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SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1931.

LOCAL TEAMS

TO-DAY.

FOR

Cricket and Football Elevens.

RUGBY AND HOCKEY,

Football, cricket, rugby and hockey are among the leading sporting interests in this after- noon's programme with boxing to follow to-night.

A good cricket match shuld be witnessed at the K.C.C. where the home side will play the Army, the winners of the Tri-angular tourna- ment.

The football programme is full of interest and rugby fans will see the cream of the Colony in action at Happy Valley in the one and only Interport Trial match.

CRICKET.

The following have been select- ed to represent the University and Kowloor 2nd XI's in a friendly to-day on the University ground, at 2 p.m.-

University:-K. T. Luke (Captain), A. A. Aziz, G. E. Yooh, G. Scully, R. Lrong. P. L. Tan, P. M. N. da Silva, F. S. Chen, W. A. James, E. Gosano, and W. K. Choa.

EASIER

GOLF

-by-

H.STUART HOBSON

FINANCIAL CONSIDE RATIONS AND THE AMATEUR PLAYER.

THE INTERMEDIATE STATUS.

Walter Hagen's explanation of the difference between

a profes sional golfer and an amateur must

the rank with

few

acceptable cynicisms of which we have record. "A professional plays golf for money," said Walter. "An amateur is not supposed to."

And I am going so far as to add that the amateur who plays golf for money takes a very unfair advan- tage of the professional. I do not mean that he robs him of his liv- K.C.C.-R. E. Lindsell (Captain),ing on the contrary, there is a G. Lee, A. F. Raven, F. S. W glamour about the famous amateur Smith, C. A. V. Hall, D. W. Gregory, H. Overy, F. Caveney, A. A. Dane, that attracts players to the game O. B. Ravon, and R. G. H. Mead. and inspires ambitious golfers to

K.C.C. Tenm.

attempt to emulate him. That must make activity for the profes-

The Kowloon Cricket Club will be represented by the followingsional. team to-day against the Army on the K.C.C. ground at 2 pm. and (1 a.m. to-morrow:-

the

The unfair advantage of

in the nature of his amateur is training and practice.

J. C. gal (Captain), E. Ċ. Fincher,

Your professional spends nine- F. F. Fincher, F. Goodwin, W. Brace tenths of his golfing time in teach W. C. lung, G. C. Burnett, F. Zimmern, . E. Lawrence, Fing and in playing with long handicap golfers, and the other Skinner, and N. A. E. Mackay.

tenth in striving to keep his own game up to big competition stan- dard.

Club Second Eleven.

The following, have been selected to represent the Club second eleven against the Club de Recreio King's Park to-day,

at

W. W. MacKenzie, P. W. J. Planner, J. A. Ashworth, J. Chadwick, E. J. Collins, R. H. Wild, R. S. W. Pator son, R. R. Davies, E. C. Etheringtor, J. McFarlane, and C. A. Wright.

FOOTBALL.

University Team. The following have been selected to represent the University against the Club to-day at 2.30 p.m. sharp.

D. A. Oppenheim: E. L. Harrison, K. Y. Lee, S. Reed, 3. L. Wong (cap C. tain), H. T. Bee; T. Y. Ong, Candah, C. K. Tan, P. P. Kho, and Y. P. Lim.

Recreio Teams.

The following will represent the Club de Recreio:-

V

1st XI. v. South China on the Caroline Hill ground at 4 p.m.-

Lawrones: P. M. Xavier, R. Silva Netto; 5. Sousa, N. Beitrao, Marques; B. Gosano, Ward, A. Gesang, Rocha, and F. Santos.

2nd XI. v. South China on the Recreio ground at 2.15 p.m.:-

H. Britto: J. Santos, C. Marques; V. Costa, C. R. Silva, A. Barretto; G. Gutteres, E. Lawrence, M. Sousa, J. Gonsalves, and C. Figueiredo.

Reserves: A. Assis and C. Gosano.

Club Team.

The following will represent in their the Club second eleven match against the University to-day at 2.30 p.m.:→→→

Fogwill: Stoker. Potouloff; Sloan,

Smith, Puncheon, Hynes:

Beli, Strange, Jackson, and Fowler.

