THE HONGKONG TÉLEGRAPH.
13
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1936.
ALL SET FOR BIG RUGBY
BADMINTON
MATCH TO-MORROW
V.R.C. WIN AGAIN
THE FIRE BRIGADE.
WALLOPED
Fire Brigade were no match for Recreio "A" when the teams met in a men's doubles badminton league match at Police Headquarters last night, and were beaten by eight games
to one.
PROGRAMME FOR OUR
VISITORS
TEAM TO MEET COLONY SIDE
ANNOUNCED
TO BE ENTERTAINED TO TIFFIN
nt tim, to be held in the Officials of the Hongkongic Room of the Gloucester ilotel. Football Club and members A limited number of tickets, at of the Australian and New $2.50 each, are still available for this Zealand Association will be at tifin, and may be obtained from Mr. the Kowloon wharves in force R. J. MacNelll, secretary of the to-morrow morning to welcome Australian and New Zealand Asso the visiting New Zealand Uni ciation, or from members of the
Committee. versities Rugby Union team, who are enroute to Japan. The New Zealanders will arrive by
Kitano the N.Y.K. liner
Maru, scheduled to berth at noon.
E. LIL. Shute and W. Stoker won the Brigade's only game beating E. tin Sousa and J. Ribeiro, "r. They also forced II. A. Alves and M. Oliveira to a "actted" game and lost to Carvalho and A. M. Sitva by were three area,
Victoria Recreation Chib scored their accond win of the week when they overcams Saliors and Soldiers
Home by seven to two,
Dotailed scores.
FIRE BRIGADE ♥, RECREIO "A"
E. I I. Shute and W, Stoker (Fire Brigade) last to L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva 18-21; lost to 11. A. Alves and M. A. Oliveira 21-24; bent E. du Sousa and J, Ribeiro, jr. 21-14.
J. Anderson and W. Greenwood (Fire Brigade) Jest to Carvalho and Silva 3-21; lost to Alves and Oliveira -21; lost to Sousa and Ribeiro 14-21. A. 1. Pisher and G. Williams (Fire Brigade) lost to Carvalho and Silva H-21; lont to Alvas and Oliveira 8-21;. lost to Sousa and Ribeiro 8-21.
V.R.C. v. S. & S. HOME
I>.
M. M. de Soares and Lopes (V.R.C.) beat R. K. Collings and J. Winfeld 23-21; beat A: T. Edward and J. Heath 21-5; beat Harris and A. R. Brown 21-14.
C. N. da Silva and 5. A. Rumjahn (V.R.C.) beat Collings and Windeld 21-10; beat Edwards and leath 21-1; fent larris and Brown 21-7.
FM. L. Soares and W. Fisher (V.ILC.) lost to Collings and Winfield
The future "All Blacks" will spend the morning sight-seeing. At 12.45 p.m. they will be guests of the Aus- tralian and New Zealand Associn-
BADMINTON HINTS
THE DRIVE AND DROP SHOT
No. 4
Your him when playing the drive is to make the shuttle fly low aver the set and to put a good pace on it. If it is kept really low and you are playing from the back of the court you can hit as hard as you like with-
ut risk of sending it out.
The movements follow the rules already discussed, but the art does more work than the wrist. Remens- her to hit with a straight elbow and to strike the shuttle while it is nearer the net than you are.
ni
nny
In the drop shot the shuttle should fall just over the net. You should be able to play a drop shot from any position on the court and height, ao ask a friend to throw the shuttle to you in different directions
Contrary to what one would imn-i give you the necessary practice.
6-21; bent Edwards and Heath 21-10gine with this delicate shot, a firm lost to Harris and Brown 10-2.
LEAGUE TABLE'
GameA
G046
grasp of the racket and a firm stroke are required, no matter how short a distance the shuttle has to travel.
Use your wrist every time, oven P. W. L. F. A. Pts.when it seems only necessary to put in the way of the alittle racket in 8 12 the St. Andrew'a "A" G
and allow it to rebound off it, na, itecrelo "D" ....7 G 1 45 11 12
for example, when you are up at the net and intercept a smash r drive. From this position the shuttle should be hit at the top of its fight. The ability to send a drop shot in
Recrvio "A"
C.R.C.
Fire Brigade
St. John's
Eliot Hall "A" V.R.C.
St. Andrew's "B"
Taikoo B.C.
