Monday, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH July 1940.
MORNING COMMENTARY
MONDAY
CHAMPIONS
RINKS W.Harrower Eliminates F.X. da Silva In Second Round Match
Several Close. Matches
SEVERAL CLOSE MATCHES were played in the second round of the Lawn Bowls Rinks cham- pionship yesterday. The holders of the title, F. Machado, C. M. Silva, J. F. Ribeiro and F. X, da Silva, provided one of the surprises of the day when they went down to W. Harrowor's four, (A. ¡Morton, E, A, Aitkins, H. Drow) 19-21, while the Omar brothers (K. M., A. M. and U. M.) and A. A. Razack_featured in a brilliant recovery to beat J. C. Chalmers rink 23-21 after being led 19.5 on
the 10th head.
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Only one game was not played, that being A. Jillot v. C. G. Silva at the Civil Service C. C.
At the Kowloon Cricket Club, them 17 shots! The scoring went 1.] Harrower's four took an early 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0..4, 3.
lead against, F. X, Silva and led
4-1 at the end of the 4th head,
HIGHEST SCORE
HIGHEST WIN was registered by
but a four on the 5th put Silva N. M. Rakusen's rink over K. M.,
up front 5-4. From then until UA., and S. M. Rumjahn at the
37-10.
were
BEATEN LEAGUE
BEATEN LEAGUE BASKETBALL Premier League Honours
NORTH POINT GALA For Sing Tao Quintet
Ho Sui-lam Swims Well At Chinese Athletic Assn. Night Fete
(By "Ripplo")
The increasing interest being taken in swim- ming at North Point was further evidenced in the large crowd which packed the Chinese Athletic Assn.'s Bathing pavilion on Saturday, to witness thoir first gala this season.
"A" Division An Undefeated Season Lawn Tennis
Schedule
A full programme of matches in the
League is scheduled for to-day, IRELA
(By- “Guard”)
SING TAO CLINCHED premier cage league honours when they defeated a Pui Ying quintette 51-26 at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. on Saturday. Tennis They have now only one more match in hand Division of the Lawn
against the weak Wah Kiu squad, and there is every indication that they will be able to present a clean bill with not a single dofoat throughout this season.
though many of the players are
away doing Volunteer duties.
The matches will be: Club de Recreio v. University Hongkong C.C. v. South China
v. Kowloon C.C. Indian R.C..
Chinese "Y" who, by their surprise victory over the Kwong Tai University on Wednesday seemed assured of the runners-up position, were tumbled by a strong Chung Sing squad 50-40, and now have to re-play the Tains for
Due to a strong current flowing westwards, times recorded were not excellent. The closest race of the evening's programme was the Men's 50 metres free-style, whim from Lee Wing-hong, in the fairly good time of Cock Fighting the honour of tailing Sing Tao. which was taken by Ho Siu-lam, an arm's length separat.
30 secs.
his alonder lead.
Three on the 11th put Harrower The "ginnt-killers" of the Arsi day:
Zimmern's rink, once again in front and with a 2 on round. E. the 13th climbed to 14-11. Slivn's eliminated by C, Roza Pereira's four four then Ogured in a scoring streak at the Kowloon B.G.C. 25-17. of four heads 2, 21, 2-and
19-14 on the 17th. With two singles,
The Results
Pairs Championship Matches To Be Played To-day
of
AT CIVIL SERVICE CC.
II. A. Álves and F. V. V. Ribeiro v. J. S. Riddell and J. C.Aitken.
T. Lock and W. R. Way,
Miss Chiu Sui-ngor swam ani excellently judged race to nip the field after being led for the
In Mts. Of
Virginia
first two lengths by Miss Ng West
Woon-ying, in the Ladies 100 metres breast-stroke.
tion.
Sing Tao were taking no chances with the team who has
and from the bell flashed a high-
very
The
FIRST DIVISION
24
51- Pui Ying 50 Chinesa "Y" 40
SECOND DIVISION
38 Hung Ying
32
caused the most major upsets, THE SCORES powered five-men offenes, Yingers Poon Kun-hung and Lai Sing Too BLUEFIELD, W. Va. (UP), Lin-chak, guards, kept the Toons Chung Sing The best swimming was seen in the Cock-fighting, a sport which way and the score blank for The following is the programme of Sul-lan's team gaining the lead with
Men's 200 metres relay race, Chan thrilled the ancient Greeks and the first seven minutes of the the 11th head, Silva maintained Craigengower C.C.-the. score being matches in, the Open Pales law his third man, Chan Yee-long, and Romans with its ferocity, a game, which in itself was quite Lai Hang
bowla championship to be played to- Choy Hing-chlu, anchor, swam a nice said to be becoming popular in an accomplishment.