Reserves: Tavlin and Hoopor,

RUGBY.

Interport Trial Match. The following have been lost ed to play in the Interport Trial Match to-day on the Club ground at 4.15 p.m.:

Club Colours:-J. R. Whitham; G. P. Lammert, R. H. Grifiths, E. R. Allera, G. R. More; M. W. Tarner, J. W. King; D. L. Milne-Day, W. F. Peera, W. F. Leckie, E. R. West, FR. Burch, E. B. Gammell, J. A. E. Kendrew, and B. P. Massey.

Colours: R. J. Grievo; Lt. Galletley (S.W.B.), L Hamilton (S.W.B.), C. J. D. Law, J. J. Ferguson; L/Cpl. Rees (S.W.B.), G. A. I. Plummer W. Hartley, E. F. Battress, A. E. Cox, W. F. Kerr, Capt. McKellar (Argylla), Burg. Lt Nicholson (Navy), L/Corp. Tratt (S.W.B.), and Sgt. Vowles (S.W.B.).j Referee: Dr. J. H. McEiney.

HOCKET.

Ladies' International Match...

A return match between Eng land and Scotland will take place.

Amateur a Welcome Guest.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

-TO-DAY'S RUGBY

TRIAL GAME.

Club Colours Favoured in Close Match.

HALF-BACK QUESTION.

[By "Berum, Hall."} To-day's Rugby Trial game should give some estimation of the Ол Colony's strength this year. paper the teams look fairly sound, but it is, as everyone knows, the actual play that counts. Some well more money out of golf than they known players are not in the list have spent on golf.

of teams published. J. L. Bonnar,

THE MODERN SOCCER

TRANSFERS

TEAM FO

150!

DANGERS OF THIS REGRETTABLE.

SYSTEM.

WEED NOW

POISONED

[By J. A. H. Catton.]

of

THE WORLD BOXING TANGLE.

The Middle-Weights and Heavy Brigades.

LEN HARVEY.

Faith in the old time axiom that a good man of round about 12at is big enough to beat anything has been revived by Hickey Walker's doings, writes A. J. Daniels in Sporting Life.

The unbeaten middle-weight champion of the world has not the height and reach of a Bob Fitzsim- mons or a Charlie Mitchell, but ha can box and he can punch, and he (Chelsea), Jack · (Ar- made an impressive appearance as How rapidly the Football Asso-Jackson ciation and the League can tackle senal), Gallacher (Chelsea), James an avowed heavy-weight by beat- any phase of the national game (Arsenal), and Cook (Bolton Wan- ing Johnny Risko, the Cleveland Deflation of An Amateur.

"rubber man," in a ten round boat, the Colony's best scrum-half is at and check an undesirable develop derors).

The Even so, the amateur who accepts

I have taken paine to verify in Detroit on November 7..

Walker weighed 11st. 121b. and old proverb runs: "Where there's figures. any money at all is a professional. the moment in the Straits, and Lment if they wish to do so. Both the Royal and Ancient Club Goldman and L/Cpl. Frankham are

a will there's a way." It was in On this basis of building a team Risko just 2at more, but Mickey this spirit that the governing As- the millionaire chairman would had his man down for "nine" in and the United States Golf Asso-other, notable absentees.

The absence of Bonnar

issociation took decisive. action have to advance his club 31,150 the second round, and was always for his first eleven, with under-in front afterwards, to win on is one who has not received any

the introduction ciation point out that an amateur

great against

foreigners into the leading English studies. pro rata. Do not conclude points. consideration, either directly or in- doubly unfortunate, for a directly, for playing or for teaching deal will now depend on the com-tournaments, writes J. A. H. Cat- that the second eleven could be bination of Turner and King ifton in the "Evening Standard." got for a pair of old football boots. the game.""

