LAWN BOWLS.
SOME TOPICAL COMMENT.
[BY "TOUCHER ".):
The Singles Championship of
INTERPORT POLO.
VISITORS WIN BY NAR- ROW MARGIN.
MOTOR TRIALS.
THE HILL CLIMB.
The Hill Climb for un- limited cycles, cars and combinations is to take place at Shaukiwan Hill on Saturday afternoon.
Full details to competi tors will be anounced later in the Telegraph.
to
The Committee meets to-morrow *evening make final arrangements,
LOCAL ARMED
After's fine match, in brilliant the Colony has now reached the weather and before a big crowd of semi-finals stage, the players left spectators, the visiting Shanghai being Russell (K.B.G.C) v.polo players on Saturday won the Wallace (Taikool and Greener Interport contest, and the Kes Omar, both of. Craigangowarwick Cup, defeating Hongkong by Both the latter are comparatively four goals to three junior players and have reached To sum up, the visitors deserved the present stage of the contest to win, as they played with as by consistently good bowling fine combination as we have ever Groener reached his present posi-seen in a polo team in the East. tion after a strenuous game of 32 Hongkong's side was not less heads against Hall, the Interport brilliant individually, but seemed player, whom he defested by one strangely out of concert. To some point, while Omar qualified by extent, the local team had "bad defeating the veteran Ferguson joss". in missing repeated oppor-| of Taikoo 1-16 of the twotunities of scoring, but it is a players-Greener and Omar-difficult matter to judge justi rather fancy Greener for the when joss and faulty calculation!
There final. He is a cool, careful become distinct.
Our highway robbers having player, and delivers his woods some bad missing on Saturday resumed their activity, and, re with fine judgment.
and most of it was observed on the ports being to hand of further local side. In the last chukka hold-ups, the local police carried Hongkong played up wonderfully, out a systematic search over the and there seemed every prospect week-end, with gratliying results. of their at least equalising, but it Mea from the detective branch. was again a sale of lost op-augmented as far as possible, portunities.
The match between Russell and Wallace, should be closely contested ong The former, st the start of the season, was some- what off his game, but has lately showed excellent form. Wallace
Hongkong's Laterport Skip, 1922-1923, and last years Singles Champion will certainly makes strong bid for premier honours. He is, if anything. a better single- player than he is a skip, but is inclined to be nervous on big
occasions. This weakness showed itself in the recent Interport.{ when he gave a rather poor dis- play of bowling. Both contest- ants have already been Singles Champion of the Colony, and I well remember Russell's sensa-.
WAN
Capt. Neville was bumped into and thrown and badly shaken in the latter part of the game, but as fortunately able to resume after a few minutes.
The first chukka was character- tional victory over Bateman ofised by little play of any quality Taikoo when the latter was lead-though Shanghai seemed to be ing 19-6
able to outride the local men whenever they chose. No score was registered.
the
THE FIRST GOAL
DESPERADOES.
DETECTIVES' SHOOTING
CONTEST.
were posted at various points in the middle levels yesterday, and succeeded in arresting several armed men who are believed to be connected with recent daylight robberies in Kennedy Road and Major General Sir John Fowler Bowen Road. About three o'clock ECM.G. C.B. D.S.O., was in in the afternoon detectives were charge of the game, and the teams about to search a suspicious- were:
looking Chinese at Glenealy, Hongkong: Bartholomew (1), when he suddenly dashed away Dent (2), Boyd (9), Neville (4). [up the pathway towards Robinson Shanghai: Greig (1). Hickling Road. On observing the detec
(2), Newbigging (3). Mc- tives following him, the man Michael (4).
drew a revolver and fired at his
fortunately without pursuers, result. The police returned his fire, but he was unhit and got down to the Public Gardens, where he hid himself. A search by a large Talking about Championships.
party of police resulted in his I see by the Home papers that
being discovered among some W.F. Wade (Hinckly) has won
bushes nearly an hour afterwards, In the second chukka Shang-but his weapon could not be the English Championship by
had the better of found. defeating Sainsbury (Bucks-no hai still
and game.
eventually The search in other places als scores given. Wade has had a remarkably successful season and Newbigging put thein one upproved fruitful. An Indian conto must be bowler of merit. He has Hongkong threw away an op- stable stopped a man opposite the this year, in addition to the hon-pertunity a little later, and the Post Office later in the afternen our referred to, won the Leices-same bad luck attended a Shang-and found a loaded revolver and
some animunition in his pisses tershire Champion-hip, the Mid-effort near the close.
The visitors were not quite sion. The man land Counties Championship.į,
was promptly skipped the Hinckley rink in the prominent in the third chukka but taken in charge. In Happy Valley. FB.A.Championship, reached the miscalculation by Neville gave a Chinese schoolboy, who had semi-final stages of the Midlandthem an opportunity of scoring heen held up and rabbed in Bowen Counties Pairs and Single Rink from a penalty. Me Michael pat Road last Friday, was out with (hampionships, and, with a chiling them two up. A similar the searchers, and recognized al chance rame Hongkong's way man whom he though! was one of} mate, recently won the Open Pairs Tournament at Abbey Park, afterwards, without result the foulpad- he had encounted. į but Boyd, with a flash of his The man was arrested. and gave! form. scored after a fine effort.
the police infurmation which led The fourth chukka opened more later to four other arrests in al The first week our of the, Scottish B. A. bowlers in the igorously, the local team show-house at Wanchai.
fing more of the combination South of England has been a successful one. In their first required, but two tear chances of match at Hendon the Scots drevescoring (the ball going just the with the London Scottish B. Arong side of the post left the at 119 all, but against Bounds issue still in the balance. Neville. Green club, one of the best in as already mentioned, met with a the London district. they won nasty shake-up, being unseated. and appeared to be seriously hurt.
