THE . HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1938.
WELSH RUGBY CLUBS
Hongkong Hockey Team BASEBALL
Beats Royal Air Force By 3-1 At Singapore
Singapore, Sept. 21.
A sodden field. militated against polished play in the hockey match in which the Hongkong Command (Army) team which is visiting Singaporo beat Royal Air Force by three goals to one at Seletar yesterday.
The wet ground affected the visitors more than the home side, as they are accutomed in Hongkong to playing in shoe on hard grounds.
GOOD CENTRE
Many of the players had not worn fence and fed his forwards well. bools for several seasons prior to: this tour, but the only man who
LEAGUE RESULTS
Cubs Win Narrowly Against Pirates
New York, Sept. 27. The following were the results of nutches played in the Baseball League to-day:
HARD HIT BY
S. AFRICA TOUR
Dy. Nowe Harding
London, Aug. 30. not very bright, particularly as Cle- A long list of Mustrious players tuent and E. W. Jones will not be will. from one enuse or another, be available at first, but with the veter- missing-temporarily or permanent- jan Ivor Jones to loud the team un- ly-from the ranks of the first-class til Clement returns, they will yield Welsh Rugby clubs when the season no one without a struggle.
NATIONAL
LEAGUE
R.
11. E.
opens
New York Brooklyn
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3 11 1 (Koy homered for the Dodgers). Most prominent of the forwards New York played in shoes yesterday, Holmes, was Beadnell, inside-right, who scor-Brooklyn" centre-forward, found it almost im-ed two of his side's goals. The other
1
(Game was called fo
the sixth
30
possible to keep his feet in fast play. coal was scored by Holmes, whoaving to darkness).
Each side was sounder in the backs should be worth watching at centre than in the forwards but Hongkong's when he has proper foolgear for Pilladelphia forward line contained better mat- Singapore grounds. erial than H.A.F,
Poor finish among the forwards Considering the fact that they have lost many chances for R.A.F. In the had only four matches together, the second half, particularly they had visiting team combined well, especial- the territorial advantage, but ragged ly between the halves and the for-passing movements broke down in
the circle. wards.
In olher cases, poor One of the hardest-worked men shooting was evident, on the field was Land, Hongkong's } Soon after the opening, Parks had centre-half, who was sound on de-jan unsuccessful shot for R.A.F., but
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THE
Buston
(Eleven Innings were played).
Philadelphia Boston Pittsburgh Chiengo Cincinnati St. Louis
2
10
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3
10
1
1 G
1
Berger homered for the Reds).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
.
St. Louis Detroit
(Walker und Christman for the Tigers).
12
7 0 homered
St. Louis
4
Detroit
10
(Greenberg, Twixe and Gehringer homered for the Tigers).
Chicago
Cleveland
0
B 11
0
(Heath homered for the Indians).
Boston
Philadelphia
14 11
0 1 4 3 (Peacock homered for the Red
Sox. The game was called in the eighth inning owing to darkness). Washington
New York
3 2
羅 10.* 0 (Grehrig homered for the Yan- kees).-Reuter.
a minute or two later, after a fruit- less short corner, Quy sent in a slow shot. Dobson, in goal, ran, out and stopped but failed to clear and Guy silpped the ball into the net.
A free hit just outside the R.A.F. circle gave Beadnel his chance to
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Newport and Neath seem to stand For this, the tour of the British where they did innt senson, Bath teain in South Afrien is mainly re-coli tean, likely to win more ponsible. In that side there are mutches than they lose. eight Welshmen, and all of them, I think Aberavon will be the team except Vivian Jenkins, play their of the year. In April they beat Car- Rugby in Wales.
diff fairly and squarely at Aberavon, True, they are expected back by thanks to a solid pack and brillant the middle of October, but I imagine combined back play. They
have that few of them will want to plunge two half-backs, Geoffrey Davies and into the hurly-burly at once, and W. R. Davies, and two wings, S. personally I think they will be very Willams and it. Willams, who are unwise if they do.
(good enough to play for Wales-and I to not want
it to be thought (may do lo-before the season Is out. that we in Wales regret the inclui- sion of these Welshmen in the British tram.
We are all proud
that they were selected, that they W. C. CHOY WINS
have played so well, and that the whole team has so worthily upheld the good name of British Rugby.
