1927-08-01 — Page 9

MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1927.

SPORTS

MY NOTE BOOK.

The Week-End Sporting Programme.

LOCAL BOXING NOTES.

News From Old Hong Kong

Net Man,

THE SMALL CRICKET BALL.

[By The Trump."] The week-end sporting pro gramme was partially arrested by the inclement weather, though most of Saturday's fixtures were played off. Tennis, however, suffered, and only two lengue

matches were disposed of.

In

LOCAL BASEBALL.

GOOD WIN FOR KONG HONG B.C.

GAME THIS AFTERNOON.

With the score at 5-2 against

TWO ARMY WINS.

Chinese Beaten At Soccer.

INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY.

Fine Defence Play By Cameronians.

THE CHINA MAIL.

DAVIS CUP.

A SUGGESTION FOR HONG KONG.

PROMOTION OF CONCORD.

[Contributed.]

LOCAL BOXING.

SEASON OPENING IN NOVEMBER.

ABLE-SEAMAN EWIN.

The boxing season in Hong Kong will open officially on the first Saturday in November,

Hermes, retiring welterweight Able-Senman Ewl, of HM.S.

and ex-middle-weight champion of the Colony, is shortly leaving the Navy and is going under contract

FREDDIE WELSH.

DIED IN COMFORTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.

PROPERTY IN AMERICA..

New York. Yesterday. Freddy Welsh was buried here to-day. The poll-bearers were MeTigue and Johnny Dundee. Mickey Walker; Benny Leonard;

His brother announced that he

did not die in poverty as was Ken erally believed. He owned pro

V.R.C. FETE.

Second Night Gala

Success.

THE PRIZE LIST. *

Army Beats Navy In Water Polo Game.

them at the end of the fourth led by the absence on the Austra-Doubles Tennis Championship Com- Control. He will be trained by refused an offer of $80,000 and also ceas, and a large gathering enjoyed

C.

to the British Boxing Board of nerty in California for which he

pian of England, Mat. Wells, ex-light-weight cham- had real estate in New York worth London:

at Blackfriars, $45,000-Reuter.

It

work.

tennis Olympia where Tom, Dick and Harry, or rather Smith, Chan Silva, Singh, Khan and Mitsui meet

The Hong Kong Cricket Club has done much for sport and aportamen in this Colony, and athletes and spectators feel grateful: One of the finest things they ever did was With their teams rather deplet-about ten years ago when they in stituted the. Open Singles and inning, the Hong Kong Baseball lian tour of some of their best petition. Club pulled the game round players, the South China Athleticspiration, and its realisation has act That was a happy lo against the Club de Recreio yea-Association suffered two defents only given joy to hundreds and a terday and ran out winners by

fillip to local tennis but has proved at the hands of Service teams at to 10-7.

a powerful, force for good, From the spectators' point of Sookumpoo on Saturday after-a binding and harmonising factor, view the match would have been a noon, when friendly matches were nationalities and a destroyer

a welder of good feeling between of very dull affair

but for the played in aid of the fund being petty and foolish.differences. splendid recovery of the Club

into tennis here; when they notched eight runs in raised to defray the expenses of has pat life

the Colony's athletes who will war was in a moribund state. a and that game, which before the the fifth inning.

the Remedios,

Recreio take part in the Far Eastern family and club affair, is now ene pitcher, was holding his oppon- Olympiad.

of the most potent powers in the ents down in a praiseworthy

sporting life of the Colony. In both matches, against the about two months every year the For manner up to the fifth inning Cameronians and an eleven pick-cricket ground is a sort of inter- when the batters appeared to ed from the 15th Infantry Brig national sports arena, a miniature have "got the measure" of him. ade, respectively, the Chinese lost the lawn bowls games there were Bowker started the fun with a one or two surprises. The Bowl- two-bagger and brought in Lesser by three goals to nil.

