THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936,
CHINA'S PROBABLE CHARITY CUP FINAL TEAM
Gordon Lum and W. C. Choy, who ara due to arrive in Hongkong at the sad of the week. Lum and Kho Sin- kis are on their way to Europe' for the Davis Cup.
"DOLLY" TENNIS AT H.K.C.C.
STANDARD STILL VERY POOR
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(By "Varita")
Matches in the open tennis championships are still being won and lost by wide margina, and none of yesterday's four games went beyond, two sets, while in three of them losers only managed to win threo games each.
Leonardi
na
The standard of tennis remains die appointingly low. The chief match
doubles between Hachiuma and Lee Wai-tong and Luk Ding-cheung, was an exposition of the All four gentle art of pat-ball. players cachewed the overhead "kit"
back
easily praferring to drop the ball
THREE ATHLETIC PLAYERS INCLUDED: PIVOTAL
New World Swimming Record
IN BREASTSTROKE
New York, Mar. 25,
Jack Kasley of the University of Michigan established úí new world's record for the 200 yards breastroke swimming here to-day returning the amazing time of 2 minutes 24 1/10
Roconds.
This beats the previous record held by Jean Cartonnet the Frenchman, who swam the distance last year in 2 minutes 25 2/10 seconds.-Rentor.
FOOTBALL POOLS
LEAGUE NOT TO BUY LICENCE
COPYRIGHTING FIXTURES
London, Feb. 28. Mr. J. McKenna; president of the Football League, last night denied that the League had asked the promoters of the Football, Pools to buy a licence for the use of the fixture lists.
POSITION SHOCK
PORTUGAL'S DILEMMA
(By "Veritas")
Twenty-one players have been asked to prepare themselves to play for China in the International Charity Cup final against Portugal on Sunday. They have been drawn from the two South China Athletic. teams and the Chinese Athletic Club. Nevertheless the selectors also have in mind a Probable team which is as follows:
Pau Ka-ping; Mak Sui-hon | and Tam Kong-pak; Tsui Ah- fai, Lam Tak-po, cnd Lee Kwok-wni; Tang Kwong-sum, Tio Hian-gwin, Fung King- cheung, Lee Wai-tong and Tay Qua-liang.
If this team knally doen service Chinese Athletic will be presented by j Mak Sui-hon, Tsui Ah-fai and Tang Kwong-sum, while with the exception of Lam Tuk-po, the rest of the team will be South Chinn "A" players.
Frying-Pan
Lawn
Tennis
There a rush he frying-pans in) Melbournent least so Reutter says. and the ironmangers Bre already choosing the site of their week-end concy-aliooting lodger.
Nevertheless this is by no means the certain line-up. Pau Kn-ning not definite whether he can play, and to the selectors have requested the following to be ready for the match:-
The pans are being used for lawn Paul Ko-ping and Wong Wing; tennis; a craze which has ousted the more classical rigours of "barrow. Mak Sul-hon, Li Tin-sang and Tam Kong-pak; Tsul Ah-fal, Lai Kwok-Pushing," a pastime that, after all, has lost a little enste ever siner Mr. chui. Chan lung-ching, leung Pickwick sat in a barrow during the Wingehul, Lee Kwok-wet, Lam Tak partridge-shooting and assured Cap po and H. Young: 'Two Kwai-shing,
tain Boldwig that his name was Cold Funk King- Tang Kwong Wim
Punch. cheung, Lee Wal-tong, Ip Pak- wa, Tio Ilian-gwin, Tay Qua-linng. Cheak Shek-knm and Yeung Shui- ylck.
Whatever the line-up, it will differ considerably from the team which beat Scotland in very disappointing This denial in the latest move in game on Christmas Day. On the the League's campaign to stop the occasion, when China won two-nit, the great pool gambles by cancelling all team
Wing: Mak wan:-Wong keeping the new fixtures secret until ixtures for the rest of the season and Sul-hon and Tam Kong-pak; Leung Wing-chul, Wong Mee-shun and Lee the day before the games.
Kwok-wnl; Yeung Shul-yick. Fung King-cheung, Lee Wai-tong, Cheuk Shek-kam and Leo Shek-yau.
ONE SURPRISE
The use of frying-pans` for lawn tennis began at Wonthaggi, a country hamlet in Victoria. A Mr. Harry Chipchase, who rather fancied him- self on the courts, challenged a Mr. Join Meleish to a match of lawn tennis.
"Mr. Chipchase," said Mr. McLeish,
"uld beat you with a frying-nan." "Sir, repiled Mr. Chipchase, "you could not.
