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EXCELLENT HOLIDAY FARE
SOFTBALL ENTHUSIASTS
SPORTS & GENERAL
FOR SOCCER REVIEW
H.K.C.C. TEAM'S
The following teams will repre
HK,C.Ç., against the
Wreath Ordered For Losers, and the Wanderers, on Of Kops-Ladies Encounter!
(K.
HAI CHING-TO SCORES SPECTACULAR GOAL
Sajuriay, Dec. 26 and Wednesday, Much Improved Display By
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Jan. 1, respectively.
KC.C. V. Army:H. Owen Hughes (Capt.), G, J. P. Carey, 'C. Excellent holiday, fare for softħall enthusiasts will be served P. Charlton, J. Dewar, W., G. up, at the Kowloon Football Club," tomorrow morning when two ex-Flnie, J. L. Isley, T. C. C. Knight, hibition matches will be staged in aid of the local Bomber Fund P. Miller, D." O. Parsons, LA T. which will benefit by 50 cents from each spectator present, Ride, C. D. H. Walker.
Opening the card st 10.30 km., will be the “Greybeards"
H.K.C.C. V. Wanderers:-D, T. F. C. over 40's) versus the "Tenderfeet (K.F.C, under 40%) with Ride (Capt.), F. Baker, D. I Bo "the Kowloon Kops tangling against the Combined Ladies In
tha sanquet, B. C. Fay, R. H. Grimtha, M. F. L Haynes. T. G. C. Minghi, nightcap.
P. McLellan, D. O. Parsons, A. E. Police Chief, the Hon. Mr. C.
Perry, JE E Richardson. A G; Perdue là. expected-to-be pre- sent and the "Greybeards" will be managed by Major C. M. Man- ners, «Chairman of the War -Effert Committee; as an added- attrac-
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this will be found in the Tangha tani Canteen -after the match as, it is "intended to şilow; the Girlṣto handle the... ampiring assignments.
tion, Association Prexy Mr. Dide-she girls, Mary Ng. Therese. NO Four murders will do duty for fonso la endeavouring-to obtain ronha, Thelma Collaco and Babida the services of a swing band to being the slabsters. enliven the proceedings,
With such heavy sluggers, as Charlie "Caravan" Hall has been Irene Pereira, Lily. Mar Jackie named assistant pilot of the Anderson, Gloria Mar, Irene Cas. "Greybeards" who will line, "Ptilho and Yvonne Yolle" in the Full-a-bull Fuller, "Guines-gold" opposing, squad, the:: Kowloon Ogden, Vic "Slim"
Chittenden, Kops will be given a hard mom "Boomerang" Mezger, Percy
ing of leather chasing after which "Aubi" Younghusband, Dec "Dose they'll bury their enmity long 'em" Atienza, Tubby Abbas, W. Cenough to entertain the ladies to "Axte-grease" Excell. V. "Toyman" timn at the Peninsula Hotel. Tesar, Tommy "Sunset" Coleman,
Doc "Bone-setter" Moithen, "Colo-l nel" Dave Walker, Bill · "Wrong- number" Geall and mascot Gladys "Gran'ma" Hutchinson.
**FENDERFEET" SQUAD Chris "Sherlock". Dowman
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sin charge of the "Tenderfeet” who have in their line-up S.C. "Slug- ger" Weng, "Jack-rabbit" Robin- son, Claude "Birdie" Woodcock, H Smith, “Roll 'em" Bones. Bob "Polly" Hughes. J. "Come-on" Stephens. "Flahy". Mullet, shiher” Wright, "Bagpipes". Seraphina. "Sparks" Humphrey. "Digger" Groves, "Tops" Lapsley. “Flyhawk" Lapsley and Foggy" Jorge.
TODAY
Middlesex Team
BY PILAT
Last week's league programme was featured by the number of drawn games,lékaře, being no less than 12 in all-three divisions. In the First Division, three of the four matches ended, in a draw.
With Sins Tho and South Chins having a “holiday,” EASTERN, the Senior Division for the first time this season. by virtue of their victory over MIDDLESEX at Caroline, new head
In beating the Dishard," Eas-rarely and time to, assist the for tern showed a return to their wards who, as a consequence, Haa SPORTING FIXTURES best form their attack had never to large for the ball, Sam, in par
functioned more smoothly than on ticular did a lots of foraging but that day, Chung Yung-summ and as a result was found wanting FOOTBALL - International Hau Ching-to, the wingers, were when Pearson was invariably left Charity Cup China V, Scotland seat form always showing salone to tackle the Chinese de- (Boundary Street). 3:30 pm.dlesex
fclean pair of heels to the Mid- fence. RIDING. Cottage Club Ride for
halves. Hau especially On the whole, the Diehards President's Cup (Cottage Club, caught the limelight by scoring showed an improvement on their Fanling). 4 D...
one of the most spectacular goals two previous outings but there is SWIMMING, - Swimming
that still room-left for improvement in ann seen, this season or for Swimming Instruction
matter, for the past several sea- the attack. BOILS,
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TOMORROW.
