Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 27, 1940.
CIVIL
SERVICE
SURPRISE LEAGUE BASKETBALL
KOWLOON B.G.C.
"Possible" Recorded By L. Jordan's Rink In Third Division
Home Football
Fourth Round
Matches For
League Cup
Several big scores were registered
THE ONLY SURPRISE rosult in the First Divi- sion of the Lawn Bowls League on Saturday was the defeat of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club by LONDON. May 25 (Reuter), the Civil Service C.C. by 66 shots to 60. dicted, the Indian R.C. were no match champions, Club de Recreio “A," and beaten by 77 shots to 51.
As pre-in the England and Scottish Regional for the Football Leagues to-day, Huddersfeld beating Darling 8-2 at home in tha North Eastern Section, while Millwall
were
Though it was expected that the Kowloon Cricket Club-Craigengower match would be close, it was also expected that the home team would have had the slight advantage, and the result, therefore, in the Valley team's favour was something of another surprise.
Winning the traditional bot-
tles of whiskey, presented' by Messrs. Gando Price and Co., for
beat Crystal Palace 7-2 and Watford beat Bournemouth 7-1..
Clyde ent
Clyde entered the final of the Glas- gow Charity Cup Competition when by threo Queen's Park they beat corneral Both sides had scored two goals, but the winners "eight:
in
forced 11
corners to their opponents" The Boat.
will now meet Glasgow Rangers Blackburn Rovers beat West Brom- wich by the odd goal in three in their Football League Cup competition," Fulham and West Ham being olher
"possibles" and sevens, L. Jor- Table Tennis Exhibition successful team.
dan's rink (H. Spong, C. E. Langley and P. A. Peckham) laid claim to four bottles with their Evans' "possible" against B.
rink in the Kowloon, B. G. C.- Kowloon F.C. Third Division match Jordan scored this on the eighth end to lead by 13-6.
Two further bottles went to C, G. Silva's rink (Recreio v. 1.RC.) and to M. R. Abbas's rink in the same Silva Anished with a seven match. on the 20th head to beat. A. K. Minu 20-14, while Abbas recorded his aeven at the 14th head when being led 8-18 by F. X. Silva. The latter won by 23-24.
CLOSE FINISH
1
The Kowloon-Craigengower match Vas the closest, E. Kornbeat C. S. Rosscle! 10-18, while F. Good- win led 22-all with R. Basa. Kow- loon had thus a one shot lead on the Arst two
wo rinks. but U. M. Omar, the C.C.C. and Interport skip. proved equal to the occasion and finished his match with a lead of three shots, the teore being 25-23. At une period E. C. Fincher, the Kowloon skip, was led 24-8, but with 3,4,3,2,3,1 crept up to 22-24, at which stage U. M. Omar Inid one.
SURPRISE
Chinese Y.M.C.A. will be the venue of some delightful table tennis this evening at 7.30 p.m. when the Chieng brothers, Cheng PH-fat and Cheng Pit-lin, doublen champion of Saigon, will meet local exponents of the game in a series of matches arranged in ald of the Friends of Chinese Wounded Soldiers Movement.
The evening will commence with .singles matches between Chitu Chit-fat and Fit-fat, Leung Chick- fal and Fit-hin, to be followed by a doubles exhibition between Liu Bil-cheong and Lee Wing-stol, last Year's Colony doubles champions, and the thers.
Cheng bro-
Oller singles matches will be against Lan Kwok-chul, Leo Chun- hing (Confucious), La! Shul-bon, Lee Chu-shin (Y.MC.A.) and Leung Chilok-fal. Wong Shul-tang (Mel Shing).
Bradford Win Rugby League Championships
LEAGUE CUP
Fourth Round Fulbar
6 Everlon Blackburn Rovers 2 West Bromwich
4 Birmingham West Ham
One result not cabled.
ENGLISH REGIONALS
Rochdale Harrow Southport
Newport Swindon
Bradford Halifax Hull Hartlepoola Huddersfield
Millwall
Portmouth Tottenham
Norwich Southend Walford
Leicester Walsall
Maniield
NORTH-WESTERN
*a Oldhara
6 Carlisle
1 Bumley
SOUTH-WESTERN
I
4 Cardi
4 Bwansea
NORTH-EASTERN
2 York
Leeda
་
3 Bradford City
1 Middlesbrough
6 Darlington
BOUTH A.
7 Crystal Palace
BOUTA C.
Arsenal Chelsea
SOUTH D.
3 Queen's Park R. 3 Clapton Orient Bournemouth
MIDLAND
3 Wolverhampton 2 Caventry
EAST-MIDLAND
WESTERN
* Manchester City
1 Chester
Eve of Reason (D. Black up) being led in after winning the Lantao Handicap, the last ract on Saturday. Eve of Reason won $144,278 for nir: Ko Fook-thing, son of the proprietor of the Oriental Yuen,
Theatre-Ming
South China A.A.
Open Relay Wah Yan
Race At
Sports
Meet
A SLIGHT, persistent drizzle and fresh cross winds failed to deter the Wah Yan Past Students' Association from holding their third annual sports meet at Caroline Hill yesterday, and a fairish crowd lent their support to
make it a success.
