SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1933.
THE CHINA MAIL.
AL SPORT PAGEADER
POTTING ALONG THE SMITH STANDS
TOP CUSHION
By Joe Davis.
Billiards & Snooker Champion,
asual result. Avoid this, sight the line for the pocket to your complete satisfaction, do not hurry the shot. to it and when you settle down never think about the danger leaving red.
DIFFERENT METHODS
of
DOWN FROM
"Y" TEAM
Lowe Completes Side. For Macao.
"Y" FAVOURED TO WIN.
Mamak
Tournament
Parthian Improve Their Position.
FIRST SOCCER
INTERPORT
TRIAL
Wong Mei-shun And Duncan Reserves.
HILL AS LEADER. In a Mamak Tournament hockey match yesterday afternoon, H.M.S.
The Interport Sub-Committee of Tchange in their hockey team Dartryer Flotilla by 2 goals to the hoglected the team for the ¡Parthian defeated the 8th Hong Kong Football Associa-
HE Y.M.C.A. are making one
june.
McRae will both the
which be played on Thursday, January 12, on the Club ground at Happy Valley at 4 p.m.
to play against the Macao Hockey The ground was slippery and Arst Interport trial game, Club on the latter's ground to play was heavy going. morrow afternoon. F. S. W. Smith was responsible for has atrained a muscle in his leg and Parthian's points. will be unable to play at right helf back. H. J. D. Lowe, the Club
Match Postponed. The Mamak Tournament match players who will play against The following are the selected player, is filling the vacancy, but between H.M.S. Parthian and St. will play on the left.
C.
B.
JAN WINS PROTEST AGAINST JOSS
CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS
PRESENTATION TO J. F. KELSALL THIS AFTERNOON
ANKER YACHTS FOR INTERPORT.
(By Captain Cuttle).
either a Combined Services or a Andrew's Club fixed for Tuesday. Combined Chinese eleven:
HE two protest cases Joss vTHERE is provision for three The following is the team:
the 10th inst., has been postponed
Jan and Jan v Joss, which L L. D. Skinner;
Corinthian Races in the Sex- A. Tate, E. Oto a later date.
Rodger (Club); Allen (RA), arose during the "A" class 2nd son's programme, and a prize will Murphy; H. J. D. Lowe, D. McLellan
Strange (Club); Leung Wing-chui, Championship Race on November be given for the best aggregate To-morrow's Games. (captain). R. A. Bates; G. H.
Pardoe (Captain) (R.A.), S. Bliss 26, have at last been settled after points over The following will represent Fowler, G. Burnett, W. H.M.S. Medway on Sunday against Joseph's), A. V.
(Kowloon);
Gosano
the three races. The (St.
three meetings of the Sailing Com- Sailing Committee obviously wish to Browne, G. A. Sommers und T. the K.I.T.C.
Gosanc (St. price.
nt Causeway Bay Joseph's), Hill (Kowloon), Blakeable was very carefully considered. yacht racing with no paid hands on mittee at which the evidence avail-encourage this form of amateur Evans; Steers, Rhodes; Wisdom (Kowloon) and Baldry (Borderers). Dunn, Hodge; Nosworthy, Robert- Browne, the "y" centre-forward son. Holmes, Lewis, Allen, Reserves. A. Duncan (Club) and Wong Moi(Mr. J. Krogh-Moe).
Reserves: Blackburn (Pollee), fa having a try-out this afternoon -Birchley, Turrif.
Referee: A. C. Jeffries. ·
after a very quick recovery from a On Saturday, January 14, the shun (South China).
dislocated collar bone, and it is Medway will meet the Incognitos at hoped that he will be fit for to-Marina No. 2 ground at 4 p.m., marrow's game in Macao.