In spite of the fact that they ing Green Club ran Taikoo to a from first base. McArdle also were playing on very slippery draw, and the TR.C. second reached the second sack on a hit ground, to which the Chinese are and with things looking pretty naturally more accustomed, the string could do no more than draw bad for the Portuguese boys, J. Cameronians played a sterling with the Recreio. Craigengower Alvares relieved Remedios as game against their more fleet- secured a brace of victories, at pitcher but could not improve footed opponents. Their defence was beyond reproach, and it was the expense of the Civil Service

Four runs had been scored in thanks to this that the Chinese) and East Point. Despite the sur-this one inning, nobody was down were unable to make any head- prises, the league tables remain and bases were full, when Bur-way. It was rarely that they got

The Chinese rell made a mighty hit past past the as they were.

backs, and then the in friendly rivalry, and where the centre-field which looked good for shots they directed toward goal play, not the individual, is the Amateur Athletic Association

a home run, but the batter only were handled in a businesslike thing. This delightfully keen and sustained two soccer defeats from reached third.

manner by the Cameronians' cus-clean competition is now one of the Service teams, and in the baseball

todian.

Colony's institutions and its stop At the other end the soldiers page would he regarded by many only the Saturday game, well won by the Hong Kong B.C., was pos-

a time, but, after a spell of re-rothers, Noshit. Ng Szo-kwong met with some stiff opposition for as a calamity. The sportsmanship of players like the Hancock sible, the Happy Valley diamond | pinte.

lentless attacking, they had the Honda, the Rumjahos and others The teams being considered too waterlogged

as enemy's vitudel at their mercy, has dore more in the way of bar follows: to permit of the "Tigers"

and banged in three goals without rier-breaking and promotion of H.K.B.B.C.

reply.

The Chinese seemed to camaraderie than a hundred ser- (S.C.A.A.) meeting the Japanese Murray

lose heart after the first goal and mons could do. And so we take yesterday. To-day there is a Burrell

did not play with the same judg-| our hate off to the Hong Kong game between the U.S.S. "Helena" | Muccio

ment which they exhibited earlier Cricket Club.

matters.

In the fast inning, the Recreio had five runs to make to tie the players managed to reach the score, but only two of their

Lesser

and an all-Hong Kong team. Rain Bowker spoiled the Happy Valley Sum-Cockey mer golf meeting,

McArdle Craven Mahon

Friend Brook, the hard-work-Bay! ing manager of the Hong Kong Resikoff Boxing Association, issues an in- 'teresting statement regarding

A.B. Ewin. This appears in un- other part of this paper. He also .announces that the local season will open on the first Saturday in November. In this connection he takes me to tusk for what I wrote the other day in connection with "hot weather" boxing. He thinks I should know better than -even to murmur that tournaments could be held later in the year than they are held. Well, it was only a little suggestion, and 1 sup- pose he knows more about local

. conditions than I do.

lined

up

C. de R. Gosano

3b 1b J. Alvares

ef

C. Pereiro

3b

M. Barros

3.3.

H. Alves

p. C. Remalios If L. Rocha

C.

r.f. H. Barros

A. Alvares C. Figueiredo

Umpires:-Ho and Zafru.

LEAGUE TABLE

in the game. This cost them dearly, and when two more goals came, the large crowd of Chinese supporters began to leave long before the game was due to fin- ish. Toward the end the Chinese rallied well and had their full share of the exchanges, but, try as they would, they could not. make any impression on the sol- diers' stonewall defence. When the final whistle came the Chinese

The positions in the League to were the losers by three goals. date are:-

being unable to score even once.

"Dragons" Hong Kong B.B.C. Japanese B.B.C.

Club de Recreio Filipino B.B.C. "Tigers"

P. W. L.

4 4 0

4

5 #

5 2

0

Game For To-day.

Infantry on Top.

