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SPORTS ITEMS FROM ALL QUARTERS
London. March 17. Oldham Athletic "Intimated re- cently that they would sell Agta, a winger who has served the cub for several seasons.
A Huddersfield Town director watched the Port Vale-Leicester City game a Harley. What was the attract.on?
no
Will there be a mass clear-out at Crystal Palace headquarters? "Talk -takes · that trend
since fewer than eleven Palace players were named or a circuler recency sent "out" by the Glaziers.
Football joke. One First Divi- slon director sings "Tell me the old, old story" every time the play of the forwards is discussed at a Board meeting.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1936.
YACHTING
Annual Team Race "Results
The Annual Team Race between the Civilians and the United Ser- Vices, with ladies at the heims. took place yesterday at the Rayal
The
way of would-be promo Hong Kong Yacht Club and result. ed in a win for the Ladies repre- tionists isn't easy. In three suc-
Leriting the United Services team. have cessive games Chesterfield
The race started at 2.47 had Slman, Brown, and Dando injured. Tranmere Rovers with over a course of 7.2 miles as fol- Hot's lows: Channel Rock (P), Owen Clark. Dellow, and players), could not win at Stock- Wharf Mark (S), Kowloon Rock
(8), Club Line, port.
F
new
Still
stul playing well and fancied strongly-in certain Firat Division centres is. Hubbick, Burn- ley's young left-back.
A few days after he had taken
IT'S DIFFERENT NOW up his new appointment, as mana- Strange reading. It is that Nell Dewar is Shemeld Wednesday's ger of the City. Mr. Menzies was back on the Doncaster ground. Toouts:ending forward these days. David, of course.
have Jeers, not cheers, used to be Nell's it may
But portion at Hillsborough, "been "just "another match,"
could Hull City use cte or two at
foorball the Rovers reserves?
Monday is usually the Ronnie
day, Not last Dodd might look well in an Anisby fraternity's easy
Monday. The date (March 16)! Road shirt.
ment a busy time for various managers.
T Chesterfield secure promotion with the ald 0% their newly- acquired winger, Davies, from Halifax Town, there may be re- grets in Manchester that this player was not secured for Old At that Trafford some years ago. 'ilme Manchester United offered
$1.000 for
The figure Davies. wasn't high enough at the time."
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The full results were as below:-
UNITED SERVICES
Yách: No.
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I.R.C. ARE BEST LA CIGALE AND CUTTY
JUNIORS
Review Of Week-
End Cricket
One senior and two junior league cricket games were played during the week-end. In the senior divi- slon the Army and Navy met at
King's Park in a drawn game.
The "Army went to the wickets Arst and due to consistent batting were able to declare at 208 runs for seven wickets.
brilliant Garthwaite played a knock of 67 before being caught, Col. Lightfoot also scored a de- Helmsman on Pts, lightful 31.
Posi-
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Comdr. Hargreaves was the most successful bowler for the Navy, tak- 10 ing three wickets for 40 runs in
mine overs.
Diana-H1
Mrs. D. H. Reld Gul-AÐ
3
Mrs. G. E. Cooper
Artemis A4
5
3
Mrs. B Foley
Lobo-A2
ย
Mrs. D. W, Persse Cicada-A10
9
1
Mrs. ER. Edwards Carpenter-AI
11
2
Mrs. E. Booty
Total
41
CIVILIAN'S
13
Miss M. Larssen Pat-A12
4
Miss Cranhall-Wilson
La Linda-A5
5
Miss B. Kirke
True Blue-Ail
8
A
Mrs. L. Stanton
10
3
fractured
Miss L. C. Edwards Isobel-47 Gull-A9
12
3
10
Mrs. Owen Hughes
Total
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Arsenal's oldest playing sorvans) is Bob John the famous Welsh- mah Not often seen in the Gun- ners' first team these days. But Bob showed at Preston that he is long way from being Anished
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Out for the rest of the season. That is the fate of Arthur Bustery. Bury's inside-left, and C Blms, Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper. Jass-A8 Both have sustained
After an absence of two months. George, Mathewson returned to the pivotal position with Bury. It legs. meant that Bill Whitfield, who has done yeoman service in the inter- val, moved back to left-half. Cope standing down. Bury have an em .barrassment of halls.
