THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY APRIL
1934.
BORDERERS PULL OFF ANOTHER BRILLIANT WIN
TO ASSUME THE
LEADERSHIP
NAVY BEWILDERING IN FIRST 20 MINUTES
CLASSICAL END OF SEASON FOOTBALL
COMPLETE CHANGE OF FORTUNES IN THE SECOND HALF
(By "Varite").
For half an hour yesterday the Borderers faced the dark spectre of defeat as they battled against the Navy for league points of prime importance, and appearances were decidedly in favour of the mariners pulling off one of the coups of the season. Then the Borderers pulled themselves together, scored a goal in reply to the Navy's two; and from that point played scintillating football which earned for them three more goals and fitting honours.
For a mid-week, end-of-the- but the approach work by McClurg ant Showbrook was so delightful, season game, the football was al-that the effort was well worth the most unbelievably good, and the paint. Another grand attack led to match rauke as one of the most the second goal about which thore was entertaining of the season." The not a shadow of doubt. Chappell Navy gave a magnificent display was sent away on the right wing. Ho put across an ideal centre, which of skilful ball manipulation on a
MeNoll passed on to Showbrook for wet ground, and their forceful the outsido isft to crash into the net. attack in the first half was as good as anything seen locally for a long time.
The Borderers could not shake off n fit of depression until shortly be fore the interval, but once they L100 had got going, they made the fullest use of the bail, and finally well de served their success.
After this the Borderers woke up, and before the interval, Mathias com- pleted a neat movement by rocklag the roof of the net from Hazlewood's final pass.
Early in the second half the Navy goal was in jeopardy, and a dominant did the Borderers become that the gals which followed appeared in- evitable.
A HUGH CROWD saw Portsmouth defeat Leicastor in the F. A. Cup semi-final at Birmingham. Above is a section of the concourse, and the other picture shows Gilällan, the Portsmouth goalkeeper, punching clear, while one of the backa ducks to get out of the way.
FOOTBALL CHATTER BY VERITAS
Championship
Prospects
Take A Fresh day's game.
Turn
were THERE
about three technical fouls during yester A tribute in itself. Furthermore it meant that both teams left the deld free from in- Jurios. Morrison and Forrest had alight accidents, but not sufficient to deter them. Morrison, in fact, played much better after his re- two
turn from treatment.
draws; two points lost; and in the lead for the first time, when the championship? Well it points
he rushed in to convert Duncan's that way. Yes! St. Joseph's cer
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So quick and accurate were the!
Hazlewood obtained the equaliser OH Oh! Two matches, Navy in their passing, that the grand goal, and then put the 24th Borderers defence was spreadeagled
EADERS for the third time this more often than in any other game
senson! The Borderers owe it this year. This applies to the open- ing stages, when the Navy. could easily are pass Just before the end, tainly look na 'If they have stuck to a better goal average, due to až Jenos shot hard and straight for the in the mud. They are going to smarter gost scoring attack than have been four up in 20 minutes with corner of the net, when only a few have the devil of a job disjodging St. Joseph's. It is only a fractional out being flattered.
wards off the goal, and Guy stopped those Welshmen from the top of difference. The Saints' average is with his hand. The effort proved
2.263 goals per match for 201 fruitless, Mathias walking, scross to
The Borderers 2.826 for bent Pepper with a stinging drive from the "spot".
SUSPICION BECOMES..
CERTAINTY. Nevertheless in that heelle first 25 losora attack minutes, when the dominated the exchanges, there was a suspicion of weakness in the re- arguard, a suspicion which became a certainty later in the game.
The Navy, had to call on Pepper, Mathias and Guy, all second string players to constitute, the
defence, and although Pepper made no mis- Lakes and often naved brilliantly, and Mathing-worked-like-n-trojan, Guy was undeniably shaky, and in the end was completely fummaxed by! the opposition right wing.
