Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
March 19, 1941.
Around The Courses
Australians Aid Red Cross Gutta Percha v. Modern Ball
Match At New South
South Wales
(By "Birdie")
EMULATING the Ancient v. Modern match
Badminton
that was arranged by Henry Cotton at Home last Further Matches year, Australian golfers recently played, one of their own in aid of the War Funds. This, actually, was for the Soldiers' Comforts Fund, but many others have been played for the Red Cross Fund.
In Colony Championship
TWD MATCHES in the Junior
In this match of gutta-percha ball v. the modern singles, one in the Junior Doubles rubber-cored ball, Sam Bolger (N. S, Wales professional and n Mixed Doubles match com- prised the Colony Badminton Cham- champion, and 1936 Open champion) partnered Sampionship programme at the Club de Richardson (1935 N. S. Wales professional champion) Recreto last night. Hesults were: against Fred Popplewell (1925 and 1928 Open cham- pion) and Victor James and lost 2 and 1, using the gutta- percha ball.
JUNIOR SINGLES
W. E. Gillespie beat A. L. Gordon
15-3, 15-7; 1. $. Young beat J. Trang.
10-13, 18-10.
JUNIOR DOUBLES
MIXED DOUBLES
Softball At Night
Fund
LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL
Sunday, Sun Ying-ming Studio.
on
J. L. Anderson and W. Gillies beat Bolger, with hickory shafted remarkable in that they dawned with W. T. Ho and A, C, Cheung 15-3, clubs, went round in 79 (eight heavy rains, but the sun shone be-15-6.
fare the day was over. There was over par for the Bonnie Doonquite a bit of casual water on the w. E. Gillespie and Miss F. Wons in this volleyball match at the Botanic Athletic Ground
II. C. and Miss D. Eardley beat Volleyball . South China ́ “A” bent King's College 21-11 course, N.S.W.) and Richardson, test, second and third fairways a 13-7, 13-6. with steel shafts, took 81. They Sheungshul, but the
* 150 Course
The best match of the evening was slammed and slammed, but the playable.
The first at Kowicon retained and that between Young and Tsang in the. little solid ball would not go.
still has much water. These, how Singles, Players were evenly match- The veterans with the rubber- cored balls nut-drove their opponents ever, are the months wherein ise, and every point was hotly con- by 50-60 yards with the wind, and permissible to pick up and drop by -90 yards against the wind. plugged balls at Kowloon without And after about a dozen holes, the penalty. - gutta-percha bails began to swerve, wobble and dive like snipe, especial
ly against the wind.
At one hole 510 yards agatest the wind-it took Richardson three perfectly-hit woods to reach the green!
FORTY
FONTY-TWO_birdies in 129 holes
were scored by Harry Hattersley i (1930 Open champlon) and Sam Richardson In recent pro anet amateur knock-out foursomes rom- petition for the Way Funds. This
was the
the first
Trst time that amateurs and have ever aseated in the same pros Tournament in Australia.
Duchessra and makis serve side by skle at Home, and now here's an- other fetish broken. War breaks flown many artificial barriers.
The
second green at the alter course has been improved (though
Was
Young. H anything. tested.
deciding factor of the game. Tsung superior at the net, and this was the smashed well, though Young, as often
In each of the remaining games, it not, was able to return the shuttle. one or two players do not think was the ease of the better players W. E. in that it has been enlarged and (and greatly so) who won.
his singles slopes. Attempt has been made 10 Gillespie after whining undulate the surface, und putis there was seen in action a second time for on are now subject to trigonometri-the evening when he partnered Miss cal calculation, for, noless one is F. Wong against H. C. and Miss putting uphill, it is a very difficult Decima Eardics, former Shanghal
champions. three.
