THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, APRIL
1938.
ARSENAL'S HOPES NOW SERIOUSLY JEOPARDISED
ONE POINT WON FROM THREE ENCOUNTERS
Last Quarter-Final Tennis Tio To-day
The remaining quarter-final match in the Open Doubles of the Tennis Championships, bo- tween Wong Shiu-wing and Luk Ding-cheung, of the Chin-- ese R.C., and H. Owen Hughes
WOLVES' PROSPECTS ARE and T. A. Pearce, of the Hong-
BRIGHTEST AT PRESENT
The
London, Apr. 18. Arsenal seriously jeo- pardised their chances of winning the championship of the First Division of the English Football Lengua by their failure in the Easter matches...In three games played during the holidays, they could take only one point. They lost twice to Brentford.
Mansfield
Newport
Northampton Noits C.
Queen's P.R. Southend Swindon Torquay
3 Bournemouth 2
Bristol C.
I Walsall
Watford
Clapton 0.
Aldershot
1
Millwall
0 Brighton
LEAGUE TABLE
following are The teams:
Queen's P.R.,
Watford
Millwall Bristol C. Brighton draw held to 43 Leicester to-day, the Wolves are in Reading
#l
Though
by
very favourable position. They with the are now on level terms Gunners, but they have two mutches Jn hand.
but Halifax
Sheffield United have taken lead in the Second Division. though they are two points ahead of Aston Villa, the Intter have no fewer than four matcher in hond.
Shefeld United to-day won
the leading
P. W. D. 1. F. A. Pis.
39 20
10 71 43 19
39 19 11
9 69 41 49
kong C.C., will be decided this afternoon on the stand court. The winners of the tia-will meet S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn for the right to enter the final.
Middlesex Entertains Press Team
960 30 40 Billiards, Snooker And
36 10 10 36 17 12 7 55 32 40 30 15 8 11 58 30 46 38 18 10 10 65 04 46 DIVISION (NORTH)
New Brighton
Oldham
Table Tennis
The Middlesex Regiment jast even- ing entertained a Hongkong Press ofteam to an enjoyable billiards, snooker 1 and table tennis encounter at Sham-
shulpu.
Results:
THIRD Barrow *Carlisle
0 Iartlepools
*
Rochdale
the
Darlington Gateshead
0
+
Doncaster
0 1
BILLIARDS
Hull
0
Lincoln
3
B Port Vale Crewe
2Pte. Attridge 120
two
Rotherham Tranmere
Accrington
1
Pte. Mellor
118
R. Goldman A.'T. Lee
71
120
Southport
2
Pic. Hatchett 120
Pte. Coombes 120
N. A, E.
Wrexham
Pte. Siceth
118
R. Goldman
Ple. Gorman
97
A. T. Lee
601
Mackay 118 120 120
044
more points, this time at the expense of Tottenham, while the Villa players were beaten by Swansea.
Results were as follows?
ENGLISH LEAGUE
Bullon
Brentford
Charlion
Derby
FIRST DIVISION
Portsmouth
Preston N.E.
Stoke
Hunderland
West Brom.
3 Chester *Kicked off at 6.15 p.m.
1
LEAGUE TABLE
The following are positions:
Tranmere Doncaster Oldham
the leading)
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pis. 38 20 0976 10 49 38 10 10 0 19 44 48 37 17 13 7 62 41 47 37 17 12 8 65 39 40
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
4 Manchester C.
1
3
Arsenal
D
Hull
4
Blackpool
0
Huddersfield
Wolves
1
1
Middlesbro
3
Grimsby
FIRST DIVISION
1
0
Chelsea
0
Leeds
2
Everlon
Celtie Partick
3 Dunder 1 Rangers
4 1
4 Birmingham
3
LEAGUE TABLE
The followity are the leading
teams:
Arsenal
Wolves Preston Brentford Charlton
Barnsley
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pls. 30 18 10 11 08 43 40 37 18 10 9 08 45 40 38 15 15 8 01 41 45 30 18 8 13 07 52 44
37 10 11 10 61 44 13
SECOND DIVISION
Blackburn
Bradford
Luton
Manchester U.
