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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1936.
THE AUSTRALIAN PONIES ARE LOOKING WELL
Clubhouse Chattor
By "Veritas"
Alec Pearce Produces
Some Ennobling Off-Drives At The Nets
GARTHWAITE HAS ALSO BEGUN
TO GET HIS EYE
M treading on driivate ground, j and probably R. Abbit's' toca in writing this, but in the soul- searing seach for material with which to fill this column, I hap- pened yesterday on the Hongkong Cricket Club ground, there to find a dozen or more industrious cricketers at the nets opening up shoulder muscles and loosening finger joints, and forthwith 1 de- cided, despite R. Abbil's warning glance, to make some use of their efforts.
Happy Pearce
THREE nets were fully occupied
for the better part of two hours, housing for intervals of ten to 15 minutes players such as T. A. Pearce, C. C. Garthwaite, Capt. Perise, H. Κ Owen-Hughes, LA D. Kilbee, Nazarin, A. H. Madar and A. W. Hayward, while at the other end we had F. D. Pereira, A. R. Minu, E. L. Gosano and W. H. Colledge, bowling down some good uns and Anding the wicket extremely nice, thank you very much. From the bating view- point Alec Pearce stood out head and shoulders. His in-the-middle-of-the- bat-strokes made il diflcult for one to believe he had been out of cricket for five months. Minu had him puzzled with three balls: two hit his pads and the other Pearce played on lo his wicket. For the rust-Pereira, Nazarin, Persse ei al were treated
whase in-front-of-the-wicket play is
T. A. Peares
unsurpassed in Hongkong, was a de-
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Our Daily Golf Hint
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The mashie is a club no · golfer can afford to ignore; ho can discard others when forced to carry his own bag, but the mashio is a member of the team every time.
-E. Roy.
KÜRSÜNDINUULÄSSTANKAN MENJANINES:MOURDUMMUNITI
Devlin Beaten By Ipoh Champion
Ipol, Aug. 30.
MACAO RACE MEETING
ON SUNDAY
THREE EVENTS RESERVED FOR
IMPORTED CHINA PONIES
H.E. THE GOVERNOR OF MACAO
IS NEW OWNER
(By "Captain Foster")
The September race meeting under the auspices of the Macao Jockey Club will be held at the Areia Preta, Macao, on Sunday. First saddling bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m., and the first race will be run at 2 o'clock. The Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., will berth the s.s. Kinshan and she will leave at 9.30 alm., returning from Macao at 6 p.m. Fairly good entries have been re- silk since the end of April 1934 and "judgments". Nevertheless I must fessional, was defeated on Saturday
Devlin, the English badminton pro-ceived and interest will no doubt his last outing was hi a "C" class be centred in the three specini events event. He is on level terms with say I thought yesterday his bowling night 4-16 and 5-15 by Tan Cheng reserved for the 22 China Ponies Diogenes but I am afraid that the was better than his batting. He Phor, the Perak champion, in the Ipoh which were imported quite recently distance is a bit beyond his endur- bowls a fairly straightforward de-
I BE
inst met in the they nnnce. When livery: comfortable action and the town hall. In all matches Devlin by the Maeno Jockey Club. customary leg break. Ils chief us-
showed a wide varicly and smoothlyveld a little more inters are Rnce Course Handicap ni Macao on
gind that executed strokes, and in the singles
in the June 14, Night View, who passed the set appears to be good length, and
s" and it is interest-post first, gave King's Parade 11 lbs. sometimes tie obtains a neat chanzel made Cheng Phor run all over the sport of Kings is Excellency Dr. and the latter is now set receive of fight and pree, His batting was
in to not ing note that Joao P. Barbosa, the Macao Gover, 18 lbs. which is big problem for tentative, but the promise is there, In the main he is à defensive bats-
nor, Mr. H. W. Bradley, Commission Night View. At the Mueno meeting man, though when he likes to use
er of Chinese Customs and Mr. F. King's Parade was, to my mind, very J. Gellion, British Vice-Consul, are backward in condition but has im- his feet he can struight-drive strong- ly. Like most young cricketers, Ro-
among the new owners.
proved immensely since the recess.
