›WEDNESDAY, '' APRIL
1927
SPORTS SECTION
JOCKEY'S DEATH.
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GEORGÉ ARCHIBALD AT NEWMARKET.'
WON ONE CLASSIC RACE.
London. April 5." The death is announced of Geodge Archibald,, the jockey.
HOME FOOTBALL.
AMATEURS OF GLASGOW DEFEATED.
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LOSE ON OWN GROUND.
London, April 5. On their own ground to-day, Park (the Glasgow He rode five horses at New-amateur club) lost to Hibernians market to-day and then complain. (of Edinburgh) by the odd goal ed of severe pains in the stomach.
Queen's
WILBOUR PLAYER
COMING TO HONG KONG
FOR 10 DAYS.
·AMERICAN STARS' SHOW
THE CHINA MAIL
the personné, or the company touring the Chrland TAT
OKS.
WINDSOR CASTLE GHOST [STORIES
HERNE THE HUNTER"
Very High Reputation." The company has bean two at the Camino, San Francfa rest theatre during watch me the comparty was improved and re- organises. Mr. Wilbur then took his colleagues to Honolulu, partly for al holiday and partly for an engage
"Windsor, March 15. ment. There they played sixty=|| four continuous weeks to English-King George does not believe In sponking audiences of all nation-spooks. But a great many of the villagers living within the shadow
Having played together centinu ously for more than three your the Wilbur Players, an organisa tion comprising the pick of Ameri-alition a secord. Maaraddang can actors, and actresses-atara. An
It is with a reputation, high as of Windsor Castle, the chief resi their own right with experience in Ay, that the Wilbur Players are dence of the English sovereigns, New York's greatest theatres, will coming here. They were booked for are devout believers in ghosts, hund come to Hong Kong on April 12 for month at the Embassy Theatre, the King would like to change their an engagement of ten days at the Shanghai, but the engagement was view Star Theatre, Kowloon,
cancelled on account of the trouble Earle spunde emanating from un up there.
ancient wing of the Castle were In this case, Shanghal's bad luckósponsible for the latent thrill af
Hong Kong's fortune.. In this remarkable company are the military guard who occupy the forded the vilhjors. «Mumbers of
N. Anthony Baker, Earl Hodgins,
He went to his home and died; of the Scottish Football League.much of his dramatle 'training | Richard Wilbur, Florence Printy wing reported strange shadows. and
Reuter,
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Archibald was an American flat race rider. He made a big name for himself on the Continent and once rode for the Kaiser.
After the War he went to Eng land, where he was considered one of the best long distance jockeys. Among other stables, he has ridden for H.H. the Aga Khan.
The only English classic race he won was the 1922 Two. Thou- sand Guineas on St. Louis, when he beat the better backed Pondo- land and Captain Cuttle.
NOT FINISHED.
LONG, MATCH IN TENNIS TOURNEY.
H. D. RUMJAHN WINS.
1.
Mr. Richard Wilbur, who has for eighteen years, and who gained In seven, in a match in division I operated his own companies
In the English League, Division under the famous David Belasco III (Northern section), Nelson who played with Blanche Eates in boat Rochdale by B-1 (at Nelson), The Darling of the Gods," and who assisted in the Belasco production Reuter
of "Ben Kur" has picked well
BOXING ARENA.
MR. C. B. COCHRAN'S LONDON
PLAN
100.000 CHEAP 'SEATS.
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An open-air arena in London to seat 100,000 people at cheap prices in contemplated by Mr. B Cochran, the theatrical producer, for the world's middleweight box- Ing championship, to be fought this summer between Tommy Myan
Scotland and Mickery Walker, Palted: Stales).
Mr. Cochran said in mail week: that he had been offered a site near an underground station and omel bus routes, and accessible by motor. ext Plans would be ready within rough the next few days. und estimate as, to the cost of putting up the stand was favourable.
After losing two sets to Nx Sze cheung, the veteran" Chlonel C. Russell Brown. RE.. played on in Ane stek yesterday in the open singles of the F.K.C.C. Fennis teri The financial conditions regard- nament and ultimately row leveling the fight A settled, M In the last set. the score went to forhran said, adding: " could 4 games at when the light brought make this contest pay in any hall about a closure. The mulch will be but for the sake of boxing I want as man people as possible to: Mul replayed.
Ne Sze-chener is a brother of Ng the ex-champion).
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Ronian-Pattern Stand.
Previous attempts in the promo- experience, having competed attien er openair boxing contests in Wimbledon, and possesses a variety England have not included an dren
of strokes If not power. He is seen
suitable for boxing enthusiasts,; who must be able to have a close
at his best ainst un orthodoxiew of the tight. attacking opponent.
