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SWIMMING GALA
In Aid Of Refugees
It is proposed to hold a swim- ming gaja on September 14 or 15 at either the European Y.M.C.A. or the Victoria Recreation Club in aid of the Shanghai Refugees Fund, Teams representing Canton, Hong Kong Chinese, V.R.C. and Army combined. with thu European YMCA will take part in the men's section while teams repre- senting Hong Kong, Shanghai and Canton will form the ladies' sec- ition. In this connection all Shanghal and Hong Kong ladies who can cover the 50 and 100 yards free style in appreciably good time are requested to communicate with Mr. R. Goldman c/o the European Y.M.C.A.
MACAO RACES
HỒNG KÔNG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1937.
U.S. BASEBALL |MAMAK HOCKEY
RESULTS
New York Gaining
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New York. Aug. 29. New York is gaining slowly on Chicago, at the top of the League, but St. Louis has gone into a de- cline, according to early results to day.
Glants beat Cincinnati to- day.
to two. Pittsburgh Seven dropped points to Brooklyn, three to five, and St. Louis was beaten by Boston, two to three.
Chicago and Philadelphia split
TOURNAMENT
Annual Meeting
The changing of the name of the Mamak Hockey Tournament was disputed by members at the annual meeting of the Tournament held yesterday,
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The annual report follows:The sixth Mamak Hockey concluded during Tournament April. 1937, and the C.B.A. to be cungratulated on having won the ""A" Division, but were beaten a double-header, the Phillies tak-in the play off two matches to nil ing the opener ten to three, the by the Radio Sports Club, winners Cubs the night-cap. two to one. of the "B" Division. Klein's two homers won the "game. Cavaretta for Chicago, Norris and Browne for the Phillies hit cir- eufts in the first game
In the American League, Phila- delphia whipped Chicago. 16 to nothing. Caster held the Walte Sux to five hits, Johnson humered
scoring
twice.
Twenty-three teams entered for the Tournament, which is a record.
A.E.C.,
It is with deep regret we have to say good-bye to Capt. G. W, P. Kimm.
Chairman. Eils painstaking deliberations on all matters connected with the Tour- nament are always in our mind and without exception it has been
our difficulties"
CHARITY GALA CONCLUDES
CHUNG SING BENEVOLENT. SOCIETY'S GREAT SUCCESS
"The charity musical concert and swimning gala of the Chung Sing Benevolent Society was concluded last night at the Society's Bathing Pavilion, Kennedy Town. West Point.
Altogether a sum of about $3,000 has been collected including" donations by members and friends during the last four nights of the gala. The money will be for the relief of war refugees in North China...
A large number of Interested spectators attended the gala, and besides an exhibition of fancy swimming given by the Society's swimmers. a brilliant fireworka display was also given from a dragon boat as a grand finale.
Songsters, European and Chinese musicians, a magician and a strong man, all contributed to the success of the gala, and attracted large crowds around hem.
The function was sponsored on the initiative of Mr. Chan Lan- fong. President of the Society, who had the co-operation of Mr. Lau
other members of the Chung Sing Benevolent Society.
September Meeting Boston blanked St. Louis, or ons guidance that has helped us out of King-tsing, Vice-President,
four hits.
Washington lost to Cleveland
"to 11.
Averill Lewis and for thelr respective
tour
The following is the programme for the September Meeting of the Macao Race Club to be held at homering Arcia Preta" on Sunday, September | clubs.
12:--
New York beat Detroit, five to
Beuter.
Race 1-The Troopers' Hurdle four- Race Unofficial Winner $100, Second $50. Third $25. A Hurdle Race of 1 Miles. Fur China
Puntes to be approved by, the O'C
Machine Gun Troop. Catchweight U.S. TENNIS
175 lbs. Winner of the last Troop
race, 10 lbs. penalty Entrance $3.
Race 2.--Liama Miau Plate.
Winner $150.
Second $75. Third
CHAMPIONSHIPS
In conclusion, I wish to thank Mr. Guest and Mr. Austen for the able help they have given me, also the Bev. J. R. Higgs who has al- ways placed at our disposal St. Andrew's Church Hall for our meetings.
At the conclusion of the annual report the Hon. Treasurer's report on accounts for the season of 1936- 37 was read,
The following were elected to serve on the Committee for the ensuing year:-President, Rey, J. R. Higgs: Vice-Presidents, Com-
Hon. Sec. G. E. Clarke; Assistant Hon. Sec. Sig. Austen: Hon. Treasurer, N. A. E. Mackay.
