THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1937.
NAVY'S SPIRITED RESISTANCE IN
TO-NIGHT'S BADMINTON:
RECREIO'S TEST
Recreio "A" may receive a thorough testing this evening when they roceiro Chinese Re- creation Club in what is IT-
Prospects WANTED-
doubtedly the most important Reviewed By AMBITIOUS
match of the league badminton programme..
With Frank Kwok restored to the team, C.R.C. are pretty powerful ns St. Andrew's discovered to their dlacomfiture last week. It would not surprise to see the visitors win three
games.
"Veritas" BADMINTON
been put off because the Recreation Club connot turn out a team this week.
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St. Andrew's "E" are down play Kowloon Tong "B" at home. but this is n mistake in the fixture list as the Saints first string also have a home game.
University "A" are hosts to Re crelo "B". The latter hope to have the services of Dr. A. M. Rodrigues, who
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rather unkindly described by 1 contemporary as being a "be ginger. Actually Rodrigues played In the senior Recreio team two eta- sons ago, and is certainly one of the club's most experienced players.
University
to are fairly certain win, but they may be given a run for their money.
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FUTURE CHAMPION 7 Incidentally the Varsity have dis- covered a new player who is likely become Colony champion. He is P. K. Hui, who plays a brand of badminton reminiscent of Goon, the former Eliot Hall atar player. Hul's smashing from the well of
I understand the junior match has been postponed and the Varsity will be playing at St. Andrews.
It looks then as though only one "D" Division fixture will be fulfilled -S. and S. Home v. St. John's, as the remaining game was between Kowloon Tong "A" and Chinese Y.M.C.A., but the "y" are now in the senior division.
PLAYERS
FOR THE COLONY CHAMPIONSHIPS
· Le Page (left) and Toxer, who played splendidly for the Navy against South China in the Kotowall Cup yesterday.
If Hongkang is to have the open badminton championships proposed, four more entries in the men's SATURDAY'S CRICKET REVIEWED BY "VERITAS" doubles and five more in, the mixed
doubles will have to be received before next Saturday evening.
Entries were to have closed last whereas 10 players were willing to Saturday, but it was then Yound that
compete in the men's singles, there three mixed doubles pairs entered. were only a dozen men's couples and
At a meeting of the committee during the week It was decided that the minimum entries to make the ataging of these championships worth while be eight in both the men's
the men's doubles.
the ENDEAVOUR I PLANS singles and mixed doubles and 16 in
court is the best thing I have seen In local badminton, and he boasts fully developed court-craft, and most of the known strokes.
a ch
Palm Beach, Jan. 10. There is still a very large number Mr. T. U. M. Sopwith, the British of prominent players who have not yachtsman, who has issued chal get sent in their entries. Now they St. Andrew's "A" will be given lenge for the America's Cup in 1937, have realised that a number of other a chance to make up for last week's to-day said the Endeavour I may re-players are willing to participate, it rather sad display when they re-present England in the International should encourage them to drop their
forms.
ceive Univerzity "B" I think the
Saints should just about win, but they will certainly not have a cake- walk.
In the second division, I am told ile V.R.C.-King's College game has
Cup races in the summer instead of
his newly-built Endeavour II.
Mr. Sopwith said one of the two yachts will be entered, but which one will depend upon the trials off Newport-United Press.
The 1936
shyness and to send along their entry
It is to be hoped that by this time
next week the Association will be in a position to announce that the cham- pionships will take place.
Finalists in-
THE OPEN MEN'S SINGLES of
The Singapore Badminton Association The Johore Badminton Association The Malacca Badminton Association and
The Perak Badminton Association used W
Sykes
BRITAINS
SPORTS SPECIALISTS|
FLIGHT COMMANDER"
Badminton Racket.
8 Players in the last 16 of the Singapore Open Men's
Singles.
7 Players of the last 8 pairs in the Open Doubles
(including the winners)
as well as
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ALL THE FINALISTS in the 'PERAK Ladies' and Men's Singles, Mixed Doubles and Ladies' and Men's Doubles, played with
SYKES' RACKETS.
USE A
Sykes.
"SPERTS SPECIALISTS:
"FLIGHT COMMANDER
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The choice of the bost players in the Far East.