Most of the touts who make the Ing through the school of experience,
Valley he has to learn to leave alone the
of the prospects} well pitched-up off ball. Yesterday
morning pilgrimage to the speak very
Sunday he was nibbling, and the result was!
of King's Parade at Macao on
court by alternating lobs to the back band with drop shots.
Cheng Phor played a fast game and often surprised by retrieving many dificult placements but was nervous and jumpy at the start of the game. Good overhead smashing and strong defence corried him through.
faterviewed by the Free Press cor-
And In Good Form At Valley
BLANDFORD PLEASES
(By "Captain Foster")
were
three ratches to silps and one to the respondent after the match Devlin had set in for the through tickets and there should be a grim race be all the Australian ponies are looking
wicketkeeper. His defence is sound
and is certain to improve, He comes
down well on the ball and watches very faithfully. A ifttle more flim- ness on the right leg and a bit more enterprise will rapidly make this young man a good, reliable but.
Eminently Satisfactory
WHE
bowling very
Hild the conditions in the town hall were better than elsewhere although the heal was still irksome.
Cheng Phor in his opinion is very good but he considers Leow Kim Fatt more experienced,
Results: Tan Cheng Phor bent J. F. Devlin 15-4, 19-5; Tan Cheng Phur
light to watch yesterday. Especially ennobling was his cover-driving, the beauty of which not even it stop-het didn't see E. L.. Gosano bat (I don': and How Lian Fol bent J. F. Devlin and Foo Chong Hai 15-6, 160: Tan think he did), but he bowled Cheng Phor and Julia Wong drew could rab. On a pitch which was rather well. He made the pitch look with Devlin and Mrs. Woods 15-6, soft enough to respond to any sort quite lively with his two-way breaks 11-15: Foo Chong Hai beat Jee Kim of finger-work by the bowler, Pearce which came up sharply Harry Telk 15-11, 13-12; Misses Winnie used his feet in splendid fashion, and Owen-Hughes there was sna and decision in prae- skilfully, but I expected to see Minu and Helen Khong drew with Misses fieally all of his shots. Now and son bit more kick out of a wicket Low Sunn Kim and Felicity Chan again a ball stole past him on the which appeared to be made to order 15-10, 14-14, 1-3; Yoon Siew leg side, but it was the sort which for him. Even so the left-hander Kang and Choon Wah Pun bent Jee he would normally clout to the bott had most of the batsmen on the de- Kim Teik and Toh Gony Tut 15—12. dary: This rapid jump into tip-top fensive. But Minu, in common with 13-13, 5-2, batting form is highly encouraging. | the rest of the players, was clearly
Devlin left Ipoh for Penang. not "all-out", but was getting in a
down some useful stuff-much fewer Pearce than usual on the leg side. made his fook inocuous because Pearce is quick enough on his feet to smother his best length and most accurate delivery. But even bowling at more or less half speed, Pereira succeeded in getting some sling into his stuff, and his length, on the whole A. H. Madar had ten was first-rate. minutes of stylish stroke-play, in the course of which he made active use of a very delightful teg-glance: the type of stroke which, together with
according to their lights, Pearce, Garthwaite Shapes Woll little muscle massage. Pereira sent
HELEN TO PLAY “KAY”
IN U.S. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
LATEST RESULTS
Forest Hills, Sept. 10. Miss Helen Jacobs, holder, joined Miss K. Stammers in the somi-final of the United States women's national singles tennis championship to-day, and she will play the English girl for right of entering the final. Miss Jacobs beat Miss Gussie Fuegener 0-1, 0-0 without being in the least bit extended.
Miss Dorothy Bundy, the 10 year- old player lost active interest in the championship to-day when she be- came victim to Miss Helen Peder- sen after a fine three-set match.
Miss Bundy recovered well after losing the first set and secured the second in the tent gome. Another bitter struggle ensued for the decid- ing set which went to Mias Pedersen ut 6-1.
Miss Pedersen meets Miss Allee Marble in the semi-finals.
Frankle Parker, the younit Ameri- can "hopeful", who has been conched by Mercer Beasley, scored elever
victory in the quarter-finals of the men's championship, beating Gregory Mangin, a much more experienced campaigner after,,ive exhausting sets.
