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THE SPOTLIGHT ON SPORT
Gleanings From All Quarters
Dixie Dean had to defer the pleasure of setting up a new Football League individual scoring record until next season. Injury kept the famous centre-forward out of action against Preston North End. His deputy, Bell, iute of Tranmere Rovers, scored the two goals which Disie needed to pass Steve Bloomer's total of 352.
A RECORD.
Shaw, the Wolves right-back and Laptain, holds a distinction which has not been equailed by any player who has donned the club's colours since it was formed. By taking part in the last game with Middles-
Things are not' looking, so bad, this year promises to be distinct- for Port Vale, and" Hull City, the ly lively. sides relegated from the Becond DIVsion. By bright displays in their lust games both gave their supporters encouragement to feel The hopeful about next season. peculiarity is that, this was so des- pite the fact that Hull City played Manchester United, Second Divi-brough. Shaw, completed two full sion champions, and Port Vale met Charlton Athletic, the other new First Division members.
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Installed in office this week was Mr. David Steele, Bradford's new manager He is likely to be missed by Sheffield United. His work there as trainer-coach had a lot to do with the Blades' success in the cup.
players will spend. Quite a lew the first weeks of their close sea- son holiday in hospital. One of them
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seasons without missing team march, and a search of the records of the club indicate that This is a tea which no other player of the Wolves has ever done.
On his display in the last match against their near neighbours from West Bromwich, Birmingham have secured a very useful centre-half In James Olney, of Redditch Town, the Birmingham Combination club,
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Olney, who is a nephew of Ben Frank Soo. Stoke City's Olney, the former Aston Villa goal- clever.lett-half, who had the mis-keeper, has had a rapid entry tu fortune to sustain a fractured leg Arst-class football, for it was only in March that he was figuring in In the game against Liverpool.
Junior football. He is a resolute stopper as well as being a construc- live player.
Hard luck! Injury will debar two Middlesbrough players. Baxter and Martin, from going on tour with their team. The Borough are visit- Ing Norway and Belgium.
MEANS BETTER GATES. The relegation of Port Vale and Hull Cay to the Third Division will mean Southern Section football for Walsall next season. The Saddlers won't mind. Gates are higher in that competition than in the Nor- thern Section.
An additional promotion plum [or Coventry City will be local "derby" meetings with Aston Villa.
PLAYERS ON THE MOVE. Gilbert Wassell, Blackpool's un- retained full back, will have Mill- wall as his next club. Manager Charite Hewitt stepped in quick to snap up this former Cradley Heath detender. Gillie is 35, stands it. 10in, tall, and weighs 11st. Bib.
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A youngster for Blackburn Ro- vers is Edwin Chapman, a locat Edwin is 17. He outside-right, has played several games with the Rovers' third team.
W. J. Carey, goalkeeper of Bed- geley Park, Manchester, lias signed professional forms for Aston Villa.
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Burnley are not leaving their thetram-building "efforis late. Three
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1936.
DARTS LEAGUE
SMASHING VICTORY BY CUP HOLDERS
In the first Match of the Season. the McEwan-Younger Cup Holders IRA, Seyt's Mess, Lyeemun), re- corded a great victory against The Royal Ulster Rifles, thus worthily
their last maintaining success.
RESULTS
R.A. (Lyeemun) Royal Ulster Ruies
Chief Petty Officer's Royal Welsh Fusillers
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R.A. (Stonecutters) RE'S
HK.S., Bde., R.A.
R.N.Y. Police .........
NEW SWIMMING RECORD
year's
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B
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Rotterdam, May 24. Another world's swimming record went by the board to-day when Holland's famous "women's relay team established new figures for the 100 metres free style race.
They covered the distance in 4 minutes 32 and 8/10th seconds as compared with the existing record of 4 minutes 33 and 3/10th seconds set up by the Dutch relay team in 1934.
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To-day's participants were Jople Selbuch, Rica, Mastenbroek, Tine Wagner and W. den Ouden. Reuter.
last game of the season in bring ing his crop of goals to 39, which enabled him to break the club's record previously held by Jimmy Cookson,
with Plymouth Argyle, who in the season of 1936- 27 registered 38 goals.
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The Football League have ask- ed Arsenal to give reasons for team changes made in certain Arsen- matches in recent weeks.
letter. al have answered the What now?
