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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,
AUGUST 29,
1986.
KOWLOON GOLF CLUB'S DOLEFUL ANNUAL MEETING
Clubhouse Chätter
By "Veritas"
Quiet, Constructive Thinking Is Required
IF H. K. F. A. IS TO
SOLVE PROBLEM
M EMBERS of the Hongkong, that they are few in number com
pared to those who have nothing | Football Association have | But A ANAON of lénguo matches. got to do some qulet, but very The point is well made and can be
appreciated. But it doesn't dispose: coherent: and constructive think- of the fact that the football season ing between now and the. next generally nimitted to be too long. and that many of the civilian duba The appeals are called upon Council meeting.
to play midweek of the Kowloon Chinese F.C. and matches in the face of great team-
raising dieulties. Eastern FC. against the Man- agement Commillee's rejection of Sorvant Of The Game?
their application for admission to
that player should be thei
KHO SIN-KIE
KHO SIN-KIE
BEATS G. P.
International
the first division have been up-SURELY nobody is going to argue HUGHES held. This, in effect, is pracervant of a game in so for that tical confirmation of Col. Harri-he must make personal sacrifices in son's condemnation of the Man-order to fulfil a fixture lis17 Bot that position has existed for key- agement Committee's action in cral years ow. As I wrote On deciding to reduce the first divi- April 27, and again last week, it is a simple proposition. To make the sion from 14 to 12 teams con-situation clear will reiterate three trary to the apparent wishes of reasonable alternatives: one is to the Association's annual meeting, This can also be interpreted that, so far as the Appeals Board
Tournament
UNHAPPY FUTURE IS CONTEMPLATED
THE RIFLE RANGES PROBLEM
H.K.R.A. PAV: TO BE BUILT FORTHWITH
MAIORESORÍAN ERKİNANCIE
Wyatt To Go To Australia
London, Aug, 28. R. E. 5. Wyatt, former England Test captain, and brilliant Warwickshire all- rounder, has been asked to accompany the M.CC. tour- ing cricket team to Australia this coming winter, and he completes the team-Renter. yesterday in contrasting atmoR-ETHEUNAUJANTINIZDA İNSTİTU pheres. While the Kowloon Golf Club was gloomily regarding the future of their course in the light
Two meetings with but a single in Hongkong thanght were held
of the increased activities of the Hongkong Rifle Association. the latter were joyfully giving the Okay"
JAPANESE EQUAL
to a project for erecting forthwith SWIMMING
Funges
a pavilion on The rinc through which the Kowloon golf
course runA.
Quoth Mr. 1. H. Mundy, Golf Club President in his annual speech:
I want you definitely to understand reduce the number of tennis taking
that we are, and always have been, part in the league: another is to cut
Lucerne, Aug. 20. the extra competitions;
Kho Sin-kie, China's leading tennis allowed the use of the ranges for out some n third to split your league divi.
his revenge purposes of golf by courtesy of the player to-day enjoyed
and all is slons into sections, and play off a por defeat at the hands of G. P. Military Authorities
We Rectional Bnal for the divisional
word САП be concerned, it will countenance nochampionship at the end of the sea./lughes In the Wimbledom champion-assess," if such a restriction of the number of son. Either of the first or third are ships. when he beat the famous Eng-used, is a "Gentleman's Agreement." The second,lish Davis Cupper in the International Our only hope is that the generous support I have just referred to will teams taking part in the first intensely practicable.
one imagines, would create too many tournament by twe sets to one. continue, and in this respect our division, unless,' presumably, dificulties. The Management Com
are particularly fuc 10 Kho and Hughes met in the semi-thanks mittee attempted the first, and np. majority opinion of the H.K.rently they are to be repudiated, finul, the Chinese winning a first-rate Colonel Harrison, G.3.0.1.. far
sympathy towards us in the past. F.A.. has signified otherwise. But the problem remains, and either encounter by 4-6, 8-0, 6-4.
the Association is going to shut its
I therefore feel it my duty to bring When they met in the first round of eyes to il, or it must consider other the Wimbledon championship Inst to your notice the possibilities Circumstances Or
alternatives.
lowing to in- further restrictions June, Hughes won a stirring match by 9–1, 6–1, Bat Ban 3, to, and hho was then regarded to have put up the finest performance of his career. Renter.