The first went to 22 games and was won by Mangin, who promptly lost the second set to love, won the third at 0-4 and lost the next two 6-1, and 6-3..
Parker will meet the winner of! the Donald Budge v. J. McDiarmid match in semi-final, while in the name bracket, Fred Perry is due to play Bryan Grunt, whom he beat at Wimbledon this year-Reuter.
Donald Budge reached the semi- finals by defeating John McDairmid in three sets, the Californian being. well on top throughout.
The delalied results of the day's matches were as under.
WOMEN'S QUARTE-FINALS
Miss H. Jacobs (U.S.) beat ass
G. Bargener 6-1, 6-0,
Miss II. Pedersen (U.S.) Miss D. Bundy 0-3, 4-6; 6-4.
beat
MEN'S QUARTER-FINALS D. Budke (U.S.) beat. J. Mc-l Dlarmid (U.S.) 0-4, 6-3, 6-2,
F. Parker (U.S.) bení. G. Man- min (U.S.), 10-12, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. The semi-final pairings are as fol- Flows. Ex.
In the women's singles, Miss Jacobs plays. Miss K. Sinmmers, and MissFedorgen meets Miss Alico Marble, In the men'a, singles Perry nesta Grant und Budge plays, Parker,
MIRT
CD-
...
the perfect ol-drive, is surely the most sailsfactory shot
in cricket? Owen-Hughes, Hayward and Kilbee also had a few minutes of quiet bal- ting, utilising the beenston chielly to re-capturing an accurate "sight of the ball. But from all points of view the practice appeared to be emin- ently satisfactory, and if the weather will only be kind and give our play ers the "break" they need, we have good reason to look forward to the interport with Intr optimism.
show
The Club is conducting a special dollar cush sweep on the fourth race, the Chung Shan Stakes over a mile and I understand that a good demand cash sweep, which can still be had at $7 for a through number.
CURTAIN-RAISER
Yo
The heavy downpour during the early hours last Saturday. morning was responsible for the absence of the more regú lar patrons of the Happy Valley training track; never- theless there was a pretty good attendance of interested owners and keen racing fans to watch the ponics, although there
no sensational gallops. It may be of interest to know that tween him and Diogenes. The state extremely well and I was more than of the going at the lust Macao meet- glad to see Able Amazon, Bag To ing held on June 14, was all in Blandford, Brenta, Holiday Eve, Streamline, The Dunlin, Vixen Tor four of Fride of Tsinglao, but, this Solo und Zutfiac on the cinder track great old warrior gavo a very appointing display in the Race Course doing their stuff. It will be recalled GIVES SOMETHING
Handicap and he finished down in that all these were on the walking the ruck. He has been handicapped list after the big meeting on account TO THINK ABOUT
more or less on his bad performance of the heavy guing and let us hope The curtain-raiser will be in the at Maçao, while Young Chap hus that Mr. Clerk of the Weather would during the rest of the With the return of our old scale of weight for inches. Pride of season. Tolshan Handicap (First Section) for been asked to carry 10 lbs. over the be kinder D and E Classes over six furlongs singluo, has been kindly treated and timers, punters are namired of good and here we have something to think it he fails to get a pince, I am afraid sport and keen racing with pie 1936 about. Diogenes did not app in that his racing days are over. Young und we can certainly look forward
thrills during the second half pubile after December & of last year Chap was recently demoted from
for substantial dividends. when he was second to his stable Class and his running in this companton Rousseau in the Stanley event will be watched svith interest. Handicap run at Macun out of u fleid of three starters and it was certainly
In the Australian Ponles Cham- a fluke. However he is now in the
pions run on February 20, there were mounted section of the H.K.V.D.C.,
only five starters, namely, Able and let us hope that he will not
Amazon, Strathroy, Bag Tor, Vixen chuck up the bit after passing the
A Good Thing
Tor und Yo Ho, and after this great distance post. It may be of interest
classic event, Strathroy was the only to know that old China hands have strong prejudice against block
The Tsin Shan Plate over five fur- pony to don the silk without a break be excluded from the colours and poor ald Diogenes cannot longs is confined to the 22 subscrip- till the end of the first half.
