THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1985.
CHIEF FEATURES OF THE ST. LEGERS MEETING
MR. & MRS. PEARCE SET THE INTERPORT
BADMINTON
MORE MIXED DOUBLES
GAMES TO NIGHT
FOUR TEAMS MAKE CHANCES
KEEN MATCH. ANTICIPATED AT THE CHINESE RECREATION CLUB
(By "Veritas").
At least four teams are making changes for their engage- ments in the mixed doubles badminton league to-night. These includo St. Andrew's, who will be without the services of E. F. Fincher, St. John's, who have yet to decide their third man play- er, the Fire Brigado, who will turn out minus N. M. Smith, and Recreio "B,"
The Fire Brigade, visitors to the Chinese Recreation Club, ara intro- ducing Anderson for Smith, and ho WU probably partner Mas Orlathe, vath the other two pairs remaining A before, namely Mr. and Mrs.. Shute and A. L. Fisher and Mrs.
St. John's are not only confronted with a Sttle problem in the selection) of n this man, but, have one change in the ladies, Mins Dowbiggin mak- ing way for Mrs. Barlow,
PH. Kwok and Miss Smith and McCaw will Roland Roh and Miss
play together as they did last week. ut Mrs. Barlow's partner has not
been determined,
St. Andrew's will sadly miss the help of Ernest Fincher, but have a aceful substitute in 3. 11. Wong who will probably partner Mrs. Dawson, '' L་·I
The Recreio "D" lose the services for af A Hilva-unfortunately good-which allows A. E. Xavier dy come. Into the team. He will part nor Mind 8 Remedios. Although they cannot afford to lowo such a promising exponent as Silva, the floorato can be expected to remain very powerful and they should beat Talkon fairly.comfortably,
..
PROSPECTS
"The Fire Brigado may find differ.
Aston Villa Without A Manager
BARSON COACHES
PLAYERS
London, Oct. 29. Following the resignation of Jimmy MeMallan, Aston Villa's team mana- ger, Frank Barson, the former Villa, Manchester United, and England half-back who has been couching the Villa colts team, will take charge ns coach of all players on the club's books.
Yesterday he accompanied a party of players, which included Hough- ton, Blair and Gardner in addition to the team which played at Leeds on Saturday, to Rhyl where they will have a week's special training.
NEW RACING RECORD AMAZING DAILY DOUBLE Colony
PAYS OUT ON HAPPY VALLEY'S HIGHEST POOL EVER
(By "Capt. Foster")
Mr. Gussie da Roza rode three successive winners on King's Jubilee, King's Warden and Wadebridge, and Mrs. Pearce had the pleasure of leading in three panier,
Mr. Leo Frost put the saddle on seven ponies registering four wing on Snowy River, Mistake Bay, Cold Morning and Pride of Tsingtao, and was placed with Pontine Bay, King's Justice and 17th of September,
Lady Southern's Halcyon would have won if the jockey Mr. Beanie Proulx had not been ill,
Mra, Pearce was the first Lady owner to win the Sub-Grilling St. Leger with Wadebridge,
Mr. Tam Pearce senred his second Hongkong St. Leger with the same jockey, Mr. Raza, whose last win of this classic was in 1930 with King's Colour,
Mr. and Mrs. Pearce "Dally Double" with King's Jubilee and Wade. bridge in the two China Ponies St. Legers net a record which will be hard to beat,
Mr. S. L. Yuen broke his "Duck" on Festival Eve in the Taipo Handicap and paid the best dividend of the day, namely, $198,30 for a win and $50,50 for a place. A false start was responsible for Festival Eve's win,
Mr. Cheape on Flybynight lodged a protest against Festival Eve for boring but was not sustained by the Stewards,
888 BACKERS LET DOWN.
Herod's chances in the Hongkong St. Leger were, over-estimated with
the result that 888 backers out of 1,517 were let down,
Coll Morning after a sequence of seven unplaced outings established a new record over one and three-quarters of a mille, beating Able Amazon's Linie by three and four-fifth seconds..