CUP MATCH
SOUTH CHINA HAD TO GO ALL OUT
LEE WAI-TONG SCORES
CLASSY GOAL
South China
A
(By "Veritas")
(Fang King-chrung, in Waltong!
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Navy
A gallant resistance by the Navy for three parts of the match turned this Kotewall Cup tie at Sookunpoo yesterday from what had promised to be a somewhat disappointing encounter into a most enjoyable affair. Navy, sadly weakened by
PAT DUNNE'S ADIEU TO the departure of the Fleet, fielded a team largely
THE LOCAL LEAGUE
Takes 5 For 46: Scores 60
K. C. C. Take Over Second
K.C.C.
Division Leadership
KOWLOON Cricket Club clambered to the top of the second division cricket league table on Saturday, having threatened to depose Army "B" for the last three weeks. This also signalised Pat Dunne's last game this season for the K.C.C. His contribution to Saturday's victory over Craigengower was characteristic: Five wickets for 46 runs and then an innings of 60.
K.C.C., potential second division champions, are going to miss this excellent all-rounder. He hus given the team backbone both in attack und in the scoring of runs. lis length spin bowling, with the occa sional one that goes through straight and faster has reaped him a number of cheap wickets, while his aggres- sive, yet wholly sound batting has yielded a spate of runs in the course of his short season with the Kowloon club.
Saturday's was his best knock in league match this scuson. He mixed powerful cover
drives with hooks and an ocensional square cut. Fifty runs came from his bat n 55 minutes, and there was only one blemish in the innings: when. in the 40's he gave a not too dim- cult chance to cover point who was Aciding on the edge of the boundary, but it was not accepted. Finally he out to ង dazzling catch by Youngsaye, who took a terrifle square leg pull as the ball was racing past his head.
severe
composed of Tamar players. But they refused to allow their responsibilities to hang heavily, and gave a most refreshing display.
It needed but a little steadiness | other side Tufnell was spoon fed by in front of goal for the Navy to Spencer, but could not turn this to have scored a couple of times. account. In the first half he was They went amazingly close in the completely buffled by the strong cross first half, when Wride and Le Page wind and sent a succession of centres fired in stinging shots, one of which well behind the goal. flushed by the far upright and the The whole Navy team were splen- other which Lee Tin-sang headed did workers and never gave up try-
tired towards out from under the bar,
Ing. They
the end, South Chinn turned out an impos- largely because they tried to set such Ing eleven, including Lee Tin-sang, a hot pace the first half. But the Tom Kong-pak, Fung King-cheung, defence was plways performing pro- and Lee Wal-tong, digious feats of obstruction and time Perlesd
which Nevertheless this tour, clever and and again broke up attacks ambitious though It was in everything looked certain to lead to goals. attempted, was given plenty to think
METHODICAL about by the virile and enterprising
South China played very methodl- Navy men.
cally and always appeared to have something in hand. But they could not afford to slacken up and it was this which meant the interest In the game was kept alive until the last whistle.
Distinguished performances were given by Tozer at left back (here is and Hutchby at centre-half. a second Wolverson in the making)
Tozer's quick declalons in going in thinking player who had the courage to intercept clearly revealed a rapid-
match
The defence was brilliant, both Lee
despite the fact that N. Whitley, who hus been playing for the seniors, re- turned to the second string. But he did not come off, his five pvers cost- Fooding 32 runs without even the con- of his intentions. It was he who and Tam playing faultlessly. The solation of a wickel, while he was out made the first spectacular move of the half backs were liable to be beaten for a blob.
E. Bathurst (0 for 26) and W: threatening
when he smashed up aj in the middeld exchanges, but they Chinese allock with as always recovered smartly, especially Sloker (1 for 38) brought about Civil daring an intervention seen in local Lau Hing-chel and Lee Kwok-wal. Service's dismissal for 105, and then soccer for many a long day. This Though the Chinese rearguard was A. K. Mackenzie went in to hit up became the keynote of his subsequent often engaged in lively action they very nice half century.
work, and it was no fault of his that] seldom appeared ill at ease, and play- the Navy conceded two goals,
ed nice confident football. Hutch by played a beautiful game: The forwards did not really come against Lee Wai-tong, and had the into their own unlif Fung King ubiquitous centre-forward completely cheung had given the team a goal lead shadowed. It needed all Lee's in- in the second half: and that wasn't centre-forward to obtain his custom-ly scrambled in, and after the teams genuity (and that's some) for the such a satisfactory goal. It was fair-
ary goal. It was one of the few oc- had got back to the middle of the casions that Hutchby wasn't in, at-
(Continued on Page 9.) lendance, and Lee flicked back his foot to send in a dream of a shot from 20 yards range.