McClurg, who apart from two pre- vious appearances, was
regulor meniber of the second team, was also included at left half, and he too cracked under the fierce second half paco set by the Borderers, so that Hazlewood and Malhing had
com- paratively easy passages through to
ANOTHER DRAW
SAINTS LOSING. GROUND
IN FIGHT FOR - CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Joseph's 0 Police Goalless, and being forced to
the Navy goal: and they made the share the points for the second
most of the glft.
match in succession, St. Joseph's)
When ander strain, Pepper und) Mathias were the outstanding Navy seriously jeopardised their cham- defenders, with Pyait and Fercent pionship prospects at Caroline the pick of the half backs,
Hill yesterday, when the Police
Up the attack Suiith made ex- tremely clever use of the ball, being played them to a draw.
stages, but it was McNeill who re-
especially dangerous in the early St. Joseph's had most of the quired most watching. He laid right play, and should have
PODMORE AGAIN.
won com
the table.
MIND you, it is still too early games.
19 games.
for Borderers admirers to crow, or St. Joseph's supporters to throw up the sponge. The Bor-HDRE'S a pointer to the old col legions. The 24th have netted derers have three very interesting goals to date, 15 more than any matches in the offing Navy St. Joseph'e themselves, and the Club, other team in the division.
BUT that win yesterday has sent AND goals talk, like cards at a
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F.A. To Deal With Unruly Spectators
NATURDAY: Athletic v Club
(Club) Recreio V Park)
GAVIA RETAINS TITLE
TENNIS ACE AT HIS BEST
P. L. NATIONAL CHAMPION
YANKEES' FREE HITTING
BIG BASEBALL WIN
SENATORS AGAIN SCRAPE HOME
New York, April 18. New York. Yankton came into Manila, Apr. 16. Leonardo Gavia, Jr. succeed. their own In the second day's pro- ed himself as national tennis matchen, when they hit the Phila- gramme of major league baseball singles champion of the Philip delphin pitchers to score 11 runs.. pines by decisively defeating This was the best score of the day. Francisco Aragon, former na- The Giants and Senators record- tional titlist and veteran Davised further successes, although the Cup player in the finals held Senatore prily, nosed out Boston. yesterday afternoon at the La.
Philadelphia.
were:
ong Laan Tennis Club by the The Glants were much too good for scores of 6-0, 6-2 and 7-5,
Results, as cabled by Reutor The title for: tho women's, na- tional singles championship chang-
AMERICAN LEAGUE. ed hands yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Elisa Ochon, defending champion lost to Miss I. Baumann, of the Manila Tennis Club in two out of three acts, the scores being 3-0, 6-2 and 6-1. ́
Both matches were witnessed by a big crowd of tennis enthusiasts. | All seats were sold out with bun- dróds turned away' for lack of ac- commodations. Another
St. Louis Cleveland
R. H. E.
2 8
0
5
ย
(Hadioy pitched and blanked out Cleveland) New York
11 12 1 (Rush and Dickey scored home runs)
1 Philadelphia ... 5. 9 Istgo
(Foxx homered twice and Hayes once).
crowd is expected this afternoon to witness the semi-final matches in the men's doublés tournament.
SCINTILLATING TENNIS.
The titular encounter in the men's singles meet found Gavia playing at top form. His back court drivce, smashes near the net and superior placements bewilder ed his more sousoned opponent. He played scintillating tennis all the way with the exception of the third set he completely dominated | Francisco Aragon.
The first and second sets saw Lincolns (King's Francisco Aragon playing erratic tennis. He lost the first sot, by
Washington Boston
G
4 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston Brooklyn
Chicago
(Klein homered) Cincinnati
(Hafey homered) Philadelphia
New York
.
5
8 11. ·ច
A 6' 2
2
0
1
Kowloon v S. China (Kowloon) love score and in the second he SCOTTISH CUP FINAL ....
East Lancs. v RA. (Caroline was only able to score two games.
HII)
Francisco was not his former self Sunday:
in theso gets. He appeared to Borderers v Navy (Sookunpoo) have lost confidence in himself and
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APPARENTLY
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afraid to open up and fight Gavia Rangers And St. Mirren
On Saturday
the Football with the vehemence and dex- Association have come to hear terity which characterized his for of those unsporting spectators mer playing. Gavla on the other against whom I protested in these hand showed class and made al- His columna
Monday. Further most every stroke count. more report has it that the F.A., superb volloying and smashes up intends to muzzle them,
set his opponent and won both sets in ensy fashion. -
on
(By "The Pilgrim”)
St. Mirren and Rangers, both comparative winners of the Scottish Association Cup, meet OOD for tho F.A. But isn't it
CAVIA'S SUCCESSES. rather late in the season to
on Saturday to contest a new The third set was A different the most coveted trophy of a cleaning up campaign?