The Official Adjudicator secured' a "Dead Heat" for third place in the third race, the Castle Peak Handicap, and his friend Shooting Star was
second in Fremantle St Leger.
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Mixed Doubles Tennis Championship
ENTRIES OPEN
Mixed will
The Colony's Open Doubles Championship shortly be held under the aus- pices of the C.R.C. and under the following conditions, and entries are invited.
The tournament will be conducted under the present rules of Lawn Ten- nie and the Rules and Regulations af the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Associa
tion.
Each competitor shall pay the sum of $2:50 as the entrance fee.
The first round shall be played off on or before 14th December,
1936.
R. ABBIT'S CONCLUDING
ANALYSIS
HONGKONG BETTER-BALANCED
EXCEPTIONALLY FINE FIELDING BY BOTH SIDES
(By R. Abbit)
I loft off yesterday just before the most impor- tant swing in the game-when Ricketts, ably as- sisted by Dunkley and Pereira, made the gallant effort that won the match. There is no doubt that the drizzle early that morning had made the wicket a good deal casier and it was never as dif- ficult as it had been on the Monday afternoon until about half an hour after tiffin on Tuesday, when the Shanghai collapse came.
There had been a brillant start wicket-keepers, both doing excellent
The other rounds except the semi-and Stokes and Booth were batting work. finals and the final shall be played off so easily that I thought Shanghal before 21st December, 1936. The
bracket
TO-MORROW'S' CRICKET
::
I have very little idea of what competitors shall make their own ar-were going to win. But the great
is happenfug to-morrow. I am rangements as to the ground on which change bowler Mr. Lunch defeated the said rounds shall be played, but them and Ence Kermant had gone afraid I have only two cards so far the first named in each
pair
Shanghai were always fighting with I.R.C. and Army (for which I am shall have the choice of ground.
The Semi-nals shall be played, on their backs to the wall. 1 am told vory grateful) and of course these Kermani said, that the ball two aldes have arranged to play the C.R.C. ground on 24th December, that 1935 and the Final shall be played from which he was given f.b.w.each other! It should be a most..
interesting game and 1 shall hope to on the C.R.C. ground on 29th Decem-
Mix inches outside the off get along to see it, and say a few. ber, 1935.
The Tennis Sub-Committee of the stump. If this. le. true, he must words next week when I hope to C.R.C. may extend the time limit if have misjudged it shockingly na get down to League Cricket seri- they think ft on necount of bad the bowler.. umpire, and wicket. Gusly. I have just heard that the weather or other unforeseen oteur-
keeper seem pretty certain that it HK.C.C. are at home to Kowloon. The Army-Indians match is Loogue was plumb out. The gallant was and the other non-League, of the tail was the finish of Shang- hai's innings and Hongkong won,
1ofree.
of
all results
was
A DESERVED VICTORY
Mullan a team-manager of Aston quite satisfied with the afternoon's and Herod was last by many many the balls.
Best three sets shall be played served 'oril court' conditions 'n handlenp in the beginning of the 1934 season, a close finishes. The going was in the position up the incline must be immediately sent lu to the had no one who showed the batting
very fast and the times, especially in using the Black Rock for home. undersigned,
excit- were many
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the yesterday proved unsuccessful, for by novices in 3.05.2/5th was a credit- Jubileo in the rear and well the winners and runners-up. Brigado should win, although I ex- ho was not at his honte, nor could i uble performance for "D" eloas ponies. Ponline Bay forged ahead and was undored on or before 30th Novem- displayed.
un
Egyptian May Captain
England Team...
