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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY 7,
1934.
GLORIOUS DISPLAY ENDS LOCAL SOCCER
Chinese And F.A. Teams In Battle Royal
MORE RUN GETTING
BOSTON BRAVES SNEAK 14
WHITE SOX ALSO IN FORM
New York, May 6.
Boston. Braves in the American Longue and Chicago White Sox In the National led the way in run- major hitting fents in to-day's
lengue baseball, when the former scored 11 against Detroit, and Chicago totalled eleven against Philadelphia.
Both the Giants and Yankees anatched victories, and the Sena- tors held their own by blanking out Chicago and hitting up five runs in reaponac.
Details as suppiled by Renter
were.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
St. Louis
(Burns homered)
R. H:
12
3
New York....
6
1
(Gehrig homered)
Detroil...
T
2
(Porter homered)
Boston
Il
17
1
Cleveland...
4
7
2
(Porter homered):
Philadelphin
3
B
3
(Foxx homered}
Chicago
0
h
4
Washington ..
t
Brooklyn
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
AL
(Boyle and Frey homered) Pittsburgh .... 8 13
5 7
]
0
New York
I 10
0
Maneuzo homered)
Clacinnati....
4
9
D
(lafay homered)
Philadelphia
5 10
Ꮭ
(Hurst homered)
Chicago...
11
I'l
1
Boston
3
7
0
St. Louis
7
1
Mowry homered)
WORLD FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP
THE SPOILS:-Sir Thomas Southorn, presenting the Gover nor's Cup to Mullane, ceplain of the F.A., team at the conclusion Saturday's match. (Photo: Ming Yuan).
The L.T.A. Tennis
Tournament
MORE ENTRIES NEEDED
Tennis players are not giving |
FOR THE GOVERNOR'S CUP
LOSERS A LITTLE BIT UNLUCKY
WING COMBINATIONS PLAY IMPORTA NT PART
(By "The Pilgrim")
No more thrilling football contest than that by which the Hongkong Football. Association defeated the China Amateur Athletic in the Governor's Cup Final at Happy Valley on Satur- day has been served up to the fans this season.
Playing goal for goal in a dour duel bencath a blazing sun and before a capacity-filled ground, the two teams were three-all when the final whistle sounded and it was only a swerving shot which beat Wong Wing in the extra twenty minutes played, which settled the issue.
Right up to the last moment thej certainty as to whether Blake was the 25th anniversary open invita Chinese looked certain to equalise on-side.
tion tennis tournament, organised but throughout the game, the The Chinese defence remained
SEASON
Cord, the F.A., gvalkoopor, makes a daring clearance over the heads of Mullane and a Chinese attacker during Saturday's Governor's Cup match on the Club ground. (Photo: Ming Yuan).
by the LT.A. the support anti-Football Association's goal szemed admirably firm and their half done LOVELOCK'S FORMER Return
cipated and desired, and unless to bear a charmed life.
functioned smoothly. cen- further entries ቤድሮ received by As predicted in the Telegraph. | tred ground shot and after! Wednesday, it is doubtful whether fast wingers decided the day and everyone else had missed it, Beruio the tournament will materiallae. the crowd was treated to many) Gusano put it over the bur much
Present entrics include the thrilling runs on up the sideline to his own chagrin. Rumjahn cousins and Pay! Kong from which most of the sorties; Ridley was fouled and Pedmore in the men's singles, but the ro were made, mainder of the events require
RIVAL RETURNING
Badminton
surfeil the practice of shooting England Hoping to Sce J.F. Match E. Strange, playing at centres over the bar by puncturing a holėj much better support, especially forward found the personality of in the surrounding enclosures Cornes on Track Again
the wings too powerful for him to well.. co-ordinate but they functioned splendidly separately.
the men's doubles and ladies' singles.
Messrs.
STRANGE AT WING.
Later, but
A
SHOCK FOR TAIKOO
LOSE LAWN BOWLS RECORD
CRAIGENGOWER KEEP IT: UP
In only needed Saturday's results to convince that this summer is going to see one of the keenest contcats for Inwn bowls league honours in the history of the focal game. Craigongower "B"; last year's second division champions de- feated the powerful Police outfit in the senior section, whilst at the same time the "Craig" No. 1 team showed Kowloon Docks how to win, and the Kowloon Bowling Green went to Talkoo, upset a traditional record, and so maintained their leadership.
