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Monday: HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 3, 1940.
RECREIO 'A' EXTENDED BASKETBALL LEAGUE
BY CIVIL SERVANTS
Craigengower C.C. Score Again
First Round Matches In Open Pairs Tourney
:
RECREIO “A,” champions of the First Divi- sion of the Lawn Bowls League, were fully ox-
Tant Mieux
Wins Derby
tended, and, in fact, were near defeat when they Trial Plate
met the Civil Service Cricket Club on Saturday. Going down on two rinks, only C. G. Silva's four, who beat J. F. McGowan's four by 33-18, saved the Portuguese Club. Craigengower C.C., two points behind Recreio "A," kept pace with their rivals in their challenge and scored another two points boating the Police by 67-47.
LONDON Junio I (Reuter)———
Rifle Shooting
Results Of Overseas Matches
(Itealer),
LONDON, Jubo Jamalca, with an aggregate of 1,080 .polnis, won the Duke of Gloucester's Challenge Cup in the Overseas .303 Full Rango Postal rifle shooting
las Just been announced,
THE SCORES Wednesday
Sing Tad-
FIRST DIVISION
37 Kwong Tal 30
second DIVISION
Nam Seong Kwok Mun
43 You Wul 45 Ching Mo
24
40
Saturday
4
SECOND DIVISION
Ngan Luen
St. Paul
The Derby Trial Plate, held at Hurst match of 1939, the result of which Baseball Park today,
leux.
syas won by Tant with Hipplus second and Turkhan third.
Tant Alieux won by three lengths, while two lengths separated second and third.
There were twelve siarters.
Mieux was: Tont
Two first round matches in the Open Pairs Champion-betting ship were played yesterday, the Omar brothers, U. M. and Hipplus 3/1: Turkhan 100/7. A. M., beat P. M. N. da Silva and F. A. Xavier 24-14, and T. Lock and W. K. Way beat J. W. Leonard and M. J. Medina 29-14.
Recreio "A's" first and third; rinks went down by live shots to the Civil Servants, H. A Alves losing to F. J. Jones 14-16, and F. X. M. Silva losing to H. E. Strange 15-18, and had to rely! on C. G. Silva's four to pull them out of the ruck. This he did, scoring 5, 2, 2-4, 3, 2, 4-and
THE OPEN-PAIRS-
Craigengower Teams
Win First Games
CRAIGENGOWER pairs were suc-
3. 2 to eventually win by 15cessful in the first matches in the shots, and thereby gave the open Pairs champions a ten shots' win.
Championship played
U. M. Omar and A. M yesterday. Omar beat P. M. N, da Silva and F. the Kowloon Craigengower scared on two of their A. Xavier 24-14 nt
nt anel
Craigenzower, T. rinks, and led on the other. The B.G.C..
wide margin of their victory was due Lock and W. K. Way beat their to C. S. Rosselet's overwhelming win Clubmates, J. W. Leonard and M. J. over A. E. Carey. Carey lead 4-1 el Medina, 29-14.
the end of the second head, but thereafter was always in arrears.
At Kowloon, the Omar brothers
Rosselet went on to scores 5, 3, 1, 5, took the lead from the start and never
1 to lead 10-4, and finished his last five heada with 1, 2, 1, 6, 3 and won 33-15.
looked back. They opened with three 2's and conceding five shots on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th heads, led 1-5 at the beginning of the 8th. But The Indian R. C. scored their first 3, 1, 1, put them into a 12-5 lead, a later burst of 2.3.4.1 success at the expense of the long-which with
icong Football Club. A. K. Miraw them ahead by 22-8 on the 17th. best N. J. Bebbington 21-11, A. #. The Recreio pair scored 3's in the Dallah beat K. S. Robertson 22-9, and 18th and 20th leads to complete their the only win for the Footballers was scoring. that of W. Gill against M. R. Abbas and that was by one shot only-10-16.
The scores were:
FIRST DIVISION
Recrelo "A" 62 Civil Service
C.C.
Cialgengower 67 Police Kowloon B.G.C. Indian R.C.
Recrelo "B" ̄ ̄ 58 Hongkong
F.C.
------SECOND DIVISIÓN.
Craigengower 62 Police
C.C.C. MATCH
Though at one time they led 10-2, Leonard and Medina had no reply to Way when he found his touch.
