HE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1936.
LOCAL BADMINTON LEAGUE
TO BEAT THE BOOK
HOME-
(By "Robin")
Arsenal
Brentford
Sunderland
Charlton
Fulham Leicester West Ham Bournemouth
Clapton O. Chester Hamilton Rangers
AWAY:-
Huddersfield Doncaster Coltic
TO DRAW-
Tottenham Luton. Airdrie
OUR FORECAST
League Games This Week
ENGLISH & SCOTTISH PROGRAMMES
With the English and Scottish Cups fujahed for a week or so, home foot- nil returns to league matches this Baturday and there are the custom. Ary programmes in the various Eng-
lah and Scottish Leagues,
Below will be found the special Telegraph forecast and #1B usual whore a team la in capital letters a
Boiseszon, Shanghal Interport goalkeeper, who made a rather tragic. blunder in the match against Hongkong last week is sean hers affecting * 'characteristic says in a recent match.
NEW PRESIDENT FOR H.K.
RIFLE
ASSOCIATION
Mr. R. D. Walker Succeeds Lieut-
Col. H. L.
Murrow
LOCAL VOLUNTEER IS 300TH MEMBER
{ly "Bulls Eye")
Riflemen in Hongkong will regret to hear that, owing to pressure of work, Lt. Col. H. L. Murrow has resigned the Pre- sidency of the Hongkong Rifle Association.
It is unfe to say, however, that his the inst meeting of the U.K.R.A. successor will ably fill his shoes. At
Council, Mr. R. D. Walker, Manager win is expected and where no such well-known local aportanian, was un- of the Kowloon Canton Railway, and indication appears a draw is anti-animously elected Prealdent.
cipated.
FIRST DIVISION
ARSENAL BIRMINGHAM
Bolton
BRENTFORD
DERBY
Everton
LEEDS
Portsmouth
RESTON
v Stoko
r
❤
Blackburn Huddersfield WOITES
Aston V Middlesbro
▾ Grimsby
V
Manchester C Wednesday SUNDERLAND Y Chelsea
WEST BROMWICH ▼ Liverpool
Bradford
Burnley
SECOND DIVISION
CHARLTON
FULHAM
Hall
LEICESTER
Y NOTTS
F.
BRADFORD.C.
▾ Plymouth
V Newcastle
✔ Barnsley
Y Blackpool
Southampton Tottenham
MANCHESTER U....♥
Port Vale
Swarben
SHEFFIELD U. v Norwich
▾ DONCASTER ▾ Bury
WEST HAM'
ALDERSHOT
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
Bristol. C. BOURNEMOUTH « Cardiff
Northampton Southend
BRISTOL R. FLAPTON O. Coventry
Y QUEEN'S P.R.
Exeter
GILLINGHAMAY
LUTON *** Reading
NEWPORT
Notte C
Swindon
TORQUAY
Brighton
Crystal P.
▾ WATFORD Millwall
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) ACCRINGTON N. Brighton CILESTER ▼ York
"Continued on "Pago 9.)
The
Mr. Walker's keenness on shooting activities is a natural one, for prior to taking up civil life he was in the Royal Engineers, serving with them In the Great War in France, Salonika, Egypt and Palestine,
100 MEMBERS
Last week I made mention of the fact that, owing to the great influx
of members, the Hongkong Rife As
scribed Inter.
One medal will be available for affiliated Clubs with a membership not exceeding.30, two medals to Clubs with a membership not exceeding 60, three medals to Clubs with member
not exceeding 100 and four medals to Clubs with membership ex ceeding 100.
Our Daily Golf Hint
but A clean-hit,
only moderately hard-hit, ball will travel farther than a badly- hit ball on which twice as much power has been used. Jack White.
The conditions of shooting for these medals is left to the discretion of the cerned, except that the shooting shall bo "Deliberato" and shall be carried is no objection to these medals being out with the S. R. (b) rifle. There
shot for concurrently with the ordin- ary Spoon Shoots, or practices, held weekly by the Association.