There should be half a dozen Intensely interesting games later in the season when the Bowling Green meet the two Craigenge. wer teams, and the C.C.C., outfits come into apposition.
HUMPTY.DUMPTY.
The Recreio's "Humpty-Dumply** experience at the hunds of Čivli Service was not altogether a Bur- prise, although the margin of defont was somewhat larger than the
must
pessimistic of the Portugese supporters, would have anticipated.
In the Junior Division we had the initial success of the Football Club, together with the first win this season of the Indian Recroa- tlon Club. The soccerites took it out of the K.C.C., by no less than 13 shots.
But the IR.C., laid in walt for none
other than Craigengewer (and on the latter's green at that) to win by 18 shota.
In accordance with expectations, the championa added two further points to the tally which is bring- ing them nearer retention of the honours, but the rejuvenated The Jockey Club and Kowloon Yacht Club was not to be outdone, London, May 1. Cricket Club meet in their rennd took toll of the Police in no ROBERTSON SOUND.
well-known athlete about turn badminton match to-morrow uncertain manner. whom more may be heard shortly evening at Happy Valley. Robertson was playing a con-is J. F. Cornes, the former Oxford
League standings are now: scientious game and was dealing University
FIRST DIVISION, athletics president,
The K.C.C., who were defeated
Shots Pta P. W. D. L. while also playing as third back months' leave from Nigeria, where ngo. effectively with his speedy winger who is coming to England for six on their own court fortnight
K.D.G.C.
Up are turning out the same C.C.C. "A" Cord anved well a blinding Eve he is Assistant District Commis-team, although there will possibly C.C.C. "B" yards shot which should have stoner."
be different pairing,
C.S.C.C. been a goni. Lee had started the
Cornes ran
Collins will very likely be Recreio with up.
the race of his movement and he followed
partnered by Guest, while Wigg Police life in the
and Gruy will return to their K.C.C.
K.D.R.C. Olympic Games erstwhile combination and Kew
Tuikoo at Los Angeles will turn out with E. F. Fincher. in 1932, when
The Jockey Club may have to he was beaten by two yardemake one change, as W. C. Hung Yacht Club by the Italian, is uncertain whether he can turn c.3.C.C Luigi Beccall, out, but they are hoping to play K.B.C.C. that which beat Electric whom he had the same team previously the K.C.C., in the first encounter. Police
It Is to be sincerely hoped that this will be forthcoming so that the tournament. which has} been arranged to mark the 25th analversary of organised tennts in Strange went to the right wing Rot soon enough, the Colony, can be conducted.
on Wednesday,pation and allowed the Gosano Entries close
at 4.30 p.m., and intend others to fill in the centre but April
had this policy, been adopted when ing competitors should send in their forms to Mr. D. S. Green, was first self-evident at half
time-there would have been not a header which Cord also held. Rubber Duntop
Co need to play extra time.
A. V. Gosano had a good chance (China) Ltd., "Morning Post
Lee Wal-tong was the dendliest to go through but he preferred to Building, accompanied by the en
the field. For the man, on
first give to Blake and muffed the
paya. Itome, May 1.trance fees, which are $1 per event half he concentrated on putting Tso Kwa-sheung gave to Lec The finals of the world football per player.
the other inside men through but who passed to the unmarked Ip When they
failed to notch the Pale-wa but as he took the phot championship will be played kere from May 27 to June 10. The na-i
scores he changed his methods In Mullane blocked in the nick of
half and second tions concerned are Brazil, Argen-Belgium, Germany, and France. On the
time. though closely, scored all tine, Egypt, Sweden, Spain, Italy. May 24, a game between the United shadowed
Bernic placed the ball between Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, States and Mexico will be played China's goals. Each was a grand his brother and the goalkeeper Switzerland, Rumania. Holland, here.
elfort and secured againat tre-and the latter won the race by a mendous difficulties.
split second.
Great Britain Not Competing
Stoeffen America's New Tennis "Hope"
ACCLAIMED AS COUNTRY'S MOST. PROMISING PLAYER ·
New York.
the
America has à new tennis hero now hope for Davis Cup team.
