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KWANTI RACE MEETINGS
STATEMENT BY OFFICIALS
OPEN TO PUBLIC
An official statement regarding the Kwanti race meetings for this winter has been made by the Secretarics of the Faniing Race and Hunt Club in the following lötter.
(To the Editor,
Hongkeng Telegraph.}
Bir There appears to be some uncertainty in the minds of the public concerning the activities of the Fanling Hunt and Rnco Club for the coming season. Because of this we should be obliged If you will publish this letter giving a statement of the following facts:
(a) Race Meetings open to the meneral public will be conducted at Kwan Ti and the following dates have been selected:
1030: December 31. 1984: January 28, February 18, March 11, April 8.
The Pari Mutuel and Cash Swoops will bo run as in the past.
(b) The "St. John's Cup Cash Bweep" for which tickets are now being sold will be held as planned and is to be decided for by a race run for the "St. John's Cup" on De- cember 31.
(c) The Hunters' Arms will be in uso exactly as in former years.
THOMSON & Co.,
Secretarios,
: Fanling Hunt & Race. Club.
HARDCOURT TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIP IN SHANGHAI
Successes for Khoo, Lum and Cheng
The Hardcourt Tennis Cham-
pionship of Shanghai started on the Cercle Sportif Courts last week with 17 matches in the various sections being decided.
WIGHTMAN CUP PLAYERS MAY VISIT
HONGKONG
MISS ROUND & MISS HEELEY
NOW SAID TO BE IN JAPAN
AUSTRALIA AS DESTINATION
Said to havo Australia as their destination, Miss Dorothy Round and Miss Mary Heeley, two members of the British Wightman Cup team are ro ported to be in Japan, where they will in all probability play exhibition matches.
Although it has not yet been confirmed, it is more than likely. that the two players will pass through Hongkong some time this month, in which case it can be the Lawn safely believed that
Tennis Association will make every effort to arrange for their. appearance here.
So far as is known the L.T.A. has not yet taken any steps in this direction.
AMERICAN. SUCCESSES.
AUCCOBBCS
Mign Round and Miss Heeley
Beveral
in enjoyed America this year, Miss Round winning the Pacific South-West Championship, by beating Miss Allee Marble in the final 6-2, 6-2. The two girls also reached the Anal of the women's doubles, but were defeated by Miss Ryan and Miss Marble In straight sets, whilst Miss Round figured in the mixed doubles final with Perry, but as bonten by Ellsworth Vines and Mies Ryan.
HOCKEY TEAMS
FOR GAMES TO-DAY
AND TO-MORROW
The following teams have been selected to take part in friendly hockey matches this afternoon and
to-morrow.
TO-DAY.
R. Engineers v C.B.A. At King's Park, bully off at 6.15 this afternoon, the Royal Engineers will be represented by:
Invalid
Sportsmen
WRIGHT TO GIVE UP. FOOTBALL
(By "Veritas").
Illness has been claiming as victims several prominent focal sportsmen.
H. D. Rumjahn, the well known tennis player in slowly recovering from a severe bout of malaria, but is not likely to be seen on the courts for some little time.
His cousin, Sirdar, the Colony's champion, la also being kopt off the tennis court with a bad knee which is gradually yielding to treatment. Sirdar, however, is definitely making progress and hopes to take up the racket again before the end of this month.
Charles Wright, who was to
Tep pictura shows Miss Mary Healey in characteristic pose, and below Miss Dorothy Round about to "kill". It is possible that both players will be seen in in Hongkong sometime thin
month.
THIS MORNING
MATCH TO START
WICKET VERY HEAVY
OPENING DELAYED UNTIL 1.15 P.M.
"We'll Do Out Best"
Owen-Hughes
A shy sun, preping through the clouds, greet- ed the Interport cricketers this morning, and made possible a decision to start the match between Malaya and Hongkong at 1.15 this afternoon.
Although it is rapidly drying, the wicket is extremely heavy, and an inspection this morning by Owen-Hughes and R. N. Hamilton caused them to BUS= pend opening of play until 1.15.
By that time the wicket will be In a good enough condition to raise the curtain -on the 1993 If
have had his first season in local LARWOOD'S FOOT Triangular Interport series.
league football this winter, has been forced to give up the iden of playing again this year. Another attack of malaria has left him with no alternative. I Wright played in one league game only for the Club, and was then suffering from the effects of malaria,
FORMER L.T.A. SECRETARY.
His host of friends have learnt
with concern of the serious illness
AN OPERATION IN LONDON
London, Oct, 18, Harold Larwood; the Notts and England fast bowler, underwent h foot operation to-day at a London nursing home.
the sun continues, the pitch is expected to become rather dim- cult this afternoon, and whoever wins: the toss, will have to exer- of else considerable amount thought in deciding whether to bat or fold first.
"WE'LL DO OUR BEST. Interviewed in the Cricket Club Owen- pavilion this morning, Hughes, the Hongkong captain
*
do our best. That's all I can. tell you."