JIM Fertler won the Miami Open Army Snooker
--which included professionals,
be
and which is an American Tourna ment-yet when L. D. Carson went down to the Philippines last month and wanted to enter for the P. 1. Open, the Tennis officials told film that if he did so he would barred from the teants competi iton because in the Golf Competi- tion thrre was a prize of $5,000, and in playing he would have been classed as a professional!
competitions,
the money prize. How then was
R.E. Sergeants
Take Lead From Medicals
DEFEATING Signals
A.
Arreurs.
Corporals
11
Inauspicious Opening Of Tennis Championships
Results According To Book
Suggestions For Local Enthusiasts To Consider
Flood-Light Advantages,
(By "Ball Fan") '
THE EXASPERATION of softball postponements due to various reasons with the acknowledged one week. wait before resuming schedule, has its discouraging re- percussions especially toward the end of each year's schedule when Hongkong's rainy season puts in its do pressing appearance, just about the time when the pen- nant chase is at its sizzling point.
With the growing popu larity of this game in the Colony, night softball, or softball under the flood- lights, should take a 'com- manding spot in the called "improvement of this game" in Hongkong.
30-
Home Soccer Fixtures For
Saturday
following are the soccer Bxtures for LONDON, Mar, 18 (Reater).—The
Saturday: of
In Canada and the United States, hundreds of softball fields from coast to coast have presented night games for years, and the number is grow Ing annually. Successful play under foodlights demands a high level illumlation, so distributed that the fold Hiselt and the ball as it files through the air, can be seen clearly from all positions by both players and spectators.
Advantagei
COFTBALL'S years of experience with night games have definitely proved that teams play as well at night as in daylight; in fact the
are advantages
manifold. With proper floodlighting, play is often speeded up and made easier.
This may be proven by the fact that from the first pitch to the finnt out, the Hght never varies Play- ers are never handicapped by the change from glaring sunlight to dark shadows, encountered'
'a
OPENING MATCHES of the Colony Tennis Champion- ships at the Hongkong Cricket Club Inst night provided nothing by which to mark the occasions. The Tsui brothers were on view, as was H. D. Rumjahn but their opposition was nothing very great. The Japanese entrants, O. Umetani and T. Imura, showed promise, though they, too, had an easy passage into Lackground of black sky than against the next round.
Results were:
OPEN SINGLES
II D. Rumjahn beat W. J. Howard
OPEN DOUBLES
daytime or twilight game prn. Creases. Under floodlighting every part of the playing field is lighted eventy and stays that way through- out the game. And a white ball is much easier and more quickly seen against a
a light sky during the day.
After A Weary Day
WAR CUP
Third Round, South Chelsea v Queen's PIL; Mansfield v. Leicester: Toltenham. Cardiff,
Third Round, North Manchester C. v. Everton; Middlesbro' v. Newcastle; Sheffield U. v. Barnsley; Traninero v. Preston, N.E
LONDON CUP
Aldershot V. Fuiliam: Millwall v. Arsenal: West Ham v. Reading.
LEAGUE, SOUTH Bournemouth v. Fartsmouth; Brighton v. Luton: Watford v. Southampton,
SOUTH REGIONAL Crystal Pal. v. Brentford; Notis C. v. Lincoln; Stoke v. West Brom.
NORTH REGIONAL Bolton v. Fury: Dradford C. v. Block- port: Doncaster Y. Chesterfield: Haifax
Burnley Hull v. Grimsby: Lerds v Sheffield Wednesday: Liverpool v. Black- pool: Oldham v. Manchester United; Southport v. New Brighton; Wrexham v. Chester,
WEST REGIONAL Bath v. Lovells; Bristol City v. Abera- man; Cardiff Corinthians. ŚWANICA.
SCOTTISHI cur
Cellic v. Airdrie, Partick v. Motherwell; Albion v St Mirren; Hamilton v. Dum- barton: Third Lanark v. Dumbarton: Falkirk v. Rangers; Hibernian v. Clyde;.. Queen's Park v. Hearts.
