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THE CHINA MAIL.

WHO WILL WIN?

TO-MORROW'S LEAGUE GAMES AND CUP TIES.

[Exclusive to China Ma}}- By "Line man."]

The following is a list of Home Football matches to-morrow. The teams in black type may win;

Sport Columns

C. A. L. RUMJAHN IN "BIG BILL" TILDEN'S

THIRD ROUND.-'

where no black type is shown the Overcomes Evans' Fine

match may result in a draw;'

Barnsley

PORTSMOUTH v.

EVERTON Exeter G.

ENGLISH CUP.

BYMINGILAM

v. Watford

CHELSEA

V.

v. Blackburn R.

Wolves

West Bromwich

v. Grimsby

Y. Leads U.

V.

Bradford

v. Sheffield U.

ENGLISH LEAGUE.

Division I.

Scuthport

Sunderland

ARSENAL

4 Derby Co. M'CHESTER U. v. West Ham NEWCASTLE v. Middlesbro' WEDNESDAY v. Liverpool

Division II

BURY CARDIFF MILLWALL

Notts F.

Oldham

Plymouth

Stoke

Swansea

v, Charlton

V1

%

Bristol G Burnley

Forehand Drive.

IMPRESSIVE DEBUT,

[By "Base Line.")

The chief attraction in yester- day afternoon's programme was

an easy passage

RETIREMENT.

World's Greatest Tennis Player.

PROFESSIONAL CHAMPION? ·

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931.

CARNERA AGAIN IN UNFORTUNATE RIDER

TROUBLE.

Italian Federation on

This Occasion.

LEON SEE'S POSITION.

over

OFF TO CONTINENT.

Twice Decided on Wrong Derby Mount.

ARTHUR SMITH.

Primo Carnera is again in Arthur Smith, who had the trouble. Rejected by the Now York mount on Waruing in the Castle State Athletic Commission, he came Selling Handicap Hurdle at Man- home to bask in the adulation of chester recently, leaves shortly for his Venetian countrymen, but now Germany, where he has fixed up a' even they have turned on him, und retainor to ride over tho jumps. with a violence almost unknown Smith was at one time a pro- "Big BI" Tilden, the greatest even in American boxing.

minent flat-race jockey. When re- lawn tennis player of all time, the winner on several occasions of both up at an exhibition bout in Florence choice of mounts in the Derby that Primo, it appears, failed to turn tained by Lord Glanely, Smith had the British and American singles on November 11 (Armistice Day), immediately followed the War. He. the meeting of "C. A. L. Rumjahn championships, and the man who at and the Italian Federation has now however, elected to ride Dominion, and D. B. Evans in the second 37 years of age made a dramatic meted out the punishment. They on whom he had previously won the "come back" at Wimbledon last have fined him 5,000 Hra (255) and Newmarket Stakes, in preference to round of the Singles. Champion-season, will no longer be seen in ordered him to pay the disappointed Grand Parade, who, entrusted to ship. Though Rumjahn was ex- the ranks of amateur lawn tennis, promoter 20,000 lira pected to have

(£220) the guidance of Fred Templeman; writes C. W. Packford, in the damages.

carried off the principal "classic," into the third round he was for Sporting Life.

Until this money is paid, Primo Smith had a like experience the unate to winning in straight sets. countryman, equally famous in an-governed by the International Box-tached to the Clarehaven stable,

For Tilden, like Bobby Jones, his is under suspension in all countries following season when he was at- Evans displayed beautiful style, other sphere of sport, has violateding Union, which Includes but, having recently arrived in their laws relating to amateurism twenty countries, embracing nearly both

On this occasion Gilpin saddled the Colony, he showed that he by entering into a contract to sup all Europe except Great Britain-Smith chose the latter, and Spion Spion Kop and Sarcherion. was unaccustomed to the condi- has declared his intention to retire. tion, which

ply a series of educational films, and and the National Boxing Associa-op gave O'Neill a winning rido. tions. He was also suffering from

covera 38 States in Smith was also on the back of Ha It is doubtful if any of the great America. a strained muscle sustained in a players of the past have ever ap-

when that horse WALK narrowly Should Carnera box in countries beaten by Air Raid in the Cesare- hockey match, which handicapped pealed so much to the public Im- outside the jurisdiction of these witch of 1918.

