THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1926.
"CHINA MAIL" SPORTS PAGE
THE M.C.C. TOUR,
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FAST HOCKEY.
CLUB SENIORS DEFEAT PUNJABIS..
BIG
SURPRISE
BARBADOS.
FROM
AN UNUSUAL GONE,
DEFEAT IN FIRST MATCH.
(Reuter's Sorvice.)
On the U.S.R.C. ground yester- day the Hongkong Hockey Club defeated the Schy 2nd Punjabis by
Barbados, Inuary 6,
Infec goals to two.
The Marylebone C.C. team tour- The Club tegnr had to be re-ing the West Indies were beatop, arranged owing to the absence of in the first match of the tour, by Barbados, by an innings and 78 runs. Scores:-
hammert it right wing. Stewart filled the vacancy. The line-up was M.C.C. (1st) 151 runs. Kilner, as follows:-E. W. Hamriton; R. made 45; Griffith took 5 wickets
Tfor 50 runs, C. L. R. Becher, A. P. Farquharson; E F. Stewart, E. J. R. Mitchell (Capt.), Rev. E. W. L. Martin; 1. Owen Hughes, A. S. Hett, W. Woodward, B. D. Evans, A. Dyer Bal
After fifteen minutes play, the inside right of the Punjabis Fe- ceived from the felt wing and scored with a high shot? Daring this time the Club goal was not al any time in danger, thanks chcient clearing by the backs. The Punjabi custodian was kept busy and was called upon to save!
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Roy Kilner, the Yorkshire and England all-rounder, one of the few pros." in the MC: West
Indies toani.
Barbados (18) 289 runs for 7 G. Challenor wickets, declared. mude 124, H. B. G. Austin 40.
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M.C.C. (2nd) 65 runs. Finncis took 6 wickets for 21 rens. difficult The tourists had a wicket in each innings.
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Austin captained the West Indies team in England in 1923 01 two others in that team. "Wisden" (1924) says:-
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THE CHINA MAIL.
RUGBY CUP-TIE.
FIRST CLUB v. NAVY MATCH.
TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT.
senson,
Each football
the H.K.FC. (rugby section), Royal Navy and the Army take part in triangular rugby tournament. Last season the Navy won and the Army scratched.
'QUAKE TERRORS.
FOLLOW IN WAKE OF BIG FLOODS.
SLIGHT PANIC IN LIEUR.
(Reuter's Serviss.)
Liege, Jan. 6. An earthquake' shock lasting two seconds occurred last night, Farniture was shaken, and people van out of their houses.
A report from Namur states that an earthquake shock, insting three seconds, was felt on Monday night at Flawing..
SHOCKS AT MAASTRICHT.
Amsterdam, Jan. 6.
WELCOMED.·
JAPAN AND DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE.
RUSSIA MAY BE PERSUADED.
(Reuter's Service.)
Tokyo, Jún. 6. It is learned from an officlat source that the Japanese Govern-T mont has reason to believe that Russia will not accept the invita sign to the preliminary armament Conference.
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Whilst realising that the failure of the Soviet to participate wille, & O. Bank adversely affect the Conference's Bank of East Asia
Marine Insurances.. prospects, it is understood that:
The first "cup-tie" match this
The fall in the big rivers con- the Japanese Government is con-Canton Insurance season will be played on Saturday,tinues, but as the result of a dyke dent that the preliminary con-China Underwriters
the Club ground happy the River Vecht, in the Pro-ference will help to improve the North China Insurance...
International atmosphere; and Union Insurance Valley) when a fine game is anti- vince of Overysel, bursting, a
number of villages are inundated Possibly during the interval be-Yangtze Insurance
Fire Insurances. icipated.
Two light earthquake shocks ween the preliminary and main
conferences, Russia will be per-China Fire Insurance. were registered at Maastricht.
suaded to enter the latter..
H.K. Fire Insurance Though at first inclined to adopt
Shipping. far non-committal attitude, the
BELGIAN FLOODS.4
Brussels, Jan. 6.