50 metres to consolidate their post- the mountains of West Vir- PUI YING DEFENCE WITHERED
keeplag "Ya" forwards in check, POPULAR TOTS' RACE ginia.
HOWEVER, they withered before Wong Wal-hung (10) again wreak- The fact that the sport is out- this relentless pressure and Chan ing all the damago with his fast THE 50 metres for children under J. M. Watson and R. M. Keown V.115 years was easily the most populor/lawed does not deter hundreds of Sze-bun drew first blood finishing break, under the basket. At thla' men in this area from taking a a
well thought out move. atage of the game Les Fook-kee (0) race of the evening, and was closely holiday almost every week-end to This seemed to induce the Taons to and So Pak-fal, Singers guards, dlá Paul and J. K. Sloan.
P. Morgan and F. Cullen v. A. Ffollowed by several old ladies, their congregate at some hideout in the fresher offensives, and they soon their level best against an irrepressi-
grandsons and granddaughters pre-foothills to see two cocks battle to ran up a 10-4 lead, which was in-ble "y" three-forward fastbreak of sumably were in it. This event was the death with steel spurs attached creased by two points on both sides fence headed by Wong Wat-hung, won by Master Lam Kul-yuen in
for the first half scores. Leung vho ran up a first half lead of three F. Hillon and T. F. Stainton v. J. the very good time of $7 secs. He to their legs.
Kwok-tok Tai Fook-sing and Sun points, 21-18 led the field at the finish by almost Cock-fights are big events and an Chung-kuen Bank some excellent The second half had MoCulcheon and C. Gowland.
15 metres, and
19 and appeared capable of owner may travel as for 60 long shots to give their sides this story to tell. It was Chung Sing'a swimming another 50 metres. miles to pit his battler against un tall score.
turn to flash a fast attack and, but The 60 metres Mathematical Race opponent. Usually, the fights ture Faced with such a large margin, for the excellent work at defence for gained the full
would disapproval of the con- remote farm.
plucky show. They carried the fight have led uniculous "gure testants. Miss Na Poon-ying took
Into Sing Too's aren, but tho com against med to have lost all Wong Wal-hung and with three sums right, her The common or ordinary cockbination of Lo Chun-hin multiplication sum was wrong, Miss Oght is called "hack" and there Sze-kit proved too much for them, their zest, and it was left to Yue Yuen-kwan came second with are upwards of 10 of these staged and, faced with such a stonewall, Sum Sul-hing (10) Chan Yue-chen to Singers her addition and substracilon surns at a single gathering. The higher wrong, and was followed by Miss type of contest is termed a derby they wilted then fell away, to allow (10) and Kum Kan-san. (3), who Poon Yue-kwan and Wong Chau- tried, but often found in Lult some- Choy Chung, who had only her addi- or tournament and only the fiercest ming to pile on goals and points in thing they had not accounted for. tlon
fighters are matched in these. sum right.
D series of cleverly executed set The 50 metres Two-way Race, 25
plays, metres any style, head before, and
Harrower'a rink drew neuror at 16- 19, and when on the 29th end they
The complete results yesterday drow and scored 5, their lead of three shots proved too much for (including a Pairs match at Craigen- Silva's men on the final head, and Kower) were: though they scored a single, they were beaten 21-10.
At Kowloon Cricket Club
A Morton, E. A. Atkins, H. E. Drow,
At the Kowloon Docks, some- thing of a "freak" game was played. W. Harrower beat F. A. Machado, C. Spectators, were treated to
M. Silva, J. F. V. Ribeiro, F. X. M. da tho spectacle of three bowlers of A. B. Silva 21-19,
Daliah's rink trotting around the
AT CRAIGENGOWER
AT KOWLOON F.C.
