BASELINE
THE KNEELMA BENFICA MÉS ALTESE STATE/IZRAZINAZOS
Scotland Defeat Ireland
London, Apr. 22. Scotland beat Ireland in an Amateur International foot- ball match at Belfast to-day after a high scoring match. Scotland netted five times, Ireland replying thrice. Reuter
HOME FOOTBALL
UPSETS
Tranmere's Defeat
MOTHERWELL LOSE
London, Apr. 22. The startling defeat of Tranmere by York City in the northern section of the third division was the feature of 10-. day's big list of English Foot- ball League matches.
_THE_HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, APRIL 23,1936.-
DECISION AFFECTS TENNIS
Tsuis Recover From A Losing Position
AND WIN COLONY
DOUBLES
CROWN
Fighting Finish
(By "Veritas")
Tsui Wai-pui mud Tsui Yun- pui beat E. C. Fincher and W.
It is hardly overstating the case to say that a base linesman's blunder led directly to the defeat of Fincher and Hung in this tremendously tense
.and often dramatic Colony championship final on the stand court yesterday.
lovers could be traced back to that Certainly the decline and fall of the point. It occurred in the fourth set with Fincher and Hụng lening by
Tranmere are in rumbing for pro motion, but this reverse has seriously jeopardised their chances, and Ches- terfeld now require but three points from three matches to be certain of the shampionship. Tranmere, with two sets to one and two games ta one
Tsui Wakpui's service. Bame number of games played in three points, in arrears of the receivers had, game point for a three-
lend, which at that time would;
the
are
fenders,
une
The
Hunderland сате 3 cropper atmost assuredly have sent them out Les, the United winning by three winners in the fourth set. elear goals, while Chelsea gained a Txui
valuable point from Portsmouth and the brothers were at the net and
have made themselves safe welegation.
Motherwell
were
Wan
WILL HE NEVER WIN IT?
Yesterday Teddy Fincher played exchange of lobs,
in his fourthi Colony doubles tennis frem valleys and counter drives.
The ball was volleyed and plainly cleared the championship. final in five years. But the title still eludes him. Twice bes baseline by
several inches. But the unexpectedlyoke was given as good, and the fore he has figured in flyg set match- beaten on their own ground by Dan- Tuis went on to win the game, then on both occasions enjoying advan Termline, while Rangers were held to alea Hearts, both results the
and
tages as he did yesterday with W, C. Anally the match against Hung. MIL. materially helping Cellte in their quest
couple A very dispirited for the Lilla.
Hung
undoubtedly allowed the in- cident 10 upset him more. than it
were as follows,
- But still Teddy can't win a Colony championship, and those who believe
The results, as cabled by Reuter should, but a temperary collapse at/in fate say he never will. His pre-†
vious three gallant failures were with such a vital stage of a match is easily L. Goldman and they were in succes- understandable; unfortunately with!.
isive years 1932, 33, 34.
FIRST DIVISION.
Lerus
Birmingham Chelsea
Sunderland Wednesday
o Portsmoula
SECOND DIVISION.
Blackpool
one's mental attitude to the game so
Yesterday,was Hung's second final,
อ vastly changed. it is not so easy to in succession. Last year he and Ho 1 recover equilibrium,
0 This is not to gainsay the merit of Ka-nu lost to the Rumjahn cousins,
0
All
the Tsul brothers' victory. honour is due to them for
their magnificent recovery at a time when they certainly had their falls between their legs, Fincher and Hungstill hal opportunities of winning the match, but it must be said that from
6 Newcastle THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Bournemouth 2 Watford Gillingham 2 Queen's 'FER. Southend ------Northampton 1o-plny second fiddle. ----
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH),
York Accrington Chester
2 Tranmere
1 Rotherham
1
Lincoln
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
Hearts Motherwell
1 Rangers
2 Dunfermline
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How City And Suburban Was Won
:
EASIEST VICTORY
OF ALL TIME
London, Apr. 22.
2 that point onwards they were made
Apart from this point, which I, at
So Far This
Year
Tsut Wal-pui has won tour tennis
Won the
lenst, felt to be an error on the part titles: He is now holder of the two of the linesman, general dissatisfac-Colany championships, and recently, tion was caused by the manner in he retained the Chinese Recreation - 1 which one of the line offeinis gave Club singles crown and with his 2 his decisions. Several times fault brother, Tsul Yun-pui,
services were called after the players club's doubles chempionship. hod exchanged three and four strokes, What he most destres now is to This contributed nothing towards the figure in a winning Interport team smooth functioning of the match and against Shanghai, more than onen disconcerted all four players.