Walsall in their last reserve match, gave a trial to Wilkes; a been local inside-left who has shaping well with Walsall Phoenix in Birmingham Amateur League Football He is regarded as one of the best amateur forwards in the Midlands, and has been a prolife goal-scorer.
Torquay United, Bristol City, Swtridon Town and Cardiff City
THEY MEAN BUSINESS Bristol Rovers have given fur were all managerially represented In the Manchester area at week-end. The first deal to follow early additions to the Turf Moorther proof of their declared inten- was the opening o: negotiations staff are Pinkerton, wing-half or tion of making a real bid for pro- 'between Cardiff City and Bury for inside-forward from Port Vale; Car-motion honours next season. Fol- the transfer of Wille Chalmers, son, outside-right, and Billy Smith,lowing the signing on of Watson, the former Glasgow Rangers, New-wing-half, both from Crystal Pa-Sullivan and Raven, from Brent- castle United and Grimsby Town inside-right.
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Well pleased with their two sign- ings from the Aberdeen district in recent months, Stoke City added another in Douglas Westland,
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lace, Pinkerton was formerly with Bradford, and Smith formerly with Sheffield Wednesday
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An addition to Burnley's office staff is a young lad named Tyson
from Darwen. He was connected young goalkeeper from Aberdeen.with Black Rovers last season. He Last season he played ten-games is a full back; for Aberdeen's first team. Douglus
ls a brother of James Westland, the Kirton, a "Scots 'centre-forward.
wing-half, is the Potters other Aberdonian,
One result of a trip north by Mr. Watts Jones. Cardiff City's hon, manager, was that Cecil Smith, the Burnley centre-forward has signed for the Ninian Parkclub. Beveral To finish sixth in the Secondclubs were keen to snap up the Division scoring list is no feat on the part of Harold Hobbis, outside-left. Charlton Athletic's Harold's total for the season was 20' Koals.
mean
Welshman.
Up to the present only six Swin- dcr. Town's professional staff have been re-signed. Mr. Ted Wizard is having a look at a number of men recommended by his scouts, and several signatures may be ex- pected during the week
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THE VACANT SEATS. Never before has competition been more keen for seats on the Management Committee of the
For the first time since the war, Football League. A vice-president,
Town had two local Mr. F. W. Rinder, and three mem-Swindon bers, Messrs Bassett, Cadman and amateurs appearing together in the against Was League side. This Brook Hirst, retire and offer them- selves for re-election. There is an Aldershot on Saturday, The two additional vacancy through the players wereè Fred 'Edmonda, goal death of Mr. John McKenna, Al keeper, and R. W. Jones, of Wroughton, who led the attack. together there are fourteen' as-
he signalised his debut by scoring pirants for the five seats.
one of the Town's two goals, The nominations are the four
Chesterfield's first signing in retiring members together with Messrs W. H. Cartwright (Liver-preparation for Second Division pool), J. J. Edwards (Arsenal). A football is Albert Bonass, outside- Fairclough (Barnsley), H. P. Hard- left from Hartlepools. Unized. man (Manchester United), A. Mas-
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ford, they have secured Mills, the Welsh International, and Bruce, both from Leicester City. This quintette has cost the club a goodly
Still later
news of came the Mahoney, centre-half from New- port County, W. Dodgin, wing hair from Charlton Athletic, and 3. Plendergast, inside forward from Wolves, having been fixed up.
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Bristol Rovers have also retained, 15 of last season's players so that thel; summer wages bill will be a pretty hefty one with 20 protes-
'onals 'on the pay list.
CAPTURE EXPECTED.
DOUBLE DEFEAT
FOR K.C.C.
In Mixed Doubles Tennis League
C.R.C. SMASHING VICTORY
The Chinese Recreation Club met the Kowloon Cricket Club “B” team in the Mixed Doubles Tennis League yesterday at home and walked away with the match by the score of pine games to nil The Kow- loon team was deplorably weak and was no match for their opponents.
The steadiest player of the K.C.C. team was A. E. P. Guest while W. C. Hung and Mrs. Litton of the CR.C. were by far the best pair on view. They conceded only four G. Clark games in a three sets. the recent addition to the K.C.C. Was on view and despite his re- putation was not in the least im- pressive.