Tor (Mr. Prouix) was category. tion. Ponies of the Murao Jockey Saturday Bag
alow mile but he romped Much was expected from Diogenes in Club and we should see a good field. given a
in 20 seconds for the last I have not seen much of these ponies home the year of his grillinhood but he earned no more than $225 and was in action as all of them are practical- quarter, while the stable lady com- He is now owned by the O.C..from reliable information received. 22/5th seconds: Blandford over the eventually discarded by Mr. Eu Tong-ly trained at the Areia Preta, but, pinion Vixen Tor was
two furlongs in sen. of the Mounted Section and if Shangbai Diogenes makes up his mind to run. passage to pass the wire to be follow-
on course in 2.52.3/5 was not there is nothing to equal him.
ed by Hogmanay and Victory Life. Mortmain, who is another member There should also be a good field a bad performance and it appeated jaunt, of the section, has not donned the in the Toishan Handicap (Second to me that he enjoyed the little
with the greatest Section) for D and E clusses over n coming homic
View alacrity to
Anish the last bit in 27 mile. Burgomaster or Ocean View
n
Owens Says British Athletes Do Not Concentrate Sufficiently
was told that Garthwalte was not "seeing them" when he batted on Wednesday, but the same accusation could hardly be levelled against him yesterday. Garthwaite batted ex- ceedingly well, especially as lie was In the nets against Pereira, Minu, Gosand und Nazarin when they were fresh, le drove powerfully, ordinating feet, wrist and blade in exhilarating manner. Once or twice Gosano, who was inclined to pitch a bit short and to come sharply across trom leg slightly more than stump- high, had him jumping about, and Pereira sent down three grand balls, twa of which swung away from just outside the off-stump which Garth- walte nibbled at but missed, und the third, a well pitched-up delivery, which went through quickly, levelled his off stump. But these moments were hardly blemishes in Gurth- waite's batting as they were all nasty balls, designed to, and capable_07, 66 benting any sort of batsman. The only, law in Garthwaite's butting which I could defect' was an inclina- tlon to hit too soon In his off-driv- ing: in addition I felt that there were times when he might have got his Jeft leg cross 让 bil more. But chiefly it was a case of mis-timing, which more than once brought about the inevitable catch to mid-off. But seeing this was Garthwaite's second outing siner the close of last senson he has le to worry about. He gave ose the impression that he will be hitting just as hard as ever this year, but with probably improved He has a charming, unaffected placing.. His defence was admirable | manner. against consistent and varled bowl-His head is rather small and well- shaped, with a resolute mouth and chin.
ing.
Nazarin Has Promise
ONE naturally turned a good deal of attention to K. Nazarin, the young I.R.C. "hope". It is far too carly, of course, to come to any
¿C.C; GARTHWAITE.
"WON'T BE
BOTHERED” HE SAYS
A fall, brown-skinned young man, with a superbly graceful figure, stepped out of a cab that drew up at an hotel-Jesse Owens, the most renowned athlete in the world at the moment.
One likes
him AL
once.
"I enjoyed my first Olymple Gathes very much indeed." he said..
Of course, he was pleased with his own success.
GOOD BASEBALL PLAYERS
1 asked him if athleticism had been hereditary in his family. He said no, but his brothers, who were college boys like himself, were very good baseball players, writes an Evening Standard correspundent.
"I don't myself go in for any other form of athletics than my own par- The American speciality.
ticular
college system of training turkes us concentrate on that to the exclusion of everything else. A walker must only walk, a runner only run, swimmer only swim, and -50 Otherwise the training would be thrown out of gear."
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on.
Referring to the British display at the Olymple Games, Jesse said:
"I think you have splendid mater-
ial in England, but you seem to have been lying down. You don't concen trate enough. If your boys were to tuke athletics a as seriously as the American boys do, there is no reason why they shouldn't do just as well. But, of course, while they go training for only short spells, and the rest of the year do as they please. they can't expect to compete with boys who devote themselves to one particular sport the whole time. The British won't be bothered, that's the difference."
"You
doesn't it?
