THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.'
Picture of the players who took part in the "Old Crocks" cricket match at the KCC. recently. All players were over 40 years of ago, and the match attracted a considerable amount of interest in the club.
Rowing
INVITATION FROM HOLLAND Hospitality For English Clubs
The following invitation to Eng- lish Rowing Clubs hay been received by us from the Secretary of the Amsterdam Rowing Club Nercus!
The Amsterdam Student Rowing Club Nereus is organising on June 20 and 27 an International Rowing Regatta at Amsterdam.
The Amsterdam Student Rowing Club Nereus is the best-known Dutch which has competed Rowing
several t at Henley, the last time 1925 when it entered for the
in
Last year Nercus represent- ed Holland at the Olymple Games in Berlin in the Fours with coxswain, and
ended in the final in the fourth position.
tions is organising its Interna-
same
Regatta on the new Regatta Course, one that is unique in Europe. The Dutch Rowing Federation will organise the European Rowing Cham- pionships in August on the course. It is absolutely straight, has a length of 2,000 metres, and it is possible to start with Ave crews to- gether, so that it will not be neces
(Photo Mes Cheung).
MCNUTT PARTY
DELAYED LINER HELD UP BY FOG
Shanghai, Apr. 21. The President Hoover, carrying Mr. Paul V McNuit, new American High the Philippines, Commissioner to with wife and daughter, which was scheduled to arrive here this morn- ing, has been delayed by fog.
The liner la not now expected until this evening.--Reuter.
Three one-acl-plays will be pre- sented by St. Andrew's Club to-night and to-morrow night a
pm.
in St. Andrew's Church Hall. The prices of admission are $1 for adulls and 50 cents for children.
aury to row many heats,
The crews from abroad will be given free entry, and also the best hospitality In Amsterdam. Crews
sure
The
have been invited, from Germany, Switzerland, France and Belgium. English crews who wish to enter may be of
a warm welcome. Organising Committee invites all English Rowing Clubs who are interested in this international Nereus Regatta to write for inquiries and more details to C. A. Monster, Secre tary, c.o. Amsterdamsche Studenten Roeivereeniging Nereus, Amsteldijk, Amsterdam (Z.), Holland.
Yankees And Cardinals Are Favourites
SL Louls.
A. poll of the nation's foremos! baseball writers reveals that the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees are overwhelming favourites to win the 1937 major league pen- nants.
AMERICAN LEAGUE ́
TEAM New York Detroit Cleveland Boston
•Chicago
Washington
St. Louis Philadelphia
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1937.
Record Race Speed At Brooklands
POT-POURRI OF SPORTS ITEMS
TILDEN'S 12,000 TENNIS MATCHES
(BY HENRY MCLEMORE)
New York. Putting the sport' shot here and there: Vinnie Richards is trying to raise the money for a professional tennis championship at the Randall Island stadium here this summer hopes to entice all the worth-
in the world with while pros championship prize of $1,500.
suggestion that box- government
Jack Den unde
Hoover as the
ing be control is sound idea, and we sug- gest G-man
Edgar boss. He'd feel perfectly at home with the boxing mob... and his
be would
valuable, when smote by a gent Thomson, often travel as
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HOLIDAY - MEETING
THRILLS
Roaring round Brooklands in his 500 h.p. Napler-Railton, John Cobb, the City business mún, won the Easter Monday race, for the Broad- cast Trophy, presented by the B.B.C., at 130.03 miles an hour.
This is the fastest-speed at which a Brooklands race has been wan,
Cobb started at scratch, giving the slowest car a time handicap which amounted to two laps' lead.
It was a brilliant performance and brought cheers from the thousands of spectators who lined the track.
Another excellent performance was that of C. Mervyn-White,
whose Bugatti proved surprisingly fast, Entered in four races, he took one first and two third places.
HANDICAP ALTERED
He won the First Easter Long Hon- dicap so convincingly that his handl- cap was promptly altered, and in the next race, Instead of starling from scratch, he owed 13 seconds,
This was the only race won by a woman during the day, Miss P. McOstrich holding a study lead throughout it to win at 84:23 m.p.h. She drove a Frazer-Nash,
Billy Cotton, the dance band leader, won the first Short Handicap at 111.31 m.p.h.
After the racing, Austin Dobson gave a demonstration run on the twin-motored Alfa-Romeo with which he hopes to recapture from Germany the standing start mile and kilometre records. He is to make his record attempt in Ireland next month,
NO WIRELESS LICENCES
BATCH OF CASES
AT MAGISTRACY
cxcuse.
