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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1928.
THE WORLD SPORT
BOXING TOURNEY.| HOME FOOTBALL.
VARIETY AT SATUR- DAY'S SHOW.
MARINE FRAZER'S DEBUT.
MOTHERWELL LOSE AT
FALKIRK
FIVE AWAY WINS.
FANLING HUNT,
NEW YEAR POINT TO POINT.
CRICKET NOTES.
[By "Looker On"]
It was a pity that thu gamą [By "Rambler."]
between the Hongkong Cricket Club and the Navy was left drawn. Although the weather did not but it was impossible for a single look very promising on New Year's ball to be bowled on Monday. It is most unusual for cricket to Day it did not damp the enthu be stopped by rain at this time of siasm of our local Huntsmen who the year. It is difficult to fore-- turned out in force to participate cast what might have happened In the first point to point to be if the match had been completed held at Fanling this season. In but I doubt whether the Club addition to the large number who would have dismissed the Navy were riding, quite a number of side a second time, as cheaply as intercated spectators turned out to they did on Saturday. Wales, see the start, which was made am told, bowled exceptionally well. from da Sousa's bungalow.
He kopt an excellent length and Those who were lined up for was gaining more pace than usan!
VICEROY'S CUP- RESULT.
NIGHTJAR WINS.
Calcutta, Dec. - 26. The race for the Viceroy's Cup resulted as follows
Mr. A Bowie's Nightjar
Mr. Kelao's Ventoso.
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Mr. Wadla's Domestic Bond...3 length and a half between second Eight ran Won by a neck, a' and third. The Rs. 10 tote pald Rs. 94; 19,8, 16.8 and 60.8.
Orange William, a previous win- ner, was again unplaced, just as he was in the King Emperor's Cup.
the start included Skrine, Pollock, off the wicket, but I cannot help RACING FOR TERRIERS. Macnamara, Durrén, Reidy, thinking that he gets many of his All the Scottish First Division Sewell, Charles, Durlacker, Hay- wickets because batsmen are in- teams were engaged in holiday ley-Bell, Watson, Belton, Beck, clined to treat him with too much matches yesterday, and though Potts, Osborne, Kerr, Backhouse, respect. there were no aut-and-out sur-lighett, Hunter, Elliott and The Army are due to play the prises, four teams were success-Grier.
[By "Wanderer."]
While nothing has been a ranged which could be regarded in the light of a drawing match, there is a nice variety about the pro- gramme arranged for the next tourmiment of the Hongkong Box ing Association to be held at the The Rangers, Celtic and Hearts Lee Theatre on Saturday next,were all on the winning side, but Hehich makes it'certain that there Cowdenbeath dropped several places as the result of a further will be no dearth of good sport.
failure.
The Association has had to transfer, the "venue to the Leg
One match was played in the Thiatre as the result of alterations and renovations to the City Hall, English League, Bradford bring which is shortly to lose its root foting off one of their best perform a period of a month or so,butances in a slashing defeat of the arrangements have been made for strong Rochdale teament Rochdale, The results as cabled by Reuter quick-transport after the show, andd
are appended: there are, but few disadvantages on this score.
Fifty rounds of boxing are scheduled, two, lights over the ten rounds distance and five over six rounds.
-
and
Navy in the third match of the Triangular Tournament on to-day and to-morrow commencing at 11 am. euch day
Miles,
At
AN ELECTRIC RAT.
London, Dec. 21. Electric rat racing. for: tèrrièrs starts on Feb. 6th at the Stadium Club in Holborn.
Shares in the greyhound racing companies recovered after the fall" deo to the Home Secretary's warn-
ing that he was investigating abuses.
The main complaints are as to the serious effects the absorption in betting is having on juveniles in the elementary schools. **
UNRULY CROWD..
ful on foreign soil, while Mother- Mr. Stanton was the Master of well were defented at Falkirk, Ceremonies, and, after explaining their reign at the head of affairs the course which he had flagged being thus rendered short-lived.
himself, set the field going to a
The Army side is apparently good start. Durran, Skrine Potts took the lead and set nory weak one--Dobble, Thorp, steady pace up to the first point Hankey, Bridgeland and Fogden- which was rounded by Durran, being unable, for various reasons, Charles and Skrine. This order to play. Two new arrivals, was maintained in the direction Colonel Wyatt and Lieut. Musson, of the second point which was out both very useful players are also of sight from the point of view unable to turn out. So that, of of the spectators. The second their regular team they will only
Morris, Erskine, point was rounded with Durian have still in the lead, with the rest of Tyringham, and Newberry.