The second match between the Chinese and the 15th Infantry

2 Brigade provided hardly more 4thrills. The soldiers were a well}

balanced team and more than a match for the Chinese, even in the matter of speed, for which "gers"

The league match between the the latter are noted.

and the Japanese, scheduled for yesterday, was first few minutes,

There was midfield play for the the opposing postponed.

teams empleying the time as There will be a baseball game "feelers." Then the soldiers got to-day, at Happy Valley, the going and soon things were made! U.S.S. "Helena" nine playing the pretty hot for the Chinese. They All Hong Kong at 4 p.m.

were able to relieve the pressure

Is the small cricket ball, I won- S. Hachiuma, of the managing only temporarily, and after two der, achieving the object for committee of the All Hong Kong weak clearances, in which the ball which it was introduced? A team, has announced the follow- was not sent more than half a glance through the Countying as the line-up: S. L. Lee, dozen yards down the field, the cricket results telegraphed to S. S. Lee Zafra, Leonard, S. soldiers came in with a dash and Hong Kong on Saturday last Hachiuma, Gozano, Alves, the ball was in the net before the would indicate that it is. Bowlers | Kusano, Rocha, Cockey, Y. Chinese goalkeeper realised what had the upper hand in most of the | Hachiuma, Murata, and Shim.

matches, and in all only two cen-

turies were recorded. The most

remarkable incident was the dis-

was happening. The Chinese made some abortive attacks after this and then the soldiers again went on the warpath. Once more

with a long shot which had the goalkeeper baffled. There was no more "damage" done until half: time,

missal of Yorkshire for 67, Jupp KING ALFONSO'S CUP. the Chinese defence was beaten

of Northants taking seven

wickets for 21 runs. Then, there was Somerset's small score, the

westerners being able only to raise one more than did Yorks,

SPANISH-AMERICAN YACHT RACE.

New York, Saturday.

In the second half the Chinese

which is worthy of note seeing King Alfonso has presented got together better and for a time that they were playing Glamor-cup for competition between the soldiers could not get very far ganshire, a county not over Spanish and American yachts over beyond the centre line. The blessed with bowling talent. Very an ocean course between New York, Chinese, on the other hand, man- few of the county totals exceeded and Santander. The first race will aged to get the ball into the sol- a couple of hundred runs.be held next July. Rhodes sho ed that he is still a

bowler to be reckoned with.

·

I have just heard from Mr. DAVIS CUP TENNIS.

MEXICO WIN AGAINST JAPAN,

diers' territory by means of long- kicks, which, however, they were unable to follow up. The sol- diers' third goal, like the others, carne with painful suddenness. After the Chinese had spoiled two promising raida, the soldiers' centre forward trapped the ball from a kick away by the Chinese, Kinsey and Butlin (Mexico) beat what was happening he had and before anyone had. realised and Shimidzu (Japan) broken through, thanka to aj beautiful piece of combination with the inside left. A slight tap of the ball from one man to an- other was followed by a swift

Harada

St. Louis, Saturday.

Dennia H. Hazel well known in local tennia eircles, who has been participating in the Jeram Club annual tennis tournament, winning, with Mr. E. N. W. Oliver, 'the men's doubles and, with Mrs. Bucknell, the mixed doubles. 7.5, 6-2, 2-6, 3-6, 6-3.-Reuter, He enys he ig now lay- ing at the top of his form. Regarding the first named final, which was won against Wyatt- :Smith and Clifton 8-6, 7-5, the Mr. Hazell and Mr. Abed have side kick, and the ball was lodged |

"Straits Budget" says:-

entered for the Malayan Open in a corner of the net before the "Oliver and Hazell, playing to- championship doubles, which will Chinese custodian saw it coming. gether for the first time, proved be held at Kuala Lumpur during The Chinese made several brave a very fine combination, and more the August holidays, and the late attempts to reduce the lead, but should be seen of this pair. Both Hong Kong player is partner- they seldom got behind the half- were very powerful overhead and ing Mrs. Bucknell in the mixed back line. Only once did they get good volleyers while their services doubles..

the ball past the backs and then were good. Despite the heavy

it was a soft ground shot which

handicap (owa 40 against 1) they I am told that the V.R.C. has the soldiers' custodian casily deservedly won though the semi-decided to cut out the Annual scooped up and punted away. To- final against Hovil and Digby was Aquatics this year and to run the ward the close the soldiers had a close thing, the score being 6-2, majority of the_championship an excellent chance to add a 4-6, 8-6.

events at Night Fetes. At the fourth goal when they were next Fete on August 20, the 100 awarded a penalty, but the shot In the mixed doubles, Mrs. yards backstroke championship went. wide. The final whistle Bucknell and Hazell (owe .4) beat of the Colohy and the 100 yards came immediately afterward, Mrs. Edwards and H. G. L. Services championship will be leaving the soldiers victors by Richards (owe „3) 6-2, 6-4.1keld.

three goals to nil.