CONCERNING THE MATCH Concerning the match one can say that it was very entertaining, and boasting phases of excellent tennis. One marked feature was the absence.
· CRICKET BAT, TREES ARE DYING
RTE LA
CHANGES AHEAD FOR SQUASH
Tests with New Ball
and Racket
Signs have not been wanting -recently that the game of squashTM is still in a state of evolution, and that important changes in the rules and ap- paratus may be made between now and the beginning of next
season.
International problems are occupy- ing the attention of the S.R.A. The Bath Club Cup, may be decided in future on three games per match instead of five experiments are being nunte officially with a new ball and with a suitable racket for it.
of driving and the constant volley English Willows Ravished mon ground instead of having to
ing bouts with all four players up
at the net. There was some astonish-
ingly clever valleying and equally as effective lobbing.
on
By Disease -
London. Fincher, until midway through the 'last effort to save from ex- fourth set Was the best player tinction what was up to quite recently
view, seldom making. fi mis take
flourishing Essex industry, the and constantly discovering Essex County Council have sent out The Cily and Suburban race to-day ly volleys down the middle of the live in the rural areas of the country. Kaps in the opposition with time an. S.O.S. enlising the help of all whe was an Irish triumph. His Re-court... It was after the Tauis had verence, an Irish horse owned jointly taken a lead in the fourth set that home of the cricket bat willow
For generations Essex has been the by his trainer and G. F. Annesity, Fincher began to lose his touch adding industry. Up to last year, 90 per Rrow. boll Irishmen, gained one of the in the final stanza was making all cent of the trees easiest victories in the history of the sorts of mistakes, in particular with manufacture of English cricket bats needed for tho race at starting price of 100 to 7. overhead smashos,
His Reverence fed all the way to
made in this country, sets have been For three sets the K.C.C. pair play-sent from Essex to Australia, New win by three lengths from Ladyed slightly the better tennis. They Zealand and India, in fact Nutthall's Guinea Gap at 100 to 6, should have won the second as well where cricket is played.
to all parts and Mrs. Wadhington Singer's Rippon ng the first set, but Hung dropped
(9 to 2) which finished third a his service at a critical stage after he with extinction in a season or two Now this industry in threatened length away.
and Flacher had been within two Highlander, who became a surpris-points of the set on Tsui Wat-pul's or the watermark discase are over.
unless the
rapidly spending ravages ing fast-minute favourite at 11 to 4, service. However, they rallied never showed up at any stage. In the strongly in the third set and obtain come. Hundreds of trees nearing race, which was run in cold, but ed an early break-through which they larly in the valleys of the Blackwater maturity are badly affected, particu- sunny weather.--Neuter,
consolidated after Teul Yun-ul had and Coine. The losses, pulled them back to 4-2, by again
to Essex winning Wal-pui's delivery.
growers during the past year ehtisisted at £60,000,
Tot
FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Chinese Athletic To Meet Police
EXUBERANT TENNIS
the First Division have been arranged which completely undermined his con- to be played during this week.
The new ball in designed to assist The work of the S.B.A. in bringing the rules of the U.S.A., Canada, and Great
Britain into
alignment, so that one country can meet another upon, learn, so to speak, a different language for international matches and tours. The racket will also
ket this
assist in the Holution of
In fact, the progress of the
in this con- ing is about to be called of the nection has been so rapid that a meet.
application of an international code Executive Committee to discuss the of rules and the standardisation of a new ball and rackel.
AN OPPORTUNE SUGGESTION
expression of opinion which may can
At this opportune moment a public · tribute a great deal to the advance. ment of an international code of rules, and at the same time form a line of approach to the simplification of our domestic problems, Jigs been made by Mr. S. M. Toyne, affectionately known,
tem and now for the positive side of Mr. Toyne's suggestion, Interna-" tionally, it -would--enable--big advance to be made in one stride towards universality; domestically, it might go a long way towards solv Ing the problem raised by the Bath Club Cup players-that the game has become too strenuous to make
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either a wise means to exercise an enjoyable pastime. It is therefore worthy of the most careful considera- tion by all followers of the game. If it is to general advantage make the change the International side of the question can be taken as 'settled. It is not one of those changes that can be dismissed on the grounds that it would sacrifice the British game
transient requirements of un encounter be tween this country, and U.S.A, or Canuda. It appears, on the surface, at least, to have the merit of shorten- ing the game and restricting it to essentials.
to the
No one wishes to see squash
re-
MATCH
Badminton League Tables
FINAL
STANDINGS
The following are the league tables In the men's doubles and mixed doubler division of the badminton league. With the season now official ly closed, final standings are recorded in these tables,
MEN'S DOUBLES
Our Daily Golf Hint
It is especially important to the beginner's peace of mind that he should make himself conversant with the etiquette of the game.