After the fight Jack Kearns, his This 'sweeping

All managers who have a novice manager, said Walker was willing definition would

How is it that the Football As-

some to meet Sharkey on December 12 in make the winner of every half- Hong Kong are to see their three-

for his quarters in evidence. King is un-sociation and the League do not with notions of play and tremble

toes think in place of "Young" Stribling, who consider the transfer fee system talent in his ten amateur status, were it not for the fortunately not to get off side in and devise a plan which will bring thousands. £450 might be a bait had cancelled the engagement.. fact that we obey the spirit of the his eagerness to gain possession to an end a procedure which has for a player to nibble at ns his law rather than the letter.

and is not as quick as Bonnar off for years been disliked and has share of a transaction, but that the mark. His passing is on the developed to such an extent that sum would not go further in these erratic side-being too high if any- thing-bat should he show up well to-day there is always plenty of time for good hard practice.

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Golf is a game that is played in this way. Our worthy adversary makes an excursion into the tiger country and meets us on the green with the Information that he has taken three. That is good enough. He has taken three. If player competes in amateur events he tells us he is an amateur. That is good enough, too.

If the time comes when the Anda himself earning amateur money by his golf, he has two courses open to him. The first is to become

a professional. The

second is to cease competing in amateur events.

Clearing the Air.

there are clouds on the horizon? days

Birth of the Weed.

A little weed began to grow in the garden. The noxious plant has thrived upon neglect until now it is unsightly in strength and injurious to everything which has been cultivated around it.

Walker v. Sharkey.

Carnera has been offered the

tout, with Sharkey, a stated, the offer being received by Leon

See along with a notification that Carnera had been reinstated by the New York Commission.

Carnera's manager said he would accept if the date could be post- poned to December 19, so as to give him time to cross the Atlantic after meeting Paolino on Novem bor 23.

· The

A Paltry £650. If the player had the benefit of this money from transfer fees no one could reasonably object to an artist realising his own value, but Strong Three-Quarters.

if $250,000 were paid his maximum Taking the sides together on

share would still be a paltry 2650. If there is money to be made. the paper I would favour the chances

middle-weight champion- Football was at one time called club protects its interests and the of the Club Colours. Their thres

a "Scottish weed" when Queen's public is told that what comes out ship of the world, left over by the quarters are all very fast and know their job, and should Turner Park first played in Ireland! The of the game goes into the game. abdication of Mickey Walker, is loose the ball more than is his League weed has become a poison. And the man who brings all this being claimed by Len Harvey, the title-holder, оп the strength of his victory at the usual went, I would not be sur-ous growth which more than any grist to the mill la expected to Britian

a readjustment of other phase of professionalism has smile with contentment.

The leaders of this spectacular Albert Hall over Dave Shade, the the sides at half-time. One im- turned the minds of headmasters

second-best in all provement in the line would be the of big schools against the Asso-sport, which has nothing to do accredited

with the amateur alde, tell the America. transfer of Ferguson and Lammert,ciation game.

player to kick a ball and be An Outrage!

happy." This is the counsel of Twenty-six years ago the chair-perfection preached by the trustees man of a big club told me that he of the game, the guardians of its had been compelled to pay £450 for honours, some of whom wisely wag

full-back to secure his transfer. their heads and say: He thought the fee was an, out-

prised to see

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The amateur is under no obliga tion to teach; he is a welcome guest

The golfer who does not choose at any club. He can play as much

to turn professional can still play golf as he likes against men of

and he is not re- in friendly matches with his ac-

as the latter has not struck his equal calibre,

atill

Lammert enjoy best form this season. of course. quaintances. He can his choice stricted in The amateur

devote

overy golf. He bars himself only from certainly has speed yet what good

which there is round he plays to strengthening his events to

fame is it to him if he cannot handle game. The professional's rounds attached.

Batisfactorily? I only hope that he with moderate players can hardly

will show a vast improvement on do anything else but tend to make

One or two great golfers have last week's form. him careless.

recently ceased to be

The Galletler-Hamilton com- ragel amateurs without actually becoming profes-bination will prove very dangerous If he were alive I wonder what sionals.

if Griffiths allows Hamilton any he would say about the inflated rope, but considering his sound fees now so fashionable:

millionaire defensive play have no qualms as Let us imagine a to him letting his man through. who has contracted football's fitful| The other wing is not so impres- fever and become the chairman of Both Law and Fergusona modern club. He has to find the sive. have speed, but Law is inclined to money to engage what he belloves hold on to the ball a fraction will be the best team on earth." longer than be should, and any He decides to buy one man' at advantage he might have gained is least for each position on the Held, entirely lost. Still this pair are at the record price of the day. Let us see what his first eleven very reliable in defence

would cost him on this basis.