NOT HOMERS Consistency is not the middle The Wanderers 'name at Bolton.
have given some fine performances
returning to Burnder they have 'disappointed, as the results show. only eight of They have wo seventeen games at home.
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Arsenal keep putting money in the pockets of other clubs. Last Saturday Preston North End had their biggest League gate of the Arsenal supplied season-35,000. the opposition.
Arsenal and big money
in the usually mentioned
are
same
bury, however, is
calculated to
take the breath away.
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This is a new stand. It is going to cost £100.000. "Semi-double
Dolman was signed by the Bris- tol club when they transferred Kenneth Scat ergood
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son of the
So Philip Taylor, Bristol Rovers'
The Navy did not start too well but with Kirkwood (23) and Hay- who ter(24) supporting Davis scored a brilliant 56 runs, the Navy was able to play out time with six wickets down for 181 runs.
Whitehead bowled well for the Army taking two wickets for 17 runs in nine overs, two of which, were maidens,
LR.C. WINS
In the junior division, I.R.C. met and defeated RAS.C. by Ave at Sookunpoo and thus wickets won the Championship.
The Service Corbe who had the services of Capt. Walch could not do much against the bowling of Rumjahn and Ismail and were all out for 99. Of these Muir played steadily for his 23 not out Hopcroft, who was ill, played a gallant 33 being caught by Afzai off Ismail.
and
the
BEST CRUISERS
Yachts Find Third Attempt Is Lucky
EVENTFUL RACE ROUND ISLAND
(BY "SHELL BACK")"
On Sunday the cruising section of the Yacht Club made its third attempt to sail round the Island to port and was rewarded with success: "Conditions were just right for hard keen racing, except for a nasty patch be- tween d'Aguilar and Cape Collinson, where there was a heavy swell and very little wind.
TURKISH BATH TENNIS
Fincher-Hung Beat Lo Brothers
E. C. Fincher and W. C. Hunz defeated M. K. Lo and M. W. Lo, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 In the semi-final of the open doub.es yesterday after- noon in weather that savoured more of the Turkish bath than of the tennis court.
The Arst set went as was expect- ed and with the younger combina- tion. Hung in particular, raking a while to settle down.
The Los showed that they were still forces to be reckoned with and jumped to a lead of 4-1 In the
but second,
the Fincher-Hung combination was not to be denied and with the latter improving considerably, took the set at 7-5.
Conditions were now beginning to have their effect on all the players and the final stanza was comparatively istless.
The results were further wins for Mr. Croucker's La Cigale (sailed by Mr. Dreyer) and Cutty (Mr. Manning.)
La Cigale thus wins the 1935-6, other and it looked as 1. with a cruiser championship and Cutty. turn in the wind to the east, the with four consecutive wins and a race might have started all afresh further race to go, has placed ner- in a new order. Monsoon, Penguin self in a position where she can- and Mistral were working out Lo not be beaten whatever happens sea with this idea in mind.
but. u: the last race,
after the Tathong Rock had been There was a fresh easterly wind passed the yachts got going once blowing at North Point as the again to a steadying--North East yachts started, the four-tonners si wind in much the same order ag 9.50 am, and the cruisers ten they bad rounded d'Aguilar. From
A fast passage was | here on conditions were fast minutes later. made down the barbour with a comfortable with a following wind glimpses of their true form and on dead following wind and spinnakers and a strong food tide and
taking the net, gave one the Im- la five miles from Cape Collin-Pressica of being absolutely un- Sulphur Channe was
passable. BOL were done in great style with spinnakers set.
set.
reached
by the four tonners at 10.40 B.DL. Cutty, Penguin and Sai Long the lead, then Curlew, been keeping well on the Kong shore, next Tern, Nord er, Monsoon and Mistral.
who
on had Чопу
"est-
the sail
The IRC quite easily passed
Cigale had easily outstripp their opponents' total with
cruisers and was starting to loss of only Ave wickets. M..Afzal into the rearguard ́ of the four played a brilliant knock of 51 not tonners; after her, at a consider out and was ably assisted by Curable Interval Azuma, U. & I. and
Mai Hws. reem. Kimm and Muir each took
At the head of the East Lamma two wickets for seven runs aplece.
The Police had no difficulty in Channel the yachts ran
23 each.
