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WHO WILL WIN?

TO-DAY'S LEAGUE GAMES FAT HOME.

Exclusive to Chin Mall

By "Linesman."]

The following is a list of Home football matches to-day. The in black type may win; teams where no black type is shown, the niatch may result in a draw:

Division I.

ARSENAL Birmingham Blackburn R. Blackpool DERBY CO. Lects U

v. Aston Villa · v. WEST HAM U. v.. CHELSEA v. NEWCASTLE U. v. Liverpool

v., WEDNESDAY LEICESTER Y. Manchester U. AFCHESTER C. v. Middlesbro PORTSMOUTHI v. Huddersfield Sheffield U v. Bolton W. Sunderland v. Grimsby T

Barnsley Bradford C.

Bristol C. Bury

CARDIFF C. Charlton A. EVERTON Plymouth A. Port Vale

Division II.

v; BURNLEY

Y. TOTTENHAM TMTM.

7. Southampton

v. Bradford

Y. Readlig

Y. PRESTON N.E.

v. Wolves

V. STOKE CITY. v. Notts Forest Swansea T. V. MILLWALL WEST BROH. v. Oldham A.

Division III-Southern..

v. Gillingham

V. TORQUAY U V. Luton Town

v. Bristol R.

BMOUTH Clapton O. Coventry.C. EULHAM Norwich C. V. BRENTFORD NOTTS. C. v. Brighton Queen's P.R v. CRYSTAL PAL., Swindon T. v. Newport D.

NTHAMPTON Thomes Walsall

SOUTHEND U. Walford

V.

V.

Y. Exeter C. Division III--Northern, Darlington v. YORK CITY

V. Accrington

Doncaster

GATESHEAD v. Southport

L-

CARLISLE U. CHESTERFIELD

Halifax

+ Rotherham

Andrews,

Hartlepoola

v. WREXHAM

Hull City

V. Rochdale

Battersby,

LINCOLN C.

v.

Ya

Crewe A

Nelson

7.

Borsalino,

N. Brighton V.

Cambiaghi,

Hardeman,

Ward's,

etc., etc.

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London

STOCKPORT v. Barrow

Wigan B.TRANMERE R.

Aberdeen

Ayr U.

CELTIC Falkirk

Scottish League.

V. Kilmarnock

DUNDEE

v. Hearts.

v. RANGERS

4.

HAMILTON V. Queen's Park Hibernians

Clyde East Fife V. MORTON MTHERWELL v. Lelth A. PARTICK T. v. Airdrieonians ST. MIRREN v. Cowdenbeath

TO-DAY'S SNIPS.

Home.

Leicester. Portsmouth Notts County. Lincoln. Stockport. Motherwell ** Partick Thistle**

Burnley

Away.

Tottenham *

Preston North End' Stoke **

·Torquay.

Brentford

Crystal Palace**

Northampton* Wrexham Carlisle, Chesterfield. Dundee, Rangers. Morton"

PATSY HENDREN

STANDBY.

Short Stature Saves

His Life

LARWOOD FAST! =

"Patay" Hendren, who is making his first trip to South Africa this year with the M.C.C. team will be a great standby on board ship. He is

CONCESSION TO KID BERG.

Walker's Star on

the Wane.

TOO FANCY PRICES.

American For once in a way legislators have allotted a British bora boxer a world's championship Jack "Kid" Berg is crowned junior welter-weight champlon of the world. This is something to be thankful for," although we in Great this Britain do not recognise weight, writes John Fearless in the Athletic News.

We want to see other British

receive champions

recognition Should Harvey defeat Shade, as hé should do, then our champion must be regarded as the rightful con tender for the world's middle weight crown.

Mickey Walker may have. an exaggerated ides, of what he is worth to risk his title. To put it plainly, Walker must be told that he cannot expect to be paid a fancy pilce for the joy of seeing him f

not agree to action. If he will accepting a reasonable sum, then he should be alda-tracked.

There is too much sentiment shown to champions who believe they can carry on almost for ever, Walker is undoubtedly the next greatest fighter to Dempsey. But he must reallse that his sun will set sooner or later.

His manager, Jack Kearns, knows this better than "anybody. But I cannot understand the mentality which insists that a tottering cham- Flon should be paid exorbitant money because he is passing out!

SCIENTIST OFFERS SUGGESTION.

Holiday Spirit Fails at Skittles.

ELEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY.

A great discovery was nearly made near Bristol recently.

The 3,000. learned delegates to the annual meeting there of the British Association for the Ad- vancement of Science were taking a day off. Some visited a railway works, others went to the Zoo, and three went to the bar parlour of a village inn. One scientist had never previously seen table skit tles played. He watched closely for some time. Then he announce ed his discovery.

It was only necessary, he declar ed, to strike the key pln at a cer- tain angle and it was bound to knock down all the others. offered to demonstrate. players stood respectfully anide and waited.

He The

But he did not hit the pin at all, Worse still in the six shots allow- ed he could not hit any pin, and table skittles retains the element of uncertainty.