SCORES:
Tsui Wal-pui and Mrs. Chlu
(C.R.C.):
best G. Clark and Mrs. A. J.
Kew...
beat A E. P. Guest and Mrs.
Hostord
beas C. C. Watson and Mrs.
Stokes
W. C. dung and Mrs. Litton
(C.R.C.
AUSTRIAN TEAM OFFER IS REJECTED
Football Matches In
Hong Kong
COUNCIL MEETING.
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An offer by an Austrian team to play matches in Hong Kong was declined at a meeting of the Hong Kong Football Asso- clation Council yesterday.
A letter was read from the Sport- klub, Klagenfurt, Austria, which intimated that it was planning a Far Eastern tour, Including the Philippines, between December and February and asked if the Hong Kong body could arrange games and give a financial guarantee.
The letter declared that the team was a strong one and gave details of many matches against French. Hungarian and other. continental
teams.
In moving that the offer be declined Col. H. G. Harrison (chair- man) remarked that it was doubt-
INDIANS WIN
IN LAWN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP
In the Arst round of the Lawn Bowls Open Pairs Championship. D. M. Khan and M.'R Abbas beat H Nish and T. Robson by 21 shots at the to 19 when they played Talkoo Recreation Club yesterday.
The Indian pair played consistent and good bowls, Khan in particular was responsible for the laying of some good woods and gave Abbas all the support that was required.
Leading from the start, the In-" dian pair dropped back on the 15th head when Nish and his partner took the lead with 18 shots to 14. Khan and his partner reasserted shots went into the lead again with themselves and with four successive
the score of 18 to 16..
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It must be stated that Nish and Robson were singularly out of fuck and though they tagged level with their opponents for the remaining heads they went down the losers by the final score of 21 to 19.
NEW BASEBALL GROUND
Plans For Stand At Causeway Bay
ARRANGEMENTS AT
MEETING
A meeting of managers and executives of the local baseball teams was held yesterday at the European Y.1.C.A. to discuss pants in connection"with the erection of a grand stand on the round af Causeway Bay * adjoining the present Naval,. soccer site.
Mr. W. C. Mulr, President of the Hong Kong Baseba'i Association in- timated that permission had been given by the naval authorities for the use of the ground on Saturdays It was and Sundays, and that hoped that a stand in a ̈"L" shape with a seating capacity of 200 would be completed for this com- ing, Sunday when a double header would christen the new ground.
Representatives present included those from the American Club,
6-3 ful if the team was an amateur FRENCH TENNIS Canadian Club, E K. Volunteers.
one, as it mentioned having played
6-4 against
sides.
.6-3
beat G. Gark and Mrs. Kew 6-1 seat Guest and Mrs. Hosford 6-2 'beat Watson and Mrs. Stokes 6-1 Tsu Yun-pul and Miss R. Perry
(C.R.C.):
7-5
beat Clark and Mrs. Kew...... beat Guest and Mrs. Hasford 6-1
beat Watson and Mrs Stokes 6-3
U.S.R.C. DEFEAT KOWLOON C.C.
At the Kowloon Cricket Clua yes- terday, the United Service Recrea- Bon Cub defeated a strong K.C.C. team by six sets to three. Most of the games were keenly contested and the standard of play for the first game of the current season was high.
lost to Major R. O. Withing- ton and Mrs. M. Wison....
E. F. Fincher and Miss M.
(Griffith" (K.C.C.)
lost to Godman and Mrs.
Kayli
Hungarian professional
In any case, he pointed out, the Association was not in a position to give a financial guarantee and during February very few grounds
were vacant,
The resignation of Mr. A. Chap- man from the secretaryship and of the temporary appointment Capt. Kim and R.G.M.S. Snaith of the East Lancashire Regiment was
announced.
It was also announced that the annual meeting would be held on July 14.
June 15 was appointed as the date for the meeting, to discuss suggested alterations to the rules.
CHARITY.FUNDS
PROGRESS
Perry Beaten In Doubles
Auteuil, May 24. England's brilliant Davis Cup combination of G. P. Hughes and C. R .D. Tuckey will contest the nnal of the French doubles tennis championship against Jeam Boro- ira and Marcel Bernard, most French couple.
