THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1934.
ELUSIVE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP STILL AT LARGE
BORDERERS AND
ST. JOSEPH'S
ALL SQUARE
EXCITING FOOTBALL
SOLDIERS STAGE LAST MINUTE
RECOVERY AFTER BEING SOMEWHAT OUTPLAYED
(By "Varite”),
Opposites in style of play, but producing an equal effect in terms of goals, left the St. Joseph's-Borderers match 'in a' drawn state yesterday, each side scoring twice. A very fair result this in a game which for periods boasted a very poor calibre of exchanges, but the interest of which were kept at fever pitch owing to the importance of every movement which suggested 'goals.
St. Joseph's served up some| Lootwork matched that of anybody reasonably good scientific foot-else on the field.
ball in the first half, whereas the Elms rendered wonderful sup Borderers failed to settle down port on the left flank.. He kept to any definite form of attack Mathias well pugged down, the aud were never very thoughtful winger only occasionally getting in his centre. Marques was not in their movements.
whose quite o successful against Dua- The Saints' attack. uprouch work, excellent in its can on the opposite touchline, but
Souza proved wholly reliable, und - recision, was only thwarted by had the Borderers left wing fair- the ruthless tackling of the Bory tamed. derern defence. Time and again
y jumped in to relieve arentening situations.
very
Apert from one error of judg- ment which cost the Saints a The soldiers preferred the kick point. Marques in you! gave one and rush type: methods which of his best displays of the season. light have mat with much more
Marques, St. Joseph' goalkeeper, makes a spectacular clearance during the lost quarter of an hour of yesterday's match against the Bordesors, taking the bali off Elms's head, with Fortey,in close attendance. (Photoi
Mee Cheung).
MY FORECAST.
TO WIN:-
St. Joseph's Navy Borderers
Kowloon
S. China, Combined Chinese
TO DRAW
R. Artillery
Totes On Dog Tracks Now Legal
NEW BILL BEFORE COMMONS
To sum up in a nutshell the new law dealing with "sweepstakes, 1pt- teries and the "tote" which will shortly be presented to Parliament. The Tole is to be permitted at
WEEK-END FOOTBALL certain specified tracks on certain
PROGRAMME
new cent score thots in Six Ancess had the inside. forwards ances from goal-scoring attached themselves to Souza and the first half, and when sovely pressed in the closing Afteen Сатен. But so often the bucks
minutes. extriented his side from: were given plenty of time which to clear, so that it was number of threatening situa-
itions,
in
common to see the ball punted 30 yard up the field and return immalintaly.
WARD'S CRAFT.
St. Joseph'n were cleverer. A Ward was the shining light of drizzle throughout
th game the College attack. rendered the ball difficult to con-one brilliant solo
He madu run in the. Jaceund half, finishing with a shat which brought Smith to his knees, He was for over forcing the Bor- derera defence into faulty posi- loṇing by his adroit manipulation of the ball, and if Leonard and Rocha had been a little quicker to seize openings, goals woul have accrued.
Apart from a very fine goal, Bernie Gogano did not impread. His early success in running into the middle encouraged him to make it a practice, with the result that the ball was often sent out to the wing, with nobody there to take it.
days at certain limited times.
The law, probably anxious to prove that it is not a complete uss, is to be modifled us it has
League Matches on been found that the old lottery-
Saturday
Below is the week-end football programme, which includes six lengue matches on Saturday.
SATURDAY.
FIRST DIVISION. Athletic v St. Joseph's-Club,, 2.16
Navy V
Recreio Kowloon, 3.15
Club v Borderers-Club, 4,15] Police v Kowloon-Kowloon, 4.45
Artillery v Lincolns-Sookun- poo. 4.45
S. China Y East Lancs-- Caroline Hill. 4.45
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'SUNDAY.
Combined Chinese Caroline Hill 4 p.m..
ABOUT LOCAL SOCCER BY
Governor's Cup Match Now
Definite
"VERITAS"
INCIDENTALLY both
of the
games scheduled for Sunday and been brought forward to Satur-
day to make way for the match be
tween China's Olymple team and the Rest of the Colony.
