THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER' 1935.
HENRI COCHET IN TENNIS EXHIBITION IN MANILA
CHINESE
SHINE
WEAKENED FOOTBALL'
SIDE HOLDS ARMY
CANTON ELEVEN · IN ACTION
The
(By "Sagax")
unavoidable absence from the team of several of the Canton Chinese footballers, greatly detracted from the in- terest of the soccer match be- tween them and the Army at Sookunpoo yesterday afternoon and, as a consequence, the stand- ard was not as high as would otherwise have been.
However, some delightful football was served up by the two elevens al- though there were accaskuns when the not as good as it might game was have been. A draw of one gant each was a fair reflection of the play, although the military side was award <d
a penally from a rather doubtful decision. The referee appeared to hesitate before blowing the whistle (ng) the apot kick.
Fung King-cheong, the South China contre forward, was an absentee and, with others away, the line-up of the tenn
practically reshuffled throughout,
was
Even with their weakened side the! Chinese were able to hold the strong! Army combination but it was obvious from the exhibition as a whole that the majority of the players have not; yot settled down to their best form and that n the season progresses they will be able to show their prowess to more advantage.
DEFENCES SCORE
HENRI COCHET
ARSENAL'S
MISSED CHANCES:
FIRST DEFEAT OF SEASON
FORWARD PROBLEM
ARISES
(By CHARLES BUCHAN)
London, Sept. 4.
If Arsenal had accepted their chances at Grimsby there would have been a different result. In
I
STRAIGHT VICTORY IN OPENING MATCH
LEONARDO GAVIA SHOULD SEEK INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
TWO OUTSTANDING FAULTS IN PLAY OF FILIPINO professionAL
Manila, Sept. 30. After defeating Leonardo Gavia, Jr. in three straight, seta, G-3, 6-3, 6-2, in the opening match of the special tennis series at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Stadium yesterday afternoon, Henri Cochet, famous French net acc, declared that the Filipino ace plays a good, heady game and should be sent to Europe to put polish on his technique. The Frenchman, who five years ago was rated as the world's outstanding tennis star, found two major faults in Gavia's style of play but in general praised the local star.
C.D. AAVOLD RETIRING FROM RUGBY
PROSPECTS OF
"Gavia is a good player, Cuchet stated after the match, Je nyu good service and A nice back-hand but his forearm strokes are no got at all. He has too much wrist movem ment for nothing.
"Another fault he has le he plays' the baseline too much. He should play up to the net, more.”
LEONARDO GAVIA
OUR SOCCER FORECASTS
Huddersfield Away To Leeds
(By "Sagax")
The following is a forcenst of Saturday's matches in
the Home football Leagues:
GAME AT HOME Gavin should be sent abroad, Balion
HARLEQUIN STYLE'
OF PLAY
London, Sept. 7.
FIRST
DIVISION
Blackburn
• Chelsea
"
་
Wednesday
MIÚDLESBRO
Cochiet seemed surprised to hear that Gavin has had practically no tournament experience abroad and has | ARSENAL not played in Europe:
Te declared BIRMINGHAM preferably to Europe to improve his Brentford game.
DERBY EVERTON Cochet arrived in Manila yester-
Leeds day morning aboard the Empress of ****
MANCHESTER C. v Stoke Canada. Despite the fact that he had barely seven hours in which to get his
Preston N. E. land legs hack, he had no difficulty in WEST BROM.
SUNDERLAND
PLAYED HIS BEST
In these days, when the ten-disposing of the Islands No. 1 star. dency is for the season to start ever earlier and programmes to go on expanding, the decision of Blackheath to curtail their fix-declared after
"I played my best to-day and was as good as I wan in 1980," Cochet
the matelt.
