Only Friendly Soccer '?!!On Saturday?? LONDON, Sept. 19. (Rou- ter) Third will be 'no 'com- "potition football on September 23 Inext Saturdayi, Saska
Clubs are waiting for a clarifying statement from the Football Association.
The biggest problem is the restricting of attendances,
Over 30-friendly matches have been arranged for Satur- day next,
Lawn Bowls
HONGKONG DEFEATED AGAIN
....
Never Got Over
A Bad Start
to
Shanghai, Sept. 15. Never recovering from a disastrous start, during which the Clube Lusitano built up a lend of 13-1 in the first seven ends, the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Team went down their second defeat yesterday after- noon when the local club secured a comfortable victory of 23-10 on their LAVE (TOCH. The encounter was sur- prisingly onesided and it was not ut the Coal stages of the match kind been renched that the Colony bowlers managed to come into their
Owp.
The winners worked extremely 'well together for their triumph, none at them faltering throughout the match, But the lion's share of the credit must go to the ablo zkipping of I. J. Encarnacno for the Clube Lusitana. On several occasions, his
local alde after Hongkong had massed their woods round the jack.
Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
969
UFS
IT'S A BOAT-S!r Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver, sifs in the cockpit of his now racing boat before attempting to smash his existing peadboat record of 130 m.p.h. Sir Malcolm later racad 134 miles an hour on Lake Coniston, England.
McSpaden Wins Canadian Open Golf Tournament
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Aug. 19-Harold (Jug) Me. woods alone won the head for the Spaden, a big professional from Winchester, Mass., went six strokes over par in the final two rounds to-day, but won the Canadian open golf championship, $1,000 and the Seagram Cup, as the men within shooting distance of the title faltered with the leader.
The compeling teams yesterday Clube Luxitano,
Encarnaço
wei
akipl. i. Machado (No. 31. C. Ramos (No. 1). 2. ML, Y. Cutlerrez (No. "HongkongU, M. Omar (skipi, D. W. Bradbury (ND. 6), C. Duncan (No. 3) V. C. Dixon (No. 1).
HALL RESTED
A. J. Ifall took a rest yesterday, but his omission had a weakening effect on the side, Bradbury, how- ever, assumed the No. 3 position and bla performance, yerlerday war un- doubtedly a great improvement lils Wednesday's form, both his draw- ing and driving working well, Making
on
McSpaden's 67 and 09 over River Hulbert still was in the running side Golf and Country Club in the after 73 on the third round, but he first two rounds, which gave him a went thirteen strokes over par. for three-stroke edge, stood him in good 83 on the last eighteen, finishing fac stend this afternoon as his shots back with 297, went askew and he took two 73's to bent Ralph Guldahl, of Madison, NJ, the pre-tournament favourite, by five strokes. McSpaden finished with 282 and Guldah! with 287.
The only Westerner In the tour-i nament, amateur Henry Martell, of Edmonton, wound up with 300 after taking 73 and 76 on the final rounds,
His 73 was his best effort of the The prize money boosted Mc- tournament and his game generally Spaden's earnings for the year to was nowhere near the one that took
September 20, 1939.
Here And There -With "Abe". International Bowls Shield Starts Soon
Tlast the Hongkong Lawn Bowls the credit of Osato Nicholson, who
A
now
the Gutierrez Shield International ing 1937. Nicholson did not reach
until the have the B0,000-mark competition
end 'of going, Letters been sent to the various clubs asking October, so Godwin has a comforta them to submit names of playerable lead, und if he connues at his who are willing to take part in the present average he should, do 70,000 competition if selected. These names miles by the end of the year. An- are to be returned to the Association other English rider Bernard Bennett, not later than September 23, and may also beat the Australian's ro- presumably the coinpetition will cord. Godwin, however, has been start the following Sunday. In the pulling away from Bennett during past, the Gutierrez competition has the past four weeks and is been held corlier than this; but nearly 2,000 miles ahead. what matters? The main thing is that it is being competed for onco again. People may decry against having too many competitions, but there is no gainsaying the fact that ever since it was instituted in 1933, the International Series has been Immensely popular. Furthermore, It gives pinyers in Hongkong opportunity of earning recognition in local representative inatches. The best players in the Colony are gener-
The annual report and statement ally at the late stage of this tourna- ment and invariably. high standard of accounts of the Civil Service of play can be relied upon in the Cricket Club, the annual meeting of semi-finals and final. This year it is which will be held to-morrow in the likely that we will not see our Inter-Clubhouse at 6.30 p.m., show the porters, George Duncan, B. W. club's finances to be in a very sound Bradbury, A. J. Hall and U. M.state.
an
· BETTER FINANCES REPORTED
Omur, in any of the International For the first time since the erection teams, England would appear to be of the present Clubhouse in 1931, the the greatest lasers with the absence Club is unfettered by debi.
of these players, but there are But- Membership is shown at 194. Dur- Aclent players left from whom, o ing the past season 43 members, in- formidable rink could be selected.