Committeo of the Rifle Clubs con- BADMINTON
HINTS
FIXTURES CONFUSION
WELL BEHIND SCHEDULE
An Unwieldy Progrmme
A NEED FOR REVISION
(By "Veritas]},
сап
Unless
programmes average ten matches per week from now until April 9 inclu sive, there is no chance of the men's doubles league badmin- ton fixtures being completed by scheduled time this season.
Up to the present 40 matches out of 166 have been played and only another ten weeks are left before the season oficially closes. The season has reached the halfway stage precise- ly with a mere 30 per cent. of the fixtures fulfilled,
According to the official schedule 81 matches should be outstanding from 10-day until April 9 and 18 dates have been arranged for these matches, giving an average of less than three per evening over about three evenings a week. But figures show that in- stead of 81 games being outstanding no less than 107 remain unplayed.
THE PROSPECTS
As the mixed doubles programme accupies every Friday from now until March 27 and will almost -assuredly go into April, there is no chance of teams taking over an extra day each week to wipe off the men's doubles arrears and the only solution, if the ixtures are to be completed, is the extension of the season until May.
Maybe teams as a whole will be prepared to extend the season, but It is more likely that they will have had enough badminton by then and will be only too glad to give it a rest. Furthermore by that time the weather docs not encourage
such strenuous pastimes, and the possibility of playing league matches during the very Aunimer cannot be regarded
The winners of these medals will THE IMPORTANCE joyfully by most of the players.
be entitled to enter for a special com- petition which will be held for them at the local "Bisley" Meeting in 1936.
WOMAN
sociation had been forced to double ATHLETE
the entrance fee and annual charges,
The increased fees applying to-nil
members in excess to 300, the original BECOMES
300 members being regarded Foundation members' ant being re- quired to pay the old scale of fees,
At the time, the membership stood at 280-odd This week it
rose to above 300, the new member
with No. 300 opposite his name
being J. M. Xavier, of the Hong- kong Volunteer Defence Corps.
A MAN:
MISS Z. KOUBKOVA NOW MR. KOUBEK
OF SERVICE
HOW IT IS DONE
FRED PERRY'
About whom Vinen maken an alarming statement
PERRY AND TENNIS
480 MILE TORCH RELAY RACE
NATIONAL GAMES AT ADELAIDE
Contonary Plans
A most spectacular opening to the South Australian Cen- tenary Celebrations adopted by the National Games Council will be the 480 mile torch relay race from Melbourne (the scene of the last Games in 1932) to Adelaide. A team of twenty runners will take part in the race which, it it expected, will take five days.
Prior to the opening of the Games- massed bands will play martial music,? and the members of the Australian. Olymple Federation and Gamos Coun-il cll will be lined up at the dais to await the arrival of the Premier of South Australia (The Hon. R. L. Butler), the Promier of Australia (The Hon J. A. Lyons) and the Vicerogal party, when the National Anthem will be
MAY NOT PLAY played by the massed bands, the aing-
AGAIN
VINE'S ALARMING STATEMENT
ing being led by a choir of 1,000 sing-. ers dressed in white. Then follow: the singing of "The Song of Austru |lia." The march past of the content; ants will then take place, and immedi ately afterwards the Hon. R, L. But ler will invite His Excellency the |Governor of South Australia (Bris) -
General Sir Winston Dogge: KC.M.G., C.B., D.9.0.) to officid declare the South Australia Centenary
Colebrations open.
OPENING PLANS
Los Angeles, Jan. 28. Is Fred Perry, world's leading tennis player and famous English Davis Cup hero, permanently finished
The Prime Ministor of Australia with competitive tennis? A disturbing statement indicating the Hon. J. A. Lyons), who is chair man of the Australian National Games such a possibility has been madd by Council, will then invite H.E. the Ellsworth Vines, former world's
Governor to proclaim the opening of champion, now the best professional the National Games, and a fanfare of player in the universe and regarded trumpets and the firing of a salute of by many to have no poera olther guns will follow the Governor's de among his colleagues or amateur claration. The climax of the cero. mony will be the finish of the non-stop contemporaries.
torch relay race-the torch-bearer will be escorted by the full team from the entrance, and they will run round the arena to a dais-where they will be received by the Governor. The torch-bearer will then march with the full relay team to the National Games Flame Pedestal to the accompaniment of a fanfare of trumpets, and will light the flame from the torch brought from Melbourne.