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THE Club ground is being utilised
[T looks na though a policeman is. for the two important games
China Olympic Team
To Leave On
May 5
going to have a big effect on the of the afternoon.. At 8.15 the A 6-0 defeat needs a lot of explain- that id ff one la ing away: destination of the championship and the Borderers follow up with the explanation was quite simple. Athletic and St. Joseph's do battle, scarching for exeunes. Actunily Committee on Friday will be await their match against the Club, The local Inds were much too good.
decision of the Management
The
SL
ed with intense interest, for if the that by then they will know how Joseph's allegation that Rose important will be the result of the was ineligible when he played one, against them last week is uphold,
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EE Wal-tong has made a.
mendous difference to local Chinese football. The playora, are
St. Joseph's will be given an addi-THE Railway ground la also being recapturing old-time form, with tional opportunity of finishing used for two first division en-the attack considerably livered up. ahead of the Borderera.
A definite result yesterday would
-have settled the whole fasue.
jeounters, the Navy and Recreio having frat occupancy, followed by
the Police and Kowloon.
As it is Saturday's ganies will have HERE'S an a big bearing..
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UNG King-cheung benefitted.
from Lee's wizardry yesterday · and seized three openingsto plerce the Easterners goal. Lee helped himself to two und. Tam Kong-pak obtained the other..
60 Kwal-shing has been no per- sistently selected by South
Item or two about Sunday'a game. The match will be played at Caroline Hilt in compliance with the request of the Chinese Amateur Athletic Fedora- NEITHER St. Joseph's nor the tion, who feel that the ground is
Borderers can afford to drop more spacious than that of the tive teams lately that I thought points to the Athletic and Club re- [Club, and therefore better equip Young Shul-yic had been cast by spectively.
ped to hold the vast crowd which the wayside. It was gratifying to la anticipated.
Jace this clever young right-winger
in netion yesterday.
MCGUIRE, the Navy half buck.
selected for the Rest, has left the Colony, and this will probably mean LG. Robertson's inclusion In the team,
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RE the Governor's Cup. The
Federation has agreed to the F.A.' suggestion, and the match will be played on the Club ground on Saturday week at 3.15, Chineso team to be chosen later..
AT 4 o'clock on the same day, the Chinese Olympic football out- ft units for Manila.
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China and for Chinese representa
YESTERDAY'S trial at Caroline I only served to emphasise Herbart, who deputised for Morri-the superiorily (at least before
own supporters) of the St. Joseph's, and netted their frit Southern Chinese footballern.
count of him.alf..
law embraced such enterprises 19 whist-drives and church ruffles. ** It is certain that some members of the British Cabínét who favour a revival of British letterfes have put their case ably and energetic-on yesterday, and gave a good ac- their ally. But those who apparently believe that one sweepstake in Dublin ought to be good enough; for any
Englishman, have won the day,
The old law prohibiting lotteries has been found to be adequate as regards the prohibition. The business of enforcing it would compel the government to
dislocate the postal service, enlarge the customs service and
divert a large proportion of the pulice forces from their normal" duties
It is
SHANGHAI SQUASH
RACKETS CHAMPIONSHIP
TITLE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED
BY C. G. W. ROBSON
MASTERLY DISPLAY IN THE FINAL
Shanghai, Apr. 21.
Playing before a large crowd of
FOR SNOBS
all very, very difficult. Rest-Still it means
extra employment squash rackets enthusiasts, last night NO ROOM IN RUGBY for somebody, and the enemies of at the courts of the Shanghai Race sweepstakes hope to achieve a Club, C. G. W. Rebsan sucessfully salutary effect by inflicting ex- defended his reputation as the nost Leopard was dashing but with generally had to receive whilst tremoly heavy penalties on any squash rackets expanent locally, when in front of Elms, and found this persons committing the offence of he retained the Capstan Trophy, pre- sented for the opion championship out any finish ucha, revealing tenacious young half back some buying, selling or otherwise par sponsered by the Shanghai Squash Welsh Union's Sensible many deft touches was slow and what difficult to throw off ticipating in a foreign lottery. linckets Association. He defented ponderous, and offered an easy Mathias had extraordinary bad So only those who can go to K. Cassels in the bent of four target for the vigilant Mullane, fuck in the last minute, when he the dogs are to gain any advant-games after losing the second. Conta kept, Davies busy, but the drove in a terrifie shot, which age from the now bill. Will such Welshmas was not easily out-
of their individual struck Marques on the leg and restriction wilted. and generally speaking rebounded out.
liberty really help the had the measure of the loft
On the whole, however, the Borderers attack was not impren-1 sive, passen. being wasted, and!
BORDERERS BELOW FORM.
