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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 4, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
I'M JUST FILLIN' UP THIS CORNER --- Y'SEE I WON'T BE STANDIN' THERE ANY MORE!
ERNIE BUZHINIERE
Ryder Cup To Be Decided In February?
Both American And British Players In Favour of Proposal
By George Greenwood
Both in Great Britain and also in America the proposal to play next year's Ryder Cup match between teams of professionals re- presenting the two countries, in February instead of July, has met with a good deal of approval especially by the players themselves.
The match is due to be played in blaze of glory by winning the Melro- the United States and, following politan tournainent at Wentwortli precedent, the British tourn will with the wonderful aggregate of 273. leave after the Open championship each of the four rounds being under at St. Andrews in the second week 70, remarkable achievement. In July.
the year.
any
Although Padgham has had a bar- ren year, he cannot very well be left out of the team. For a player of his class who has swept practically everything into his net, the rebound is only a matter of time.
tournament,
Britain has lost all three contests previously played in Americu, one of the reasons advanced for the defeats being that the players have been sorely handicapped by the aweller- Rees, the little Welshnan who won Ing heat prevalling at this time of the match play championship for a second time in three years, is cer- It is true that some of our men tuin of hi
place, but there are unused to these weather conditions doubts about Charles Whitcombe. have fallen ill and others have been captain of the team in the last five unable to do themselves Justice; at matches, and Arthur Lacey. By
rate the magnitude of the de-winning the League feats has been such as to suggest Percy Allis hus probably saved him- that something other than pin
pinying self. superiority on the
part
of the op- ponents is the proper explanation.
Belloving that the British players would have a more equal chânce iff the match were played under con- ditions similar to those ruling in this country, it has been proposed that the contest shoukl take place in Florida where in February and March the weather is ideal-days of continuous sunshine tempered by pleasant breezes from the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
FIRST-CLASS COURSES
BADMINTON
LEAGUE RESULTS
In the mixed doubles of the bad- minton league last night, Kowloon Tong lost to the University 1-9. There are first-class courses at K. M. Lee and Miss Gonzales losl Mlam!, Palm Beach, Bellair and to P. K. Hul and Miss J. Chos 12-21; among the sandhills at Pinehurst, lost to K. L. Yong and Miss U. Khoo any one of which is eminently suitn-17-21; lost to T. F. Yong and Miss J. ble for an International match both Anderson 9-21.
us regards the quality of the golf and
arc
P. Fletcher and Mrs. Stephens lost from the spectators' standpoint. to Hui and Miss Choa 18-21; lost to
the British Financially,
team Yong and Miss Khoo 8-21; fost to would be the gainera by the change, Yong and Miss Anderson 12-21, for at this period of the year there J. Anderson and Mrs. Castro lost many fich tournament prizes to Hul and Miss Choa 17-21; lost to amounting to £5,000 to be picked up. Yong and Miss Khoo 13-21; beat in the Florida' zone.
Yong and Miss Anderson 21-12. The proposal deserves serlous con-
St. John's v. Talkoo sideration both by British and St. John's beat Talkoo 6-3, American professional organisations, N. Smith and Miss Cave lost to A. particularly by the former, which Keown and Miss R. Summers 18-21; has everything to gain. Two sub-beat R. Main and Miss I. Cunning- stantial reasons for the change areham 21-10; beat D, Becken and Mrs. that Britain would have a more rea-Main 21-11.
sonable chance of success and that D. Kwok and Mrs, P. Wilson beat. the players would be employed it a Keown and Miss Summers 21-10; time when competitive golf in this beat Main and Miss Cunningham country is more or less at a stand- 21-5; beat Becken and Mrs. Main still.
21-11.
This brings us to a consideration S. Newman and Miss Eardley lost of the probable composition of the to Keown and Miss Summers 14-21; British team, That the personnel lost to Main and Miss Cunningham will be different from the one that 11-21; beat Becken and Mrs. Jost at Southport last year is almost 21-13. certain. For Instance. Reginald
Whitcombe,
the Open champlos, who
was not considered good enough for
LEAGUE TABLE
Gamtos
the last team, will, by virtue of his exalted position, be the leader. He Recreio has proved beyond any shadow nt University doubt that not only is he a grant St. John's score player, but also a match win-Kowloon Tong
CLAIMS OF ADAMS
ner.
