THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1934
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OMAR'S
WELSH RUGGER PLAYER TURNS PROFESSIONAL
D. H. Prosser Joins York.
D. H. Prosser, the Neath and Welsh international forward, has joined the York Rugby league club. fie is the fourth Neath player to go over to the profez- sional code this season.
Prosser, who is recolving £300 down, with the usual guarantees, in 23 years old and was employed as a colliery blacksmith at Glyn Neath. Both he and his brother, Glyn, Prosser, played for Wales last season in the international kurnament.
RINK WIN 1934 LAWN BOWLS RINK CHAMPIONSHIP
CRICKET LEAGUE
MEETING
Recreio Enter First Division
COMPLETE ENTRIES
The granting of the applica tion of the Recreio to enter a team In the senior league and one
the junior featured the annual, meeting of the Hong Kong Cric- ket League, which was presided over by Mr. A. W. Hayward yes terday.
The election of office-bearers re-
R.A.O.C. ENTERTAIN suited as follows: President, Mr.
THE NAVY
Hockey, Darts And
· Concert
H. R. B. Hancock; Vice-President, Mr. A. W. Hayward; Hon. Secie- tary, Mr. A. H. Madar.
The following entries in the League were announced:
First Division, Hong Kong Cricket Club, Indian Recreation Kowloon Cricket Club. Army, Craigengower Cricket Club, The Royal Army Ordnance Corps Civil Service Cricket Club, Royal Hockey Team suffered n severe Navy, University and Club de Re- setback on Saturday when repre- creio. sentative teams from three of the
SOLDIERS ONLY WIN BILLIARDS Club,
ex-
Second Division, Indian Re Naval ships in port turned the creation Club, Club de Recreio, tables upon them and avenged Craigengower, Hong Kong Cric- their defeat of last week,
ket Club. Royal Navy, Royal Army During the afternoon an
Medical Corps, Royal Army Ser- cellent hockey team from HMS. vice Corps. Kowloon Cricket Club, Witch, led by L/S Halliday, play-University, Royal Engineers, Po- ed an inspiring game to trounce lice, and Civil Service. the Ordnance by 4 goals to 1.
The timos for commencing Returning to the Club-room in matches and drawing stumps was the evening for darts, etc.,
fixed as follows: All matches to R.A.O.C. were
beaten by a team be started at 2 pm The time for from H.M.S. Rainbow, and by drawing stumps in October is 6.05 the "Veteran" team. In mitiga-P.m.; November, 5.50 p.m.; tion it might be mentioned that cember, 5.35 p.m.; January 5.50 their starmen-S, Y. Clarke-6.06 p.in.
the
De-
Take away the lawn tennis titles held by these two stars aud there would not be many left. Fred Perry, English ace, who holds the American, British and Australian singles crowns, is shown discussing the game with Miss Helen Jacobs. U.8. women's singles champion, at Germantown, Pc.
China Mail Sports Diary
Aquatics:-
TO-DAY
St. Paul's College (Y.M.C.A. Bath);
TO-MORROW
Radio Sports Club v. Borderers
Hockey:
(5.15 p.m.)
KOWLOON GOLF CLUB
LORD DERBY'S.
JOCKEY
Perryman To Succeed Weston?
(By Hotspur.)
AUSTRALIA
AIR RACE TO
COST £250,000 Pilot's Blind Flying Courses
POSSIBLE AIR RE-FUELLING' OF PLANES
The England-Australia air race, which will start on October 20, will not only be the most ambitious yet organised but the most costly. The outlay will probably exceed $250,000.
Figures show that if, as ex-¦ pected. forty 'planes start.
Petrol costs will amount to about £20,000;
Warship patrol, wireless, in- surance etc., are likely, to in- volve an outlay of £250,000.
The grass value of forty machines would be £350,000.
It is estimated that to run
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BRADBURY BEATS
GUY ON SHOTS CAREY'S FOUR TRIUMPH AFTER CLOSE STRUGGLE
FINAL STANDING OF SKIPS
U. M. OMAR'S CRAIGENGOWER “A" RINK (G. L. BUCHANAN, L C. R. SOUSA AND U. BEER) WON THE SENIOR LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE RINKS TITLE THIS SEASON, DISPLACING L. GUY'S.K..B. EIGHT SUCCESSIVE WEEKS, OMAR'S RINK LOST TWO AND G, C. LAST SATURDAY AFTER THE LATTER FOUR HAD LED FOR
DREW ONE MATCH OF THEIR 16. THEY ALSO SCORED THE HIGH- EST NUMBER OF SHOTS THIS SEASON-134.
B. W. Bradbury's Craigengower "A" rink were runners-up, heating Guy's rink by a margin of 133 shots,to 87.
H. Nish (K.BG.C.), who skipped his rink to victory in 1933, is on Rome leave and did not`ta e part in the league this sexson. Omar's rink was placed 16th last year, while Bradbury's rink was third.
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A. E. Carey's Police rink (W. McLeod, L. Glendenning and J. McWalter) secured the junior rinks' title after a very close duel with A. R. Dallah's I.R.C. ^rink.