$50. For China Pontes. Subscrip- Von Cramm & Henkelmander Barns, Capt. Stapleton:
tion Ponies of this Club of any Season that have not won'a race at Race Meetings of this Club. Weight for inches as per scale. Jockey allowance Entrance $5. Five Furlungs.
Win Gruelling Tie
Brooklyn. Muss. Aug. 29. Britain suffered two big dis- appointments in the United States women's doubles tennis champion- sips here today...when their re- presentatives, Miss Stammers and Miss James. and Miss
Ingram were and Miss Jockey.allowance. En-in the semi-finals.
For
Race 3-Oporto Handicap 1st Section) Winner $150. Second $75
China Third $50.
Fontes classified by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as "D" and "E" Classes at date of entry and Subscription Pontes of this Club.
trance $5. Once Round.
Note: One Entry only wil be made for the Oporto Handicap. Entries will be divided into First and Second Sections at the discre- tion of the Handicapper.
Dearman defeated
Miss Stammers and Miss James lost in straight sets to Miss Alice Marble and Mrs. Sarah Fabyan, the scores in favour of the Ameri- cans reading 6-3, 7-5.
The other English pair put up strong fight against Mrs. Van Ryn and Miss Carolin Babcock, but were beaten 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.
Race 4.-George Potts' Memoriala Cup: Winner $150. Second $75. Third $50. A Cup to be won by pony or ponies belonging to the same Owner twice in succession. A Handicap for Subscription Ponies of this Club of any Season. Jockey allowance. Entrance $5. 1 Mile.
Race 5-Lisboa Handicap: Win ner $200. Second $125. Third 575. For China Ponies classified by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as "C" The third set well to 26 games Class at date, of entry: Jockey ¦ before the' Germans won. The allowance. Entrance 55. Six Fur Germans snatched the first seb longs.
at 6-4, and lost the second 6-8. Race 6 Oporto Handicap (2nd A great tussle featured the third Section): Winner $150. Second $75. 'set, which the Germans eventually Third $50. For China Pontes class!- obtained. and they carried on to fed by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, win the fourth set at 6-4-- as "D" & "E" at date of entry and Subscription Ponies of this Club. Jockey allowance. Entrance $5, Once Round.
Kenter.
official: Half a Mile. Conditions Race 7-Ladies' Race (Un- will be announced later.
CRICKET
Fateful Last Ball For Middlesex
Middlesex at the Oral grew in The match between Surrey and interest as the day passed by re- cently. We had, in fact, to walt until the last ball of the evening to decide which way a game in which wickets have fallen at an abnormal rate was swinging.
THANKS EXPRESSED
and
certainly proud of having done their jobs" assiduously and con: scientiously and thanks were due to the Chinese and the foreign news- papers in Hong Kong for their pub- ile spirited and unstinted support. He also expressed thanks to the Tramway Company, Mr. Ngan Shing-kwan, of the China Motor Bus Company. the St. John Am- bulance and Boy Scouts of King's College.
Callus
Perfection
Scots Whed
MCCALLUM'S
Mr. Lâu King-tsing stressed that PERFECTION
one series of galas will not succe
to help China, as the termination SCOTS WHISKY
of the war was most indefinite but that as long as China was in trouble, he and his Committee will never stop to devise varicus schemes" for the sake of replenish-
Mr. Lau King-tsing, Vice-Preing the fast depleting. eoffers of
China. sident, in a speech, thanked all those who participated in the various aquatic events and other displays as well as those who had by their presence made the gala a success. He said that the Com- mittee was most gratified at the liberal response towards his call for subscriptions. The Committee were
GUTHRIE DIES
After German Race Crash
Mrs. Lau King-tsing is a member of the "Chinese Ladies' Savings Movement." His daughter Misa Lau Woon-to. known as Hong Kong's Champion Charity Flower Seller as well as his son Master Lau Kul- yuen have joined the "China's Youth Movement."
VERITY TAKES 14 WICKETS
Warwickshire Lose
At Leeds
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Jimmy Guthrie, veteran Scottish motor-cyclist, winner of six Isle of Man T.T. race, died after crashing Verity was again in great form in the German Motor-Cycle Grand at Leeds recently when the game Prix at Hohenstein-Ernstthal. between Warwickshire and York- He was only a mile from the shire was concluded, and it was finish and looked an easy' winner | largely due to his bowling that Yorkshire- won the match by nine for the third year in succession when he was thrown from his wickets. In Warwickshire's second hold Corner and fractured machine on the dangerous Noetz- innings Verity's five wickets cost
skull. says "Reuter..
his
As he was flung from hls' machine first-aid men rushed to his assis- tance and he was taken at once to hospital. where he died a.
little later.