EXALTED THE FRYING PAN
But he did. And the news spread. Just an Lamb's Chinese peasant-boy found that the parfect way of ronst- ing pig is to burn down your house, and set all Chino's pig-lovers, a-talk-
Inrised, and, in a fashion, exalted the frying pan.
Mr. McKenna declared: "The report (Iaid before the pre- for it to be tossed up once more int alient by the News Chronicla) that another short, bat neck-training lob. the pool promoters offered £26,000, Leo Wal-long's overhead drop shots that this was rejected, and that a were clever in exocution, but they demand was made by the League should not have acord to often for £75,000 year, is emphatically Wing-chui from the centre-half berthing, no this Mr. McLeish has popu Hachiuma along endeavoured to Im- incorrect. prove the pace by nome good driving, but his not play was Jesë preciso and rocurate.
The surprise about Sunday's prob- able team is the dropping of Leung for the inclusion of Lam Tak-po, South China "B" pivot.
"At no time has there been any
from the Football League It is also rather unexpected to see) request for any sum for the copyright, and Tia flim-gwin Included in view of Lounard and Hachiuma cracked up the Football League has never been his somewhat mediocre display during badly after leading 6-4, and 40-lapproached by the Pool Promoters' the week. But the inclusion of Tsui the first set. Twice forced to run inta | Association on the subject, the crowd, they lost the rhythm of their strokes and went on to lose the Arst set in the twelfth game. The
NO STATEMENT YET
Ah-fni will. strongthen the half back line, while Tang Kwong-sum thorough- ly deserves recognition on his recent performances.
aftor Lee and Luk dictated the playThis 1 know la contrary-to-state-, and ran out comfortable winners, - ments issued by the promoters, but] Whatever the final composition of I say it in face of those announce the team, it will be powerful in every Lee and Luk showod admirable nients.
department. The rear division 18 understanding and presumably special-
"So far as the Football League is nerhaps, about the fincat in the ly selected a type of play best concerned there will be no clearing Colony, and if Lam Tak-po comes up calculated to putwit their opponents, the air statement until our usual to scratch the intermediate line will Leb's cleverly controlled cut shots moeting in London on March 2. Any be invulnerable. were certainly very tantalising, but one wished for a little more sparkle on the part of the winner who ap peared quite content to go on playing "dolly drops" oven when they could have afforded to liven things up.
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QUICKLY AND PAINLESSLY All three singles games ended quickly and painlessly, Taul Wol-na waited for Gray to make enough errors | to win 6-2, 6-1. Btont of the game. went to deuce after Grny had obtained. gums point, but the K.C.C. player could not steady himself enough to force home theas advaniagus,
Taul plaved methodical tennis wait-i ing for the correct opening before quickening the pace, He scored one pretty looking ner shots with excellent; placements and three timor passed his opponent as he rushed the nét on loose) balla,
Teddy Fincher was given a certain amount of stroke practice in his game against Canta'n Omeg, but' was never extended and Alec Pearce had nothing but defensive cut shots to offel" against Paul Kong and could no therefore hope to do better than 3- 2-6. Kong's general play was quite promising his forecourt work being
move must come from the promoters.j
The pools admit that there is Apparently Fung King-cheang is a copyright in the fixture, lists, hat gelag to centre-forward with Tio in deny that they have been guilty is customary position at inside right ef any infringement.
and Ice Wal-tong his. old berth of "So far as any damage to football inside left. It is a promising inside trip, and in every respect the team looks good enough to win the Inter- nation Charity Cup for the second year in succession.
particularly steady. But I wonder if C. J. Tacch!, newly-elected Presi
he know he was etanding on the dent of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls line for every first servol
THE RESULTS
The full results were as follows:
Association
PORTUGAL IN A DILEMMA
NOT ANNOUNCING THE TEAM Portugal are placed in a dilemma about the Charity Cup final: The International hockey tournament final is being played on Sunday morning! and quite a number of their footballers are included in Portugal's Leam to oppose England. Beltran and B. Gosano are certain to play
the hockey and if they should sustain in-i Juries Portugal claim they will bo forced to cry off the football,
An
It seems extraordinary that such position should arise. It also caste on the unfortunate reflection rowers-That-Be. Of course it can be argued till doomsday that the hockey final is Just as important as the foot- clubs is concerned, the withholding ball final; and possibly the hockey
of the names of opposing teams may organizers can point to the fact that Open Singles. Toul Wai-pul beat! $. A. Gray, 6-1, 6-2; E. G. Fincher act as a fillip to the gates. We must this date was fixed several months ago, beat Captain W. J. R. Cragg, 0-1, 6-2: wait and see the result of the League's Apart from that it would appear to Paul Kong beat T. A. Pearce, 6-1, 6-2. stop.