The latter was the most consistent of
the four, and in good combination 02 with his partner went ahead by leaps
and bounds,
43
It can be deduced from the scores,
30 that the winners scored 2 shots
40
47
B.O.C.
10
Talkoo
40 Recrolo Hongkong CC. 50 Kowloon
Civil Service
47 Kowloon Tong 60 C.C. Kowloon F.C. 52 Kowloon C.C. 53
THIRD DIVISION
Hongkong CC. 64 Indian R.C.__13 Prison Officers 72 Kowloon
while their opponents added but
janother four-to-their-score.--------
The Straits Settlements were third with an oggregate of 1,007, while Hongkong was eighth with 1,011.
COLONY FIFTH
In the Empire Day Cup, Hongkong. with noggregate of 935, finished The fifth. The winner was Trinidad, with 11/8: 977, and the Straits Settlements,
with 014, came third.
SAFE ALMOST
HE'S OUT, An II. B. batter out by a split second in their League Baseball match against the Royal Engineers yesterday at the Navy ground. Tho-H.B, team-won-14-2.Ming-Yuen-
Water-Polo
Home Rugby Results S/Ships Beat Y.M.C.A.
London, June 1.
Following were the results of the Rugby League matches played to- day:
2-0 In Return Game
Chinese
Pak 45
07 Press
32
Potential Champions
Stave Off Defeat In Second Half Rally
(By “GUARD”)
Kwong Tai, dubbed the giant-killers since they tilted Chung Sing in their cage league en- Chinese 38 counter week before last, almost repeated their splendid performance against. Sing Tao, potential champions, at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. last Wednes- day, ultimately losing 30-37.
Chicago Blank Out Red Sox
Flashing a high-powered attack, Kwong Tai swept all before them, in spite of the fact that Sing Tao were play- ing a five men, man-to-man defence. Sing Tao's Chan Sze-bun was in sorry plight, and was incapable of stopping irrepressible Lo Tung and Ng Siu-chin, who worked their will to pile up a substantial score for Kwong Tai.
+
the second-half, and, al- They Bank baskets from farment of and near with such precision though coming very near at times, failed to assume their superiority by NEW YORK, June 2 (UP) and regalarity that the imper-bnd shooting, and an unhinged com- Feature of to-day's baseball schedule turbable SingThons were bination. Cheng Ka-ming (14), Tam was the defeat of the Boston Red Sox, shaken, and they hastily called in Chok-chan (6) and Loo Seung-ching American League leaders, by tho Chicago White Sox. The Red Sox Leo Pui-chick, their star turn() were top scorers for Kwok Mun.. were beld scoreless by Lyons, white right-centre, and Lo Chun-kuen Can Ping-kwong for Ching Mo was best seen in passing movements while the White Sox talfled six runa,
and Tai Fook-sing. The inclu- Fong Chi-hung (18) was д clever alon of these players had the centre to watch required moral effect on the
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago..
➢*་་་
Battery: Lyons, Tresh, Boston
E
"y" Fail Miserably
aecond
division matches were decided on
Sing Trons, and play became 12 1
slightly more even, bút Lo and 0 0 2
Ng remained unstoppable, in ONLY two Battery: Butting, Teving, Desautels, scoring, and the first half show- (Lyons pitched for the White Sox. ed Kwong Tai leading five Saturday, that of Chinese "y".
points, the score then being 20- Fress versus St. Paul's.
versus Ngan Luen Fake, and
and McNair homered).
KWONG TAI LOSE LEAD
AND GAME
St. Louis
15. 0 Battery: Harris, Coffman, MINIS, Susco.
4
7
New York
.... 13 Battery: Russo, Dickey
14 Ӧ
for the Yankees).
Cleveland
The "y" opened up shakey, but firmed up as the game progressed. and gained the lead at 19-18 which the second half, Sing IN
The lead changed Tay they soon lost. changed tactics. Lee Pul-chick hands several times before the (DiMaggio and Selkirk homered and Wong Chun-ming formed pincer Paklans finally established them- attacks with centre Lo Chun-kuen selves. Y-men's passings throughout pivoting excellently to fire passes to the garne were too obvious and were Lce and Wong, for the latter to notch easily intercepted by the Paklana, turn into valuable points for their side, him who snagged them to sel contributing some nice under-points for themselves. Y-men often.
It was Kwong Tains caught the Pakians napping, when for basket goals.
turn to wilt under this rapid Bre at their guards fred posses down the tack, Leung Kwong-keung und Leung court-for-n-forward to sink-under- Chan-foo, guards, being rendered basket goals.
