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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1937.
Tommy Farr's Supporters Are Jubilant
FIGHT POSTPONEMENT WILL AID WELSHMAN'S EYE INJURY
BUT FARR SAYS "I'LL WIN AT ANYTIME".
ZERO HOUR ON MONDAY NIGHT
New York, Aug. 26. Tommy Farr's supporters, at last, aro satisfied that rain camo to postpone last night's fight with Joe Louis. His connections de- lightedly pointed out that it would enable Farr'a oye injury to heal up completely.
Furr, himself, though, did not ap
nuid one lot. He pear to worry "What core I when the fight takes place. I win anytime."
Both fighters are returning to their camps as roon as possible to remain quiet until Monday.
To-day, when the men weighed-in, Farr tipped the scales at 14 stone 11 lbs, and Louls at 14 stone.2 lbs.
Doctor Bill Brown, who examined the boxers, snid Farr was in magni- ficent condition. He did not show the slightest trace of nervousness and if anything was more cold-blooded than Louis. The negro, however revealed more active, reflexes.
Promoter Joe Jacobs hopes that as a result of the postponement he will be able to get a larger crowd on Monday, but it is pointed out that several disappointed Welshmen wilt
have to leave New York before Mon- day.
FARR'S POLICY
Visitorn from all parts of the screen, alage, soclety and fistle world had promised to attend the fight Inst night. On all sides Louls was quoted usa Arm favourite und was expected to win by a K.O. in six rounds. was universally agreed that If Farr wins it will be a miracle,
It
The attendance was not likely to have exceeded 30,000, but this had no worry for Farr, who is safe to collect £12,000 for the fight, win or lose, this being his share for fighting and for the fim and broadcasting rights.
On the other hand, it was pointed out, Louis might have been lucky to earn £20,000, whereas Braddock, when he met Louis collected £60,000,
Now Totalisator For Epsom
The Epsom and Walton Downs Conservators have assented to a proposal of the Racecourse Bet- iing Control Board to erect lem- porary Totalisator bullilings at The back of Tangland's stands on Epson Downs to serve occupants of Langland's lands
And closure and not the outalic public.
en-
The Conservators' consent is subject to agreemeni as to de- tails between the Betting Control Board and the Epsom kland Association.
Loague Tennis
Cirand-
Kowloon Tong Head "C" Division
INTERESTING POSITION
Kowloon Tong yesterday de- posed Recreio as leaders of the "C" Division in the tennis league, beating Kowloon Cricket Club by 72 to 11⁄2 and thus obtaining their seventh victory in eight
matches.
Whether they will become eventual champions dependa very largely on their ability to beat C.R.C. (1) in their last match of the programme. If they enn accomplish this, Kowloon
Tong will almost certainly have to meet Recreio in a play-off for the tille. Present position is Kowloon Tong have won seven out of eight games with one defeat; C.R.C. (1) have
three out of tour and won Recreio six
Seven. out of Recreio have lost to C.R.C. (1) and are not likely to concede fur- ther points from their remaining two matches. IC.R.C. (1) lost to Kow- loon Tong they will be out of the
running. On the other hand if these teams draw, It will allow Recreio to slip in and take the championship from under their noses. Defeat of Kowloon Tong by C.R.C. would
THIS IS WHAT THEY'LL BE SEEING IN ENGLAND TO-MORROW
ENGLISH FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS TO-MORROW
now
A
football
season is | Clyde ushered in to-morrow when first Hamilton
Hearts class teams in England start their long programme which will last until next May.
Interest will very largely be cen- tred on the fortunes of those tears which lust senson obtained promotion or suffered relegation.
In the first division the newcomers are Leicester and Blackpool. Leices- ter have a home match against Derby and Blackpool have to visit Hudders field where they are almost destined to meet defeat.
Kilmarnock Morton
Queen O'Sih. Queen's Park
Rangers
v. Hibernian
.v. St. Mirren
Third Lanark
v.
Celtic
v. Dundee
y,
Motherwell
Falkirk
V.
St. Johnstone
·Second Division
Airdrie Brechin Cowdenbeath Dundee U. East Fife East Stirling Forfor Leith
The relegated teams, Manchester United and Shefield Wednesday, meet Sten'muir Newcastle (at home) and Chester- field (away) respectively, while the promoted third division teams, Luton and Stockport oppose each other, the
as champion, eliminate the Tongites and leave match being played at Stockport.
Before rain came to cause a post- ponement of the scrap, Farr said "I intend to wade in from the bell con- trary to instructions from the trainers' advice to bide my time and win on points."—Reuter.