folding Mamak Hockey
Table
Some players find it helpful to take the line for the shot from the cushion. Others play better if they try to fancy that the cushion does not exist and that they are Last year the Y.M.C.A., folding trying to not red into a very "tight" weaker cléven then, to-morrow's pocket. It is worth experimenting combination, held the Macao team; to see whether either of these to a 3-2 defeat. This year Macao methoda suits you. But, whatever are below strength, though the you do, the shot can never be made presence of Lt. da Costa will bring! The shot in my photograph and an easy one or anything like it. out the best in the team. They at the spot-end of my diagram Practise it deligently, and always have already played one local side, Radio is about the most baffling stroke treat it with the respect it de-being de ented by 5 goals to 2 by R.C. Signals 15 11 2 3 52 15 21 with which amateurs have to con- serves. Then, if you not a ball at the Radio Club, champions of the 1st ty. H.K.S.10 20140919 tend. It is not Ho bad if run- all well as a rule, you should mas-Mamak Tournament. through rod is the game. Then ater this bugbear of a shot.
confident shot played with plenty | of right-hand side is well within the scoring power of many useful amateurs.
The little positional cannon shown in the middle of my dia-
But it is the pot that causes the trouble. I am not surprised: it is a very exacting ahat, one anybody is likely to miss if the distance be- tween red and cje-ball is a couple At a shor- of feet or a little more. ter range, however, I think the shot can be made a certainly if you strike your ball in the centre and play with exceptional care.
CLUB RUGBY TEAM.
(Up to and including yesterday's'
gomca.)
Goals
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pt. 13 12 0 1 64 R 25
R.A.S.C.
15 6 3 20 21 17 Medway
6 3 5 28 15 17 St. A
21 36 11 15 Andrew's 10 7 2 1 SE Incognitos 7 7 9 0 27
7 0 0 27 3 14 Police University
R.E.
DATES FOR THE 1934 TESTS.
The board of control of Test matches at home, meeting at Lord's recently, arranged the dates and grounds for the Test matches with Australia in 1984 as follows:
The result of each protest has board, and it is rumoured that next now been given in favour of Jan year & Corinthian Championship
It is there-Series will be salled.
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fore possible now to 388ess the points gained up to date by
the
S forecasted in these notes last of their Championship Series, the another Anker yacht on the stocks. week the rumour regarding
Anker yachts aftor sailing 6 races AS
total races in the series, being 91 points gained so far are
lows:-
as fol-
Jan (J. Krogh-Moc) Wasp II (Major Thoyts &
Mayor Griffin)
At Nottingham, June 8, 9, 11, 12; | La Linda (A. L. Shields) at Lord's, June 22, 23, 25, 26; at Carpenter (H. S. Rouse) Manchester, July 6, 7, 9, 10; at Artemis (Commander Newill) Leeds, July 20, 21, 28, 24; at the Isobel (Commander Cowland & Oval, August 18, 20, 21, 22,
Daris)
The final Test, at the Oval, will Joss (K, Larssen & Stanton) be played to a finish subject to the Gull (B. Naess)
10 14 conditions contained in the Aus-Cicada (N. V. A. Croucher & 12tralia proposal, to which M.C.C.
540 17 20 10
gram is a good one to practise. The following is the Club Rugby Phoenix Handled correctly it will take; white out into mid-pocket posi-team for to-day's Tournament game 12th R.A.
at the Valley at 4 p.m.
R.A.M.C. J. P. Whitham; J. J. Fergus, Parthian w. II. B. Rigg, N. M. Macintosh, G. P.
Wishart Lammert; M. W. Turner, J. A. Veteran Selby Garrod, D. McLellan, I. II. German Club G. Moutrie, J. 1 H. McElney, Germa Bradford, A. K. Munro, A. P. Hal-Tamar
24th R.A. Thompson, and J. C. Miller.
20th R.A. Referee: Lt.-Comdr. H. W. V.
R.A.O.C. Stephenson, R.N., the former Irish K.LT.O. International.
18th Destroyers 30 2
tion and leave red where you tereat this week. A reader, just can do what you like with it. The common mistake is to play so that white is left too near the side clushion.
My post-bag is of exceptional in- back from Paris, tells me that the French have rules which differ
If you play too hard red is considerably from ours for snoo-
3 3 16 17 0
C. C. Blake)
1611 agreed, ie., that neither side has Oslo (M. Bergaust)
1 16 18 9
15 32 9
5 8 15 9
12 14
10 16
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was perfectly correct, The secret of the yacht was well kept for she was built as a surprise Christmas présent and her present owner,
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Mr. H. S. Rouse, had not the least inkling that he would wake to find
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an Anker yacht in his Christmas stocking.