Eliot Hall "B"
S. and S. Home
Kowloon Tong..
60 40 8 12
8 4 2 37 17
7
די
8
44 28 6 8
A 5 31 GO 8
3 0 24
02-
fast
36 30 51 6.reply to a smash is a very useful accomplishment and worth practising on its own account.
21-334
10 35 4
3 2 0
1.1 0 707 19 44 H08 25 65
"During play generally get back to
the centre of the court immediately | you have hit your stroke.
A BRITISH TRIUMPH
Sykes
SPORTS SPECIALISTS
"B. K.
1936
O."
BADMINTON RACKETS STRUNG COMPLETE
ONLY
$750
SPORTS DEPT.
A match against a representative Hongkong XV will commence at the Club ground at 4.30 p.m., and the team will depart for Japan at 11 asm. on Friday. lis Excellency the Gover- or, Sir Andrew Caldecott, will be present at the game.
At 8 p.m. to-morrow the visitors. will be entertained to n steak and kidney pudding dinner at the Cafe Wiseman.
By a curious coincidence, it will ból exactly two years to-morrow since a team from the Australian Universi tes arrived in Hongkong on a simi lar tour, Hongkong on that ocen sion was victorious by 11 points to 5, The New Zealand team arriving to-morrow in vastly superior to the
And Australians however, ding-dong battle is expected at the Club grounds. The students from the islands across the Tasman Sea are of
real
heftler build than their Australian
contemporaries, and New Zealanders are proverbial for the seriousness with which they take Rugby.
THE TEAMS
The New Zealand team, according
BRITISH
McAvoy, England's "Vertical Cham- pian" of the boxing ring-a big suc. cos in America.
BILLIARDS MATCHES
POSTPONED
Two matches in the ilongkong Billiards Championships arranged for to-night have been postponed.
They are
II. W. Staples v. P. D. de Roxa in the Senior Championship which was to have been played at the C.S.C.C. at 8.30, and P. A. Yvano- vitch Lam Cha-cha, another senior championship match sche- duled for the Cheero Club at 8.30 Both games will be played off next week.
MILE IN 6 MIN. 2 SEC.
AT SIXTY-TWO
to a wireless received yesterday from Oxford Trainer's Feat
the
Kitano Mara will be as follows.
B. Y. A. Jones;
H. H. Fooken
J. M. Watt
C. C. Gillion:
G. A. Parsons
3. J. McAuliffe:
Мелия W. R. Laney R. B. Burke
J. Thoman
1. S. Drake D. A. Hudson
O, W. Chapman A. B. Chesterman
T. O. Stace.
HONGKONG XV Hongkong's selected XV matek is:-
16. Robertson, (Club); H. R. McGilchrist (Club)
..
BOXING STOCK ROCKETED IN U.S.
MCAVOY IS ENGLAND'S
"BEST EVER"
"VERTICAL CHAMPION” WINS AMERICAN ADMIRATION
FIGHT OFFERS NOW POURING IN
TO BEAT THE BOOK
HOME-
(By "Robin")
Brentford
Portsmouth
Sunderland
Bradford
Charlton
"Jock is the
Leicester
Tottenham
Jock McAvoy's "slaughter" of Babe Risko has set Britain's Madison-square boxing banner floating proudly in America. Garden promoter Jimmy Johnston said to-day: greatest fighter ever to come out of your country. We don't know what he may not do. He should beat John Henry Lewis, and so win the light heavy-weight championship of the world. "Maybe he will fight Risko again for his title of middle-weight cham- plan. and later became the contender for the world's heavy-weight title." Johnston and McAvoy's manager, Dave Lumianski, are now discussing plans for a return match against tisko, who, speaking of last night's defeat, said: "I was ice-cold when he caught me, and didn't have enough to get by that one. It was a Lough blow.
Lumtanski will not allow McAvoy
to ight Risko again at weight over
the list. 6lb. required for the middle- weight champlonship.
Risko's camp in complaining to-day that McAvoy scaled 1st. 041b. lant. night, when the agreement was thut
Brooks Not A New
Discovery
VERITAS” STANDS
•
CORRECTED
Apropos of my little note concern-
he should enter the ring at 11st, 11lb. ing Brooks
the Police inside left
It is the only alibi they can find published on Monday in which I said for their favourite's defeat.