"The right way is to make
The Colonel, had Ng Sze-ehrung stand on the eld Roman pattern, like in diffculties with his pretty chop an inverted lampshade, with seats strokes,
rising from the rhgside. June
Also in the "open singles, H. D.weather in England is not such a Rumah bent H. Akiyama' in great, gamble. There would be a straight seis after some sound ten very lange number of cheap seats | nis. Young Rumjan gave con- which would cost shillings each and vincing display, "placing to advannot pounds us, at other big ghas, tage and striking overhead with and the dearest seats, would not cost confidence. Yesterday's results:- more than £5 each,"
Open Singles,
Second round:-H. D. Rumjaha beat H. Akiyama, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Club Championship.
Major W. B. Stuyenson boat H. J.
Armstrong.. 6-2, 6-0, 6-1.
Handleap Singles "B."
J. F. Kennedy (rec. 15) beat/
C. W. F. Bishop (owe 15/3), 6-7 6-4.
7-5.
Today's Matches.
Open Singles:25. A. Rumjahn v
R. M. Henderson.
Club Championship:-Capt. E. H. Jacobs Larkcom V. T. D. E. Pendered. **
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Handicap Singles "A" Green (owu 15/8) v. Capt. E. W Morris (aer, D. S. Green free. 3/6) v. Dr. D. J. Valentine (ree 1/6).
GOLF CLUB.
JUNIOR SECTION, SECOND ROUND.
The second round of the Junior Section championship of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club has beer completed, the results being as follow:-
J. M. McBride beat D. Lyon.
Mr. Cochran at the same time has alternative proposals for the stag ing of the fight in Scotland or at Blackpool
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OLYMPIC ATHLETES.
£20,000 NEEDED FOR 1929 GAMES.
Kneeland Parker, Edgar Cart-noises night after night. Reports wright Florenes Underhill, Tove of what the soldiers had seen and Lindan. Verna Mersereau, Michel heard finally reached the King him- Dupre Caryl Coleman, and others self A
Miss Tove Lindan, of the Wübur Players, to appear in Hong Kong on April 12,
MASTERS BLAMED.
FAMOUS PLAYER & RUGBY TRAINING.
NOT UP TO STANDARD?
SMALLER BALL.
OUR CRICKET LEGISLATORS'
DECISIONS.
COVERING THE FITCH.
About the same time the London. newspapers published stories to the kaffect the villagers had heard the ghbaly pack of "Heins the Hunter." a forest ranger who hanged himself" [because he had fallen under the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth. There are not hounds in this in- mediate vicinity. But several ||families told investig-fore that frequently, after midnight, they had heard the baying of the hounds. in full cry....
The King' theory regarding Herne's pack, mentioned by Shakey- pears in "The Merry Wives of Windsor was that the "baying" wns caused by a lot of bothersome goose which in flocks prowled about! the countryside in the early morn- ing hours.
When the guard reported weird midnight sounda an, coming from the tower of Henry M the King called in his building experts to as certain whether the building Was settling. They reported they could And no trace of spooks or any cracks in the buliding" of any con- sequence. Windsor Castle, as A whole, the inspectors reported, was found to be in a Ane state of pre- servation and "Is good yet for three or four centuries."
Ghost stories have been one of the favourite topics of Windsor for Thundreds of years, but with the latest report of modern building Inspectors the King. hopea these will now vanish.
MENACE TO RESORTS.
BRITISH PAY FOR NICE. PROMENADE.
There are coming into being at the. least twelve new resorts on cousts of Holland. Belgium, and France, deliberately planned and buiit to attract and eater for the. familles of the British upper, middle, and lower middle classes," In addition to fixing the new sald Mr. J. W. Mawson. F.RL.B.A.; wystem of scoring, the meeting of in a lecture on "Town Planning and the Advisory County Cricket Com the Future of British Health Re- mittee at Lord's heard the counties
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Mr. Adriah Stoop, the famous Rugby football player and referee, made an attack on the sports mas- ters. of the great public school, nur-express themselves as favourable sorts," delivered at Bognor
He said that the habit of pre- scries of the game in a speech at
to the adoption of the smaller a dinner of the Northampton Rugby cricket ball..
ferring Continental to British ze- Lord Rochdale, presiding at Club.
The counties agreed to favour sorta was becoming a very serious the annual meeting of the British. He thinks modern Rugby football the use of a smaller ball, and when meance. No less than 1,025.000 Olymple Association, said more has fallen away from the standard Warwickshire brought forward, a crossed from this country to the than £20,000 would be needed to of pre-war days, and that it is lack-proposal in regard to the law of Continent last year. The number dquip, house,. transport, and feeding in personality. Mr. Stoop covering the wicket some alight al-was steadily increasing. In Cannes the 500 British athletes taking places the blame on the sports masteratichs were made. As carried alone there were over 3,000 villas
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which were owned and occupied by part in the Amsterdam Olympiad ters
"They are largely the cause of "Any covering "may be adopted English families, while even the
Rágby game," he said..
