Kowloon In Winning Vein
BOWLS STRUGGLE INTENSIFIES
CRAIGENGOWER'S
DOUBLE
Recreio Give Police
Severe Setback
NOTHER double by the
ANOTHER
Club!
the
Last summer the Club's teams finished lust and fifth respectively in the first and second divisions of the lawn!
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1933.
Bowling Green FINAL SELECTIONS FOR C.R.C.
TO-DAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCHES."
W. Macfarlane v H. E. Strange
(Craigengower Green)
J. A. Howe YA. M. Calman V. C. Labrum v i. G. Cooper
(Recreio Green)
TO-MORROW'S MATCHES, U. M. Omar H. A. Alves H. Nish
YA. Macfarlane
II. Champelovier c. I. Gitlus
(Follce green)
A. M. Holland v G. CAAMoss F. Cullen VA. H. Basto
(Kowloon C. C. green).
FRENCH, WELSH XI'S DRAW ONF-ONE
International Football Match at Colombes
Paris, May 26. France and Wales drew one-all bowls league. To-day they are in an international soccer match leading and are playing well played here yesterday before a enough to suggest their ability huge crowd of spectators. The to retain the positions through-first half ended scoreless. out the season.
The French players had a slight The seniors made no mistake in their match with the Kowloon edge in the initial period, but Cricket Club and in finishing 31 were unable to penetrate the stub-
the shots to
good amply de-born defence of the visitors, who monstrated their superiority.
opened the scoring a few minutes несопа Close upon their heels pound after the start of the the. Recreio and Cralgengower in the first division and Craigen-perlod. gower and Civil Service in the second.
The season is sufficiently ad- vanced for one to estimate that the championship honours will rest between those teams.
verse
SECOND DEFEAT. The Police received their re-j
visited the when they Recrelo, the Portugese winning by no less than 27 shots. Luz and his colleague were responsible for a couple of dozen of them against Mair and Co., whilst once again "Bill" Holland's rink went down, despite the fact that the losers: recorded 接
six. Moss's quartette had the satisfaction of being up our F. X. M. Silva, but the sistant bowling of the Recreio left them assured winners before the match was half completed,
cod.
Kowloon Docks, previous con-, querors of the Police, sent the champions all the way at Happy Valley and In losing by only three shots played one of their best games this season.
A whirlwind attack in the clos- ing minutes of play resulted in the French eleven equalizing.
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RESULTS IN BRIEF.
DIVISION 1.
Talks Dock 67 Civil Service Craigengewer 19 Kowloon Dock 46 Kowloon
Recreio
50
B.G.C. 76 Kowloon .C.C. 45
77 Police
DIVISION 2.
II.K. Electric 52 Kowloon
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TO-DAY'S VALLEY RACE MEETING
MISS HELEN JACOBS, Ameri- can representative, who, after load- Ing 5-1, and 3-2, lost in straight sets to Mumo. Mathieu in the French Championship yesterday.
Valley Summer Foursomes
WEIGHTS & DYKES
IN SEMI-FINAL
Qualifying for the semi-final of the Happy Valley Golf Club's Summer Foursomes, W. A. Weight (15) and J. S. Dykes (13) bent
II. II. Mundy (10) and C. W. F. Booker (6) by 4 and 3.
Third round résults were:
R. S. W. Paterson (17) and W. Woodward (17) beat E. P. While (16) and I. T. Brooks (17), 2 Stewart (10).
W. A. Weights (15) and J. S. Dykes (13) bent J. P. A. Davies | (17) and E. Thompson (18) by 5
and 4.
II. H. Mundy (10) and C. W. F. Booker (6) beat A. Macfarlane (17) and E. D. Matthews (7) by 673 and 2.
B.G.C. Civil Service 82 Indian R.C. Police
3 Yacht Club Kowloon C.C. 38 Cralgengower 67
LEAGUE TABLE.
46 46
Division 1
P. W. D.
K.D.G.C. Reercio C.C.C.. Civil
Service 4 Police 4 Kowloon
Pu. Up DowWTA
G 57
3
↑ G
3
5
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1
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7
1
26
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Division 2
K.B.G.C. B C.C.C. K.C.C.. Civil
Service 4
4
1
94
D
1
G 3
2
8
3
4 37
the
Yacht
10
21
2
60
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All three rinks were keenly con tested, the Craigengower finishing two up on one, three on another and two down on the third.
Green Both the Bowling Craigengower scored brilliant away successo. The former beat the Electric and the "Cralg", trounced the K. C. C.
The Yacht Club, who last year ran Cralgengower close for the Recreio championship, again tasted
Club bitterness of defeat when
they Police. visited the Police. The
new.K.