Another newcomer will be James Adams, of Hoylake, recently ap- pointed professional to the, Stonetum Club, Southampton, who once again was runner-up in the Open chân-
Talkoo
Main
P. W. L. F, A, Pt. 7 81 53 10-12
76 1 43 20 12
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8 3 5 22 50 6
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COMMISSION SUED
pionship. He is likely to be the Father Of Andre Shelaeff
only Scoleman in the team, a sad. reflection on past glories of golf's birthplace..
Consideration will be given to the claims for recognition of B. Gadi! and D. Curtis, neither of whom hos:
yet plaved for Great Britain.
Brings Action
San Francisco, Feb. 2.
A sult for $100,000 has been filed
In the Federal Court by Paul Shelacff,
Gudd lled for second place in the father of Andra Shelbeff, the young Penfold £1,000 League tournament, Russian
King
boxer from Shanghai,
and was fourth in both the Silver against the State Athletic Commis- and Dunlop Metropolitanaian and Dr. Robert Groves, of the tournaments. Curtis, of Queen's Essex Chapter for disabled American Park, Bournemouth, at one time veterans.
holder of the long driving champion
Dr. Groves is charged with having and negligently" ex-
ship, is on carmest golfer, and, "carelessly
having trained systematically, is amined Shelaeff, who was suffering specimen of the perfect athlete. from lobar pneumonin at the time of
This year he won the Dunlop the fight.United PreAR, Southport £1,800 tournament and tied for second place in the Brighton
£1,000 event.
E. E. Whitcombe, aged 20, a mem- ber of the famous golfing family, Is also
a candidate for International team honours. He was runner-up in the match play championship, and second to his uncle Charles In the Silver King: £1,000 tournament, ob Aviotaly, there is a great future for the fourth and youngest member of the Whitcombe family.
It will be remembered that Shelaeff died on December 13 following a fight with George Salvadore.
C.B.A. TEAMS
The following will represent the Central British Association's first and second elevens in the Seven-a-Bido Tournament to-day: FIXI.-D. Moss, M Booker, 1. Woolleys Booker Twinstaka White?! Henry Cotton, of course, is one of 2nd XI-P Meerayden colendo Alfred Canne Black
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A MUST FIRST CHOICES
Windsor Lad May Have To Be Destroyed
London, Jan. 19.
Windsor Lad, winner of the 1004 Derby and St. Leger, may have to be destroyed. Mr. Martin Benson, who paid £50,000 for him after his Derby victory, said: "Windsor Lad is bear- ing his infirmity with wonderful conrege
but, his condition does not appear to Improve Everything possible is being done for him, and the best brains in veterinary science have been employed to help him in his Bght for life."
It is feared lint Windsor Lad has
a tumour on the brain. A delicate operation performed on him recently failed to reveal the seat of the trou- ble. He was taken ill in September last year. After trentment, he ap- peared to be making good recovery, but he had a relapse towards the end of the year. Windsor Lad's first crop of foals are due to run this sca- son, and they are reported to show
Above is the Kowloon Tong "A" team, strong contenders for the championship of the "B" Division Badminton League. Left to right (back row):-N.A.E. Mackay, P. Fletcher, R. E. Lee, J. S. Tank. Front Row: Albert Chan, J. A. Chen, F. Tuang and Peter Lo-Photo by Mayfair Studio, high promise.
CONTRACT BRIDGE OUR GUIDE Results Of Second Round TO THE
Of Triangular Tourney CINEMAS
The second round of the annual triangular Contract Bridge tourna
Individual results were;
and A. J.
Burrus,
F
"There Goes My Heart" (King's
the
SUBMARINE SINKS Crew Trapped Aboard Japanese Vessel
Tokyo, Feb 3.
Submarine No. 63 of the Japanese and sank early yesterday while par- Navy collided with another vessel teipating in manoeuvres In Bungo Channel between Shikoku and
Jel. 28151.
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The House of Quality & Service
£10,000-A-Year Wife
Has Bailiffs In
MRS. WINIFRED BROUGHTON, one-time society
hostess with £10,000 a year to spend, is living to-day with her children in a Mill Hill, N.W., bungalow from which bailiffs have taken everything but four beds and a kitchen table.