full strength they have one of the the field fairly well sprung out in rear. Going very strong among best Army Sides that has been in the leaders, the first rider to eat
the Colony for many years. .
will earth was Watson who
The Navy, 1 understand,. purier and rolled at least 15 feet have their strongest available down a steep bark. Spills were side in the field. frequent inside the fifth and The Kowloon and Army match eighth points, owing to the slippery at the K.C.C. on Saturday was a going. Moreover, most of the quaint game, Kowloon won the riders were scon mounted again toss and elected to bat. Brace and none the worse for the spills, ex- Lyal opened for them. Lyal was The trouble arose, through the conting Potts, who turned a com- dismissed almost immediately and crowd's resentment of the tactics Oplete somersault and was badly was replaced by Finchor. Brace of the Everton players, for which 1 rolled on by his pony. le suc-and Fincher took about an hour to they were cautioned whilst the 8ceeded in remounting and finished | Score 30 runs before the lunch in-crowd boord them.
pivision III. (North).
Rochdalo
Clyde
0 Bradford Scottish League.
2 Motherwell
1 St. Johnstone Dundea...... 3 Bo'ness Falkirk Dunfermline A. 0 Hearts Hamilton "A. Hibernians Kilmarnock Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers
0 Airdrieonians
0 Aberdeen.
2 Covilonbeath
1 Coltic
1 St. Mirren
0
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Frazer's First Appearance. Considerable interest attaches to the initial appearance of Marine Frazer, of H.M.S. Tamar, who comes with a good reputation, with a long record of successes, notably at Plymouth, where he defeated two well-known men, Gomer and
2 Partick Thistle Stewart in successive weeks. He is matched over tin rounds against
Scottish Lengué Table. Leading Seaman Hall, the Ambrose
The Scottish League table, in- scrapper, who is well-known to bending the above matches, is as a battler of real merit, all was
follows: forced to retire from his last night afte sustaining a severe cut over Rangers the eye, but he is perfectly it
Motherwell again and will give a good accountCeltic of himself.
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 22 17 3 2 68,20 37 .23 16 4 3 61 20 30 .22 13 6 8 62 20 32
among the leaders.
came a
4.
tervall On resumption the Kow-
More-
TROUBLE AT HIGHBURY..
London, Dec. 24. In the league match between the Arsenal and Everton, which was owing to the attitude of a noisy. played at Highbury, the referee, crowd, was compelled to take the unusual course of trying to address them.
SET AGAINST STAG- HUNTING.
LEGISLATION DECLINED.
London, Dec. 24.
The Home Secretary Sir W. Joyn- on Hicks in the absence of a de- mand from the publie has declined to sanction legislation to suppress staghunting.
Quite near to the finish, Beck loon side livened things up some- cante 4 smasher which was what and at about 3.50 declared: rather unfortunate as he was rid-for 4 wickets for 157 thereby ing very strongly and appeared to giving the Army about an hour have the strength of the rest of and linlf to get the runs. the field. Coming over the hill, over they got them, the winning the first rider to be seen was hit being made off the last ball Reidy on Mowgli, and, whtever of the last over of the match. chance he had of winning, was Flacher made 65 not out for Hearts 27 13 37 51 29 294poilt by his pony running out at Kowloon. It was not as good a St. Mirren
.23 12 3 8 47 50 27 the first of one of the made-unknock as many I have seen him Cpl. McManus, an ex-1. S. B. A. Falkirk....23
123 12.2 9 47 35 5 26 jumps. Drake also took Durran Play. He was slow. He always is, champion, will show his paces in Kilmarnock ..23 10 6 7 42-45 26 wide, which allowed Skrine, Pal
This may pay in Interport Cricket Hongkong onge again. A elever Aberdeen .24 11 3 10.41 45 25 lock and Macnamara to finish in think he should be a little more,
and two or three day games but frater, he is however best remen-bernians .23 10 4 9 48 41 21
that order bered for the manner in which he Cowdenbeath .23 10 4 9 39 43 24
losing his wicket, in these short enterprising, even at the risk of was outwitted by the left hands of Partick....23 9 5 9 49 46 23 that splendid youngster, Marine St. Johnstone 24 9 411 42 49 22
ills. Since - that occasion Airdrie McManus has done
good Dundee leth at fighting'
Queen's Park 23 in Shang-
Raith Rov...22 hai and he is expected to
Hamilton .23 show 'to much better advantage.