Principle?
CL
point of principle, the worthiness of such, a declsion What the Council is incontestable. may be asked to delale is whether EL position do not exist which
stances.
Digging Own Grave
ON
$1,000 GOLF TOURNEY
NE does not complain about the action of the Appeals Board in rescinding the Management Commit- Lee's decisions. The Board has this Power (though I imagine the Man- agement Committee feels a bit maken it imperative for a principle hurt) and nobody is going to ques- to become subordinate to circum- tion Its verdict. The point which
This may appear
to beat provides, one
With anxious the HK.F.A... thought is whither anarchistic, but it cannot be dismiss either through Its Council or Man-
WON BY CURTIS ed with a nonchalant shrug of the agement Committee, is going any ahqulders. Since I last wrote on further in an attempt to put the
Brighton, Aug. 28. This subject, It has been suggested football season on a smoother work.
D. Curtis of Queen's Park, Bourne- that my so-called problem does not ng basis. If it is not, then it be
to-day
the News inouth, comes apparent that ehno is going xist. At least it is not so scute to arise sometime next March and Chronicle £1,000 golf tournament as I have imagined. My eritie, n April. Inaction means that the over the East Brighton course with very ardent follower of football in Football Association is digging its an agregate of 263, made up of 71, Hongkong, and a hard-worker in its grave in which will be buried 70, 71, 71.
sun.
won
the remains of a worn-out constitu interests, claims that it is not the tion.. Football is
He beat one of the strongest felds An important majority of footballers who com-sport in Hongkong -and-is-worthy ever to compete outside of the Bri- plain about the length of our of dignified and effective organisatish open championship, including A. son: that it is merely the voice of tion. The Association is headed by Padgham, Henry Cotton, Percy Alliss, the minority: that the only players their inbours
a band of hard-working officials; but G. A. Whitcombe, and W. J. Cox.
will be made easier
Dick Burton finished second with a aTected are those called upon to and
amicable norc
if they can score of 234 and E. Lacey was third participate in the various Shield | evolve
system whereby the one stroke behind, and charity cup competitions in ad- football season is completed within Arthur Padgham and four others dition to league engagements: and a reasonable time-limit.
had aggregates of 287-Reuter.
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Singapore Badminton Champion Beats Devlin
ASTONISHING UPSET
Singapore, Aug. 21.
Mr. J. F. Devlin, famous professional and coach, who was formerly All-England Singles Champion for äix auccessive years, gave Singapore badminton fans a surprise at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night when he lost a singles exhibition match to the local champion, Leow Kim Fatt, 15-7, 15-0.
.
It has to be taken into consiktern- created openings for him to score.
Kim Futt and Miss Tan Kim Sul, tion, of course, that he was playing under entirely strange conditions' and though making a fine stand, were was unaccustomed to the heat, the unequal to the smooth combination speed of the shittle and the general of Devlin and Mrs. Pennefather who atmospherr".
won the first set 15-11.. Interviewed after the games. Devlin's attack consisted mainly in and he had whole liearied praise for smashing half court returns Singapore players and considered working Kim Fatt into one corner so that they displayed not only a that he could surprise with a cross high standard of badminton but to the vacant enurt, played with purpose and Intelll-
Kim Fatt and Miss Tan got into their stride in the second set to win men 15-0. very
gener
He agreed
and
that Singapore women stura compare
favourably with thase in other parts
In the Anal, Devlin exchanged
with Kim Fatt shots chiefly
Mrs. Pennefather stood too
and
close
of the world and conceded that rarely attacked his partner. Malayan players stood a chance in the All-England championships al-to the net and upset the combination though they would have to combat a few times, and Kim Fatt and Miss against the very difficult conditions, Tan led the whole way through to the cold, the different atmosphere win the game and set 15-11.
the different flights of and the shuttle.