·
Events were ticked off, and highlights of Wie meet were the throwing of the cricket ball, in which several matters of the the school participated, and Open 400 metres relay race,{ which South China A.A. won in the good time of 46 4/5 seconds.
In the former event the Very Rev. Fr. R. W. Gallagher vied with Mr. Joseph Ng for the shortest distance, while Mr. Arasarainam stole a march on them, tossing the ball 215 ft. 0 in.
Lucky Sweep Numbers On Saturday
RACE 1
No. 1427 4018 3010-
$2,620.00,
Chinese "Y" Defeat Pui Ying In Last Half-Minute Of Game
(By "Guard")
A further six games were decided at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. during last week, the most ex-~ citing match was the tusslo on Wednesday be- twoon the “Y” and Pui Ying, the former nosed out the P.Y,s in the premier cage league in the last half minute left for play, clinching matters with a field goal to make 33-32.
Employing the five men defence play Guard Luk Tat- cheong sneaked in five times to score from underbasket: Centres Wong Wai-ming and Mak Tai-kwong contributed : their quota with some excellent field · goals. Pui Ying fought a losing battle from the jump, and started the second half with a big handicap. This they quickly re- duced and the closing minutes was a keen tussle, with them leading a point, when the final points crushed their hopes.
Big Sweep Winner
The curtain raiser of Cheong | Hung Hung and Yau Yau was a mad scramble from the jump to the final whistle with little of science but plenty of wasted brawn. Lam Yun-chung, Chan| Ho and Chiu Fai-tat did a gal- lant bit to help their team gain! the 53-40 decision, while Yuishing with Through Ticket Chun-yim and Poon Hin-ming laboured valiantly for Yau You.
Pul Ying had their cup of bitter- ness Alled when the juniors suc-
First prize in the Lantao Handicap $144,278.40 -- was won by Mr. Ko Fook-
number 1205.
Mr. Ko is the son of Mr. Ko Ho-ning, pro- prietor of the Oriental Theatre. and celebrated his good fortune with a dinner on Saturday night.
cumbed to Lal Hong 50-33, in kecaly fought encounter, Bad luck featured Pul Ying's play as many would-be goals hit the rim of the hoop and bounced off. Lai Hang's was set worked well together, but left to Lo Hok-shui (12) and Yul Kum-sang (12) to pile up steadily played a hard earned 6 goals gama for them.
for Hung Ying. Wah Kiu Beaten
In the last junior flare the. "Y" burned
46-10. Polica up Police ON SATURDAY the opening gained most of their points from Iminutes of the top, liner, Wah Klu} long shots which had more than an versus Chung Sing, appeared as if element of chance in them. Their complacent Chung Sing were in for team work was deplorable and left another set-back. However, Wah everything to be wanted. Wong
Kiu
was not strong enough, having Chow-ting for the "Y" was top scorer lost some good cagers the past week challding 14 goals for his sido. and proved easy victims going down 72-57.
So Pak-fal played an excellent
garrie
at defence for Chung Sing,
posses and firing them
tl fashion to Sum Stu-Ingl
(20), mostly from
underbasket,
Chan-Ylu-cheong-wormed his way
THE SCORES
Saturday
FIRST DIVISION
120.00. 360.DO... Unpinced vonios (350 each): Nos: 4994, in and found the basket eight times., Chung Sing
In the invitation foursomes, five teams participated South China 'A.A., International A.C., Wah Yan, Middle-339, 233, 3304,
Royal Scots. South.
the
tx and China and the International have.
BACE 2
Top scorer of the evening, however,
|
followed by Foo Hoy-cheong (16).
Junior Games
2- Wala Kiu
SECOND DIVISION
Chinese a
was Cheong Yin-lum for Wah Kiu No. 1981
$2,713.80.
who_notched 22 points, and was Ching Mỹ, $700.00. 4084
300.40. previous meetings, and this was to Unplaced ponies ($50 each); Nos. 3047, settle the feuch. Sprinkle got off to 4086, 110, 6759,
3 Menchester United 2 cach chalked a win over the other in
LONDON, May 25 (Reuter) | Shemeld United---3-Doncaster
4 Notts County H. Strange, winning 19-18, and J.
3 Barnsley F. McGowan, winning 24-20, gave the Bradford won the Yorkshire Rugby Notts Forest
League championship to-day when Civil Servats a 7-shot lead as they beat Swinton by 10 points to 9 -suit-of-the-first two games against the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, and to the fiunt match. though A. M. Holland (K.B.G.C.) led F. Jones by 20-13 at one period, Jones scored 3,2,1,3 to take a 22-20 lead on the 10th. Holland proceeded to re- cord a four, and on the last hend, Jones scored one and was benten 24-23.-
The scores in brief were: FIRST DIVISION
Liverpool Stockport In the first round of the Yorkshire Stoke Rugby League Cup, Dewsbury beat York by 23 points to 14.