FOOTBALL
---Harry Fulford.
TWO LEAGUE MATCHES
RECREIO HELD TO A DRAW
WELL CONTESTED GAMES
Two first division Teague football matches were played yesterday, both resulting in a draw with an aggre.
nte of four goals,
Kowloon performed exceptionally well to take a point from Club de Recreio. They owed a great deal to Boyes who played a superb game in goal. It was therefore a pity that a misunderstanding between Boye and Eyerest should have led directly. to Recrolo's equaliser. Everest tap ped the ball back to the goalkeeper, but he was unprepared and the ball scraped by the upright for a corner. From the place kick Bernie Gosano scored with a first time shot.
This was in the closing stages. Earlier on both goals has experienced narrow, csemper. Forward lines were enterprising midfield, but were apt to lose confidence before goal. Recreio were the more polished team, but Kowloon played with rare spirit and fully held their own.
Gosano among the forwards and Beltrae at centre-half shone for the Portugese, while Kowloon were very well served by G. White in the at tack, Bliss as pivot and Boyes in goa).
reflection of the exchanges, but it A goalless first half was a folr came as some surprise when G. White broke away for Kowloon and
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clean through for goal. But he was tripped in the penalty area, ant, take- PWLFA Pling the kick himself, put Kowloon Eliot Hall "A" 22-21 1 128 16 42 head. The equaliser came late in the Recreio ""A" .. 22 21 1 146 25 42 game, but it was deserved. C.ILC.
22 17 & 123 51-34
St. Andrew's
22 16
Eliot Hall "D" 21 13 8
Recreio "B" 21 12 St. John's
tt 11
8 14
61 83.56 67 101 16
GO DN 10
29 D 17
Fire Brigade.. 22 VRC... Kowloon Tong
Andrew's
22 # 10
49 104 0
22 3 10 30 100 0 S. and S. Hone 22 1 21 37154 2
N.B. Taikoo R.C. withdrew halfway through the season and their record up to that time has been expunged,
MIXED DOUBLES
Recreio "A" C.R.C. Fire Brigade Recrolo
St. John's
Games PWL. F A PtB 10 16 1 98 19 30 16 14 2 116 20 28 16 13 3 107 37 20 15 8 7 76
41 10 15 7 8 65 76 14
79 56 87.14.
13 48
St. Andrew's... 10 Kowloon Tong 10 Taikuo
B
S. and S. Home 15
93
2 11
1 16 21 114 0
SOLDIERS PLAY A DRAW
Royal Ulsters...And East Lancs.
Royal Ulsters and East Lancashires shared the spoils in a fast and enter- taining match on the Chatham Road ground. The Ulsters faced a goal deficit at half time, but they rallied strongly and were full marks for their equaliser wholh -came fivt minutes after the restart,
There were some surprises in the East Lanes line-up, Steele, usually. left back, figuring nt inside left.. The experiment was not a tremendous success, Positional changes were - also made throughout the game, Ridings being the only man to rethin his normal position.
Sandford was easily the pick of the forwards and Lawton the outstanding half back. Gorman has played much better games, but it must be cof-
ARE NEW SWIMMING fessed that he was out of position.
RULES NEEDED?
Irwių and Doherty constituted a smart right wing for the Rifles and most of the attacks came from this flank. Coyle was a lively half back, though rather severe in his tackling.
Sandford
clued to the aistegory of a parlour Japanese Minister's Ideas ford gave the East Lancs.
complaint is only the echo of a wider (Continued on l'ape 9)
-LEAVITT'S PLANS Touring The World With Montano
Makaland, April 22, The promoter Leo Leavitt said that he plans to depart next week accom- panied by Montano to spend probably a month in Honolulu. He will accept At the prize distributien at the North rival promoters there, as the "Father of Northern Squash, the best offers that appear from of England Women's Championship
Thence he will go to Manila, where he advocated a change to the Ameri
Montono will meet "Little Dada. Next be will go to London to meet can system of scoring, fe, fifteen up and every point won to add one to a
the European champion Lynch, world title holder, and afterwards back to player'a score. are
Now York. Later he will to Havana to meet Escobar the Bantam champion. United Preas.