Core-
Eastern Club, and the Pulching Academy (Canton)
A unanimous vote that pians be rushed was accorded when the pro- was placed before the position meeting. According to present. plans, the stand will border the home plate diamond, extending 50 feet cn either side, and patrons will be screened with wire netting. which at the same time wit serve as a back-stop net.
The "double header" arranged
An entrance fee of 50 cents was agreed upon after discussion which wif entitle patrons to view "double headers." Season tickets at $5 a head will also be obtainable and view al will entitle holders to To-day Hughes and Tuckey de-league Axtures in addition to any feated Fred Perry and H. W. Aus-special programmes arranged aur- tin in the semi-final after a fouring the current season. Free score set match. Hughes and Tuckey cards will be distributed. The distribution of the "Sunday won the first set to love, lost the Herald" Cup funds to charity was second in the twelfth game and discussed and the following dis-won the next two at 6-4 6-4. tributions approved
Barutra and Bernard 1933-4 1934-5 1935-6 thrung
five-set match against Christian Boussus and Brognon, After winning the first two sets. Borotra and Bernard were made to concede the next two, but they went out to victory in the ninth game of the final set.
$ 50 $50 $ 50
had a
for this Sunday, drew the Japanese outfit against the Canadians as the first attraction and the H.K. Volunteers against the Eastern Club as the second game.
The first clash is scheduled to start promptly at 9.30 am. at the termination of which the Volun teers and Eastern will immediately take the diamond:
It was intimated that in the. There was a sensational result
event of rain, Caroline Hl ground in the second round a' the ladies
will be utilised, this being a stipu- Miss Margare lation agreed when singles.
upon by "the local baseball association and the Naval authorities.
200 Scriven, holder of the title in 1933 and 1934, lost to a comparatively 300 1,000 unknown player in Mme. Gored-
nitchenko,
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Full scores were as follows:
C. Fincher and Miss, O.. Da ziel (KC.C.):
lost to L Goldman and Mrs.
J. F. Karl ..... beat A. L. Sullivan" and Mrs.
M. E. Dowling
3-6
Government Civil
Hospital Xmas Tree ........ Society of St. Vincent de Paul Industrial Home
500
500
500
7-5
for Blind Girls
100
100
100
Sailors' Home
4-0
Mission to Sea-
men STAT
500
.500
St.
Ar- John
bulance
300
4-8
Little Sisters of
the Foor, Home
4-6
for Aged ....
300
300
beat Major Withington and
Mrs. Wilson
7-5
ELK. Benevolent
Society
700 1,000
Canossian
stitute
In- for
Blind
200
200
4-6
Society for Pro-
tection of Chil-
dren ......
500
700
Children's Play-
B-3
ground Assocn.
500
500
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Cheero Ch
250
400
350
Chinese Sisters
lost to Sullivan and Mrs.
Dowling......
G. Bodiker and Mrs. McCaw
(K.C.C.):
lost to "Goldman and Mrs.
Kayl "last to Sullivan and Mrs.
Dowling,
beat Major Withington and
Mrs. Wilson
Blood'
3 HOME RUNS IN of the Precious
ONE GAME
BASEBALL RESULTS
New York, May 24. The following were the results of the League baseball matches play- He knows ed to-day:-
It is expected tha: Mr Chartes Hewitt, the new Millwall manager, will be announcing the capture of three or four players of repute almost immediately. the players he wants and fully ex- pects to get them. One new signa- ture has already been secured-Al- fred Day, the Welsh International half-back of Tottenham Hotspur. Mr. Hewitt thinks he will prove s fine capture for Millwall, where he will got greater opportunity than he has had for some time at Write Hart Lane...
Mr. Tom Hromilow is expecting to have some team strengthening news in the near future. He has been on the job for some weeks
until after the close of, the season. now but nothing could be done Two Palace players who were not 1ourteen retained, W. 8. Smith (half-back). Tommy Oddén, tor (Leeds United), R. (Manchester City), A. H. Oakley years a West Bromwich Albion "and J. Carson (outside-right), have (Wolves), G. F. Rutherford (New player, has been appointed the [ becu,signed by Burnley. castle United) and W. G. Turner club's coach (Shefield Wednesday).