Douglases
The teams selected are:- Club:-H. J. Armstrong: C. B... Eusterbrook, E. P. Stewart, A, 5) Hett, G. P. Lammert; J. Morrison,
The food situation hus improv-Press recently has been devoting Hongkong Steamboats.. KP. Ralph; J. Ralston, I. B.ed at Ghent, Namur, Dinant, and much attention to the disarm-HK. Tugs & Lighters.. Forsyth, J. Foster. Middleton harterul, but the floods have be-ment question and welcomes the Indo-Chinas (Prof.) Smith, Lithgow Smith, R. W. Lee, come worse in the Antoing discoming conference, the results of I Beveridge and R. Millar.
trict Villages in the valleys of which are generally regarded as Navy-Tel. Mortimer P O Maplaigne and HoMum are even more important than these Cowley, Lt.-Comdr. Lyle, E. B. A. evacuated, also in the Dendel dis-of the Washington Conference, Linher, E. R. A. Bothwell; Midtrict, where detachments of provided that America, Germany, Rowe, E. R. A. Northwood: Sappers are distribating food to and Russia participate, which all Water-boats Lieut-Comdr. Bower, Lt. Garnon-isolated households,
hope they, will dol Williams, Lt. Windcher, Ls. Sherwood: Sub-Li. Verker: ER. A. McFaggart, A. B. Acott and Sto. Stafford.
“KOWLOON" WIN.
YESTERDAY'S CRICKET
MATCH.
of Benett
the Petersfield took half of the Hermes" wicket.
At one stage the plane-carrier had only 20 on the beard with 5 wickets down but the tail wagged When the stumps were drawn the home team were 46 runs In the with one wicket to fall.
H.M.A. HERMES."
EARLIER REPORTS.
Brussels, Jan. 6
AMERICA'S ATTITUDE.
do. (Def.) L'd. do. (...) Elk. Oriental Navigation ... Shell Transports Star Ferries
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China Sugars. Washington, Jan. 6. Malabon Suga:8: The Foreign Affairs Committee || of the Blouse of Representatives
The Belgian Cabinet has, decide ed to grant 2.000.000 Francs 19 has unanimously voted in favour Benguets the Relief Fund for the flooded for the resolution authorising the Incens. The Ministers personally participation of the United States
have donated 25,000 francs,
in the preparatory Disarmament Conference at Geneva,.
Neuwied 'suffered very severely; thousands of the inhabitants are homeless; the factories are closed en: and it will take months to recover from the disaster.
Cologne, Jan G.
With the goalie in the outfiel, Evans drove into an open goal
Berlin, June 6. The subsidence of the floods in from a distance, but the ball
the Rhineland is revealing enor- struck a defender who had rushed
mous devastation. Twenty thou back and went out of play.
sand houses were damaged in Owen Hughes came later and
Coblenz and thousands of families scored the equaliser with a fast
are in dire distress: and 60,000 Victory by 5 wickets went 10 workers are idle. The damage is shot. from a difficult angle, while
the Kowloon C.C.-several Ser-estimated at £1,000,000. two defenders tried to save.
The strength of the side lay in vice men assisting them-yesters Each side scored another goal
Challenor's superb batting, the day, on their own pitch, against before the interval, but these very good fast bowling, and field.M.S. "Hermes." were disallowed.
ing that was a model of keenness Eng ..
Never did the In the second half the game and energy. became faster with both sides players. Neem happier than when attacking in-turn. One goal by fielding; there was something infectious in their enthusiasm. the Club and two in succession by Chalienor was in a class by him- the Punjabis were ruled off-site.self as a batsman. He had every- By a solo effort Owen Hughes thing-style, hitting power, and scored a fine goal from long range strength of defence. with a fast shot which hit the course of the tour he hit up eight hundreds-six of them against custodian's stick and broke into first-class sides-and such an im. Sillitoe. b Bennett, the net. The Punjabis made the pression did he make that somet. Garnons Williams, blyk score two all with a shot from Lt. critics went so far as to place him Sung L-Com. Greenstreet,"
b. Bennett Webb which gave Hamilton of among the best half-dozen buts-
en seen on English grounds instFdrar. Holloway, Eyal b (1923) summer. Francis was an A good movement by the Club excellent fast bowler of quite an A. C. Morley, finished badly, but Mitchell soon old-fashioned type. Scoring the put the Club one up, and this lead "off theory" he bowled at the was maintained until the anabwicket, and in match after match
he was justified by results. whistle. Woodward had stopped
was he who put his side on the the pill nicely from a corner and road to victory against Surrey at
a grand shot the Oval and upset England bats. Phillips, e Green, h Lyat 18 Mitchell sent in
Themen at Scarborough. Though not E. R. A. Tinker, not out.. which struck a defender.
normal in speed he always-Com. Beatty, e Nave, b maintained a line pace.
chance..
ball-bounced way up into the air
down slowly.
