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TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1934.

RADIO HOCKEY PROTEST TO BE DISCUSSED AT MEETING TO-DAY

BRITISH WALKER

CUP TEAM

Munn And McRuvie Included.

MATCH AGAINST AMERICA AT ST. ANDREW'S MAY 11

London, To-day.

The British Walker Cop team to meet the American invasion at St. Andrews on May 11 and 12 has now been completed by the inclusion of Lionel Munn (Royal) Cinque Ports) and Eric McRuvic (Leven Thistle). — Reuter.

The British team now reads:

R. Bently, Eric Fiddian, S. Me-i Kinlay, Jack Meleau, Michael Scott, Cyril Tolley, T. A. Torrance, Roger Wethered, L. Muon, and E. Me Ruvie,

America will be represented by Francis Quimet (captain), G. T. Dunlap, H. C. Exau, J. Fischer, J. Goodman, W. L. Little, M. R.

Moreland. and Murston, G. Westland,

J.

There have been seven matches! in the series, and Britain has not ret won. The closest the Ameri cans have been to defeat was in

192 and and 1925 when they wor by 6 to 5 in matches played at St.

Andrew's. In the last match play- Brooklyn, the Americans ed. t

won by 8 to 1.

The omission of John Woollam. last year's English amateur cham-)

surprise. ID pion, has caused

this year's tournament he was beaten by Leonard Crawley,

the

Essex cricketer who reached the Final only to be heaten by Stanicy Lunt.

TEST PLAYER HURT

DARLING STRAINS

A MUSCLE.

Bradman's Health

Improves.

Indian Ocean, April 2.

Lea Darling, Australia's best left- banded batsman, strained a muscle

On Fairway to Title?

who

It's the irrepressible Max Baer,

has started light training at Sacramento, Cal, for his forthcoming world heavy-

weight boxing title bout with Primo Carnera, the champion, to be fought in New York in June. His principal activity in four hours of golf every day.

in the groin when playing deck BAER TURNS

tennis, and has been advised to rest

in his cabin for the next four days.

His injury means that he will

be unable to play in the match at Colombo,

NUDIST IN

TRAINING

Dreads Anemic Look

Before Carnera

PROGRESSING WELL

}K.C.C. & K.B.G.C. RINK FOR SATURDAY.

Champions To Visit Taikoo.

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COBB'S FINE WHEN TEAM WALKED

FIGHT

NEW RECORD

SET UP AT

BROOKLANDS

139.71 m.p.h. Against Strong Wind

160 REACHED ONCE

Brooklands, Apr. 3. ̈ Sir Henry Birkin's famous lap record, so often attacked since he

OFF FIELD

POLICE TO PLAY REST

ON SUNDAY

SAINTS" LAST GAME THURSDAY

(By STICKS)

The Radio Sports Club's action of leaving the field in their match against the Kowloon Indiana, before the finish, as a protest against the referee's decision, on March 18 last, will be discussed at a Council Meeting of the Mamak Tournament this afternoon.

It will be remembered that the Radio claimed to have netted through Awtar Singh in the final minutes of the game thus bring created it at the Eastering the score to four goals-all. The referee, however, did not accept

the shot as a goal, and the Radioteam left the field in protest. - nieeting here two years ago, was broken to-day

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SAINTS TO

ENCOUNTER

BORDERERS

Play-Off For Soccer Championship.

PROTEST NOT UPHELD

St. Joseph's and the Borderers will play off for the First Divi- Thursday on the K.F.C, ground, slon Soccer Championship on commencing at 6 pm.

The finding of the management committee of the Hong Kong Foot-

The date for the final match of Kowloon yesterday. May scored ball Association. in connection the Mamak Tournament, between twice for the Signals.

with the protest lodged recently by John Cobb, in his the Police, Champions, and the

by St. Joseph's against the Police on Sunday Visitors' Tour Failure

Recreation Club is huge 400 h.p.