Clyde His opponent on Saturdag will
Bo'ness. be Signalman Shons, whose reputa-Dunfermline tion suffered very little by his de- feat at the hands of Pte. Hume it the last tournament. He was
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hting so strongly in the last three rounds after being badly punished earlier on that he all but pulled, the bout round. Hume was badly knocked about and collapsed in his dressing"room after standing on his feet long enough to receive the verdict. MeMaing and Shons are well matched and should provide one of the best bouts of the evening.
Decision Desired.
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6 4 12 43 57:10 413 39 55 là
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TEST CRICKET. :·
ENGLAND'S BIG SCORE MOUNTING.
Capetown, Jan. 9. Continuing their second innings against South Africa, in the sec- ond Test Match. England carried
From the point of view of the riders, Mr. Stanton deserves full marke for the run, the going was all that could be desired, with, 3 am told. very few obstacles, that were in any way difficult
After the winners' names had been announced, everyone gather- ed at Mrs. R. J. Paterson's bunga- low where they were served with
games..
The Army have to thank Dobbie, Morris and Musson (not Mussoon) for their victory. They all" batted well and went for the runs and· deserved to get them.
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Lieut. Musson appears to be a
LEAGUE CRICKET.
1.R.C. "B" v. R.G.A.
The following have been selected to represent the I.R.C. "B" in the above match on Saturday, the 7th Madar (Capt.), R. Nazarin, A. S. inst at Seokunpoo Valley:-M, P. Suffiad, A. K. Minu, I. Hassan, D.
A. K. Ismail, Sirdar Khan and A.. Butt. Reserve:-U. T. Thad and E.-M. K. Malubhoy.
tea. The Master of the Fanling particularly useful cricketer. He is Hounds in a brief speech thanked brother of FW. Musson who has Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Paterson for kept wicket for Lancashire. Mohomed, S. A. Husain, A. Rahmin, all they had done for the Fanling hear he is a better bowler than a Hunt and pointed out what a loss bat but on Saturday, in spite of it would be to the Hunt to lose lack of practice, he appeared to be two such strong supporters when no mean exponent at both.
ay departed for Shanghai, Is out here for some time and will' Three lusty cheers were then call Army teams.
he most useful for the B.A. and
ed for, after which Mrs, B. J. Paterson presented the cup to the winner, Lieutenant C. J. Skrine,
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He
There is little comment to be made on Saturday's League games which have been more or less fully. reported upon elsewhere. The Indian R.C. "A" appear to have
the score to 339 for the loss of five wickets at tea-time." Sutcliffe contributed 99 and Tyldesley 87. THE HOCKEY SHIELD. shown lack of enterprise in not --Reuter.
Later.
At the close of play, England had made 412, for the loss of eight wickets. Wyatt was 75, not out.-- Reuter
Tale of Broken Bat,
London, Jan.
NEW FIXTURE LIST ARRANGED.
(Kai
...
STERN SOVIET SENTENCES.
DISHONEST OFFICIALS TO
DIE,
Heavy side-stakes are concerned
going for the runs against Craigen- with a six rounds return contest
Moscow, Jan. 8. gower. There is too much of that between Stoker Sharples and
Charged with abusing their sort of thing in League Cricket official posts, M. Pollakov," the Marino Harris. After a gruelling
I'm afraid. That is why the "80-Commercial Director of the Grain battle at the last tournament, the
called" Friendly games are 89 Department of the State Bank, verdict given, was a draw, but it
England's first innings realised Owing to the · RA.F. was generally felt that the referee
much more interesting to take part and his assistant named Telesnin, having
in and lo watch.. 口 expressed
have been sentenced to death and had born in mind a caution ad-only, 133, and South Africa's first Tack)
innings totalled 250.] ·
wish
-the- tocompete-in- ministered to Sharples for boring.
their property has been confiscat Sim Shield Competition, a re- Neither man was felly "satisfied
I was most interested to see the ed
Nine merchants have been sen-. vised list of fixtures has now been figure showing the rosult of the with the decision and Saturday's scrup should be a good one.