Mistake Bay, had 2,110 backers for the first leg of the Daily Double and, the pool amounting to $20,935.20 was shared by 63 successful punters. It was the biggest pual ever recorded for the Daily Double Event,
Betting numbers of the winning ponies for the last three races added
ENTRIES CLOSE NOV. 30. together were 13 and they were as follows:-364 for Cold Morning in the Fremantle St. Leger, 373 for Festival Eve in the Taipo Handicap, and
For each match four new Slazengers 391 for Pride of Tsingtao in the Shum Chun Handleap (Second Sertion)..
balls will be provided by the C.R.C. The attendance was by far the best, cession was Harvest View, Rosa free of charge. The first named pair
In my opinion Hongkong were Official reticence on the question of since the recess, and I am sure that Queen; High Honour, King's Jubilee, in each bracket shall apply to China
the better balanced side, and de- the resignation of Mr. James Mc-everybody must have left the Course Pontiac Bay, Plain View, Trowbridge, Sports, No. 16, D'Aguilar Street for
to win. Admittedly they The racing was c vory sport.
lengths, There was hardly any in all Villa, after holding that office from standard and there
the matches, and
form of Kermani or 'the all round Lifali quast for further points at the was observed yesterday.
View was still leading with
Sultablo prizes will be provided for ability of Donald Lench. But with. O.RO. Furthermore the Chinese have
the exception of these two the teams already
F. D. Amir Bey, an Egyptian, Efforts to interview Mr. McMullan the Talpo Handicap over a mile ridden toso Queen, Pontiac Bay and revented themselves AA Д
All entries shall be sent to the dre useful
not comparable on the form who is generally acknowledged to Loam, Nevertheless
Round the curve, Mr..
From the way Leach 1936. ber
managed his bowling It was clear be the best squash rackets player pect to noo the homiters annex two
CLOSE TO A RECORD
chased by King's Jubilee who was or three games..
The draw which may be seeded by he had no confidence in anyone but in the world-he is the holder of The Hotham Handicap for Austra-going very comfortably, but farvest the Tennis Sub-Committee
the open championship has been the himself, with Pat Madar or Jenkins Invited to captain the British Even without Fincker, St. An
lian Fonics was won by Snowy River View was Inbouring. Rose Queen was C.R.C. if they think fit will take place at the other end. In the batting team against the Americar tour-
at the C.R
C.R.C. at 6.30 p.m. drew's, on their own court, should be
Tom Waring, the International in 1.40.3/5th-being 1.3/5th secondn fourth and two lengths came Herod.
Stokes played delightful cricket but good enough to defont St.- Jolin's.
time of 1.45 Into the straight, King's Jublice
December, 1935. It will be interesting, to see if the centre-forward, has been placed on outfile the record
All disputes which may arise shall seemed to get himself out just when ing side at the Bath Club, London, Saints decide to bring young Ner- the open to transfer list at his own established by Saucy Face. There was given two strokes and drew lovel
I do not think on November 26. with Pontiac Bay who wan under hard be decided by the Tennis Sub-Com-set for a big score.
Amr Bey has not yet signified man. Smith Into the team. But I request. The Villa pald Tranmere were only four neceptors and
that Williams, H. Madar, Leckie, took the comniand
pressure. It could be seen that amittee of the C.R.C. fir-February, 1928-Born-within-a-inile Alacrity. loud band and won eventually beating conditional on the receipt of not less got-into-our-side.
Rovers a fee of £4,700 for Waring in River
The mile post, Mr. Roza had the race The holding of this tournament is Ilumphreys, or Elliot would have his acceptance of the Invitation. of the Tranmere ground, Waring's following. first connection with the club was an ing at the Black Rock and maintained Pontiac Bay by a longth. Then about than 10 entries and should
For five lengths behind came Hered who number be received the tournament
Hongkong. Garthwaite. COMPOSITION BOWLS chocolate seller on match days. the position till the last quarter lost. Just manager to use out Rose Queen will not be proceeded with and the owing no doubt to having been Tranmere side and scored 22 goals Snowy River drew level and wont for third place.
This classic was Mr. Pearce's second entrance feen received shall be return- no-balled, showed no signs of the before going to the Villa for whom ahead, passing the winning post two his most successful meuson was 1931 lengths in front of Halcyon who in success in the Hongkong St. Leger when he obtained 40 goals. In return beat Amerity by a length. Mr. and it was Mr. Gusaio da Roza's fourth cent seasons he has been unable to Proulx was sick last Friday in an Lady Luck and in the year 1928 he Wadebridge has earned to dato $3.375 and it was win. His first win was in 1920 on December 14. As a matter of news, a surprise to command a regular place in
to see him Halcyon. However, immediately after steered Mr. Dunbar's Coos Bay teum,"
rather suspect it will be
Kwok, who played well ngalust Kaw toon Tong on Wednesday.