SAVED FROM SERIOUS.POSITION. At one time KC.C. were in a very serious position, and they owed their success to Mackenzie and Dunne, who stoyed together to add nearly 60 runs for the fifth wicket, taking the score! from 40 for four to 9 for five.
The trend of the game war con- stantly fluctuating. Craigengower started badly by losing their first five wickets for under
THE FIRST DIVISION In the first division Indian Recrea- tion Club again scored a brilliant victory, thanks chiefly to Minu, who walked through the Navy side (all nice support from A. H. Madar who out 38) to take 0 for 25. He received (Continued on Page 9.)
BOROTRA IS STILL WINNING
BEATS YOUTHFUL SCHROEDER
JONES'S BOBBING HEAD Another prominent player in the Navy defence was Jones, whose head was constantly bobbing up to take the ball away from the opposition. Tso Kwal-shing didn't know what
Soccer Win
For Hongkong
to make of this half-buck who Police
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TOO
GOOD. FOR COLLEAGUES IN MACAO
(By Our Owa Correspondent)
An
Macao, Jan. 17. unusally large crowd of were attracted to the
clung to him like a terrier hampered every movement the right winger endeavoured to make. With- out attempting to be mathematically precise I should say Tso got in about three honest centres and one brilliant, Stockholm, Jani 17:
shot throughout the game. 50, and then, That Jean Dorotru, the
Up forward the Navy were full of thanks to spirited, and at times ad- French tennis player, is still one of for speed which was the chief reason veteran dash; in fact they sacrifleed accuracy venturous batting by J. W. Leonard the world's greatest performers on why they failed to find the net. But (30 run out) and A. A. Lewis (21) covered courts, was startlingly re-in Wride, Finney and Spencer they and a carefully compiled 18 by Avealed here to-day when he defeated had an inside trio which made Lec Kitchell, the visitors amassed a total the youthful and brilliant KoriTin-sang and Tam Kong-pak play at
Dunne and W. C. Hung troubled Schroeder 3-6, 6-2, 0-1, 6-3,
100 per cent, pressure for 90 minutes. spectators the batsmen, the former capturing This result was an important But Wride alone showed much idea Canidrome this afternoon to witness fire for 40 runs in 11.3 overs, and contribution to the defeat of Sweden of where the goal lay, and he was the friendly football match between Hung gelling 3 for 32 In 13 overs, by Fr
by France in the International prone to try impossible shots. All the longkong Police senior league Aix of which were maldens. Hung Covered Couris Championship, the same he looked capable of scoring team and the Macho Police eleven. deserved better figures. At times France won by four matches to one. and was for ever a menace.
The visitors won by Ave goale to nil - he bowled magnificently, but with- The championship, a newly created
Macao defence experienced a trying Le Page was by far the better of out luck, often beating the batsmen tournament, is open to European the two wingers, notably in the first time during the first fifteen minutes,
Davis Cup hall. Towards the end he hashed up but they held outright with fine deliyerles which countries and is run on by some act of providence missed lines. It is for the King of Sweden's one or two opportunities by hurried secured from close in and scored
Cup.-Reuter,
and thoughtless shooting.. Over the casily. He repeated the performance
the
of 120,
the stamps. Mulcahy and Baxter started uff for the K.C.C. as though the bowling was the easiest thing in the world, yet within half an hour the homesters. had lost four wickets for rums, Irance doing the damage, Willle Hang scored 13 in polished style, get- ting in a couple of lovely cracks past point, than threw away his wicket by executing a · shocking agricultural stroke. Zimmern did likewise when trying to despatch a long-hop. But the game veered the other way when Mackenzie and Dunne became 1930- ciated. The former, dour in the extreme, and his partner, enterpris- ing and effective, completely collared the attack and finally made the issue safe, the winning hit being made after six wickets had fallen.
