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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928.

SPORTS

SHIELD TIES BEGIN.

Seven Matches Down For To-morrow.

· LEAGUE LEADERS v. HOLDERS.

Three Good Games in Senior Division.

[By "Rover."]

RACE MEETINGS.

PROGRAMME FOR FIRST

--- "EXTRA.”

MACAO ON MARCH 4.

The programme for the Hong Kong Jockey Club's 1st extra race meeting of the season on Feb. 25 is as follows:---

1.-2 p.m., Happy Valley Handi- cap: "A" Class: Six furlonga-For China ponies.

THE CHINA MAIL,

the 6th Extra Meeting, December 11, 1927. Weight for inches as per acale. (Jockey allowance),

2.-The Chun Chit Plate: Half a mile. For unplaced ponies of the 5th Extra Meeting, December 11, | 1927.' Weight for inches as per

scale,

3. The Sun Chun Plate! Seven furlongs.--For subscription griffins of 1028 of Hong Kong Jockey Club that have been unplaced since February 13, 1928. Weight for inches as per scale.

4-The Lit Chun Plate: One mile. For all China ponies. Weight for Inches as per scale. Winners, since January 1, 1928, of one race 6 lbs. extra; of two or more races Ths. extra. Classic winner since January 1, 1928, barred.

2-February Stakes: Five fur- longs. For China ponies, subscrip- tion griffins of this Club of this season, non-winners, whether start-7 era or not. Weight for Inches as per scale. Jockey allowance.

A very attractive programme of soccer matches has been arranged for to-morrow, the first round of the Hong Kong Shield competition being the big event, with three senior matches and four junior matches. 3.Happy Valley. Handicap: "B" All the ties are of very great interest to local footballers. In addition there are two senior League matches and two junior League matches, full particulars being:-

Shield, Senior division, 1st round, klek-off 4.15 p.m.

Class: Six furlongs.-For China ponies.

4.-First Extra Meeting Stakes: One mile. For all China ponies.

Winners of a race this year value

6. The Chun Fan Plate: Once

round-For all non-winning ponies since September 1, 1927. Weight for Inches as per scale...

6. The Yuen Stu Plate: Nine furlongs. For all China ponies that have started since January 13, $750 or over, & lbs. penalty. Sub-1928, and riot been placed. Weight 7. The Shang Yuen Plate: 114 miles. For all China panies that have not won more than three races

Chinese Athletic v. K.O.S.B. Regt.. ILKF.C. ground, Referee, Weight for Inches as per seale. Club de Recreio v. Hong Kong Police, King's Park, Referee. Mr.

Mr. Barber.

llyson.

Royal Artillery v. South China, Sookumpoo, Referee Mr. Wille. Shield, Junior division, Ist round, kick-off 2,30 p.m.

Royal Artillery v. K.O.S.B. Regt., Sookumpoo, Referee, Mr. Smith. Chinese Athletic v. South China "B," H.K.F.C. ground, Referee,

Mr. Baldwin.

Scot'a Guarda v. St. Joseph's College "B," Chatham Road,

Mr. Cowan,

St. Joseph's College "A" v. Hong Kong F.C., St. Joseph's

Referee, Capt. Austin,

Lengue, Division I, kick-off 4.15 p.m.

Referee,

ground,

Queen's Regt, v. Royal Air Force, Chatham Road,"Referee, C.Q.M.S.

Hutchings,

scription griffins of this Club (of this season allowed 5 ibs. Jockey allowance.

6. Happy Valley Handicap: "C" Class: Six furlongs,--For China ponies.

6.--Aberdeen Plate: One mile For China ponies, griffins of this

season, non-winners, whether start ers or not, Weight for inches as Įper scale. Jockey allowance,

7.-Stanley Stakes: One mile. For China ponies, aubscription

Weight for inches

149 per scale. Winners of one race 5 lbs. extra, of two races lba extra, of three or

allowance.

Scot's Guards y, Hong Kong F.C., Kowloon A.F.C. ground. Referee, griffins of this Club of this season..

Mr. Phillips.

League, Division II (Section B), kick-off 2,30 p.m.

Kung Woo v. Moslems, King's Park, Referee, Mr. Stokes,

S.C.A.A, Boy Scouts v. Kowloon F.C., South China ground, Referec, more races 10 lbs. extra. Jockey

Mr. Lamb.

Friendly Match, kick-of 2.30 p.m.

Kowloon F.C. v. Tourist Xl, Kowloon A.F.C, ground.

E

for inches as per scale,

during 1927. Weight for inches per scale. Winners of one race, 3 lbs. extra; of "two races, 5 lbs. extra; of three races 7 lbs. extra. a mile-For unplaced ponies of 8. The Ching Ming Plate: Half this meeting. A forced entry of $5. Weight for Inches as per scale.

NEW RECORD.

REAL CHAMPIONS.

TAP-AND-RUN BOXERS NOT

POPULAR.

ONE KIND OF POPULARITY.

There's only one kind of a popu- lar champion-the fellow fights.

who

out. He didn't run around the ring to recover.