The new yacht A II is to bo
25 named "True Blue" but will not, 23 however, be ready to race in the
23 Championships this season.
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Joss did not sail in one race and
won two matches or if the results ore equal.
was disqualified in another which One trial match will be played in accounts for her low position
471984-England v. The Rest, at the scale.
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2 10 24 4 1.7 213
Lord's, on June 2, 4, 5.
matches Arrangements for the with the West Indies next season 01 were made, and the price of admis
sion to Test matches was fixed at
0 30 $ 47
7128., tax inclusive.
almost sure to "bump" off the ker and volunteer snooker. Per-ENGLAND'S OPPORTUNITY IN THE pocket law and keep out. If you hapa Mr. John C. Blaset, chairman play slowly failure to score pre-of our Control Courell, might feel sents your opponent with a "sit- inclined, to explore the possibili- ting" red.
ties of uniformity.
Thus, particularly at spooker, the amateur is very apt to caught between two minds, with
K.C.C. v. KENT.
Tennis Contests At K.C.C.
TEAMS OF EIGHT.
Another reader, who has lived be for years on the Continent, tells theme that transmission side from the cue-ball to the object-ball is usual with the large balls in use abroad.
The Kowloon Cricket Club will meet a team from H.M.S. Kent st tonnis on the Club Courts on Sun- day morning and afternoon, com- mencing at 10.30 a.m.:-
The morning's play will be del voted entirely to singles while the afternoon will witness the doubles matches.
The following will represent-the Kowloon Cricket Club: E. C. Fin- cher, I. P. H. Macaully, S. A. Gray, S. E. Groon, E. Abraham, G. A White, F. Kenglebacker and C. I. Stapleton.
I do not dispute this, but know that
it never happens to me in my own
play.
A Staffordshire correspondent says
making no
RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP
Plenty Of Talent From
Which To Choose.
BY E. W. SWANTON.
outside half-back is less comforting, for J. R. Auty has had to cry off from today's match, and men like
direction or
H.K. SWIMMING ASSOCIATION.
Last Night's Meeting Of Delegates.
ERIC RAILTON OPTIMISTIC.
The special meeting called by
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"ACHTSMEN are pleased that
erected on the extremities of the underwater rocks of Channel Rocks, which has been a turning point on the Yacht Club courses for many- yeara. At certain states of the THE Salling Programme for the tide, helmsmen who have cut the THE published early next week. The corner too finely, have bumped Arst official race on the list is the This has often cause ddamage to alarmingly on the underwater rocka. 5th Ladies Championship for "A" class yachts on Monday Jan. 9, but the keel, and, incidentally, much an informal race, round Stone-Secretary (Mr. G. H. Gandy) has delay in the races. The Sailing cutters leland, starting and finish opened a dollar fund to defray the cost of erection, and yachtsman who approve of the new scheme are invited to subscribe.
ing at the Clubs, will be held on
aturday Jan. 7.
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THIS afternoon the Commodore
TL. Shields) will
take the opportunity of mak- Ing
оп behalf
presentation
THE new Anker class of on-de-
of the club to the Chief Yeoman of sign yachts of the Yacht Club
the Signals J. F. Kelsall R.N. who Squadron, conform closely with the
is due to sail for England next dimensions for the creation of a
S we jostled our way through W. Eliott and C. Slow, unless they Messrs. E. W. Rallton and Mr. A the departing crowds after the have made recent improvement, Mox Hing-kwai to discuss the week. Mr. Kelsall has acted for the new small class, which is doing that in his locality, "when anookered. Calcutta Cup Rugby match last have too pronounced limitations in organization of the Hong Kong past two years as Official Time fully considered by a Special Com the practice is much too prevalent of March, my companion remarked:
another to be Amateur Swimming Association or keeper for club races, a post which mittes at Home. The approximate ns we have really successful
makers of the formation of a new Association calla for concentration and cool-dimensions of the new type of yacht genuine "Well, thank goodness, tempt to found an English side which will penings, which is their primary took place yesterday evening at ness both when boats are crossing are: length over all 80 to 88 feet,
duty. hit the ball
last for years." And so perhaps it
the Lane, Crawford Private Tea the line in a bunch together, and aail area 233 square feet, displace- 'on, bat to seemed.