football north of the border. Last-Sunday's example was no story although it ended with Gavia new feature of local football. again covering himself with glory
Whilst St. Mirren however only won Novertheless, If this undesirable Francisco started out nicely and clement among spectators can ho lead at 6-2. At this point, how the cup once in 1926, their competi
tors have gained rathor a reputati eliminated, it will be a pratee-ever, Gavin asserted his superiority for their skill in annexing the cup of worthy plece of work by the and staged a great rally that spell recent years and they have successfully
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ta disaster for the veteran tenuls fought six finals and appeared in one player. He won this set by a 7-5 other against the Celtic in 1900 when score and with it the national ten- the cup was withhold. nis singles championship.
They poker game.
Avin the Welamen's stock soaring. Not so much because it gave them matches, league points, and cham-
The cleverest set of start pionships, two points--and the leadership, footballers in the world could-not but because it proved that even win a title without the ability to at this stage of the senson, when
[score goals. every goal is doubly important, this post white tghting THATS why I think, as I have spirit. A spirit can
always thought this season, a two goals deâcit into victory,
the Borderers are going to lift the THAT success cannot be anything championship.
but a tonle to the Borderers, and a great stimulus for the se
MY FORECAST.
TO WIN
LEAGUE
Club Lincolns S. China. Borderers
TO DRAW:-"
East Lancs
turn
on
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word about the week-end.pro- gramme. Apart from the second meeting of the Navy and
Borderers
Borderers on Sunday, there is Leaders
little to excite enthusiasm.
YESTERDAY'S Police. Again
St.
Joacph's tie wan Saturday's match brought forward. Some of the Saints are taking part in the Volunteer Sports on Saturday. Hence yesterday's game.
IT doesn't matter if the Lincoins
and South China win
BETTER GOAL AVERAGE
As a result of yesterday's or lose matches, the Borderers again go
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That is going a long way back but This is the second time Leonardo when it is remembered that the Gavia captured the national ten-Rangers brought the cup home in 1992, in 1030, and In 1928, it will be seen ris singles championship of the that they are not living on the glories Philippines. He first won the title of the past.
from Lope Yagayo in the 1933 na-
habit of winning, the
tional tonnia championships. Be- It would also appear that they have sides being the national champion developed n Gavia also holds the Metropolitan trophy in alternate years and if they tennis singles championship, the keep up this practice it is going to be
too bad for St, Mirren. All Comers singles championship and the City of Manila open ten- nia championship.
their encounters. Neither game to the head of the first division CAPPED UNDER BOTH has any effect on the leadership. due to a fractional advantage in By the same token the Navy have goal average. The present league
tablo records are: nothing vital at stake.
Goals.
J. W. D. L. F. A. P.
FOOTBALL CODES
Especially with the "double" in view! From 1027 to 1931 the Rangers headed the top of the senior division In Scottish football, and, during, one of those seasons of unprecedented per sought after "double," taking cup and league championship in the same
formance, they gained the much
ведлом.
HONOURS YET UNKNOWN.:
on the backs throughout the match, fortably. But again the forwards. and although it often resulted in his failed. This time they shot more being put offside, when in possession he was lively and determined, and often than in other matches, but his prosenco extracted all the In- were woofully inaccurate, and were genuity of Mullane and Morrison,
quite incapable of making any im- pression on a stolid defence, ably- "Danny" Mullane, now designated led by McHardy, who certainly put cond meeting with the Navy the "Stonewall" by enthusiastic in some great work between the Saturday. But they will be well IT seems unlikely that Potc-llunts. W. B. 19 16 0 3 65 23 32 advised not to place any more
will be it to turn out for the St. Joseph's 20 14 4 2 43 10 32 Few With Double Honour: St Mirren these high honours Borderers supporters, was outstani-sicka.
value on it than a stimulus, for] Club Even so they should be Lincoln Regt. 20 13 2 5 50.282 ing, covering Morrison, who was in
the R. Navy 19 11 4 62 34 26 clined to be rushed off his game, with The Police held their own in the if there is one team to-day which good enough to overcome
cannot be under-rated, it is the Athletic, who have completely South China 20 12 1 7.42 21 25 ideal judgment.
second half and twice went very Navy.
failed to nettle down at any time Kowloon FC. 207 2
H.K. Club 1982 46 62 18 But it was Podmore, whose concloso to scoring. Marqués way In
this senson.