He jumped at Jeffries and cut loose with the most furious attack' Jeff remembers having experienc-Bank ed in any light. He gave Joffries a furious fight for eleven rounds, and was knocked out. But Jeffries would have knocked out any man living that night.

He never ran from an opponent. of courage. He wouldn't step back even in the

fight with second

Fitz when Jeffries had both eyes nearly cloa-|

"Jeff" and Dempsey. Jim Jeffries was probably the Little Terry M'Govern was the greatest of all heavy-weight cham- most popular feather-weight the plons. He was 'stronger than any stopped back. He always rushed in condition, was fast as a middle- world ever looked at. Terry never other fighter, weighed 220 pounds forward. out practically all his opponents. furiously, aggressive he had plenty For years he knocked weight could box, and could hit

18 hard

us anyone. While not: eational. He was the only fighter His ights were startling and sen-, of his weight who classed with the hig fellows in drawing power. Because "Terrible Terry" deliver

the goods every time he stepped into ring.

Extreme caution, ability to jig lightly out of danger, to dodge and clinch and wrestle and stall, and to fight only in streaks when it seems safe to fight, may prove that the bird who does it is a smart business man, but it doesn't catch the fancy of the crowd.

Corbett & Ketchel, Young Corbett, of Denver, who eventually knocked out "Terrible Terry.'' was another knocked-out artist, and extremely popular in his day, says Robert Edgren, the

middle-weight after Bob Fitzsim- famous American writer;

Stanley Ketchel, the greatest mons, probably never ran a step backward in his life. He ran for ward.

.

I'll never forget the night in Philadelphia when Stanley fought the great Sam Langford, one of the finest fighting heavy-weights of them all, who could easily be heavy-weight champion If fighting to-day.

ed, both ears nearly torn off, his teeth loosened, his nose flattened, and one cheek bone fractured be- fore he knocked Fitz out,

While fighting his way up, and 8 champion, Dempsey was reck- less and furiously aggressive, Hc ever ran from anybody, never went back unless he was driven back b punches, and then he lean- ed in against the blows as he did with Firpo, trying to "get start- ed" and fight again.

Sprinting or Fighting?

I think that if he had been a little He was a spectacular champion.

fluenced by Kearns in wartime, he wiser, and had followed his own inclinations instead of being in- would have been the most popular. of all champions. He certainly hnd "colour."

so intellectual that

It may be that we are becoming sprinting to fighting, the deft and we prefer innocuous jab to the "sock" or the "wallop." But I doubt it. ench

After clever boxing champion there's always a hard-alugging fel- low who comes along when people are tired of boxing and gets all the glory.

There may be a Sullivan or a

in next

year's crop.

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LONDON EXCHANGES.

London, Yesterday.

124

Paris..

New York

Brussels

8.—Wanchai Handicap: Class: 14 miles: For ponies.

"A

China

Đ. Hanchal Handicap:

"A"

For China

vice.

London, Yesterday. A new record at Saint Moritz was created by Lord Northeak yester- day, who accomplished a full length When Filz Was Dangerous run of 1,320 yards in a Badsleagh Bob Fitzsimmons was the super- race in 68.5 seconds. During the lative master of fighting men. day he did three runs in less than a Weighing only 166 pounds, he Jeffries minute each-British Wireless Ser-knocked out Corbett, the heavy- Sometimes they come

weight champion. Fitzsimmons rush. was thought to have a trick of stalling in many of his fights against bigger men. He was said

4.87 7/32

84.00

Geneva

25.33

Amsterdam

12.10

Milan

92.05

Berlin

20.43

up with a

Stockholm

18.15

Copenhagen

18,20

Onlo

18.31

Vienna

FANLING HUNT.

1.--The Sun Nien Plate: mile. For non-winning ponies of

to have been most dangerous when Nellie Hogg, the swimming apparently almost out.

teacher under the Edinburgh Edu- When the gigantic Jeffries cation Authority, was the recipient The Fanling Hunt will meet this knocked Boh flat on his back of a handsome presentation from Sunday at 8 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. in the second round of their the Heart of Midlothian S.C. for as

announced, at Sheung Shiu | first fight Fitz got up Police Station.

in the splendid services she time to avoid being counted given to the club.

Prague

1644

Holsingfors

1031

Madrid

-28.66

Lisbon

2/5/16

Athens

has

MACAO RACE CLUB.

Both in quantity and quality, to- Fa addition to the Shiold morrow's programme provides a matches, there are two very inter-Class: 14 miles: feast for local football fans; the fasting senior League matches both ponies. Shield competitions claim. precedat Kowloon, the Queen's opposing ence and the ties are of great in- † R.A.P. at-Chatham Roud and the terest.