Some bowler!
•
by 114 to 107. At Southend the To everyone's relief however, he and scored their greatest victory was able to resume, and pluckily
played the Civil Service B. A.
WATCHMAN SUES BANK.
A QUESTION OF WAGES. A watchman, named Mohamed Akhor, sued Chee Koo. manager of the China Industries Develop
by 132 to 93. In the Scottish entered immediately into the ment Banking Corporation. Ltd. effort to obtain the equaliser. This in the Summary Court, before period saw no score added.
team is W. H. Seoullar. Singles Champion of Scotland 1923, who has delighted the Southerners with bis fine bowling. The pro gramme of the Scottish team was to finish on August 4th in a Test Match at Ilford against
Mr. Justice Gompertz, this morn- ing, for $37.50, one and a half months" wages,
In the fifth chukka there was some hard riding from one end of ihe field to the other and some fine Mr. C. A. S. Buss (for plaintiff) work was witnessed on either explained that his client was hand, but the visitors the unes to score, Mc Michael which defendant was manager. were originally engaged by the bank, of
putting in an excellently-obtained and. Mr. Russ thought, director goal. The local effort now and also a large shareholder. The Total League Champion improved considerably, and Bar The China Industries Develop ship, inter-club contest, is now tholomew with a splendid bit of ment Banking Corporation Limit nearing the final stage. Taiko "B" team, with two matches toiding down the field got Hong-ed, despite its grandiloquent title.
the L.S.B.A.
play are the favourites for pre- mier position, but bowling has many surprises, and the final re-
kong a second point.
EXCITING EXCHANGES.
In the last chukka the best play
which
became insolvent, said Mr. Russ: with the consequence that the
whole of the staff, with the excep sult is still in the lap of the of all was seen, and Hongkong dismissed. They had never gone,
tion of two office boys, were gods. Should Taikoo B" lose equalised with a fine hot from
into liquidation. Mr. Russ ox- their two remaining matches a Boyd.
WAY diverted
GE Me plained, nobody had the energy the posts scarcely probable happening between
to wind them up. Defendant Taikoo may become the Michael's pony. This equaliser Champions. KC.C. sprang an-made the match still more excit-remained with the bank to get in other surprise on Saturday by ing, and the players exerted the assets, and, requiring the
watchman. het defeating the redubtable K.D.R.C. themselves to the utmost. The services of a by two points. I am afraid that deciding goal, as it proved, came approached plaintiff and asked the visitors succumbed to the to Shanghai through Greig, and him to continue. Plaintiff agreed trickiness of the K.C.C. green, Hongkong supporters' hopes fell to remain and be in the service although Dame Rumour has it that as the local side missed one of defendant direct, from Feb. 15th. On March 15th. plaintiff "one at least of the Dock players opportunity after another in the
asked for his wages. Defendant found more ruts and curves than last few minutes. actually exist. But Dame Rum- Three cheers and a tiger were told him that he would pay him our was a lying jade. The Bowl-called for by the Shanghai captain at the end of the month, but at ing Green's victory over Taikon as the teams rode off the field, the end of March plaintiff received: only ย month's payment. "B" gave the K.D.R.C. a chance and responded to by the Hong-Plaintiff's services terminsted on to become League Champions,kong captain calling for cheers
Sept. 1st. and he claimed that one but they failed to rise to the oc-for the victors. casion, Nevertheless, they have The Cup was presented to and a half months' wages were dong exceedingly well in their the Shanghai captain by
Mr. C. H. Lyson (for defendant) natal year as a bowling club, and H. E. the Governor. Taikoo must look to their future R.E. Stubbs, who said Hongkong said that plaintiff was paid from laureis
would have liked to have retain the first to the first of each month ed the trophy, but he had and not from the fifteenth to the pleasure in giving it over to such fifteenth. There was $25 due from TYPHOON WARNING. good hands, and congratulated the bank to plaintiff, which had tendered, but plaintiff the visiting team on its victory. been The telegram quoted below was In reply Mr. McMichael said he had refused to accept it.
Judgment was given for plain- received by the American Con-wished on behalf of his team to sulate General, Hongkong from express their appreciation for the tiff. the Manila Observatory at 1 p.m. hospitality shown them in Hong- today:-
Sir
due to him.
kong, at Government. House and hospitality when Hongkong went 1. Typhoon in about 132 deg. the Polo Club. He congratulated North
The proceedings were enliven- Long, E, 23 deg, Lat. N., moving the local team on its fize game,
and said he hoped that, in the ed during and after the game by W.
2. Cyclone or typhoon N. of uot distant future, Shanghai pipers from the 102nd (KE.O)
would be able to return the Grenadiers. Formyse, developing.
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