E. Lancashires 18 sistency in even more remarkable than real difficulties with a corner from WONDERFULLY smart outfit
ILK. Police .. 19 hia latoat football skill, who enrried
R.A. this. Precision, skill, sound HERE is the programme: off the leading honours. Nothing new Green, and the same player nearly
Recreio can be added to describe his display, caused the downfall of the Saints tactics, a keen knowledge of the fundamentals of the game. A
and one can leave it by stating that goal a few minutea Inter, when he team more likely to win than to it was typically Podmoro. His tackling, speedy recoveries and all raced away and sent across to pre- lose. Yes! Those navy boys will distribution did more than anything sent Rose, with an ident chance. Ineed a lot of watching on Saturday,
else to pull the Borderers together,
and to turn them from a disheartened But the centre-forward could not
side, into a winning team,
control the ball, arid Marques re-
Hazlewood was the pick of the al- loved the situation with a smart tack, with Mathias and Duncan offer clearance. Ang very reliable support. Fortey!
was slow-hs old failing and Jonav was more satisfied
openings.
with
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IMAGINE there will be teum changes which may, or may
not, bo for the best. Admittedly
five of yesterday's eleven were.
St. Joseph's were without Ward, this year's second division players.
creating!
which did something to upset their equilibrium. Elms was not a suc-
But they played great football.
It was a forward line which, tar cessful deputy. Farthermore the PEPPER is a natural choice.
ing discovered the right methods Saints played one short until Costa
by which to upset the opposing | defence, adopted
them
Liddington and West would certainly strengthen the defence.
without camo on to the field ten minutes I don't think Chappell can be im
reservation, and thereby made goals into.
a matter of time, rather than a mere possibility.
THE GOALS.
a
provided upon at outside night, per- Taking these factors in con- ticularly while he has Smith to sideration, the Saints had only nurse him. McGuire would pro themselves to blame. They gave|bably fit in. little better than little indication of being in the McClurg at left half. Unless It was as a result of some magni- running for the championship, and circumstances otherwise compel In two goal land in the first 20 minutes. auch a mediocre display. cannot the Navy would be well advised I still think O'Donnell was offaldo, invito confidence concerning their to keep their changes down to when he scored; the first goal, i prospects.
the absolute minimum.
ficont attacks that the Navy went into
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42 11
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Awkward Moment for Borderers' defence, but. Davies rushes in to clear. Incident in yesterday's Navy v. Borderera League match (Photo Man Cheung).
Soccer-Cricketers
captured the cup in 1926, they achloved the pinnacle of their fame, Last season they did not mitogether please, especially away. The team showed unexpected flaws which were Players who have gained Inter- apt to turn optimiam to disillusion nt national caps for both Association critical points. and Rugby football probably form
Nor can it be said that they have a shorter list than is commonly enormously improved this season, ond realised. It le not such a long the loss of Walker in the important one as those who have represented pivat position may count for much of their country at football and the Il-balance that has marked their
play. Their League rocond is fait cricket,
from Inspiring with only eight of 85 J. W. Sutcliffe, who played in matches!won; and nine drawn... Their goal for Bolton Wanderers, Mill-goal average is poor with 42 for and wall, and Manchester United, had 65 agalast but thon League games an exceptionally long career. Ho are not an is well known, any criterion started Soccer no a forward, then for the dashing and opportunistic played in goal for England against play which wing cupeties, entennia Scotland twice, against Wales St Mirren have climbed to the final twice, and against Ireland once, over the heads of such famous clubs Ila firat love was Rugby and he as Motherwell and Celtie and though appeared as a centre three-quarter these feats are somewhat motified by the alight decling both of them were ugainst the Maories in 1889.
oxperiencing at the time, they are at Walter Hardinge, John Arnold, least an indication that St. Mirren are
fettle this season. Ducpt, and Makopened, are only a
cup few of those who played for En-task but one knows that if it had been Rangers had a comparatively cand gland both at cricket. and Soccer harder they would not have failed. The last three are especially In-Saturday's gamo should be close any teresting, because they all played exciting but, I think the fight will wg. for England together against Scot- to the more experienced club and a land at Hampden Park In 1910. forecast Rangers to add another, leaf Scotland won by 2-0.
Ito their laurola.