Wolves
Aston Villa Huddersfield
~ PORTSMOUTH v Liverpool
v Grímsby
SECOND DIVISION
Bradford Burnley CHARLTON The Fulham
Full
hoth sides over the opposing forward club would have got more than cular importance, writes H. B. T. him as he has spent the greater part LEICESTER
they deserved. Griminates entitled to the points they played with splendid spirit and matched their opponents for skill.
inthe past sehr playing in Exsps, Part Indin and other countries where the weather is hot, he said.
lines was a feature of the game which was played, for the greater part of the seventy minutes, in suidheld, It was rarely that the forwards were able to get away together although
Three minutes before half-line there were some pretty movements on both sides. It was always when near-Crimsby won the game with as good ing goal that the neat, crisp passing a goal as one could wish to see. Foi season is reached, and very wisely nothing spectacular about Cochet's
of the forwards broke down and a misdirected kick allowed the opposi tion to nip in and clear.
Tho Chinese forwards were the more dangerous of the two combina- tions and Rowlands, in the Army gonl, had much more work to do than dil Shu Tap-lam, deputising for Won Wing. The military player brought off some brilliant suves although it was on only a few occasions that he was given a real test.
Mak Sui-bin and Fu Cha-hang playing at left back in the piner-of- Leo Tin-sang) defended soundly but the bability of Higgins to touch his best form greatly eased the work of the defenders. Lee Kwok-wal, in the pivotal position also worked hard and greatly enhanced his reputation.
well The military players served by their half backs and had
were
lowing a throw-in on the right, Craven took a return pass from Dy son, dribbled a few yards and thent Rent a wonderfái 20 yards left-foot shot hurtling past Wilson.
Yet Arsenal had only themselves to blame when they were in ur rears, for just previously Davidson; missed a simple opening provided by Drake, sending wide of the goal when Tweedy was hopelessly out of position.
ANOTHER CHANCE
the prospects of the forthcoming English rugby season. Black heath have found that their players become stale and weary of football before the end of the they are cutting down to reduce the liability of such ills.
scrum.
whose
steady pinying
v. BLACKPOOL
V Newcastle
v Bradford C. Tottenin
* PLYMOUTH
y Doncaster MANCHESTER U.
* Notts Forest
v Norwich
vBury
v Barnsley
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) ·
TORQUAY
Y Millwall
Gillingham Crystal Pal.
y Northampton
v Watford
v Brighton
Y Cardig
y Queen's 17. R.
READING
y Bristol C
v Southend
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
the first set on his own service but Gavin took the opening gatite of dropped the next two to the visitor,
Accrington proved too
CARLISLE consistent for the local player Gavia came back to win the fourth game but CHEST Cuthet took the following two games. Darlington
Creve Gateshead HALIFAX
PLENTY OF THRILLS
8OUTHPORT
TRANMERE WALSALL
SHEFFIELD U. | SOUTHAMPTON . Both Cochet and Gavia thrilled the SWANSEA spectators which packed the Rizal West Ham Memorial Tennis Stadiums. There was
but playing
the spectators were
Aldershot treated to the best court strategy and BOURNEMOUTH headliest tennis ever played on
Gent Hristal R. No doubt to-day their executive | court. Cochet whates no will be very busy and very thorough Like a big league baseball player he COVENTRY
energy. CLAPTON O. in their sorting out and spotting, is in just the right position for his Exeter for they have several rather patent returns. He covers plenty of terri-LUTON raps to fill, specially behind the tury without apparent effort. Yester NEWPORT
It Rooms that Cart Aarvaldybe proved he is a master of the Naits Cannty
art of placing the ball where he wants SWINDON is a doubtful starter this year. Though all comparatively young far club football, the old England and Cambridge explain has had a very full football life since he first "Early in the second half, too, they got his Blue in 1925, and this fact, should have equnlined when a mis coupled with the calls of business, understanding in Grimsby's defence which often take him for fire. allowed Milne to shoot towards
has caused him to talk retire- empty goal, only to see Buck drop ment. If he should carry out this from the clouds, as it were, to clear threat, he will be very sorely The seventh game provided an LINCOLN from the goal-line, a performance re- missed, for there has been no more abundance of thrills, as it found peated a little later by Hodgson. popular figure in the Rugby world | Cochet and Gavia matching wits. In Evidently Grimsby had taken note in the last decade, and the "Club" one instance Cochet returned Gavia's it not been for Lawton and Keneghan, of the tactics of Sheffield Wednesday outside division will look strange service to the baseline, Gavia drove to the corner and Cochet returned with the fatter particularly, the two full when they best Arsenal in the F.A. without him.