POLICE SET.BACK Down at Bookunpoo, Police, one of the chief rivala to K.C.C. for the champlonskip sustained a set-back
which may cost them the title, be
Waseda University Loses Last Hockey Match
(By The Pilgrim")
yesterday | take
and
University
the
resultant centro brought to a close their programme notched his third goal. Just before of hockey matches with Colony half time Gosano relieved a tense teams when they met, and were situation for the Civilians when he defeated by the Civilians, who took the ball away from Kawal as scored five times to the Varsity's he was about to shoot. once. Although inferior in most departments, the Japanese gave a plucky display,
CIVILIANS ON TOP
out until Morrison
five minutes later towards.
a com-
The Hongkong team's superiority became more pronounced as the game advanced.
in Early
the
second half Morrison.completed his hat-trick, but then Macao made a desperate relly and actually got the ball into the not but this was disallowed because of offside.
The next two
goals were scored by Willerton who got his head to high centres. The game was definitely one-sided, and towards the end the Hongkong Polleo
goal
were shooting in
Ng. the Macno goalkeeper played
a good game, while Souza was ad mirable at right half. Blackburn and Brittain played fine destructive games for the visitors, who were also well served by Green on the right wing.
The teams were,
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Santos, M. Rego, G. Rego,
but the Siqueira, Manhão, and Almeida.
The second half was notable for Macao Police:-Ng Kwai; Au Chol- The Civilians were very quickly the smart pace set and maintained. nam and Lei Fo-kam; Souza, Xavier Ing held to a draw by Army. "A on the attack, and forced a short And the Police did not have the corner which proved ubortive. The both forward lines indulged in some und
manoeuvres, excellent belter of the draw, but were de. Japanese replied with a smart move Japanese could not put the finishing finitely struggling to avoid defeat. ment when Yamada sent Kawal
Hongkong Police McHardy; Blackburn and Brittain; scant respect by the hard hitting his way to the circle and then passed goal after half time, Ramzan mis son, Willerton, Brooks and Green.
Their bowlers were treated with away. The inside forward dribbles touches to their attacks.
However, the visitors soon got a Gough, and Parker: Sullivan Morri
North, Army players, who managed to ag- to Sugahara who missed an open kicking when he left his charge to Inspector Chester Woods and gregate 178 for eight wickets before, goil.
Back went the Civilians for G save from Masamura, and Kawai applying the closure. To this score, Sgt. Bennett contributed a vigorous Fowler to obtain a short corner from bad an easy task to put the bail into 61, while most of the other bats- which Pyara Singh scored.
A few the net, men hit a few. Only Pope bothered minutes later the same player went After this the Civilians more or them, and his 4 for 47 are eloquent through on his own to add a second pyara Singh, Intercepting a pass ices took charge of the game, and of the excellent work he accomplish- After this the Civilians defence ed, especially as his 21 overs included was tested and Guest did well to from S. Fowler ocored a fourth goal eight maidens.
was also Pope who saved tharge with the ball after a conflict {Soon afterwards, a splendid move-
Yonemaru
rament by Pinio and Pyarn · Singh Police from uiter rout when they took Immediately
afterwards SugaharaThe Civilians were continually on
ara allowed G. Fowler to add the firin the crease. His 44 was invaluable, missed with a very nice shot, while
time with B1 runs on the board and from Kawal, ».
hara defonded stoutly, ⠀ six wickets down.
A neat movement by S. Fowler Hongkong Cricket Club, also well and G. Fowler on the right wing saw In the running for the leadership, the ball transferred to the other end, very naturally Goat the Civil Service, where Pyara Singh intercepted to
and Nasamura.
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Onizuka, Yamada and Kolima were outstanding for the Japanese, while Reed, Hassan and Fycra Singh shone for the Civilians,
Messrs. Willis, Stokes and Mac-. donald, who nocompanied the tent were warmly welcomed by: Lieut.. Guedes Pinton on behalf of the Macao Football League.
FOOTBALL LEAGUÈ STARTS: The Arst two matches of the 1937. Yesterday and excited much interest. football league in Macao were played
The Artillery's first team which recently played in Hongkong were opposed to the Macao Fire Brigade and won by two clear goals. The Fire Brigado! second eleven, avenged their senior defeat by being the Artillery's second eleven two-nii..
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