THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1936.
DESCRIPTIVE REPORTS OF
LAI WAH CUP GAMES
Civilians Reach Final: Chinese-Army Must Replay
LISSAMAN
IS GOLF
FINE SHOOTING
CHAMPION Navy Beaten
Colony Title With Card Of 151
A. E. Lissaman is the new Colony amateur golf champion. Yesterday, taking part in the an- nual championship, he returned an aggregate of 151 (78 and 75) to win the title by four strokes, his nearest opponent being Lt. Col. H. H. Bloke, who had a score of 165 (82 and 786).
Lisnaman played consistently well under favourable conditions, and after doint nice 70 on the Old Course, was never merlously challenged,
LA. Col. Blake, however, returned the best card for a single round, gobu
BY KNOX
After
Good Display
WILSON BRILLIANT
Civilians
(D. Knox 4)
(By "Veritas")
4
Royal Navy
(Cannel}}
1
CIVILIANS were flattered by the score in this
Talbot, Army inside left, in action yeulorday against the Chinese Lai
Lai Wah Cup match on the Kowloon Foot- Wah Cup team. ball Club pitch yesterday, yet the brillianco of Donald Knox's shooting and the general efficion- cy of the team loft them deserved winners.
Navy as a team were not Minhinnet was eelcut in goal, al-
over the New Course In a very fine three goals inferior, but there though a trille nervous at the start.
74.
BRITISH NATIVE SWIMMING RECORD
was nothing they could do about the remarkable marksmanship of Knox, while it has to be re- rorded that the Nauticals were not at their best in front of goal.
The match was interesting rather than spectacular: there were times when play became tedious. But the the open movements of the Navy men always commanded admiration. Civilians could not begin to emulate. them until they had scored a second
Thereafter they became goal. real. Ive team, and enjoyed most
FOR FRANK DOVE the play,
(By W. J, Howcroft)
by
A now British native swimming record for 100yds, tree style F. Dove (Otter B.C.) and an impre- sive dianiay of balterfly breast siroke wwimming, were features of the at Marshall-street Amateur gala East month, when four of Germany's took part in tour Olymale team straighi swimming events and a relay.
Loon
wizo is 18, enhanced hin as a sprinter in erand style when he defeated the German, Helmuth Fischer, in a 100yds, match, Fischer has a record of 30 8-10sec. for 100 metres, and was fifth in the But Olympic sprint at Berlin. 110
Was enlight and outswum down the last length by Dove, who Anished full of fire in 54sec,
When Fischer turned for the last length with a lead of Dove's chance appeared hopeless, but he quickencil his stroke slightly to draw level with 15yds, to go. Dove then looked across at his rival, put more power
into his stroke, and left the German standing to win a glorious
by a full second.
Englisht success
race
Another
when tho Penguin man, M.
got home by french-Williams, Fard
from Hans Frecse over 220yds. french-Williams dashed away at the
start to turn at 100yds. in 57 3-5 sec., 3yds. in front of Freese. He held on to the advantage until the last 20yds.,
when Freese speeded up,
and french-Williams tired somewhat, but he lust managed to hold on to win in 2min, 21 3-5sec.-3-5sec. in front.j
BUTTERFLY STROKE USED
hard work,
FINE LOSING TEAM
one
Navy were one of the best teams I have ever seen lose a match by four gunis 10 one. They played beautiful football for long periods, The half backs being especially elever. But they should have seized. more of their chances. Their marks- manship left quite a lot to be de- sired, despite the fact that Cannell the of best guals of scored match,
Individually Wride was one of the best players on view, and he was and nicely supported by Bowers
trlo Until they red this Smith. looked enpable of stopping any at- tack
Behind them Wolverson and fills offered # stout-hearted defence which cracked only after Civilians had scored their second goal. They indulged in the one-back game to and perfection, continually putting Fowler offside. But this was largely Fowler's fault, as the winger failed to keep his eye on the backs and ran for- ward indiscriminately.