a lifting drive, Garia then used his backs would never have been able to Cup, Inst season. At any rate, they
famous backspin stroke, the ball land- hold Tam Kong-pak nd Chun Chan-
and ABERDEEN ing close to the net. Cochet dashed re-shuffling their attack in he
ALBION wo in the way they did. The shot amated the Wednesday by shuttling
The Harlequins, with Dunkley up and topped it over the net, at CLYDE with which "Darkle" Chan heat Row-wildering fashion in the hope of lands through a pass from Tam who setting a man-for-man defensive sys again captain, will be much the tempting to catch Gavin flat-footed
in HAMILTON actually made the opening, was the tem. The result was not quite what same in personnel as last season, the back court. The local are, how HEARTS
instead of dig for though they have lost Paviell, ever, came up with a and shot
a spurt hest of the match and would have they expected, for
the bal
Kilmarnock past the Frenchman into beaten any local goalkeeper.
concerting the opposition it is they have one or two very likely t
the for the point. Gavin QUEEN'S PARK
QUEEN O'STH. won the gante. Cochet very clever football, He and Tam great things.
der of their young back division set in comparatively easy fashion. In were the pick of the Chinese forwards
Grimsby's defence took the honours should certainly have benefited by the ninth game, Gavla did not score and it was to them that the Canton
a point. side owed much for their success in of a hard, fast and good game. Hodga year's growth. The progress of
In the second set, Gavia won the son, a big, strong centre-half, was an Butler and Hudson. in particular, holding the soldiers to a draw.
Fecond, seventh__and eighth games. In the forward line for the Army outstanding personality, dominating will be very eagerly watched. The set was featured by Gavin's It does seem that the style of determined stand against the fa- the left flank composed of Baldry and the centre of the field and closing
Drake's approach to goal. Buck and play at which the Harlequins aimed Ridley
always keeping the tall were terrier-like wing-halves,
mous French
But his best Chinese defenders busy and several rarely beaten in the ; tacide,,
inst season is a very possible solu- esforts were fuille against Cochet's while
tion of the wing forward spoiling steady, bendy playing ami experi times when the pair broke away the Vincent and Kelly covered Tweedy
In brief, It consists in | enee,
There endangered, with much cleverness, and co-operation; game.
were times when Cochet opposition goal was However, when it was time to shoot that that goalkeeper hud ittle to do transferring the ball from hooker's toyed with the local sce. the inaccuracy of the forwards re-
Gavia also won the opening game forwards as a line owing to the con- in the briefest possible time-con- He made quick work of the third
One could not judge the Grimsby foot to wing three-quarter's houds
of the third sut on his own service. lleved many a situation..
Ridley missed several opportunities | tinual changes, but Craven caught
occasion fumbled a the eye with forceful dribbling tacking handler doing its job. in the game, but from that point on Ristent. of course, with each at-game, allowing Cochet only one point and on one #kitter."
Glover made many brilliant runs in Provided that there is real speed Cochet swept through to easy victory. In the wings, it seems to be a very paying method.
HARLEQUINS
Chesterfield
v Hortlepools "V"Darrow
Y STOCKPORT
v Okham
WREXHAM
v Rochdale
y York
v New Brighton
v Rotherham
♥ Mansfield SCOTTISH LEAGUE (FIRST DIVISION)
- l'atick
v Dundee
Ayr
y Hibernian
Third Lanark
▾ CELTIC
Airdrie
v Motherwell
The Chinese Athletic leader was organised their own front line, which, men to choose from for his place eventually always dangerous and played some in the opening stages, had promised! on the left wing, and the remain- took the remaining two games of the ST. JOHNSTONE v Arbroath
Was
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the second half.
BASTIN GOES INSIDE
Har
It is, after all, only a return to HOME FOOTBALL :
RANGERS
y Dunfermline
What Is The Best Age For Sport?
ANALYSIS 'MADE
OF RECORDS
Thirty is the average ago of our best cricketers, whether bowlers or batsmen, and 31 that of golfers in the highest championship class. Approaching 22 is the best age for boxers; on an average the best Tennis. players are over 28 years old and lf way to their 20th birthday, and the best footballers are nearing 21.
