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DYAN CHAND AND SLEEM: INDIA'S FOREMOST IN SPORT

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LEICESTER RUGBY TRIUMPH

TWO VICTORIES FOR J. MCCLEAN

BRILLIANT SHORT GAME WITNESSED

THOMSON DEFEATS R. A. WHITCOMBE

J.

(By George Greenwood)

London, March 25.

Exeter Beaten At Home By 42 To 0

BARBARIANS AGAIN WIN

London, To-day... Exoter, suffered their biggest THE approach of the 1936 Olympic Games turns rugby defeat of the season, when conversation in sporting circles here toward they were defeated at home yes- the prospect of India's third consecutive victory 42 points without reply,

terday by Leicester, who scored in the Olympic field hockey tournament. India Cardiff were beaten at home will be represented in other events on the Olymtry, who won by 6 points to 3, in a very close game by Coven pic programme, of course; but the interest in these while the Barbarians' team of probable Ryder Cup team players, many new men, The contest was in the nature of a trial for is negligible, compared with that roused by the Welsh tour in winning vein with mostly of the young school, being included in the internationals continued. their hockey for field hockey has become the national a win over Newport by 23 points professional side. sport of India, and the Indian national team has to 3.

Results as cabled by Reuter, never yet been defeated.

were:

This is an astonishing record, because the game is now played Bristol 28, St. Bart's Hospital 0. in at least 25 different countries, and India's team has come up Cardiff 3, Coventry 5. against the best teams of most of them. If one may venture a Exeter 0, Lelcester 42, "world ranking" (a very popular amusement among newspaper Lydney. 16, Gloucester 4. writers these daya!), India would be away up at the top, and then Newport 3, Barbarians 25. nobody, and then Britain: followed by Germany, Holland, New Pontypool 19, London Welsh 11. Zealand and Japan in, roughly, that order.

Abertillery 4, Neath 8.

Nowhere in the world is feld wrestling and lawn tenals. Rugby Bath 7, Old Tauntonians 10. hockey more popular than it is in football is also played to a limited Maesteg 11, Bridgend 7. India: The game was introduced extent, when the grounds are soft here by the British Army, and it enough.

the

BOXING

MeLEAN'S defeat of J. J. Busson, the British of the match in which leading amateurs met match-play champion, was one of the features professionals at Fulwell, yesterday.

Of those who performed with distinction were S. L. King, the brilliant young assialant of Kaole Park, Sevenoaks, and A. Chevaller, of Reddish Vale, Manchester, a player who has achieved considerable success in the North.

Mitchell and C. A Whitcombe Busson virtually lost the match may be singled out as two of the a: the 15th, where he missed a putt men with established reputations of less than a yard to get on terms:: who had no regrets so far as Emboldened by this escape, McLean their individual encounters were holed a cruel putt at the 16th for concerned. Comprising the lead-a 8 to become darmy two. A half in ing foursome pair,. they lost to 4 at the next settled the match-2. McLean and Hector Thomson by and 1. McLean's short, game-the, a hole, the former sinking an chip

shots and putting--was enormous putt at the 18th for practically flawless.

Thomson's Rhythmic Swing

a 2. mar

The two young Scotsmeri came

through the day's ordeal with flying

Thomson is the Irish: Open:

has become to the natives what A strong sentimental link ties baseball is to the American public Indian and British Rugger, for and soccer football to the British, it was the old Calcutta Club (dla-

narrow solved in 1879) that gave to In country villages and city streets, brown unchine may be English and Scottish Unions the scen enthusiastically heating a silver "pot" which is at stake»,'an- stone or rag ball around with crude nually when Rose and Thistle meet sticka

on the Rugger field. Big Attraction

The Calcutta Cap "Big" matches attract crowds of The Calcutta Cup is one of the between 10,000 and 40,000 specta-very few challenge trophies in tora, as compared with 2000 or 3000 British Rugger. It is a massive In England, the cradle of the game. affair of exquisite Indian workman,

Play is faster la India than any-ship, with handles shaped the best boxing unit in the China was wiped out at the third hole held to the turn. Though ac.. where else, because the grounds are writhing cobras and a lid fashioned Command by virtue of their win in Busson, a young player of 24, who

colours, as each won his match in champion, a title he won while Mc- the singles against Illustrious Lean (the holder) was on his way opponents. Both were most im-to Australia to win the Melbourne pressive.

Centenary championship. Tall and sparsely bullt, he has a long, flow Professionals' Concession (Continued from Page 47 The professionals conceded two whatever to his opponent, R. A. ing swing. He gave no chance definitely established themselves as

The East Lancashire Regiment match as a whole being halved.

holes start in every game, the Whitcombe."

