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Motherwell's Bid for

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BIG WIN OVER FALKIRK.

In the First Division of tho Scottish League yesterday Mother well engaged Falkirk and had a run-away victory by a margin of five goals.

Result as cabled by Reuter:- Motherwell G. Falkirk

Rangers Celtic Partick

Hearts Dundee Airdrie. Hamilton

REVISED TABLE.

.12 22 32 20

1

CLAPTON ORIENT.

Bold Stroke to Save A Neighbour.

NOBLE ACTION.

E. C. FINCHER BEATS

T. HONDA.

Japanese Player is Outplayed.

"TEDDY'S" TITLE ?

On the stand court yesterday afternoon in the H.K.C.C. lawn tennis tournament E. C. Fincher defeated T. Honda, the holder of the Open Singles Championship, by 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, after an exhibition which did not come up to expecta- tlons. London, March 7.

Fischer is to be con- Clapton Orient Football Club,gratulated on his meritorious suc- who are in the Southern Section of cess, which was made more wel- Lengue III, have been brought up come by the fact that he was by the arsenal, the First Division beaten by the Japanese player in club.

last year's final of the Men's

I understand that the Arsenal Singles. club have taken over all the In the first set it was apparent liabiliti and obligations of Clap that Honda was winning points ton Orient, and will thus be in full more on his reputation than on Fincher seemed un- control of the Third Division club,good play. writes an Evening Standard able to cast off the inferiority.com- Special Correspondent.

plex, and his play suffered 28 0 He was, content to play It is a bold stroke in an effort to result. 8 4 89 31 48

keep alive a neighbour who has Honda's own game and seldom fallen upon bad times.

showed the slightest signs of ag-

33 21 39

34 17 6 12

5 80 25 49

63 GO 36

G1 35

34

P. V. D. L.

Motherwell

Goals. T. A. Pts. .34 23 € 5 98 30 52

67 40 45

82 50 89

17 4 13 33 16 4 13

62

63 54 39 50 30

34 15 6 14

Aberdeen

85 14 7 14

07

Clyde

34 15 4 15

58

71

Cowdenbeath 83 14 6 13

40

St. Mirren .32 11 7 14

49

58 34

66 29

Kilmarnock

.33 12 & 16

Morton .... 33 11

0 16 Falkirk ....33 12 3 18

40 64

57 29

71 23

07 78 27

Queen's Pk. 2 10 10

Leith

84 7 10 17

57 63 26 40 77 24

Hibernians Ayr

34

46

East Fife

.32 5 10 17 39 6 4 25 Possible Points.

42

Motherwell

Points Possible

00

Rangers

G1

47

Dundee Hamilton

40

43

Airdrie.

46

Cowdenbeath

Celtic Partick Hearts

Aberdeen

Clyde

St. Mirren

Morton Kilmarnock

Queen's Park Falkirk

Leith Hibernians Ayr

East Fife

The action has no parallel thatgression. The loss of the first I can call to mind, though there set, however, was the result of a was a time when Sir Henry Norrla remarkable change in his tactics. (then Mr. Norris) and Mr. W. Hall, He attacked Honda continuously while directors of Fulham, stepped with deep drives and approaches Into the breach at Plumstead with to the net, which proved so dis the idea of saving the Woolwich concerting to the champion that Arsenal Club as it was then. he was forced to relinquish his

Sir H. Norris and Mr. Hail after-advantage at 6-1.

third The 2422 wards resigned their connection 8 620

set opened with

81 20 with Fulham and concentrated on Honda looking worried at his in- 34 106 14 the position at Plumstead. Success ability to find his usual driving was not gained, however, until the length. He was clearly flustered club moved to North London. and allowed several opportunities

FRANCE'S RUGBY TROUBLE.

Revelations of a Paris Editor.

ADVERTISEMENT TEAMS.

Doomed to Collapse.

of scoring to slip through bad tim Now comes a noble step by Ar-ing. His approaches to the net senal to save a club which seemed were well-judged, but he failed to doomed to collapse unless assist-carry conviction with his place- ance dropped from the clouds.ments. Fincher never allowed There is no Football League rule to him a point without striving to forbid such a step, but, of course, make a return and his versatility the League Management Commit on the base line carned him ap teo, like the council of the Foot-plause on occasion. Adopting his ball Association, have almost. un-chop stroke with an occasional limited powers, and little can boj forehand drive Fincher carried all done without sanction. The per-before him after the third mission of the League and of the game, his shortening of langth Football Association has to be ab-though very fortunate опсе

tained even for trifling affairs. or twice, completely outpositioning

Thero is little doubt, however, the champion. but that a broad view will be taken Unexpected as his victory might of this matter. It is not a selfish have been, Fincher was not at all project for the enrichment of Ar-flattered by his easy triumph. He Benal; it la an act which will en- was full value for his success. able Clapton Orient to carry out Full results of yesterday's the season's programme and will matches were:~~ ensure all creditora having their

Open Singles. just demands met Incidentally E. C. Fincher beat T.-Honda 3-6, the Third Division programme will 6-1, 6-1. be fulfilled according to schedule. It would have been most unfor- tunate for any breakdown to oc- cur in the last two months of the

season.

Deliverance,

L. Goldman beat G. Lai 6-2, 6-3.

Club Championship.

A. L. Sullivan beat H. Owen Hughes 6-2, 6-3.

Handicap Singles "A".