Partnered by Mrs, L. M. Penne- Singapore women's sincics Champion, he was defeated 11-15.
MEN'S DOUBLES
This was the fastest game of the evening Devlin and Seah Eng Hee played side by side against Charlle ·
15-11. 15-0
The only gume he won was the Chua and Yap Chin Tee.
Ear Hee displayed great form and men's doubles with Seah Eng He played hard like his partner. for partner. They beat Yap
Chasmushed at every opportunity-the
London Aug. 28. The Japanese Olympic swim-Tee and Charlle Chus 15-3, 9-15.
15-10, mers swept the board in an in-
The following ure detalled descrip- ternational swimming contesttions of the exhibition games:
his
at the Wembley bath against the Empire Swimming Club to- night.
of
The Japanese, several
of
whom
creased military requirements) so were attacking European records, that you can consider the matter with threatened to withdraw if they were a view of giving your representatives not allowed to practice, and in view some indication of the line of netion of this the rule against practising be you wish them to adopt.
fore a programme starts was dropped ¦ Simultaneously the Rifle Associato enable the Japanese to put in some
practice. tion Council announced anonymous donor had offered a con- The springboard diving was won tribution of $300 to the building fund by Shibahara with 157.3 points, with in coapeption with the proposed club-Hodges second (384.0) and Yoyangi house, providing the work was put third (345).
that
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RECORDS EQUALLED
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in halal once, and that he hind also guaranteed a further sum of a similar Other year. Amount by the new
Kolke
woll the 200 metres donations in addition were likely to
mins. 30 0.10 be forthcoming in the near future. breastroke in The members of the Council were seconds, thus equalling the European established by Jacques nanimously in favour of a contract record being entered into forthwith for the Cartonnet of France last year. erretion, of this building, and a Build
Hamaure was second and to third, ing Sub-Committee was formed to
In the 100 metres backstroke, make all necessary arrangements to- wards this end, the members appoint- ed being: Mr. C. A. Grimes (Vice- Kiyokuwa Anished first in 1 9 8/10 Germany in 1920. President), Mr. T. G. Stokes (Hon. equalling the European record set by Treasurer) and Major D. H. Steers Kuppers of
Kojima_was_second and Yoshida Hon Secretary),—
third.
NOT HOPEFUL
nt
DEVLIN VS. KIM FATT
Kim Falt, opening the service, scored two points. His first lob was a drop which Kim countered by Fatt just put back over the net be- fore Devlin could get to it.
He was aggressive, forcing Devlin | to the net many times with slow net returns. But
Devlin began to warm up and bring into play his courterafl as the game progressed.
who
proper way of attacking in a double, according to himself,
They played a short game of 13 points, Devlin and Eng Hee winning the first sot 15-3.
Devlin's defence throughout kis
He re- exhibitions, looked good. turned
a quick smash in the same effortless way in which he made a lob or a drive, and when out of position, invariably lobbed and recovered again.
High
The second set pleased the crowd
(Continued on Page 13.)
Most of his shots went to the back CLUB TENNIS court, however, and were not really attacking strokes.
Patt
With Kim Fat leading he started to swish over some cross smashes.. Kim returned a few and heid the
lead, gradually rising to 13-7. Devlin appeared Ured and lost the set 7-15.
Although from the match point of view he WRS unimpressive, his were strokes, fuotwork' and, tactics worth watching.
He has a graceful style, and plays with the easy, follow-through motion which he so firmly ad- vocates.→
E. F. Fincher Puts Up Good Fight
BEFORE LOSING TO HUNG
E. F. Fincher put up a surprisingly
He took meat of the backhand lobs
or drove stout resistance to W. C. lung in the high and either dropped them back.
second round of the Kowloors Cricket
In lobbing, he made the shuttle go Clubs senior tennis championship yes- Terada won the 600 metres free quite high, which gave him time for terday, finally losing 0-0, 0-3, 7-5.