Electric comers are proving their worth and have scored four points from Indian four matches.
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Dearth of Amateur Players
in County Cricket
Schoolboy As Gloucester Deputy-Captain; Very Few Can Afford to Play Regularly
A problem is besetting County creased taxation and lower invest Cricket this season which has ments yields make it necessary for nover presented Itself before in them to supplement their incomes
by some form of employnient. the long history of the game,
There is a great dearth of How are counties to meet this amateurs and so great is the short-problem? Many have adopted the age that it is already rumoured | joint-captaincy idea whereby they that several counties will be obligare hoping that when one amateur od to place the captaincy of the is unable to play, the other will. team in the hands of a professional for the majority of their matches, The reason for this sudden shrink. age of the lolsured class is not far to sock
· SCHOOLBOY SKIPPER.
A public schoolboy, who will be making his debut in first-class cricket this season, P. L. Van der Gucht, lins been appointed captain of Gloucestershire when B. H. 'Due to the industrial de-Lyon is unable to occupy that pression very few amateurs can position. afford the time to play regularly
THE DEPRESSION.
SATURDAY'S BASEBALL
YANKEES AND ATHLETICS IN HEAVY SCORING MATCH
Hitting of a phenomenal character was witnessed in the match between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Athletics in the Ameri- can Baseball League on Saturday, when the present leaders scored 17 runs from 18 hits and the Athletica chalked up 11 runs from an equal number of hits.
In this encounter Bebe Ruth, Tony) Lazzeri and Ben Chapman all scored) home runs for the Yankees, who had fan non cross the plate In the thi Innings, while the Athletics scored all 11 of their runs in their third innings. Saturday saw each of the National teams except Chicago and St. Louis engaged in double headers,
GOING HEAVY BUT GOOD
PROGRAMME OF TEN EVENTS
LAST OF SEASON
[By "Ringtaff"}
Although the course promises to be a little heavy, the going should be good at the Valley to- day and fast as well as keen'rac- ing is assured.
My final selections for a card of ten events are below:
IST RACE. Cyclamen Bay Badko
2ND RACE. Helter Skelter White Butterfly City of Canton
3RD RACE. Adam Jingto
The Gadwall
4TH RACE. Sitting Bull King'e Justice Sadko
STH RACE. Vigilance
Now's The Time No Fear
6TH RACE. City of Brisbane What's That Ration
7TH RACE. Disorderly Conduct Aden
Bold General
#TH RACE. Valorous The Tiger Blue Star
9TH RACE. Battling Horse Mr. Heard's Mount Krata Viz
10TH RACE. Widnes
Tenorio Deo
AMERICA'S CHALLENGE FOR DAVIS CUP
Determined to Win
Back Trophy
1
America is determined to make the strongest bid, since
HENRI COCHET, the. French tannis Aco, who boat H.G.N. Leo and qualified for the final of the French championship yesterday.
Why Mary Heeley Plays Tennis
SHE WANTED TO TRAVEL
London.
The reason that Mary Heeley, Britain's No. 1 woman tennis player, took up tennis was be cause she wanted to travel. She thought that if she became a first-class player she could travel by playing in champion- abips.
She has wou, in both tennis and travel-and has just returned
from a tour of South Africa.
Mary Heeley, who comes from Birmingham, is 22. She is 5ft. Dins. high, and weighs st. 4 lbs. She has curly light brown hair, is powerfully built and is said to be the fastest moving woman player on British courts.
in Needle Tennis
THE PROGRAMME.. To-morrow's "r" Division, programme is as follows:,
B.CA.A. V C.R.C.
at King's Park Recreto v University -At King's Park. Graduates v I.R.C.
at Pokfulam.
U.S.R.C. v Civil Service
at King's Park.
K.C.C. v ILK.C.C. -at King's Park.
GAVIA AND POLINTAN
TENNIS ACES IN HONGKONG
MAY PLAY NEXT THURSDAY
Match To-morrow
"B" DIVISION ENCOUNTER
AGAINST SOUTH CHINA
Kowloon Cricket Club's Powerful Side
(By "Veritas")
For the second Monday in succession the "A" Division teams of the tennis league have games to-day. The pro gramme has been arranged for Wednesday owing to the Whit- Bun holiday.
по
Leonardo Gavia and Polintan, the Filipino tennis players who remain
The rest of the divisions unaffected and to-
are making an official tour of morrow "B" Division matches Eastern porta, including Japan, will be played, on Thursday "C" arrived in Hongkong on Satur Division teams will be engaged day afternoon on board the Gen- eral Pershing.
and on
Friday the Mixed Doubles hope to make a start following, last week's wash-out caused by the rain.
