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COUNTY CRICKET
Undergraduates' Good
Show
Against Indians At Sookunpoo
THE STATEMENT that it is hoped to run some modified form of County Cricket next season is one that will come as a pleasant surprise to most cricketers out here. Of course we recognise only too well that it is at prosent nothing more than a hope, and, I fear, a somewhat faint one. There will no doubt be plenty of good cricketers in England for everyone does not go to France.
To my mind the great difficulty will be transport. In|| big Military centres there will no doubt be the material for some excellent teams, who will be probably well above second class county standard, and I suppose that even in wartime a two-day fixture might be possible. But once one starts trying to take a team from A to B. difficulties arisc.
Petrol is I believe more strictly weak spots, but he thought the side on, and spoke very preserved than anything else. would come
highly of Lo Tak-cheong's knock, So far as I know the train ser-which, though it only totalled thir vice is very nearly normal, and teen, showed great promise. I dis- that
overcome the covered that he is a son of an old might
had seen him reminded me that difficulty, though it is not nearly friend of mine. M. W. Lo, and that so handy a method of getting bat as a schoolboy Queen's College apart, (though perhaps safer!). I think season or so ago, and had and it might curtail hours of scen possibilities in his batting then. As he is only in his first year at the play.
There is however one great thing
about it, and that is it is sure to annoy
November 21, 1939.
POSSIBILITIES
A general view after the paddock, parade, with some of the pantes
Tribute (Mr. P.P. Botelho up) is leading with, Lancashire Chap (Mr. by Wilbur, with leaving for the dela in the Castle Peak Handicap, second section, Y. T. Fung) and Sports Venture (Mr. H. J. A, Beaine) In the rear.
None of these was placed, the race being won Phoenix and. Matador second and third-Rome Photos.
Middleweight Title
Hostak Offered Bout
Ceferino
With
Garcia
NEW YORK, (UP)-Mike, Jacobs,
Golf®
CHARITY GAMES YIELD £1,000 FOR WAR FUND
Sale, Cheshire, Oct. 17, HENRY Cotton was beaten, two and one in a 36-holes golf match”...with Dick Burton, British open champion, at Sale, Cheshire, to-day--yet be earned more than £300 for Die Red Crows by his deleats, and c
He has now been beaten all four times in his charily four.. He sold afterwards
"I do seem to have made myself: a bit of a coconut shic, but what does It matter? I admit I didn't play at my best to-day, but I enjoyed every minute of It."
During the afternoon round un approach shot struck a spectator on the head and dazed him
BALLS AUCTIONED
The balls were autographed by the players and Cotton auctioned them to the crowd. Burton's two brought £15 and £10, Cotton's £10 and £6. Cotton's four charity games have yielded more than £1,000.
About 50,000' cigarettes will be provided for the Forces by n four- bal 18-holes golf match in which W. J. Cox (Wimbledon Park) and Archle Compston (Coombe Hill) beat two other Ryder Cup professionals, Dal Rees (Hindhead) and Alfred outstand-Perry (Leatherhead) by one hole at
Wimbledon Park.
Varsity he has plenty of time to ing boxing promoter, to-day offered Al Hostak of Seattle develop his game.
By the way, I have a vague lica a fight with Ceferino Garcia, Filipino battler, for the that 1 used occasionally to play world middleweight title at the Madison Square Garden
on February 2,
the Nazis horribly those of them who have heard of the gume. A man against M. W. Lo at the Chinese knew who once lunched with Von Recreation Club when he sometimes Ribbentrop told me that he is com- took an afternoon off and played pietely acquainted with the sporting cricket, for the eleven-now non- activities of the English-in book existent, alas-which Ng Szc-kwong knowledge anyway. But its n long used to captain. way off and it will indeed be a "queer war" it we get as far as that,
The University
A NEW BOWLER
Hostak is recognised as the world middleweight title- holder by the National Boxing Association, which controls boxing in the majority of the states, and Garcia is re- cognised as the champion by the New York Boxing Com-
Eddie Marino, manager of Hostak, said that Hostak was willing to meet Garcia anywhere except in New York and California, where Hostak also is not recognised as the champion.
mission. WITH R. Singh away in camp, the University put on Mahmood with Gegg. did not seem I WENT down on Saturday to Cular, but he kept a tenth and took see the University playing the t for 43, u guod performance, Gegg Indian Recreation Club, but, un-kas un easy delivery and is. on the fortunately, I had been held up, fast side of medium, but he is rather and then an intelligent taxi- of the stock type. If he could spin driver delivered me to the Soo-the ball a bit more he would do beller. He only sent down 4 overs kunpoo Army Sports Ground and 6 runs only were scored off him. where I found Godby and What Lo got a couple of wickets, but they tor, said that Hostak would go- man knocking the next letter to cost 24 in two overs. K out of a not very strong Other Ranks eleven's bowling.