Hoodlights located in groups or banks at advantageous points. This way of grouping appears to produce better continuous row encircling the playing
Cricket Teams FROM netive as well as a com- results than lights which are in a
mercial point of view, more games could be pinyed during the
ali
area.
A most Important factor lles in the fact that there must *be minimum of glare or shadow, 50 that neither players nor spectators · will be annoyed by, nor conscious of, light from the lamps.
6-0, Engineer Sergeants have wrest- In challenge matches for the Red Cross, however, no combination a.
ed the leadership of the garrison 6-1, 6-2.
The following will represent Craigen- season, attracting greater crowds, gover against Indians in a first division: Here in the Colony practically pros has been able to defeat Allan It seems a rather novel departure snooker league from Medical Corps
Tengue cricket match on
Saturday at athletic events are held during the Waterson (who beat Jim Ferrier a from the usual rules of an "Open" for the first time since the start of
O. Umetani and T. Intra beat T, Soskunpoo.-E. Zimmern (Cap), A. . the last NSW, amateur champion-tournament. As I understand it, in the tournament.
Hamson, A. J. Hulse, A. Hunt. A. Kweek-ends, resulting in a divided at- the first ship) and 'D. J. Davies, (who wà {"Open":
Medicals were only a point ahead C. Moneghan and T. J. Gould G-1, mall, S. Leonard, T. Locke, A. M. Omar, tendance at the different sporting at-
W. Now: Sing, G. Souza, J. L., Young, tractions. runner-up).
amateur is awarded a trophy of some rior to the Sergeants victory and could, 6-3.
Gaye. sort, and the first professional takes register only a 4-2 win over Engineers,
G. W. Sewell and D. M, Mac-
INTER-UNIT LEAGUE which placed them a point
The following vr!!! Dougall Leat T. A. Martin and E. G.
the represent Carson affected?
Artillery againsï Engineers in the semi- The last match of the season will be Mathias G-2, 6-2.
final of the large units knockout com- ployed to-morrow whin Engineer
petition at 2 pun, lo-day at Sookp1:50, Sergeants and Medient Corps meet at: Tsul Wal-pul and Tsut Yun-pulto decide who will play Combined Smail Whitfeld Barracks. Medicals cannot bent C. H... Oxlade und A. 11. Bar- Units in the
them here during our Sunday_con- final-Urtz, T. McLard. afford to draw in this decisive game well 6-2, 7-5,
Major C. R.. Templer, Capt P. INT fabs at the Kowloon bali park. the Skipwith, Lient L. J. A. Feilden, Lient for the Windsor Shield,
Greater crowds and new converts fort all round. Pearce, Lieut J. L. C. Pearce, Lieut K. Alianson, Licut J. Fox, Lleus Pluminer, to this amazingly popular game would
mut_D. Clague, Gar Barshy, Reserve, be the result. Gur Dolbinson.
THE return match between the
Country Club and Kowloon has been definitely fixed for March 30 on the Sheungshui course. The teams will be four- teen-a-side with singles in the morning and fourballs in the afternoon.
Programme For April Meeting
Resulta
]
Once more it seems that the same Following is the programme for the meeting of the Macno Jockey Club to Four matches were played on Mon- players are to reach the final stages.
duy, the results being-Artillery Ser-These, it is true, were but the first! be held on April 6:
Chinshan Handicap-China poules grants (Stanley) beat Pay Corps 5-1: match for the women on the sam: Class. See sections at these serkenttston Signs Corporals they are any criterion there has been SPORTS ADVT.
E Six Furlange. Entries will Medicals beat Engineers A 1-2: En-matches of the Tournament, but if discretion of the handicapper.
It was hoped to arrange the return
day, but Kowloon are already com- mitted to a match that day, so the game with the Country Club will b. held on a later date at Sheungshui.