Ho is Lester Stoeffen, the lanky Californian who sprang into the limelight with a venge- ance hero recently by blasting Gregory Mangin of the indoor courts in the finals of the Na- tional Indoor Tennis Cham- pionships, unseating him from the throne which he had held for two years.
It was Stooffen who, in the semi- finals of last year's national sin gies championships at Forest Ifills. fell before the withering attack of Fred Perry, of England, { an attack which earried Perry through to a brilliant victory over Jack Crawford of Australia, and gave Great Britain the American aingle title for the first time in yearn.
Carnes.
I.R.C.
11
Dwn 27
+1
SECOND DIVISION.
P. W. D. L
Shots Pts
46 4
beaten in the Their team will probably be: Football Club British cham- F. H. Kwok and S. W. Liang, | K.C.C. planships in Sousa and Choy, W. C. Hung and Recreio
He has E. Zimmern.
1930
many other
notable achie
ex-
C.C.C.
Dwn
Max Baer In Trouble With His Manager
vements to his eredit He celled not only at middle dis- It seemed cerisin that China iances, but also at
the longer would score but at the critical events, although he preferred the time Robertson appeared to walk former. His stirring duels with the ball up-field.
hia Oxford rival, J. E. Lovelock, will not easily be forgotten. WHILE Reuter.
From the kickoff the Associa- Then the China right wing gave tion's left wing was in action but the spectators some hair-raising- Blake was not able to centre well thrills with continual dropping and the ball went up the held to centres in the Association's goal- call Morrison and Mullane inte mouth. action. It was soon evident that the Association's defence was.on lop of its form. Blake forced a corner and Lee Initiated a more- ment from which Cord had to save,
The Gosano brothers were] playing effectively together and A. V. Gosano put through Strange in a goal-getting move ment which was nullified by off
side.
A. V. Gasano who was fouled took
an ineffective free kick.
CLEVER GOSANOS,
.
CHINA PRESSING.
So far this was China's most
inspired spell and only the demon of fortune had prevented them from scoring.
Strange was
running through
CHINA DRAW LEVEL.
CARNERA EXCHANGES
WITH AL CAPONE
Lake Tahoe, California.
the
manager
1
VIEWS
within the Federal prison here. Dissension has broken out Capone, standing by a window between AL 2-1 the Chinese found their
and in the shoe shop, was pointed out but he missed the area by a mile most brilliant form.
the trainer of Max Baer, who to the world's heavyweight cham. and was-beaten by the keeper.
Twice the left wing passed is training here for his fight plon by one of the guards. Primo Bernie took the bill up and Robertson and the defence had a) with Primo Carnera next June. clasped his hands above his head n the Cashion boxers follow in the centred but Strange went wide gruelling time. Then Strange was with his head,
sent away. Had he passed a goal. The dispute occurred over train-ring and waved lustily. Lee then got the ball and
Both grinned, but no words were trickily put Fung through but off-right half was only just outside he was robbed.
Aground shot from the Chinese would probably have resulted buting rules. Mr. Ancil Hoffman,
manager, told Mr. Mike Cantwell, spoken. Capone, apparently 38 side also blocked this movement. the posts.
A clover piece of footwork by trainer, that the latter was allow-excited No a schoolboy, rushed China's right wing sent in a high
wan exhibiting magaling The interval came with the Tao who
Max too much rein, Mr.from one winilow to another, keep- testing shot which Cord dealt with Association leading by one goal.
ficent ball control, and every trick Cantwell "allowed" that such was ing Primo in sight as long as but the Chinese continued to
The resumption saw high passes in the game, took him paat Morri- not the case.
possible. As the champion entered press.
another building he turned about, and not a few miskicks son. He centred to Lee who beat go astray Morrison temporarily incapaci-with Mullane prominent in defence two men and crashed home wide One of the points at issue was waved his huge hands and smiled tated himself with a hard tackle.at a testing period.
was doing some long broadly. of Cord's outstretched hands to that Max Again A. V. Gosano cloverly beat
distance tuning in on Hollywood Lan Mnu cleverly bent Jones and draw on level terms.
INTEREST IN PRISON. hia man and sent through pasa which Strange could not catch to tent Bernie out to score with thrilling lone struggle with the schedulce call for him to be in bed The same winger figured in a night clubs at 11 p.m. Training centred but Mulline cleared and
The Italian giant walked with n convert. Podmore sent Blake
Jumbering tread through the beautiful cross ground shot which backs and forced them to concede by 9 p.m. nway but the speedy winger out had the goalkeeper beaten all the corner which Morrison headed
corridors, and evidenced a boyish DODGED DAYLIGHT. paced line and centred to 4 watch
clear.