Offers for fights are pouring into the Police were delighted with their as an inside Chicago discovery of Brooks alfice. A Lumianski's
Lumionski forward, I have received the following! promoter rang him up.
meme from Mr. Brittain, replied: "So Tar Jock has been pleasant lighting to establish his reputations. erstwhile Police footballer.
Now he wants 'cold cash.'"
By "cold cash" Luminnaki means
"Dear Veritas:-My compliments, and may 1 point out that Brooks is not a "discovery" as a forward. He played at inside left in the 1933-4 senson with Green on the left wing."
a Bght that will net Jock nt least £1,000. if a return bout with Hisko! comes off, it will be held in the second or third week of January.
MeAvoy is in such splendid trim that he is ready to enter the ring Arrangements again at any time. WHITE-HAIRED man of 62 are under way for the Lewis fight. recently at Oxford ran a mile in This will probably be at the end of the extraordinary Uime of min. aext month.
One of Lewis's friends rang him For the sake of accuracy I may up by long-distance phone and deal that Brooks played several times cribed McAvoy's exploits
A
sec.
The race took place in private on the university running track the only spectators being members of the Ox- ford cross-country team.
The time was 16sec. faster than the record for men over 60 years of age, which long stond to the credit of the late Mr. J. Fowler-Dixon, and, the record breaker was Phil Thomas, the Oxford trainer..
He a mile to celebrate his sixty-second birthday and he did not for the appear to be in the least distressed
at the finish.
Lt. H. L. G. Fraser, R.M. (Navy) J. Jutchison (Club)
Lt. A. St. Clair Ford (Navy):
A. H. R. Butcher (Club)'
J. L. Bonnar (Club);
Marine Light (Navy)
S. Chambera (Club)
M. 8. Cummings (Club)
Pay Lt
(Navy)
་
Dr.
Comdr.
Sowman
I. MeElney (Club)
E. B. Gammel (Club)
A. F. Walkden '(Club)
A, B. Evans (Navy)
£110,000 WORTH OF FOOTBALLERS IN A MATCH
Villa and Arsenal
The British one mile championship hns been won by young men in only 95sec, fuster time.
Thomas's times for, each lap, one- third of a mile, were imin. 689vc., Emin. faec, und Imin. G0sec.
After his run Thomas said:
I am convinced that I shall be able to run the distance in 54min. in the summer and I intend to Try,
Among the famous men Thomas has trained are J. E. Lovelock, the holder of the British mile record, Sam Ferris, the great Marathon runner, and D. 9. Findlay, who has won the English high hurdles championship four
times.
LEAGUE BILLIARDS
Catholic Union Still At
Th
Head Of Table
As a result of recent matches play- ed in the Steel Coulson Billiards Len- Twenty-two players whose rue the Catholic Union Club continues transfer value to their clubs is to head the table, whilst the Royal not less than £110,000 were Engincers Sergeants displace the watched by spectators of the Prison Officers in second place.
following are the latest re- League match between Aston sulta: Villa and the Arsenal at Villa Itoyal Naval Yard Police beat St. Patrick's Club: 3-2; Royal Engineers Park, Birmingham last month, In the teams were 14 International Sergeants' Mess beat Chief and Petty Officers Club 41; Civil Service C, C. players eight playing for the Ar heat Dockyard Recreation Club 1-2; senal and six for Aston Villa, whose ground held more than 70,000 specta-Catholic Union beat Prison Oficers
tura.
to the
Mr. Brittain is quite right and I am indebted to him for pointing this out. I was writing without reference to the "book of words" at the time.
West Ham Luton
Notts C. Hamilton Rangers
AWAY 1-
Arsenal
Reading
Celtic
TO DRAW-
Derby Bury
St. Johnstone
OUR FORECAST
Of Saturday Football
ENGLISH & SCOTTISH LEAGUES
The following is the special Tele
English and during the 1933-34 season. Records programmes in the
Scottish Leagues. Where teams are coloured light heavy-weight cham-at inside right as well as inside left graph forecast of Saturday's football pion of the world.
Indicate that he definitely appeared McAvoy is taking his honours very in matches on the following dates:marked in capitals they are expected modestly.
**just
October 7, October 11, November 4, to win and where no much indication followed instructions. November 18, November 25, December appears a draw is anticipated. Dave and I went to Philadelphia 10, December 23, January 6, January when Bisko fought Battaglia and 13, January 20, March 17, March 24, stlied Babe's style.