In the case of McLean, his start amateur was four up-a lead he Winning the first two holes, the

complishing the homeward half in

It may not be generally known tion, beating their old rivals, the has developed a perfectly grooved, Whitcombe could make no real:

Calcutta

the Open Inter-Unit team competi Royal Welch Fusiliers

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usually of rolled or baked nud, to resemble an elephant. - 1

gravel or ironhard turf. Playera, if not barefooted, wear thin ruhbar-that the

swing of the leisurely type that Cup nearly soled shoes and they show in-took the form of a good dinner! Tribute To C/Sgt. Slater

never varies. He began. 4, 4, 3 impression and was beaten 3 and 2. two strokes under the scratch score. In 71 (87 and 84):

Thomson completed the full round comparable deftness in taking and At any rate, the members of the Cal-At the conclusion Col, Harrison Quite unperturbed, McLean captured giving lightning passes while travellcutta Club, with a balance of 500 made a short speech in which he the next two holes, each in 8, the

A week ago in the Varsity match- ing, "flat out."

rupees on their hands when the congratulated the East Lanes on best-ball score to this stage being Yesterday they were partners, and Lucas and Pennink were opponents: The vastness of the territory organization was disbanded, had a their magnificent achievement, and of the "Areworks" variety, makes administration far from great discussion as to whether they all the contestants

on the very THE ANDERSON MUSIC CO., LTD. to-day which do not come into the well

easy; but there are very few places should spend the money on

- The match was all square again in this capacity won their match at a fare sporting manner in which the fights at the ninth, Busson being out in the 18th, where Seymour hit his dinner or perpetuate the were held. He paid particular tri- 26-a good performance against a tee shot out of bounds. purview of a provincial organiza memory of the club by a gift to the bute tion, affiliated to the Indian Hockey English and Scottish. Unions,

to C/Sgt. Slater, who had strong head wind. McLean prompt Lucas Fails trained the East Lancs to victory, ly regained his lead of two holes, Federation. The military hockey Cricket Overcomes Differences and who, when not training the but lost the twelfth, which, played pectations in his match with Mit-

Lucas failed to live up to ex authorities are the 'oldest and most, Cricket is enjoyed with zest all East Lancs, was powerful controlling body of hockey through the cold weather, and

helping some in a rainstorm, was won by Busson chell. He seemed a little jumpy in other unit to win some other cham-in 4. At the next McLean pitched and unsettled. The swing was in India, and next to them can be the Punjab la played as well in the pionship.

astymie, to halve the hole in 8. ranked the Bengal and Punjab As-hot weather, though only

hurried and snatchy and lacking Its in the sociations.

usual rhythm. Occasionally he did. cool of the early morning and eve. (Results on Page 1)

Dyan Chand And Hockey

FUTURE WOMAN GOLF STAR IN outdrive his opponent, a notable ning.

Instance being at the sixth, where To-day India Boasts the outstand- The Indian standard is now

THE MAKING (Continued from Page 4).

he was over the green with a drive SECOND DIVISION.

ing character in International hoc high that representative alde can

and an iron, while Mitchell took two key--Dyan Chand. This magni- give a very good account of It- First Division against the Craigen-

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wooden club shots. ficent little centerforward, juggler-self against the full strength of gower Crickst

Three Sevens On Card PW DLFA Pisin-chief of the British Indian team England. In spite of many difficul-ome

But the professional was infinite- Each of these three players ly the more accurate in all depart 40 25 4 11 77 60 54 that retained the Olympic field hoc-ties peculiar to India-difference of Grimmitt, Skip)

Armstrong, Gellatley, MoGowan, and missed chances. Mrs. 40 21 10 9 78 53 52 key championship at Los Angeles, race, religious creed and political Simmonds, Strange, Deakin, and

Garon, menta except, the putting. After knowing that the greens were fast, halving the first hole in 3, Mitchell 39 213 12 90 46 51 U. S. A., in the games of 1932; is thought an Indian side has toured Jones (Skip).

was so fearful of her putt on the won four of the next six holes, and 12 75 646 the pride of sporting India, and in in England and the visit was Knight, Alderman, Eccleshall, and first green that she hardly moved was 3 down at the turn. He got a 10 11 11.12 71 55 45 particular, of the regiment in which turned by a Marylebone Cricket Second Division against the Craigen- much too strong, and she putted down a long pitt for

Holllage (Skip).

the ball at all; her next putt was hole back at the 18th, where he ran .39 20 4 14 69 50 44 He is o non-commissioned officer, the Club team.

39 16 8 15 72 "65 20

rower Cricket Club, at home

a 2. Theri Hooper, Burling, Purvis, and Luck. She had two other sevens on club shots up against the pin to four times before she holed out in he crashed two glorious wooden (Skip)

Major, Hamilton, Whant, and Davies her card.

win the 14th. With halves at the Williams, Manuell, Westlake,

Miss Regnart spoilt her chance next two he won by 8 and 2. Brawn (Skip).

by taking 5 at a short hole, while Miss Fishwick, usually a good put- ter, could not got the ball near the hole from the edge of the green.

Miss Pam Barton played, for her, very indifferent golf and took 85, but another girl who has a style and ability which may enable her to win a championship was "dis covered."

