WIN MILITARY SOCCER LEAGUE
Group picture of "C" Company team of the Royal Welch Fusilier, winners of the "Y" Division of the Small Units Football League. (Photo: Meo Cheung).
English Table Tennis.
BARNA CHAMPION AGAIN
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CUP
COMPETITION
FOR CRICKET Novel Idea Mooted To Save Counties
CONSIDERATION
ASKED FOR
BADMINTON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1937.
C.R.C. HEAD FOR HONOURS:
IN THE MIXED DOUBLES LEAGUE
Chinese Recreation Club
are
A Challenge Cup competition on the knock-out principle in the minin proposal of a scheme, which has beenradually pulling up in the mixed submitted to several leading; authori-doubles badminton league and head- Ing straight for runners-up honours. for the salvation of ties in the game,
Last night they beat University by three, und further county
nty cricket, says Reuter, The des-
games to
The only perate
plight of many of the coun
Improved their prospects. tes make it imperative that
teams immediately above them, but serious proposa) should be considerin
wills relative poorer records Free Latices and fleerelo "B".
Scores in last evening's encounter follow:
with cue and judged on its merits,
13 Briefly the scheme that a Cup competition should be run in addi- tion
to the championship to be in- augurated in 1939, as in the 1938
will be season the Australians England.
in
are
S. P. Chan and Miss W. Cheung (C.R.C.) beat T. C. Lee and Miss J. Anderson 21-9; beat K. C. Yong and
SNOOKER BOOM
80 P.C. More Popular Than Billiards
LOOK SMART WITH
THREE YEARS HOLLYVOGUE
the
over
TREND
It was once sald in Punch that great advantage of Snooker Billiards was that you had ever so many more balis on the table, and were faced with nothing else to think about ihan knocking one of them into a pocket some- where a statement which, psycho- logists may suggest, comes nearer than many to explain the present- day popularity of the twenty-two ball game over that played with three.
The gaic receipts should be pooled Miss U. Khoo 21-18: beat C. K. Les West End club says that the mem- and then shared, Each county would and Miss J. Choa 21-3.
F. H. Kwok and Mrs. S. W. Liang (C.R.C.) beat lee and Anderson leave six dates In Its Axture list open
21-8; Jest to Yong and Khoo 19-21;1 for Cup matches, actually only four be needed, but allowances
Just to Lee and Choa 17-21. would must be made for wet weather pre- venting even a result on the first inning.
"Cup matclics should be decided on
Arst innings it the match were not completed. One game would have to be played early in the season to eliminate the seventeenth county. be Then, the first round would
S. W. Liang and Miss Rose Perry (C.R.C.)
beat Lee and Anderson 21-18; lost to Yong and Khoo 18-21; bent ler and Chon 21-8.
LEAGUE TABLE
Recretó "A" Free Lances
GREAT RECOVERY OF RUTH AARONS played early in June, semi-finals late Heercio "B"
(By A. A. Haydan)
Anal
Kettnerova,
in
July and final inp
In addition to this
proposed that the
How great this popularity is enn be reckoned by the fact that in the ordinary public saloon Snooker out- weighs Billiards by every bit of 80 per cent.; the head marker of a large bers play ninety games of the une of the other. Long for every ten past are the days when the bottle- shaped basket in the village pub, contained few mottled, near-round
quorum. objects, and not even that, and Mr. Gillett, of Messrs. Thurston's, estimates that, in the last three years, the sale of scis tablishment is greater than that of the preceding ten years.
Snooker balls to every kind of P. W. L. F. A. Pt.
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9 9 0 72 18 46 62 43 12 10 G 4 40 50 12 7 5 2 39 24 10 8 3 3 37 35 8 9 2 7 23 37 4
@ 23 77 4.
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at
of CS-
Of course, it was the "professors" who began it, and to quote. Mr. Gillelt once again-the boom began when the public became attracted by the Championship in the 1033-4 sea-
The
brenkt
at son.
four-figure billiards.
while having its dennite
C.R.C. it University
Kowloon Tong St. John's
DAILY BEATINGS appeal to those who appreciate the
ALLEGED
most Viktor Barna most graceful inble-, singles. tennis player in the world, delighted modest of players, matched against should revert to the points system; Aarons, each club playing the sume number hie thousands of English "fans" by spectacolor, vividly-dressed winning the men's singles title in the attacked with her forehand drive con of games. There is much to com- English championships at Wembley, tinuously. The American was very mend scheme and county clubs faced Barna, until a year ago undefeated lucky to win the third game after with huge overdrafts would be nd- master of the world for five years, being level at 18 all, and the crowdvised to give it their earnest, con- showed all his old confidence and was undoubtedly with the Czech, who sideration.
A Challenge Cup competition, in forced the play all the time. brillance in a crisis on Saturday.
Aarons played a purely defensive addition to a league, hus been run in
Northern Ireland for many Liebster, the tall Austrian, was a
years, long-term truly wonderful in the game-a
and the crowds have always been comparatively easy victim
ranked distance defence-but had Kettnerov greatly enlarged by these Cup com- quarter final, but Boros,
in the
petitions. The M.C.C. have always fourth to Barna In Hungary, took his been just a shade steadier
Ave
third are the American girl would been against Cup competitions, but games, fellow-countryman to
ffered her Brst defeat in four the need for increased public interest glorious lans have after through chiefly
in county cricket is so great distance and half-volley defence, and years,
Superior team-work and knuckle-enmething drastic must be done. a smashing forehand drive.