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League tennis on page 10;

Lawn bowls on page 11,

American baseball on page 5.

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KING'S AIR CUP.

WON BY W, L. HOPE IN BABY MOTH.

London, Saturday. The annual air race

for the King's Cup attracted 17 starters, including Lady Bailey

The

of the Victoria Recreation

The second night swimming fute Club held on Saturday was another suc-

a fine evening's sport. Afterward- dance music was provided by the Lyric Orchestra, and many couples took the floor.

During an interval between tho dancing the prizes won during tho evening were distributed by Mrs. W. T. Southorn, who was

ACCUEI panied by her husband, the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn (Colonial Secretary). At the conclusion sho was thanked by Mr Cooke. Secre tury of the Club, who expressed the hope that Mrs. Southorn would their come to see many more of night fetes. Three cheers were then called for Mra, Southorn, the response being very hearty,

The results of the evening's aport were as follow:

for

men-

courze was over 45 miles from Husknall Aerodrome to Notting ham. The race was won by .W. L.

100 yarde handicap Hope. flying D. H. 60 horse-bers.-1. A. Victor: 2. R. Strange, power, in five hours, 50 minutes, 40 seconds.

100 yards handicap for boys 16 Flying conditione were bad. Reuter.

and under-1, F. Anslow: 2, J. §. Lyon,

splendid chance to further this good Why not a Hong Kong Davis Cup Competition for the benefit of charity? What "soccer" has been doing in this department surely tennis can do. Nor, we are certain. would the Cricket Club be one whit behind the Football Club in such a laudable effort. When the annual tennis tournament is over anal before the stands are taken down, while hundreds are talking tennis and discussing and disputing the merits of certain pairs and Individuals a knock-out international competition on Davis Cup lines would fetch a goodly sum. What football has done for local charity-by means of the “Sunday

Big and Little Engines. Herald" Cup competition-tennis

Rugby, Saturday. can do. We have the spectators willing to pay and

Eighteen pilots, Including one A galaxy of nations likely to participate: Bri- woman, Lady Abe Bailey, who is own Moth aeroplane, tain (or perhaps England, Scotland flying her and Ireland) America, Portugal,started to-day in the air race for Holland, China, India, and Japan. the King's Cup over a course of Now you Rotarians. International two circuits, each ista, Cosmopolitans, and Humanists

about 180 here you have a unique chance

One of the circuits will be tra- of putting theory into practice! Ye versed twice, making a total dis Fords and Carnegies full of the tance of 640 miles. What is, rc-

goodwill, here is your opportunity! Napier "Avenger gives five hours milk, of human kindness and de- garded as the fastest neroplane in sirous of promoting international the Royal Air Force, the Avro

[At the conclusion of last open start to the smallest machine in tennis tournament. an exhibition the race, the "Anee Second.” match was played in aid of the The "Anee's" engine is only forty funds of the M.C.L. There is horse power and contrasts strik- thus precedent for charity to bene-ingly with the Hawker Rolls Royce fit though the inauguration of a bombing plane with its 700 horse Hong Kong Davis Cup competition. power engine, which is also com It seems to us that there is a-Ed. "C.M."]

peting....

AT

CLEARANCE

miles.

of

50 yards handicap for Indies.~ Miss Phyllis Hunt; 2, Misa Mary Crossan.

Open high dive-1, W. Urquhart; 2. E. Roza.

Team race.-Won by Mr.

Strange's team composed of Messrs. Аввитрело, G, Noronha, J. Alarakia, da Silva and A. Noronha, five goals to two,

Water Polo-Army beat Navy bự

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