Guthrie's record over the Isle of Man course was second to that of his
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great rival. the Irishman Stanley Woods, who has won eight events. Here it is:
1930.-Junior T.T. 1934-Junior and Sealor T.T.s 1935-Junior. T.T. 1936. Senior T.T. 1937-Junior TT.
His daring riding was known on j.tracks all over Europe. During his career he won Grand Prix. races in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland and Spain.
He also won the Ulster Grand Prix-fastest of all road races-in
bim 49 runs, and in the whole match he took 14 wickets for 92
runs.
It was quite obvious from the start of the day that spin bowlers would get all the help from the wicket which they needed, and as the attacks of both Yorkshire and Warwickshire were based mainly on spin bowling the game heid out possibilities for both sides.
Warwickshire overnight had lost Croom's wicket, but they were only 13 runs behind Yorkshire's first innings score and Kilner and Santall had no delay, in hitting off these runs Kliner, then very nearly chopped a ball from Smalles Into
his wicket, but while both batsmen pald due respect to Verity's, bowling they also took every opportunity of cutting Smailes's shorter balls cleanly and with confidence.
However, at 104 Hutton WAS brought on to bowl and Santall rather carelessly walked into an
Baron G. von Cramm and H Henkel, the German Davis
Cup
To that ball, just when R.W.V. pair reached the final of the US. Robins and J. H. Human seemed men's national doubles champton-to have lived to ight again ship to-day by beating John Van when the umpires were fidgeting to Ryn and, John R. Hunt in the take off the balls, Robins was leg- semi-final after a gruelling four
before-wicket to Gover. So now sets.
Middlesex, with only four more wickets to fall, still need 137 runs to win a more than difficult task on a pitch which from the first ball bowled has seemed singularly hostile to the batsman. That Sur- rey are so well placed is to a great extent due to Gregory, who played a great innings yesterday, and to Gover, demolished the early hopes of Middlesex yesterday afternoon. and, incidentally, took the 1.000th 1935... wicket of his first-class career,
On the Monthery track In which was begun in 1928.
France last October he set up a Middlesex went In before. 5 world record for 350c.c. motor-off-break. Kilner, who meanwhile o'clock to make 229 very difficult cycles, when he covered 107 miles had completed his 50, then took runs to win. Their start was in an hour.
the quite unnecessary risk of call- disastrous. Gover. bowling. "from At a German Grand Prix race. ing R. E. 8. Wyatt, for a short run. the Vauxhall end, with the first last year he capped his successes Wyatt certainly contributed some- ball of the Innings had "Price by becoming champion of Europe. thing to his own downfall hy Guthrie was forty years old. His hesitating in the middle of the Wong Shul-wing và E. F. Fincher caught at first slip: and with the
last ball of the same over he had home was in Hawick, Roxburgh-pitch, but his wicket was worth and D. J. N. Anderson:
Edrich out in exactly the same shire.
more than a barely possible run.
way, his pace on each occasion not allowing the batsman sumc- teit time to get his bat out of the way. Disaster followed disaster Tennis-"D" Division: Police for Watts in his first over bowled R.C. v. Army T.C., Kowloon Indians B. D. Carris, and three wickets v.. Chinese R.C., Indian R.C. v were down for 12 runs, most of Craigengower C.C., Civil Service which had TO-MORROW
been scored off two C.C. v. South China A.A.; Club de
no-bails. Bowls. Open Singles Quarter-Recrelo v. Kowloon C.C., U.B.R.C.
Hendren and Compton Increased
Sporting Fixtures
TO-DAY
Tennis."A"" Division, Hong Kong C.C. v. University: Club de Recreto v. United Services R.C.; Kowloon C.C.. v. Chinese R.C. Indian R.C. 7. South China A.A. .. Water Polo. Friendly. Royal Navy v. Royal Artillery (Dockyard Bath, 5.30 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Meeting. Committee Meeting of Equine Sports Club (Kowloon Magistracy), 5.30 p.m.
J.
The Voice Behind The Stumps
I have travelled on two Austra- lian tours with George. Duckworth, England and Lancashire wicket- keeper, now "about to retire from finals. S. Randle v. A. S. Gomes: Championships:-Singles: A. Le the score slightly, there was even Sullivan v. 8. A. Gray; F. H. Kwok a hope that they might play cut
first-class cricket-rather soon-at the age of 36. And I have always v. S. W. Liang; G. Choa v. Wong the last hour, when an abrupt enjoyed his lively company as | Fuk-nani. Doubles: A. V, Gosang and fatal event occurred. Hendren much as his equally lively cricket,
and B. T. Gosano v. R. R. Todd
U.M. Omar v. G.H. Sherriff (Hong Kong F. C. green), 5 p.m.