Norwich Plymouth Sheffield U.
Southampton
Stockport
Swansea
2 Notte F.
RUGBY MATCHES AT HOME
Barbarians Beaten
By Swansea
London, Apr. 18.-
The following are the results of
J. L. Anderson 95
SNOOKER
Mellor and Attridge (Middlesex) 30, Goldman and Lee, 03.
Gromm and Gorman (Middlesex), 65, Anderson and Mackay 54.
Sleeth and Hatfield (Middlesex) 192, W. J. Keates and G. C. Burnett, 117.
Dawes and Aldridge (Middlesex) 73, Goldman and Burnett 46..
TABLE TENNIS
Attridge Goldman (Press) bent
21-15; 17-21,
Coombes 21-11, (Middlesex) beat Burnett 22-20, 20-22, 21-18; Mellor beat Lee 21-0, 22-20.
JESSE OWENS WANTS TO BE
Rugby Union matches played to-day: AMATEUR AGAIN
1 Coventry
T
Sheffield W.
3
Chesterfield
0', Bath
1 Bridgend
0 Cardiff
4
Burnley
Newcastle
West Ham
1 Tottenham
1 Bristol
13 Harlequins
0 Dublin Wunderers 3 Birkenhead
4 Fulham
0
Bury
1
2 Aston Vila
1 Gloucester
Newport
LEAGUE TABLE
The following are the leading teams:
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pia Sheffield U.. 40 21 @ 10 09 53 51 Aston Villa. 30 21 7 8 61 29 49 Coventry
38 10 11 8 03 40 49 Manchester U. 39 20 9 10 77 48 40
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
Bristol R.
Exeter
Gingham
2 Cardiff
0
Reading
2 Crystal Pal.
0 O.M.T.
18
9
Coventry
.. 10
Headingley
B
6
Park
15
12 University
A.U.
11
18
24
London.
The South China tram which defeated the Navy in the Kotewall Cup by seven goals to mit at Sookumpoo yesterday, photographed after they
(Photo: Mee Cheung). had won the trophy.
KOTEWALL CUP WON BY SOUTH CHINA IN EASY FASHION
Navy Completely Outplayed In Yesterday's Soccer Game
Already with a victory over the Army to their credit, South China A.A. cartled off the Kotewall Cup yesterday by defeating the Royal Navy by seven goals to nil at Sookun peo.
comTM
St. Teresa Defeats Macao
Visitors At Badminton
Cricket Notes
THE NEW WISDEN' DESCRIBED BY "R. ABBIT'
Changes Only Of Order And Arrangement
To those who not only play but study cricket, and perhaps even more to those who have had to give up the actual playing of the game and can only keep in touch with it as spectators and students, "Wisden" is a household word. The first number was published in 1864 and, though I confess I am unaware of its actual form, I know that for a great many years the Almanack has ap- peared in the form to which we have been accustomed. It was therefore somewhat of a shock to discover that in this, the seventy- fifth edition published in 1938, a new form has been given to the "Cricketers' Bible" as it has often been called. But the changes are only those of order and arrangement.
of
"Wisden's"
1
older ones too-in the Colony!)
The former
were some excellent illustrations, particu- divided into two parts. In the first larly in the article by A. P. Freeman on spin bowling. (Incidentally I appeared The Laws of Creiket, the commend this most heartily to all most of the Umpires llat, Births and Deaths of young bowlers--and Cricketers and a few lists including
Another excellent feature, so fur one of all Oxford and Cambridge Blues, Then there were sixty pages as the Almanack is intended to be used as a book of reference in Clubs "records", an Article or two, etc, the provision of a linen cover Obituary of the preceding year, the-still keeping the colour of
well-known yellow poper Cover →→ "Ave cricketers of the year with will render the life of the volume portraits, and finally twenty-eight very much longer. A good many of pages on public school cricket and us, of course, have our "Wisden's" bound in our own pet binding, so it Notes by the Editor.
will
по make
difference. The Calendar with the Test Match dates printed in white on black circles is a very useful feature.