彎 8
0
2
Battery: Feller, Hemaley.
Philadelphia
2 8 Battery: Potter, Hayes.
(Trosky and Boudreau homered -the-Indians).
Battery: Rigney, Lee,
0
Brown, helpless es babes. Lee and Le kept up In the second half, they fought
0
their prolific scoring with the splen- back "vehemently, and at one stage
Battery: Galchouse, Wilson, Dick-did backing of Poon Yuen-kwan, Tal held the Pakians on equal terms.
Chicago
8. 17
Smith, Turner.
Boslon
12 10
man, Bagby, Desautels, Peacock.
1 St. Louis
Battery: Kennedy, Lawson, Swift. New York
11 Battery: Breuer, Dickey. Detroit
12
0
0
Battery: Trout, Benton, Tibbetts. Washington
Battery: Hudson, Haynes.
12
2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York ....... 1 6
Battery: Schumacher, Brown, Danning.
Pittsburgh
were
top
Fook-sing and Leung Kwok-tok, They cracked up, however, and the 1 with the result that, before the Paklans began sinking baskets al- second half were many minutes older most at will, running out victors by Chion Yuen-kel (20) ond Sing Tao the ascendency for the first 45-38.
Hon-ming (14) time, 25-24. A few more baskets Wong added to the confusion of the Kwong scorers for Ngan Luen Pak, while Tains, and Sing Tao ran out victors Cheung Slu-tong (20) and Wong of a now thoroughly demoralised Yul-on (5) did good service for "y" Kwong Tal team 37-30.
Joiner,
1
Ching Mo Surprised
St. Paul On Rampage
ST. Paul were clearly the better
0 TN the opening second division tearn, and are potential cham- game, Nam Seong easily dis-pions in the junior division, posed of a weak Yau Wui according to form display up to quintette 49-24, in a colourless date. Yiu Kin-fan play in- Mas-match. Yim Chi-kong (12) and defatigably at centro for St. Tse Hung-chal (4) for Yau Wui Paul to turn in a splendid 16 were the only two who were goals, while his satellites Battery: Wyatt, Kimball, Doyle, seen to good advantage, while Chan Wah-kuen (12) and Yon Slu-
Battery: Klinger, Larahan, fayden, Davis, Berres."
0
Brooklyn
3 7
Phelps. Chicago..
2 7 Battery: Lee, Hartnett, Philadelphia .......
Battery: Beck, Atwood. St. Louls.........**
2 Battery: Lanler, Davis,
0
11
1
7
0
1
Small Ships secured a deserving 2-0 victory over Yorkshire Cup (first round)-Bradford 12. Lards 33 Castleford 17, unalet 10: European Y.M.C.A. at water-polo in the dockyard poolidgett. B.G.C.
15 Featherstone 16, Halifax 2.
Friendlieridiam 10, itundersheld 20: yesterday. There was a scoreless first half and poor Boston Kowloon F.C. 57 Cralgengower 58 wigan 18, Swinton 4-Router."
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CHAMPION
team provided the outstanding features.
There was no doubt that the
Navy wore the better team. Home Football Y.M.C.A. were without G. T. May and this, to a large extent, ruined any chance they might have had in attack, as their forwards were very poor and
Rangers
with the exception of a back- Win Scottish
hand shot by Hunt, which Black, Navy goalkeeper brilliantly
saved in the first half, Y.M.CA Championship
rarely got within effective shoot- ing range.
Kong Pei-tak (10), Fong Yok-fat (8) backed him strongly to play chow (8) and Yuen Put (6) havoc with a weak Press defence. For the Press Slu Tim-lim tried his Indulged in some practise hardest to bring his team together, shooting for Nam Scong, who himself doing valiant work sinking de-12 goals for his side. He was suc- besides, possessed the better Warneke, fence which easily coped with the cesssful on occasions, which account-
weak attack of Yau Wul..
ed for the fact that Tom Chan-kuen The night capper second. division managed 5 goals. 5. 1 match between Kwok Mun and Ching Cheng Po-kai appeared to have Starevich, Mo provided spectators with some discovered the art of off-setting the jurausing and exciting moments. Ching "roof" of the "y" court, and sunk Mo might be said to have been some lovely baskets from the coffin visited with a piece of bad joss los-corners.