GERMAN TENNIS APPEAL

Nation Ranking- List Objection.

"A TORTURE."

Germany's twelve. best women players, with the exception of

a wonderful inimic and full of good Fraulein Cilly Aussen, have writ stories of every part of the globe, ten to the President of the German One of the things he is always Lawn Tennis Association appealing prepared to make fun of is his own to him to do away with the national short stature. He believes that on ranking list on the ground that one occasion It saved his life. (1) it is extremely Injurious, to Hendren was playing for Middle German tenis, (2) it deprives us of sex against Notta at Lords and pleasure in the sport, (8) it endan Larwood was bowling at the nur gers our comradeship, and (4) t eery end

hampera us in developing, and im proving our skill, as the so-called ranking lat fear of losing against one lower in the Hat has instinctive ly become-ineradicably a fixed idea with most of us.

Our Sports Diary

LOCAL

Hockey Today Y.M.C.A. Police, King's Paik, 3.30 p.m.

-

Monday-Hockey Club II. v. Y.M.C.A., King's Park, & p.m.

Racing To-day

Tenth Extra Race Meeting.

November 16.-Fanling Hunt meeting, Kranti.

Cricket-To-day-Divi- sion I, Hong Kong C.C. v. Uni.. veralty (F.); Kowloon CC. v. Civil Service (F.); Indian R.C. v. Argylle (F.); Division II, -Police 'v. Recreio (L); R.C. Indian R.A.S.C. v. (L.): University v. Royal Signals (L); C.C.C. v. H.K.C.C. (L.); Civil Service v. Kowloon C.C. (F).

To-morrow-Civil Service v.

Volunteers.

Tuesday--Division - Indian R.C. v. Volunteers; Kowloon Married v. Singles; Division II. -Civil Service v. Royal Ea gineers; Recreio v. Combined Schools; Police Married" v. Singles:

Football-To-day-1st Divi- sion Police v. Recreio; South China v. Kowloon Navy.v. Argylls; St. Joseph's v. Club; Second Division, Club v. Navy; St. Joseph's v. Eastern; Kow- loon v. Somerset's; S. China v. Argylle University v. Re- creto; Third Division, Royal Air Force v. Fukien: Royal En- gineers v. R.A.O.C.; Somersets v. Ewo.

Tuesday Charity Match Services v. Rest; H.K.F.C. ground, 4 p.m.

Yachting

-To-day-Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Firat Championship Race.

Ping Pong-To-morrow-Ho Hong Hanh v.. Nam Chúng A.A. (Kangto School).

Monday-Filipino Club v. Hop Chee Club (Chinese Ca- tholic Club); Nara Chung A.A. v. Nam Mo A.A. (Kangto School).

Wednesday--Kangto School

v. Hop Cheo Club (Chinese) Catholic Club).

Athletics-To-morrow and

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1930,

GOSSIP IN THE WORLD

OF SPORT

STRUGGLE WITH SWORDFISH

FOOTBALL BOYCOTT IN ENGLAND.

FRENCH RUGBY

ta

dictate Spectators efforts At a general meet- Athletics. ing of the 0.0.A.C.football policies to directors by a

hold at Vincent'a "boycott spread to Fulham, where are

Boyentt Association was formed.

Club under the presidency of H. N. Townend (Brasenose), it was de- cided to remove the age limit, ban- nlng men over the age of 23 from competing in the University sports. The decision Has been received with great satisfaction, as the rule had barred practically all Ameri athletes from competing against Cambridge, thus heavily handicap- ping the Dark Blues.

*

The

day

of

The reason was because some thought the club ought to buy a tho new centre-forward, but acheme collapsed when a crowd of 'the match; 16,000 turned' up to

Beg

*

*

"Wille" Scott, using

Fishing, hemp shark line and mullet balt, off South Reef, Australia, had a tre- 18-foot mendous buttle with an thai swordfish. Weighing a ton and a Billiards; money challenge at half and with a'aword about five

billiards is not," ap-

feet long, this gigantic monster sped through the water for a mila parcnély, over.

Mr. Scott The following letter, signed before capitulating.

60 Newmarket Sportsmen," and en closing a cheque for £25, has been sent to the editor of an English aporting journal:

"It has come to the knowledge of several sportsmen in Newmarket that the name of Tom Reece has been spoken of as a back-number, and a has-beer' in the world of billiards.

"To prove that such is not the case we are prepared to back him to play any English billiards player, bar three-Smith, Davis, and Newman-16,000 up for £100 or £200 a side,

"Enclosed please And cheque value £25 in good faith. As soon as this is covered a match can be. made. Business only meant."

Unfortunately, there do not seem to be many players in a position to take up Reece's' challenge. :

For many years past Boxing. it has been the am-

bition of the Amateur Boxing Association. to have "pre- mises of its very own, and for that purpose a reserve fund amounting to some thousands of pounde has been accumulated bit by bit- largely from the annual champion- ships during the time they have been held at the Royal Albert Hall. The prospect of realisation of the A.B.A.'s ambition has been brought nearer by a legacy out of the estate of the late hou. secret ary, Mr. E. C. Hulin, who had been one of the oldest and most thusiastic spirits in amateur box- Ting.