WOMEN'S CRICKET
the
Perlings owing to the short notice of the match, there was not as big a crowd as might have been expected such Пxture for
of holiday
the Importance; but in any case. game was far too one-sided to be who interesting, and those
The second half was entirely scores really stayed away did not miss very much.
and figures, averages, notes of the Almost right from the start, the
same all over the world and the Fix- Chinese asserted their superiority,
ture list. At the beginning of this
I see that there has been a certain and as soon as Lee Shek-yau. their left-winger had scored the first goal,
Part appeared the critical account
amount of surprise expressed over that the Chinese would win
and scores of any M.C.C. Tour which the appearance of an article on Wo- fortably became apparent.
The
tiad taken place. Owing to the fact men's Cricket, and the Tests with the South China forwards were combining too well together to brook
Australia and at home. Personally of any interference by the Navy de-
A great crowd of Macno and local that these go on into the new year Australian Women's team both tenders, who were out-paced and
half, spectators the right
Chinese Young Men's bit out of date, and of course this such an article at all strange. outplayed. Blair, irled hard to stem the tide, but Teresa's
Society last night to witness
must still continue. For though he succeeded in some me badminton match between the St. sure, the other halves were unable recen's and Mono Lyceum Clubs to cope with Chan Tak-fal and Co.
Five goals up at the interval, the which the former won by five games John A. Chen and F. Tsang (St. F. Chinese took things rather easily into four. Scores
beat . Rodrigues and the second period. As so often the case when they have a match in their Teresa)
Rodrigues (Lyceum) 21-5; beat A.
a
turned
In
of
up at the St. as a rule, these accounts were usually I do not consider the appear wis-
the
instance den" deals with cricket all over the world and now that Women's Cricket has become an established fact, what should include it in the Almanack? is more fitting than that "Wisden"
the general account of the Australian in this, the new 1938 edition. Tour of G. O. Allen's team appears
THE NEW PLAN
In the now "Wisden" the division
THE OBITUARY
grasp, the Chinese indulged da Silva and G. da Silva 21-18: beat into two parts has been done away Obituary for 1037. There are un-
porters.
sang
I
Aubrey Smith had died during the
I have referred previously la the fortunately a singularly large num great deal of close inter-passing,
with altogether. All articles appear ber of prominent cricketers who have which was pretty to watch but seldom F. Ribeiro and J. da Silva 21-8.
Peter Lo and J. Tsang (St. Teresa) took them nearer to the Navy goal.
as opposed
short article on this list off However, it delighted their sup-bent. II. Rodrigues and F. Rodrigues at the biomed to critical or passed away in this year, and I hope
Sliva and G. da articles
here is one point on which 21-4; beat A. da
starting with the "Five Cricketers of perhaps one of my readers could Chan Tak-fal led the scoring with Silva 21-4; lost to F. Ribeiro and J., general accounts of M.C.C. tours) to publish
and ending with the enlighten me. I was on my way out Bernard Chan and H. T. Tan (St. the Year," with two and Lee Shek-yau one
First-Class Averages, the Laws our goals, followed by Lai Shiu-wing da Silva 18-21.
S.C.A.A. Tom Kwan-kon: Li Tin-Teresa) lost to il. Rodrigues and F. Editor's notes. After this appear the from Home during October 1937 and F. Cri . Mak Shui-hon; Leung Wing-1 Rodrigues 10-21; lost to A. da Silvaket. Tours and scores--and so on? later in the year I was told that C. shui, Lau Hing-choi, Ise Ken-hung and G. da Silva 17-21; lost to to the end of the book. Its length month in question. I had not heard
Lai Shui-wing, Ribeiro and J. da Silva 17-81......
The best pair on view were John is slightly less than that of the re-lf it. I have never seen it confrm
968 and so far as "Visden" goes cent Almanacks, as there are Officials of the International Ath-Tung Kwong-sum,
A. Chen and Francis Tsang who won cen
without being pages as against 1,040 in the 1937 süll alive as after his name appears. letic Association in Paris have been Chan Tak-fat, Lau Chung-sang, Lec
volume. Part of this reduction is, only b. 1863. I sincerely trust that The encounters discussing the case of Jesse Owens, Shek-yau.