For the Indians, A. II. Rumjahn both got double and H. T. Darma
in
the
MEANWHILE, Cliff Harrison,
"Seattle Star" Sports edi.
on a tour late in November.
Hostek has been idle since he re- figures to give them a fair start. I gained the National Boxing Associa- A glance across the fence led me suppose that with the exception of ton middleweight crown last June to suppose that the best University T. E. Pearce, Rumjahn has played from Solly Krelger of Brooklyn. bats were still in, for the batsmen here longer than any active cricketer, seemed quite nt home. After enjoy-junless I count myself one Ing as good a ten minutes hitting as strength of an annual appearance for I have seen for a long time, I stepped Cambridge! across to the other ground only to find-The-two.Madars and Nazarin were to my horror that nine wickets were away, but there were several double down, and just after I arrived a quick figures, and M. 1. Razack hit up 33 return ran out Lingam after a good while Minu got 19 not out. A three
wickets victory. knock of twenty.
NOT SO BAD
Garcia is shortly to leave for about billed as a championship affair Manila and is to meet Glen Lee in in the Philippines capital on Docem- ber-20
NO SANCTION YET [ESS Cortes, Filipino promoter, who has arranged the Manila fight, has announced that the bout would be for the world championship, al- though neither the NBA. nor the sanetloned it as N.Y.B.C. has yet
GENERALLY SPEAKING THE FIELDING seemed to be up THE total of 87 is a pretty poor.
of both one at first sight, but it must be to the usual high standard remembered that, the Varsity had sides. Minu seemed to have found a three or four of their best players length quite comfortably, and his re- suci. away, while the IR.C. attack was turn will make an enormous differ-
It would recognise a Hostak- pretty good-only A. H. Madar and ence to the 1.R.C. first eleven. I
A.R.that hear it is just possible that Nazarin belag missing.
Garela gained.N.Y.B.C. recognition I was very glad to find AR. Minu Abbas may turn out again this sea-Garcia tout as a championship affair. turning out again, and to ket his son. He was a useful bat, opinion of the Varsity batting. He lime opening the innings, if my me-as champion by scoring a technical sald, as was obvious, that there are mory serves me, but he has not been knockout over Freddie Apostoll early
Upset Stomach
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Mixed Doubles Final
On Saturday
on
The final of the Colony Mixed Doubles tennis cham- pionship will be played at the Chinese Recreation Club Saturday, when the Club will hold. their annual "At Home" and distribution of prizes. This latter ceremony will be per- formed by Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell.
Yachting
Dewar Cup Semi-Finals
In the semi-finals of the Dewar Cup
golf competition at Kowloon City, W. Kershaw (24) bent A. J. Dennis (0)
two and one, and A. E. Dovics (6), after being five down at the 13th, beat A. A. Lopes (8) at the 20th.
1939 Field, And Track Champions
of
Here the complete t 1939 English track and Beld cham- plons, with the performances that gave them their victories:
100 yards, A.. W. Sweeney, Milo- carlan A, C., 9,5s.
220 yards, C. B. Holmes, Bolton United Harriers, 21.08.
440 yards, Alan Pennington, Oxford- University A. C., 48.55.
One mile, S. C, Wooderson, Black- heath Harriers, Am..11.0s.(Champion,] record.)
Three miles, C. A. J. Emery, Achilles Club, iim. s. (British cord).
TC-
Six miles, S. O. A. Palmer, Wales, 30m. 6.4s.
Ten miles, Jean Chapelle, Belgium,
55s. Marathon, D. McNab Robertson,
The NBA recently announced Sixth Ladies Race Scotland, 2h. 35m. 375.
able to play for the last year or two, this month.
I hear the Navy have retired from
the first Division, which does
not
urries me under the circumstances: walloping the
I hope they will be able to keep a bowling all team going the Division.
Gurl
In First Series
(Mrs. M. 1. Johnstone) 10.34.00 30. Helberg). 10.54.13 (Mrs. K. Trenchard-Davis)
10.34.40 Red Shank
(Mrs N. N. Luce)
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The following were the results of the sixth Ladies' first series held by the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club yes- terday over a distance of 7.3 miles:
Pos. Pls. inlahed Other Banka*
....10.31.35 Jean (Mrs, V. dowlian) the place. over ~Cleared of Acid All this considered I see no son- Whatman, who I have alwaye La Lind. 1831 3334
son why the Universiy should not be thought has always gone in far allowed to take over the Navy ax-too low down in the batting order can Stomach disturbances auch
Atures in the first League Division. It digestive, puin, gastritis, wind, heart-would save a great deal of bother in for the Army, went in first! burn, and feeling of revolt, are In-one way, though it would I suppose wicket, and hit up 75 very forcibly, variably the result of "acid forma-cause an equal amount in the Second then Godby played a characteriscally leobel tion" which, as a rule, gets worse Division,.as I see from the couple of good innings and hit up 65 not out (Mr. M. G. Nevej and worse and may ultimately lead cards I have that University have Hatheld unly sent down five overs, to serious ulcers. By counteracting booked up in that. And they cannot and does not in any way seem to excess neid and preventing its forma- | play two games at once, for I assure have struck his old form this season. tion, BISMAG (Bisurated Magnesta) that they have no second eleven. If quickly puts right an upset stomach; they have it solves it; I not, It's a pain disappears instantly, fermenta dimeult question.. tion and wind are banished and soothing rellet supersedes uncomfort- able stomach trouble with BISMAG ("Binrated Magnesia)-you can do the same! As for 'BISMACE pow der or tablets to-day and always see the oval-sign on every pack, ́~
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MORE WEAK BOWLING
True Blue
CLUB "A" XV
WHEN the Other Ranks batted, if they did not make quite so much hoy of the bowling, they were never in any danger of defeat and ran up 138 THE CENTRAL British school for 3 wickets, everyone getting double on the Club ground, commencing at
C. B. S. Crash
has been doing so well that Agures.