Navy turned out as a advertised, but Civilians were forced to moke one change, Bliss being the victim of an injury. Forrow deputised, but he let in [ cunnot be said especially well at right half, although he put in same
the end obtained measure towarda of Johnson, who played a sparkling game in the first half.
off catricd Navy undoubtedly first-halt honours and had they fed it would have been a fairer reflec- tion of the play. As it was they were on levet terms, both baving scored once.
FINE CO ORDINATION
Regarding their play generally it Is fflcult to understand why the Navy defence was pierced four times. It never collapsed, and did not even falter until the close. The forwards did everything that to be found in the best copy- could not plant on books.
vete
of their concerted behold. were a joy to
vider
19
schemes
mes
For the Arst afty minutes of the the goals. game Navy were vastly superior in movements nceurney of ball distribution, and Cannell, Wallace and McLeod dis- their attacks in which halves and played an indent understanding, yet forwords co-ordinated in splendid, invariably best inid style, were a constant mensce
to came to ought Blackburn and
Baxter was not quite so prominent with Beltrao on the right wing as Johnson on the centre-half were... _the_ chief left, the latter putting over some stumbling blocks to Navy's ambitious wonderful crosses which had the and well conceived movements.
Civillans defenders scrambling,
The two
ап
ас- of
In summing up one is bound to confess that Navy boasted" the football craft, but Civilians got the goals. All five goals were good. Knox
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SHANGHAI
&HOCKEY LEAGUE
Will Have One
thi
This Year
Decision
SURPRISE FOR THE ARMY
RESERVE CHINESE TEAM NEARLY WINS
MATCH ABANDONED OWING TO DARKNESS IN EXTRA TIME
*The Chinese
4
The Army
(Erwin 2, Talbot)
(Chan Tak-fat 3, Henry Yeung)
Abandoned owing to darkness during extra time,
3
THE Army, tipped in most quarters to win this Lai Wah Cup match on the Navy ground without difficulty, were taken completely by surprise and only darkness saved them defeat, the game being abandoned during extra time..
Chinese, although only field-, ing two of the originally chosen team, gave an inspired display, putting the military players of their stride by precise and rapid moverment of the ball.
At one stage Chinese led by two clear goals and it was not until late In the second half that the soldiers scored the equaliser. They were al- ways In the pecullur' position of try- ing to save the gaine.
SMART FOOTBALL
TANINTEREST JUMUISJENČANIU NYÍLIKONSANTRI DI VERSLAM
ANOTHER HOLE-IN-ONE
Playing over the Deep Water Bay course on Sunday week, Mr. W. N. Buyers sank his tee shot on the 8th hole (120 yards) 'for a one.
'smart, eunucRNARDECAIRNICOSTRUZ KONTURENCIENDOCRIN move-
determined tackling of the Chinese, and they were often caught napping,
Erwin was pretty the right'
LEAGUE FOOTBALL
NOT PLEASANT
Tactics Mar Match
AT
CHATHAM
ROAD
(By "Varitas")
East Lanes....2 Eastern ....I
(Gorman, Grifkn)
(Chen Pin40)
THIS first division Icague
match
Chatham on the Road ground last Saturday was a shining example of how boring football can be when certain unhappy features are allowed to predominate. It was a rough and tumble game, shorn of niceties, and largely characterised by primitive and doubtful methods.
East Lanes nearly bluffed them- selves into defeat. They bombarded the Enstern goal for long periods. but with such consistent inaccurney that there appeared to be but a re
When mote chance of them scoring. an equaliser came Inte in the second half it
was rather an unsatisfactory sart of goni. A penalty was awarded for something or other, but Corman shot straight at the goulkeeper and then managed to scramble the boll into the net from the rebound.