agination as has Tilden, and when organisations, his fine will be in- him more than be would care to

There was some difficulty about a we remember Maurice McLoughlin, creased by 5,000 lira for each match jockey for Lord Glanely's horse. edmit.

the beloved "Tony" Wilding, Gerald in which he engages. Coventry

Evans is a really delightful Patterson, "BH" Johnston, and

and Smith, who was home on leave, BOURNEMOUTH player to watch and, once he gets Narman Brookes, this is a striking M. Leon. See; Carnera's French endeavoured to reduce himself as The Federation also declared that though much over the set weight, Swindon

Lack the form he has so obvious- tribute to his fascination. ly displayed in the past, he should

manager, who has guided him nearly as possible to the handicap prove a formidable challenger for

through the thorny paths of Amer-mark; but the effort imposed too Ican boxing. to the Championship. Yesterday bla

say nothing of great a strain on the jockey, who His record is an impressive one. arranging Carners's European pro-was very weak at the finish of the chief difficulties were over-driving Seven times in all, and six times gramme, is not and the successful retara

Prino's legal tace. Rumjahn's heavily chopped ball. ican championship. He won at old

of in succession, he annexed the Amer-representative. The spin on Rumjahn's return Wimbledon in 1920 and 1921, and GOLF PUNTER GETS completely deceived him time and then again, nine years later, at tho agnin and caused him to drive two

new stadium, while he literally

TUTTENHAM

Y. PRESTON

BRADFORD C. Southampton

Y.

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PORT VALE

Division III-Southern.

BRENTFORD

Eristo! R.

v. Torquay

V. Newport

Clapton 0.

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QUEEN'S P.R. v. Walsall

BRIGHTON

Gillingham

V. Fulham Division III-Northern CARLISLE v. Wroxham CHEST FIELD) v. Accrington DARLINGTON v Gateshead Halifax.

v. STOCKPORT V.. LINCOLN

Hartlepools

NELSON

*

Doncaster

ROTHERHAM V.

Rochdale

TRANMERE

V.

New Brighton

Vigan YORK

Y,

HULL

V.

Crewe

SCOTTISH CUP.

COW BEATH *. St. Bernard's Bo'ness

Y AYR SRD LANARK v. Arbroath FT. MIRREN

v. Falkirk

Montrose

Dundee

Hibernians Morton

v. KILMARNOCK ABERDEEN Motherwell CELTIC

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

MANILA.

LEITH PARTICK

HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

INTERPORT PROGRAMME.

Saturday, February 21st.

SHANGHAI

V.

H.K. CHINESE, Club Ground, Kick off 3.30 p.m.

Booking at Moutries, opens Friday, 13th.

Price :-

Covered Stand

Uncovered Stand

$2.201

$1.10 including tax.

Monday, February 23rd.

SHANGHAI

V. UNITED SERVICES. Club Ground, Kick off 3.30 p.m.

No Booking. Price:$1.10, 60 cts, & 40 cts. including tax.

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THE NEWSPAPER TERPRIS

China Mell-Wid

1.

East Fife

v. Queen's Park

TO-MORROW'S SNIPS.

Home.

Birmingham

Cheleeu

Everton. Arsenal

Wednesday. Luton.

Queen's Park Rangers.

Chesterfield.

Tranmere. Cowdenbeath.

St. Mirren Third Lanark

Leith.

Away. Tottenham. Notts County. Brighton. Stockport,

Lincoln.

Hull. Ayr United. Kilmarnock. Aberdeen, Celtic.

CONTROVERSY IN QUEENSLAND.

Players Appoint Their Own Selectors.

Brisbane, Jan. 24.

Own

Impressive Record,

or three yards outside the "carried" the United States to vic base line. His service was power-tory in the Davis Cup year after al and well placed and is very year imilar to E. F. Flucher's.

crnny,

Splendid Recovery.

A SHOCK.