Into
the
the
and
the
One could not help but admire the Los, however, for the tenacious manner in which they fought every point despite the apparently hopeless trak confronting them.
M. W. in fact in going for an almost unreturnable shot, came quite a nasty cropper.
The winners
now
showed"
In many respects it was an in- teresting match, which only went to prove the axiom. "Youth will be served."
NEW WORLD SWIMMING RECORD
LA CIGALE WINS" La Cigale crossed the line
Arat at 4.32 p.m., sufficiently far ahead of the other cruisers to win com- fortably on corrected time; she is thus Cruiser Champion once again after a lapse of a number of years. Mal Hwa was second on handicap and did well in the last part of
Amsterdam, Apr. 5. the race to get this prez She The 500 yards freestyle swim- loes not appear too happy beating ming world record was lowered to- .o windward and in the Lamma day, when the Dutch woman, Tine Channel was unable to get near Wagner returned the amazing
minutes
wway from home this season. On breath. The new project at High-old Derby County player, to Stoke i beating the Civil Service who could calm patch under Mt; Davis and
City for £1,000, so that they have muster only 89 runs of which Ling positions were consideraby evened the Four Tonners, but from Shek-O time of 6 minutes 9.8/10 seconds.
The previous best was establish- up. Tern, Cutty and La Cigale home she picked up a lot of dise
Azuma been well seived by the stroke of, and Bebbington made
Alexander was in a most destrucwere first away on a close hauled tance, U. & I. and
were ed by Hagnhild Hveger of Den- business
clocked third and fourth and finish sec- mark, who tive mood taking six wickets for
8 leg on the port tack down channel and from here on down end and third respectively in the 14.8/10 seconds -29 runs in 11 overs.
Cruiser Championship with 63 and Reuter. Alexander was also in form with to. d'Agullar the yachts started to
60 points against La' Cigale's 71, Tern and Cutty were string out. the picture so much of late has the bat scoring 32 not out in a
Ling was the only followed by Penguin, Norddwester,
In the four tonner class, Cutty gone to Liverpool! It seemed that total of 105.
maintained her previous consistent the transfer was inevitable seeing bowler to make an impression, his
Sai Long, Monsoon... Curlew and costing 10 runs
the racing, with her fourth consecu- Mistral, while the order of that the Liverpool representatives four wickets
Cruisers was La Olga'e. U. & l.tive win, and actually finished be- thought enough of him to follow aplece.
and Away Rovers' home the matches for eight weeks.
Wolves made no mistake when deck" is the official description. inside-forward, who has been in
they signed Ashall, their outside left. from a Midland League club. *This youth is already showing up
brilliantly in the Arst team.
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As
result of a
the recent shuffling of League fixtures, Bury are faced with a travelling diffi- culty at Easter. They are down to play Bradford home and away on Good Friday and Easter Mon- day but now the interverting Saturday is the snag. The fixture for that day now is at Plymouth Buy oficials want another game.
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Bill Light, ex-Southampton, was in great form between the sticks in his first game for West Brom- wich Albion. But the two that went past him spelt defeat for the Albion at nearby Wolverhampton.a
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which means standing accommo- dation below and seats To the rear there will be ave floors.
Included in the building are all sorts of things-royal re- ring rooms, broadcast and tele- vision studios, restaurants, and everything else in keeping with the Arsenal style.
Ralph Ward, the new right-back from Bradford, has already made some of the White Hart Lane sup- porters sit up and take notice.
The strength of Ralph's clearances have become a topic of discussion In North London.
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"Wild horses" will not drag from the the Rovers'
management
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on Sundays. The single Island Race was more of a test of patience and endurance, than of yachts
Azuma, Mat Hwa, Cherub, Norse-tween U. & L and Azuma, a most and the sailing ability of
man and Quest.
MENZEL ENDING HIS TENNIS CAREER
creditable achievement on what was definitely the larger yachts' day. Curlew was second and Norddwester third.
helmsmen.
their
25 0
It is a debatable point whether this is a desirable course. since on the two initial attempts the race has been drawn out and fluky.
