Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
April 25, 1939.
TAME ENDING TO QUARTER-FINAL TENNIS
EARLY PROMISE NOT KEPT UP BY HO KA-LAU Tsui Yun-Pui Improves After A Shaky Start
(By "Abo")
For just a while yesterday it seemed that the stand court match between Tsui Yun-pui and Ho ĮKa-lau in the quarter-finals of the Colony Tennis singles championship might end in an upsot. The former, who was expected to win, was playing very badly and the latter was surprisingly good in the first four games, all of which he won; but the
improved to win with an case which contrasted strangely with the even play of the first sot.
TUSSLE FOR THE BALL between Std Fowler, the English outalde-right, and a Portuguese defender
after thó worst match of the 1939 serles-Staff Photographer.
in the International Hockey fual played at King's Park en Sunday. England won by two souls to all state of affairs did not last, and the favourite
LATEST GOSSIP FROM HOMESIDE SPORTS FIELDS
Cup Competition Suggested For Third Division Teams
London, Apr. 10.
CUP competition for the whole of the Third Division A
of the Football League may replace the present Northern and Southern Section cup tournaments. These have been failures this season and every club taking part has lost on the matches. The new proposal to run one competition for both sections will be discussed on the eve
Racing
Latest Calls-Over For Classics
London, Apr. 24. The following Is the call-over for the Derby:
13/2 Blue Peter (o), 7/1 (1) 17/2 Fox Cub (t, and 6.) 100/8 Signal Light (t. and o.) 100/7 Fairstone (0)
26/1 Dholl (t. and o,) 20/1 Wheatland (L. and o.) 25/1 Romeo II (t and 0.)
-Reuter.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS
London, Apr. 24. The following is the call-over for the Two Thousand Gulness:
0/2 Blue Peter (0), 5/1 (1) 11/2 Fox Cub (1, and e.) 100/15 Dhoti (t. and o.)
8/1 Rogerstone Castle (0) 100/12 Fairstone (1. and o.)
of the Cup Final, April 28, when officials of the two groups 100/0 Romec II (0), 12/1 (1) meet in London.
WH
HEN Albert Brown, John Oakes, the right-back, was taken ill and the with and Sam Bartram reach Durban team had to be rearranged, during the F. A. tour of South Africa Thayne at right-back and Barrett at they will do a job for their manager. centre-half. Then, after only soven In 1929, when Seed was captain of minutes play, left-back Russell fell the last touring alde, ho planted o awkwardly and broke his right leg. tree behind the stand on the Durban He was carried from the field on n Test match ground, where the never-stretcher and taken to hospital. ending timeless Test was played.
100/8 Wheatland (0) 100/8 Dispenser (o) 10078 Admiral's Walk (0), 100/7 100/7 Casanova (0) 100/0 Tamworth (0)
The final scores in favour of Tsui, is head and shoulders above any- were 7-5, 6-0. While there was body else in the singles tournament,
solutely no doubt of his ascendancy and he should win to-dny.
But the second sot, he was somewhat Rumjahn, as is well-known, is u lu-ky to annex the first, though in great-hearted player and never ad- fairness to him one must say that the mits defeat until the last polat has manner in which he fought back been lost. Furthermore he is cele- from a bad start was deserving brating the 20th anniversary of his of the highest praise. Until he arlin
in the Colony tennis changed his racket
josing
after
and may be relied Arst four games, he was upon to give a good account of him- extremely tentative in his strokinit self.
The match will start at 4.30 p.m.
wheresa Ho went almost gaily to his
points, revealing a confidence which seemed to bode ill for his younger opponent.
Helped along by the erratic play of Tsul, Ho had an easy passage in the opening games and in a very short time had established a lead of 14-0. Then Tsui changed his racket, and from this stage onwards Ho's merry progress was checked.
ENGLISH
SOCCER RESULTS
Nevertheless, Ho was twice within a point of going to a 5-1 lead. Each time he was pulled back, and taking ndvantage of the
resplic, Tsul not only won this important sixth game but also the next two to square mat-
Anished ters. Ho was not yet
and won the ninth to lead 5-4, but this Football Lengue to-day had no bear- ing at all on promotion and relega- Tsul tion.
success.
London, Apr. 24.
Matches played in the English
was the end of his won nine games in a row to take The following were the results: the first set at 7-5 and the second to
SECOND DIVISION love.
In the second set Ho was com-
(1)
Coventry
West Ham Chesterfield 0 Fulham
Signol Light is not running in the Two Thousand Guineas.-Reuter,
(Just like tyres on a motor car) and that all League grounds should be This is done by the captains of all TOW'S thin-for a record? In the standardised as regards length and touring cricket and football teams. Glasgow Junior Challenge Cup-breadth. The Chariton manager has asked his tie between Shawfield and Ashield three players to water the Seed tree at Glasgow, six penalty kicks were HE Household Brigade. Steeple-
T and to report to him about is missed. growth.
