TUESDAY
PLAY AND PLAYERS. ASSOCIATION OFFERS JIM CARTLIDGE TERMS.
"Wanderer."
The following letter from the hon. secretary of the Hongkong Boxing Association speaks for it self:
this evening are Farraw v Stollery, Beach y Strong, Jenkina (who ob tained a doubtful decision over Pte. Coopor) v Marine Hills, and Ptc. Holcombe (an animated windmil who defeated AB. Harrison of the Carlisle). Bye.
With reference to the open challenge made by C.P.O. Cartlidge and the acceptance
LIGHTWEIGHTS: Stoker Davey, thereof by Stoker Morris, I am of the Ambrose knocked out Stoker directed by the Hongkong Box-Wood, L20, in the second round and being in a barren quarter of the ing Association to offer a purse draw went through to the semi- of $500.00 for a fifteen final stage as the result, A. B. 2-minute round contest between Merrill, Carlisle, was too good for these two boxers. The contest A. B. Wells, Hermes, and won easily. Wells fought pluckily to take place at the City Hall taking considerable punishment and on December 7th., at eatch still being unsatisfied, -weights under N.S.C. rules. The winner to take $350.00 and the loser $150.00.”
Boy Grelg, Hermes, won from. Stoker Dannaford, Ambrose, A. B. Mitchell, Hermes, defeated Gough) of the Signal Corps after an extra It might have been added that the round. Gough started off well but usual purse for main events in Mitchell outlasted him and narrowly tournaments staged by the Hong-won.
keng Boxing Association is $400 WELTERWEIGHT:--A. B. Reynolda ($250 winner, $150 loser). The 13. locks fit to go through the wel- officials are not, I understund, en-terweights. He fought twice losi powered to offer more without the sanction of the committee, ipse knocked out his opponent in the] evening and on each occasion, facto there has been a meeting of first
round, Marine the committee to consider terms. Hermes, was his first victim, and French, What had previously transpired can Bugler Blackburn was be left to the imagination.
no better opposition.
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There have been one Or queries to me lately in reference to,
Morris-Ewin contest, and to clear the matter up it may be stated that the commander of H.M.S. Hermes has forbidden the meeting of two shipmates.
THE NOVICES TOURNAMENT.
L/C Masters wisely decided to retire after facing A. B. Jackson,į Hawkins, for two rounda. Masters looked pretty at the opening but the right hand of his opponent was de- vastating appendage.
THE F. A. CUP.
SECOND ROUND DRAW.
London, Nov. 80. The draw for the second round of the English Cup was made |to-day, and resulted as follows: À
Accrington v. Blyth Spartans or
Hartlopools.
Chilton Colliery v. Rochdale or
West Stanley.
South Bank or Stockton
Oldham:
Durham City or Ashington
Southport.
Tranmere
Rovers or Crewe v. Wigan
Alexandra
Nelson.
or
Northampton v. Newport County. Clapton v. Ilford..
Aberdare v. Luton Town, Brentford v. Bournemouth, Swansen v. Brighton or Watford.] Torquny or Reading: Leyton. New Brighton v. Darlington, Worcester or Kettering Y
Grimsby.
Doncaster v. Rotherham County. Boston v. Bradford or Lincoln.
City.
Worksop v, Chesterfield. Swindon v. Sittingbourne. Northfleet
Or Queen's Park Rangers v Chariton. Southend v. Gillingham, Matches to be played on December 12th-cuter.
HONGKONG A. D. C.
L/Stoker White, Carlisle, looked
OPENING SHOW TO-MORROW. a tip-top novice. He punished To-morrow, at 9.30 pm: the cur- Lentoa, Ambrose, severely though tain goes up on the first perform-] the latter stood up splendidly to the ance of the Hongkong A. D. C. pro- battering. The fight went the full duction of "A Little Bit of Flutt." distance though Lenton was dis-There are probably quite a few i
Hongkong who remember the tarcul After a "daisy" which left him
when it came out in London and set dizzy A. B. Newstead, Hermes, the whole of the town, laughing. decided to retire when put in the Those who saw it in town don't need same ring with A. B. Webb, Titania, any reminder of what is in store. but to those who have not yet seen
A variety of circumstances had an influence on the reduction of the number of entrants in the Hongkong Boxing Association'stressed. novices' tournament. Last evening when some of the preliminary con tests were fought there were only 60 competitors against an entry of 134, and the principal reason was
J. R. Soares, another civilian entry, this farce, a friendly word of a1-
a weighty problem. They must be progressed into the third round. vice not to leave their booking te in possession of beef scales an He beat Boy Fisher comfortably ate may be opportune.
nel.