The operation was performed by was asked what he thought of the which attacked Mr. C. P. F. James, the famous orthopaedic surgeon, local team's chances of winning. former Hon. Secretary of the Mr. W. R. Bristow, who with Lord He replied:
"I honestly don't know. We'll Lawn Tennis Association and a Moynihan and Mr. R. G. Hogarth, present member of the Interport the Nottingham specialist, made Selection Committee.
an examination of Larwood's foot Last week Mr. James had to after his return from Australia.
Mr. Hogarth has reported that undergo an operation, but reasaur- ing news has since been given, and the feet has not yielded to the rest he is making satisfactory pro-treatment prescribed, and as there was some conflict of opinion in gresa.
Kowloon on Saturday welcomed regard to the real nature of the Only two of the seven matches
back Jones, their new capture this Injury an exploratory operation played in the Men's Singles cham- three sets. pionship went to
season who has been ill for nearly was the only course left, Gordon Lum, H. Collaco, C.
three weeks, although he is still far from his usual self. He play- Squires and C. C. Cheng had difficulty in entering-the-second
Whittaker; Capt. Ducherne-and.ed at Inside loft and was obviously round in two straight sets. Lt. whitefield; Harris Mulling and still suffering from the effects of Rixoy triumphed over J. Leonis in Flynn; Lt. Cooper. Harding, Pegg, three sets, as did Kirkeby overBudden and Greenhill.
Brunner.
Only one match was played in the Men's Doubles series with Khoo Hool-hye partnered by D. Cheng
•
WEDNESDAY. University v Radio
his illness.
Goh and S. A. Reed.
'St. Andrew's v R.CS. St. Andrew's meet the Royal Corps of Signals In a friendly, flx- to-morrow afternoon and will be re- presented by the following:
entering the next round by an For their match against the ture on the Marina Ground-to-
onay victory over Lt. Rixey and Sult. The latter couple were handicapped due to an injury to
FAVOURITES WIN.
Radio Sports Club at Pokfulam morrow, bully off at 5 p.m., the University will field the following
cleven:
P. C. Tang-A. M. Rodriques and In the Mixed Doubles two matches were played and two were C. O. Lee; L. Oliveira, E. L. Gosano forfeited. The favoured couples and B. H. Ong; R. Woolley, H. L. entering the second round-Mra. Ozorio, O. 1. E, de Sousa, T. W. Fischer partnered by A. G. Melse, Miss T. Collace and H. Collaco, Mme. Meadmore and Khoo as well as Mrs. Dvorjetz partnered by Benavitch..
Two walk-overs were given in the Women's Singles, Mrs. Rodger and Mrs. Servico forfaiting to Mra. Lum and Mrs. Cate respectively. Two walk-overs were also given in the Women's Doubles scries.
MEN'S SINGLES.
G-2,
CANTABS' BIG WIN
LATEST RUGBY RESULTS
London, Nov. 6. Cambridge Unoversity scored n brilliant rugby win to-day, when The Cantabs scored 26 points they met Edinburgh Academicals. without reply.
R.H. Wong; F. Broadbridge and E.H.P. White J.T.K. Gilchrist, Devonport Services and Newport A.E.P. Guest, and A.B. Hamson contested a thrilling encounter, E. MacNider, A.S. Bliss, N.A.E. from which the Services, emerged Mackay, E.F. Fincher and M. winnere by four points to three- Weill.
Reuter.
DRAMATIC KNOCK OUT BLOW
HOW JOCK MCAVOY RETAINED__MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE AND LONSDALE · BELT
A knock-out, dramatic in Ita previously. toddenness and totally unexpected," enabled Jock McAvoy, the middle weight champion, of Rochdale, to 6-1eop his title and Lonsdale Belt at
Belle Vue, Manchester, last month.
Gordon Lum beat D. Cheng, Lenzlinger w.o. Benavitch. Lt. Rizey beat J. Loonis, 3-6, 6-3,
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C. C. Cheng beat T. C. Chang, 6-0, 6-2.
MEN'S DOUBLES.
D. Cheng and Khoo Hool-hye beat Lt. Rixoy and Sult, 6-2, 6-2.
He brought his challenger, Archle Soxton, of London, sprawling face downwards in the tenth round with
R. N. Hamilton, the Malayan' skipper preferred to not express
The teams are: any opinion in this direction,
MALAYA.
wards. "I couldn't do a thing." In
That frank admission was, very
Stung to action, he walked into his challenger, hit him on the chin true. 1 have never seen him fight with an upper-cut that must have so badly. He was as a man afflict rattled his teeth, and then proed with stage fright. His limbs eeeded to pound him all over the seemed unable to respond to the ring.
BELABOURED.
R. N. Hamilton (Capt) V. Croome
W. O: Jonklass
G. Willis
D. C. Burn
R. G. Gibson
R. Morgan
L. Alvia
Eu Chow-teik
B.. S. Gill
C. A. Spoldewinde R. B. Lewis, 12th man
HONGKONG.