HORRID TACTICS
The match provided some football, the long winging ments
Army of the
comparing favourably with the shorter, but very neat and accurate placements of the Chinese, who were conspicuous for the manner in which they positioned but Ridings suffered an early tion to appreciate that East Lance injury and was not his usual self. themselves both for intercepting Sandford disappointed, while Talbot passes and receiving them.
better.
on
CHIM
It needed a stretch of the imagina-
aro one of the best teams in the league. I rather suspect they were The slight edge which the Chinese and Ferguson have played much upset by the emailens of the ground. Their inter-play certainly went by had over their opponents all the time
the board, and finally they had to WELL DEFINED POLICY was chiefly due to the fact that they
wear down the opposition by sheer werd quicker on the ball. In this
This entailed were pre- Chinese exhibited a mach better physical superiority
11 robustness respect the half backy eminent.
dellard policy of play both fore and harsh tackling and Wong Wali-gay played brilliantly aft and because of this were slightly which the Chinese countered by her
and elbow work. rid unkie-tapping in goal and Wong Ping was one of the better team. the best backs
view. Chan They opened in whirlwind fashion It says much for the referee that he maintained full control of the game. Hung-kwong,, Lam Tak-po and Ho and within a very short time were
There was scarcely a feature. of Cher-yin were in splendid form and two gonts to the good. Chun Tak-
worth remembering. I this match formed a solid defence against the fai accepted a pass from Cheung admired the plucky Eastern defence, bolsterous Army Ritnek.
Moon-wing to open the storing and while the enterprise of
on
Sandford · [s
Shanghal, Oct, 22. That a league will be conducted year, was the decision made yesterday evening at the annual general miceling of the 'Shanghai Hockey Association. The proposal to rescind the "no-league" decision made at the extraordinary meetlag last spring was read by Mir. 11. 13. Melchers and unanimously passed. In making his proposal, Mr. Mei- chers briefly reviewed the past scaren, and stated that the representatives of only four clubs had voted Inst spring to abolish league play. He added that he had found that the opinions of the majorty of players were directly
Chan Tak-ini was a rare opporlater he presented on easy opening| opposed to the decision, and that he tunist up forward, but the player to Henry Yeung who netted without leader of the soldiers alluck was On the other hand commendable. felt sure that interest hockey who carned the chief, plaudit was dimeully.
and Steele
decidedly were would fatle
Swain Tang Kwong-sum
Soldiers responded strongly and so-so-ish". A shocking positionul "friendlies." When the proposal was stoppable on the right wing. put to a vote, every hand was raised
Army, although playing quite well, Erwin shot a great goal, but it was
error was responsible for Eastern's quickly nullified when Tung Kwong- did not realise expectations. The In approval.
um sent over ag ideal centre which goal in the first half, and only in the Mr. W. G. Clarke was re-elected full backs were inclined to become
any confidence. president of the Association, the only rattled under pressure and it was as Chan Tak-In converted. Before the closing stages did they perform with As a whole the East Lanes made other nominee beng Mr. J. P. Jones. well for the soldiers that Rowlands interval Talbot reduced the arrears
by converting a penalty. The two vice-presidents elected were
Still fighting to get on level terms the fundamental hunder of keeping Mr. H. Melchers and Mr. J. P. Hall backs were far and away the the army spent most of the second the ball in the air. Half backs were Jones. Mr. J. S. Kanyon was also leading lights. Campbell was at his hak....accomplishing_It_but finally #lways putting the ball too far "proposed būt "voluntarily
Larily withdrew after a tie had resulted in the first ballot. Proposed by Mr. W. G. Clark, Mr. W. J Silvey was unanimously re-
The attack was full of good ideas parative darkness Chan Tak-fai put afected to the post of honorary secre- Lary, while Mr. H.. H. Melchers but they did not always carry them the Chinese ahead again. But
kewise re-elected honorary out very well. The inside men were was found impossible to complete (Continued on Page 9.)
a bit nonplussed by the first-time and, the game.
was
IT all
in
games
were
was on top form.
was Who
un-
best und both Evans and Taylor
drive,
proved first class stumbling blocks arvin got in again with a masterly and at the some time paid attention to the needs of their own forwards,
Extra time was called, and in com-
RUGBY-THE BEST AND BRAVEST
TEAM GAMES
OF ALL OUR TEAM
Civilians took a very long while to settle down. Passes were con- und tinually going astray, Strange came Beltra
being notable offenders, Fleming too was inclined to put the a ball straight on to the too of
the panent, and quite frankly Civilians were not enormously im- pressive during the first "45".