A Super Team.

Unless his keenness to win the glittering prizes of golf to very marked the professional will be more tempted, as his more and years advance, to earn his living in the comfort of his shop.

The fact that most great amateurs can be matched by thred or four professionals of their own standard tends to prove that very few famous amateurs make a living by their golf. The amateur has so mary advantages over the profes- sional in playing for money that, if the leading amateurs made money by golf either directly or indirectly, we should have more good amateurs than good profes- sionals.

And the simple truth is that we have no such thing.

One good amateur I knew ruined himself playing golf, though he was rendy to admit that he had from time to time made sums of money through his golfing fame. But his travelling and hotel expenses, and the entertaining of the friends he made at home and abroad, cost too much for his slender resources.

My personal experience is that very, very few amateurs have made

at Sookunpoo to-day at 3.30 p.m. The teams are as follows:

England:-. Webber: E. Gray, C. V. Franklin; E..J. Coppin, B. M. Pope, F. Cousins; E. R. Bell, P. M. Goodall, E. M. Donelan, A. N-Other, ond M. Bishop.

ScotlandG. E. Little: A. Nichol; B. Laing; J. L. Whyte, E. Bonner, M. L. Wallace; I C. Bell, N. McNeillie, A. Duncan, C. Ferguson, and E. Blackburn.

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St. Andrew's Club Team. The following will represent the St. Andrew's Club in their match with the Y:M.C.A. 2nd XI. at King'a Park at. 3.15 p.m.. to day:

3. Miller; E, H. P. White, F. V. Wong; H. Landolt, R. Dormer, W. Tillery; H. Key, R. A. Woolley,

This voluntary act on their part clears the air. I will venture one mild prophecy about it that 18, that their fame will be forgotten in less than five years, and that in

time. a shorter than this their conscience about taking money for golf will have no cause to prick them.

That will be the testing time. If they have no need of the money earned by golf, they will welcome obscurity and freedom from the golden spotlight. If they cannot live apart from their golf, they will have to return. They will once more have to capture the imagina- tion.

..

Two Useful Men. At forward the Club Colours will probably have Peera as hooker and opposed to Tratt. There should be little difference in the weight of the two scrums though I prefer the A distinguished Archbishop has chances of the Colour forwards in placed on record his opinion that a the tight scrums and their oppon- few atheists are good for religion-Fonts in the loose. In the line outs though not necessarily good for the the Colour forwards have two good atheists. A few paid-amateurs may men in Buttress and McKellar and be good for the millions who pay, should a line out take place in the but they find their position so Club Colours twenty-five either of demoralising that they must take these two forwards could be the eventually the decisive step either means of putting the defence in a towards professionalism or Into very tight corner if they are not obscurity, (China Mail Copy properly marked

The Colour half-backs are difficult right),

to criticise as they have rarely. If all, been веел in co operation. I would have. Ik- ed to have Been Parker and

GOLF.

FANLING NEW YEAR'S MEETING.

The Bogey Fool was won by Col.

R. B. Skinner (9) 1 up...

Other scores were D. H. Blake (15) 1 down; and A. Leach (10) 1 down.

The Medal Round was won by J. E. H. Cogan 88-880. There were 12 entrios. The Mixed Medal and New

H. H. Wong, S. MacNlder, and Course Bogey Fool were cancelled

MacNider.

as no returns were mada..

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To Fight For Title. So much has been said before. But Harvey has neither the inton- tion nor the wish to squat on his claim, said Mr. Dan Sullivan, his maunger, Harvey wants to capi talise the title, and to establish bis It Can be Stopped.

claim to it by meeting-and-beat- The best brains, in footballing-all other contenders.

He is ready to do as Tommy have not been able to see a way to. limit transfer fees or to enter the Burns did when Jim Jeffries re- tired. He met the other conten- transfer system.".