Open Doublos-Leo Wal-tong and Luk Ding-choung beat J. W. Loonard and Y. Hachlumu, 7-5, 6-2.
TO-DAY'S. PROGRAMME.
Open Singles Tsui Yun-pul v. Iu Tak-chouk.
THE KEY MAN
Issued the
A series, almost a spute, of chal- lenge matfes followed. Racquets were thrown to the wind, or de-trung to make ukuleles and music. A local] member of Parliament chose a Mr. Winslett as partner and beat two prominent town councillors. All four
used frying-pans.
Berala Govano, who' has_ta_play in football and hockey cup finals on Sunday,
Oxford's Fine
Full-Course
Trial
London, Mar, 25. Oxford University boat race crew rowed a brilliant full-course trial to-day from Putney to Mortlake, cover- ing the distance in 18 minutes 59 seconds.
Their conch was delighted with the performance even taking into account that they were favoured with a fast tide and a following wind.
This was a vast improve- inent on their first full-course trial of Thursday last when they took 21 minutes seconds Reuter.
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GRAND NATIONAL CALL-OVER
Goldon Miller Is
Still Favourite ·
Golden
London, Mar. 25. favourite for the Grand National ac Miller remains firm
cording to the call-over to-day. He was offered at 4-1, and taken at 9-2. The latest prices, as cabled by Reuter. 4 to 1 Golden Miller (o) (9/2
Already a rule has been passed that the Inside of the pan may not be used, a delicate legal refinement, follow.
But this is hardly Progress. The late Mr. Freddy Wilson took on all- comers at ping-pong with a table- knife-and won. The great-uncle of friend of mino organised a charity match of hockey in which walking
ticks and a hard-boiled egg were used. Bradman learnt cricket with a drain pipe and a golf ball, against a wall.
The frying-pan phase must, like violets and banquets, pass. It is a game full of sound and fury, signify. ing nothing.
Wimbledon routins sacred.
R. C. R.-G.
one day with possible injuries to affect the composition of the football, team.
The uprhot is that Portugal cannot, name her football team until Sunulay fternoon, and should any of the foot- ballers receive injuries on Sunday morning, Portugal will probably have to call off the football.
Our Daily Golf Hint
When the ball lies badly, bit the part you can BCC. Don't drop your shoulder in an useless attempt to hit the part you cannot see.
-Miss Helme.
taken)
7 to Reynoldstown (t and ́o) 9 to 1 Avenger (o) 10 to 1 taken 100 to 7 Castle Irwell (o) (100/6
taken)
100 to 6 Keen Blade (t and o) 20 to 1 Delaneige (o) 25/1 taken 33 to Blue Prince (t and o)
Brienz (t and o)
SMART BADMINTON WIN
FOR ST. ANDREW'S
beat
In accomplishing the defeat beat a. P. Chan and H. T. Woo, 21-16: best
B. W. Ling and C. Y. Yung, 21-10 of Chinese Recreation Club last W. C. Chay and If. W. 1o, 21-10. evening, St. Andrew's "A" have, V. Wong and R. H. Wong (8 Andrew's) made themselves fairly assured best W. C. Choy and 11. W. 1o, 31-18; best of fourth position in the men's. W. Kung and C. Y. Yung. 21-10. doubles badminton league, while they have every chance
kost to 8. 1, Chan and H. W. Woo. 16-211
of finishing third.
Liverpool on Satur hockey season is as good as finished, culty
Ellot Hall "A" experienced no diff
Hilos P. H. Kwok and 9. W. Liang triday, January. 3, a mention prospect of congested fixtures and a had to concede two games to the
Open Doublea, K. Lo and M. W. following state
FIRE BRIGADE Y. ELIOT HALL "A"
J. 1. Anderson and A. Fisher (Pire be a very normal gesture on the
With two games in hand of the Brinde) but to C. D. Læs and C. 9. liang part of the Hockey Association if they. C.R.C... they are, but two points be-11 13 to 1 K. Okass and B. C. Tye 18-11:
Lost to K. 9. Llaw and K. Y. Lee 12-21. none-too K. L. Blute and W. Shute (Fire Brigade) "Tho only man who has
way to the football on this hind, and as they have gavo any
On the face of it there severe programma ahead, it seeme best Les and Hens 21:10: lost to Chan, and further interest in the League's action occasion, until Monday week is the man who seems to be no reason why the hockey more than likely that they will oust The 1621 best Llew and Loo 11-14.
should not be put back for a week, or the Chinese from their position before W. Boker and G. William (Fire Brigade) last to Lee and Hong 10-211.Joat to Chan and draws up the fixture liste."