The one
man who did play magnificently and with great con- sistency Why Wilson, Civilians Inside left. Furthermore he complished a terrific amount work, often acting as fourth half back, and then going up to init!- ale the attacks. ile "made" two
although the| of Knox's goals,
I regard Rugby football as the Kowloon player must be given best and bravest of all our unstinted credit for his brilliant
can produce shooting. All the same Wilson team-games, and was the key man of the winners' sound reasons for my preference attack, and his display generally writes. "Sentinel" to the foru- was polished and immensely sting Post. In the first place, it has been evolved from a rough- KNOX'S PROMISE
and ready sport which was sur- On this display Knox has all prisingly popular with our lusty
Inter- forefathers.
In What I liked the car-marks of a coming
skill look part centre-forward. his
about him
tractive.
Although Joachim Balke won the 100yds, breast stroke in 86 4-5sec., with John Davies second in 70sec.. the race was exclting. They both used the new, butterfly arm move- ment
first two lengths. over the Owing to a misunderstanding, Davies was left standing at the start, und Balke was swimining before inving had started. Even with this handl- cap, Davica was level at the end of the first length, but the effort was
the Seventeenth Century, to too much, and he could not hold
certain no further back, on Balke over the second length. This was Davies's first attempt in public
in pleking up the through pass, holidays in the year (especially of course, his fiery shooting Shrove Tuesday) the young men of with the butterfly stroke, and I am and. convinced that he would have with both fect, Ite is a fast-mover, neighbouring towns and villages all over, the country would turn out to turned 08nce, under normal cond!-
a quick-linker and is developing
take part in football matches des- tions,
most
was
The Cambridge University back technique which should shortly put cribed by the Puritan Stubbes as "a stroke representative, K. T. Scott, him in the front rank of Hongkong friendlie kind of aght." The num- Invariably
ventre-forwards.
ber
the
the
it
ahead, while when the forwards-were- in shooting position they cleared the bar every time.
In the first half the soldiers struck practically every part of the frame- world and should have crossed over, spate of goals to their credit with In the second half they rarely look- ed dangerous and Sandford was the one man to cause Eastern any appre- hension. It was his scorching drive which paved the way for an easy goal by Gritten
EXCELLENT DEFENDING
Eastern were splendidly served by Tang Yat-ming in goal and the two backs, Tarig Man-ming and Lai Ting-
made
rome
Can when the late Arthur Croome rightly American critle's definition) "laterals" ie, short passes to this. Their covering of each other
side come
that-in and have a fearsome physique;
hitherto was much superior to that of Swain reprimanded me for describing golf
Last and Steele, and there were intervals But as "n discase of middle age."
whom I have seen would have put stereotyped American game,
Oxford University were to when they dominated the field. scrum alone, opart from
the wind up on a gorilla. The play year
visited California, where the The Chinese attack was not par- the hand-off. etc., puts is a series of spasms, not continuotis have tackling.