Auty, if he recovers from an in-room. A young team, built up jury, or Tallent, if he can
also when the intricacies of handi-ment 8,700 lbs. If the local Anker hit any ball with the on the lessons of the previous tom himself to the position after
The meeting was n great
capping figures are being elucidat. boats raced at Home they might ed at the end of a race. and there is every
rate quite tolerably near the limits success, dolibera te matches; had played admirably, and
of the new class. prospect of the formation of a intention of the ancient foe had been not merely being a centre for so long, seem at breaking up
present to be our brightest hopes.
THE next race ов which but 'fairly
the Pro- new association, for beaten
and squarely будов good
R. G. S. Hobbs, alas! has gone, another special meeting is
gramme is the 6th Champion. koring" trounced.
ship for Racing Yachts on Satur International Yacht Racing Union, The permanent committee of the posit i on."
being called in a fortnight's Unfortunately such theories do abroad, but men like N. L. Evans, My decision
time.
day Jan. 14, while on Sunday Jan- which had not met since January. 16 the return match Navy Club 1931, held a meeting at the Royal
rules, be can wward the
gamo
accus-
Mr. Railton told the Chino Mail
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on this is not work out so pleasantly in prac-C. Webb and G. G. Gregory remain. that it in tice. We had Indeed a splendid to form the nucleus of what should
be a good scrummage. Form. it last night after the meeting that in will be salled for the Frobisher Thames Yacht Club recently. The the opinion side last March. But form varies of the re- bewilderingly not only between but may be noted, changes less rapidly his opinion the organization of a Cup.
members of the committee are: new association is now almost a The 4th Cruiser Championship feree, a during the seasons, and there is the Where' forwards are concerned.
Sir William Burton (chairman), player 1 s
NOT SO BRIGHT.
.certainty.
Race is down for Sunday Jan.-22 wilfully effect of injuries also to be con-
None of the other three countries] ------
and on Thursday & Friday Jan. Capt. R. T. Dixon and Mr. Clark evading the sidered. The foremost players are seems quite so happily placed as Turnbull to provide an attacking 26 and 27 (Chinese New Year Nail (representing Great Britain),
so nearly equal in merit that the England at the moment, although service from the scrummage. H.M.S. Kent will be represented
Holidays) the Interport Sailing Count D'Albertis (Italy), Mr. Anker value of each changes as he or bin this may be altered by, the time the
Sir Rolf Heldenstam BRILLIANCE, BUT
matches, Hong Kong Shanghai (Norway). by the following:-Capt. Draw,
to his op-rival in the same position has a
(Sweden), Mr. Loeff (representing International season
begun. One hears the gloomiest reports will take place. Comdr. Packer, Lt. Comdr. Shaw, ponent. Alternatively, he can replace good match or a bad one.
]Belgium and Holland), Herr Wales seem Lt.-Comdr. Jones, Comdr. Sheare, tempt to strike the ball "on."
the balls and make the offender at
to have scrapped any concerning the standard of football England now has no such stand-
Wakefield, Davies, Ker-aide, or so one
notion of relying on last year's in Ireland, and a certain pe ginity Talled In Anker Yachts, the and Major B. Heckstall Smith THE Interport matches will be Lolas (representing Germany), Lt-Comdr. Campbell, Lt. Arm- FG. (Leamington)When "on" abys as
deduces from the is certainly borne out if strong and Paym. Lt.-Comdr. Nave, rod and having a "free ball," you can shaw, Lowe and Voyce. Hardly a
(secretary). play any colour to "plant a red be- single player is indispensable to the teams for to-day's match at Cardiff. College (Dublin), who recently play-owner or his representative sailing cause, for the time being, the colour modern England team. I shall be
In 1930 Wales certainly were a ed matches in England against as pilot in addition to the helms- equals a red. But you cannot play one surprised if more than seven or never got over their unexpected de-out getting the Thames on fire, real Interport team race for the Grish formidable side, but the same men Cambridge and London Irish with mau & yacht boy. There will be an when all reds are pocketed. The reas eight of the fifteen who defeated feat by the South Africans last ly are the outstanding team. son is because you must pocket the Scotland in the spring are seen in December, writes E. W. Stanton
Shield each morning and afternoon; ball "aa," and it is impossible to have the team that plays Wales
Lansdowne and the Wanderers of Tuesday and Friday: four races two balls of the same colour, other than
in The Evening Standard. Al-both are said to have indifferent in all. If the Shanghai team can rads. "on" the table.