FOOTBALL Internationai Charity Cup.. England v. Portu- gal (Kowloon EC....... RACING Fanling Hunt, & Race
Club December Race Meeting.
HOLIDAY FOOTBALL
ATTRACTIONS
China Should Defeat
Scotland Today
BŶ “PILAT”
With the Yuletide season here once again many different attrac-
Abe. "Ol. Fox" Llu will be ealitions have, no doubt, been arranged for the benefit of the "holiday- ing the bails and strikes. Chuck makers" and in this connexion soccer fans are well provided for. Waggoner and Prexy Ildefonso the This afternoon, on the Boundary Street around, the first round bases, so it looks as though the of the Sunday Heraid International Charity Cup will be played be-
·Greybeards will have an edge in tween CHINA (holders) and SCOTLAND
the umpiring, If not in the play. The Ecote line-up. composed dition to many of the youngsters
HORSE LINIMENT! J.
mainly of players from the Royal who will be given a chance. Hot baths and horse Hintment Scots, reinforced, by. Blackburn, The following are the teams have been the vogue amongst the Ferrier and Howlett of the Police. CHINA: Cheung Wing-chof: Greybeards since they started and Hutchison of Kowloon, should Tsang Chung-wan, Lee Tin-sang: practicing and the old soup-bones give the holders a good tussle but Soong Ling-ng: Hsu King-sing, should be well warmed-up for the latter are favoured to retain Ng Kee-cheong: Chung Yung-sum. this titanic struggle.
the cup for another year.
Fung King-cheong, Lee Wal-tong
. The youngsters have been tak- China's team will be the same as (Cant), Lal Shiu-wing and Hau ing things fairly easy, confident Chinese
on Sunday with Ching-to
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Mau
that they have it all over the Cheung, Wing-chot keeping goal · Reserves: Lau “Hin-han: oldsters, but are likely to receive and on that day's performance a shock when "lim" Chittenden, their chances are certainly very Yung-sang, The Kam-hung, Kwok "Guinea-gold" Ogden
Ying-ki, VK, Hyui, Chan Tak-faḥ, and ..com.rosy,
Cheuk Shek-kam, Lee Bhek-yau and Wong King-chunK.
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pany start laying on the hickory. Much will depend on the ability of the Scots intermediate line in WREATH ORDERED!
holding the camese attack if the The Kowloon Kops have been Scots hope to turn the tables on hard at work. getting ready for their Chinese-opponents... their tussle against the Combined
Ladles and expect to take the
ENGLAND FOR FINAL
Boxing Day (tomorrow
Cup that goes to the winners of ENGLAND will meet PORTUGAL the nightcap which commencer at 11.45 am,
Ân anonymous donor has placed an order for a wreath which is to he presented to the Josers and I have an idea that
SCOTLAND: Bankier: Black.. burn. Fraser; Hutchison, Falconer Clark: Garrie, Ferrier, Hossack, Howlett and Gilroy.""
Reserves: Scott, Gow, Naysmith Marshall and Munro.
on the Kowloon Club ground and ENGLAND: Robinson, Roughley, should enter the final Portugual | Freshwater; Fope, ErightWilkin- has not yet been selected but it is son: Coomer. Le Page, Hendy. Fox anderstood that it will include and Blaktord, several of the old stalwarts in ad Barbier, Fowler and Marabie,
Meserves. Moxham, Britt, Parker. Strange," Honeywell, Thomas, Baw.
Obtaining, possession of the ball about midfield, Hau spr inted down the line, beating two or three, defenders, to cut
· In and, beat Drake with a bea- sutiful, ground ano,
shot
BLACKED COHESION.
BAG STORMING GAME Playing B storming game right from the start CLUB raised, the hopes of their supporters when they jumped into a big lead of 4-1 against NAVY. But, apparently having exhausted their "store or energy,” Club fell off and allowed.
Eastern's intermediate line prov-the sentor Service to net thrice in ed, top strong for: the "Diehards" the last 20 minutes to share the attack, which lacked cohesion and, spoils.
with the Chinese always having Riertsen surprised with a great the upper hand, were seldom in performance in leading the attack the picture »
in place of Fowler and, showing good generalship and opportuniam, crowned a good afternoon's work with a "hat trick."
Bright did a tremendous amount of work in the pivotal berth but with a centre-forward of the cat bre of V.K. Hyu to mark "could
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