Interest in everything shown him. ful goalkeeper. Herufe centred way. By virtue of Stocffon's great
Baor's manager adheres to the by the prison guides, twice the last one finding Blake's
The prisoners, not having been showing against Mangin, In which
hend but the effort was held. The play this was a good goal and Bernie got away but was beaten opinion that, in view of the fact he demonstrated beyond all doubt
greatly improved at Wilmington, Delaware, in May. ball went from head to head up would have discouraged any other by the keeper and then Blake that his fighter has done all his told of the visit of the champion,
team.
reecived from acrossfeld thut he is a
and training since last June in Holly were taken by surprise at the player in all phases of the game In his match against Perry, the the field in a Chinese attack.
Blake sent a really fast ball beating his mas ran on to smash wood night clubs as a master of sight of Primo, There was no de across the goalmouth a moment homo a low hard drive which took ceremonica, helping to make amonstration, but many of the mot Perry he is consider-Callfornian was monotonously bad sinco ho
the Association ahead again. ed certain to be picked for the with his backhand shots. One
movie and generally dodging day prisoners remarked with awe at Davis Cup team this your. after another they went straight A not too well planned-move Strange was giving an amazing- Illako was always in the pic light, the middle of next Jung ls his size, especially his feet.
Association found the
indifferent massed ly Storffon who is taller than any into the net.
performance 318 ture in the second half and his not any too far away to get him But it
sorties were well backed up by into condition. man in the tennis world, either
Carnern's only greeting was "HI, Mangin. In each stroke booted the ball past to not an in- come Professional or Amateur, is as Against was a different Stooffen round the China goal and Strange lender while Lee was beginning toi
out In more dangerous Ridley the two presenting as After the dispute Max and his felins." A champicu. His back-auspicious first goal. koen aa mustard to "make" the he was
good a combination almost as
trainer jaunted over, to Reno to Jake Abel, a formor Atlanta Morrison Muliano and
were The ball went to Podmore and
the Gosanos, team this year. In his own words, handers functioned well, and bis it la "The Davis Cup Team or whip-lash service had the audi-pressed heavily and Cord's knee hit him on the arm-pit. He had Lee and the centre-forward im-ce some friends and to tell the boxer who naslats prison authori
night club owners that they will tea in staging the occasional box- bust" for him. He has mappedence, the largest ever to witness appeared to fall him at a critical his back to the referee who, prob perilled the Association goal every have to get along without him for ing shown there, told the champion out for himself a strenuous ton- the national Indoor singles cham-time. Then Ridley brought relief ably acting on the lineaman's time they had posscasion
that Capons was a model prisoner. a pass to Blake and the signal ordered a programme for the next pionship final, literally gasping, with
free-kick A Morrison interposed his foot just while, at noy rate.
Carnora offered to give an ex- several weeks and will compete
PRIMO AND, CAPONE Prior to defeating Mangin hewingor took the ball to the goal rapid exchange of passes aaw Lee in the to save another pile driver
hibition but regulations forced in various championships elso- turned back Frank Shields in the mouth where he tripped over the polsed for a moment in front of from Leo from 10 yards out.
WAVE GREETINGS,
prison officials to decline. How goal with little more than a ball'a avhere with the view of getting semi-final with a dazzling dla keeper.
Shields in It appeared that the goalkeeper width of room to shoot.
A fast wing movement up-|-
Atlanta, Georgia.. over, Primo's promise to box at the himself into the best possible play of tennis-and
the next Amer- hold his legs but a corner ias { He shul and reduced the arreara
field, saw. the ball awung In to Primo Carnera and Al. Capone prison on his next trip to Atlanta alape should he be damed for the rated as one of
ordered there also being some un-[ with an untouchable effort.
(Continued on Prive' D.) have waved long-distance greetings was, apcepted. Davis Cup match against Canada lean Davis Cup players,
L. Stooffen.
FIRST GOAL.
Though against the run of the
Inter
phases."
BLAKE SCORES:
and
*****HI, FELLAS,” --
Laga De ASL Alana WHACKADOM.C
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