With
and came half a dozen opponents watching him, Mitchell had an opportunist, half-volley smack at the ball. This put plenty of screw into the shot with the result that it hit one post and spun into the opposite corner of the goal with the goalie guess- ing.
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The Punjabis deserve credit for their stubborn defence and the liveliness of their attacks in which they were well fed by the wing men.
LEAGUE SOCCER.
SOME OF SATURDAY'S TEAMS.
The following teams have been selected to represent the Kowloon Football Club in league matches on Saturday.
Bennett
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PROBABLE, ATTACK ON
HONAN
(Reuter's Service)
Felting, January
Mining.
Kallan Mining Ad. Langkats (Combined)
(Single) Shanghai Exploration Shanghai Loan
do.
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Tronoh Mines. Ural Caspians
Docks Wharves Godowns, &c. B.K. & K. Wharves H.K. & W. Docks
Hongkewa
New Engineerings. Shanghai Docks:
Lands, Fotels & Bldgs. H.K. & S. Hotele (ald). (new) do. Hongkong Lands H.K. Realty
Humphreys Estates Princes Building Rural Lands
1 is reported in Chinese, circles!
Ching in and Chang are preparing for There was an earthquake sheck Tsung-chang
It is suggested at 12.40 this morning, lasting five more tighting. seconds, Buildings shook violent-at they will ne defensively R.K. Territorials
Tiendein-Pukow Ting and fly and many people rushed anclad the
streets and spent the attack Honum, into the mght in the open. The damage done was slight, only districts ad- Bacent to the Raine being affecter
Amsterdam. Jan. 6. The foods are subsiding every- where except in Northern Limburg and Deventer where Tsingtao, Weibsien, and another dyke on the River Ysel
has burst near the village. of
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Foot and mouth disease has Obroken out among the cattle in-
Balgoy and in several other 12 villages.
T Shou-cheng left singtao on Monday for Tsimi. It is expected that his 4,000 troops will be sent To the Thehow front,"
Boiling stock is being concentrat
[Tsiranfu.
CROWN RENOUNCED,
PRINCE CHARLES TO LEAVE ROUMANIA.
(Reuter'a Service.)
Bucharest, January 6. Prince Charles, in a letter of re- CHINESE WANT MORE THAN Junciation, in addition to
$75,000.
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The Hon. F. S. G. Calthorpe is The team the English captain. consists mainly of amateurs}
First XI v. Surreys,. Kowloon ground, 4.p.m.: Rasmussen; Wheeler, Reed and/or Urquhart:' Turner, Sims, McKelvie; McBride, Linaker, Caveille, Pasco, Hayes. Reserve-Taylor..
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$600 & 2 SUITS!
LATE BATTLING SIKI'S ESTATE.
"END OF WILD CAREER.”. (United Press.)
New York, Dec. 31. Battling Siki had about $600 and two checked suits when an assussin's bullet ended his wild career about three weeks ago according to administrators who examined his estate.
THE NOBLE ART.
EUROPE'S "BANTAM"
TITLE.
A FIGHT IN ITALY.
(Associated Press.)
Milan (Italy), Dec. 28.
bantamweight The
boxing championship of Europe was won' Reserves v. Club de Recreio on points last night by Bernasconi, "A" Kowloon ground, 2.30 p.m. an Italian, who outpointed Scillie, Logan; Guest, Knight, Street, the Belgian title-holder, in Brown, Ullier: Morris, Vickars, fifteen round bout.. Spary, Miles, Enstman.
[Note No official intimation "B" XI v. South China "B," has come through regarding re- South China ground, 2.80 p.m.cognition of the claim to the title.1 Matchin: White, Bliss: Elkins,
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B. Pethefam, b Allen Capt. Morris, b Sillitöe Capt. Warters, c&b Silito Pay Lt. Nave, run out J. P. Robinson, & Allen Eng. Lt. Bennett, ċ Ovérbury,
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Shanghai, Janney 6.