Napier-Rest will be played

that the de- afternoon on the Hong Kong Hoc-|

cision of the match, a draw of one Railton.

key Club ground, King's Park,

With the gate receipts not more goal each, should stand. The team for the "Reat" will be than a few dollars for the four

The... Committee Imposed a fine Cobb was only three-announced shortly.

matches played, the recent Malaya- on the Police team for playing an Overseas Chinese hockey team's unregistered player against St. fifths of a second faster My selection is:

visit was hardly a financial suc- Joseph's. The Police explained cess. than Sir Henry Birkin,

that the. failure to register the Had the Chinese shown them player was an oversight.

It was but that was enough to

selves as capable a team as their because of his inclusion in the raise the record to 139.71.

predecessors, the All-Malaya team, Police team that St. Joseph's pro- there is no doubt that, despite the tested. miles an hour, against Birkin's 137.96 m.p.h.

A strong wind was blowing across the track, and again and again Cobb had to ease his foot off the accelerator because his

R. J. Wong (St. Andrew's); P. Singh (Radio),

6. MacNider (C.B.A.); A. B. Hamson (St. Andrew's), A. E. P. Guest (St. Andrew's), N.A. E. Mackay (St. Andrew's),

M. H. Hessen (Radio);

W. Johnson (CBA),

Awlar Singh (Radio),

Kalwant Singh (Radio) and E. F. Fincher (St. Andrew's).

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back wheels were being swept Y.M.C.A. Nearly Did It upwards, threatening to hurl him over the top of the banking.

The Y.M.C.A. came

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very near

nearness of the end of the season,

ja much bigger.,crowd would have

witnessed all their games.

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The Colony's team, on the other band, played a poor standard of hockey to that which had been displayed only a week earlier. All four games were played in a list-

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The first

OLYMPIC AQUATIC STARS COMING

Japanese May Stage Exhibitions.

H.K. I. A. S. A. INVITATION

That an invitation has been ex- the tended to the Japanese Olympic.

Coming down the railway obtaining their revenge against less manner, opportunities being straight towards the finishing the Macao Club on Sunday when thrown away frequently_through line, Cobb said afterwards, he they forced the brilliant Portuguese sheer lack of energy. saw by his instruments that he team to a draw, on their own match of the series, againat was doing more than 160 miles ground, sharing two goals. The United Services, was regular swimmers to stage ap- exhibition an hour. To have attempted to "Y" scored first, and enjoyed much "Sunday afternoon affair". keep the car at that speed all the the better of the play in the second time would have meant certain half, during which period they Civilians Do Best · disaster.

were unlucky to miss a couple of goals. Had they won they would

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in Hong Kong on their return Journey from Manila, wae AB- nounced at the second annual gen- eral meeting of the Hong Kong The Civilians put up the best Amateur Swimming Association have shared the bonour with the display of the four teams, while meeting held, yesterday at Messrs. All-Malaya Interport team of hav-the newly formed Hong Kong Lane, Crawford's Restaurant

A very successful year was re- ing beaten, Macao. The "y" were Chingae team covered themselves beaten in the first encounter by 2 with glory. It

personal viewed by the Chairman, Mr. Y. triumph for Mr. R. H. Wong, who K. Mok, .Association champion- {goals to 1.

The following are the results of was responsible for getting the ships and Interports being held. Several brilliant and havtag shown an all-round the teams who have visited Macao team together!

individual performances this season:

were improvement. in' the standard of given by members of the local swimming in the Colony.. team, and, with a little more prac

Was

Mr. R. Goldman, the Acting Se-. tice and encouragement, the team cretary announced that he had met should make a name for itself next Mr. I. Matsuzawa, Hon. Secretary

LAST-MINUTE CRASH OF LEADER

Dramatic End To

Monaco Race

| 2nd ILK.S. Battery .......

University

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0-1 season..

Lincolns Beat Visitors

The

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R. C. of Signals R. E, Incognitos

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Monaco, April 3. The Grand Prix de Monaco-University The following have been select-the race of a thousand corners ed to represent the Kowloon Cricket Club in their second divi-provided a thrilling finish for Radio

|R.A.S.C. ston Lawn Bowla match against the hundreds of thousands of

Medway Officers Lake Tahoe, Cal., Apr. 24. the Hong Kong Football Club on spectators crowding the balconies, Lincolns Max Baer turned ́ his training|K,C.C. ground on Saturday. the roofs and even the chimney-Y.M.C.A.