Her sixty-six-year-old hus- band, W. H. Broughton, is now serving sentence of two years' sub-imprisonment.
con
ment was played at the Club de Theatre, to-day) Comic embellish Recreio on Wednesday, when hements are sufficiently plentiful to home team were hosts to the Kow- offset the fact that this is merely the Kyushu. loon Cricket Club and the American old one about the rich girl and Club. The
game resulted as ful- poor reporter. Patsy Kelly, Alan Urgent rescue operations are in lows: Kowloon c.c
4,050 Mowbray and an ice rink sequence progress, Domel. plus
Fredric puisis; Recreio, minus 80; American provide the embellishment, Club minus 4,870.
March and Virginia Bruce provide
United Press adds that the
with another sub- the hero and heroine, Hal Roach the marine collided production and Norman Z. Leonard marine while engaged in fleet mon- Club de Recreio.-F. E. A Reme- the direction. An entertaining Dim. Ocuvres. There were 48 men-aboerd dios and A. E. Osmund, minus 9,300 Sixty Glorious Years" (Queen's the sunken vessel, which is con- paints; J. E. Noronho
and Alhambra Theatres, lo-day),—A sidered to be a modern type although Basto, minus 6,010; C. M. Correa and great historie pageant in technicalour, it was completed in 1928. It A. G. Botelho, minus 410: A. F.with Anna Neagle again as Queen cross the Pacific without refuelling. Noronha und 11. A.
Victoria. plus.
The cast includes Anton 2,780.
Walbrook, C. Aubrey Smith and Olaf
The vessel is 1,635 tons, 321 feet long, has Olien Kowloon C.C.-R. E. Lindsell and
Herbert Wilcox has agam
a surface speed of 19 knots, an underwater speed of nine knots. It is powered by two Diesel engines, and there is safety appara tus aboard. It is not known whe- ther the submarine fa hull was pierc- "Three Comrades" (Oriental Theated in the collision. American Club.-I. F. Sommers and Muller, minus 3,230; Brownley tre to-day) strangely moving and Baldwin, minus 1,000; Harrison story of three comrades after the war and their reactions to peace- and Waggoner, minus 2.130; J. C.
time life immediately after Foo! and D. O'Keffe, plus 1,500.
Robert
Franchot Tone, Taylor, The accumulated
at the results
Robert Young and Margaret Sullavan. end of the second round were: Hecrelo, plus 18,850: Kowloon C.C..
"Swiss Miss" (Majestic Theatre,lo- of Laurel and minus 850; American Club, minus day-The antics
Hardy will amuse some and leave OR calling the fire brigade when others cold. But for those who like his wife was about to have u them, this is as good as any these baby, Henry Buckland, a waiter, of two comedians have turned out, soms Norfolk-square, was fined of the scenes being really laughable.cently at Brighton,
N. Rakusen, plus 3,660; C. J. Taceni made a good job of the direction. and F. Fable, minus 750; E. F. Fin-presenting all the significant events cher and A. J. Kew, plus 3,930. E. during the long and glorious reign C. Fincher and W. L. Muckenzie, 1 Queen Victoria minus 1,890,
15,700.
Kaunas, Feb. 3. At the termination of the confer- ence of the Balkan Alliance, a com- munique was issued which affirmed that the Baltic States favoured a polley of neutrality and to work for peace In conjunction witḥ all in- terested countries.-Reuter.
1918 Three Fire Engines
For Birth
503. rc-
Since her husband, John Mars- den Firth and Edgar-Dickeson, were. convicted at the Old Balley of con- Arm spiring to defraud through known as Sir John Seton and Co.. £2 Mr. Broughton has lived on which she borrowed from the man- ager of a bank where she used to have a deposit of £10,000.
She does not know where she can get
her another £2. Outwardly semi-detached home in Barnet-way, N.W., is a pleture of suburban re- spectability.