One of these bright days" there wil be a hard north-east wind. ́
ot
TOPSAILS LOWERED
Of Aberdeen the cast wind steadied and freshened consider- As regards the four tonger cham- amount paid by Liverpool, but it
ably and there were some suld pionship, Cutty definitely wins, was a pretty big cheque. It was
Alexandria, Apr. 5. not, however. for the original
Roderich Menzel, the Czech Da-pieces for air coming out of Re- since no one can now catch up her amount fixed by the Rovers. The
vis Cup player, plays to-day the result that topsails and jib-top- third places are not yet decided which will entail a heart breaking pulse and Stanley Bays, with the lead on points; the second and cheque was smaller for the reason
Was in- last game of his career when he
meets Henkel, of Germany, in the calls were owered. Down Lamba since the four tonners still have a that a double transfer
beat on the outward trip and 3 as d'Aguilar resall on hand if it is found possi- most uncomfortable run home, and volved. Liverpool's.. terms was
fast time was made on an exhi- ble to fit it in. Tern and Penguin even the fire-eaters will be won Hartill, their centre-forward, plus anal of the International Cham-Channe; and as far
the pionships.
look the likely aspirants for these West Bromwich Albion have on a cheque for Taylor. and
Menzel is abandoning the game larating case hauled leg which
honours, but Norddwester, Curlew dering whether their yachts were trial from the Chesterfield district Rovers accepted their terms.
in order to devote his whole time took most of the boats to Beau-
fort island on their first tack, oge and Monsoon stil have an outside really designed for that type two promising juniors in T. Cooke,
to to writing.
sailing. Hartill was accompanied right-half, and A Jones, a
Interviewed by Reuter Menzel leg across to Taitam Bay and the and somewhat speculative interest
The Macao race was really fret in the third place. centre-half. Both are young and Bristol on Friday by two Liver-
pool directors, and papers were said that tennis was a whole time next one put them at d'Agullar.
class and should 1⁄4ve for many a La Cigale reached d'Aguilar” first
SEASON'S REVIEW well-built players.
year to the minds of those who not immediately signed-Hartil job, and it was impossible to "in-
at 1.10 p.m., which indicated a good FORESTALLED..
Bat dulge other interests at the same
Looking back on the cruiser took part. Mr. Cock thoroughly was in no hurry. it seems.
trip as she had done some 17 miles Reading forestalled Aston Villa
time.-- very late at night terms were ar- and Bath City in securing the ranged, and Taylor went off to
Alexandria, Apr. 6,
in three hours and 10 minutes. racing season as a whole, it had deserved his win in this race, s been a rather disappointing one on do Mr. Croucher and Mr. Manning signature, "on amateur forms of Liverpool and Hartill stopped on It was erroneously stated yes Cutty was well on her heels how- close
account of the many resalls caused for their consistently successful Jabez Powell, the Swindon Vic-
was playing ever, with Azuma third in at Bristol. Curious'y enough, so terday that Menzel teria and Wilts County inside- did the Liverpool directors, who his last match when he meets attendance. Azuma had slipped by the wind being so often light racing in the Championships.
Henkel, right Representatives of all three stayed on to see how he shaped on
Menzel, who won be". & I. off Stanley Bay and there Tommy Glidden's youngest bro- clubs at Powell in action recent the Saturday afternoon in the scores of 3-8, 6-2, 5-7, 6-0, was now a considerable gap
After U. & I came "ther, Gilbert, was the best of the ly. Powell, who is a native of Rovers' side against Queen's Park 6-4, actually played in his last tween them.
Port Vale forwards when filing Swindon, has assisted the County Rangers.
match when partnered by Frau Tern, Norddwester, Penguin. Mon- Trevor Rhodes' place in the side on three occasions this season,
Wolfe of Austria, he was beaten root, Mistral, Mai Hwa, Curlew, against Leicester City." This youth against Devon, Somerset and the
in the final of the mixed doubles, Korseman, Sal Long and Quest. can shoot.
Corinthians.
by G. P. Hughes and Miss Yorke Mistral had passed Curlew shortly
Long had fallen away very badly finished to leeward, so that she up her leg down the Lamma-Chan-
Plymouth Argyle are evidently "determined to carry on with the task of converting Fred Mitcheson, the ex-Port Vale half-back, into a forward. Or was it "needs must? Fred was at Inside-right against Blackpool.