Process,

until in 1027 the "three Expensive Doubling Up

musketeers" of France their domination.

checked/

He was

was once the

مجھ

at

NEW GREYHOUND

RECORD.

2,000,000 at Harringay

in 1930.

There were fireworks at Harin- Popular as de la, Tilden was for Rumjahu was content to play a nearly the whole of his career the

There was a shock far a golf gay Park grey-hound racing track base line game with occasional stormy patrel of the game.

punter in America recently. Two one night recently. They record- advances to the net and, though quite unwittingly a real thorn in brokers followed the McCarthy-ed, in a great set plece, that two et playing up to his usual stan- the side of the United States L.T.A., von Eim match in the amateur million people had attended the dard, he brought off a number of and as a result he

championship contest. which, meetings at this course during the beautiful match winning strokes. cause of ambassadorial intervention. 28th before McCarthy won. When

scheduled for 18 holes, went to the year 1930. At the net he was excellent, and Tildan has been a journalist all the players were squar?

Lights were dimmed after kla-anticipation at times was un-his life and made no secret of the 18th the first broker made a bet of smoke and crackling explosiong tho the 8.45 p.m. race. There were puffs His back hand return is fact. He wrote on the competitions of 10s. that von Elm would win from the centre of the ground. even more accurate and danger and championships in which he the next. It was halved, so that Then there burst into flame the eus than it was last year. Evans, played, which was a contravention whether it was the light or not, of the ruling of the United States he oat. "I'll double it that he figures 2,000,000 and, below, a seemed to mistime the pace of the Association.

wins the next," said the first bright blue greyhound chasing a hall, and was hitting, the ball a

broker. Second broker agreed.bright blue hare. fraction of a second too late.

Ultimatum Rescinded. The players went on halving the His greatest triumph was in the

holes until the 9th and each time never been better demonstrated.

The popularity of the sport has For this reason, on the eve of the the bet second set when Rumjahn led 5-2 Davis Cup match between America doubling principle. The 10th was first

was repeated, on the and he made

Harringay'a attendance for its a remarkable re- and France at Paris in 1928, Tilden won by McCarthy, covery by taking two games in was dramatically withdrawn from friends returned to the club-house proved

year-1927-was 800,000; Than the 1028 showed 1,000,000; 1929 superb style. An immaculate fore the team by his association, and to reckon up their betting trans- Last year.

im- hand drive left Rumjahn

on that with 1,800,000. in be- wilderment and took him to 5-4 request from Mr. Herrick, the over £205.

was only after a strongly-worded actions. The loser

2,000,000, an advantage in the tenth game, United States Ambassador in Paris, but here he cracked up and Rum-that the ultimatum was rescinded. jahn went out at 6-4. He is quite definitely a player of immense pos- sibilities, and, though his debut was not toc successful, we have not heard the last of him.

Full results were as follow!- Singles Championship.

(First Roond.)

Tilden alone, however, and a few The Association would not leave weeks later he was actually aus-

was

re

had to

pay

CAPTAIN'S CUP AT FANLING.

In the final of the Captain's Cup (1980) played over Fanling R. A.

pended. His suspension moved early in the following year, and since thea Tilden has been Campbell beat J. E. Costello by rather a "free-lance player, al-5 and 4. though he always went to the rescue Starling Times on Sunday. of his country whenever requested The Royal Hong Kong Gol? Club notifies the following start-

D. J. Valentine beat G. W. Ato do so.

Tafton 6-2, 4-6, 7-5

(Second Round.)

C. A. L. Rumjahn beat D. B. Evans

6-1, 6-4.

Plow Kim-sang beat Firdes Khan

6-2, 6-3.

W. J. Howard beat E. Raliton

6·0, 6·0.

M. K. Lo beat K. Nakagato 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles Championship.

(First Round.)

Lee Woon-taoi and Lee Wal-isol

Whether Tilden in the future willing times for Sunday at Fan- attempt to win the professional | Jing- championship against Karel Kozeluh and Vincent Richards is problema- tical.

1.00 am. C. B. Rigge, P. Grant,

Capt. Muir, H. Hampton.