H. Owen-Hughes (Capt) G. S. Dunkley
T. M. L. Redmond Capt. P. V. Williams
A. R. Minu
T. A. Pearce
.E. R. Duckitt
E. C. Fincher
F. Goodwin
Lt. A. C. Hamilton
Lt. G. C. Garthwaite
T. E. Pearce, 12th Man.
Played Tennis
His Sleep
dictation of the brain. Slow, un-CRAWFORD ON HIS enterprising, one-paced, neither a
U.S. BREAKDOWN The crowd leapt as one man to boxer nor a fighter; and without
Sydney, Oct. 10. its feet, yelling for McAvoy to a semblance of fire-that was
did Sexton. finish it and finish It he
BAD START.
H. Cellaco beat L. Conlcher, 6-1,
J. H. Crawford, the Wimbledon, C. C. Squires beat de Borodnow. An upper-cut which threatened to
tear his head from his shoulders like a thorough workman. Sexton, Nothing was clearer than that Australian, and French lawn sky, 0.1, 0-0.
Kirkeby beat Brunner, 1-6, 6-0, yet for nine rounds the champion, still dazed from the thump on his the occasion was too big for him tennis champion, arriving here to-day, said that his breakdown in though he was always winning the chin, his strength slipping from--yet he has had 174 fights.
America (where he was defeated- 3-6, -13-11, 6-4, 0-6, 1-6 by F. J fight, had not placed a single punch him as a result of McAvoy's vig on Sexton which really troubledorous body onslaught, was like a him.
man caught in a blizzard and un- Soxton started on the wrong Perry last month in the final round able to protect himself.
lines by moving slowly from his of the American National Lawn It was a remarkable finish to a
He hung limply on the ropes corner, pawing freely with his left Tennis Championship. at Forest contest which was one of the
of apprehension W. Turner and H. Collace w.opoorest and dullest over given a while McAvoy belaboured him with hand, and waiting with an obvious Hills, New York was due to for nervous strain after a long tour.: L. D. Carson and T. K. Liang. championship label. After a fow blows from all angles. His hands show
"As soon as I dozed off my arpis. rounds the crowd were shouting dropped feebly to his sides, and McAvoy's expected storming on. He was unable to rest properly.
the champion, taking his aim with slaughts. derisively at the efforte of the two
This prosented the initiative to began to move backwards and for. men, and there was also consider all the care of a Bisley marksman,”
booing. But McAvoy'e storm-rammed home the right upper cut the champion; but all credit towards as in tennis, he said. "I McAvoy for keeping it. Through played tonnis in my sleep, and im
mediately woke. which finished the fight."
Sexton hit the floor with such a lout the fight he dictated the way. "I did not get more than an bang that the counting of the it should be fought,
hour's fitful rest cach night. On seconds was a mere formsilty. He It was not clever fighting that the day I broke up after the third At the start of the tenth round had to be dragged to hle corner, and he showed, just honest two-st i lave not the slightest re- Sexton, for the first time in the it needed half a bucket of water handed slugging interspersed by collection of the remaining two
some smart leading with his left sets I played.", battle, showed a trace of fire. He to bring him round.
Crawford added that he was stepped from his corner, shot a McAvoy's form in the final But it was sufficient. Sexton, left-hand felt towards the head, round wiped out many of his unable to raise a gallop, tried to afterwards compelled to take and followed immediately with a carllor failings, but the truth is stop him with half-hearted lofts drugs to induce steep. Ho oxpects. that his display for nino rounds and a smothering cover. It is to be quite at for the matches with crashing right on McAvoy's jaw,
In the Australian championships) Mrs. Cafe and Mrs. Ovadia.w.e. The champlon, taken completely. was never out of the second class true to say that Sexton scarely the Englishmen who are to play He was concerned almost solely early next year, though by doctors Miss Hite and Miss Smack.unawares, was visibly shaken, but He had little to beat and took a tried to make a fight of St.
Miss T. Cellaco and Mme. Mead-the munch had exactly the opposite long time about
"I just don't know what happen with defence, but though ho modo orders ho must temperarily confine
(Continued on Pago 7) morow.o.Miss Lobt and Miss affect to that intended.. It rovised
himself to doubles, McAvoy ns nothing had done led to me," declared Sexton after:
6-1, 6-0.
MIXED DOUBLES. Mrs. Fischer and A. G. Meise beat Miss Rassmussen and Pagh, Miss T. Collaco and B. Collaco w.o. 'Mrs. Perkins and Duff,
Mme. Meadmore and Khoo Hool hyo w.o. Mr. and Mrs. Lobt.
Mrs. Dvorjetz and Benavitch beat Mrs. Ovadia and Taussig, 6-2,
6.4.
** WOMEN'S SINGLES. Mrs. Lum w.o. Mrs. Rodger.' Mrs. Cate w.o. Mrar Service.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES.
Drise.
ing finish had everyone on his feet ready to cheer and forgive.
CHAMPION SHAKEN. P.