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LOCAL FOOTBALL
REPRESENTATIVE"
XI'S CHOSEN
The Hongkong, Football Associa- tion has arranged an nitractive pro- gramme for the Chellimus, and New Year Holidays. On Christmas Day the Association will be opposed to the Hongkong Chinese Amateur Ath- letic Federation, while on December
27, England, will meet Portugal in tire semi-Anal round of the Sunday Heral Charity Cup. On January 2 un exhibition match will be staged between the British Isles and a Hongkong team.
The following have been chosen to represent the Hongkong Football As- sociation against the Hongkong Chin- ese Amateur Athlette Federation on Christmas day on the Curoline Hill ground at 3.30 p.m.:
Rowlands (Kowloon); Hussals (St. Joseph's) and Ulrich (Kowloon); Evans (Kowloon), Sherman (Navy) and Wilson (Club): Freshwater (Mid- diesex), Leonard (St. Joseph's), D. Knox (Kowloon), McGulgan (Sea- forths) and Bickford (Club).
Reserves.-D. Skinner (Club). Tippet (Navy), MeKusker (Sea- (Seaforths). Fisher forths), Fraser (Club) and Spiers (Senfurths).
CHARITY CUP MATCH
The following have been chosen to represent England against Portugal in the Semi-final Round of the Sunday Herald Charity Cup on the Kowloon Football Club ground on December 27, at 3.30 p.m.:
Church (Navy); Webster (Sea-
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First Tennis
"Open" Draws Attention
Nine Amateurs Take Part
London, Nov. 12.
22, 1937.
HOLE-IN-ONE GOLFER NOW AS A GUEST
An Old Custom
Passes
More golf clubs are abolishing the long-established custam by which a player holing out in one siroke is expected to entertain fellow-mem- bers.
Clubs in the London district who have adopted a now unwritten rule that the successful player should himself be the guest of the day In- clude:
Hendon and Mour Park, each with about 1,000 members;
Wildernesse, Sevenoaks, 700 mem- bera;
Camberley Heath, Surrey, and Hartsbourne Manor, Bushey, Herts, coth with 500 members.
At there clubs the golfer holing in one is permitted to have lunch, fea and a reasonable number of drinka without cliarge.
Ainong well-known figures in the Holding world who would retain the S. Pearson, old custom is Capt. secretary of the Verulam Club, St. Albans. He said: "Do away with
the custom and it will stop all the fum."
RUGGER MATCH
A rugger match played
on the
Karel Kozeluh, the former Czecho-Navy ground yesterday ended in a forths) and C. Pile (Police); Luister, Slovakian internallonel, who has victory for H.M.S. Adventure over (Navy), Bright (Middlesex) and conched British and American Davis the Tamar by 17 points to nil,
Ford and Robinson played well for Bliss (Cowloon); Pearson (Middle- Cup teams, won the men's singles sex). Howlett (Poilee), Fowler event in the Greenbrier Open Lown the Tainar, while Walsham, Burston (Club), Saw (Middlesex) and Mid-tennis tournament at White Sulphur and Jones did the scoring for the
dleton (Navy).
EXHIBITION GAME The following have been chosen to represent the British Isles against Hongkong in the exhibition Football game on the Club ground on January
2:
Springs, West Virginin, U.S.A.
The tournament was the world's first "open," and it attracted an entry of 29 professionals and nine amateurs. Four of the amateurs scratched, four were beaten in the first round and the only survivor, Gordon Riach, was eliminated in the second round.
Adventure.
STOCK MARKET REPORT
Rowlands (Kowloon); Webster (Seaforths) and Bright (Middlesex); Evans (Kowloon), J. Skinner and Wilson (Club), Conkley (Kowloon),
No oficial decision has been an-quiet and erratic. McGuigan (Seaforts), Pearson (Mid- dlesex), Howlett (Police) and Bick-nounced, but Mr. Holcombe Ward, ford (Club).
The jawn tennis world is waiting The Hongkong Stock Exchange with Interest to see what disciplinary official summary issued at 3.15 p.m. action the United States L.T.A. will yesterday, says: The market was take against the amateurs.
Reserves. Bone (Police), (Middlesex), Fowler (Club), Cusker (Seaforths).
T.T. London Demand
T.T. Shanghai T.T. Singapore T.T. Japan T. India
T.T.
president of the U.S.L.T.A., express- Sawed the opinion that the amateurs Me-automatically lost their status by
playing.
Because they are practically certain to be disqualified, these amateura who compete in the "pioneer" open tournament, which it is hoped will tend to the sanctioning of such events all over the world, will be presented with commemorative silver medals, complete with round stripe.-Reuter.
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