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL

HOCKEY-To-morrow Coer Cup St. Andrew's Club v. D.C.S.; H.K. Ladies' Hockey Clb v. Club de Recreio,

LAWN TENNIS-To-day- H.K.C.C. Tournament-Open Singles, Open Doutdes ad Crom- pionship.

Monday-H.K.C.C Touiza- ment Open Singles and Open Doubles.

Tuesday-H.K.C.C. Tourna- ment Open Singles and Open Doublez.

GOLF To-day Taggart Captain's Cup (Ladies) Second Pound.

Cup Final; A. D. Humphreys, E. D.

Matthews.

0. Eager, W. J. Clerk.

D. G. Bruce, R. Young, C. B.

To-morrow-Chinese New Year Meeting, Fanling: Begey Fool, Kowloon.

Sunday

Chinese New Year

Meeting, Fanling; Kowloon Golf Captain's Cup -- Second Round and Bogey Foo

0.04

9.08

17

0.12

CRICKET IN THE DOMINIONS.

9.16

Not to be booked by travel-

lers on train.

0.20

M. G. Marriot, J._Boul.

9.24

D. G. McAvoy, S. J. H. Fox.

Club

0.28

2.32

"

Willams,

9.30

L. Yates, A. O. Brawn.

0.40

tr

W.

2.44

Macfadyen.

3.48

**

I.

1.52

"

0.56

+

beat Yoshikawa and Kinoshita English Touring Side in

6-4, 8-G.

Club Championship.

D. M. MacDougall beat F. A. Red-

mond 6-2, 6-2.

A sensation has been caused by the suspension of five Queensland players for flouting the authority of the Queensland cricket selec- tors by appointing their players' committee to select the team which played against Vic- toria on December 18. The

The thief attraction in to-day's suspended players are Gough (cap-programme will be the clash be taln), Goodwin, Amos, Thurlow tween L Goldman and Su. Green and Benstead. Oxenham has for right of entry into the third apologised and, has been excused. round. Though a player of great The decision in the case of the resources, Green will be handicap others participating in the match rad by the burden of years, has been postponed as they have though als experience might turn got appeared before the executive, almost certain defeat lato victory, and surprise no one. Goldman is one of the best British exponents in the Colony and should survive fer further conquests. *** FORM. W. Lo, another past cham

HOCKEY.

Y.M.C.A. SECOND TEAM

TO-DAY.

pion, will be seen in action against that very versatile player, I. M. A. The Y.BL.C.A.. second eleven to Razack, and a good match should oppose the Kowloon Ladies' Hockey Le witnessed with the probable Club this afternoon at King's rosult of a win for Lo Park at 5 pm, will be as follows: The following matches are down

WJ. Scotcher: F. Kilby, L. Tipple; for decision this afternoon

L. Macey, W. Stoker, W. Stedman:

J. J. Ferguson, F. Parker, W. H, Smith, W. J. Brown and H. Moore,

The real reason why teams go to

Bingles Championship.

(Second Round.).

Luk Kang-cheang v. Chip Chun-chi, M. W. Lov, LM. A. Razack

plecas apart from internal -UIS-| sension and sheer bad luck in the way of injuries to players-is that Doubles Championship, either other teams get their mast

C. E. Hanwellv. Ho, Wai-hing, L Goldman, B. E. Green, Tan Wal-pulv. Lt Col J. G. Lecky.

PCFirst Townd

eure and adopt counter-tactica, orEVICE DRI a couple of matches on grounds, F. Orose and R. Chon that do not suit them result in de

feat and the couidence that is go

Vital factor in any run of victories is lost Andy Ducat

Good Position.

QUEENSLAND SENSATION.

East London, Jan. 24. tween Cape Province and

A three-day cricket match be- M.CC. touring team commenced 10.04 the 10,00 here to-day. The following is to 10.08 day's closing scores.

10.12

Cape Province 156 (Viljoen 88, Goddard 3 for 29); M.C.C. 162 for 10.10 2 (Hammond 87 not out).

Brown, H. G.