Smith, Borderers, 'custodian, mak-winger.. ing á fruitloss effort to stop the shot by which 3: Gosano scored St. Joaoph's second goal yesterday. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
In many respects St. Joseph's played better NA a team than in trol, yo at intervals the old most games this senson.
Attitude
A. V. Goiano, played brilliantly for
goal.
BRILLIANT RECORD
OF THE MACAO HOCKEY CLUB
RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
There has been considerable activity in hockey circles in Macao recently. Following the visit of the Malayan Over-Seas Chinese team, which were beaten
by the Macao Club by eight clear goals, a team representing the Navy visited the Portugese Colony, and suffered defent by six goal to nil.
The Navy side include Liouts. Donnid and Enden, Lieut. Atkin- son and Lieut. Muspratt, all of
CAUTIOUS OPENING.
London. Both players reached the final for
There should be no room for rabbits"? the second time, ILK. Cassels having stabbishness in Rugby football and
been runner-up fast year, when the first championship match was decid-yet plenty of people complain, no
Qualification for the final round unreasonably, that the laws of was not easy, and was only accom-Rugby leave far too much scope whom have represented the Navy plished with the defeat of such strong for it. players M. Benavitch, R. P.
a Newport amateur was Macao's performance was doubly cidentally, by last night's champion-
Illte concerted action being seen. SEVERE COLD CANCELS
BASEBALL GAMES
THE GOALS.
Jones obtaineil his usun! goal The same cannot be said of the to put the soldiers ahead in the collegians distributed the ball is Borderers, who in altering their first five minutes. There was
perfect formation and left the
Pitching Form
Honigaberg, and J. A. Stewart. In his
amateur status by that they were robbed of the aer
in important matches in Hongkong.
because he had "con worthy, when It is appreciated
ship match, Robson also won the playing as an amateur, for a-pre- viccs of two of their leading Tyiwhitt Cup for the Country Club} fessional Soccer club. 'ched to make the one count} Sensibly, he applied for Fels
style of play, considerably cur suggestion of an error on the part Monty. Pearson In Fine chinship, for both players de Burderers half hacks bewildered. tailed their prospects. Only in defence did the Borderors give any hint of periority, and This purely because the Saints' attack was better than the opposi
Both team had 10
Jon.
against
were Herbert and Mullane at back. for two individuals. Among them ques.
The former, brought in at the St. Joseph's were on levet terms. American Baseball League meeting lafter 6-6, forged ahead on a lone/denia), trivial and a technical one.)
ke
Past
Rame.
.
players through injuries..
:
of Comes which led to this.
for both titles,
statement and, sensibly, the Welsh
The success of the Macae The Borderers attracted chief Anyhow, dones from three yards
Both started cautiously and pre- Rugby Union admitted his appli- Hockey Club this season has been attention by the displays of one out had only to shoot pasi Mar. |
ferred correct placing to hard biting. cation. But strictly speaking they remarkable. Of the 22 matches The service changed hands frequent-could have taken the narrow view played to date, only three have New York, Apr. 26. Almost immediately afterwards,
ly without the addition of a point, even though the offence was neel been lost, and two drawn, Cold put stopper to the but Robson secured the
FL
advantage
The teams who have enjoyed the, minute, settled down to give Herbert handled in the ranty between Boston and Washington rally, and Increaset is speed to
FARCICAL LAWS.
distinction of lowering the Macao changon. Morrison pins an a very entertaining account of area. A. V. Gosano missed with a
The really farcical nature of the colours are Medway Officors (3-1), absentee and Herbert took his himself, being especially promin-poor shot, but a defender had also to the Philadelphians' visit secure the necessary points for the
low as it now stands is demonstrat- United Services' Citongkong) 4-3, plage in the Borderers elevent ent in the second half.
moved before he kicked the ball, and to St. Louis in a National League
Chasels took the lead at the started by the fact that, prior to the and Malnya Interport team (1-0)) Beltran, suffering from a strained Mullane was steadiness per from the re-take ha passed Smith, engagement.