FARR RATED No. 5
New York, July 20. British heavy-weight boxing cham- plon Tommy Farr, who fought Joe Louis for the world title in New York last night, is ranked Arth anong world boxers by the National Box-
ing Association's Champlonship Rat ings Committee,
The order of precedence decided by this committee is:-
1. Joc Louis, present champion.
2. Max Schmeling, Germany.
',
C.R.C. and Recrico to play off a decider.
The details of the matches and the revised league table follow.
C.R.C. (2) v. R.5.C.
Li Ping-tun and Tang Man-chiu (C.R.C.). lost to D. Leonard and J. C. de Almeida j
1-0 drew with G. Singh and K. Singh
Bradford City and Doncaster who
V
Alloa
V.
Raith R.
V.
King's Park
Montrose
V
Albion R.
V. V.
Dumbarton Edinburgh
v. St. Bernards
Dunfermline
*
HONGKONG
suffered demotion to the third divi- HOCKEY STAR
sion also play each other at Doncas-
ter.
The full programme is as follows: IN SINGAPORE
8-0 lost to M. Sheriff and M. Hassan 1-8. | Bolton
First Division
La Tung-tan and Chau Hung-nin lost
V.
Brentford
Charlton
V.
Leods
V. Liverpool
V.
to Leonard and Almeida 4-0; lost to Singh and Singh 6-0; beat Sheriff and Hassan
-Tin Lap-fat and Kwok Lam-pat lost to
Leonard and Almelda 2-6; beat Singh and Slagh 6-4; beat Sheriff and Hasan 6-3.
SOUTH CHINA v. ARMY South China drew with Army Tennis Club
J. Mak and Y. Kwan (South China) beat A. Warr and J. H. Fowles 6-4; beat £. Bradshaw and A. H. O'Connor 0-2; lost to W. Partridge and J. Cook 2-8,
J. Hau and K. Lai bent Warr and Fowles 6-2; lost to Bradshaw and D'Con- nor 6-7; beat Partridge and Conk 8-4.
C. i. Wong and 1 G. Kwak lost to
Chelsen Everton Huddersfield Leicester Portsmouth Preston N.E. Stoke Sunderland Wolves
Aston Villa Bradford
Warr and Fowles 1-0; drew with Brad Burnley and Cook 2-6.
chaw and O'Connor 0-d; lost to Partridge
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KOWLOON TONG . K.C.C.
Kowloon Tong beat K.C.C. 74% to 14%. W. Wu and Me Wal-kwong Kowloon Tang) beat W. Glitins and G. A. White 6-3; beat V. Freeman and B. Soltau 6-3; beat A. Philippens and It. E. Lee 7-5.
Mok Fuk-in and Pang O-lam beat Gitties and White 6-2; drow with Freemas and Soliau 6-0; beat Philippens and Lee | *-i:
G. She and Lam Kwan lost to Gilling and White 1-6; beat Freeman and Sollett
3. Jim Braddock, vanquished beat Philippens and Lee 6-4.
recently by Louis.
Alberto Lovell, Argentina.
4.
5. Tommy Fart.
The National Boxing Association regulates boxing in more than thirly American States, and has a working agreement with the British Boxing Board of Control.
Alberto Lovell, No. 4, is considered second-rater in New York. He has never fought any one of any Import- ance and has only appeared in minor fights on the west const. "
LEAGUE TABLE
Arsenal
Blackpool Derby
v. West Bromwich
Grimsby
v. Birmingham
Middlesbro'
V.
Second
V.
Chesterfield
Manchester U. Norwich Plymouth Sheffield U.
Manchester C.
Division
West Ham
v. Barnsley
V.
Bury
v. Sheffield W. v. Newenstle
V.
V. Southampton v. Fulham V. Noits Forest Stockport
Luton Swansea
V. Blackburn Tottenham v. Coventry
Third Division (South) Bristot C.
Gillingham v. Cardli Crystal Pal. V. Alderstrot Mansfield v. Northampton
Clapton O.
A. Pts. Newport
14
P. W. D. L. F. K.T.G.C.A. 8 7 0 1 50 22 Recreio 7 0 0 1 49 14 12 AT.C. 7 3 1 3 30/
4214 S.C.A.A. 73 1 3 251 3714 7 C.R.C. (1) 4 3 0 1 KC.C... 7 3 0 4 28
301 2444 11. 6
35 R.S.C... 7 3 0 4 2439 C.C.c....
... 5
3 19 C.R.C. (2) I.R.C.