Tye D-21; Joel to Liew and Zee 2-21.. The Fools Promoters' Association oven played during the week in view the reason ends.
of the lengthening overings,
The met secretly at
LEAGUE TABLE day and
in boating Fire Brigade at whereas with football thero le. the Police Headquarters, though they,
father and, son Shute combination, Eliot Hall "A". took place at Liverpool between the season lengthening into hay. accredited representatives of thic
who also gave Chan and Tye a good Reerelo "A"... While the portonmoment of the foot run for their money, winning 10 aces GR.C. Club Championship-F A Red- Football Pools Promoters' Assocla- ball final would tend even more to before admitting defent.
St. Andrew's “A” tion and a
deputation representing disruot the anong makan, Pharmante Club Handfeap Singles E. R. the management
Those were the only two games Ellot Hall "IP" committoo of the ponement of the hockey, match would, played, and the complete scores with Recreio "p".. Stapleton; G. W. Football League, Price Y.
St. John's Sewoll. C. C. Stark; D. B. Robb v At that meeting the, Football body to make a duference to any amended league table follow. Fire Brigade 18 8 10 65 85:10
League, députation · contended · that
A. 8. Tilled and M. Well, itt. Andrews) V.R.C. M
10 9 13 42 84 the Football League held a copy-It is decidedly unfortunate for lost to P. Chan and II. T. Woo 2-11; lost Kowloon Tong .. 21 83 10 49 104 0. right, in their fixtures, and men- Portugal to be faced with the tasks 10 WO Cher and M. V. Ho, 1.811 loss to St. Androwa "B" 16 2:10.30 07 3
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Lo T. A. V. Gostno and A. V. Remo-
P. Kong and Lai Kwong-taur
mond V. V. R. Gordon
A. D. Humphroye
H.
Club handicap doubles.-P. Scooter and A. L... Bullivan v. L. Forster and L. T. Ride.
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TO BEAT THE BOOK
(By "Robin")
HOME
Derby -, Barnsley
Charlton
Fulham
Tottenham Luton
Reading
Lincoln
Stockport
Celtic
AWAY
Dunfermline Hamilton
'Sunderland Bristol C. Motherwell
TO DRAW-
Grimsby Manchester C Doncaster
OUR FORECAST
For Saturday
Football.
ENGLISH LEAGUE AND
SCOTTISH CUP
The following is the specla! Telo- graph forecast for Iome_football on | Saturday next, Including English and Scottish Leagues and the Scottish Cup semi-finals.
FIRST DIVISION
ASTON VILLA Bolton
BRENTFORD- DERBY
Everton
HUDDERSFIELD
Middlesbro'
PORTSMOUTH PRESTON
Birmingham v Leeds
✓ Chicines
✓ Liverpool
▼ Grimsby
W. Bromwich, Sunderland
▼ Bloke
v Blackburn
Wednesday ✓ MANCHESTER C. Wolves
v Arsenal
SECOND DIVISION
BARNSLEY
| BRADFORD C.
Burnley CHARLTON FULHAN Full
MANCHESTER U. NEWCASTLE--- · Plymouth
Port Vale TOTTENHAM -
v Swansea * Bradford
▾ Doncaster
▾ Bury
Y Blackpool ▾ WEST HAM
Norwich Bheffield U.
Y Coventry
v Leicester ✓ NOTTS F. ▾ Southampton THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) HOURNEMOUTH
v Torquay BRISTOL R. Cardia CLAPTON O. Crystal P. GILLINGHAM LUTON Northampton NOTTS C. READING SOUTHEND
▾ Bristol C. Y Newport
v QUEEN'S P..R.
v Millwall
Aldershot
v Brighton
✓ Swindon
v Watford
v Excier
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
v Darlington
ACCRINGTON
Barrow
CHESTER
Chesterfield
Crewe LINCOLN
New Brighton ROCHDALE Southnort STOCKPORT York
Y Mansfield
* Tranmere
▾ WREXHAM
ኘ
Halifax
V Walsall
r Rotherham
y Carlisle
▾ Gateshead
v Oldham
v HARTLEPOOLS
SCOTTISH CUP
RANGERS Third Lanark
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
Clyde FALKIRK
ABERDEEN
Arbroath.