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chases at Hawthorn Hill have been unlucky in weather both this
pletely outclassed by a player who, after a shaley start, was now riding| THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)
There Queen's F.R. 1 Clapton 0. 9 the crest of the wave. was none of that hesitancy which Walsall
5 Swindon had marked Taul's play in the open- THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) ing games, and his driving and vol- Hallfax leying bore the hallmark of a man Stockport who had regained his confidence and was now showing his real qualities. In the circumstances Ho's Bght be- came a hopeless one.
TO-DAY'S MATCH The first semi-Anal match of the! MR. Frederick Hart, a traveller of year and last. In 1938 the two-day current championships will be de- Cambridge on April 8 caught a meeting had to be abandoned al- cided to-day when Tsui Wai-pul young fox by hand between Hilton, together owing to the ground being (holder) meets S. A. Rumjahn, many Hunts,
Loo hard, and the first day this time times former champlon. This meet-| and Elsworth, Cambridge- ahire. He handed it over to the the ground was almost too soft and ing of old rivals should produce a at horses had no easy task both in good match. Most judges of the Cambridgeshire Hunt Kennels Caxton, He saw the fox run into a taking off and landing on. the sadden game are of the opinion that Tsui, hedge and grabbed it by the tall. It ground. The second day was can- snarled at him, so he released his celled on this account.
THE Davis Cup lawn tennis te THE
between Great Britain and New Zealand in the second round of the European zone, has been provisionni- ly fixed for May 11, 12 and 13 at the Sussex County Lawn Tennis Club, Brighton, New Zealand's team will bo C. E. Maliroy, D. C. Coombe, A. D. Brown and N. V. Edwards. I hold and stunned it and put it in a Edwards has not been in this country before, but is the present champion of New Zealand.
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BILL
DILL McCracken, the Aldershot manager, has suggested two in- NORTHAMPTON Town had no novations to the Football Association. lucit on April 8. In the train on The first is that all footballs should the way to Southend. McCullough, be pumped up to a standard pressure
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IRELAND WINS AT HOCKEY
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Hongkong
Only Two Teams In Lawn Bowls League
'B' Side Withdraws: Second Division Fixtures Revised
(By "Abo")
The Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association has officially been in-. formed that the Hongkong Football Club are entering only two o' teams in the League instead of three as they had originally intend, 1❘ cd.
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MAY 6 First Division
Kowloon T1.G,C,”
Kowloon Docks Paleo Ic.
Recreio ""
v. Indian R.C.
V. Craigengower CC.
v. Recreio
V
Kowloon C.C.
As a result of this declalon by the
fixtures Hongkong F.C.,
in
the Second Division have had to be a revised completely. At first, the 1 Hongkong F.C. had two teams in this division; now they have only one.
Teama participating in the Second Division of the League are requested to note the re-arranged fixtures for the opening week. The official x- ture cards are now in the course of Cragentower C.C. being printed and
and will be ready Kowloon B.G.C. sometime during the week. Their Yacht Club
Kowloon F.C. has been delayed as the(Stanley no-match) appearance. result of the revision in the fixtures
the following withdrawal of the Hongkong F.C. "D" team.
(Civa Service no match)
Second Division Craigengower C.C. v. Kowloon B.G.C. Kowloon F.C. v. Civu Service C.C. Kowloon Tong v, Hongkong F.C. Police R.C.
v. Taikoo RC. Division
First and Third Division fixtures are not affected at all.
For the information of clubs, the for the following are the fixtures
APRIL, 29
R.C.
v. Kowloon D.G.C. v. Crafgengower C.C. v. Kawloon F.C. v. Police RC.
v. Stanley
Third Division
V. Recrolo
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v. Kowloon F.C.
Third
v. Recrolo
v. Hongkong F.C.
v. Kowloon C.C.
V. Hongkong Electric
English Amateur
Golf Tournament At Southport
Southport, Apr. 24, About 250 players are participating the English Amateur Golf Championship on the Birkdale
in
course,
is
The first round was played to-day. The really surprising result thought to be that in which E. B. Tipping former runner-up, was -Reuter.