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Notts County v. Swindon Queen's P.R. V. Brighton Reading
Southend
Torquay Watford
v. Millwall
Bournemouth
Germany's New Goal
TOP OF THE
SOCCER WORLD
JENE Miller plans to supplant Great Britain as the supreme football Young Germany is to be drilled on the most scientific lines
Hatton
so as to become unbeatable at association football.
The idea is to give Germany រ "safety-valve" during political trou-
bles, and to improve German military Amar Nath
compared
badly
mentality, which during
the the war with that of sports-loving Britisher, with his great quality of taking individual ne- tion.
Germany is going over fo the doc- trine which most Britons have long discarded--that European wars are won on the playing fields of Eton.
Another firm bellef of the organi- sers of the scheme is that every de-| lent of a British football eleven is a grave blow to British prestige,
No
To Play Cricket For Nelson Club
INTER-COUNTY TENNIS
MIDDLESEX RETAIN TITLE
KENT RUNNERS-UP
Middlesex won the Men's Inter- County lawn tennis championship for the twenty-second time at East bourne recently, when the final totalo were: Middlenox In Group (holders), 5 win
5 wins; Kent, 4; Warwick- shire, 3; Essex, 2; Durham, 1; Cie shire, 0. The last two countles go down inte
Group 2.
On the final day, when rain de- layed play, Middlesex bent Kent by 5 rubbers to 1 (wlib three not player), Warwickshire beat Essex by 3 rubber to 1 (three not played), and Durham beat Cheshire by rubbers to 3 (one unfinished):
MIDDLESEX, 5; KENT, 1
5
R J. Ritchle and R. K. Tinkler (M.) lost to A. Brown and S. Gros- smith, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6; beat D. M. Deloford and W. R. Finlay, 9-7, 30, D-7.
E. R. Avery and H. G. N. Leo (M.)
beal C. N. Jones and R. A.
Shayes, 6-4, 7-5; beat Deloford "nd Finlay, 7-5, 6-1.
F. Piercy and I.II. Wheatcroft (M.) beat Jones and Shayes, 0-2, 3-0;. bent Brown and Grossmith, 6-3, 52.
WARWICK, 5; ESSEX, 1
II. F. David and E. J. David (W.) beat J. Shales und R. Teakle, -i, 7-5; beat M. Whitmore and L. Cater,
2 B2. E Ε. R Whitehouse, and R. Mor- ton (W.) lost to F. Pearchey and R. Stone, 6-8, 6-2, 4-0; beat Whit- more and Cater, 6-3, 6-3.
J. Adie and J. M. Wright (W.) beat Peachey and Stone, 57, 6-2, B-2: beat Shales and Teakle, 6-4, 62.
DURHAM, 5: CHESHIRE, 3
A. W. T. Anderson and K. G. Marshy (D.) beat Max Woosnam ond F. S. Stewart, 6-8, 6-3, 6-2; boat P. Antrobus and R. V. Fontes, Amar Nath, the Indian Test cric-L keter, who was sent home by his 6-2, 7-5; bent J. H. Booth and T. captain and manager as a disciplinary P. Dick, 02, 04.
C. K. Alderson and E. D. Goldson measure last year, has accepted an official statement has
been offer to play for the Nelson Club in D.) lost to Woonam and Stewart, made, nor is one likely to be, but the Lancashire League.
3-0, 1-0 lost to Antrobus and have it from people who are in touch|
He will receive £500 and return Fontes, 5-7, 0-6; beat Booth and with high officiaí circles in Germany |
Dick, 6-7, 1-0, 6-0. passage.
H. Sargeant T. Farrington and most intensive effort is that
After he was sent home last year (D) beat Woomani and Stewart, to be made to develop football with a committee of inquiry found that (.)
to Antrobus and these aims in view, says a writer in hondece "guilty or ill-mannered 6-1, 6-4; lost The People.
and rude conduct in the presence of Fontes 1-0, 0-4, 2-0.
