THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1934.
CRICKET STARTS: FOLLY OF NEW INTERPORT DATE
PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS
CLIMATICALLY WRONG AND
IN ADDITION TO WHICH
LEAGUE IS UPSET.
THE
TO-DAY'S TRIAL: SEVEN "CERTS”. IF FORM HOLDS GOOD
THE ELVIN-MINU QUESTION
(By R. Abbit).
Owing to the new arrangements for the Interport Match at Shanghai, which provide for the series to be played at the end of the first week of October instead of in May as heretofore, it has been necessary to open the Cricket Season hero a full month before the usual date.
DAY OF SURPRISES
·GIANTS, YANKEES & TIGERS LOSE
LATEST BASEBALL RESULTS
New York, Sept. 2. Both the Yankees and Giant? were beaten in major league base bull games to-day, the fornier viclima Washington being
of Senators, and the latter well heaten by Brooklyn Dodgers.
sur-
St. Louis Browns won a double header against Chicago Red Sox, and Detroit Tigers were prisingly defeated by Cleveland Indians, Harder blanking out the Tigers.
It is much too soon. September is definitely not a month for Cricket, as it is, apart from the chances of rain and storm, about the most trying month in the year, coming as it does at the end of our very severe aum-1 for weather. However, this year it! has got to be done, but in this year only, trust.
the
climatically The whole thing is
point wrong, and there is another that have just realized. It is rather when probable that the Interport, played here early in November, de
keen tracts somewhat from the spirit of the First Division in Cricket Leagur. fleretofore there has always been each alternate year in which the Lengue runs s troubled courke. But now every year Is going to be upset, if the present armingements are made permanent; as Htart League no one will want to
until Cricket in the first Division about the fourth week in October, if they have had their best men away up North.
un-
I admit that the point is not vital, but the League has a tendency to drift on too late. And so, the earlier it can be started the better. No one Wants to see the Triangular Tourna
the fixture of Arst League matches be
ent interfered with in any way by tween December 21, and January: 4, so far as the H.K.C.C., the Army, the Navy and K.C.C. ure concerned. The other Clubs are, of course, less
THE POSSIBLE TEAM.
Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves shared a double hender as did Pittsburgh Pirates and Cin-effectel. einnati Reds.
Results as cabled by Rinter, follow.
Empire LAWN BOWLS-A "messure" on one of the heads in the Empire Games lawn bola con. lest at Paddington between, Seetfond and Australia. Hongkong took part in this meeting and par. formed with credit.
SELECTION OF JAPANESE ATHLETES TO MEET AMERICAN “STARS"
NOT LIKELY TO CARRY' OFF
TRACK EVENTS
BUT EXPECTED TO EARN SUCCESSES IN THE FIELD
WONDERFUL ARRAY OF TALENT FOR NEXT WEEK'S MEETING
Bicycle Golf On: Riviera
NECESSITY STILL THE MOTHER--
BOWLING GREEN MAKING
FINAL BID
RECORD WIN PUTS THEM HEAD
OF TABLE AGAIN
CRAIGENGOWER “A” STILL FACED WITH STIFF PROPOSITION
I.R.C. NOW SAFE FOR TITLE
Kowloon Bowling Green Club's record break victory against Craigengower "B" on Saturday created the anticipated interesting position in the division of the lawn bowls league.
The champlons are once agaiḥ at| the head of the table, being two points ahead of Calgengower first string, but with two extrn games
rat Grimmitt
mlayed. Almost everything Continues
on the result. of the Civil Service |Į y Craigengawer match. If the latter lone, the Bowling Green will have a chance of finishing on level. torms and a declding match will be necessary.
Winning Way
ANOTHER TITLE
SECURED
Arthur Grimmitt, leading Civil Service lawn bowler is on the threshold of establishing a new record in the annals of Hongkong lawn bowls.
Craigengewer have also to meet the Police and their own club colleagues. They can derive no from the little encouragement result of Saturday's match be tween Civil Service and Talkoo. The Recreation Club visited the government servants and won in smart fashlon by six points. Civil Service have the reputation in the pair championship yester.. (supported by records) of being day, earned him his second title one of the hardest teams in the of the year, and he now only. league to beat on their own green, requires to win the singles cham- Taikoo's achievement must do aplonship to qualify as No. 1 rank- lot to restore the confidence of ing player in the Colony. Craigengower.
His victory with Fred J. Jones
bowls,
Grimmitt is playing first class and yesterday figured prominently in the overwhelming PLAYED LIKE CHAMPIONS.
defeat of the Recreio pair, W. K The Bowling Green played like way and A. S. Gomes in the final
the champlons all the time in inflicting of
pairs championship. Cagnes-sur-Mer, Aug. 2. Two golfers and their caddies, upon Craigengower second string Grimmitt and Jones won by 28. Tokyo, Aug. 28.