Where there is a will there is a dare, Marvin Hart, and #Philadele phia" Jack O'Brien, and having beaten them, he took on and de feated in turn the champions of Australia and Europe.

way.

Meanwhile the public and the player see that the minimum fee for the transfer of a good player is £6,000, and the maximum is at pre- sent £10,750, but in two instances I have known negotiations begin at £12,500.

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In this way, Burns established a clear title to the world's heavy. weight championship, which pass ed to Jackson when the coloured And the English player knows Texas glant beat him at Sydney, that his share of any fee is a pos- N.S.W., on Boxing Day, 1908. sible £650 carned by long service, "Would Harvey box Shade and his mit In wages is about again?" Dan Sullivan was asked, £380 a year. If, with bonus pay- and the answer was "Certain ments, he makes £420, be will be Shade or anybody else who thinks pleased.

he has a right to challenge for the championship, either in Europe.or America, where we shall go in the New Year almost to a certainty."

Liberty Abused. Everything in football is limited except the transfer fee, and it is time that clubs were deprived of this freedom. The liberty has been abused.

He woud have to pay:

£5,500 for a goalkeeper, £7,500 for right back, £7,000 for a left back, £7,500 for a right half-back, 28,000 for centre half-back. 40,000 for a left half-back, £8,500 for an outside right, £10,750 for an Inside right,. £10,000 for a centre forward, £9,000 for an inside left and

I do not wonder that players are £6,400 for an outside left.

feeling that if a man is worth These are not the fictional

$10,000 or £8,000 to a club bls values. They are the real prices maluments ought to be on a higher paid for a player in each of these scale.

Cer- positions. Name the men? tainly. This team, now of course with different units, would be:

Harper (Arsenal); Nelson (New- castle), Shaw (Sunderland); Gib- F. C. W. Black in partnership son (Aston Villa), Hill (New Both aro "live wires" whereas Plummer is on the slow side at the base of the scrum and may prove to be the weak link in the attack. Should his forwards: heel quickly movements that he has shown us in be may, however, be able to choose the past, if so, this should make the the right moment to steal away on attacking force almost too formid- his own or if he finds that imposable providing the passing and Whatever the reault may be I feel afble he is quite able to flash out handling is good.- an exceptionally, fast and long pass.

that a good match is in store and hope that each player plays up to Of the two backs I have only seen his reputation, And especially the Whitham in action and am con- Club Colours, half-backs as it would dent that he will form a most prove farcical if four of the best reliable last line of resistance for three-quarters in the Colony were the Club Colours. He may be able starved. Somehow I feel that they to exploit one of those attacking will turn up trumps.

Whitham at

castle),

McPherson

(Everton);

German Champion, b

I hear on good authority that Domgoergen, the German cham pion, is eager to challenge Harvey's right to claim the vacant title, and that he can be matched for a side- stake ta box the British champlon at 11at Elbe in England.

It forbabla, however, that His salary or wages should surely bear some relationship to his ack-Harvey's manager will wait until nowledged value in the market. after December 4, and the result of the return contest at the Albert This is what players are thinking.

Hall between Shade and Jack Nor is the present system of transfers good for the game as a Hood, before closing with the

German's challenge.... whole.

Only, about 6,000 people attended the 10 round bout between W. L. ("Young") 'Stribling and Arthur It takes experience as well as grit de Kuh, the Italian heavy-weight to fight on in a medal competition at the open-air show at Atlanta," when you are carrying a nine on Georgia, on Tuesday afternoon your back, and until he gets that November 11, when a persistent experience in bogey competition is drizzle fell throughout the content. better fun for the ordinary player. Stribling, who won on points,

Archie Compston.

13at Sib to his opponent's 16st 215. Jack Pettifer, the 6ft. 6in. King's I can promise Phil Scott that if Cross "hope", has done all asked of be does announce that he is deter him in décisively defeating Jack mined to return that he will start Stratton, and Roy Wabb, and has an outery and an agitation that will earned the good opinions of many his barber's shop. Trevor Wignall, has not been highly tried so far only die out when he seeks cover in sound judges of the game, but he

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