TEAMS
Here are some of the teams expect ed to take part in the programme.
· Fire Brigade: Mr. and Mrs, Shute, Andoraun and Miss M. Grif- ath, A. Fisker and Mrs. Wild
John's-F. H. Kwok and Mise Smith, R. Koh and Miss DieCaw, A. N. Other and Mrs. Barlow.
St. Andrew's:-R. H. Wong and Dits. Lungojean, new and Dish Di
Churn,
Rocro
Bouba
Remedios,
Remedios.
is whereabouts be discovered.
No decision as to a successor has been made.
High Finance and Mol
Ife took the place
Ince of Dean in the But when entering the straight,
the
Guest and Miss F. COUNTY RUGBY taken out by Mr. Kalph.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddle
per and Mis S.
Carvalho and Miss A.
THE PROGRAMME
The programme la:
St Andrew'
Chinese R.C.. Talkoo
T.
T
St. John's Fire Brigade Recrelo: "B"
MAXIE BAER IS UNDECIDED
Warwickshire Beat Leicestershire
to
ed to the senders.
of
on 18t
0
less
bowler who took all ten wickets in the Trials. But he batted splou- didly-far better than he has ever done before.. Fincher wan ne usual
WOODS
Australia's Enormous Exports Trade
our stand-by in keeping a wicknt up. Ricketts did excellent workt the race, Mr. Proulx was seen to leave victory by five lengths. Ife won thend another $1,000 will be coming in the course without changing his riding third with King's Colour in 19:30 heat before Xmas,
17th of September staged a come all round, and Minu's nine wickets attire and his other engagements werd ing Mike (Mr. Stanton) by back and ran a good race to be second. for a hundred and twenty two runs
length. The journey was covered in As Valley View, who was heavily was a fine performance.
Australia, which invented It, is Herod, the Blue Riband winner of 1.38.4/5th being 2.2/6th seconds out-hacked finished nowhere, Emergency
THE FIELDING
developing a surprisingly large ex- this year, not only met his Waterloo side of last year's winner Soldier of Call paid $22.20 for third pince and
distanco in Mr. Tang
port trade in "composition" Bowls Mad Wa rode a hard rac
Both sides were excellent in the woods. More than 10,000 sets have but gave a very disappointing display Britain who did the is the Hongkong St. Leger and he was 3.30.2/5th.
to stave off the challenge of Sel-Fa. for out Rose Queen
Mr. Gussie Roza registered his first field: I have seldom seen a match been seat away in the past four lucky to hos0
win of this classle and congratulations where fewer catches were dropped years, according to figures just ar third place, fle was left at the Post
Liberty are due to Mrs. Pearce in being the and those that were put down were rived. Landon, Nov. 21.
The game is exceedingly-popular Playlur at Leicester in the Mr. Yung rode a ar re Bay, the Castle Peak Handicap for first lady owner to win the Sub. St. all hard ones. Harry Madar was
A class ponies drew Boven starters Leger. Mrs. Peares, the
Hockey on!
and outstanding Shanghai, and in all Australian States which use County Rugby Championship tot Herod was not the same animal and it was the best race of the day. pony received rousing
proved an able assistant to his the composition "wood" almost the members
The standardisation. day, Warwickshire beat Leicesteras when he won the Hongkong Derby King's Warden was made favourite they phased in front of
Inst February. shire by eight paints to mil.
and won, but believe me, had Mr. enclosure to the dismounting Paddock.brother's donkey-drops. I think de- exclusively,
finitely that Hongkong threw in to laid down by the Australian Bowl- sitier in Wadebridge However, Harvest View did the run-Dietz ist Soldier of Britain go out a Mr. Roza had a Headingly were hosts to Dublin
and on the whole were the manufacture, says Austral News. University in a friendly match and aing and was followed by Rose Queen hit in the first half of the journey, but he had to ride the two Kinga to the wicket much better than Shanging Council is rigidly enforced in
that the Laly owner had enough of better Belding side. There seemed scured an easy win by 24 points to with the balance of the field in close I think the result would have been dit score his hat trick" and it seemed hai
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little to choose between the two
4.-Reuter.