On two cinke the chaming Green Club. Japan's all-star track and field team, 29 men selected all mounted on bicycles and pedal- the biggest thrashing of the shots to 10 on the Kowloon Bowl- ing along the fairway--that is the season.
This follows immediately upon on the basis of the best 1934 performances, has been sight that has greeted the eyes of pions scored 34 shots, Drake's four
the day, with 54 shots against nine. of the Civil Service rink in the since Saturday in intensive training at the Meiji Marine early risers here on a recent morn-enjoying the most decisive win of Grimmitt's auccessful leadership Stadium, Tokyo's big athletic arena, for the America-ing.
Every now and then one of the Ile was opposed by J. Cavanagh's rink championship, and his recent
displays have made him fr Japan ducl meet scheduled there for Sept. 8 and 9, but cyclists would dismount, accept a rink.
Hall's rink were also severe on favourite for the singles in which not even the most sanguine of Japanese sports fanatics club from his caddy, play a shot
semi-Anal, expects anything but decisive defeat at the hands of 14 and then romount.
At first it was thought that this C. S. Rosaelot and his colleagues, championship he has reached the WINNERS CONSISTENT. AL My readers will have seen the
first-rank American athletes who sailed for the Orient eccentricity was the result of a scoring 34 against 15, whereas
Jones and Grimmitt wore for names of those who have reported
wager or that it was another of the Guy finished eight points up on able to make the trip. Of these onc
Aug. 15.
"extravagances" so common on the Lowls. can. Assuming all remain St, write
And the second severest defeat and away the better pair. yester duy, their steady and consistent down at least, seven names-that is
Most of the team which carried'sity: Yoshimo Sasaki, alumnus Riviera,
Enquirica revealed however that was sustained by Kowloon Cricket drawing forcing the losers to unless there are any amazing cases of loss of form. T. E. Pearce, H. Owen Japan's colours to a creditable show-Bunrika University, member 1932 queen, T. A. Feste, 6. S. Dunkley, Ing in the track and field section Olympic team: Masao Miyanagi,one of the players, a titled Eng-Club, who, on the Recreio green, adopt defensive tactics. Gomor
and all three rinks.
drive in an effort to break up a (Urbanaki and Berger. homered). C. I. M. Ricketts, C. C. Garthwaite, of the 1932 Olympic Games at Los student Bunrika University; Kelji alman, has been suffering from lost by 20 shots, being down on was continually called upon to head on which the Civil Service and F. D. Fornira are pretty sure to Angeles have passed from the firat Imai, student Kyoto commercial a bad attack of sciatica
WELL DONE I.R.C.! he chosen. This arranges for the flight, and the new generation has school; Talichi Rishi, alumnus Kyo has been unable to walk,
He did not find bicycling painful
players were strongly placed. But wicket keeping, and gives the side not yet measured up to the 1932 to Imperial University, member
1032 Olympic team: Monta Suzuki, however, so rather than miss his The Indian Recreation Club be- Gomes did not enjoy the best of fast howler, medium fast right standard.
student Keio University.
morning round on the links, he
winners of the Juck with his driving, and-more hand swinger, and a slow right hand]
Middle Distance Runners-Ku-hired four bicycles. leg-breaker. Of the other four places
Watching bleyele golf is proving second division as a result of their often than not the head remained mao Aoji, student Rikkyo Univer-
accom Jones' spade work was sity; Toyozo Amachika, of Sapore; one of the greatest attractions for victory against the Police. The undisturbed.
three plished neatly and very effectively Choshua Ryu, a Korean; Hideo visitors to the little sea-side town Indians now require but one win Yanaka, student Cuo University; which is famous for its golf from
(Continued on Page 9.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Phliadelphia Boston ...
23 10
R. H.
E.
2 8
4
11 ง
1
Philadelphia 12 13
Doston
5
Pittsburgh
1 10
Cincinnati
2
G
(Hafey homered)
it looks as if two bowlers and two batsmen should be picked.
Pittsburgh
18.
0
Cincinnati
1 10
1
New York
3 ४ 2
7 12 1
Brooklyn
(Boyle homered)
YAMBU NOT COMPETING.