FOUR CHAIRS
SIR ARCHIBALD
Hearty Welcome From Chinese in Tientsin
Chungking, Feb. 3, Sir Archibald Kerr Clark Kerr, the British Ambassador to Chinn, has, been accorded a hearty welcome by the Chinese people in Tientsin since his arrival there.
have
During the
past two days
letters a large number of been sent to the British envoy by the Chinese people, paying respects declaring that they are loyal National Government and will sup- port Use present war of resistance to the bitter end.
ond
the
Inside there are dark marka on the walls where pletures used to Sir Archibald had an interview hang. In the
drawing room" with the Brịťah Consul-General, Mr. kitchen table and four garden chairs J. B. Affleck, on January 1, during stand on a piece of borrowed carpet which the latter reported the situg- Mrs. Broughton looked through a tion of the British Concession in list of her husband's former asso-Tientsis: ciates who owed him money. One man had given him a “dud" cheque for £2,000, another owed hàm £1,000.
"Now none of them will give me Deputy Chief Constable Crouch 蟲 stated that Buckland gave the Coll
Penny" she said.
much for the people who used from a fire alarm post, and there to dine at our Regent's Park house
GOVERNOR'S INTEREST arrived on the scene:
The Rugby match between Malaya and the Royal Navy at Happy Val- ley on Tuesday next will be attend-
Three police officers; Fifteen fremen; and Three fire engines. Notification has been received from jed by His Excellency the Governor, Buckland, who was waiting, sald: the Secretary of State for the Colonies Sir Geoffry Northcote, who will also" smashed the glass and gave the of the appointment of Mr. A. Tajiri [be present at the Interport game on jalarm because I wanted a doctor or to be Japanese Consul Genckal at February 11, when Malaya will play | a midwife." Hongkong,
the Colony.
A policeman telephoned for doctor; the woman WILL promptly treated and was now "going on all right"
WALKING PICNIC
The Wah Yan Part Students' As- sociation will hold a hiking plenic to Lion Rock, Kowloon, on Sunday, February 12, at 10 a.m., when mem- bers and their friends are welcome to take part The starting-place has been arranged at the Kowloon Tong Club (No. 7 or 8 bus from Star Ferry). The party is expected to return about pn., and Mr. Ko Fook-sun, the Association's president, will, entertain them at his rezidence- (12, Tak Shing Street, Kowloon), Members who desire to join the pienie: should get in touch with the Hon. Secretary or Mr. Tam, Sik- poon, c/o South China Morning Post.
Mr. RE. Alvares, M.B., B.S. (H.K.) has been appointed to be a local assistant bacteriologiat with cffect from January: 24.
JOUR SPEL
me,
The British Envoy is expected to visit the Race Course, where he will obtain a view of Hsin Hsing Road, a new road bullt by the Japanese to encircle the British Concession.
ho
will
He will proceed to-morrow to when my husband was Bill Brough- Pelping where he will stay for five ton, the brilliant financier. I must days. Then he will go to Tangshan find a job. None of them will help to inspect the Kailan Mining Að-
ministration. Afterwards, "It was awkward when they took return to Shanghai vla Chinwangtod. my boys it had gone to our London Since the arrival of the British away all the furniture. I had to tell flatwe used to have
one in St.Envoy in Tientsin, the Japanese there have tightened their restrictive men- aures against the British and French Concessions.
James's.
"I OWE A LOT "Andrew-ha's eleven-is wonder-
They have closed the East Station
ing why he has been taken away of the Pelping-Liaoning Railway, from his publle school. He and which is adjacent to the two foreign Stuart, who is nine, are now at an areas, and all passengers travelling ordinary day school in Edgware. on this railway have to use the Hopel
"Jean Mary, our daughter, is at a New Station-Central News. convent, and the sisters are keeping
her there, although I owe them a lot of money,"
Mrs. Broughton, thirty-two years SPORTS ADVTS.
younger than her husband, said:
"I blame him. He should have told me that there was a chance of
convicted the judge said I could see his going to prison. When he was THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB him, but Bill was choked with tears. He could not look at me.
The February Race Meeting will "Wo came to this house three be held at Arela Preta, Macho, on money in the stump, Since then I mencing at 2.15 p.m. years ago, when Bill lost most of his Sunday, 5th February, 1929, com- have sold and pawned all my jawals. The First Bell will be rung at 145 I have one, fur coat left that I'll sell, p.m. approximately. but it's a very little one."
By order,
DEBATE ON : ZBW
ZBW programmes will be discussed "on the air on Thursday when a | debate by the Y.M.C.A. Llorary and Debating, Society will be broadcast. The motion, "that ZBW, programm E <are not sujied to populae. Atunturi kwa
8. W. CHENG,
Secretary.
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