it came rather as a surprise töj
..
The following will represent tho Hongkong R.U.F.C, "A" XV against the Middlesex Regiment to-morrow
15 p.m.:
Salter.
Thompson; Nelson, Lavalle, Hamil I see Corporal Webb went in first tan and Van Leeuwen (capt.) Day
Thomson; Dalziel, find them go down so heavily wicket, and think it may suit him and before a team of the Club better than opening the innings, Hensman, Bompass, Swan, Godfrey
Seven people had a bowl for the King and Deano. de Recreio, which was,
officers, and 'none of them managed Beferee, H.D.*Bldwell. SPORT ADVTS. think, to all intents and purposes very much, but. Pearl, who seems to accond eleven; but they did be bowling much better this year, got well enough to get them out for 2 for 18 in 3 overs. It was a cheerful 148, seeing that H. A. Barros game..
'THE': HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
made 54 and Noronha 29 not out.
But the batting went completely to pieces. Gosano and Noronha were
Sacrilege SINCE I began to write this
Don Ameche Manages Heavyweight Boxer
Two-mile walk, H. G. Churcher, Belgrave Harriers, 63m. 31.4s,
Seven-mile walk, H. G. Churcher, Belgrave Harriers, 53m. 4s.
440-yard relay (4x103) Blackheath
South Harriors, 43.4s.
One-mile relay (4x440), London Harrers, 3m: 26.08.
120-yard hurdles, R. J. Brasser,
Holland; 14.78.
440-yard hurdles J. Bosmans, Bel- glum, -54.05.
Two-mile steeplechase,
Chapelle, Belgium, 10m. 22.4s.
Jean
High jump, J. L. Newman, Lloyds Bank A. C. 6ft 2in.
Long jump, W. E. N. Breach, Read-
ing A. C., 23ft, 8in.
Hop, step and jump, J. Falamiotis, Greece, 401t. 34in
F. R.. Webster, A. C. 12ft. 3in.'
carian
Pole vault,
Milo-
Shot-put (18-pound), A. C. J. De Bruyn, Holland, 46ft 6in.
Hammer, throw (10-pound), B. Healion, Elre, 181ft 8in.
Discus throw, N. Syllus, Greece, 1818. 1/4 in.
Javelin throw, J. A. McD. McKillop, Milocarian A. C, 100rt. 7in.
Tug-of-war (catchweight), Royal Uister Constabulary.
Tug-of-war (100. stones), Royal Ulster Constabulary.
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farming and planning a new home have been bitten by p chinchilla.
For a scene in "First Kiss', at '20th Meeting to be held on Saturday, best bat in the school, atone got into paper that Agar's Plough is the radio, owning a racing stable one of the even fewer women who double figures, and only just managed going to be brought under cul-were not chough, Don Ameche has 2nd December, 1939, (Weather to do that. The whole side were out fivation for food products. I turned his band to managing a fight-Century-Fox, Wendy was port wyro
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Tel: 20352, The film actor, currently starring and heid n live chinchilla In her Hong Kong Depot, Tel. 21270, the Socretary's Office, Exchange However, these things happen, cannot believe that with so much er.. Building; the Club House, Happy particularly in school cricket, and the pasture land walling the plough that in 20th Century Fox Tachnicolour hand. She wasn't warned that red Peak Deput,
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discouraged this, one of the most well known and dramatization of the life of Stephen fingernally are to the little beasts Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the The Itecreio attack is, I am inclined historical of cricket grounds, can be roster: "Swanee River, rovealed what a red flag is to a bull, and al- it 11 that he had bought a one-third share lowed the chinchilla to get hold of Sports Club; and the Stables, to think, the most dangerous of any abandoned
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KENZIENKA Toowong in the contract of Eddie Mader, aher finger. Cricket at: Eton will of course promising heavyweight scheduled to The bite was only a puncture, but Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON bowling on their own wicket.
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Not the least part of the" But one would have thought that Lou Crosby brother of Bing, and Century-Fox hospital for anti-tetanus By Order,
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