The position only serves to em-
To-day he told United Press that phasise what I claimed when the sea-
English friends had informed him Bon started. That it is impossible to attempt to carry through such an that a recurrence of his old back in unwelldy programme. The chief fac-jury had caused Perry to cancel the tors which seemed to have been over-
Australian tour last year, and that he looked when the decision was made to have but one men's doubles division cannot play for months,
THERE are three strokes in secure, their courts of the clubs can
more than twice often these
or thrice a week, and evenings coinelde. The result is that where we find on one evening a week eight-or ten of the teams engaged, on others only two or three matches can be played and the rest of the teams have to remain idle.
THREE PROVISIONS
to
centro of the arena,
Perhaps his competition the service. A short one,
tennis has ended permanently.
Another impressive feature will be which aims at making the
HISTORY OF THE INJURY the unfurling of the Australian shuttle skim the net and fall
Olympic Flag as the Olymple Hymn Perry, it may be recalled, injured sung by the massed choir, and with close to the short-service line;
thethe unfurling of the flag hundreds of his back whilst competing in a lob to the long-service line;
American national championships Pigeons will be released from the and the drive, a long, fast ser
A dedicatory last year. He reached the final, but address and Benediction will be do- vice which enters the court
lost the match in four sets to Wilmer livored by the Padre to the Games far back and at an rather
The position which has arisen should Allison, playing the last two sets in Council, and the song, "Land of Hope angle.
provida a corrective for the future
and Glory," will be sung, accompanied by the bands. At the clone of the Make the preliminary movements and next season it will be imperative physical agony. He then went
to take over a business song State Flag bearers will come to for all three services as nearly as for two divisions, to be formed. Australia
Intention their respective positions near the possible the same, so that your op. Under such a system the following appointment and with the
and the declaration of Prague, Jan. 11. ponent cannot decide which you are provisions will be met, (a) program-of phying in State and the Australian rostrum,
Amateurism will then be made, Actually, although 300 full mem- bera have now reglatered with the
Czechoslovakia's leading Wo-going to use and move into the best mes will not be too long and teams
national championships, but will be able to complete them within
Thus tha oponing of the South Association, the membership is still
athlete, Miss Zdenka position to take it.
Jury quickly asserted itself and he "Guard against your intentions little mannerisms
(Continued on Page 9,)
Contenary Celebrations short of this figure, owing to the de-
Koubkova, is to-day & man, which wuld
returned hurriedly to England last Australian
will be made truly a fiting opening parture of ten members of tho
to an alert opponent. Some players,
month where he is now undergoing to celebrate the State's one hundredth legally and physically. Lincolnshire's for India. It is prob
for example, unconsciously form the
special treatment at the hands of a birthday, and thus will South ablo, therefore, that the Council will Her lawyer in Prague has just an habit of glancing at the roof before
specialist.
Australians honour the memory of the decide to allow a further ten mem-nounced that she underwent a suc-serving a lob; others stand farther
Pioneers from the Homeland who, bere to join under the old subscription
Interviewed on his arrival in Lon-one hundred years ago, braved the rates.
don Perry allayed fears by announce dangers of the song in tiny vessels to BRONZE MEDALS
ing that he was certain his back carry the Flag to a land. 12,000 miles would yield to treatment and that he across the sea, followed by dangers and privations in an unexplored confidently expected to be fit for country, and so enabled the founda Wimbledon and the Davis Cup al- tlon of the now rich productive State though he did not intend to partici- of South Australia-the Garden State pate in other tournaments beforehand. of the Commonwealth of Australis.
The Bronze medals, which have been presented by the Hon. Secretary for competition by all affiliated rifle clubs, have now arrived. The medals bear
the Association badge on the obverse, the name of the winners being in
St. George's Riding School
Ma Tau Wai Road, Kowloon.
