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THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931.

KING'S THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.30 p.m.

WHEN HE KISSES LIKE THIS

--THEY FALL LIKE THAT!

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IN

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TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

CONDARY

PICTURES

E DOWLING Blaze Glam

CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP

SOUTH CHINA BEAT SIGNS OF STALENESS

AT THE H.K.C.C.

"THE REST."

Great Superiority Displayed.

ON

Chinese Visitor in Very Fine Form.

RUMJAHNS LOSE.

PHAR LAP ONLY IN

SIXTH PLACE.

List of the Biggest Stake Winners.

TIME YET.

won

R

the

Phar Lap. Australasia's cham- [By "Base Line."] After witnessing the downfall pion rave-horse, has now of the Rumjahn cousins before the shade over £52,000 in stakes, and

position in attack of Khoo Hooi-hye and Paul figures in sixth Kong at the 1.K.C.C. yesterday I world's liet of bligest stake win- could not help thinking of thatners. Those ahead of him are- important factor in tennis, the Gallant Fax (America)...£68,27:3 avoidance of which is so difficult | Kear (France) Zev (America)

LEE SCORES THREE.

A large crowd

the Club ground yesterday witnessed the complete rout of "The 'Rest" eleven against South China A.A. (Champions of Division 1.) in the Anni match of the fuctball season. Goals by Lee Wai-tong and Fung King-cheung in the first half were the result of fine combination instaloness. the forward line. After the inter- va Lee Wai-tong scored another goal. followed shortly after by a point from Ip Pak-wa. The fifth goal was credited to Lee, bringing his tally up

to three. broke the "duck" of "The Rest" eleven when he gave Paù Ka-ping, ne chance ut close range.

enn that.

*****

67,078

62,726

57,455

55,154

H. D. Rumjahn lacked the brilleinglass (England) liance with which he has thril!- Donavan (England) ed the spectators' time and again. Gallant Fox amassed his big S. A. Rumjahn played all too total in two seasons-at two and timidly and displayed none of his three years. He did not race after

Staleness Lowden fiery offensives.

Phar Lap has been racing work havoc with the very best of for nearly three full seasons. As human machines.

a two-year-old he won once out of five starts and earned only £182, The rest of his money has been won in a space of 18 months. However. Phar Lap did not come to hand as soon as the American

Speedier methods and perfect combination never cast a doubt

the ultimate result.

Trophies Presented.

To Khoo, however, all raise should be given for his extraordia. onarily fine display and to Paul Kong credit is due for his remarkable sicadiness. Khoo gave his best exhibition on the local courts, and his range of strokes were sufficient to counter the volleying defence of the local doubles champions,

At the conclusion Mrs. Ꭻ ; Ormiston presented the League trophies,

champion, which ceased to race at the age at which Phar Lap set out on his great winning career.

There are half a dozen weight- Mr. Pau Ka-ping, South China's

After 11 strenuous four-sel

for-age races to be decided ere the captain, received the Hong Kong match Khoo very sportingly at current racing season concludes in Faily Press Cup, and the South tempted to play his scheduled Australia. Were Phar Lap to cap China players were presented with singles game against C. Alature the lot, approximately £6,000 silver caps.. The Kowloon F.. Rumjahn, the local singles cham- would be added to his tally. If he as renners-up in the Senior Division. With a burst of energy be collceted the Sydney Cup as well, sion, also received silver cups. took five games to Rumjahn's two. the amount would be increased to

The South Wales Borderers won but afler consultation with the just below £9,000,

This amount the "Fred Ellis" Cup in Division umpire it was decided to make the would be insufficient to place Phar II., and silver cups were present-eighth game the last. Khoo, how Lap above the American and French champions detailed in the

ed to each player; silver cups ever, lost this game thus ending were presented to the Royal up in the lead at 5-3. Navy players as runners-up In Division II.

The "Chan" Cup was won by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, winners of Division 11., and each player received a silver cup.

Miss Paula Hollands at the con- cinsion presented Mrs. Ormiston with a bouquet, in a silver vase

H.K.F.A.

Full results:- Khoo Hooi-hye and Paul Kong beat H. D. and S. A. Rum- jahn 6-3, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. lihoo Hooi-hye led C. A. L. Rum-

jahn 5-3 in the first set,

To-day's Matches.

At the H.K.C.C. this afternoon. at 4.30 E. D. Andrews, the visit

adorned with the colours of thefing British International player, will be in opposition to C. A. L. Rumjahn, the local champion. After this match: E.-D. Andrews and A. L. Sullivan, the H.K.C.C. champion, will play H. D. and

Mr. May, on behalf of the League Management Committee, thanked Mrs. Ormiston for making the presentations, and Mr. W. E. fiollands, the League Hon. Secre- inry, for his work in connection with the Football Leagues.

THE SUNDAY HERALD CHARITY CUP.

Proposed Allocation of Proceeds.

OVER $30,000 RAISED.