though the selectors stuck to teams. But the way in which Irish remain longer in Hong Kong the them almost en blod for the teants of quite ordinary players heintamen may act as crew for their
TENNIS AMATEURS
May Be Required To Sign Declaration.
The Lawn Tennis Association Council is to consider a proposal
colour on Another
CANZONERI RETAINS TITLE
Twickenham next January..
A VARIED CHOICE.
at
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RUGBY UNION'S REPLY TO PLYMOUTH ALBION,
Hood-Lighting Banned.
London, Dec. 7. Plymouth Albion received official notification from the Rugby Union that permission would not be granted for a
Tony Canzoneri, light-weight | That, however, is not to say that remaining matches, It was obvious rise to the occasion is traditional, pilots in a special race on Saturday that next season competitors in all champion of the world, retained his it will necessarily be a poor one, after the defeat by Ireland had and they at least have four men afternoon and also sail if they wish open tournaments and champion- title at - Madison-square Garden, English prospects are by no means finally, dashed Welsh, hopes of re-who would find their way without in the 6th Cruise Championship on chips shall be required to sign a New York where he defeated unpropitious. We have a choice be-taining the championship outright, question into a combined British Sunday. form declaring themselves amateurs Billy Petrole (North Dakota) on tween T. W. Brown and several that many of the Welsh players hed team. E. W. F. de V. Hunt and page and that they are deriving no points over fifteen rounds before quite promising aspirants to fame come to the end of their careers na 8. L. Waide form the best we Races Inthis season's grow match by flood-light-
in THERE are no Presented Cup pecuniary advantage from playing Canzoner! weighed 956. 6lbs. and at full-back. At three-quarter back, Internationals in the four countries, and G R
The proposed form of declaration 19,000 spectators, says Reater among well-known players, the selec- Still, with Cardiff in such con- Beamish and the Rev. V. J. Pike are gramme, but a Consolation Race states that the algnatory has not, Petrolle 9st. 851⁄2 lbs.
tors may choose between D. W. viacing form, it cannot be said that fuspiring leaders for any pack. Instead. The Presented Cup Racen directly or indirectly, any pecuniary Canzonerl, who won seven Burland, A. Li, Novis, J. A. Tallent, Welsh prospects are unfavourable. The selectors who seem to have were formerly for cups presented by Interest in the particular firm sup rounds to Petrello's four, did not and R. A. Gerrard, And there can Blackheath have been playing excel the most difficult job are those of the winters of Championship plying the equipment, does not start too well, and his left check be no saying who else will be dis-lent football this season. Yet, they Scotland. Their team, showed up Series for the remainder of the dorive any benefit of a monetary was cut to the bone in the ently covered in the trials were very nearly autclassed on their poorly at Twickenham last year, and less fortunate and skilful. In effect nature from competing. In the rounds, Canzoneri however, had The finding of wings never fe recent visit to Cardiff. If Wales B. & Tod, by all accounts the out they were a form of Consolation tournament, and also that no hos his man tottering round the ring in very difficult. Similarly there are are wise they will make the Cardiff alde half-back of whom they have Cup-the prize being put up by pitality or hotel rebats other than the last two rounds, and Petrollle's several good scrummage half-backs, then the nucleus of their side and been in need for several years, has the championship winner. Now that permitted by Rules 80 and 31; right eye was almost closed at the although Tarhaps none of outstand, give. A. R. Ralph, and the three gone abroad before being officially, Consolation prize will be put up by will be accepted!!
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ing, excellence. The posiderat quarter backs a player like M. J. recognised:
the Club:
They had installed a system nf flood lighting at Beacon Park to enable their players to train at night, and it had been. proposed to extend the light- Ing to allow a match to be played against the Royal Ba. gineering College, Keyham, yu
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