FIRST DIVISION
Y.
Manchester C.
"We saw he had a pretty neat March 31, April 7, and April 27, and Birmingham left, and we also knew his scouts that he certainly did not play on BRENTFORD
Bght September 30, October 28 and Morch DERBY
me
10.
watching had been
EVERTON McCoy.
"We knew Rikko would be watch-
But I think it is a fact that hn Grimsby
LEEDS ing for the left I used su succes failed to score during that "PORTSMOUTH Fully against McCoy." decided that with the bell 1 was and that his first goals for the Police PRESTON
We So
to let my with my right at Risko's were registered last week.
Jaw with all the power I had."
Snow, followed by severe frost, had
a devastating effect on the attenulance. In the words of one spectator, "it almost looks as though this is a private fight."
Mrs. McAvoy listened to the fight
over the radio, Then she hopped into, a taxi and rushed down to the Garden-this time not forgetting to րոչ
the driver. She said to-day: Jack is wonderful.",
FRIENDLY HOCKEY
Club Team Against...
Y.M.C.A.
Wednesday
Y. Middlesbro
v. lluddersfield
Y. Bolton
Liverpool Chelsea
Wolves
V.
Aston V.
Y. Arsenal
SUNDERLAND Y. Stoke
WEST BROMWICH. Blackburn
"
SECOND DIVISION
BRADFORD
BURNLEY
Bury CHARLTON FULHAM
The following will represent the LEICESTER Hongkong Jackey Club against the Manchester U. Y.M.C.A. on the Club Ground. King's FORT VALE
Swansea Park, at 5 p.m. to-day:
TOTTENHAM WEST HAM
Then he chipped in to add: "I owe a great deal to my wife. She looks after me in thousand ways.
1. F. Shields; J. Rodger and J. E. I could not do without her." The victory was celebrated by the Potter (Capt.); G. Sommer, J. G. young couple paying their first visit Colesworth and J L. Tetley: W. A. to a New York night club. They Reed, R. A. Bates, S. A. Fowler, D.
Carey and K. C. Woodhouse.
found the experience thrilling.
FORGOTTEN SIDE OF COUNTY RUGBY
Games That Find Men For England
(By J. P. Jordan)
1.
Y.
Southampton
V. Barnsley
T-DONCASTER.
་
Y. Hull
v. Plymouth
P. Norwich
Y. Newcastle
v. Bradford C..
V. Notts F.
V.
Sheffield U.
v. Blackpool
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
ALDERSHOT V Queen's P.R. BOURNEMOUTH. Crystal P. IRISTOL R.. V. Clapton 0. Cardiff
V.
NEWPORT Exeter Y. HEADING
Northampton
COVENTRY. Yo Gillingham
LUTON
MILLWALL
NOTTS C. Swindon
Torquay
v. Bristol C. v. Southend
v: Brighton
v. Watford
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
ACCRINGTON V. York
CHESTER Chesterfield
CREWE
Y. Lincoln
Walsall
V. Barrow
DARLINGTON *. Mansfield
Gateshead HALIFAX
Y.
Y. Rotherham
Hartlepools
Y. WREXHAM
ROCHDALE
Y.
New Brighton
Carlisle
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE.
Airdrie
T.
CELTIC
Dundee
Southport It is the fashion among cer- for five selectors to nee every. club Oldham tain London Rugby followers in the course of a season.
It was through county matches that STOCKPORT · and players to decry the coun- D. A. Kendrew earned recognition, TRANMERE ty championship competition As a schoolboy fresh from Upping- and his so far as it concerns the metro-hith he joined Woodford,
form carried him into the Eastern
V. of his ABERDEEN -politan countica.'
Counties side. The Text
Albion They talk scornfully about what career is well known.
Other examples of the value of Clyde they term the League of Nationa constitution of some county teams county football include those of K. HAMILTON LEAGUE TABLE
which include Scotsmon, Irishmen, J. Stark, capped in nine auccessive HEARTS
branking team of 1928 that won five Queen's Park The league table to date is as fol- and other non-natives who are good matches and a mumber of the record- Kilmarnock
enough.