The following shows the allocation of the Sunday Herald Charity Cup fund for last year and the suggested alloca- tions for this year:-The cut from the Orphanage and Almshouses has been suggested by one of their Committee, and the balance has been added on to the Leper Mission Fund. The Soldiers & Sailors Home and the New Territories Medical Benevolent Society appear In the list for the first time.

1980. Protestant Orphanage Protestant Almshouses

list.

The chances, however, of Phar Lan contesting all of the alx re- maining weight-for-age races are

slender. Two of the six events are on the one day-the third day of the A.J.C. Autumn meeting. Phar Lap, though, could probably take both the distances are a mile

and a mile and three quarters. However, there is ample time for Phar Lap to beat the American horse's stake record. Ho is only a four-year-old and sound.

3. A. Rumjahn in the final match THE ORIGIN OF PLUS

of the present series of exhibition natches,

RACING.

RESULT OF THE SHANGHAI CHAMPIONS.

SWEEP DRAWINGS,

Shanghai, Yesterday, The result of the Shanghai Champions was:

Saarland (Dallas) Busy Bee (Bowling)

...... 1

Mr. Cinders-Maitland) 3

FOURS.

Player with a Plus Four Handicap.

HENCE THE NAME!

There is an interesting note in "Bridle and Gulfer," a Canadian magazine, dealing with the origin of plus fours.

"A great many golfers suffer un- der the delusion that 'plus fours,' Won by two lengths, with three-as the baggy knickers are known, quarters of а length between derived their name from the fact second and third.

that the tailors added 4in. to the usual measurements to ensure extra "Freedom." the paper states. "The facts are quite different.

drawing-15591,

"A" sweep, r 24087, 26262.

"B" sweep drawing.-32788, 257, 7307,

It is understood that the first prize in the "A" sweep goes to a Hong Kong club-Reuter.

Suggested For 1931.

280.00

100.00

250.00

100.00

Mission to Seamen

550.00

650.00

St. Vincent de Paul

300.00

300.00

Little Sisters of the Poor

300.00

300.00

Chap Shing Hospital

500.00

500.00

Blind Home

300.00

200.00

Alice Memorial Hospital

600.00

600.00

Hong Kong Benevolent Society

300.00

300.00

St. Dunstan's Home £50

670.00

1020.00 abt.

Chinese Leper Mission

260.00

600.00

Soldiers & Sailors Home

300.00

Now Territories Medical

volent Socfety

Bene-

Total

$4,270.00

244.24

$5,114.24

Total distributed including our- rent year, $37,241.64.

H.M.S. CORNWALL

SINGAPORE.

Wins Football Game Against Chinese

The Fed

a.

terday

for

Penang, April 27- Penang Volunteers scor shooting victory VCA over H.M.S. Cornwall.

"The reason why the baggy trouser suit came to be named "plus fours' is that, when golfers took to wearing the suit because of the ease į and freedom of movement, it was humorously considered necessary to be a first-class player before one would dare to wear such a sult.

"Before the present British na- tional system of handicapping was introduced, which places the beat players at scratch, the club handicap system allowed the having of back markers of one or more strokes, the maximum being four, so that a par excellence golfer was handicapped 4 (or plus four). The plus four which indexed a player's golfing prowess and 'entitled' him to wear the eult eventually became, there- fore, the name by which the mult was known."

́OARSMAN'S DEATH.

Rowed Against Cambridge On Four Occasions.

Road Stadium yesterday, the S.C.C. defeated a team from H.M.S. Corn- wall by three goals to one. They Colonel Frank Willan, who was quite merited their victory in a for two years president of the Ox. game which produced little good ford University B.C... and who football, and very little excitement rowed for Oxford against Cana until well on in the. fecond half, bridge' on four occasions, died at when the saflors equalised through his New Forest home, Burley Tugwell, writes the Straits Times, Manory 48 hours after the 1981

For the Cornwall Tugwell proved Boat Race. My 10 lagt himself a splendid pivot, and was He was 85 years of age, and the most outstanding player.. fo the officiated as umpire of the Univer- vialibrs team. The cruiser'e for sity Boat Race for 13 years. wards lacked combination and

Penang'a score was 486 and finished badly, while their backs

Imagine a heap of iron filings

the Cornwall's 304. The ranges were a little too unorthodox to be a sent flying wildly hither and thither were 200 yards, 300 yards and 600 success. It was evident, however, when someone waves a magnet over yards deliberate and 300 yards that with several more games to them Enlarge the fron filings to rapid.

gether, the Cornwall, side could give human size, endow them with all

In a footbali, match played Bere on Saturday, H.M.S. Cornwall beat the Chinese Recreation Club by four gpals to two." ON

P Singapore, April 27,"! In a friendly match at the Arson

better display. We we the frailties of the flash, keep them The following represented H.MS. Cornwall Botterill Rogan and zigzagging about like Chinese Davey; Baker, Tugwell and Sturdi Frackend, and you have some notion of the ! spectacle of Mice hockey. vant; Glover, Hanson, Christison, Partington and Partons.

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