Carry's rink lost only 3 matches
out of 18, and scored 127 shots, the only rink in the junior divi- sion to pass the century mark. Although two games short of the full number, A. R. Dallah's rink took second place with 13 victories
aeroplane in the Speed Division of an the race will cost anything from $2,000, to £3,000. The Handicap Division will be less exacting,
The first prize in the Speed Sec- tion will be £10,000, but it is point-in ed out that outside Australia this is not worth more than £7,500.
In view of the heavy cost entail.
ed, the amount of the prize-money— London, September 3 of course, without criticism of the T. Weston, who has been the generous donor-is held by some to Earl of Derby's jockey for the be too small, in fact out of proper last dozen years, will not ride retion.
Lord
gularly for the stable after the Of the 64 original entries 59 are close of the present season. Weston's retainer with
still on the list, but it is expected that further withdrawals will re Derby expires this year, and by aduce the number of starters to about friendly arrangement the long as 40. The gross value of the
the soldiers were without one of P.m.: February, March and April Dennis Wing St. John Isociation is to be brought to animachines assembled at Mildenhall
cu
while the two ships turned their strongest team: the Veteran was represented by some of the "big men" of the Navy Dart Lea que, "Chuff Barnes," "Ratoe" Phillpots and, "Treble-top" Bar- low.
The "Rainbow" turned out te feading lights, too. "Tiger" West, "Killer" Coughtry, and other very well-known men in local dart cireles.
The one bright spot for the soldiers was the billiard match between Messrs. Parker and Car
CARDINALS LEAVE FOR DETROIT Programme For World
Baseball Series
ST. LOUIS FAVOURITES
Of Jerusalem Trophy [end.
for the start on October 20 will, It is understood, however, that therefore, probably be about £60, The competition for the St. John Weston will in the future, ride 000. Petrol and oil alone will cost of Jerusalem Trophy, played for some of Lord Derby's lightweights each competitor from £400 to £650, recently over the Kowloon course. As leading jockey to the famous an aggregate of about £20,000 if attracted an entry of over 100 com-Stanley House stable, Westun has petitors and resulted in A. J. Den-ridden many notable winners.
40 competitors start. 75-10-65 nis being successful with a card of
He has won the Derby twice for Lord Derby, on Sansovino In 1924 and on Hyperion last year. He headed the list of winning jockeys in 1926 with 95
Other scores were: D. C. Wilson
H. D. Gausden
W. Ahern
A. T.. Braley
F. H. Pipe
W. M. Groven
F. C. Barry
71--66K
79-12-67
85-18267
74-6=68
76-8=68 78-10=68
86-12=66
75-6=69
85-15-70
W. Taylor W. Stoker
BRALEY AND VALENTINE
WIN AT GOLF
P
Many of the competitors are wisely taking all possible mea: sures to avoid failure to complete
16
games,
W. V. Field's (C.C.C.) rink won the Title last year, but was Promoted to the senior division this season. Carey's rink were then placed 19th.
Service on Saturday.
The Yacht Club will play off their final match against Civil
excluding the results of the only remaining match, in the senior The following are the final standings records of the skips First Division and junior divisions of the lawn bowls league this season.
P. W. L 16 13 16 13
B. W. Bradbury (CC.C. “A”) U. M. Omar (C.C.C. “A”) L. Guy (K.B.G.C.)
C. G. Silva (Recreio)
R. Basa (C.C.C. "A")
W. S. Drake (K.B.G.C.),
J. Deukin (C.S.C.C.)
J. C. Chalmers (Taikoo D.R.C.)
J. Cavanagh (CCC "B")"
J. C. Brown (K.D.B.C.)
J. McKelvie (K.D.B.C.). W. Macfarlane (K.B.G.C.) R. P. Phillips (K.C.C.)
A. H. Basto (Recreio)
A. R. Clarke (Police)
G. Moss (Police)
the course. Some, including three. S. Rosselet (CC.C. “B”) of the Americans, are going over
F. J. Jones (C.8.C.q.) the course chiefly by air. The K. successes.
L.M. line to Batavia and Austra Weston's succesgor
at Stanley lia air lines are the means in some House, it is believed, will be R Perryman. He served his appren ticeship with the late Fred Leader, a brother of Colledge Leader, who trains for Lord 'Derby..
cases,
U.S. Navy Support
At least one of the British teams is sending to all the stopping places to make special arrange, Perryman has ridden with mark. (ments in order to ensure
His Derby Chance
prompt
ed distinction in England and service, and some competitora are
New York, To-day. the National League pennant, left St. Louis Cardinals, winners of ter of the Ordnance and Messrs for Detroit yesterday for the first Coughtry and West of the "Rain two games bow." The soldier team walked against Detroit Tigers, champions of the World Series away with the game..