On an average again sprinters are nt the top of their form at 23 and a half, but polo players enn be at them best up to the age of 50.
These are conclusions which emergo from analysis of sporting records by Dr. L. Wynn Jones, president of the Psychology Section of the Association Selentists.
OPPOSING CHANGE
British
COLONY SWIMMERS AT S'HAT
TOMMY BRITTON AVENGED
CHAN CHAN-HING DEFEATED
Shanghai, Oct. 2. Tommy Britton, the young Shanghai Interporter, who with W. Ward, was beaten by Chan Chan-hing n the 50 yards dash at the V.R.C., Hongkang, in the re- cent Interport, fully avenged that defeat to-day when he took the decision from the Chinese swim iner in a meet held here.
These two brilliant
sprint swimmers met again at the Foreign Y.M.C.A. where the Association
Dr. Wynn Jones raised an interest-felded a strong team against the ing point as to why some men hold combined Chinese of Hongkong their jobs and others fall to do so. and Canton.
"Older men," he pointed out, "are Britton flashed brilliant form to not so interested in situations in-beat. Chun Chan-hing and thus re- valving physical hazards, or in any verse the Interport decision.
ed
thing which interferes with establish- The surprise of the evening was
habits, "This factor appears to be of great pressed the Hongkongite, Chan the swimming of Starkovsky who significance for both employer and employee. Many an employer is un- Chan-hing, in the 100 metres for successful not so much from lack of the, Colony visitor to establish a abilities, but owing to a disinclination new national record. to introduce a change, and the older Young Sau-king, the Chinese girl employee often becomes unemployed champion from Hongkong, broke the not on account of inability, hat
be
cause he has no desire to change his national record for the 50 metres methods when changes are deemed which she covered in 36.7 secs. She essential by the management."
encountered very little competition. Industrial necldents appear to de- otherwise she might have reduced rease steadily with increasing ge the previous time by a considerable 10 greater experience and margin. No foreigners competed
in this event.
caution of the older workers,
"Not so, howevor, with pedestrian accidents, us is made clear in the rate of fatalities for those who were 55 years of age in an American city."
LOUIS
CAN BE
LICKED
"I AM THE GUY
TO DO IT"
J. J. BRADDOCK'S OPINION
Chicago, Sept. 26. Jimmy Braddock declared here to-day that Joe Louis can be licked "and I think I am the guy to do it."
"I am ready for Louis and I
RESULTS
The principal results were: 50 Metres Free Style.--1, . T. Britton; 2. Chan Chan-hing; 3, T. Pagel.. Time: 29.1/10 secя.
100 Metres Breast Stroke.-1, Woo Kou-sung; 2, Chung Sau-kun; 3,Kan Yee-lin Time: 1 min. 26.2/5 secs.
100 Metres Free Style.-1, Chan Chan-hing; 2, Starvosky; 3) Normun Len. Time: 46.7
(New National Record),
200 Metres Free Style Relay,-1, Foreign Y.M.C.A. Time: 1 min. 57.6 secs.
Water Polo-Combined Chinese. beat Y.M.C.A. by four goals to two, 50 Metres Ladies.--1, Young Salt- king. Time: 36.7 Recs, (New National Record)-Reuter. -
£150,000 CRICKET BAT DISEASE
hope to get him for my next fight Ravages of “Watermark”
in June," asserted. the Jersey Irish- man who won the world heavy- weight crown from Max Baer last June 25,
Mike Jacobs, the promoter who staged Tuesday night's four-round slaughter of Baer by the Detroit Negro youth, already has announc ed plaus, however, to match Louis with Max Schmeling in June, to be followed by a title scrap with Braddock next September.
Causes Damage
The ravages of the "water- mark" disease have caused to growers of the cricket-bat willow a loss of £150,000.
This was disclosed by Dr. W. J. Dowson, of Cambridge, who told the Botuny Section of the British Association of Selentists at their meeting last month, that the disease But Braddock is under contract jattackel some 10 per. cent. of the with Madison Square Garden, while total number of trees-about 220,- Jacobs is Louis manager, so fur-000-and chiefly grown in Essex. ther hitches in the future pro- It caused a "die-back" of the tops- gramme for the big boys are in and produced a greyish stain in the prospect.
wood known locally as a "water- Meanwhite Louis, according to mark." The damage was due to a Jacobs will meet "the best avail- ierobe.