Yesterday they had a knock up at the pino Club, when they All attention will be contred on impressed a big gallery of specta- to-morrow's meeting of South 'tors. Both huve, particularly China and the C.R.C. at King's severe backhand drives and all Park. Both are promoted teams, their ground strokes are artisticul- und South China started the sea- ly made,
son with a handsome win against Arrangements are going ahead the Graduates last week, whereas for their appearance on local the Causeway Bay team will be courts in exhibition matches, and playing their first match. if conveninent, they will be staged against local players at the Hong- kong Cricket Club on Thursday.
This afternoon the two players will the guests of the the Club de Recreio where they will get in some really serious practice.
It is hoped to announce the com- pletion of the arrangements for their exhibitions by to-morrow afternoon.
HER ONE WEAKNESS.
Whatever she attempts she does well, whether it is bridge, billiards, | Y: K. Mow and F. K. Lau. dancing, sewing, or knitting.
She has one weakness-sweets.
She eats them, even in training.
And always, before playing in a tournament, she.cats an Ico.
She is expected to be the woman star of Wimbledon this
-Reuter.
summer.
FRED PERRY
OUT,
K.C.C.-J. Rodger and S. A.
Gray: R. B. Hambly and D. S. Green; C. I. Stapleton and G. C. Burnett,
FIRST DEFEAT LIKELY.
South China are very difficult to beat on their own `courts and It will not come as a surprise if the C.R.C.. sustain their firet defeat for three years.
The United Services Recreation
Club, who have given very definite indications of their possibilities as a championship team should easily beat the Civil Service, and the Recreio, on their own courts, should have no difficulty in dia- posing of the University.
Tho I.R.C., who only Just scraped home against the Cricket Club in their initial game, will probably find even more difficulty Pok- University II. M. Lee and 8. in taking points away from H. Wong; F. R. Zimmern and A. fulam where they meet the T. Lee; T. K. Kwok and P. C. Lee. Graduates.
U.S.R.C.-Dr. Tottchham and Capt. Cannon; F. A. Redmond and Lt. Tollington: Lt. Waring and Lt. Stocker,
Civil
and
the Davis Cup was captured by Beaten By Jiro Satoh Bondall: Barrow and Zickford;
France at Philadelphin in 1927,
to recapture the Trophy this year.
Selectors hope to be able to Boston Braves broke even with leave free for aingles play only Brooklyn Dodgers, Hack Wilson and both Ellsworth Vines and Wilmer Tony Cucinelle each scoring for the Allison, while the famous partner- Dodgers in the second encounter.
The Pittsburgh Pirates lost both ship of Allison and Van Ryn is to
games to the Reds and have fallen considerably from grace during the past week.
For French Title.
BRILLIANT VICTORY.
Paris, Juns 3. Japan's prospects against Germany in the fourth round of the Davis Cup have been greatly enhanced by a brillant victory gained by JITO Selectors have invited George over Fred Perry, the foremost Uri
Satoh, their No. 1 ranking player, Lutt of Chicago to pair up rottish player, in the French Champion with J. Van Ryn-thus resurrect-ships at Auteuil.
be broken.
Paul Waner homered for the Pirates in their second game.
Pitching for the Giants against the ing a former Davis Cup partner- Satoh met Perry in this quarter Phillies in the second of a double ship which won the Men's Doubles finals of the French Championships and surprisingly eliminated the header, Bell held the Philadelphia at Wimbledon in 1931. gang to five ineffective hits, while Keith Gledhill, Sidney B. Wood, English player, who is Britain's No. Bill Terry and Gus Mancusco each Frank X. Shields and one or two exponent of the game. Perry secur scored a home run for the New York youngsters will alao line up in the an early lead by taking the first act after concoding one game, and outfit.
spring tournaments with n view then in the second sat he held the Riggs Stephonson and Charley to making reserve doubles teams. commanding advantage of four games Hartnett helped Chicago Cubs ta Bernon S. Prentice, the non-to love, and a 40-15 advantage in the beat St. Louis Cardinals, the leaders, by eight runs to six, the two batsmen playing captain, has announced his fifth game.
It was from this point that Satoh each scoring a home run.
intention of leaving no stone un- In the American Longue, besides turned this year to build up amade his victory the most brilliant he the home runs scored by Babe Ruth, doubles team independent of Vines has ever gained on the tennis courts of Europe. He proceeded to return Tony Lazzeri and Ben Chapman for and Allison.
drive for drive and gradually "gained
bell for the Browns.
NATIONAL
Service: Bradley
Todd and Wilson.
