F. Edge.
Mr. G. F. Fenn, Miss A. C. Friedrich, Mrs. B. Furber, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Fleming.
Mr. T. M. Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. 1. "Geare. Master and Miss Geare, Major and Mrs Rockingham Gill, Mr. W. T. Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Ganz. Major and Mrs. E. S. C. Grune, Mr. Leigh Garner, Mr. B. F.. Gorley, Mr. and Mrs. F. de Grey.
M. Hall, Mr. E. Haussamann, Mr. T. M. Hazelrigg, Mr. E. L. Hosie, Mis. H. N. Hartley, Mr. 8. P. Healey. Mr. T. Huber, Mr. R. 5. Harrison, Captain and Mrs. A. J. Holland, Major and Mrs. D. le Hunte.
Mr: C.
Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Jones.
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Sir Elly Kadoorie, Mr. Kadoorie, Col., and Mrs. E. St. G. Kirke, Miss B. Kirke, Major and Mrs. D. H. W. Kirkby, Mrs. J. H Kyger, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Kleine. Miss C. Kraner,
Mr. R. R. Liddell, Captain and Mrs. W. Lumsden, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Lammert Mr. L. À, Lord, Mrs. J. H. Lock, Mr. B. C Lynevitche.
Lieut. Col. A. C. Marsh, Mrs, W. E. Makosky, Mr. D. H. McCathle. Miss D. Markley, Mr. J. E. E Markley, Lieut. Col. H. L. Murrow, Miss P. Murrow, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. N. McGowan. Miss M. Manuk. Mr. W. L. McKenzie, Mr. H. McNeary, Major M. A. Murphy, Mr. Marseille.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Ott, Mr. o. H. Ochs.
Mr.
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Mr. W. G. Pirle, Mr. M. Pagh, G. A. Parker. Mrs. A. K. Price. Mr. R. Pax, Mrs. A. Pax, Mr. R. Petri.
Col. ILG. Robertson, Mr. T Ramsay. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Raferty. Mrs. Robinson, Mr. Charles S. Russell.
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NOTE-Figures in parentheses indicate number of letters in the words required.
Across
1-The backbone of all machines
(5).
8-Fires backwards into cross-
line. (5).
9-Locally prevalent from the point of view of the medico (7).
10 Just the animal to get money out of the Inland Revenue (5).
11-Quick! Here's something singu-
of crowd. we
lar to shoot (5). 12-Artless artiste? (7). 14A miserly sort
hear (5). 15-Intention (3).
Down.
1936.
1 Popular sort of Lune with
anglers (5).
1
2-Rate in Epsom" (anagram)
(11). 3-Uncanny. always to the poet,
that is (5).
4--This saw won't cut (5). 5-Am over 15? Correct! (5), 6-Packet of tobacco for a skin-
Aint (5)... 7-Exemplified or re-introduced
(ID).
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-Sweet nonsense (5). 13-Growing out (5).
16-We are all round her, but at 17-The sailor in the hammock is
what place? (5). 17-An amusing fellow with a base
heart (5).
19-Consumed a mixed drink (3). 21-A smoky inlet (5). 23-Epithet for a king who was ob-
viously no scout (7).
24 Sounds as if this sort of coun- cil suffers from ennul (5). 25-Quoted (5). 26-Well-bred, and with a vowel
change 'might be elegant (7). 27-Subject (5). 28-Invest, but not in the financial
sense ($).
MEANDERINGS
Things
(BY "MONTY")
are becoming serious. Our music teacher apparently does not like 'crowds, though who could biame her with such a handsome escort, nevertheless tete-a-tete in
the ideai the "Oripps" is hardly
true- pace. They danced, it is once. Absorbed in each other they seemed oblivious of the gay and chattering throng that surrounded them. I lost them after 12:30, .or rather they probably lost them- seives I wonder where?
Most touching at the "Gripps" on Saturday night was the plight of Mrs. X. Her obvious grief over the departure of her husband to Shanghai for a few weeks cast rather à sombre spell over escort, the debonair Mr. Y-
het It
Mr. E. Syder, Miss C. B. Silva, Mr. and Mrs. J. Schentendorp, Mr. E. Grant Smith. Dr. A. J. Skinn. Mrs, and Miss Skina, Mrs 1 indeed a pleasure to And that and Miss Stainfield, Major and the Age of Chivalry is not passed. Mrs. J. W. Stevens, Eng. Captain Who, but a friend tried and true
A number of contests of various lengths and weights were decided before the men of the evening look the ring. In one, Herbie Hill, of Wembley, but of Welsh connexions, boxed a draw over six rounds with Pat Palmer, the
fly- weight. Palmer did most of the leading, as Hill clearly intended hint to do, and when he did land he di
Skeet. more than score, a point. Too much of his energy. however, was expended on the air or on a defending glove. Hill. for his part, occasionally
produced- a' clever right counter to the head without much weight in it and a left stop that did not always stop. The four rounds between two heavy weights, Bull Roberts, of Cornwell, and Archie Norman, of Harrow, was 2 punishing not notably clever contest, Roberts just won because he was the bigger man.