Finally let our readers note that
H.MS. Ambrose for fellows who though the Hawkins lad fought made the weight on Sunday were spiritedly." A. B. Baker, Hermes, found in some cases to be as much took things rather easily until the proceeds of the first night, that as six pounds over their limit when Boy Mooring with a neat up is to-morrow, are to be given to the weighed just before entering the percut awakened him to his respon who lost their lives when the sub- fund for the dependents of those ring last evening and there was nusibilities. After that he was rather marine M1 was sunk in the Chun- option but to disqualify.
wild but won easily. There were but few of the Sur- reys entrants who put in an sp-
MIDDLEWEIGHTS:-Although there
Hongkong is ever to the fore pearance though whether the series
were Seven other competitors, where charity is concerned, and the of "farewells" held in barracks through to the final by defeating Atunity to-morrow of benefitting Marine Watts, Hermes, went fact that everybody has the opper- during the past few days was a contributory factor it is of course. Jayes, Ambrose, Watts was cool ethers, while at the same time pro- impossible to say...
and a hard-hitter but may find it fiting themselves by an evening a The bantams were concluded up puzzling to beat Roberts or Brand enjoyment, is an additional reason to the semi-final stage, six of the whoever happens to reach the for keeping the night clear of en- tea competitors being eliminated.
final.
gagements and turning up at the Drummer Simpson looked good for Marshall, Hawkins, has the competition after he had beastyle and he won cleverly over Cole,
good Theatre Royal. tes a "comer" in Bradley, of the Hermes, only to meet his Waterloo Hermes, Simpson bumped the In the second round when opposed deck in the first round but came to Pte. Roberts. Roberts knocked back strongly to win narrowly. Inhim out in the first round. the second round he met Stoker
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Burgess who knocked him out in evening at Murray Barrack's com The tournament continues this
the third round of a gruelling con-mencing at 6 o'clock.
test.
Boy Lambert of the Hermes was
a credit to his boxing shipmates.
He easily beat Boy Allen, of the
A MR KNOWALL WANTED.
answering
OVER-CAPACITY IN INDUSTRY.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT'S
REPORT.
Washington, Nov. 30.
The line of attack against part
Durban in the first round, but met Perhaps one of my Scottish read-time and seasonal employment in with defeat when lined up against ers (or both of them) can assist me certain industries, mainly due to the hard-hitting Pte. Woolcott. He
14 query by Look his medicine as only a well-"Enquirer." He desires the settle. trained boy can and he was not ment of an argument concerning really far behind on points at the two footballers Harry Rennie and finish though he had been badly (Sallor) Johnny Hunter. punished by a strong opponent.
Boy Curtis, of the Hermes qualified to meet Pte. Choules in the semi-final. Curtis beat the younger Ashford comfortably and Choules won against O. S. Haugh, of the Hawkins, who was not over- fond of the mixture provided.
Burgess meets Woolcott in the semi-final and should go on to win the competition.
FEATHERWEIGHTS. The feather-
weight class achieved the disting Linn of being the one in which the largest number of competitors were eliminated owing to excessive weight. The first round Baw the superstition-wreathed thirteen bouts reduced to three. Marine Killa. of the Hermes knocked ou Sig. Jordan of the same ahip in the first round, and went into the third round of the competition straightway. "White's hopes re- ceived an early set-back. He met A. B. Beach of the Hawkins and was knocked out in the second round and Beach also won on points over A. B. Stovens, of the Hermes (in the second round).
A. H. Farrow defeated a civillán
their enormous over-capacity, is adumbrated by the Secretary for Labour, Mr. Davis, in his annual; report, It is pointed out that four- teen and a half per cent. of the shoe factories, If worked to full He says that as far as he knows capacity annually, would produce Rennie was a right-half in the ninety-five per cent. of all shoes Greenock Volunteers about the year now produced. The conditions are 1896, afterwards being goalkeeper even worse in flour milis and bitu- for Greenock Morton." Later he was minous coal mines. tranferred to the Hibernians, Hearts, etc., and "Enquirer" deaires monopolies, would like to see the Mr. Davis, while not favouring the names of the clubs for which he number of concerns in any industry. played before retirement and the reduced, so that all workers be years.
employed fifty tweeka annually-
ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM.
Of Hunter, the present manager Reuter's American Service. that he was an inside right and he of Motherwell, the writer states: knew him first in 1898 when playing for St. Mirren Juniors. He was afterwards transferred to the Hearts, Dundee and English cluba, and "Enquirer" desires names of clubs and dates.
Sorry though I am to be unable
to assist "Enquirer at present,
TEN PER CENT, INTERİM DIVIDEND..
The Royal Dutch Petroleum Com-
The Hague, Nov. 30. since my memory of '96 and '98 is pany has declared rather hazy, if no public-spirited dividend of ton per cent. payable an interim gentlemen comes forward in the on January 5th.-Reuter. course of the next few days, I will endeavour to ascertain the facts in
the course of the next month or so. INTER-VARSITY SPORTS,
I can inform "Enquirer" that |
Tennie played in Inter-Leagua matches against England, in 1000-
entry, Mr. W. J. White who was 1-4-5-6-8-, and in Scottish Inter- obliged to retire by an injury re-nationals with England in 1900-1-2.] erived in the first round.
VICTORY FOR CAMBRIDGE.
London, Nov. 80,
At Oxford, in the Inter-Varsity
The He was at that time with Hearts of relay races, Cambridge beat Oxford third round contests to be fought Midlothian.
by evonta to odo.Router.
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