G. H. Wilson, W. MacKenzie.

20 G. Thomerson, A. A.

D. Lennox, J. Forbos.

W. S. Hillier, D. M. Goodall.

W. C. Clarke, T. C. Monaghan.

A. Florey, W. N. Buyers.

J. S. Dykes, D. S. Robb. G. D. Smart, 0. E. C. Marton.

J. E. Richardson, R. M. Wood.

RK Valentine, W. M.

Barion.

C. H. M. Andrew, A. J. R. Wolfe.

10.20

1024

#

#

T. Low, J. R. Hinton, J. G. Campbell, N.. K. Littlejohn.

10.30

#

4

H. U. Ireland, C. H. Burton,

B. Masson, Col. D. E Glatke

Monday-R.H.K.G.C.

New Year Hosting.

Chinese

Tuesday and Wednes.las-goy

Pool, Kowloon G.G.

March 24-Ladles Sectat- Prize Giving, Fanling.

FOOTBALL-To-morrow-First

Royal

V. V.

Division Police RC. V Artillery; Chiness Athietie Kowloon F.C.; Boritters Club; Navy v. South China; St. Joseph's

Argylls. น

Second Division, Argylls Univer- sity; Kowloon F.C. v. Navy; Clab de Recreio v. St. Joseph's; Eastern v. Borderers; Clab v. South China; Chinese Athletle v. Royal Artillery; Third Division, Fukien v R.A.0.C

Wednesday Heng Kong Shanghai,

February 21-Chinese v. Shang- hal, 8.30 p.m.; Interport Dinner, Peninsula Hotal.

2.83

p.m.

February 23-United Services-. *. Shanghai.

RUGBY FOOTBALL-To-mor-

8.10 p.zi.

1. 9. Marshall, R. Mrow Hong Kong, Y. Shanghai, Chaloner. B. des 10.44

Voeux, L. R.

WEST INDIANS TOUR 10.28 MATCH AGAINST COMBINED 10.3

COUNTRY TEAM OF N.S.W.

Newcastle, Jan. 24. The following are the closing scores in a two-day cricket match 13.48 between, West Indies and Combined 16.62 Country team of N.S.W. which 1.56 commenced to-day? Combined Country 261. (Bennett. 1) West 11.04 Indies 76 for 3 (Headley 52 not 11.08 out).

2:

11.00

11.12.

11.18

12

E.

Andrewes.

H

T. Grant, D. Lyon.

M

J. Bentley, J. Coulthart.

Children are usually controlled, in 11.20 their own Interests, but dogs, evan LA. if well-trained and bold an a leash, should never be brought to an im

A. H. Ferguson, A. B. Raworth.

G. Castle, H. T. Buxton. D. J. Keogh, E. P. White 1. Allison, J. H. Ashworth. E. P. Fletcher, C. B

Robertson.

Dr. Dovey. C. Mycock. A. Leach, L. G. B. Dodwell WR Vallance, Comde. Priestley..

HL Lowe, E. M. Hanlon, GT May, H. P. Balley: A. Ritchle, J. A. R. Belby.|-

Henderson, and G/ W. Sewen. -1 portant golf match, Spectators 11:30

pressing forward may cause yelp 11.40 2 0 W. Jeffries, A., G.

by treadingzon

Hog

La groom

HALKA A E Penn, A LAMBANG JAPCherry, A. B. Forves,

Monday Rugby Interport Din ner, Peninsula Hotel,

Tuesday-United Services V Shanghai, 3.80 p.m.

CRICKET-To-morrow-Divi alon I-Hong Kong C.C. v. Royal Artillery: (L); Royal Navy│v. Kowloon CC (F.); Division II Kowloon CC Royal Engineers (La); Univeralty v. Hong Kong C.C. (L.); Club de Recreto. RASC. (L); Indian RC v. "Royal Signal {F.)

YACHTING Funday port Alatch Hona Žog Shanghai, 10.65 a.m.

FOOTBAN, M

Irter.

Saturday-Eng

lish Gimperifth Round; Beattish

Cup

duffel Round/ 1 Pebriley 41-Ireland Scot

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