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THE CHINA MATL.

THURSDAY,

CEMBER 31 1931.

Wishes its

Friends

& Patrons

THE

KINGS

THEN

SHOWING TO-DAY AT

ATRE

"A Happy and

Prosperous New Year.

2:30, 5.10, 7.15, & 9.30 p.m.

SHAKE!

with

laughter !!

after you've seen THE FOUR

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BROTHERS "Monkey Business"

NEXT CHANGE

COMMENCING SUNDAY, JAN. 3, 1932.

with

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FULL SPEED AHEAD

TRANSAT

with

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STIC

with

LOIS

MORAN

Edmund LOWES

Eois MORAN

Myrna Loy

Jean Hersholt,

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BOOKING AT. THE THEATRE.

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Correct styles FELT HATS:

Andrews,

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Cambiaghi,

Hardeman

CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP

NEW BRIGHTON WIN

BRITISH TENNIS TOUR

AT HOME.

Stockport Lose by Odd Goal in Three,

THIRD DIVISION RESULT.

London, Yesterday.

Strong Team for West Indies.

PERRY-AND HUGHES.

(Router's Special Service.)

London, Yesterday.

AMUSING BOXING STORY.

Political Speeches Made in Programme..

MOSCOW SPORT.

An inter-city boxing tournament

was recently staged at Moscow,

trade-

urban

In the Northern Section of the Third Division of the English

One of the strongest lawn tennis under auspices of the physical League New Brighton defeated Stockport by two goals to one-teams will leave England on Janu-culture sections of the

ary 19 to make a six-week tour of unions, with Moscow, Leningrad, Reuter.

the West Indies. The team will Rostov, Tilfs and other comprise: Miss Nuthall, Mra.centres represented..

Being the first time in several Perry, Mr. BRILLIANT HOCKEY AT Whittingstall; Mr.

years that a pugilistic show Hughes, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Lester.

permitted in the capital with official blessings it attracted con- siderable attention. The fighting,

U.S.R.C.

Club Score Five Goals Against S.W.B.

JOHNSON'S SPECTACULAR GAOL.

Followers of hockey. were award- ed a fast and sporting match on the US.R.C. ground yesterday after- noon, when the Hong Kong Hockey Club 1st XI defeated the South Wales Borderers by five goals to one. Although heavily defeated, the dis- Borderers were by no means graced, for nevar, at any stage of the game, were they outplayed by the Club. Seizure of opportunities when in front of goal gained for the Club their victory.

When play opened, the Club feld- ed only ten men, F. Allen, of the Police, going in goal until the arrival of G. Duncan, It was dur ing this period that the Borderers pressed hard, and Pte. Johnson, their centre-forward, coming elose) in had the misfortune to fall over, but he scored a magnificent goal, when lying full length on the ground.

Was

Our Sports Diary principally by light and feather-

CRICKET-To-morrow-Univer- sity Past v. Present; Hong Kong C.C. v. Navy,

Saturday University v. Royal Artillery(); H.K.C.C. v.. Navy; K.C.C. v. Army; Second Division C.S.C.C. y. Police (L); Border- ers v. University.

Day-K.C.C. v. Army

(gad

HOCKEY-To-day-University v. Radio Sports at 5 pm.; St. Andrew's v. Y.M.CA.

FOOTBALL-To-morrow-Ser- viser v. Civilians on Club ground at 8.30 plin.

Saturday Chineso League Yee Woo. v. Sung Ching; Eastern South China "D"; Chinese Ath- letic "A" v. Chinese Athletic "B". GOLF-To-morrow to Sunday- R.H.E.G.C.. New Year Meet. ・・・

of First Sunday Completion Round of Captain's Cup at Fan- ling: Entries close for the Junior Championship.

ATHLETICS_To-morrow— Kowloon 0.C. Children's Sports.

STEEPLECHASING-To-mor- row and Sunday-Fanling Hant & Race Club at Kwanti.

weights, was of amateur quality and the proletarian audiences were obviously disappointed.