English as ours is, and I could never under-
game la skilfully played, ticularly Impressive. Cheng Shul- Rugger in a class by Itself as on
stund why such huge, tough fellows but the tour had to be canceled at hong, playing inside right, all-round fest of the natural man's manhood. Two strong and skilful
"naturally born free," according the Inst moment. I am told that we touches, but was Inclined to packs, struggling courageously to
to the written American Constitu- the meteorie fame of Obolensky treat the ball as though it were red Lion-allow the coaches to work out get the ball, provide a spectacle of discipline as thrilling s physical two eights racing for the lead. Egotlem is cut out in either ense; there.
the can be no playing to gallery.
of
of
all their strategems beforehand and dictate which of them shall be used whenever the ball is anupped back from the "down".
to
in
(called "The Flying Prince" by hot American sporting stribes), has al- ho likely to burn him. Mostly of it. failing to draw the opposition ready crossed the Atlantle, so that was in too much hurry to dispose
pay first. such a tour ought at least to
Chany Ping-to on the right wing expenses. This A long run in the wrong direction.
is to be a purely domestic was
lively and required careful a thing I have never seen in our
season, and we must not expect to watching. Actually he wasn't cover- much fuster and more open game, ace anything quite as thriling as ed closely enough and often found or 蟲
symbolic serum, seems
inst year's historie matches between himself in possession without the frequent bea
occurrence Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff, slightest danger of being challenged American football. A classic in-
That terrifle struggle, with its drama- "*[ he had made a lot of ground. stance is that of the Lafayette, sprin
He ending, a one point victory for the His goal was the reward of a nice ter who ran 50 yards towards his
Welshmen, was as exciting for lis- display of initiative and quick think. own goal-line and then, realizing teners-in as for the actual spectators, ing
the whole his mistake, returned
But I think it is fair to say that length of the field for a touchdown thanks to the genius for broad-
coating of our old friend Teddy other team played anywhere near (try). The same idea comes into Wakelam, who lives in the game he to true form. There on to much the story of a South Carolina college comments on and takes you inside of the "never mind the ball, get on "Lackle" back who broke
through
YACHT RACING
There are other forms of football in which the primitive man is al- lowed a little too much scope. Thus the chief unwritten rule of the Gaelle game, a Republican sport in Southern Ireland, is that you must only kick the ball when you cannot of players was was outclassed in the 100yds, back.I think it can be said that the unlimited, and the object as a rule
kick the man. It is said that a club championship mulch WON once stroke against Hans Schwartz, who
selectors
tors' experiment of picking two travelled hard from pillar to post to Club record the fast time of 03 4-5sec., was a success. Fowler was to force the ball across certain played in the latitudes of Limerick, which proceeded for a full quarter boundaries. The only definite rule and Fleming were both good in their for any form of these encounters of an hour before either players or with Scott registering 73 1-5sec.
was that players were forbidden to
spectators noticed the absence Before the race I was advised to own particular way, though it must
be confessed that one did not see a butt or handfast under the girdle," the ball. Probably this story is the the opposition of his five-yard line it, so to speak, with his intimate with the game stuff about this match noto the German's quick method of
base invention
and was left with a clear run in impressions. His book on "Rugby to make it either pleasant or interest- *erceping. A turning, but I found this no quicker great deal of inter-play between But the all-important point to re-
bes
ing. them. In this respect Wilson and
One of the opposing "ends" chased Football" (J. M. Dent) is the
treatise that has ever appeared on than that of the average swimmer. Pickford were much more in the member is that the ball could be. Saxon," scheming to add to the dis-
carried as well as kicked-so that
iress of a distressful country. But him, but, Andlig he was not to be Where he scores la In the push-off. Rimelight, especially towards the end the bold action of William Webb
I have actually heard a game of caught, had an Inspiration worthy the strategy and tactics of modern shall never be convinced. play. when they had a wenried Navy de- Ellls, who ran with the ball towards Gaelle football, and the English of one of the Marx bruthers. When
however, that the famous sides of the
the back had only ten yards to go, fence guessing.
combatants his opponents' goal on Big Side in ejaculations of Civilians. Intermediate line was not 1823, must have long been intelli- (Erse, it would seem, is not a con- he shouted: "Hey, Jones,
forty or fifty years ago would have off their legs and over- so good as the Navy, Beltrab was gently anticipated.