SWANSEA BADLY HIT
The fact remains that the absence of Clement and E. L. W. Jones Morgan (Llanelly), Tanner and E. 1
Just before half-time Hongkong pressed around the goal and with a smooth shot Guy scored from an acute angle.
CHANCES LOST
R.A.F. attacked continually at the beginning of the second half, but chances were lost repeatedly, Guy was unlucky when he just failed to reach the ball with an open goal in front of him. White next lost a chance with a badly directed shot.
Taking the ball down the right, Hitchcock cracked in a nice centre from just on the goal line, and. from mutec in the goal mouth Holmes scored,
The Anal score was: Hongkong, 3; Royal Air Force, 1.
Corporal Scott and Staff Sergeant Mettam (Honkong) were umpires.
Teams
were:
Hongkong: Cpl. Dobson; Licut. Douglas, Pte, Stickley: L/Cpl. Enston, Sgt. Land, Pte. Gorman; Lieut. Han- well, Lieut. Hook, Lieut. Holmes, Lieut. Beadnell, Cpl. Hitchcock.
Royal Air Force: L.A.C. Stirling; L.A.C. Nush, Sgt. Shory: Cpi, McKen- nn, L.A.C. Watson, LA.C. Goodwin; Cpl. Passingham, L.A.C.'s Parkes Guy, White, Brech.
SPORT ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Draft Programmics and Entry Forms for the Eighth Extra Race Meeting to be held on Saturday, 8th and Monday, 10th October, 1938, (weather permitting) may he obtained at the Secretary'a Ofee, Exchango Building; the Club House, Happy Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
Entries свояе at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 29th Septem- ber, 1938.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
(Swansea), Travers (Newport).
Ivor
SINGLES CUP
AT NEW MALDEN
Taylor (Cross Keys) and
London, Aug, 29. Willams (Cardiff) will handicap W. C. Choy, the Chinese Davis Cup these clubs seriously in the early player, made the singles cup his own months or the season.
by_winning it for the third succes- sive year at New Malden. In a final of mainly baseline
seline duelling, in which Choy was the more steady, and {accurate, he beat another Chinese, than the temporary J. 11. Ho, by 6-2, 6-2, loss of Tanner and Morgun. Swan- sea, however, have great hopes of
to
From Swansen's point of view, the departure of W. T. H. Davies to Leeds University is an even more
serious blow
Miss
the
Miss R. Thomas, the junior chom-
her S. Harris, another Swansen Univer-pion, maintained good play, a semi-final win sity player, as a successor to Davies, which gave her ond if these are realised, 'Swensen over Mrs, M. R. King, the British may settle down into very good
Wightman Cup captain, by beating side when Tunner is able to play women's final by 6-2, 6-2.
G. M. Southwell in again.
Another famous ployer who has Miss Thomus drove very hard. disappeared from the scene is Clin. Miss Southwell could never gain the Jones, who has now to devote him- attack, and was always outpaced. self to his legal studies. Actually, Results of Anals: little club Rugby he played very last seison, and Cardif, largely be cause of the individualism of Wool- ler, were capable of defeating most sides without him:
MEN'S SINGLES: W. C. Choy bt. J. H.
G-2.
HOMEN'S SINGLES: MIES R. Thomas bt. Mins G. M. Southwell, 6-2, 6-2.
MEN'S DOUBLES; W, C. Choy & J. C. Warboys bt. P, V, V, Sherwood & H. G. N. Lee, 6-3, 9-0.
With Wooller as captain, they will doubtless do so again this year. It& Miss E. M. Cowper, 6-4, 6-1.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES: M. R. King & Mies M. Whlimarah bt. Mrs. E. Davey
is announced that Alban Davies, the
Cruss Key full-back, has joined Cardiff. He is, I think, the most promising full-back In Wales.
.
MIXED DOUBLES; P. V. V. Sherwood
Miss M. F. Brace, &-0, 6-3,
Mrs. M. R. King bt. W. C. Choy &
K.C.C. TENNIS
LEAGUE CONVERTS Llanelly lost a brilliant centre, Ward, and two splendid young for- wards, Moxey and Bowen, to the Rugby League last sennon, and these W. C. Hung and D. J. N. Anderson losses, and injuries to other players, (owe 30.3) won the K.C.C. men's eaused n serious deterioration handicap doubles final yesterday form at the end of the season. when they beat A. E. P. Guest and S. Lanelly's prospects, therefore, are │A. Gray (owe 30.3) by 4-0, 6-2, 0-2.
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