A large number of persons sum- moned for having radio receiving sets without licences came before Mr. W. Schofield at the
Central Magistracy this morning.
Miss Constance Lum, of No. & Tin Hau Temple having nord, was fined $25 for for her set on March 30, A
representative
appear- ed on her behalf and pleaded that the set
was not in working order. Mr. J. Key, Inspector of Wireless, said that was no
A very large number of
the of people in Colony had sets for which they did
and these
were qui licencs, and he never expects to top not take qui
now slowly coming to light.
Des Yau-tong, of No. 340 During the Perry-Tilden match
Voeux Road West, third floor, was boys peddled Perry's book "Tennis- How to Play It"-
fined $20 for having a radio set with- It"-Among the cus-
out a licence on April 7.. some rude fellow In the balcony yelled to Tilden that he better buy A copy the major leagues have boasted but six left-Street, second floor, for the posses- handed catchers in history
sion of a set without licence on April Just thought you might Hke to know. Bill Tilden figures he has played 12,080 matches in his life, and made more than 100,000,000 shots.
his form of that afternoon.
tomers
SPORT-ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
The Fourth Extra Race Meeting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 24th April, 1937, commencing at 2.00 p.m.
Lam
A similar fine was imposed on Shiu Kwal-hung, of No. 10 Yue
Wah
2.
Cheung Chi, of the Colonial Electric Co., No. 24 Ice House Street, was also fined $20, fur not taking out a licence for his set on April 5.
-EVASION ATTEMPT?
F. S. Tong, residing at No. 24 King Kwong Street, second floor, was summoned for having no licence for his radio set on April 2. This sum- mons was later altered to one of having possession of apparatus for radio
communication without
licence.
Mr. J. Key, prosecuting, said he visited the premises on April 2 and found an aerial leading from outside the house to the Inside, connected with an earthing switch. There were also, a pair of Rexible leads.
The First Bell will be rung at The condition of the leads from the
1.30 p.m.
By Order,
G. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hongkong, 19th April, 1937.
HONGKONG CRICKET
CLUB
TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1937.
earthing switch showed that they had been recently disconnected from screw terminais, and appeared to have
been us
used quite recently. One of the
'the rooms in
house
was locked, said Mr. Key, and a
large Alsatian dog was kept inside. He asked to be allowed to enter the room, but the people in the house re- fused to allow him to do во, The next day, a licence was taken out for the set. Defendant had not. renewed his last year's licence, and had therefore evaded three months fees.
Attention is drawn to the re- vised programme as follows:---
Wednesday, 21st April-Semi- Final Open Doubles. (Fincher and Hung vs.. Wong and Lui).
Thursday, 22nd April-Somi-Electrient Co., No. 5 Hiller Street, Final Open Singles. (H. D. Rum- Jahn vs. Kwok).
Friday, 23rd April-Somi-Final Open Singles (S. A. Rumjahn va [Fincher). ̧.·
VS.
His Worship, remarking that there seemed to have been at attempt on the part of defendant to evade the Ordinance, imposed a fine of $25.
Cheung Chun, of the Tal Fong ground floor, was fined $20 for not
having a licence for a radio set on
April 6. He pleaded that the set was to the shop for repairs. not his, but had only been brought
Wong Kam-plus, of No. 19 Wong Monday, 26th April-Somi-Final Nel Chong Road, appeared to answer Open Doubles. (Wong and Luka summons for not having a licence
for his set on March 30. and Rumjahns or Gosano
Mr. Key said that defendant had Remedios.
taken out
out a licence every
every year since Wednesday, 28th April-FINAL 1029, and had recently been away OPEN SINGLES.
to Canton. The summons against him had been issued before his re Thursday, 29th April-FINAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP.
turn, and defendant, therefore had not had time to renew his fleence. Friday 30th April.
I-FINAL) Under the circumstances, he asked OPEN DOUBLES.
permission to withdraw the sum- Booking at Moutrio's
mons, and this was granted.
A caution was administered to Entrance to Stand $1 (incl. tax). Tong Kim-kwong, of No. 0 Lan Kwai Fong, second floor, for having no licence for his set on April 0. He had also had licences for his set for several years past, and had recently been away to Canton. Mr. Key did not press the case.
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A woman, Chan Sup-kwu, had her summons for not having a licence for her set on April 2 dismissed, as she, produced a licence with a dif ferent name and address to
that contained in the summons. She lived at No. 77 Leighton Hill Road, first floor, and the lcenco bore the address of No. 77 Morrison H -Road,
Jel. 28151.
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