At St. Louis, the Browns were points by some very safe, if not par-was seriously argued that he had Hongkong in the Interport (1-1) of the next game, and gained noveral Newport man's reinstatement, it The drawn gumes have been with muscle sustained
the sonified, and between them they although the goalkeeper got his hell scoreless, by the magnifieont ticularly spectacular strokes, Robson automatically professionallaed all und Incognitos (0-0), Pulice, could not turn but, and afforded an excellent covering to hand to the ball. Gomes returned to the valde, is Smith, whose goalkeeping was!. "Then followed the best goal of pitching of Monty Pearson and it was more free in his play, and gave the players with whom or against allow A. V. Gosano to take over above reproach.
the match, Bernie Gosuno round. Was not until the ninth innings that Cassela a lot of running, but he drop-ihom he had played Rugger.
one and only ped points by "hitting the tin" as the pivotal berth.
Podmore's anticipation was aing off a bonutiful forward line they notched their
If, however, there were profes- U.S. swimmers foR often as he scored on other strokes. trifle faulty, but again he was the movement, by running in and boa. run. Clevelands played an error. A spurt by Robson tied the score at alonal boxer in the team no con- outstanding half back, withting Smith with an oblique shot. iess game to win handsomely. This move suggested playing Davies often in the limelight. The Saints held the lead until with fire, for past experience Nevertheless the customary do the Interval, and retained it until Bad indicated that it would need minance of the intermediates was five minutes from the end, when
and Duncan obtaining Brooklyn Gosuna in the rearguard if the lacking. forderers attack was to be Up forward Hazlewood was neat, possession on the halfway line, Boston... plopped.
but could have remained further took the ball up with a glorious (Lee homered for Boston). But Gomen played an excellent up the field with probably better out of passing. culminating in
Cincinnati resulta. Fortey was comparative Duncan beating Marques with a
uncleas, He could nofther deceptive augle shot, the ball just Chicago made no mistakes whatever.
gather
(Billy Jurgen at Cogano's middle line leadership of shooting.
upright.
homered).
GOSANO'S INSPIRATION.
Jones
brand of football and with Souzay the ball nor show nny idea | entering the not by the far
6-6, but the game went to Cassels ontamination would result. his serpice.
FAST PACE TELLS,
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
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Cassel continued to play, stendly and frequently brought la opponent to the front by agft shots to the ride
S. LEE BECOMES A PROFESSIONAL
walls, but Robson brought off some
very good saves by virtue of his long
G
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reach, and he caught up after his
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London, April 17. For the fourth year in succes-
JAPAN
Invited To Compete
With Stars de
Tokyo,, April 20. Jack Medica and two other lea
opponent had gained a five-point ston, Sidney Leo has won the lead in the third game. In a hard amateur billiards Utle, beating F. Ing. US, svimmora, selected by t Tought struggle Robson's pace finally Edwards by 120 at Thurston's. A.A.U., have been formally. Invit short stop triumphed over Cassels placing.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
undoubtedly provided the inspira Jones worked hard, but rather The Borderers were right on tion for the Saints' forwards, who unavailingly, and it was the win top in the closing stages. In addi thrived on kin forward passes. gers who presented the chlef dan ton to Mathias'a shot which deser-
Philadelphia The Interporter played į sparkling (ger to the Saints, rearguard, ved to score, the Saints's-cross bar
wide terri- footbull, 'covering a
Duncan put in some first rate wastruck, and Halewood missed & New York tory, and always, accomplishing work, and although missing an sitter. In the lant half minute Cleveland numething of note. He was much opon goal, made amends a few Dunean forced a corner, and the St. Louin. too fast for Fortes, but was minutes later with the equaliser, klek was only just scrambled oceaniconlly placed at a disadvan-Mathias could have been better
Chicago Lugo by Hazlewood, whose tricky supplied
with the ball. Ho
away.
(Continued on Page 9.)
Detroit
සප - සප
The next game proved to be the The final scores were: Lee, 1,920; by the Japan Aquatic Spor last, for Robson opencil strongly and Edwards, 3,609. By his victory, Federation to visit Japan ni
ls confdont play resulted in a yet Los equalled the record of Ccompete against swimmers. faster pace.
Though losing points Virr, also a four-times winner The AA.U. selected the the when Cassels beat him with a par-) Lee will not have the opport- men, it was said, In view of thr ticularly good shot, he managed al unity of beating this record, as he promising performances, at recit ways to be slightly aliead, and he is to turn professional immediate Indoor meets, after request p played out the content by somo hardly. "I feel sorry that I am leaving that effect by the J.A.S.F.
nansies well placed just above the
the amatour ranks," he said, lavitation was formally last The complete result was 9-6, 6.9, "though I hope that I may do my yesterday following a meeting 1 9-5, 0.0.
part well in the other game." Federation directors hero.
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