venient language to swear In) re- Tunning the wrong way!" And been run
Jones swung to the left and eircled whelmed by the finest fifteen of to- outstanding in his defensive work. My second reason is that Rugby called the opening stage of an all- but he fell short when it came to football has an appeal to the primi in fight in the Far West:
back, not stopping until held by one day. Indeed, I believe that the setting his forwards in action, tive man which is lacking in any
of his team-mates. He had run 100 famous Oxford Fraternity captained Strange was rarely conspicuous, and other team-game. It is, in fact,
yards and gained not an inch. Be- by Ilorry Vansall (whose vast calven recalled Corver Doone's) would have it was fortunate for the winners two kinds of sport in one, combining
lieve It or believe it not, there's the flerce zest of such
tale that la told.
held its own in any sort of a modern Harlequinade. resistible form. The
thing man-10-man contests as boxing and might ba said about Forrow und wrestling with the swift and open 2. fulmuth. Pieber (Germany). sec.
100 Yards Breast Birsks,-1, J. Balke (Get- | Blackburn. The Police back
evolutions of such games ns hockey many); 2, J. G. Darles (Lewisham), imin, stantly' covered up errors by Forrow, and lacrosse. "Soccer is repressive, said an Irish 120 Yards Free Style, M. Y. french whose positioning was at fault and Rugger expressive
who did not begin to tackle correct- acrum half (retired) who put this Williams (Oxford Univ.): 2, II. Freese (Ger
17 until the MAR), Imi.1.Gec
game was well ad- oft-over-looked truth perhaps a tic
too emphatically. 100 Yards fläckvirka-1, H. Behwarte
vanced. (Germany); #, R. T. Kouļi, (U 、mbridge Univ,);
The winners were wonderfully
GOLF A DISEASE. Imin, a bac
International Team Raca-tiermany (Flewell served by Blackburn and: I don't wish to crub anybody's chee, Frems, and Bchwarte) beat Bagland Gosano, Tiho looked as though they favourite sport-having been finally (Dors, A. Archor, and D. Dickinson) in Emlin. iad been playing together for years. convinced of the folly of so doing
I have never seen a mus push further from the wall, or travel quicker under the water in the push- off than Schwartz did.
Owing to two other engagements in the
the gain, Trench-Williams was not available in the rolay race, which Germany won casily in Zmin. 53 4-0sec., while England, who had
a slow reserve in their ranks, touch-that A. V. Gesane was in such Irns it does tho
ed 2mln. 55 2-5sec.
100 Tanda Free Blyte-t.. F. Dove (outer)
63 4-5000
same
con-
:
And suddenly the air grew dark With swarms of monstrous B's, And the meckest man's weakest
remark Contained at least six D's.
TOO LADYLIKE
CAMBRIDGE VISIT
You're
Two years ago Cambridge Univer- sity visited the United States and An American friend complains played matches against Harvard, that our Rugby footbal! is too "lady Princeton, Yale and a team repre- like" in comparison with the senting the combined Eastern Uni- They won all four eleven-e-side handling (man-hand-. versities. ling) game which collects such vast comfortably, and the critics were crowds in his own country. Certainly much impressed with their speedy Their visit seems to the armoured heroes that take part open play. in that form of "organized murder" have given an impetus to the use of
SHORT PASSING
Siskin Wins Third Event In Cup Series
Four races in the third yachting series for the Commodore's Cup were Builed on Saturday over a distance of 10 miles.
The Arst event, for "H". Class ynchts, was won by Siskin (Mr. D. The short passing at top speed Allen), while in the event for "A" amonit Vissall's nine forwards (the Class yachts. True Blue (Mr. 11. S. fourth three-quarter had not then Raum was first. Only three vessels never been started in the "G" Class, which was been introduced) equalled except, occasionally, by won by Owl (Lleut. Grace), and the Gallaher's and Porter's New Zealand are, and “yu once invest, kerulted in teams. It has been suggested (6c0} n'win); for Heron
(Lieut.
J. E Moore).
hoa
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