2
Battery:
Cincinnati
11 14 Battery; Walters, Lombardi,
New York
10 1 Battery: Melton, Gumber, Danning, Pittsburgh
3 11 0 Battery: Brown, Heltzelman, Lang- han, Sewell, Laning, Herress.
(Called in the eighth according to the Sunday-low),
ing 40-45, as they were definitely In the second half, St. Paul slowed the superior team. They lost their down visibly to allow Press to creep one point first-half lend (18-17), up, then smashed their way through sc me minutes after the commence-again to a 67-52 points victory.
Brooklyn
2
6
Q
Battery: Hamlin, Mancuso. Chicago
0
0
Battery: Olsen, Todd.
JOHN JAMESON
Boston
2 4
0
Battery: Erickson, Lopez. Cincinnati
#
2
Battery: Turner, Beggs, Hersh- benger.
2
7
0
IRISH WHISKEY
↑
10
0
LONDON, June 1 (Reuter), Navy had A splendid defence in Wellington won the Welsh Cup final which Brownie, cenite-half, and Half-to-day by defeating Swansea, 4-0, at
Philadelphia In Shrewsbury. yard, left-back, were outstanding atinck they made the best of their
Battery: Smoll, Warren. In the semi-final of the Regional opportunities and scored their open- ing goal in the first minutes of the Cup, Blackburn beat Newcastle, 1-0, St. Louis
Battery: Bowman, Owen. scrond half when YM.C.A. had only and Fulham lost to West Ham, 3-4. six men in the waler, Benn having Rangers won the Scottish League been ordered out tor moving a few Championship, beating Falkirk by minutes before the end of the first 2-1.
hait.
Y.M.C.A. began to feel the pace in
Results of other matches played
the second half when ragged marking were:
South C.-Arsenal 8. Routhampton 8:
resulted in Italiyard swimming through
to score. Soon after Navy consolidated Charlton 4. Portsmouth 2.
South Aldershot 3. Crystal Palace
ton D, Liverpool &
Norwich
Chester Man
when Paul scored from close range, Brighton 2 Watford poor marking by YMC.A., detence Southend 3 Queen's Park Rangers 9, ngain being responsible.
Bornemouth 0, Small Ships-Ldg. Tel. Black; Tol. Western-Crewe __ 3, Yates, A. B. Mallyard; Lt. Comdr. chester United 0, Everton 3; New Brigh- Browne: P. O. Hankinson, A. B. Rutter, Northwestern-Barrow 1, Preston 4 Tel. Paul.
Burnley 7. Accrington - 0; Carliste Y.M.C.A-II. Eardley; L. H. Chater, lepool 1. F. Willia; L.A. Benn; A., R. Hunt, R. II. Jordan, R. Goldman,
NEW BATHING
PAVILION AT
NORTH POINT
|
Boulhwestern Bristol Roveri 3. Cardin 3a Newport 11. Torquay 0.
North eastern-Hsriepoola 2. Nudder- Held 2; Leeda 3, Itull 1; Middlesbrough d York 1.
Midland Coventry §. Luton 11 Leicester 0. Walsall 0: Wolves 1, Northampton_0.
East-midland Barney 3. Shemeld United Grimahy 7, Xoncaster 41 Nottar County 3. Linesin 0.
Friendifes, Clapton Orient & Mulwall 3; | Hearts 2, Hibernian: 6: Et. Mirren 9. Clyde
usual firing of fire crackers for good luck, and the band of the Chung Sing EASTERN ́Áthiello Amociation's Benevolent Society.
y was in attend- new bathing pavilion at North Point ance."" was opened yesterday by Mr. Chu A gula in the form of exhibitions |Kal-chong, President;"; before a big by Eastern: 'and visiting swimmers rathering,angganing Bapt. A border was held and was greatly oppreciated
The Opening was attended by the by the spectators.
CHUNG HWA TROUNCE SOUTH CHINA
LEAGUE BASEBALL matches played yesterday
on the
Navy ground,
resulted according 16 schedule, Chung Hwn truanced South China 18-3, which was a bir- ger margin than was expected, while the HD. outfit overcame the Royal Engineers 14-2.
Thore won an exhibition game in the afternoon, and the Hongkong All- Stars beat the U.S.S. Asheville by 10-3.
On Saturday, the USS, Mindanao suffered a set-back when they went T down by 2-0 to the Hongkong Base- ball Club.
ATHENS, June 2 (Router)The Crown Princess of Greece has given birth to a son. Both are doing well.
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