arranged and is given below, but Ballot by the members of the tenced to varying terms of impri- At the close of play in the this list, it should be noted, is sub- Yorkshire Club for the Captaincy sonment on cognate charges, The second ten-rounder con- second cricket Test Match at ject to confirmation by the Army, of Yorkshire. It looks as if that was alleged that Poliakov and cerns Signalman Morris and A, B. Capetown, England had scored the Navy and the R.A.F. and is to decided after all. It seems certain merchants and sold the latter's The first match will be between question has not been definitely commercial information to privato Telesnin communicated secret Buckmsator, BI the Hawkins. 412 runs for eight wickets. Signalman Morris has been dis- Sutcliffe, who made 30, had reach.be played on the R.N.O.S.C. now that the appointment of angrain on more favourable terms playing auch capital form of late ed that total when he broke his ground, King's Park, on Friday amateur will stand. The Commit than to the State Departments.- that it is quite evident he is in the bat. Playing with a new bat, he next, January 6th, commencing at tee cannot possibly go against the Reuter, welterweight championship class. was dismissed without being able 4.30. The fight on Saturday should be a to make the one rup needed
overwhelming majority in favour The list of fixturen is as follows: of one... Presumably the appoint- good one for Buckmaster has an
secure a century.
Jan. 6-Navy v. R.A.F. advantage in weight which should
ment of Captain Worsley will be 11.-Club'v. Army.
confirmed. It was stated in counter-balance any lack of ex-
16.--Navy v. Army. perience. He has been doing well
contemporary a few days ago that 18.-Club v. Navy. in Shanghai, is very muscular and
he is an officer in the Yorkshire 23.-Navy v. Arthy. a powerful hitter, and may bring
Regiment. This is true up to a 25. Club v. "R.A.F. off a surprise.
point I see he belongs to the 5th 30-Army v. R.A.F. Feb. 1.-Club v Army.
Territorial Battalion of the Green
London, Jan. 3, 50 Howards (Prince of Wales'. Own' The Administration of the Is- Yorkshire Regiment), so he will land of Jersey, has forwarded to be able to turn out regularly for the Chancellor of the Exchequer the county. It is difficult for a cheque for £300,000 as "a con- regular officer, on the "active list tribution to war expenditure
British Wirelons,
The Full Programme. Names practically new to the local fans aro, concerned in the other contests, but their records Indicate that they are capable of exhibitions well up to standard.
The full programme is append- jed:
Six Rounds, Welterweights: Stoker Sharples v. Marine Harris.
Ten Rounds, Welterweight: LS. Hall v. Marine, Frazer.
Ton Rounds, Middleweight: A.B. Buckmaster v. Sign. Morris.
Six Rounds, Heavyweights; P.Q.
Brackstone v. Cpl. Vince, R.A.
to
Tyldesley was responsible for 87 runs as the result of a patient linings of three hours and a quarter, against difficult bowling.
The South Africans who had an advantage over England of 117) runs on the first innings, are now to make some 300 runs in their faced with the prospect of having second innings in order to win.- British Wircicas.
FANLING GOLF.
GOVERNOR'S SHIELD SEMI- FINALISTS.
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3. Navy v. R.A.F.
8 Club v. Navy, 13. Army v. R.AF. 16.-Club v. RA.F.
GIBRALTAR STRAITS
SWIM.
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to play in all games throughout the summer on account of the training season.
JERSEY'S GIFT.
CONTRIBUTION TO BRITAIN,
South Africa cannot be said to rounder of the younger genera have put up much of show against tion in England. He is also England in the First Test match superb field anywhere. E. RT at Johannesberg last week, Eng-Holmes, last year's. Oxford Cap land winning by 10 wickets. Astain, who plays for Surrey, is the far as I remember, this match was only other one I can think of at After being in the water for to have been played on matting. the moment. I understand he will the Governor's Shield are the eight. hours and twenty-nine Hammond'a 5 for 36 sounds excel- be able to afford the time to play
The four semi-finalists left in
MISS HUDSON GIVES UP.
London, Jan. 3."
Six Round, Featherweights: Canadian Pacific (bent R.A.M.C.); minutes, Miss Hudion last night lent. There's no doubt he must first class cricket regularly for Gar. Ford, R.A. v. Sign. Crush. the University (beat Wilkinson gave up her attempt to swim the be one of the best all-rounders some years to come. If he has a
Six Rounds, Featherweights: and Grist, 1 up); the AP.C. (beat Straits of Gibraltar
playing English cricket to-day and successful season this Summer I the Education Department, 2 up); She was then four and a half is certain of a place in the next shouldn't be surprised to see him Six Rounds, Welterweights; and the P.W.D. (beat the Prison miles from the Spanish coast M.C.C. side. Speaking at random selected to captain England's next Sign, Batson v. Tel. Brooks. Department 8 and 2).
British Wireless.
ho is the only outstanding all side to Australia.
EVERYWHERE,
Cpl. McManus v. Sign. Skons.