Defeating Scotland by two goals to nil on April 1 in Dublin, Ireland The West Riding Referees' Associa-won the international hockey chum-flrst two weeks of the League:
First Division GEORGE Allson of the Arsenalon in an attempt to improve the pionship for the third year in suc
standard, has worked out this session. Both teams played well but Kowloon Docks v. Civil Service C.C. Club thinka footballers are
the
V. Kowloon B.G.C. Scottish goalkeeper, McEwan, nedrelo “A” scheme. When two or more players adequately paid. Writing in
for the ball at the same time- gave a very fine exhibition in the Craigtengower C.C. V. Recolo "3
Indian R.C.
v. Kowloon C.C. Sunday Express he remarks:
(Police B.C. no match) Young referees are told
to watch first half. "In certain cases some clubs could their faces. The
Is that by The two Scottish full-backs cover-
Second Division afford to pay higher wages to their watching fnciat expressions, referees ed well, but the visiting forwards Taito FC. C.C. players but I doubt if many people can, or should be, able to detect did not get going properly, Mc- Kewloon Tong will argue that a footballer receiving whether a player is paying attention Donough scored the first goal for Hongkong FC a maximum wage of £8 per week
Ireland. The to the man or the ball.
two Irish full-backs Kowloon 1.G.c. during the playing season, of £0 per
played their usual sound slayed so tiengkong FC and Kawloon C.C. week during the close senson, plus
the centre-half, Coulson, bonuses and benent money is badly A
¡N· ́adventurous entry into bigwell that this must have been his Craigengower C.C. v. Hongkong Electrin beaten by H. L. Graham by one hole. off. Included in the suggestions put football is that of Dudley nest game of the senson. Of the
Yacht Club no match) forward by the Players Union is one Milligan, the young South African Irish forwards McDonough was very concerning nn increase in talent centre forward of promotion-ish
good, as also was McVeagh, the Irish money, or bonuses, if you prefer the seeking Chesterfeld. He arrived word.
captain. The other Irish forwarda Again let
express a here last summer on the off chance were not so good though Bowden purely personal opinion. I have of Anding an opening for his footbal scored Ireland's second goal cleverly. always held the view that success talent, scored five goals for Dundee's The Irish goalkeeper was in brilliant should be suitably rewarded, but reserves when they trounced the form. I am definitely against the bonus senior team in a triat game, but did Result: Ireland 2, Scotland 0. system. I don't believe in paying a net, appreciate Dundee's ofter and The Anal table is as follows: [player a certain amount of money for decided to return home. Representa-
Goals winning this or that match. It is his.tives of Clyde netually persuaded
L. F. A. mission to give of his best whether him to leave the boat he had joined
Ireland in the bour of victory
or defeat,"
and enllat under their banner. He England scored well for them but, being un-Scotland able to command his position, was Wales
when Chesterfield
mo
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RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
TORQUAY United are having and ready to move
tline.
You can gather the en-came along with an offer. That was thusiasm for the club among the townspeople when at a public meel-done so well with this bold.youngster In November and Chesterfeld have ing called to launch A scheme of subscription to the
spearpoint of their attack that shares, only about three dozen peoMeanwhile Milligan has been capped fastofthey have a real chance of promotion, ple turned up.
by Ireland, home of his parents not a bad record in one season of THERE is hope for the elderly League. football. If.. Muligas young
London, Apr. 24. golfer. Sandy Herd on
Several Rugby League matches, 24 will be seventy-one, yet he is footballers, the F.A. touring
April fair sample of South Africa's young were played to-dry, the results being again competing for the British Open have some tough matches ahead of
team as follows: championship at St. Andrews. A noble effort this, for it is exactly
them Afty-four years since he played in
his first Open championship at St. THREE members, of the. Waterloo (Liverpool) Rugby Union Font-
Andrews, at the age of seventeen.. How times have changed! Nowadays ball Club crawled out of the wreck- there are upwards of 850 com- age of their overturned car and
entered,
or so when Sandy first
Salford Huddersfield
St. Helen's
2 Broughton
23 Kelchley
4 Halifax
23
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peillors compared with: the odd afty helped to beat Bangor Town (Car- TRACK RIDERS' ESCAPE Every one will, I am sure, w narvonshire) an hour later, on April was driving Kendrick and Full-back
Alexander Herd well in this, perhaps rd Harrison
Santa Rosa, Cal. Apr. 17.
hls Anal, championship at the head-Turnbull on the tes quarters of the game. And, knowing in Wales. The car hit the kerb on diri track race here yesterday when A terrible accident in which twelve the team's Easter tourririvers were injured occurred in a him, he will be as enthusiastic to ac the Conway-Bangor quit himself as well in 1930 as he through a wall, and overturned in a was in 2005.
Road, crashed two 'cars crashed into each other,
feld. People ran to help but the kidded wildly across the track, and men scrambled out unhurt, packed caused sixteen other cars to smash RAD refereeing has been blamed their kit into another car and drove into them. Although most of the cars for a great deal of the rough to the ground. Waterloo won by were completely destroyed, there piny In League football this season, 12 points to mil.
wero no drivers killed-fova.
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