P. Dunne, V. C. Labrum, L. E pots of Monte Carlo yesterday. Lammert and H. Overy (skip),' Cricket Board's medical examina- camp into a nudists' colony to-day

A. Jones, W. Mulcaby, T. R. Carr tion before the Test team sailed, as he proceeded with preparations Don Bradman has been forbidden for his coming heavyweight cham-and E. Kern (skip).

As a

result of the Australian

M. N. Rakusen, W. W. Hirst, J.

to play until the team reaches Eng-pionship fight with Primo Carmers. Winnen and T. Ferguson (skip).

land. He has been losing weight,

or improving his

He insisted but is benefiting greatly from the complexion and finally persuaded Ancil Hoffman, his manager, and; sea air.

W. J. O'Reilly, who was showing trainer, Mike Cantwell, 'to stretch signs of stateness during the Aus-out with him, without clothing, on tralian season, is to be rested for a long pier extending into Lake the Colombo match, while Wall willTahoe, to absorb the sun's rays. also stand down. B. J. Barnett will keep wicket, with W. A. Old field as twelfth man.

The rest of the team envy these

five, for they do not relish playing

Baer explained he has no de- sire to enter the ring with Carnera "looking like a white- skinned anemic,"

The fighter seemed to be tired in the tropic aun at Colombo, which from his exertions of the past few

will force them to wear topees ex-days. They consisted of a five-

Bowling Green Teams, The following will represent the Kowloon Bowling Green In the first division against Taikoo Docka on Saturday at Talkoo:

J. S. Logan, P. T. Farrell, R. Hall

copt when they are bowling-and mile like with weights, rowing and and W. S. Drake (skip). then caps will have to be worn. a game of catch with sports It. Duncan, S. Randle, V.. Petherick

The players are likely to be af-writers. Baer's prowess with the fand W. Macfarlane (skip). D fected by their sex trip, the general oers is improving, according to his opinion among them is that W. I. passengers, who reported they were Ponsford's score of 58 in the 1980 not drenched quite an often as 00 Colombo game will remain à "re- previous occasions, cord."

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W. A. Brown, Daring, and E, IL Bromley are the only members of the Test party regularly to attend the ship's dances, the others pro- ferring bridge,

[Bromley #broke Ponsford's "ro- cord, being undefeated with 80 ont of 284 for 6, and Brown came near to it with 561.

The Kowloon Cricket Club Flying *Billiards tournament, conducted on the

American tournament system, will commeuzed to-morrow. at. 520. Games are of 16 points

Chiron (Alfa Romeo), the famous Monegasque

driver, after leading for 38 of the 100 Inps (198 miles) through the streets of the town, crashed in to the sandbags at a сойдет two laps before the finish.

This enabled Moll, a'25-year-old

Malays Navy 'Y.M.C.A.

Total

French river; also on an Alfa Saint's Last Game Romeo, to win by 61 seconds.

SCHMELING BACK

IN

TRAINING.

Bout With Uczudun On May 13,

Berlin, Apr. 28.

of the Amateur Swimming Feder- ation of Japan and Mr. K. Abe,

Foreign Relations Secretary of the same body, last Saturday on the Malaya-Overseas Chinese Empress of Canada, when Mr. hockey team. suffered a further de- Matsuzawa confirmed the H. K. L. fest when they met the Lincolnshire A. S. Association's invition to the Regiment in a friendly match

at Japanese Olympic Swimming re King's Park yesterday, being de presentatives to give an exhibition feated by 4 goals to 1.

under H. K. L. A. S. auspices.

The visitors will leave for Singa- Those present at the meeting pore to-morrow, sailing by the s were Dr. Taol Taz-shek (Chinese Van Husen,

10-56 The following were the complete ying (Chinese Bathing Club), Mr."