But Barna meant business, and al-spin service won Schiff and Beren- thought he dropped the second game, haum the men's doubles title against he hit McClure, the American, off the Lurie and Kelen, table in the Bnal with his wonderful backhand flick."
he has, Good defence though McClure is not quite in Barna's class yet,
Ehrlich, the Polo, went down to an inspired whirlwind forehand attack
Finals resulted thus:
that
OFFICIALS FALL OUT
Washington, Mar. 9. (U.S.A), Navigation Director Weaver ten
by Bellak, the No. 2 Hungarian, in 18-21, 2119, 21-18, 21-15. i post in the Department because of
Men's Singles.-O. V. Barna (un- gary) bent J. McClure
out with the Assistant Secretary of 21-18, 17-21, 21-14, 21-18,
Women's
Ruth Commerce recently and to-day walk- Singles. Miss Aarens (U.S.A.) beat Miss M. Ketted out of the Department, the second (Czechio-Slovakia), helder, man within a fortnight to leave his nerova
Men's
Schiff and A a disagreement-United Press. the quarter-Binals. And yet Bellak')
Berenfaur (USA.) bent 1. Kelen uncertain terribly
(Mon- hitting was a
gainst Hungary) and H. Luric quanuity in the semi-final
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours 21-18, 21-13. McClure, and the Hungarian really chester), 21-18, 21-
Mixed Doubles-Miss Ruth Anrong ending at 10 a.m. 10-day totalled The total since January bent himself.
true and R. G. Blattner (U.S.A.) beat 0.05-inch. revealed her Ruth Anrons fighting spirit when she beat Kett-Miss D. P. Kuenz and J. McClure 1 is 4.00 inches, against an average
women's (U.S.A.), 21-10, 21-17, 21-12. nerova, the Czech, in the
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MUI-TSAI CASE ADJOURNED
A young married wornan, Ng Sal- mui, aged 27, of No. 113 Des Voeux Road Central, third toor, was charged before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy this morning with keep- ing an unregistered mui-tsai, Yung Wong-you, allas Fuis Ho, aged 15.
Defendant denied the charge, say- ing the girl belonged to her sister- who had left the girl with net won she came to Hongkong on
visit.
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her
Outlining the case, Inspector H. W. Fraser, of the Secretarial for Chi- nese Affairs, said the girl had been under the custody and control of de- fendant since September, 1036.
Shie
long-drawn-out by reason of the very quietness of the artistry which produces it, became more and more caviare to the general.
Spectators grew increasingly ena- moured of the cucmanship which gives ball-control and position- though it is probably an illusion that this is greater in Snooker of the accurate pleking of a red out of the pyramid, of the thud of the potted object, of the rock-like stendiness of even the most compliented "bridge." of the way in which the more rupid game seemed to bring out the per- sonalities of the players, and, above all, of the speed and easily-under- standable variety of that which was
It was almost set before them. if everybody had deserted J. Hearne.
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At the mo- be remains to be seen. ment there is one love, and one only, as the professionals have found out. Billards in one room, Snooker in
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had
I been doing hard household duties, including that of looking after the defendant's young son.
On Monday, the mother of the girl saw her in the street, and the girl reported that she was living with
Most defendant and had been beaten al-
watch? The answer is easy. of Messrs. Thurston's senson has al- most daily. The mother advised the girl to go back to defendant for the time being, and she made enquiries ready been filled with Snooker ar- as to where the Secretariat for Chi-ranged, or Snooker substituted for nese Affairs was, and reported the maiter.
Billiards.
better
that-four-handed Snooker is the game at its most enjoyable, while four-handed Billiards
#1----
The latter is still, and always will Inspector Fraser saw the girl on Le Queen of the games played on the Monday afternoon, when she was seen
een green cloth, and her day inay come hanging out some washed clothes, again. But for the average player in and cleaning vegetables for the even the average place, what is ing
meal. The defendant was not in enjoyment than a cheery-gone--of- but came home shortly afterwards.
Snooker, with the jeats, the flukes, According to the mother of the the ecstasy of a. twenty break, the girl, Yung had been presented by her occasional wager and the drinks on to defendant's adopted sister for the the side-table? And more than sum of $140 in Canton currency on June 20, 1936. The girl had re- mained with the sister for some time, and had then been transferred to de- fendant, and was apparently work- ing for both women.
When examine!
Inspector by Fraser, the girl was in a dirty con- dition, and although defendant had not been charged with ill-treating her, ceveral canc marks were found on the
girl.
There was
was a bruise across her temple, and other bruises on her thighs. Upon medical examination, however, it was stated that the in- juries could not sustain a charge of 1-treatment against defondant. The girl claimed she was a mui-tsai in the presence of defendant.
REFEREES AND HURT PLAYERS
on Forbidden to Assist Men
The casc was edjourned until Monday, March 15. Bail in the sum of $250 was allowed defendant.
MUSSOLINI LEAVING HOME Rome, Mar. 0. Breaking ls custom never
to leave Italy's soil, Signor Benito Mussolini to-day prepared, with ulinost secrecy, to leuyc for Libya where he will watch fleet manoeuvres" and inspect shore forces.-United Press.
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handle injured players, says Reuter. The new instruction may be the out- come of Charlton's letter to the F.A. in which they questioned the right of Referee Snape to have assisted John Oakes, their centre-half who was hurt during a Cup tie with Coventry.
"It is for deeper issues than the loss of a Cup tie which prompted us to write that letter," said the Chariton chairman. It is definitely dangerous
for people without experience and injured player. I am still haunted by
skill of qualified trainers to move an
at a match some something I saw tline ago. A player fell with broken rib. Someone went to help him and moved the rib, which spear- ed the poor fellow's lung. We have reason to hope that the F.A., will permit no person or official, other thon the trainer, to handle an injured player unless the trainer requires assistance.
SPORT ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
The First Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 13th March, 1937, commencing att 2.00 p.m.
The First Boll will be rung at 1.30 p.m..
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hongkong, 8th March, 1937.
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