In the East Lancashire Cup com- petition, Salford trounced Leigh by 60 points to 8, while in the only friendly encounter Oldham boat Halifax by 15 points to 0.
Recreio "A"
77 Indian R.C. 51
Tong
Kowloon C.C.
03 Cralgengo-
Civil Service
wer
65 Kowloon C.C.
..58 Reercio
78 Hongkong
C.C.
07 70
40
00 KB.G.C.
70 Police
60 50
THIRD DIVISION
GC Kowloon
Electric
00 Prison
Docks
72
Craigengower Hongkong C.C. 40
60 | K.B.G.C.
73
Officers GO Indian R.C. 42
87
Hongkong F.C. Kowloon F.C.
84
58
Elvil Service
C.C. Recreio "" Hongkong F.C.
SECOND DIVISION
Craigengower
K.B.G.C. Police
71 Kowloon F.C. 40
04 Talkoo
03 Kowloon
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in bad start and S.C.'s first mau sprang
into a four yards' lead, which their second man Increased
to
suven yards, Gascon doing his utmost to overtake-him.
A Leonard proved a little more successful with S.C.'s third man and gave the baton to anchor Castro. Castro looked as if he could manage Vit, but slipped on the home bend, lost his stride and the race by about three yards.
The prizes wore distributed by Mrs. Ko Fook-sin, wife of the Presi- ident the Wah Yen Old Boys*
Association.
Results were as follow:
400 Matres Open Relay. South China Athletic Association; 2. International Club; 3. Wah Yan College (1K). Time 164/6
Jee.
400 Motres Open Relay, "Wah" School/-
1. Wali Yan Collegs "A" (HK); 2 Wah Yan College "B" (HK); 2. Wah Yan College Kowloon), Tima $8.3/5.co.
Long Jump Cheng Kwan-ming 2
RACK-3
No. 2011
11
4315
$1,770.00.
701.00 995.00
Unplaced ponies (350 each); Nos. 1000, 2200, 8209, 158, 1120, 4100, 1303, 2156, 2217,veloped into a freezing out of Hung
RACE 4
No, 迈
13,023.40
#
3000 2301
064.40 432-20
Unplaced ponies ($50 each): Nos. 2752, 2541, 6050, B02.
RACE 5
Mío: 5020 вета
$3.053.40 272,40 $30.20 Unplaced ponies (850 each): Nos., 2010,
170, 2219, 3841, 2032, 2003, 1804.
$3,024.80
IN THE FIRST juniors' mix-up, Ching Mo disposed of Hung Ying in a tight game, which later de-
Ying, 16-33:~~~Chan Kul-kel · (22)~~and Leung Kwok Ying (8) were the best
while Leo Ching Mos
Wah-hon
Hung Ying
Wednesday
Chinese "y"
FIRST DIVISION
33 Pul Ving
SECOND DIVISION. Cheong Hung Hung 13 Yau You Lai Hang
50 Pul Ying "g"
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RACE 7
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072.00 430.40 Unplaced ponies ($50 each): Nos. 0730,
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LACE 8
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NEW YORK, May 26 (Reuter)-Cheung Wink-kit; 3, Tan. Bix-poon. Dia 3553, 711, 423, 2001, 2030, 1010, 4515, 82072 8984 There'll always be an England
lance 10 ft. 10 in Feature of the American League 100 Metres-1, Tung Chun-cheung: 2 baseball programme to-day was the Cheng Kwan-thing: 3 Wong Wing-kit.
St. Time 114/5 see. overwhelming defeat of
Lutio Visitors' Naco-1, Kasim Ali; 2 Louis Browns by the Cleveland Indi- to Ching-po; Cha Ting-lal
2. ank. In a second match, Washington High Jump Cheng Kwan-ming; Senators nosed out the Philadelphia Fung Chun-cheung Wong Wing-ki.place
Telght of Din Athletics by 4-3 in a ten innings' *Throwing Cricket Bail-1, 8. Arna; 2. Cheung Wan-chow; 3, Lawler. Distanco 21514. dins. The scores were:
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Chung Hwa Subdue H.K. Baseballers
THE WEEK-END BASEBALL schedule featured
two league games and a friendly. On Saturday, Chung Hwa beat the Hongkong Baseballers. On Sunday the Mindanao trounced the R. Engineers, and the Asheville humbled the HK. Brewery.
The scores weret Chang Iwa Mindanao Asheville
7. I.K. Duaballern 15 N. Engineers-
Chung Hwa scored one in the first frame, but were held tovel by the Baseballers.
in the some inning. In [Tho' | third Inning the Baseballer
forged ahend with two runs, but in "COMFORTABLE - FIREPROOFourth the Chung Hwa put the
on lems with tour runs. The Mindanao-R. Engineers' games
CENTRAL -- CLEAN
3 ILK. Brewery
was a run-around for the Sailors, The Sappers fried hard but could not hold the hard-hitting blue jackets.
Yesterday, the Asheville men took. a thrilling victory over the Brewery boys. It was only a friendly game. Asheville took the narrow lend and Imanaged to hold it to the end.
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