of 1328. The appeal committee,
of which the Earl of Birkenhead there being less personality in the to protect the whole of the pitch promenade at Nice was largely At any time after, but not before, built and paid for by the English was chairman, was representa Fixed Places in the Scrum. ・・
1a.m. on the day immediately colony. We were exporting some- tive of every form of sport.
preceding until the time fred for thing like £10,000,000 a year of Mr. "Stoop criticised also the the match or until it begins, but money carried by tourists to the A good case could be made out, he said, for going to the Governmethod of giving boys fxed places all cases where the whole of the Continent, and we could only per- wicket is so protected in a Satursuade these people to take their ment to support British athletes in the scrum.“
"Old players know there is only day start match, with the cuent holidays in tale country i wa in the competition. It had not one place where forward play can of the two captains, the same offered something equally good or however, been the policy of the be learned," he said. "It would be covering may be used throughout better than they could and abroad. association to go to the Govern-a good thing to revert to the old the succeeding Sunday.
Mr. Mawson argued that the run- ment. although the German practice and let forwards. find their
Protection at Night.
ning of a holiday resort, could be Government had made a grant of own level: Before a forward player
"After the actual commencement ikened to that of an industrial.com- 425,000 marks to their competi- takes a fixed place he must learn of play the ground may be again pany. The ratepayers were the tors. The Dutch Government how to play, and must gain the pro-protected when necessary, and shall shareholders, and the local also had been asked for a grant, per offensive spirit."
be protected every night during the authority the board of directors. while other nations were
Mr. B. S. Cumberlege, the former continuation of a match, but the But where was the general mana England. full back and Blackheath covering shall be removed each ger to act as the executive forze?
morning, if fine, at 7am.
At present the whole responsibility The covering after the com- fell principally upon the town clerk mencement of the match must not and the surveyor. He urged, that protect a larger area than 18ft there was a strong case for the ap 121t. at each end, and must not protect more than 3ft. Bin in front poliment of independent bodles similar to the syndicats d'initiative, of the popping crease except in France, to whom should be de Sundays da previou provided
legated some of the responsibility for the entertainment and the wall- being of visitors to our holiday. resorts.
coll-
R. C. Wallace beat A. E. Clarke.sidering the question of official
J. Laing beat P. Morrison.
J. McCubbin heat F. H. Glover.
Captain's Cup..
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player, disagrees,
financial aid.
Owing to the difficulty of find-
Great Improvement. ing adequate hotel accommoda.
The sportą master is the only There were twenty-nine entriestion on shore at Amsterdam, the
person who can train the coming for the Captain's Cup (Apri council of the association is con- generation," he said to a press re- qualifying competition) played at sidering the desirability of char-presentative and he is doing it re-
LRtering a ship and using it as a markably welk Farling last week-end. Andrewcs won with a score of hotel.
"The last two seasons have seen 81— — 76, the next best cards
a great improvement in the type of being returned by: Capt. H. F. EMPIRE BILLIARDS TOURNEY. player joining the clubs from the Bloxham, 847 77; J, Smith,
schoola. There is a great deal of 89-11- 77; W. L. Alexander,
personality in these recruits, and it 95 18 77: T. S Whyte A Burroughes Hall, the Empire must not be forgotten that they are Smith, 88 1078; D. G. billiards championship is in pro-almost the first who were not handi- Bruce, 88 10 78.
capped by the war."
Optional Pool.
greas..
London, March 10.
In the second match Steeples, [" England, (2,000), beat Smith, Seot- Fourteen cards were taken outland (1,498). in the Optional Pool, which was won by Capt. H. F. Bloxhars with
a score of 82-776,
RIFLE MEETING.
VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS ENTRIES.
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A fairly large number of entries have been made for the annual rife mesting of the Hong Kong Yolun teer Defence Corps (to be held at Stonecutters, on April 17 and 18.).
Corna Sergt. Major H. Westlake, DCM(holder) is one of the forty entrants for the Corps cham
In the frat match, Prior, South Africa, (2,000) beat Coles, Wales, (1,638),
The tournament la played on the American system, England, Scot land, Wales, and South Africa com- peting.
TO MAKE RACING PAY:
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(Standard. Time of the 120th Meridian, East of Greenich) Date
Surre Sunset
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•Ming- ister for Agriculture, some days Gloucestershire C.C have had gd, they told him they could not gen to fall back on one of their older make racing pay, and he promised school of batsmen to lead the te Introduce the Tate" immediately. team this year, in succession to The deputation also asked the Col. D. C Robinson. WH Government to consider the desir Rowlands, the new captain, is shity of removing the tax made now in his 44th year and has not P. Fitzgerald. Bresk racecourses.E played first-class cricket regular the Breeders Associati ly since 1921, though on one of land, pronounced that breedi his occasional appearances fire dependant upon razlog, and he
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