Group
2, at Scarborough-Staf- famous British International his captain, but only in a private
fordshire 5, Derby 4; Lancashire 7, station start at Seletar by pyre player told me that if Britain did not place. Having regard to the warn- Nottinghamshire 2; Leicestershire 4,
the captain and went to Hongkong in 1934 to take a bestir herself and take steps to coachings given him,
manager were right in taking dis- Sussex 3 wireless course and was a star in the
Sussex prompied to Group 1 Not- elplinary action, but they committed Radio Sports Club hockey team. He was selected for the Rest against the
an error of judgment in the severity tinghamshire relegated to Group 3. Leicestershire and Lancashire play Colony and against the league cham-
of the puuishment inflicted."
to decide the other promotion place, plons. This year he has assisted the
and Staffordshire and Derby to de- Radio team to win the league and
cide
place. relegation has played for the Colony" against
Group 3 at Bexhill-Surrey, w... Macho, He is a tricky forward, with
Hamper Yorks. 5. Herts 1; clever slickwork, says the Sunday Times.
A recent recruft to the wireless: is SS. Chowd-:
Chowdbury was a keen member of the Sikh-seellon of the HK.V. D. C. and was hockey representative: of the Corps, also being an executive member of the Hongkong Hockey Council and sports secretary of the Young Men's Sikh Association. He hopes to play here for his depart- mental team-Posts and Telegraphs.
CORRESPONDENCE Schoolboys' Tennis And The L.T.A.
The Sports Editor,
V. Walcal}
Hongkong Telegraphi
Bristol R.
Third Division (North) Accrington v. Carlisle Chester Darlington
v. Halifax
V. Southport
Doncaster.. v. Bradford C.
Gateshead
Hull
Lincoln
* Crewe
v. Wrexham
v. Hartlepools
New Brighton v.
Oldham
| Rochdale
V. Barrow
v. Port Vale V." York Rollierham v. Tranmere
Aberdeen Arbroath
Scottish Leaguo (First Division) V. Partick
V. Ayr U.
Sir, S.A says in this columns
A
James May Play
If
Alex James, the Arsenal and Scottish international foot- baller, may still play for Ar
He entered into a con- senal. tract some weeks ago with Mr. Charles T. O'Callaghan, of the Blackfriars (Pools) Organisa-
tion.
Mr. O'Callaghan, at The Ring recently, told a reporter: "If the Arsenal make suffi- cient offer to us James will play: If not, he will probably take up a position with one of the big football pools. You must realise that James no longer can decide himself, for he is under definite contract to
us."
Cricket
HAMPSHIRE WIN BY INNINGS Batting Collapses By Northants
ussex 3 (unfintahed).
the
other
East of Scotland 3, Somerset 2
match unfinished).
Surrey and Yorks promoted to Group 2, Herts and Hants relegated to Group 4.
and
Group 4 at Southdean, Bognor Northants 8, Northumberland 3: Nor- folk, Whiltshire 4; Worcestershire 8, Suffolk 1. Suffolk
Worcestershire London, Aug. 26. Northants collapsed in both innings promoted to Group 3. Nothumber against Hampshire in a
jand and Norfolk relegated to Group county cricket match which ended to-day, 5. Hants winning by an innings and 133, Group 5, at Paignton-Bedford- Hampshire batted first and com-shire 0, Gloucestershire 1; Devon 5, plied 371, Pothecary being top-Buckinghamshire 4; West of Scot-
land 6, Berkshire 3. scorer with 79.
West of Scotland and Devon pro-
Northants responded with 105, Herman taking 4 for 29, and, follow-moted to Group 4. Bedfordshire and Ing-no were again sent back for 133. Gloucestershire relegated to Group
6.
---Reuter.
Group 6, at Ross-on-Wye.-Oxford 5, Cambridge 4; Dorcet 6, Lincoln- |shire 3; Hereford, w.o., North Wales,
Oxford and Lincolnshire promoted
ford relegated to Group 7.
A meeting of the Competition Sub-ser. Committee will be held to-day al
next week's matches.
that the follows, schools may parti- the schoolboys, in five years she will 5.30 p.m. to make arrangements for to Group 5. Cambridge and Here- cipate In the Schoolboys' Tennis be outclassed by the German, the League if such a competition is stog-| Austrians and other Continental ed by the LT:A.-King's College, countries, who are now taking the Queen's College, C.B.S., St. Stephen's, game seriously even in a politicol St. Paul's College, La Salie and sense. D.B.S.
Every German schoolboy is to be These seven are not sumcient to examined medically to find out how form n league. What about some for he can stand the strain of sport! other famous schooln such as Wab and football is to be taught on or- Yan College and St. Joseph's, which ganised lines, by masters of the have already become well known in game, no matter what their nation- various types of sports? Lastly, ality.
what about the Hongkong University? Posts will shortly be offered to Can they be allowed to participate in tutors, who will become Government the league? If so, would they be too servants and teach Continental strong for their younger collegians? youths the rules, practice
A.V. strategy of the game.
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