Started In 1933
прос
cluding a large proportion of mili tary ones, resigned and 12 were totalled struck off. New members 34 and seven former members Joined.
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To celebrate his victory in the
A decision by the former Colony singles championship in 1932 when he defeated Hughto Nish litce regarding the cost of enter- in the final, L. A. Gutierrez (now talning visiting teams being borne by Hon. Treasurer of the Hongkong playing members in equal shares la approxl- Lawn Bowls Association) presented reflected by a reduction. a shield to the Association for com-ciately $500 in the Entertainment
amongst petition
the various Account. The Bar Account shows a nationals taking part in local bowls. Det profit of 10.00 per cent, over the Additional Income This trophy was gladly accepted by previous year. the Association and the first com-from facreased subscriptions since petition was ployed in 1993. It was August 1 brought in approximately
great success from every point of $1,400. view. Every year since then a large number of local bowlers have sent the billiards team in the Steelo and On the sporting side of the Club, in their names for consideration, Coultan Billiards and Snooker
Wales, Ireland, India, Malaya, Billiards League Championship. Portugal, Philippines, China, Aus- There was very little improvement have been in the Leaguo lawn bowls teams, tralia and Switzerland represented in the tournament. This although club competitions were well gives an idea of the tremendous good supported, the Club championship that it does not only from the bowling being won by J. Deakin for the
the social point of second successive year. but also from view. The following are the winners Several alterations to rules and the introduction of a new rule, enabling members' sons, between the years of 14 and 18, to ba admitted, to
mem. Ibership as junior members with all privileges, except powers to vote and the right to purchase alcoholic iiquors, are included in the agenda for to-inorrow's meeting.
And to date England, Scotland, League suceceded in carrying off the The famous natural mineral water
1933 Scotland 1034 England 1935 India
his 'debut, Dixon was able to give a $5,200, while $400 Guldahl got for him to the final of the Canadian of the competition since the star
second place lifted him into second place among the prize winners with amateur against Ken Black, of Van- $0,200, below Henry Picard, of Her-couver, and to victory in the recent
Ontario open. shey, Pa., who did not compete, but has won $10,020.
fine account of himself, many of his shots landing well on the fack to say liitle of his several "touchers." Omar was splendid again but he was given fow occasions to display his ability.
Backing up the Lusliano skip was a team that gave little quarter. Both Gutierrez and Passos could be relied upon to bunch their woods on the Jack, while a No. 3, F. M. Machado turned in an unquestionably ~~ fine: performance in which he carried out Hls skip's plans to perfection.
The score-card was as follows:-
Bọngkand Bhot Total Enda Shel Total
Lustono
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SUCCEEDS SNEAD
MeSpaden succeeded Sammy Snead, of White Sulphur Springs, Va., forced to abdicale because of a recent. Illness Vic. Ghezzi...of.Deal, N.J., recovered his touch for one of the best rounds of the day, a 71 in the afternoon, that gave him a total of. 288, third place and $400, But
it was little Bobby Cruickshank, un- noticed as the galleries moved with Guldght and McSpaden, who played the best golf shots of the hot day and made the best recovery.
Rugby
FOURTH MARINES COMING?
The Hongkong Football Club has Starting the last half of the been in communication with the seventy-two-hole for back, Fourth Batinllon, United States the wee Sect from schmond, Va., Marines in Bhanghal, with a view to went around in the morning arranging several matches to take 37-34-71, one over, then clipped one place in the Colony in the latter stroke off par in the afternoon for stages of the season. a'totni of 280, A disastrous 77, on the first round was the only thing that spoiled Cruickshank's chances for a major upset. lte finished in fourth place, worth $300.