Ayr
CELTIC DUNFERMLINE HAMILTON Hearts
v St. Johnstone" ▾ MOTHERWELL
▼ AIRDRIE v Hibernian ▾ Dundee
▾ Queen's Park ▾ Kilmarnock
CAMBRIDGE
WINS
VARSITY GOLF MATCH
London, Mar, 26 Cambridge easily defent Oxford in the annual inter-Varsity golf match at Hoylake to-day, securing, eight of the singles and four of the foursomes, making a total of 12 matches to three,
They thus equalled the record mar gin of victory established by Oxford
in 1921, and 1930. -
Cambridge's, South African. player, Watermeyer beat. Quincy by 10 and 9 and did the first 18. holes in 68, thus equalling the professional course record held by Archio Competon Reuter
GOALKEEPERS TO WEAR STEEL HELMETS
LATEST FOOTBALL
INNOVATION
(By' G. W, R, Smith)
Forget all the troubles In sport for a moment and let me tell you of football's latest intro- duction to preserve the craniums of goalkeepers.
The suggestion that goalkeepers khould wear crash helmeta has horne fruit. It will be discussed at the meeting' of_the_International Board in June. In the meantime I lave tried out the first experimental crash helmet model,
A leading firm of sports outfitters are going ahead with arrangements to put the Gelmet on the market. Certain modifications will have to be made, but at the moment it resembles an ordinary motor-cycling helmet on
small scale.
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Made of leather, with an azbeston lining, the weight will be less than eight ounces. It will have a detach- able flexible peak and the back will be close fitting like a skull cap, only coming lower on to the neck. Straps will. faster under the, chia
NO MORE BRUISES Sam Bartram, of Charlton, the most during and unorthodox goni. tried the now
keeper in the t
helmet for our
It would help goalkeepers a lot
"No if adopted," sald
moro bumps and bruises to doctor on
Saturday: nights! It would give us confidence, too, in diving for the ball at the fect of forwards.
"You can't protect all the body. The head the main thing. That is where we get hurt most."
Charlton's manager, Mr. Jimmy
HOSPITAL'S RUGBY CUP FINAL
ST. MARY'S DEFEAT ST. THOMAS'S
London, March 23. St. Mary's beat Bt. Thoman's by 19 points to 8, in the final of the London Hospitals' Rugby Cup at Richmond to-day.
In another rugby match New- port easily beat" Penarth scoring · 11 points without reply.-Reuter
Seed, also gave the helmet his ap pravil.
"Most clubs don't keep more than two or throd goalkeepers on the books," he said. "When one is in- Jured it causes a deal of inconveni- ence and perhaps the loss of valu able points.
"Goalkeepers often get their heads helmet cut and bruised. A crash would reduce the minor casualties."
́A ̄WEST-HÄM ̈ VIEW
Нестал Conway, West Ham's goalkeeper, spoke with particular feeling. His head was cut in going .... down to the ball some time ago."
"I don't want to be thought a 'cottonwool player," he told · me, hnt I would welcome any general introduction of the helmet. I am very interested to see what officials will do with a common-sentro“ aug- gestion like this."
Manager Tresadern I just caught in the midst of the flurry and bustle of, Cup-tie arrangemonts. "The helmet would be of great value to the spec- tacular player," said Mr. Tresadern "Many goalkeepers fear going down to the ball in a meloe. Protection would help them to get over all that." The helmet idea is only in the ex- perimental stages at the moment, but you can take it from me that a great deal more will be heard of it later.
ENGLISH SOCCER
RESULTS
Probables Win In The International Trial
London, Mar. 25.
In the English International football trial match at Manchester to-day tha Probables beat the Possible by three goals to rifl
There were a number of longus. matches played, Brentford scored a useful home, win against Portsmouth, but Arsenal were held to a draw by Everton at Highbury. Luton Im- proved their promotion prospecta by beating Torquay, Reuter
results wore da follown.
INTERNATION TRIAL 3Pouaibles FIRST, DIVISION
Probables
Brentford
3 Portsmouth Areenal.
1. Everton THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) Luton
1 Torquay
HOCKEY FINAL
Conclusion of Small Units Tourney
The final of the Small Units Hockey Competition will be played on the Marina ground at 4.80 p.m. on Satur day, March 28. The finalists are the 2nd, Mountain Battery, H.K.S.R.A., and "A" Company, 1/8 Punjabis..