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nouncing his titles, prerogativeHongkong Amusements. naud rights over his son and ow!K. Constructions Hongkong Electrics he latter's property, undertakes 11.K. Developments, not to return to Bountain for HK. Ropes (comb.)
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Hongkong Tramwaye Lane Crawfords Macao Electrics Mackintosh Nanyang Tobaccos Peak Trams" (old)
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STATE AID, BRITISH WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
The action is taken under -] motions from the Peking Gioveŕn- « ment, which considers the sum is
insufficient."
(Reuter's Service,) [In notifying is wesplaner of 12 he resignations of Mr. McEnen,
Tondon, January 6. of Police, Commissioner
There were nearly 150,000 up: 11 Inspector Everson on December plications for State pensions, mude Watsons (old)
do. (new) Shanghai 5122. tae
Municipal by widows and orphans, and. deult! 3Council stated: The Council with at British Post Offices, when Wm. Powells
further desires to renew its exde sebeme operated yesterday, 136 pressions of regret at the loss of life to the first time,
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1.rehaves of the killed, encloso 4cheque of $75,000. which the 2 Comeu asks you to transmit to the 19 1Chinese Foreign Commissioner for distribution among those concerned
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(Associated Press.)
Tokyo, Dec. 19
NAVAL BILLET.
CHAMPAGNE LORE.
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as a complssionate grant." The Senior Consist on December 21 The young man in "Punch,"grapes improved the outlook, and One gathered some notion of the JAPAN BASEBALL. Transmitted the note to the Por-when asked whether he would have to fley are talking of 1925 as low and patient matiring of the years they give every bottle in the wign Commissioner, adding that he champagne or some other wina, in-likely to be a fairly good wine but wine. Once every year for five. This with by no means be a cellars a slight shake and change kelt sure the Commisioner would quired languidly, Are there other mall in quantity. appreciate the friendly spirit which wines? He would have shown inspired the Council's action. mre liveliness if he had been chesic year recorded in the cellar of position. Gently the sediment guest at the, Carlton Hotel books and the diaries of the learned. is made to settle on the cork, which at the lunch given by the The champagnes on the tongues of is finally cleverly extracted, and head of an ancient cham men at the moment are 17, 19, after other ritualistic observances. pagus house, when champagne and 21, the two former in reality you have champagne.ready for ex- Was the sole theme, if not the soles the current vintages, the last as l refreshment, writes the "Manches the promise of two yearr de
There are whispers of Hedley Nicholis F Jordan. The following will represent The growing popularity of
ter Guardin's London correspon thead. Ross, Thomson, Duncan, Nicholls, the Hongkong Cricket Club 2nd baseball in Japan is shown by a
dent, Tho sporches were devoted great things to be expected from XI v Civil Service 2nd XI In a recent announcement that, in the
Tardy to reciting the praises of 1921
THE PARTRIDGE'S EYE.. longue match at Happy Valley.one games played between the
champagne through the ages and partly to the business prospots Change jona The H.K.FC. 1st XI v. Club de Saturday, nt 2 p.m.-D. E. G. Univeralty of Chicago and cajina'
Engineer-Co Nicholson (Capt.), C. L. R. university teams the gate receipts Recreio (South China ground),"
Sweet The French growers are them,able. M. Couvreur, what one to more than 70,000
love, from the flotila leader. Is was interesting to learn what some of the didest vineyards pmis Rodgers Gerrard, Becher, H, Griffin, P. Jacks, A. K. amount Bishop Summers, Stewart, Mackenzie, T. D. L. Pendered, Yen The total receipts of Watson Brodie, Forsyth, A H. Plummer, O Skinner, University of Chicago games, MS. Abdiel has been the exporta ure expecting from this Francs, sketched the glory of cham appointed to the staff of Rear- r's vintage, although it will not pagus through the age from the Howard MacBride Key Re Stevenson, G. R. Vallack, therefore crew the best paying Admiral Cameron for duty at once the palate of the connois Emperor Domitia to King Edward rapta
erowds of the season. MOM Watson, serves:Mair, Johnstone.
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A TRANSFER TO SHANGHAI
ANNOUNCED.V
(Reuter's Service:)
- Shanghai
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partridga a ere" is the slight sug gestion of colcar which shows that that campagne was made from ra
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