DEST RACE OF DAY and as he had so much ground to make With the elimination of
was a wonder how Herod got
attendance. Passing the mile post for ferent. the first time, the order of the pro-
ABOUT STAGING A Championship Hopes Of Joe
Bald
BOTID
COMEBACK-
Rosoville California,
next
"about the Arat of the year, United
Louis Revived
807*
the
Soldier of Britain was full of run. hing and Mr. Dlotz had an awful time to keep him back, King's Justice was to be Hidden by Mfr. Proulx but at last moment Mr. Frost put his legs ever and had to carry 10 lbs. over- weight. The pony ran a very good with Mr. Leo, leading all the way until the distance post when he wan ssed by his stable companion King's Warden and Soldier of Britain.
race
the sauc
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the
for
FRIENDLY FOOTBALL.
Paulino Uzcudun No Match Club Third Team To Meet
For Joe Louis
New York.
Press Eleven
fine, big browned, body that houses
A friendly football match has been If you are
the kind who Maxie Baer. And Primo Carnera i arranged for to-morrow afternoon goca around shaking people no midget, either.
But the ly, shuffling student of between the Hongkong Football Club's out of a sound slumber to ask Jack Blackburn cut them down just third team and the Hongkong Press them riddles, don't bother
The match will be played on as surely and methodically as Pao
TO-DAY'S HOCKEY
the
Max Baer, pugilistic prodigal of
New York. national supremacy a promoter Livermore who was convinced by Joe Louis that he should become a cattle Fight fans believe that a truce with the Inst year, and the Garden,
whose fight prestige has dropped The field spread out when entering raiser, will turn down offers for a has been declared between Madi-alarmingly over the same period, the straight for the home run and
fight in Oakland comeback February, Ancil Hoffman, his mans 50 Square Garden and the was made by President John Reed about half way from the winning post
Twentieth Century Sporting Kilpatrick of the Garden,
there were six ponics abreast fighting
out strido hera,
coming around to my door on lino chopped down those Pyrences Chinese Athletic Ground, commencing stride. ger
He recommended to the directors blanket could cover King's Wurden,
by
the morning of December 14 trees on his father's farm near San
nt 2.30 "Max is on the fence," Hoffman Club.
2.30 p.m. The following will represent said. "Somo times he wants to fight, And they interpreted the cessation far more by showing Louls on a
that the Corporation would profit blanket
Soldier of Britain, King's Justice,
to inquire whether Joe Louis Sebastian. And just so surely will Press
claven: and
Limes he
until he docan't."
Louls how at the Basque Macaroni and can really take it. Beauty, of hostilltica between these rival percentage basis under Jacobs than Cossack's
finally drops, too,
C. E. Wong; G. W. Giffin and C Max is considering proposals for boxing organisations as the fore-If the bouts were held at the New Gladiator at finishing line and atten Fl be sleeping peacefully, there'll making two pictures, and informed runner to a Joe Louis-James Brad- we when was to have careful deitboration King Warden
Uzcudun hasn't appeared in
an H. Lee, A. R. Marker, R. Goldman an outstand promoter that a decision dock heavyweight title fight.
bban altored during whatkerho would 1ght "Butch"
was given the verdict and Soldier of be a "don't disturb" card hanging American ring for more than three and. S. A, Ramjahn, E. MacNider, E. The Garden, which has exclusive season.
the Indoor Britain was recond, King's Justice from the doorknob, and, what's more, years. Ilis Inst fight in this country A. Gray, M. R. Abbas, K. C. Lag and Rogers for $20,000 would be made.