H.K.C.C.-Haigh and Connelly; Day and Dunham; Humphreys and Traill.
J.R.C.-M. O. Hoo and A. H. Suffind: A. H. Mador and S. A. Ismall; F. D. Pereira and J. S. A. Curreem.
The K.CC. are looking. for. ward to a second victory when they entertain the Cricket Club.
Macauley and Wirth have been dropped in favour of J. Rodger (the Kowloon Bowling Green
Club champion) and S. A. Gray, whilst D. & Green and R. B. Hambly come in for L. Jack and J. J. Ferguson.
SOME OF THE TEAMS: Some of the probable teams for to-morrow are:
Gittina; De Sopher and
Graduates Dr. Samy and W
H. N. Chung: Y. L. Pon and T. K. Lin., Hon; S. W. Loung and II, S. Kwok;
C.R.C.-M. K., Lau and L. F.
Village School Produces
Test Cricketers
WHERE LARWOOD AND VOCE FIRST LEARNT TO PLAY
London.
of
Whysall, who died over two years Ago after a great career,
Hardstaff and
Sam Staples.
the Yankees, Smead Jolley_hamored American fans are already pio-the upper hand until he took the not for the Boston Red Sox, Jonathan phesying confidently the return of after conceding another game. He Stone for the Tigers and Bruce Camp-the coveted trophy to American made the score two sets to one in his
Among favour by taking the third after ton
the meadows Boil.
Present indicatione certainly pro-ganica, but lost the fourth in nine Nottinghamshire is 11 Jittle vide good reason for America's games.
It was obvious in the final set that village school with record
BUMPY FOOTBALL FIELD, optimistic mood. There will be no the Japanese, who was playing at Jean Borotra this year to stage the top of his form, was always a which challenges
On the rather bumpy football fleld Public behind the school, they all learned the two undreamed of victories in the shade better than the Englishman, School in the land.
cricket. To-day, and although the result was a sur challenge round.
Harold Larwood's house on the hill come to it over the field from looks down on the pitch, and from his prise he deserved to clinch the match by securing the last set 6-2.
Satoh will now meet Jack Crawford the scattered cottages of min- practising leg theory for all they are bedroom window he can soo boys worth.
Boston Brocklyn Boston Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Cincinnati Philadelphia Now York Philadelphia
New York Chicago
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Essex is another club that has
St. Loula Pittsburgh Now York Cincinnati Chicago Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Yorkshire too will nåt be able and they have been quick to lato employ a regular leader, form their committees of the fact. Sollare is unable to play at all Those who have, in past yours, regularly and F. E. Greenwood is managed to run their businesses an alternative choice. despite spending the day in the
cricket fold are finding this. in
face of force commercial competi-appointed jolut captains-T. N. tion, increasingly diMcult. Others Poarco and D. R. Wilcox will who have always felt themselves divide thair duties in that Boston Independent have realised that in-capacity.
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Boston
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
New York Philadelphia
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512 Philadelphia Chicago
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any
Children Drst secrets
of Australia in the semi-final.
The other two semi-finalists are era, and if you passed it you Henri Cochet of France and H. G. N. would think it must be one of Leo of Britain.
the quietest and most unevent- ful to be found.
iro Satob beat Fred Perry 1-0, 7-5, -8-4, 2-0, 0-2-Reuter.
RACING IN AMERICA.
Mr. Kayyam Wins Derby At or Chicago From Head Play..
Por.
27 13 25 10 .៥០០
25 20. .666 21 18 638 21 20 .519
18 21
Chicago, Juno 3. The American Derby run here to day resulted ne follows:
Mr. Kayyam
.420 ... Head Play-
.080
.841
Fair Rochester
Router.
Yet it has produced no fewer than Avo all-England Cricketers as well na others who have done and are doing great things for their county,
Kirkby Woodhouse Boys' School counts among its old pupilšana
of
Larwood is being invited to walk down the hill and tell those boys a
few things about Test-match cricket, so no wonder this is the proudest school in the country just now."
Photographs of the Test-match giants who have sat with inky fingers on its forms are in the school room, for the head master, Mr. Lesllo Aske, is himself a fine cricketer and gives the boys avery, encouragemont to be come first-class playeṛa,
Larwood, now the most talked about cricketer In the' world, who "Our record, is comparable with 'han lately been' given such a wildly Marlborough or any of the great enthusiastle recopiion on his return | schools," he says. ""The little school home,
is the nursery of Notts cricket. You can never tell, after all, whôn, a Voce, who has recently played in youngster may turn out to ba the Test Matches in. Australla..
another Larwood."--Router,