It i
JESSE OWENS IN ACTION might just as well ・ win It. That others gave me no anxiety.
could beat the Americaris I knew I seems see," he went un, "the wine could beat the world." "They go in for sport principally
Jesse is a non-smoker and a non- for the pleasure of playing games, ner of a competition is everything→→ and don't attach such importance to nobody else matters. The loser is drinker, but so far as food is con-
cerned he follows no dieting system,, Just another fellow," winning them.". I suggested.
Jesse laughed, as it he had often Who were the competitors you He would have liked to take a good beurd that Jake before. "Yes, I feared most in Berlin?" I asked him. look at London and England, he sald, know," he said "Well, we think that "My own college mates were the this beling his first visit, but he had If one gues in for a competition, one toughest material I had to face. The only a short time to spend here.
TSIN SHAN PLATE Shanghai 4 Looks
4 should have an
BAG TOR'S GALLOP
Inst
ensy
cover the
gallop of
content to
can be rel
relied upon to give food seconds. His last mile was journey-
....
run for our money, but, be carefuled in 2,08.3/5 and the last half was of Locksmith. The latter pulled covered in 57.3/5 seconds, "Although second less to Tame after having started only twice Streamline look
up
nt the Annual Race Meeting and was negotiate the same route, his finiai on the sick list for a considerable was not at all convincing and with- length of time. He is in fine fettle out prejudice, the pony appeared to but it is rumoured that Locksmith is be little tired at the end. not making the trip. Valley View is dangerous it Ocean View refuses to accept the handicap.
It will be seen that there were at one time no less than ten classy of action (majority of ponies out them since the big meeting) for
THE MAIN EVENT several months, and it must therefore
AND A SPECIAL $1 CASH SWEEP
The special dollars cush sweep is on this race, the Chung Shan Stakes over a mile and this is another event for the subscription ponies of the Macao Jockey Club. Being the main
event, there are only 12 entries and of six runners is almost as-
a
field
sured. According
па
be a source of great satisfaction to all the owners to see their chargers once again on the course,
Sunday's Selections
to the Racing For Macao
Record issued by the joint Shanghal
Race Clubs, Shih Yin Grang has had
a few wins and places to his credit
and was D I had the
pleasure of seeing this pony cantering half-a-milo and he certain. ly did impress me. Brown. Bee be- longing to Mr. G. H. Polls came from the Shanghai Race Club with a good reputation and so did Rothe- say Bay. I tip these three ponics In the order named and I trust they will not disappoint me. It looks to me that many jockeys will be riding overweight as these Macao subs ure on the small side, the majority of them being only 13.0 ponies.
1934 sub-grlilin. However SHI YIN GRAND FOR
THE FATSHAN. HANDICAP MEDIOCRE FIELD ATTRACTED
Only half-a-dozen mediocre "C" | class China Ponies have been entered for the Fatshan Handicap over a mile and it is to be regretted that the Club has not received better support. The stake money for the winner la $300 and it cannot be argued that the "Rhino" ta not worth the candle. However the "Lan" outfit has enter- ed two ponies, namely, Harvest View and Soldier of China, but, I have good reason to doubt that the latter will make the excursion and Mong- plane is, it seems, not at to make the trip. I cannot see the field to be more than three starters but there will be a good tuce between Bistre, -Great Hall and Harvest View. Great Hall likes the Portuguesa course very much and I um of tho opinion that this pony of Mr. Li Tso- fonk will just manage to oust his brother's Harvest View for the primary honour.
BIG RACE.
(By "Captain Foster")
TOISHAN HANDICAP (FIRST SECTION)
King's Parade
Diogenes
Night View
TSIN SHAN PLATE
Shanghai 4
Hogmanay
Victory Life
TOISHAN HANDICAP (SECOND SECTION)
Burgomaster Ocean View Rugby Star
CHUNG SHAN STAKES
Bbih Tin Grand Brown Bee Rothesay Bay
FAT SHAN HANDICAP
Great Hall Harvest View Bistre
PAO SHAN PLATE
Merry Deer City Lite Wentsvoris
THE LADIES SPRINT.
The Snipe Ditte Saflor Gunsmith
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