Smoking Concert
of the American League. The Before opening the
games, will be played to-morrow and Smoking Thursday. The next three games Concert the Chairman, Llewellyn-Wyatt, referred
Mr will be played at St. Louis on Valentine (15) beat T. D. Paton handling of two-year-olds has been sentative at each of the compul A. T. Braley (7) and D. Jabroad for several years, His arranging for at least one repre- very serious loss the Juniors had last two, if necessary, will be play-and 5 in the Final of the Happy during which he has ridden a num-
to the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The (8) and J. W. Franks (18) by 6a feature of the present season, sory landing-places. just experienced through
Corled at Detroit poral G. E. C. Barnett. the very Tuesday next.
on Monday and Valley Golf Club's second summer ber of winners for the Aga Khan. popular ex-President of the Club, being elevated to the Sergeants' plons in 1926 and 1931 are favour- St. Louis Cardinals, world cham-
foursomes competition.
Perryman has only ridden one classic winner-Pillion in the 1,000
Meas. While he, the Chairman, lites for the title, the betting being BORDERERS TENNIS Guineas in 1926.
voiced the opinion of all in con-jSt. Louis, 3-5, and Detroit, 6-5. In gratulating Barnett on his pro-the opening game the betting is St. motion he asked the Naval mem- Louis. 7-10 and Detroit, 11-10- bers to sympathise with them in Reuter. their loss. Sentiments in similar strain were expressed by Messrs. Cutton and Johnson, after which Corporal Barnett suitably res- ponded, and the time-honoured "He's a Jolly Good Fellow" was sung and the concert commenced.
- SOVIET GETS ANGRY WITH BALLOONS
Sentry Shoots At Gordon Bennett Cup Entrant
Riga, Sopt. 24.
Of the sixteen balloons starting
in the International Gordon Benv
nett race from Warsaw, yesterday.
Three-Year Contract For Jimmy Foxx
Connie Mack Announcement
TOURNAMENTS
I
Next year he may be on one of the Derby favourites In Bobsleigh.
To the foreign competitors the cost of transport to Eng. land is a serious item. It is possible that American entrants may be helped by the Ameri can Navy. One British entry may, in one stage, adopt refuelling in the air, but the longest stage being no more than 2,500 miles before compulsory stopping-place, there will be but little advantage in this The South Wales Borderers League season officially closes on the organisation for it is in exia The Hong Kong Lawn Tennis method. At one point. however, Tennis Tournaments will conclude Monday, October 15, and all clubs on Friday when the following with outstanding matches are ur- matches will take place at Sookun-gently requested to play them off
before that date.
Two Finals To Conclude Season On Friday
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Jimmy Foxx, 1988 "home-run Novices League Championship, be Now York, To-day. Play-off for the Inter-Company king" of the American baseball tween: H. Q Wing (holder) and league, has been signed on for a "D" (Á) Company, commencing at
Philadelphia Athletics as from Battalion Singles Championship
LEAGUE TENNIS SEASON CLOSES ON OCTOBER 15-
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A. E. Silkstone' (K.C.C.) :. N. J. Bebbington (K.C.C.) J. Kempton (K.D.R.C, ).. E el Arculli (CCC. "B") R. Lapeley (K.D.R.C.) W. GII (C.C.C. "B").
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S. Randall (K.B.G.C.) A. O. Brawn (C.8.C.C.).
C. H. Stewart (Talkoo)..
8. Eccleshall (GS.C.C.). Several of the pilots, leaving W. T. Brightmen (GC.C. nothing to chance, have taken, or A. W. Nortle (T.D.R.C.) are taking, special courses In A. McKellar (K.D.R.C.) "blind flying and aerial naviga-
FE. Booker (Police).. tion.
W. Field (Cac. (B")
three-year contract as catcher for 2,80 p.m., and the Final of the 1995, it was announced yesterday (Other Ranks), between L/Cpl. A football match between U.S.S.B. leas and signalling organisation V. Riberie (Recrele)
Taking into account the warship EG, Post (Police) Oslo, Sept. 25: by Connie Mack, manager of the Andrews holder) and
patrol in the Timor Sen, the wire C., E. Marques (Recreio) Athletics. Reuter.
L/Cpl. and Oslo teams ended in 9 to 0 in across Austrália, Insurance (about W. Headley (ED.EC) Davies, commencing at 4.15.p.m. favour of the Soviet-Tass.
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four already have landed-ons RANGER'S FORECAST FOR SATURDAY'S HOME FOOTBALL TILDEN STILL AT
at
Szczuszyn, near the East Prussian
frontier, one at Félin, in Esthonia, and two at Lettgallen, in Latvia. The remaining twelve, in an alt
tude of 4,000 metres, are drifting
in far northwesterly direction to Birmingham (8)
wards the Soviet Russian fron-BVERTON (2)
tier
One, balloon was shot at
BRADFORD (0) v Bury (1)
BRENTFORD (2) v Notta F21)
ENGLISH LEAGUE
·FIRST DIVISIONS
v. Portsmouth (1)
SECOND DIVISION BOLTON (4) Harnsley (1)
v Chelsea (1) Grimsby (-) ▼ Aston Villa (-) early MANTER C, (8) Blackburn ((1) en
HUD'SF'L (3) Wolves (1)
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PULHAM (1)ey Hal
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Bradford
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TOP OF TREE
Paris, Sept. 243 W. T. Tilden won the final of the international professional tournament here
he administered Martin Plas (France)
Keith Gledhill and fested Edmond Barke and Ramillon (France
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