Tennis. "B" Division: University v. South China A:A.; Chinese R.C. v. Craigengower C.C.: Hong Kong and G. E. R. Divett, §. A. and H. D. C.C. v. Club de Recrelo; U.S.R.C. | Rumjahn v. Capt. Loch and J. Championships:-Singles: A: V. | Tamiluson; J. Pengelly, and I. Gosano v. A, Crawford; W. C. Hung Agafutoff v. T.K. Leung and J. v. Capt. Loch;. 8. A. Rumjahn v. L Hsu. Mahan Singh. Doubles; Wong Fuk- nam and Lui Kwal-fan v. S. A. and Li Kwal-hung v. A. L. Sullivan and
L. Goldman; A. V. Remedios and
J Gonsalves v. Q. E. Clarke and G, C. Burnett.
played a ball from Gover down
writes a Home correspondent.
të umpires were couched. Once, it is true, he confessed to an appeal devoid of any ordinary reason; but his explanation-that "he was falling afraid the umpire was
delightful and asleep"-was typical example of his wit and enjoyment of the game.
HE "DELIVERED THE GOODS”
to third man; Compton careered
I asked D. R. Jardine, who, was "Coming after Lilley and Strud- down the pitch, for a third run.
his captain during the stressfulwick, or in comparison with his what time Squires had returned
1932-3 tour, for an appreciation. rival Oldfield, Duckworth did not the ball very wide. It seemed He has written one, as follows: stand out as a model for aspirants· certain that the ball would By
"Wicket-keepers are commonly to copy (continues Mr. Jardine). *. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
across the field, but Barling saved referred to, and affectionately re- His genius lay in departing from Bowls-First Division: Craigen- the overthrow, both batsmen were garded as, 'Aunt Salles. In keep- the ordinary.rule which forbids a gower C.C. v. Police R.C.; Kowloon at the same end, and Comptoning with such amiable creatures wicketkeeper snatching for
the C.C. v. Kowloon B.G.C.; Kowloon retired to the pavilion. Soon after they are frequently regarded as ball. But if he broke this rule he Dock RC. v. Club de Recreio; wards Hendren was yorked, and almost, ageless, timeless and tire- Civil Service CC. v. Hong Kong half the side were out for a paltry less. F.C.; Second Division: Indian R.C. 47 runs. Human and Robins with 7. Kowloon C.C.: Craigengower no more ado straightaway attacked worth comes then as a surprise. out dropping a catch or missing a
C.C. v. Club de Recreio; Police R.C. v. Hong Kong F.C.; Third Division: Club de Recreio v. Kowloon F.C.: Kowloon Tong RC. v. Civil Ber- vice C.C.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Tennis.—"C" Division: Club de Recreto v. Chinese R.C. (2); Kow- loon C.C. v. Cralgengower C.C.; South Obinu A.A. v. Radio Sports Club; U.S.R.C. Championships: Singles: H. Y. Ho v. J. L. F. Smal- lery: Major. MacDonald v. Chan Kam-moon; A. E. P. Guest v. Y. C. Lau; M. A. Oliveira v. I. M. A. Doubles: E. C. Fincher and 4. Bodiker v. 8. A. Gray and A. Crawford; Iu Tak-cheuk and 3.30 p.m..
Razack
nevertheless 'delivered the goods.' "In Australia in 1928-23 he play- "The retirement of George Ducked in all Ave Test Matches with-
the bowling, each driving the ball Keenness is akin to youth, and chance of stumping. Could any- furiously to the off. Changes, and while no great wicket-keeper has one, even Duckworth himself, have more changes, had to be made lacked concentrated keenness, few, asked more? He was in the great in the bowling, Holmes at one time if any, can have possessed this tradition and worthily has he up- having Gregory and quires on attribute in finer or fuller degree held it. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 to see if spin could achieve what than Lancashire's and England's "Cricket and Lancashire will be Bowls Cutlerres International pace could not for the moment stumper..
the poorer for the loss of a Shield: Philippinca. v. Malaya; effect. Time passed by, and at 6,25 Much on occashab, has been distinct and delightful personality trusted Portugual or Switzerland v. Scot- Gover was given that one Anal made of Duckworth's penchant for shrewd and much land (Craigengower C.C. green,) over which may well have killed appealing. largely because of the judge of others and a hard task-
Middlesex.
shrill note in which his requests master of himself."
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