The revival of this, sport, how- ever, is algnificant. Boxing was quite popular some years ago but gradually fell into disrepute as a Soviet leaders "bourgeois sport," preferred to emphasize team work and mass games rather than con- tests between two people.

The tournament. was spread over several evenings, the first of them! at the clubhouse of the Triangle textile factory. Certainly, there was nothing in the performance that resembled a similar occasion abroad. Even in boxing the em- phasis was upon political slogans rather than pugilism.

Some 600 men and women, most of them in their grimy working" clothes, filled the clubhouse theatre, the stage of which served as a ring. Before the fighters came on the audience was obliged to sit through a series of long political speeches. Under the general head of prize- fighting the speakers managed to

Exchanges were fairly even, until MERRITT MAY VISIT drag in the Five-year Plan, the last

LANCASHIRE.

Permission Awaited.

of

Francis abcepting a pass in midfield, dribbled past the soldiers' defence to score the equaliser with a fast shot. Shortly after, Owen Hughes, re calving a pass in the circle, made no! mistake with his shot to give the Club the lead. Toward the inter- val Tetley scored the Club's third goal from a rebound.

The Borderers had hard luck on several occasions in not scoring, and tentative agreement with a Lan- "We came to see boxing matches on one of these there was a general cashire League club, aubject to not to hear lectures" dozens of the meeles in front of the Club's goal, ratification by the New Zealand spectators finally began to shout. but Duncan had the ball well secured Council.

The cry was emphasized by between his feet with three of the Merritt was a member of the hisses and whistling. This Indeed S.W.B. forwards hacking at it much New Zealand team whch toured

evening. The boxing was mild to the amusement of the spectators England in the early part of this was the only excitement during the and the players !!

year. He had a quite successful and bloodless, the audience cool as After the change-over, play be- time in most of their fixtures. came even faster. In the Club's defence, the Reed brothers were do-

economic commandments of Stalin, the capitalist depression, etc. One contrasted the speakers capitalist boxing with the Soviet brand. Whereas the former is in terested in championships and pro- Tom Lowry, captain of the New Ats, he said, the latter preparas Zealand cricket team which reached Aghters for the Five-year Plan and Wellington from England recently against the enemies of the socialist stated that W. E. Merritt had a fatherland.

cucumbers. Six bouts of 8 rounds: each completed the evening's pro

ing clever work, whilst Rodger was AN ALL-IN WRESTLING gramme-United Press.

MYSTERY.

Infectious Disease ?

George Godfrey, the

giant

FOOTBALL MATCH IN GAOL

Naval Men Beaten by Convicts.

playing a sterling game at back The Club's forward line combina tion was excellent, and the under- standing between Owen Hughes and Divett, on the right, was remark able. On one occasion Divett broke through, and just missed with

scoop shot. The Club continued American negro boxer, who turned to be the aggressors, and Francis his attention to all-in wrestling a sent in a stinger which the Border little while ago, is critically i er's goalkeeper saved, but from the from a mysterious infection of the arm which followed a wrestling rebound, Evans scored. Each goal

Sing Sing prison's football team, was raided in rapid succession, and bout with Reaper. toward the end, when the light Stanley Staslask, the Polish which beat the Ossining "Naval began to fail, Francis scored, the Wrestler, contracted a similar in- Militia by 88 goals to nil in its first fection of the arm, which proved game against outsiders,""" thus Club's Afth goal from a pass from fatal after a bout,

also with aiding the New York Unemploy- Owen Hughes,

Reaper:

ment Relief, Fund to the extent of £50, aspires to play a against crack college football teams Two thou sand inmates cheered from the side lines in the prison courtyard. Five hundred residents Ossining wera permitted to pay for admission, after they had been searched for concealed weapons. The opposing team had no ch

prison

The game was very good; and pro- duced many clever movements.In a forwand line that combined well, there was real by little to chose be

tween the Club men, although Tetley on te left wing was not so impressive, The Reed brothers, In the half back line with Dand, played a sparkling game, whilst Rodger was choice of the backs,

GOLF.

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