C. C. Pereira and J. C. Remedios G. Duncan, C. F. Needhamn, N, J. v. J. Hoosen and C. E. Shipp.
#reen without shoes. Owing to a Bebbington, A. Bropicsbank, bent C. J.js J, C, Gill and G. Duncan v. M. p. / but the entireproval of the crowd, staged at night, in a barn on some Pai Ying nevertheless put up a by Luis Tal-cheong
en
L. J. Silya and J. F. V. Albeiro
misunderstanding, Dallab's men Walker, II. Lord, A. Stevens, 8. Ecclo-Alarcon and A. J. Kew. (D. BL. Khan, A. II. Rúmfahn and hell 28-10. ML. Y. Adal) were without woods or L. Sykes, H. Bicknell. G. W. Deacón. J. Noronha and A. M. Rodrigues.
J. G. shoes,
Moyer beat E. Ferguson, T. club-boy having falled
AT KOWLOON B.G.C. ta send the gear. With borrowed Coleman, R. Morrison, J. McKelvie
30-13.
and no, shoes the Indian
artet overcams J. II. Gelling's
1com by 10-16.
At Club de Recreio
E. W. Simmons, J. Deakin, F. J. Gelling's men featured in a scoring Jones, A. W. Grimmitt beat F. Hillon, burst at the end when shols were J. Wald, W. P. Seath, T. F. Stainton scored in five heads, but Dallah hav-30-10. ing hud
A. K. Sumad, A. S. a commanding lead of 18-7
Suffind, A. H. at that period, the spurt was too late. w. Simpson, P. Younghusband,
Lemalt, M. R. Abbas beat A. Eastman, Dallah sõbred a five on the second
Chittenden 17-15.. head, and thereafter gradually built their lead up to 18-7 on the 18th end, Golling scored 3, 2, 1, 0, 3 over the last five heads, giving Dallah's rink one on the 20th and lost 16-19.
LAST HEAD VICTORY
At Kowloon Bowling Green
V.
E. V. Searle and E, S. Abraham v.
C. S. Langley, and L. A. Jordan:
J. Gibson and R. Lapsley v. E. C. Fincher and J. Fraser.
T. W. Carr and W. Mulcahy v.
F. Xavier and R. F. Luz.
AT TAIKOO
S. Yusuf and K. Nazarin v. A. A. Razack and C. S. Rosselet.
J. F. McGowan and H. E. Strenge
Alves, C. Roza Pereira beat W, Fenney,
D. C. Alves, A. M. Xavier, C. M. S. iv. C. E. Marques and B. Bosto,
F. X. Deindo, W. McNeill, E. Zim-
mera 25-17,
AT KOWLOON DOCKS
W. McLeod, W. S, Dall, J. Orem, J. E, Levelt and R. Duncan v. O. P. ANOTHER close game was that inner, L. A. Collyer, J. F. McGowan
C. S. Fender beas J. Gellatly, J. Skin- Remedios and E. D. Souza. which U. M. Omar's four triumphed 10-15. over J. C, Chalmers' four 23-21 after being led 19-5 on the 10th hend. Omar opened the scoring with a 2, but
A. Kowloon Dock
D. M. Khan, A. H. Rumjahn, M., Y.
a for Chalmers on the next end put Adal, AR Dallah beat J. 1, Barnes, into the lead which they . D. Augus, J. Watson, J. H. Gelling maintained until the 21st head. Omar 18-16. managed another 2 on the 6th, and
a single on the 8th, but in the mean-
12
⚫ while Chalmers had scored 2, 1, 0, 2,
At Kowloon Football Olab
F. A. Cheesman, G. E. F. Thompson,
1, 0, 6, 3, 0, 1 and were leading 20-0 J, C. Gill, A. M. Holland beat E. G. on the 12th,
Poat, W. Cameron, G. Parkins, A. E. Then commenced Omar's Anal Carey 31-13. spürt, which, over nine heads gained W. Houston, E. Levett, A. Calman, R.
PLYMOUTH GIN
25 metres feet before, proved the
UNUSUAL SPECTACLE
an uan-
und Lai
"Y" EFFORT UNAVAILING
different
LAI HANG, CONTINUE WIN
IN the only second division game of the evening Lal Hang, con- to gain second place without the junior leadership by tumbling
посевагу ro-play against Hung Ying six points, 38-32..
most amusing. Lau Koon-sing plant- THE sock-Aght itself is
usual spectacle for the unini- ed his feet first against the board at tlated to watch. Owners work over CHINESE "Y tried their utmost tinued their uncheckered career for the finish and won, a leg's length, their birds Uke a prizefighter's the from Shek Chi-kwang.
mannger before the contest. Some Kwong Tai, but they reckoned of them clip the underwings and without Chung Sing. talls of the cocks to give the fighters
A water-pole match concluded the programme of a very successful gala, which was won by the "B" team 6 goals to 3:
RESULTS
Following are the results:
50 metros Free-styla (non)-1. Ho Stu lum; 2. Lee Wing-hong: 3, Cheong Wing- tak. Time: 30 secs.