Bathing Club), Mr. Wong Kam- results of the Malayan Overseas Woodward (Royal Naval Recrea Chinese hockey team's tour: Y "Lost to Macao:

08 Lost to United Services ... 1-2 Drew with HK. Chinese I-1' Lost to Colony XI Lost to Civilians.

The St. Andrew's Club will play

the Itheir last match of

Beason when they meet the Kowloon. In dians in the Mamak Tournament on Thursday afternoon on the Marina ground:

farh Standrew's are fourth with

Lost to Lincolns

0-2 0-3 H

|tion Club)' and Mr. A. G. N. da Silva (University Swimming Club). Mr. A, G. Donn the Associa- tion's Hon. Treasurer, was unable, to attend. owing to an operation on his knee, while other members of the Chinese affiliated Clubs were unable

to

Mr. F. A. Kemp, the Hon, Secre- Chinese Federation Meeting which

12 points, while the KIT.C. aretary of the Hong Kong Hockey took place yesterday. sixth with 11 points.

Association has just received

STANCE ON MAT

SOUTH AFRICA'S ATHLETES.

Selected For British Empire Games.

The following team has been selected to represent South Africa In the Empire Games to be held in

The following are the detailed letter of appreciation from Mr. Bedding and L. Gay Asidp).

J. Watson, A S. Lussell, J. E

results of both teams in the Hamak de Sousa, the Secretary of the All- The K.B.G.C, second division The former heavy-weight box- Tournament this season,

Malaya Loam, who hava" arrived team will be at home to the HK ing champion, Max Schmeling, St. Andrew's beat German Club back in Singapore. The letter ex- Electric and will be represented has left Berlin for Barcelona to 2-0; beat 12th Battery 2-1: beat presses the hopes that a team from Better Condition

by the following:

resume training for his bout Signals 6-0 lost to Medway Hong Kong, will be able to make a Cantwell indicated Baer was in C, L. Farmer, C, Hatt, J. C, Charl with Paolino Ecrudun, new ar-2-3; lost to EE. 0—1; lost to return ylalt next year. better condition than he had preton and G. E. P. Thompson (skip),

JCB.A, 1—3; beat United 2-0: vlously belleved,

G. J. Chambers, E. V. Baarle, Ganged for May 13, Mayer and W, E. Hale (akip).

The Injury to his thumb, which beat Radio 5-3; beat B.A.M.C. Baer, who' spent most of the past L.-F. Stoneham, C, D Hosking, caused the postponement of the 3-1 and lost to Police 1-4. - year, training in Broadway night A. W. E. Davidion, and B. H, Rose fight a month ago, has completely; · K.LT.C-best 12th Battery 4-0 clubs and motion picture studios, (skip).

is heated, and the ex-champion is beat Mule Corps 10; lost to How do you stand upon, the mat in London next August,

stated to be in top. form for the CBA 0-6; beat Signals 8-0; bowling? This qucation is of Argi M. Theuzian, IL, B. Hart, J. "VII- bored with the quiet surroundings preparations for the coming fight, encounter,

donde drew with United ; beat Radio importance. because. If you are not Joes. Miss B. Burke, A. 8. Duplewale, There's no excitement and kept repeating that he want: Press reports from America 2-1, and lost to German Club well balanced and poised, delivery will I. Lackoff, H. Thompson, Miss Mar

be embarrassed," "There

pont: jorle. Clark, E. Cikyton and E. Time- “hera,” he grumbled.

ed to go to the Southern California state that Schmeling probably will 2–8. Hip recreation consisted mainly beaches before entraining, for the meet the American heavy-weight, in their last match of the Mamak The bowler rany thue Wand guard W. Botha, the Transvaal” half- of playing bridge and dancing for East, Hofman and Cantwell have Steve Hamss, who best him last Tournament this season, the Royal

acting aring the "lack miller" who is at present fo Eng the spectators.

(almost persuaded him against this year, in a return match at the Corps of Blinals defeated the 12th

forace and, has been chosen as an om- He : seemed, enthusiastic about plan.---United Press),

Hague on July 1

• Battery B.A. by 2 goals to. L

Jalal member of the team-Beuter.

admitted he already was becoming |****

toblique