1936
England
1037 England
1938 Portugal
Blats On Record
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A special resolution will also be made with respect to discontinuing HERE are two blots on Joe Louls the annual Christmas Tree function. record which he badly wants to increased expenditure and dissatis- obliterate The first biot was-made fection among parents are quoted as when Tommy Farr, that tough Welsh- reasons for this move. man, went the full distance with him, and the second when Bob Pastor, of New York, emulated Farr's perform- anco, Since then-so it is reported the Brown Bomber has been after the blood of these two men; he will not be satisfied with anything short of knocking them out one after the other. Though both Farr and Pastor went the full distance with the champion,
Manila, Sopt, 19. however, there was a vast difference
The South China football icam between the two performances; for, whereas the Welshman stood up to dropped the initial game to Santo the negro and remained on his feet at Tomas University by four goals to the end through sheer toughness, the two.
The Chinese dominated the play It is understood that the Club has | New Yorker ran around the ring for
from applied-for permission the the full ten rounds and kept away during most of the game but "tough inaccurate Colonial Secretary for the Marines from a knock-out through the speedi- breaks" and somewhat to send a team here.
ness of his legs. To-night at Detroit shooting to goal did not help them. the champion, will have an oppor- The score in the Arst half was three The old-reliable of Canadian am- Last rugby season the Shanghal tunity of wiping out one of these two to one in favour of Manila, atours, Rons (Sandy) Somerville, of newspapers were very indignant at blots on his record. He is due to Lai Ching opened the scoring London, Ont
after three minutes of play, but the FOR PERFECTION Horne, the alleged, cold-shouldering of an fight Pastor again. This time the Stan
local ployers promptly retaliated, young Montreal professional, led the offer by the U. S. Marines to send about is over 20 rounds—the first 20-aided by some lucky play. True to!
the Colony, but it was Dempsey galiant bid for the first home vic- pointed out, that the Colony had won the title from Jets Willard at
entertain Toledo in 1919-and thus if Pastor la well boot from a dimcult angle to Sandy and 'Horno Anished in and that their fixtures were much he did when he met Louis the first
rides, from Malaya and Shanghal going to adopt the same tactles as score in the closing minutes of play. 110 for Arth place with 291's, too congested to permit entertaining time he will have double the running
beta fhird visiting side. Somerville, who could do no ter than 75-73 the first two days, went around in 71-72 to lend all his constant postal communication with sucered too.
The Club has, however, kept in knock-out punch and he will probably fellow amateurs, Horne blew his the Marines and there is every hope SATURDAY, 23rd September, 1939, chances on the last round, taking now that the Regiment will send Home Racing
The First Boll will be rung at 1.3075, but he still was top Canadian pro- their rugby team south,
SPORT ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
THE SEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY 08
commencing at 2,60 p.m.
0.0.
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No One without a badge will be
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tory since 1914.
fessional.
*and
CANADIAN PRO BLOWS
He earned $200 for afth place'
pro.
Bach must be worn throughout the and another $200 as first Canadian
duration of each Meeting in such a
One of the biggeat blowups of
the Anal day was recorded by Ar-
manner as to be readily identified, thur Hulbert, of Toronto, who was
Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members Enclosure and Club led with Horne for third place ne
Rooms at $6.00 for Goĥlemen and $3.00 for Ladies (both including tax) Are obtainable through the SECRET- ARY upon the personal or written application of a. Member; such Mem- ber to be responsible for mil vizitore Introduced by him, and for Payment of all Chiti, eto,jay
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TOW that the remaining racing fixtures in England, have been cancelled, it is quite possible that many well-known owners and trainers will transfer their activities to Ireland, as was the case during the last AYET. The Stewards of the} Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee met last week, and the next issue of the Racing Calendar announced the cancellation of the remaining Axtures, including the Mics Marguerite Wilson of Bourne- Cesarewitch, The Stewards of the mouth, 31 year-old member of the Irish Turf Club, however, announced i Hercules cycle record-breaking team, at Carragh on September 2 that scored her greatest triumph recently there will be no interference with when she reached John o'Groats,, reing in Ireland at present, unless
the Elre Government directs athor having accomplished the remarkable
expected feat of riding the 870 miles from wise, and it is generally W. C. Choy, the Chinese Davis Land's End, in 2 days 22 hours 52 that the season's programme will be as arranged. Mr. Tiffing are obtainable at the Club Cup player, won the men's single at minutes with, only three hours sleep. carried through House provided they are ordered in New Malden lawn tennis tournament Miss Wilson, beats the record set up J. V. Rank has already sent a dozen advance from the No. 1. Bóg (Tel for the fourth successive year when, by Mrs. Lillan' Dredge of Uxbridge of his jumpera to Bob Fetherson,
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