The meeting of Dave Crowley and Ronnie James, a promising feather-weight from Swansea, was a much more' poilshed-and sigril- ficant affair, but unfortunately the disqualification of James in the sixth round of an eight-round con- test wasted all the polish and rob- bed the fight, too, of most of its significance. Crowley was the riper in experience as well as the more solid in physique; but. James was Harvey's footwork and defensive so cool in defence and quick in tactics generally were brilliantly attack that there was little in it clever about this time, but he in when James swank a low left to turn falled when it came to the the stomach as Crowley was mov- main object-which in his case ing away, and was disqualified in was a punishing counter as Peter consequence. It was not a blow At close quarters that hurt, let alone incapacitate. sen charged in. I usually was deadlock. If Peter- but as the referee had given two sen's upper-cute and rabbit pu previous warnings he was more or ches were the cleverer and heavier, less entitled to his decision. It was. Harvey, indeed, would have been a pity that an otherwise clean and able to make light of the fact that interesting fight should have ended
in such a way. he was driven repeatedly Into a
DEADLOCK AT CLOSEK QUARTERS
.and dear friend's
а quiet C. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. P. would,s't through such Stulfbergen, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. evening. offering sympathy Col. and Mrs. G. R.V. condolences to his friend's
dear wife-I mean, his Steward. Miss Steward, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shaw, Count and
wife?
They sat and drank quietly. Countess Smecchia.
talked and again drank Mr. J. Thomson, Mr. P.
J. They Taylor, Miss M. M. Tyrrell. Mrs. quietly. They danced occasionally A. G. Trillo. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. and drank quietly. Though the Thomas. Professor and Mrs. C. E.sentleman is to be envied for his Turner.
charming partner, the headache and bi are not 10 enviable.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Vagnonė. Mr. L. A. Whipps, Major and Mrs. R. Wolseley, Mr. A. C. Wilcox, Mrs. Whiteford, Mr. and Mrs. H. O, White, Mr. R. Woo
QUEEN MARY AT ALDERSHOT
Foreign Mourners' Departure
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Which reminds me. Some people seem not only to be able to make both ends meet in these hard times but overlap. I wonder who suf- lers? The Chinese tradesmen?
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"In Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns and turns and turns." Can it be the Spring that account for the fancy uf Ah! "Tis rum- oured that he dois not visit his chib so often of late so that the
London, Feb. 3.
monthly "account w not be Queen Mary, accompanied by the high. Others have it that he has King of Norway, the Princess Royal no will or say-so of his own these and the Earl of Harewood, drove days and that the dictates of his yesterday from Buckingham Palace to heart are not those of his "fancy." Aldershot to take luncheon with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, who had taken up residence at the Royal the case of that young and popu
It must be the Spring. There is Saturday. Pavilion there on
of honourable standing The King of Norway and the lar man Princess Royal and Lord Harewood who within the space of a short were the Duchess of Kent at luncheon on his-nay, not his home-varied guests of the Duke and three weeks took to his heart and Saturday.
Nearly all the foreign mourners who "fancy" four successive maidens. I attended the funeral of King George re-e-e-e-ally believe that though have how left. Yesterday the King of he does Gib (pronounced "b") the Bulgarians left London for Dover, sometimes it is the reputation of where he embarked in .M.8. Mona Mayden that sways him from trose for Calais, escorted across the
and Wakeful
PrinceStarbenberg, Vice-Chancellor
of Austria, left Dover yesterday for
corner if his own markmanship The final of the Wembley heavy-Channel by the destroyers Viscount the charms of an Angel.
for novices had been better. But it was re-weight competition markable how often Harvey failed ended abruptly in the first round to land the blow that ought per- when Jack Stanner, of Widnes, Calais by the French mail steamer Addressing a political gather- haps to have revealed the weak-floored Zachy Nicholas, of Corn Cote d'Azur. The Lithuanian and ing, a speaker gave his heaters a ness of Petersen as a boxer. This, and so won the purse and Afghan delegation also left yesterday. thuch of the pathetic. "I miss *
The Hungarian delegation went on the sald, brushing away & not un state of miss for miss became more silver cup. The trophy was pre-
Saturday. and more obvious as the fight wore sented to him by Bir Noel Curus-
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha manly tear, I miss many of the used to shake hands on, and clearly it helped and en- Bennett, chairman of the Wem-left Croydon for Berlin, on Saturday old faces couraged Petersen, to force the bley Boxing Committee.
morning by air.
with,"
a nautical explorer (5). 18-A pointed reminder, maybe
"(5),
19-Scene of conflict an age back
(5) I
20-Supporter of artistic produc-
*tions (5). 21-Here!n things occur in a cer-
tain order (3). 22-Anchor (5).
SATURDAY'S SOLUTION.
The following is the solut- ion of Saturday's puzzle:—
Across-1. Frothy, 4. Suspense, 10. Overladen, 11. Never, 12. Lion's. 14. Orphan, 18. Patten, 19. Enstiu, 25. 23. Pointless, 22. Wrong Panorama, 20. Lytton.
Down-1. Foozle, 2. Oberon; -3. Hal, 5. Urn, 8. Pen-name. 7. Navy, 8. Ebro. 9. Adroit, 13. Swagger, 15. Pencil, 18. Assent, 17. Person, 20. Shop. 21. Joan, 23. Pam, 21. Trv."
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