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Nell McBain is busy with can- WOLVES PIP ARSENAL The Wolves folled the Arsenal didates for next season, and it The elections take place at the and other first-class clubs when things go according to plan Wat- annual meeting of the Football they signed Robert Redfern, an 18- ford will be even more formidable League on Monday, June 7, when a years-old Inside-right, who has candidates for the Second Division new president will also be chosen. been helping Tow Law, a County than in the campaign just; con- At present Mr. C. E Eutcliffe holds Durham side. Redfern had pro- the position temporarily. He is nominated for the office. Bo are Messrs F. W. Hinder, A. Brook "Hirst and W, căcut:
With a realight likely to be anade to secure the required two- thirds majority for the four up and four down promotion and relega- Proposal, Mhe annual meeting
mised to take part in a-trial match with the Gunners but the Wolves stepped in with a definite offer. He is the son of an unemployed miner of Crook,
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Charlton received shoals of tele- grams congratulating the club on the new record they have put up, Many of these have come from League, clubs, one-being from the After a lean time in the past few Arsenal FC. as follows: "Hear- weeks W. G. Richardson, West test congratulations, A warm wel- Bromwich Albion's sharp-shooting come awaits you at Highbury next centre-forward, i succeeded: in the season.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE'
Philadelphia
R.
5
H. R
10 2
2
Leslie hit a homer. New York.
13 21 Sulik, John and Moore hit home runs.
Buston
2
7
Brooklyn........... 11 Taylor hit a homer.
15
13 12 1
1 5
3
18
0
Pittsburgh
Cincinnatti.
Chicago
St. Louis
2
2
AMERICAN LEAGUE New York ............ 28. 19 Tony Lazzeri hit three homers. Crossetti two and Dimzgo one,
2 7 0 Philadelphia.................
16 2 Washington........... 12 Lewis and Kubel hit home runs.
4 12. 2 Boston
St Louis,
Chicago
5
11
7
D 4
Radcliffe and Bewell homered...
Detroit: .Brown pitched,
Cleveland
0
2
0
7
12
0
Hai Trosky hit a home run. -Reuter
Sailor & Sol- dlers' Home... Salvation Army The Sheklung Leper Com- 'mittee General Chart- ties Organiza- tion
S. China Ath- letic Free Schools
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200
200
100
Mme. Gorodnitchenko, a young 200 woman in her late twenties, who 1 married to a Russian who has 800 since become a naturalised French-"
man, lost the first set to love and indications were that Miss Scriven 100 would win with case.
But her opponent made a bril- hant recovery in the second set to 450 level the scores at 6-4 and then went on to capture the al set at the fourteenth game."
Some consolation for this disap pointment awaited English suppor ters when Miss Billy Yorke, part 200. nered by Mme. Mathieu won the women's doubles champ'onship. 200 beating Miss Susan Noel and Mile 100 Jedrejowska in "the final after a
three set match,
The complete scores as cabled 100 100 by "Reuter" follow.
277 268 282
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GIRLS EARNING OWN LIVELIHOOD
'4 Out Of 5' Estimate
„London. "May "5.
Out of every two girls of 14 years
of age in the country one is earn-
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ing her own living, and out of every five girls of 18 and over four are earning their own,!
living
These figures were given last night by Mrs Oliver Strachey, secretary of the Women's, Employ- ment Federation, speaking jata dinner of the Lyceum Club! Mrs. Strachey told a representa tive of "The.. Daily Telegraph" later that the figures she quoted were according to a recent census. "There is no dearth of jobs for juveniles at the present time," said. "On the contrary, there are not enough children to all the posts available. Most of the vacan cies are for messenger giris and hoys, and for such Jobs as packers in shops and warehouses."
she
MEN'S DOUBLES Semi-Finals
G. P. Hughes and CR.D: Tucker (England) beat F. J. Perry and H W. Austin (England) 6-0, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
M Borotra
Bernard J.
116 (France) beat J. Brugnon and C. Boussus (France) 7-5.9-4, 4-6. 4-6, 6-3
WOMEN'S DOUBLES. (FINAL)
Miss Billy Yorke (England) and Mme. Mathieu (France) beat Miss Susan Noel (England) and Mils. Jedrejowska (Poland) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. WOMEN'S SINGLES Second Round
Mme. Gorodnitchenko (France) beat Miss M, C. Scriven (Engand), C-6, 6-4, 8-6.
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