THE courses have been very wel. Two Sundays, though, have been
Following is the table to date: Engineer. Sergeants RAM.C
0-0; Sigunis A and Military Police drew little or ng linprovenient in the Colony Lingnau Handicap-China ponies D3-3. class. Five Furlongs,
tennis.
W. L. D, Pls.
2 2 17
Lung Chen Handicap: Forced entry for Y Class China ponies. One Mlle.
Shekki Plate China Ponies, X Class. Six Furlongs
Entries close on March 27, at Noon.
Monster Raffle
in aid of the
Bomber Fund
over
$46,000 value of prizes
SALE OF TICKETS CLOSES APRIL 9
DRAW
AT PENINSULA HOTEL 2-9 p.m. APRIL 10
RA. Sgis (Stanicy) Police
Engineers A Puy Corps
Signals A
Signal Corporala
International Cup Final
The following soccer teams have been selected to represent England and Scotland in the final of thei Sunday Herald Cup at Boundary Street on Apell 6:
England-eynolds (R.A.O.C.); Bough
Typical Taui's
THE TSUI brothers put up a show typical of their early matches, They took the first set cusily, and though credit must be given to their opponents for Improvement in the second, the Tsuls had slackened off.
H. D. Rumfahn, at no perlod, was extended by W. J. Howard. The Japanese players were new material, and though guilty of several errors in the opening set, settled down to tennis that showed promise.
were:
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB
THE FIRST EXTRA RACE MEET- ING has again been postponed. It will now be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 22nd March, 1941, commencing at 2.00 pm.
The First Bell will berung at 1.30 p.m.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure. Such must be worn throughout the Results of the Club competitions duration of each Mecting in such
manner as to be readily identified.
Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members Enclosure and Club Rooins at $5.00 for Gentlemen and $3.00 for Ladies (both including
Club Handleap Singles - Van ley (Navy), Freshwater (Middlesex); Leeuwem beat L. P. Ralph 6-3, 0-4 Pipe Police), Fright Middlesex) Cap A. T. Daw beat M. A. Biercus de Haan Inn, Thomas (Middlesex); Fowler (Club),
le Page (Navy), Hendy (Navy), Saw 6-0, 6-3.
written
the
application 1 of n Mɛinber, such Member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for Payment of all Chits, etc,
Afiddlesex), Marrahle (Middlesex). Re- Club Handicap Doubles.-D. S, Robb x) are obtainable through serves--boxUDIA FILE). Parker Arld and C. W. F. Bishop beat N. Spence SECRETARY upon the personal or Hesex, Dritt (Navy), Parker (Poller). and E, Newton 0-8, 6-2, 6-2, Forrow (Club); Fox (R.E.). Barber (Navy), Coomer (Middlesex).
Seotond-Bankfur (Scolaj; Nayamith (Scots), Fraser (Scots) Captain; Munro Scots). Birel (RE), Clarke (Scots): Garry (Scots), Ferrier (Palice), Hossack
cala), Howieli (Police).
Marshall (Scots)
Match Cancelled
RezervesBlackburn (Police), Lamb To-day's rugby nine between Club "Kowloon), - Gitroy (Scota), Hutchison A and Navy A has been cancelled as (Signals). Scott (Club).
Club are unable to field a team.
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Hongkong, 17th March, 1941.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Second Extra Race Meeting Saturday, 29th March, 1941
The closing of the entries for the above has been postponed to; 5.00 p.m.
Marchi
on MONDAY, 24th
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
Another essential point in the suc- In the evenings during the week, ball fans after a hard day's work censtal operation of night games is, the would find real relaxation and proper focusing of the floodlights enjoyment In a rip-roaring, Ingo which has an important bearing in filed softball session as we have on active player as well as giving bringing out the maximum effort of
use faithful complete com- gashouse With softball really coming into itr un in the Colony and gradually its way up the ladder to the wending its pluneele of Hongkong's major sport- ing attractions, the floodlight or night
which have night games have in the not too distant future.
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