vices, agreed to let Jacobs, Twen- of paramount importance toward understand, in a lazy animal and Mr. But certainly the answer will not be several times in Europe and dropped call on Champion Braddock's The deal is. regarded as a step and Cossack's Beauty deadheated for I won't know. Nor will anyone was with the lato Erale Schaaf, to 0. M. Omar
the third place. King's Warden, ole.
whom he lost a close 15-round deci- Prose
Maybe it doesn't even matter. sion. Since, however, he has fought tieth Century promoter who straightening out the muddled heavy Roza certainly rode a very hard race, forthcoming on December 13, when a mediocro 12-round decision to Max Louts under contract until 1940, weight situation. staro two fights in New York's
sports.arena.
Although the Garden will uct
the Brown Bomber meets the 35- Schmeling in Berlin last July in a EASY FOR WADEBRIDGE year-old
former
champion barefoot fight that was distinguished only by round struggle between Louis and believed Jacobs may get a strong during the next two ventures, it is
chopper of the Basque country the poor performance of both prin- Friendly Match Between As was anticipated, Wadebridge of Spain, Paulino Uzcudun, in cipals. Max Schmeling probably will hava Uzcudun, of Spain on December 13. enough foothold to take over con-
The second will be staged sometime
(Mr. Roza) had no difficulty, in fact Madison Square Garden.
But that is being forgotten now Club And Tamar his next fight in the United States, in Barch with Lonis meeting
tral.
won the Sub-Griffins St. Leger in easy
It'll
taka IL better man than. Pro.
round the pubile will see plenty of The situation bolla down to Louis fashion, and was never seriously lino. Not to say that the Basque pictures of the Basque swinging an The Hongkong Hockey opponent yet to be selected...
nni bid dock. As long as there is the the full any time of the race, isn't or wasn't the sturdiest com. art. It will be as simple to get a second cloven will by Hockey match Schmeling, was learned has FIRST MOVE TOWARDS PEACE animosity between the two organisa-At the fall of the flag, as nobody batant you could find to put in the ticket
be to Tamar in a friendly broken negotiations for any fights in
tions, these fighters could never be wanted to make the running, Mr. Roza ring with the Detroit negro sensa- borrow someone's good right evo, on the Club Ground at King's Park Although the Garden will profit brought together. Europe because he doesn't want to
took Wadebridge right out and the tion. He's never been knocked down,
The
Great American public, it this afternoon, commencing at 5 risk injuring himself.
considerably from both bouts, Ita
upward to $26 to pm: The following will - willingness to become associated with Jacobs takes over Garden box- quartors were done in 36, 34.1, 33.2, much less knocked out, and bone, Joe Louis fight Billy Rose'a thiò civilian eleven:
his proposed Louis-Max 15.1, 82.231.2, finishing the last bli battled most of the best heavyweights watch "This tb was interpreted, means Jacobs was interpreted as admission Schmeling bout may be staged in the in 31.4/5th seconds. It was a more in this country for yours.
"Jumbo". And maybe Van der Waal; A. Tate and R. II. elephant, Max is considering an offer to fight of failure of its own boxing depart huge outdoor bowl in Long Island canter for. Wadebridge to claim the But he never was a good boxer Mike Jacobs will put that on aftor D. Lano: A. N. Other, E. G. Dalo either charapion and Braddock munt. City in June and a title bout with $750 stakemonny and I cannot sea and lile principal stock in the trade, the Bombor takes Pooline It doesn't and R. E. Cotter HLR. A. Wood, or Joo Louis, gensational Detroit First move toward ending the war Braddock would be assured the anything to beat him in the Bub has been his And physique. Well, look like a better opponent will come L. D. Kilbes, P. HL Senior, D. Carey, henryweight, in America:
betwrcon Jacobs, who has amashed to winner-United Press.
Griffins Champions to be run on there was nothing wrong with that along.-United Presi
Schmeling's Next Fight In U. S.?
it was believed here.
New York.
largest per the Impending 15 merely in the capacity of "landlord"
An
timed to a nicety.
would
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and A. J. Bennitt
Club's