The outstanding star of the A Olympic team, Chuhel Yambu, wine One thing is pretty clear.
hop-step-Jump and Kuod tock left hander in wantediner of the
Elvin and Mina third in the broad jump, will not obviously And Bracket.
compete in the Tokyo meet. That There is no room for both of them holder of two world records has in the alde. When Elvin bowls well been in Europe all summer as he is deadly, but I am doubtful of conch to the Japanese girl's team rain.him against good batsmen, who may in the women's "Olympics" at Lon-
The St. Louis v Chleago match was postponed on necount of
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago
St. Loula
(Campbell homered)
Chicago
St. Louis
hit him off. He is no bat. Minu don.
Only four who won points for
He has been a very fine bowler, and Japan at Los Angeles are mem-
a hitter is always a possibility, and
2
1
he has a very safe pair of hands.
4 11
Q
4 11
3
0
(Strange and Clift homered)
had a great share in winning the bers of the 1934 team; Shuhei Nis- game at Shanghai in
1032.
Un-bida the polevaulter, almost as good
course:
Mizler Wins Title With Straight Lefts
fortunately he ran into a bud patch as when he captured second in that BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHT
Detroit
h 2 B
triala...
(Harder pitched)
Cleveland
1 5 0
THE OTHER BOWLER,
Washington
(Stone homered)
New York.......
Boston
9 17
3 10
2 7
1
like
0
(Reynolds homored) Philadelphia: * * *
7
1
K.C.C. START NET PRACTICE
The Return Of Fred Zimmern
came
virtual
.:
remaining their
his woods being so well placed matches to win the title.
The achievement, In the accond that Grimmitt's task was consider year of the Indians' return to com-ably lightened. petitive lawn bowls, la magnificent The winners were unquestion and deserving of the highest ably the better bowlers on the
Inve They
shown afternoon's showing, but Gomes credit. exemplary consistency throughout and Way could have scored a for points without being the season, and there has never more been a championship team more flattered. worthy of the success which has rewarded their painstaking de-
CHAMPIONSHIP.
ATTRACTS FIERCE BOUT...
Second place to them will go either to the Bowling Green Club or the Police. The former won
PROMISING FORM
مسکینی
Hongkong Bowlers
Beat Shanghai, Shanghai, Sept. 2.
rink skippered by the Hongko
last year, as everyone does sooner or spectacular contest at Los Angeles; Inter. Which of these two bowlers in Ryutoku Yoshioka, still a great chosen depends, as far as I can see, sprinter but hardly in Ralph Met- upon the form they display in the calf's class; and two jumpers, Ken- Harry Mizler. of London, re-sionally with straight rights to the smartly at the Yacht Club on definite kichi Oshima and Naondo Tajima. tained the British light-weight heart and left winge to the body. Saturday, indicating
Yoshloka seems to be the only title at Swansea when he gained a The Welshman, whose right eye revival, whereas the Police fell member of the Japanese team ab points victory in fifteen rounds began to swell in round four, was victims to the Indian Recreation
ace, U.M. Omar, met and defeated As for the other bowler, I should to give reasonably stiff competition over Billy Quinten, of Amman twice cautioned in the fifth round Club, giving the impression that
for hitting with the open glove. they are not so likely to stay the strong Yangtsepon rink on
Inter's green this afternoon by t He roused enthusiasm in the course. to Ace chosen a fast, or fast in the flat races to such great Am- ford, the Welsh champion,
as Metcalf, Cun It was not however, a runaway medium left-hander, of the type of crican runners 0
sixth by sailing in with both
The Bowling Green and Craigen-startling score of 30-10.
The game was in the nature of Alan Roid. Unfortunately I don't ningham and Hornbostel. The best victory. Quinlen pulled up remark-
hands and forcing Mizler to the
Kower "A" stand completely on beliove there in such a bowler in the of the new crop are Kumno Aofl, ably well from the sixth round,
ropes, when he scored with their own in their first division, warming up for the Hongkon Colony. The man we know feast. about is H. W. Baines who is an capable of 1:58 for 800 metere, and and there was little between them!
having no challengers for either players before the interport match which commence on Tuesday, a runnera-up because Yangtsepoo looked upon as The champion, however, was not the leadership or Authentic. He did not play enough Midco Tanaka, a fair 1,500-meter until the last round, when Mizler Inst season really to settle down and man, but neither can push Horn-showed his best form and deserved
perturbed, and retaliated with a the verdict.
strong club, the visitors' demonstr position. If he can find a longth he is quite bostel nor Cunningham.
sories of punches to the body,
tion is impressive... fast I bellove--and get runs as wel
(Conthued on Page 9.j he might well be the second bowler chosen.
Yesterday the practice nots at
THE LAST TWO PLACES.