Yet the championship not only sur-gumes in a acason, E. C. P. Whiteley, Queen O'Sik Games P. W. L. F. A. vives but flourishes, thanks. to the England's full-back in 1931, A. Koy, RANGERS
and R. R. F. MacLennan, who was St. Johnstone 10 zealous officials in charge. 1091 40
"spotted" while assisting Middle- 10 7 3 32 18
Catholic Union
DISCOVERING STARS
10 7 3 31 19
75228
Somo K2 20 13
of the matches produce a PG 4 22 23 very poor standard of Rugby, and n'
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RECENT FINDS These are names that stand out so
V. Arbroath.
.. Ayr
v. l'artick ***
V.
Dunfermline
v. THIRD LANARK
r. Hibernian
Motherwell
GRIMSBY'S F.A.
Royal Engineera Sergeants' Mess The record crowd for n League
Petty Omeers 4-1; match on this ground-60,000 was bent Chief and expected to be broken, so great was Prison Officers heat Royal Naval the interest in the game. Aston Villa Yard Police 6-0; Catholic Union beat were fighting desperately to get away Civil. Service C. C. 6-0 (Santos mado J. F. Mac- from the last position of the League a break of 50 against table, and Arsenal (the champions) sowan and Pereira made a break of were making every effort to win In 60 unfinished against M. N. Rakusen); their attempt to overhaul, Sunder Dockyard, Recreation Club bent- St.
Patrick's Club 4-1. land, the present League leaders.
Massio the Scottish International half-back, was making his first ap- Villa Aston before an pearance
He is one of five players crowd. signed ca by the Villa in a month at lows: fees amounting to more than £24,000 Dospite the huge potential value of the players, neither club is Insured against the loss of the services of Royal Engineers
Prison Officers any of the men through accident.
The Arsonal were fielding six more Fusiliers international players in thele reserve Civil Service team against Bournemouth Reserves. Dockyard R. C... 10 4 6 20 30 first-class club team could easily beat far as trial matches are concemed; instances boug those of the W. They were: Mons and Hulmo (Eng- Garrison Sergeants 84 4 20 20 soma, of the sides fielded; but what there are many more, the most re-
127102a「f not generally recognised is the cent land), John (Wales), Hill and James C. & P. 0.
Naval Yard Police 10 2 8. 1934 value of county matches in bringing Surrey trio, E. Hamilton-II, C., (Scotland), and Dunne. (Ireland).
811 34 forward players who otherwise would Suter, and S. R. Gauchman.
It is through the North Midlands St. Patrick's
be lost in the comparative obscurity
that. G. M. Seldon is being given u of their clubs. WIN AT EAST LONDON The English solcctors did a wise chance of winning a cap, just as it is thing when they announced a few due to the East Midlands that the selectors have been able to recognine years ago that they intended to pay the merits of G. T. Dancer and D. L. more attention to county than club
K. Muntan form, the reason being that the value From time to time the suggestion own ground by four goals to one in SOUTH AFRICAN SIDE LOŠE
of a player's ability and adaptability in made that the South Eastern group replay. Grimsby have to visit Port BY AN INNINGS
la better gauged when he is perform should play its matches on Saturdays Vale in the next round. It will bo ing away from his usual surrounding instead of in mid-week, I do not think a severe task as Port Vale yesterday East London, Jari, 14. The Italian Lawn Tennis As
The policy has brought to light star that will ever come about, fortunate caused a big upset by beating Sunder In the northern soction of the Third sociation has decided not to par
The Australians won by an fanings and in strange company.
the Border players of lesser known clubs, some ly. It would be a big mistake, as it land, ticipate in the Dayle Cup Competition and 14 runs, against
of whom have gone on to win inter- would produce oven more congestion this year and it has also requested elaven.
I liave mentioned.:: clubs to abstain from invlling players In their final innings the local aldo national caps. They would not have on Saturdays, and it would not be in from sanctionist countries to partici- was distnisses for 128, O'Reilly taking done so had their football been con- the intercate of the type of players
fined to their clubs, as it la imponsible five wickets for 82-Reitor. SENESpate in their tournaments-Rouler.
Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
NOT COMPETING
Italy And The
Davis Cup
Rome, Jan. 14, 1.
CUP WIN League Points For Southport
London, Jan. 14. Grimsby advanced to, the fourth round of the English Cup to-day when they defeated Hartlepools on their
goals to ong-Reutor,
Division Southport gained easy points from Darlington, beating them by four.
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