The cause is a' microbe or bacterium, which has been definitely isolated
LOCAL YACHTING
By this time the K.C.C. couple Wint is not definitely known yet is were playing exuberant tennis and how this bacterium is carried from had the Chinese strletly on the de- tree to tree and Investigationis are! fensive. Hangas
continually proceeding in an attempt to discover scoring with same timely valloys and this. very determined smashes. Only off Two additional matches in the the ground did he show any distinct Hongkong Football Association in weakness. Then
came the incident. fidence and brought about such a On Sunday, April 28, the Chinese rapid change of fortune. Athletic Association will moet the It was the Tsuis' turn to take the Hongkong Police at Caroline Hill at Initiative and they merit full marks
A tean race held yesterday be. 6.pm. The referee will be Mr. W, for the manner in which they seized tween the Royal Artillery and the R. Raynolls.
the opportunity. Teul Yun-pul, who Koyal Engineers was won by the On Wednesday, April 20,dhe Hong- had been playing steadily through former by three points. kong Police will meet St. Joseph's on as galvanised into assertive action. miles was follows channe out (much more so than his brother) the Kowloon football ground, at 5.15.
The course, over a distance of oight pan. The referee will be Mr. D. acoring time and again with neat Rocks (P), Rumey Shoal (P), N. Housick,
(Continued on Pago ) mark on line (P), twice round.
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LOS ANGELES. FIGHT
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Los Angeles, April 22. Fredie Encinas of Manila, 122 lbs., and Frankle Martin of Los Angeles, 127 lbs., drew in a four round con; test-United Press.
It will be clear why the Unlied States had no patience with the ap parently laborious and illogical method of having to waste a point to obtain "hand in." They have no veneration for rackets proper, from which this method has descended to us, In that ILA
game chief purpose is to obviate the winning of games on ser vict, or at least to make it more dif cult. In squash it is much more. difficult, to put it mildly, to score ser vice aces as in rackets. Moreover, ns
INDIAN CRICKETERS. squash, in form, following and prac tice, continues more
nore violently to re pudiate its ancestor, and as rackets
ENTERTAINED BY ROYAL............... players mostly regard it as nothing
EMPIRE SOCIETY but a horetical offshoot of their game, there seems no reason to perpetuate
London, April 22, such a method on sentimental grounds. luncheon to-day to the Indian cricket
The Royal Empiro Society gave
the "hand in" and "hand out" sya-
-DUAL PURPOSE So much for the negative side of team, which has arrived to tour Eng. land this summer-Router's Special
Service.
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Meet With Approval
Tokyo, Apr. 20.
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back strongly and Ferguson recorded the equaliser with a smart header from Irvin's ideal centre,
LEAGUE TABLE
P. W. D. L.
Goals
In addition to being known as the sharped-tongued spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Oflec, Mr. Elli S. China "A" 26 10 2 6 Anau to-day loomed as a potential Chinese Ath. 25 14 8 3 40 2
H.K. Polleo ..22 11 7 67 20 reformer of the rules in aquatie R.W. Fusiliers 23 115 57 36 Competition. In a modern version of
9 52 20
the old adage that a prophet often China "B" 24 10 9 6 44 37 goes unnoticed among his own peo- HK.F.C.....21 12 4 ple, Mr. Amau to-day found that he Royal Navy 23 14 0 0.63 49 had been catapulted into the head- Rifles24 8.7
East Lancs....21 0.0 D 44 lines of American sports magazines, Ca when the sanie Idoś, written and Kowloon F.C. 24 6 3 printed by a
Japanese publication A. Lyemun 23 under his name, had failed to arouse R.A. S'cutters 25 even the mildest interest.
The story goes back to the inva Exton of Japan by American swimmers last year, My. Amau, who in his 'more limber days was an adopt fel- lower of the Kwankai School of Japanese swimming, went and watch- ed the contests. It struck him, so he says in his article, that the___tall Americans were at an advantage when competing against his short, stocky countrymen, both at the start and at the turns in the tanks,
MENZEL CHANGES
HIS 'MIND
30 73
Plays In Another Championship
Thereupon, he suggested future ewimming races should start with the competitors in the water, giant and famous international tehnis away from walls that enable them player, who announced on April 5 to sprint into action, and that turns that he had retired from first class should be made around buoys, again tennis to devote his time to writing, away from the sides of the tank so
has, changed bvia`mind.
He decided to play in the Czecho- that the present practice of pushing lovakian national chainpionships, and would bo l'against the walls with their
feet eliminated. Tho Idea,
to-day met his countryman, L. Hecht American magazines inflento, has match for Hecht being beaten 6-2, in the semi-nal. But Menzel was no met with the approval of
experts in the United States.
7-5, 6-2-Router.
Prague, April 22. that Roderick Menzel, Czechoslovakian