Scots Guards meeting the Hong Kowloon Kong Football Club at

The Macao Race Club has pro- The match of the day is on the A.F.C. Both these matches should II.K.H.F.C. ground where the Bor- pravile goud football and close re-visionally fixed Sunday, March 4, derers (holders), at present play-sults, the four teams engaged hay- for their next meeting. The pro- ing in great form, will meet the ing an opportunity to try out the gramme is as follows:- hitherto invincible league leaders, Chinese Athletic, and this will be a great match. Although the Athletic won on the last occasion of meeting by two clear goals, they will need to pull out a bit of their very best to beat the Regiment on present form. If the Borderers can hold the Chinese left wing. and if Alexander and McGlinchey can beat Leung Yuk-tong, the Bor- derers will win. but these are big ifs und these men will docide the result

The RA, if Leach can be spar- ed from his cricket engagements, should bent South China with n bit in hand, and R.A. want watch- ing, but only football can beat the South China XI, as they possess good kickers and spoilers, but the R.A. should get home if they play the game they have been playing in recent matches,

HOME SOCCER.

London, Yesterday.

In division III. (southern sec- tion) of the Football League to- day, Wafsall beat Charlton by three goals to one (at Charlton). --Reuter.

sides which will represent them in the second round of the long Kong Shield.

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In the Junior League "B", Kung Woo and the Chinese Boy Scouts should both win.

Kowloon will probably play a friendly match with a selected side arranged for the day, prior to the At King's Park there will be a

Guards v. Club game, and with a view to, fielding a strong Shield big tussle, and the Police at fullXI., will make one or two experi strength should be just a wee bit ments. Kowloon, following a very too good for Recreio. The Police moderate start, is gradually build- can field a very strong side just ing up a good side and progress is now and are always good triers, being watched with considerable and even allowing of the advan- interest.

tage of ground which Cosano and

his team will possess. I think the

Police will not lose, especially if "BELGENLAND'S" OPPONENTS.

the Police can get goals, us their defence is second to none..

This

The following have been selected

le the big game at Kowloon and to represent Kowloon F.C. Reserves should provide thrills sufficient ton "Belgenland" soccer team to- combat even the present Hong morrow, at Kowloon, kick-off at Kong cold snap. The stand will 2.30 p.m.: Slipper; Guest, Pasco; be full long before the kick-off and | R berts, Bliss, Blacklock; Pile, a great match should be the re- Dunnett, Spary. Miles, Eastman. ward.

Reserves: V. Hast, F. Nicholls,

Amongst the juniors, the Shield competition is made more interest- ing by the entry of reserve teams from the Scots Guards and Queen's Regiment both good sporting Re- gimental sides, and the match of the day is nt Soakumpoo where the R.A. Reserves, who are showing fine form at present, will fully ex- tend the hitherto unbeaten K.O.S.B. Reserves.

The other ties should result in wins for Chinese Athle-

TO-MORROW'S CRICKET.

cricket

Some of to-morrow's teams (outches start at 2 p.m.) will be:-

Hong Kong C.C. 1st XI (away) v, Royal Navy (friendly)-H. H. B. Hancock, T. E. Pearco, A. W. Hay- ward, D. W. Leach, C. D. Wales, tic, Scots Guards, and St. Joseph's R. W. Lee, O. Moor, A. Reid, H. J. "A" although the Club Reserves Armstrong, W. K. Talt, Rev. E. K. are making a big effort to secure Quick.

entry into the second round of the competition.

Hong Kong C.C. 2nd XI (home)

v. Garrison 2nd XI (friendly): W. Brackenridge, J. R. Collis, H. Griffin, II. Harpton, J. E. Hancock,

Mead, A. H. Penn, W. L. Smith, H. V. Parker.

TRIBUTE TO DEANE.C. P. James, S. J. Jordain, G. D.

SOUTH AFRICA'S CRICKET CAPTAIN.

Club de Recreio (homé) v. Royal Army Ordnance Corps (League, division II)-H. A. Alves (cap- tain), H. M. Xavier, R. C. Reed, H. A. Barros, C.. M. Sousa, J; L. Guterres, D. P. Xavier, E. de Sousa, D., F. Lopes, F. H. Carvalho,

•

.

London, Yesterday, The South Africans' sensational cricket victory yesterday in the final Test Match is the subject of glowing tributes in the English Press, and it is generally agreed that although the honours of the Kowloon C.C. 1st XI (sonfor rubber are even, South Africa in longue)-C. W. Lam (captain), definite supre-A. A. Rumjahn, S. V. Gittins, Dr. D. K. Sámy Dr. D. Laing, W. Hong

.the end asserted

maey over her opponents,

University 1st XI (home) v.

The enterprising leadership of Sing, J. Barrow, A. P. Guterres, the South African captain, Deane, F. I. Zimmern, E. A. Lee, A. T. Lee.

is warmly praised. Never before

has a captain won the toss and sent

in his rivale to bat on three suc-

cessive occasions, and the result of

the final match completely justifed

·CRICKET LEAGUE XI.

The following will represent the

his confidence in declaring South Cricket League on Sunday, at 11 Africa's first innings close with a a.m. on the Civil Service C.0. surplus of only 49 runs.

ground, v. Combined. schools)-R. The newspapera believe that Hancock (captain), G. R. Sayer, South Africa's dashing recovery in Lt.-Com. A. P. Shaw, R.N., A. Ham- the last three matches will have a son, B. A small, C. Chon, W.. Ci wholesome effect on cricket every-Hung, E. F. Fincher, F., Zimmern, where British Wireless Service, A, R. Minu, S, Kermani.:

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