BUSES 3 AND 11 PASS THE SCHOOL
Special Illuminated Track
for Evening Riding
·Prospectus on application
Instructors
Mr. E. Wobb,
Capt. N. A. Roldestvin
G. WILLIAMS,
Managor and Proprietor.
man
GOLDEN
cessful operation to change her sex back in the court to serve a drive. MILLER
FOR THE
The NATIONAL
before Christmasa," and she has nowThis does not mean that you must changed her name to Zdenek Koubek, always serve from the same position!
So, recovered from the operation, but that you should be able to send Mr. Zdenek Koubek to-day returned to work dressed in masculino cloth- any of the three types from any'
pozition -ing." He is in excellent spirits after
his cliange of sex.
Thero is, of course, no overhand! service In badminton. Meanwhile the lawyer has register may not be higher than the server's ed the change with the Bureau of waist at the moment of hitting t Vital Statistics in Prague, depositing Held the shuttle lightly by the fea- the medical certificates stating that there, and throw it
1 few inches to the operation was a success. So the the side, hitting it as soon as it is description of sex on his client's or dropping vertically. This is the ginal birth certificate is being altered (usual method. Accordingly.
MILITARY SERVICE Now Mr. Koubek, who is 21, faces the question of whether ho will have
Some players, how- over, hold the shuttle until the last moment before striking it, believing that this helps them better to con- trol its flight.
You may serve forehand or back-
This
HIS 'COME-BACK' IS COMPLETE
London, Jan. 5, Golden Miller, greatest steeplechaser in England, ar- ; rived back yesterday at trainer Owen Anthony's stables at Lot- combe Basset (Berks) as fresh as though his great "come- back" at Newbury the previous day had been merely an exer- cise gallop.
to make up the regular military ser. hand. Some players serve forehand vice which he escaped as a girl from the left court and backhand
the The matter is already being examined from
right court. by the Czech military authorities. HAVEN time in that they have Koubkova, when a woman, was not to turn round to get into position holder of the world record for 80 and for the return shot, a small point, 800 metres, and held soven Czech but worth consideration in a fast women's records. The 800 metres
game rocard was established at the White You have only one service, so you City in 1984, when she ran away must play it carefully. The shuttle from her competitors to knock & soc, must, of course, fall into the court Ho falled in the National list Fear
Hundreds wont in a downpour to see the racing, solely because the "Miller" was running.
off the record with 4 time of 2 min. diagonally opposite the one from by unshipping his Jockey; he fallod 12 4-10 sec.
which you are serving. If it fells in the Champion Chase over the some During the 1986 Season Miss on any of the lines surrounding this Koubkova resigned from the Czech court it counts as a good service, but the following day by falling. Women's Amtour Athletic Fedora-if you or your opponent receiving) tion, and did not reveal her reasons the service have a foot on any of for doing so. She was not a com- these lines at the moment the shuttlo petitor in any ovent during the is hit, It is a fault and counts to the
opposing side.
Besingh.
SEX DOUBTS OF FAMOUS ATHLETES
WOMEN MAY BE EXAMINED
Prague, Jan. 11.
**
many and Poland would lose two cut standing athletes at present enrolled (among the women,
SAME BOLD FENCER
Thousands thought he had lost his nerve for big fances. Good horaemon belloved he was merely stalo.
He proved on Monday that he rei
| mained the finn, bold fencer that won
the public affection.
As a result of the remarkable have daily has been commented on, change of sex of Miss Koubkova, the and their masculins style of move fellow will certainly run in the Na
said that the big Czecho-Slovak athlete, it is expected ment noted..
the effect of the sain. Yet he galloped Ho carried nearly 13st, counting
The fact that · certain wonien and Jumped no freely as over over a two-mile course in the Andover athletes of international reputation
Chase. Owen Anthony
here that women competitors in all Mr. Koubek, az "Miss Konukeva" tional unless something unfortunate Important contests may be called upon my called, has just appeared for. happens. to undergo a medical examination If the first time in the streets of Prague favourite for the race. His "oome- This Automatically makes him in men's clothes--and looked striking-
their nox in doubted.
If this is done, it in declared, Gorly good-looking in a smartly cut quit back" has been complete.
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