Twenty-one games without de- feat-pud sequence set up by -Sheffield United. The Blades were last beaten on December 14 by Bradford City at Valley Parade. Since that date they have played Afteen Second Division games and ax cup-tes without losing once. The six cup-ies are accounted for by the replays required against :Burnley and Preston North End, "plus meetings with Leeds United
and Spurs.
Is one International following another at right-half in the Ever ton team? Joe Merner, the pre- -sent occupant, is playing well enough to merit selection by Eng. land. Cuff Britton, the deposed player, has several caps.
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In a recent North Berks League much two referees turned up; the spin of the coin decided the issue.
- Broadstone A.F.C.. a Junior club
competing in the Bournemouth Junior League have played 20 games in the competition, lost 20 and have 201 goals scored against them.
BRISTOL SALES
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It was hinted on this page last week tha Bristol City's financial position would force them to trans- fer a player or two, but it came as a surprise that Dolman, their goalkeeper, wis concerned in a deal
has
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channel
pears that Starr signed amateur of their front line. Many a club, ne somewhere to the South West forms for the Rangers two months
as inquiries have shown, would be of Beaufort Island. She then made ago. He was not called upon, but glad to have either players their very s.uw going up the Putoi Is. immediately the news was spread centre-forward, and pay hand-between Beaufort and around that Bolton were anxdous somely for the privilege. But Ful- lands and eventually gave up. to give him a trial, a Rangers ham resolutely refuse to even con- representative saw Starr, with the
sider offers for either Perry.or result that he was given his first Hammond. game with the Rangers on Satur- day, and he was on the losing side to Crystal Palace in 2 London Combination game
WIND DROPS Between
Cap d'Agullar and Collinson the fast conditions dis- of the There was at possibility of 'Dunnil appeared and that, part
course was distinctly unpleasant; the former Celtic centre-forward,
fair swell running in from. the leaving Brentford. He has been kept out of the limelight by the North East and light duky puffs of No sooner dd Bristol Rovers advent of McCulloch, the Scottish wind varying from north-west to without sufficient transfer Taylor to Liverpool that international centre-forward, and north-east,
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another of their
a decision was made to promote the fact that Holliday is still with weight behind them to get the Dolman
not been in the
the City's League side since Christmas youngsters to take, his place. He
Bristol-born the Griffin Park club, although beats moving properly in when he struck a rather bald patch was Raymond Warren, aged 17, only 21 years of age and Brentford
now playing inside-left. Dunn is well.
Topsails were set again and reefs Ogilvie, Huddersfield and lost his place to Wilson who has been attracting attention and £1.500 for his transfer from shaken out, but it was slow and Town's new right-winger from Dolman is, of course, the ex-by his form in the reserves. And. Celtic last close season. He has tedious work and a Motherwell. confessed In the Chesterfeld player who helped his cumously, the scouts got to hear dressing-room after the game that The found Egish football "a bit fast." He shaped like he would get used to all that
Even with, three experienced goal-keepers on the list, West Bromwich Albion, spent a big fee fo secure the transfer of Light, of Southampton. Which makes one wonder what is going to happen to some of the others.
club gen promotion. He went to Bristol City on a fee of £150, and Luton Town paid very little, more than that for his transfer after deductions have been made,” for he was entitled to something o the fee in Heu of a benent
The Town paid, round about £1000 for Jack Hodge, the Bristol outside-right, for whom many clubs angled last sensor...
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about it, watched him play, and, incidentad he gave a good at
count of himself.
number of
scored 26 goals for Brentford re- tifans soon became wasting 38- serves this season and is a fast sets, to the intense discomfort of improving type of player. Brent their erstwhile owners ford have refused $1.250 for Dunn Curlew distinguished herself ou FULHAM WANTED ANOTHER and only the fact that heavy ex- this part of the race, since she Fulham are still on the look out fenditure has been made on new picked up from being an indiffer- for.. a
tirat-class centre-forward, players, coupled with the fact that ent seventh at d'Agullar to a final That may sound a bit strange for the freehold of the ground la portion of good fourth; which a club which has qualified for the being: acquired shortly made, further Improved to second after remi-final of the FA Cup and Brentford at efl keen to realise on allowing her handicap time, have such players as Perry and Dunn, for whom a fee of £2,000 Hammond to take the leadership is wanted.
On Bhek- the yachts were mostly bunched up close to each
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