.A. B. Raworth (owe 4-6). beat

Paris, March. 6. It was only last month that the W. M. Barton (rec. 3/6) 5-7, 6-2, The searchlight of the most Evening Standard pointed out how 7-5. powerful sporting newspaper in rapidly the affairs of Clapton

now

France, "L'Auto," has been Orient were approaching a crisis. US. BASEBALL TEAMS

new

turned on to the dark side of Since they moved to their French Rugby, with astonishing re-ground at Lea Bridge Speedway, aults. An article written by B., the club's revenue from "gates" "L'Auto's" editor, M. Henri has been insufficient to meet ex- Destrange, reveals how green penditure; and at the end of last grocers, hat makers, and others season the position was such that "run" some of France's most pro- players then signed on agreed to minent "amateur" clubs as an ad- let their Sumner wages stand over Įvertising medium, paying

the until this season had begun and players ostensibly for positions on money started to come in again.

IN JAPAN.

INVADERS WİN.

Tokyo, Mar. 22. Two American baseball teams,

new invading Japan, were victori- ous to-day. In Osaka, the Los

the greengrocery staff or in the Players have aven had to buy Angeles club defeated the Hoyu

hat-making shop.

The "amateur champions of 1929 and 1930, says M. Destrange, were both subsidised by trades men. Quillan, the 1929 champions, were really part of a hat manufac- turer's business, and they made him a very powerful advertisement. His method was to collect the star players of all the clubs within the "region" (a defined Rugby district similar to those in the English county championship) and to give them positions in his factory pro vided they played for Quillan. The players, of course, brought him a large clientele.

meals on journeys, to away club, one of the strongest amateur matches, while some of the direc-baseball teams in Japan, by a store tors have contributed freely to the of 3 to 1. club funds, with little hope of In Tokyo, the Alameda baseball seeing their money again.

team triumphed over the Shundai Now, when the club were facing club, by 6 to 4-United Press. the possibility of closing their gates permanently, deliverance has come from an unexpected quarter.

With such a burden of respon- sibility the Arsenal, of course, have taken steps to safeguard their position by appointing officials to represent not only their financial interests but their football in- tercats.

Prospects.

While, no doubt, the clubs will A greengrocer's team won the 1980 championship with Agen. He be run as entirely separate con- was their "patron," and "openly cerns, young players in the Clap ́boasted · of `having spent over ton Orient team will always have £1,000 in five months on boosting before them the prospect of "pro- Agen in what he called a "Rugby|mation" by transfer to the aonlor campaign." Whether the "team" [club,.........

were, supplied with free potatoes Orient, before to-day's match and greens la not mentioned, with Brighton, had played 28 The most recent example of the games and scored 25 points. They |lack of spirit of sportsmanship is were bracketed equal fourth from quoted In connection with the Trish the bottom of the League table match... with France, in which | with Walsall, but the Staffordshire Porra, the Lyons hooker, was club had played three more games. ↑ selected although he belonged to a Below Orient in the table · were "rebel" club. Porra, however, was Thames (with 24 points), Norwich made to promise that he would re (20 points), and Newport (19 sign and join an afiliated club points)

He resigned and gained his first. This is the club's first season International cap, but the day after at the Les Bridge Speedway the. International. against“ Ireland ground; Before they played at he announced that he had decided | Millfields. Road, Homerton, E. to tick to the rebel club," "This, Several games this season, how- however, là not "all," says Mever, had to be played at Wembley Destrange. "As soon as he had Stadium because the Football been received back into the rebel | League ordered-alterations to be fold; Agen made eyea at him, or made to the Lea Bridge playing he mada eyes at Agen; and I have pitch. been told of a sum of £400 paid for

Tailway far from Lyons to Agen, I would not go so far as to say a distance of less than 200 miles. that America's success in sport is But that may be exaggerated." - due to their being “dry," but 1 đó.

The editor concludes with the cons announcement that a member » of sio the Federation's disciplinary If these m

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Our Sports Diary,

LOCAL.

LAWN TENNIS-To-day- H.K.C.C. Tournament.

ATHLETICS-To-morrow-St. Paul's College Sports, Caroline Hill, 1 pin.

FENCING Monday-Fencing Club Meeting, Yacht Club, 5.15.

GOLF-Thursday Entries close for Shanghai Visitors' Cup, Fan- Eng.

Sunday Shanghai Visitors" Cup, Fanling; Open Foursomes, Kowloon.

FOOTBALL Thursday-United Services Finals Junior-H..S. Bridgewater v. H.M.S. Bruce, 8 p.m.; Senlor-H.M.S. Hermes v. HLS.Madway, 440 p.m.

Saturday- Senior Shield-South Chica A.A. Borderers; Junior Shield—H.K.F.C. v. Navy; League 1. Chinese Athletic v. Kowloon F.C.; Club do Recreio v. Argylla; League I-St. Joseph's East ern F.C. University Argylls League

IL-Fukien v. R.E. RIFLE SHOOTING Friday and Saturday Volunteer Corps Ride Meeting, Stonecutter's.

HOCKEY — Baturday -- Casz. Clark Cup-Hong Kong Ladies": Hockey Club. v. Diocesan · Girls" School

RUGBY FOOTBALL Saturday Club Y. Army, Sockuupoo, 87, April 18 Sunday Herald Charity Cup Final Scotland China

"" RACING — Saturday" and "Men- day--Second Extra-Raca: Meeting, Happy Valley, 12.80 p.m.

April 18 Third Extra Race Meeting. Happy Valley Makes

CRICKET -- Saturday — CNI Service 0,C. V. PRA.; Indian, R.O.

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