Navy Woolford; Tozer, Naugh-lull three the coloured American sprinter who
Macno players have improved my small type in the Obituary mensely in this game since their visit
almost pic Games and has since turned pro- Armstrong, Morris, Hunt, Page.
here last year. Their most promis- together with the "Cricketers Births was playing cricket: when over
SOME FURTHER NOTES fessional
have had more this smail type is the only
In fact, as Wisden is not accessi- Silva who, when they experience in league matches, should blemish on a most excellent volume.
On the other hand, is splendidly ble to a good many of my readers I become very fine players.
A return match will be played in indexed, for better than before and shall try to put together an article the same court to-night at 8 pm. In I fancy the paper and printing of the or two including some of the more order to provide some variety to the articles show a good deal of im- interesting points of visiting team the St. Teresa will provement-though I am not an ex-Volume. Those who have bought it entire usual pairings pert on this question At any rate can omit the articles, which if possi- change their
produce ble will appear on Tuesdays. and the following will form the team it to-night: John A. Chen and Peter Lo, Franels Tsang and Joseph Tsang, 11.j S. Tah and John Lee.
created such a furore at the Olym-ton; Blair, Dixon, Delderfield; Spiller. ; seriously extended at any time., fenr, obtained by the use of which, he is still going strong.
14 London Welsh
13 6 Blackheath Northern
Owens recently asked for rein- North of Ireland 16 Munchiester Plymouth Albion 13 Leicester 10 statement as on amateur, but in the of American officials this 14 Northampton opinion
was not possible. 3 Wasps
Pontypool
Waterloo Aberavon
Bedford Cheltenham
1 Neath
* Swansea
27 Devonpori
0
Services 3
International Athletic Association
25 Old Leysians Gomcials agree with the opinion of
Cross Keys 20 the
3
10
Pontypridd
14 Barbarians
AN ORCHESTRAL
American authorities. They
3 consider that Owens was to
be
7 reinstated it would open the way -Reuter. to all sorts of similar requests.
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YANKEES SURPRISED
Humbled By Boston Red Sox
Newy ork, Apr. 19. The 1938 Baseball season in the United States opened to-day with a surprise result, the New York Yan- kees, World Series winners last year, being humbled in their first game by the Boston Red Sox.
The Yankees collected four runs from six hits, but the Red Sox sent eight men across the home plate from 11 hits, Chapman hit a home run for the Boston outfit.
President Roosevelt threw the first ball in the game between the Phill- adelphia Athletics and the Washing-" ton Senators.
No fewer than 20 runs were scored
In this encounter, the Benators claim-
ing players are F. Ribeira, and J. da and Deaths," has been plat use of
Prince "Bira
99
Wins Campbell Trophy Race
Mrs. Petre Back
To Track
London, April 18. Prince Birahongse of Slom won the ing 12 and the Athletles eight. Lewis Campbell. Trophy Race at Brooklands car "Era" ot and Bonura hit for the circuit for the to-day, driving his Senators.-Reuter.
Why Bernard Joy Remains
An Amateur
London.
an average, speed of 73.70 miles an hour over a 2212 mile course.
During a preliminary race, Lieut. Clayton, travelling at 100 miles an hour, crushed over the banking and was sent to hospitul. He had a re- markable escape from death.
un-
Mrs. Kay Petre, who was conscious for several weeks follow- ing a crash last year, returned to the track with no signs of nerves, and did not even wear a crash helmet. "Why doesn't Joy turn profession- Reuter, al?" many are driven, to nak when they come away from a match after. seeing a magnificent display by Ar-
centre-half.
of
senal's
George Allison, mannger Arsenal, has remarked many times: "I would sign Bernard Joy as a pro- fessional at a moment's notice if he would agree...
Joy admits that he would like the extra money professionalism, would bring him. He explains, though, that he is a schoolmaster and that professionallam is not popular, on the whole, with parente. He would' not give up teaching as he is just as much attached to his profession: as He is to his sporte-
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HERBERT MARSHALL
at the
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real
sevenly,
I knew he
this
new
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