A MEETING OFable opponent in a charity bout at
CHAMPIONS
CHINA'S TENNIS EXPERTS
EXHIBITIONS IN
SHANGHAI
There will be a series of exhibi- tion games at the Shanghai Tennis Club on Saturday and Sunday, October, 5 and 6.
It is apparent that Arsenal have a forward problem to solve; in addition, the original 'basic idea of outside to finishing poorly the attack rarely play, and it requires each man to functioned properly. The chief raiders for Arsenal were Milne and run straight. It makes, as well,
CHESTER DEFEATED Lim Bong-soo, the Singapore Drake, With Davidson and James for spectacular football, and though
BY CREWE
champion, Chen Kwok-eheng, the foraging Logether in the centre of the President of the Union Inst the field and Bastla a shadow of his Wednesday aptly remarked that the
player who defeated Kho Sin-khio real self, the line
became a game la for the players and not for
In the exhibition at Penang, Teul London, Oct. 2. collection of units duran a the crowd, there is no getting away
Wai-pui, and possibly Kho Sin-klie Chester, playing at The Stadium if he arrives in time, will be seen long, astute pass for their opening, from the fact that a first-class all-In the Northern Section Even when Bastin had changed along-the-line passing movement Third Division English Footballers, L. Carson, W.A.H. Duff, W. T, of the in action against the Shanghai play- places with James for the last 20 followed by a terrine sprint for the feague to-day, recolved a surprise Wang, Gordon Lum, and Khoo ininutes there was no improvement.
corner dag is thrilling to watch. from Crewe Alexandra, the Hool-hye.
The defence was us resolute дя ever. Compton, a substitute for Hap-| good, was the best back on the field,) while Crayaton and Roberts played) their parts gallantly.
"ALL BLACKS" OF 1905
visitors taking both points by the (only goal of the match.-Revier.
In his remarkable speech, J. E. Greenwood touched on another point which is worth repeating, actually 8 points more than the Wilson, in goal, made some good He reminded as that when total scored against them in the 33 suves, but was lucky to escape dis- Gallaher's 1905 All Blacks frut games of their tour. astor on two occasions early in the
game. When attempting to punch landed, a certain amount of sym- Until thefr eagerly-awaited
Chester F.C. have secured the transfer from Birmingham of Wi- liam Horsman, a wing forward. Horsman: Is 24 years old and ins spent five seasons with Birming- ham, whom he joined from Solby. He is a native of Doncaster..
clear he missed the ball completely, pathy was expressed for them bu match against Devon and Corn
The attendance was a ground re- cause their opening, fxture was wall next Saturday, no one can cord for a mid-week gamŅU.,
against such a strong side as tell whether our present visitors Grimsby: Tweedy; Vincent, and Devon. When the result came are likely to surpass this or any the Irish Professional Golf Cham- S. Fairweather (Malone) won Kelly; Hail, Helgaon, and Muck; Dy through Hon, Bestal, laver, Craven and Mor- Devon
011 the tape-N.Z. 55, other record, but, from their own rallee.
4-people laughed. and remarks, it is clear that they are plonship over the Belvoir Park Arsonal: Wilson Malu. and Comp talked about errors and, misprints. not here for "record snatching," course. Belfast, with an aggre. ton; Crayston, Roberts and Copping; But early confirmation soon con- but rather to play the kind of foot-gate of 293 for the 72 holes. P. Mine, Davidson, Drake, James and founded them. The sum Bastin.
All Black scoring that day was spectator alko
of the ball which will please opponent and Mahon (Dublin) was second with
204.
New York in November and then others of the slugger type though make a fistic tour of Europe and few would be willing to predict South America.
he can beat the Brown Bomber. The fight experts feel Braddock Braddock can box, is deceptive, is may give the Tan Tornado a hard-hard to hit and can take it, they er scrap than Baer, Schmeling or maintained.-Associated Press.
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