1DU metres Breast-stroke (ladies)~—I, Mixa Chiu Sul-nger: 2. Miss Ng Woon ying: 3. Mis Choy Chung, Time: 1 min.
Duncan beat W. Hong Sling, G. S. Ladd, T. L. Lock, A. A. Lew 30-14,
143 Kuca. E. F. Pope, A. Bower, J. E. Henson, G. II. Sherriff beat E. L. 8. H., C. II. E. Strange 24-19.
At Civil Service
A. A. Razek, K. M., A. M., U. M. Munro, J. C. Chalmers 23-21. Omar beat W. Melrose, R. Main, D.
B. Basa, J. 5. Landoit, A. E. Coates, C. S. Rossolet beat J. W. Leonard, T. A. Razack, L. C. R. Soura, W. K. Way 30-11.
At Cralgengower
5. Soutar, D. Taylor, W. Harris, Altken bent B. Hollands, N. B. Fraser.
J. W. McDonald, W. E. Hollands 26-12. M. Purvis, W. Burling. W. Hillyer, N. M. Rakusen beat K. M. U.A., A. M. 3. M. Ruminhn 37-10.
PAIRS MATON
In the second round of the pairs C. F. Needham and A. Brooksbank beat D. Hollidge and W. Hillyer 10-16 at Cralgengower.
Sza To-ying again gave an impres- sive display, his speed carried him more freedom of action. The comb So flerce did "Y" make their bid through the Hung Ying defence is clipped neally and the Kaffe"are" "that" Chung Sing had dimculty in almost before they realise-it. applied with the greatest of care.
The galls are remarkably. Ught and strongequal to the talons of the biggest carte. They measure about 4 Inches long. Daring a confesi, each time one cock gaffs the other the birds are separated. 100 This may occur as often time before the night is ended, Each cock, usually has an cx-
13.6
Sui-lun's team (Chan Bul-jun, Chan Wing- 200 metres Team Race (men)~1. Chan tex, Chan Yes-tong and Choy Hing-chiu); 3. Chan Suen ciwong's team (Chan Buen chol-fall. Time: 2 min. & secs.
Sik Chi-xwong, Mak Wat-hing and Lau
perienced handler who acts, ally a 50 metres Fred-style (children). Lamsecond" during the fight. He puts Kui-yuen: 2. Har Yat-wah; J. Loh Sul- the cock against the opponent at 200 metres Breast-stroke (men)-1. Yan the start of the bolile and trees it Chichung: 2. Wong Tam-ching 1. Cheons whenever its spur become caught in Wing-ink. Time: 1 min. 20 Becs.
Look." - Time: 37 secs.
50 metres (Mathematical Race)-1, Miss the body of an opponent.
Ng Poon-ying; 2. Miss Yue Yuen-kwon
3. Mies Choy Chung.
As the night progresses, the spec-
50 metres Twa. Way swimming (men) tators become more excited. Beta 1. Lau Koon-sing; 2. Bhek Chi-kwong; 3. are made back and forth and the Cheong Wing-tak.
50 metras Obitacio Race (men),-1, Ito bettors shout encouragement to the Slu-lum; 2. Lau Koon-sing; a. Chrong favourite. It reaches à climax when Wing-tak
Choy Chung: Miss Chu Sul-wah: 3
30 metres Apple Race (Indies). Mis one of the cocks is killed.
Miss Au-Yeung Wal-bun.
Water Polo -"A" feam (Cheong Moon- wing, Wa Two-keen, Ng Chin-to, Lam Sul- no, Lo Wing-cheong, Kan Man-wing and Chan Sul-lum]; "B" teara To Wanam, Shek Chi-kwong Ian Man-cheong. Kwok Kal-chiu, Buet Chun-kwan, Ho Sul-fun and Choong Wing«tak}, "B" team 5 goal; "A" team gon's.
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