STRONG JUMPING SECTION
The Japanees expect to make their best showing in the jumping events, despite the passing of Nam- Unless I. McInness does anything bu. They have always been strong particularly startling in the trials in that section. Oshima may be doubt his inclusion. He is a very pretty field, and always looks as good enough to win the hop-step- he is going to get runs, but, anyway and-jump, a Japanese specialty, against the better bowlers, he gets and he, Tajima and Masao Harada,
the Kowloon Cricket Club wont up himself out early by a bad cross-bat a newcomer, should give a good for the first time since the close hot he has to an off ball. That leaves account of themselves in the broad E.J.R. Mitchell, D. S. Harley, L. jump, being consistently over, 23
an
work
Fred out.
of last season. Over a dozen P. William and A. H. Medar. fect. players took advantage of having imagine twelve men at least wil If Nishida and Wirt Thompson
initial
go. If a captain were wanted I are both in form it will take some Zimmern, who has returned to should yote straight off for Mitchell local cricket after an absence of whose cheery optimian is worth that thing like 14 feet to win the pelo two years, revealed some of his nifty runs and three wickets per in Vault, while Suyeo Oye also lias old batting skill. F. S. W. Smith nings. On form Madar and Willams been pushing the bar up toward that mark. None of the Japanese though was in gay mood and simply are perhaps the two best,
Mitchell's sound fielding in the doop can follow Waiter Marty far in opened his shoulders, albolt timing must not be forgotten. D. 9. Harlay the high jump. well and hitting very cleanly. is at present a very attractive and Against such giants as John An- free-scoring bataman against weak derson and Donald Favor, the Jap
concede themselves - little The bowling was somewhat bowling. But he is a bad starter ancao Tagged Shiolds, a newcomer, may against good bowling.
chance in the weights, prove a useful addition to the club
JAPAN'S SELECT.
** WAIT AND SEE.
if he does not try to bowl fast. Perry, former, Civil Service playerThe fact is the Trials are going The Japanese athletes selected Bent down some useful stuff, quickly capturing a length, The to be very interesting as at least for the team are:
four places in the 'sido itself must Sprintra-Ryutoku Yoshioka, rest was very mediocre, although depend on the form shown by eight alumnus Bunrika University, 1932 it would be harsh to take much players. I shall hope to describe to Olympic pointwinner, Mutsuo Ta nauca of "this, the first outing of day's trial in to-morrow's olitions of puchi, student Kwansal Univer
"Kai-Telvgrant::
HARRY MIZLER.
The attendance did not number! more than about six thousand, and
was, therefore, disappointing. It was not an exceptionally thrilling affelr, but Mizler boxed on scienti fo:lines. He got a lend with woll timod etraight lofts in the early rounds Quinten countered oscas
some heavy panches.
LEN SMITH WINS FIERCE FIGHT
Persistent Attack Boats Butler
:
RESULTS AND TABLES. Saturday's results and present longue tables follow.
FİRST DIVISION.
Civil Service Recreo
K. B. G. 0. Folic
53 Talkoo
K. O. C. 910. C.-C. " 64 Kowloon Docks
League Table
A crowd of 3,000 on the Walsall fotball ground saw Len "Tiger" . . Smith, the Birmingham wolterraiko n weight who conquered Jack Hood, Felice R
C. c. c. "" outpoint Pat Butler, of Leicester K...
Relun Decks i over twelve rounds.
SECOND
It was Smith's persistent attack that earned him the decision. Butler boxed skilfully at times, Electri
Football Club. but ... -the Birmingham - man, Wha| Indlan; IL_0. always forcing the pace.
It was amazing how Butler. Tachi Chub aurvived during the sixth round. He was punched from post to post and tottered to his corner. Indian R but he recovered so well that at the end of the eighth round the t fight was even
Later Smith showed his charac- cat teristic vigour, and Butler bad eg many anxious moments.
IP Up Dn.
OND DIVISION
20. o., d.
-- 67Pulice.
82X, B. G. O.
Longer Table,
SEERUMI
116
110
Tho. winning rink was composed the following: A. E Coates, E. Post, Beer and U. M. Omar (ski)
Our Own Correspondent
INTERPORT POLO
Match With Shangha On October 3
The date for the Keswick Cup In port Polo match botwaon Hongk 14 and Shanghai has now definitely 19 fixed for October Bat Causeway I The Interport Folo trial; unfortunately had to be abando during the, Arst chukker on Mon has not yet been replayed Aˇro has been provisionally fixed:for erening. The team will be sole later.
kasha Londen, Sept Jack McLean, the Scottin Irish amateur golf cancelled his proposed trip
In the American championship * He has accepted: Instead an: tion to will:Anites]IA AN sentative of the Royal and Club team which will get
albourne, Center'i