Fincher was leading 3-2 and 40-15 Clearing realising their position style in 10 22 6.10 fulling to beat the recovery.
As he had advised, he took the net in the first set and four-love in the vis-a-vis the Hongkong Rifle Associa record swim of Taris of 10 15 0/10
In Cannes tion and the military ranges at Kow-made
1932. shots close to the tape, and his wrist third, but on both occasions he crack- loon City, members of the Kowloon, Mishiharda was placed second in this action was noticeable in the smashed up when he appeared safe for the Golf Club enquired whether any event and Honda third.
Kim Fatt kept his form in the set.. prospecting has been done regardin Koyanunga won the high diving second set and won it with the com- the possibility of another site for the with 123.3 points, which Tomalla was fortable margin of 15-6. golf club. The answer by the Pres-second with 101.1 and Shibuliaro dent was in the affirmative, although third with 01.1
he emphasised that they had gone no England beat Japan in a water polo further than searching for a site.
MIXED DOUBLES
▾
In view of the fact that this was Fincher's first singles match for several months his performance was particularly good.
Hung was not continually at his This was a spectacular match with best though he had some bright in- tervals during which time he out-
often meets A. E. P. Guest in the semi-final.
(wo. match by Beven goals to Sulton (3) and Milton (2) scored long rallies. Mr. Mundy intimated his own per for England in the first half and Devlin was ably assisted by Mrs. played his opponent. Hung now sonal unwillingness to shift from the Milton and Mitchell added goals after Pennefather present course in view of the amount the interval. Takahashi and Wadu,
of money which had been sunk Into
its preparation and the fact they had netted for Japan-Reuter.
Just paid off for a nice clubhouse
which they would have to demolish if they shifted.
Mr. Mundy called for an optimistic Attitude, but clearly several members could see no very encouraging out- look for the future.
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TALL SCORING
A NEW CODE BOOK
Bowls Laws Explained
maps?
Good news is in the air, in that It is semi-officially announced that a new code book, explaining what is really meant by the laws of the 1.3.B. game, will shortly be issued. This book will be the outcome of many amendments to the existing laws, emanating from submissions made to the secretaries of the four home counties subscribing to the 1.B.B.
When their work is finished, it I will be issued in the shope of a code, or explanation, of the existing laws which still continue to meet London, Aug. 28.
with the grave disapproval of thou- Yorkshire took first innings points sands of Cat-green bowlers. from Sussex in a county cricket As the laws are to-day they are match which concluded to-day. complicated, and to arrive at any Sussex scored 225 and 207 for 7 de- decision as to what they mean one clared, to which Yorkshire replied has to make three or four cross- with 320 and 71 for no wicket. references, many of which appear Melville hit up 90 for Sussex in their contradictory and in some enses loud second innings in which Turner took to bewilderment. 5 for 50. Hution was Yorkshire' leading batsman, compiling 83.
Further, while there aro many direct statements as to what must be done, there arc no penulles decreed upon law-breakers who are
Surrey won on first innings against Hampshire. Surrey scored 423 for
declared (Gregory 101, Watts 110 persistent in their desire to get the
better of an opponent, not out and Sandham BD) and 227 Not so long ago a short code was for 5 declared. Hampshire had Issued by the IDB, but it was no scores of 310 (Moore 100) and 174 more. illuminating than the laws for one wicket (Paris 83 not out). themselves. Several new · rulings
Netts took first innings points from but these have not been embodied were recently Issued by the 1.B.B. Glamorgan 'when they scored 304 (Keelon 70, Harris 76) and 227 for in the laws, the last Issue of which
7 declared.
Glamorgan's scores were 274 and 112 for one wicket, Del Davies scoring 77 not out-Reuter.
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