1

It was Mr. Holin's wish that the A.B.A. should have a home of its Tuesday South China Athletown, and by the terms of his will tic Association Annual Sports Meeting, Caroline Hill

Golf-To-morrow-Closs" of First Bound of K.G.C. Cham pionship.

Nov. 16. Entries close for R.H.K.C.C. Jasper Clark Cap. and Championship. St. George's and St. Andrew's Bocieties match.

Fencing

Monday-Royal

Hong Kong Yacht Club.

St. Whist — Tresday Patrick's Club Drive, 8.30 p.m...

HOME

Football November Wales v England.

November 29 English Cup -First Round.

HOCKEY

the residue from his estate, amounting to 4622 15% 9d, was left to the, Association, with stock representing £927-28.

To this the Council has decided to add 1,500 and place the whole in a separate account to be called the New Premises Account.

A sword tossed by a Bull

bull from the mata Fighting. dor's hand during a tournament in the Tortosa Catutuna, ring, Madrid, flew through the air and, falling among the spectators, struck and Instantly killed a young man of twenty-five.

bas caught approximately sharks. In the last four months, and he quickly realised that if it was a shark he had hooked i; was easily the largest he had ever hid on his line.

The fight raged for half' an hour, and as Mr. Scott was reach- Ing the end of his resources the swordfish gave up the struggle. It was brought alongside the boat, and after considerable difficulty, noose, was allpped over its tail, and it was towed to Manly,

When the giant fish firs: took the bait the kellick of the boat in which Mr. Scott and his assistant, Harold Borthwick, were seated, was hoisted just In time, for the swordfish immediately commenced its run to sea, and would other- wise have dragged boat and kellick with it, or capsized the boat. It towed the boat for a mile before it surrendered.

"The apparent inferiority Golf. of English players in re- cent, tournaments," says "Bobby" Jones, "is due to the fact that It now happens that America has had a majority of good golfers over a stretch of years.

"One will have the upper hand for a time, and then the golf tide. fortune is bound to turn.” “

Jones is a firm believer in pro fessionalism in golf. "Without professionalism," he said, “men would not have the opportunity of making an honest living at golf, and in their stead there would be a great many crooks falsely pre tending to be amateurs.”

Motor

While George. Dullor, the jockey and racing Racing. motorist, was driving Capt. H. R. S. Birkin's single-seater Bentley on the Brook lands track, at a speed of about 120 miles an hour, a tyra. burst. The car skidded right round on the track, but did not overturn.

Duller, showing skill and cool- ness, managed to pull up in about 100 yards... the

He was practising at the time for the 500-mile race organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club, which takes place at Brooklands.

A Rugby player named- Rugby, Barrentin, whose spine

was fractured.

near

Two other animals had been dealt with by the matador and the match the previous day third was nearing the end of its Meaux, died in hospital on Sept. struggles when, in a last despair-80-

ing charge, it struck the weapon A similar fatality, which occur red at Bordeaux last May, will from its adversary's grasp:Tu

A spectator, who ran to the ag lead to the trial early next month sistance of the fallen man, seized of Taillanton, a well-known mem the sword, but cut, his hands ber of the Pau XV who is charged with unintentional homicide on Deverely.

the ground that he tackled the de- ceased man, Pradie, with excessive brutality, vode A The last big cricket Taillantou was overwhelmed Cricket match of the English with despair, at the occurrence, The pitch was beginning to crum

cricket season, the which he declares was wholly ac ble, and Larwood was making the

Goose Match at Harrow, was play cidental and says he has lost 12 ball “fly" a good deal. After he

ed on the Sixth Form ground when pounds in weight during the sum had been in a few minutes, Hendren

the Geese defeated Harrow School mer from grief and worry

Discussing in leading, articla. played forward to a good-length

The Hong Kong Hockey Club by 50 runs This match has now

forthcoming trial "Le ball which jumped most disconcert They declare that it often hap

pens that playere, once they won a yesterday drew with the Punjable been played for over 80 years and the the wicket-keeper, and hit the mate inst ona higher in the in an exciting, game it does, to an extent, select pro- Journal suggests that Rugby pavilion ralls chall-rolley

list, did not "play against themThe Club were the first to attack, bables for the eleven of the year might be forbidden in Fra

and heavy pressure resulted in following. It Is a pleasant match, as over-brutal It

Almost the rules, an again

iave France, might be mod They farther say in their lette More scoring good goal for the Geese are compo

be the first to Wernicke, equalised for the Pan- Invariably, of pla

Ingly. It skimmed his cap, cleared

Since when, Hendron says he has never argued as to whether Lar wood tan bowl fast or

CRICKETER'S GOOD

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that Germany

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men

CLUB DRAW WITH THE PUNJABIS.

them, ment of International matches.

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