(Continued From Page 4)

record break.

The remarkable Brentford feature about the break was that West Ham it should have been more, for Bolton

Blackpool when he reached the 31, when he Plymouth had an easy, blue lo pott, he was Fulham

Newcastle looking too far ahead and so missed the pott.

Manchester U, Notts Forest Playing very steadily, S/Sgt. Sheffield U. Staples showed his great snooker Huli abilities to gain the highest score Burnley

Bradford of 101 points; When he had 70 Norwich poirts on the board he started to]

Bory suooker his opponent,

Nuttall, Barnsley accomplishing this on no less than Swansea Weven successive occasions. It la Port Vale

Southampton interesting to note that Staples's Oldham previous highest break was only 17 Bradford C. and he was not playing on his home Notts County table.

In the three matches that were played, the Catholic Union repeatedl their last week's success by defeat-1 ing the Central Police by the odd game in five In Kowloon; the Royal Engineers were "again successful against St. Patrick's Club, beating them by 4 games to 1, and the Garrison Sergeants' Mess secured the leadership in the League by defeating the Dockyard Police by

games to 1.

TENNIS

Gonla

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40 2 85

Second Punjab:

∙ra-

Mohd Sleem-And Tennis 40 16 9 16 76 64 39 38 15 8 17 58 70 39. Since India first became a power

Mohammed Sleem-described by in international hockey, nine years W. T. Tilden 2d as the finest handi-(Skip), -39 14 10 15 61 68

68 38 39 11 15 14 54 60 37 or so ago, Chand has been nearly cap singles player in the world 39 19 10 16 48 58 36 all over the world with India's 9. M. Jacob, I. S. Deane, and Dr. .39 16

164 19 62 70 84 national side. In 1926 be visited A. H. Fyzee put Indian lawn tennis 39 11.11 17, 52 76

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76 33

39 11 7 26 51 85 33 Australasia: in 1928, Europe, where well and truly on the map in Davis 12.10 18 52 70 32 the Indians first won the Olymple Cup competition, but since this 40 10 12 18 43 72 32 championship at Amsterdam, Holl-quartet dropped out of internation- 40 96 25 55 91 30 and and in 1932, America, where al play it has been difficult to find 41 11 8 22 50 89 30:

39 9 7 23 40 85 25 the Olymple title was defended with-worthy successors in the ranks of

out any difficulty, whatsoever.

India's younger players

One explanation for the dearth,

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

Goals

Chariton

Reading Luten. Crystal Pal

Coventry Walford Northampton Torquay

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base-line game with only occasional Bristol R. advarcos to the net. He was shown very 'clearly last year the Millwall folly of a sustained net attack. Bournemouth Judging on the form displayed Queen's P.R. In this year's tournament S. A

Cardin Rumjahn is the use man in the Bristol Co Clapton O. Colony to beat G. R. M. Ricketts in Swindon Friday's Final, much as I would Gillingham like to see a British, player win Southend

Aldershot after a lapse of nine years. Newport

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An Eye For A Ball

Club, away

China Mail Sports Diary

TO-MORROW

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(Carolice Hill ground, 1' p.m.)

SATURDAY

It has been said that an Indian curiously enough, is that the major-Athletic- native sees a moving ball a fraction |ity of rising players here sought to Ching Hus College of a second quicker than anyone copy Sleem's base-line methods, eise in the world, and people can which call for patience, courtcraft Athletic bellave this who have seen Chand and fleetness of foot beyond the Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps take a hockey ball (which is not a average.

Meeting particularly light affair) DA the The 1921 Davis Cup Tie

(Sookanpo, 2.50 p.m.) blade' of his narrow atick while run-

Lawn Bowls Pirit Division Few players ever had such re- vice C.C.

Craigengower C.C. “A” v. Civil Ser [ning at full speed. W D L F A Pts The ball-game facility of the race Sleem had to ald him to victory with C.C.

markable power of anticipation as

Kowloon Bowling Green v. Kowloon 39.21 11 7 83 54-53 has been brilliantly exemplified in "patball" returns of varying length, Kowloon Ducks Craigengower 40 19 11-10 87-55 49, the realm of cricket. To cite pace and trajectory in the centre 40.16 9 13 31 51 46 names In this connection ane .88 19 7 12 82 49 45 instance the popular K. 8. Dulcep down the side lines,

can of the court and flerce "winners" 9.13.72 47 .40 18 8 14 61 62 sinhji (former captain of Sussex Sleem himself told his emuintors 40 18 6 17 70 70 42 County in the English Brat-class that they must develop an intensive loan C 39 17 8.14 70 74

74 42 cricket championship); the Nawab attacking games along western lines, 9.15 63 59 39 of Pataudi, who holds the record for and it is hoped that the adoption 41 16.7 19:54 60 39 -40. 159.16 62 69.39 individual high scoring in the Ox of this advice will in time carry In 40-15

7 38.54 68-37 ford-Cambridge match, and of a dia's playing, prestige away up be 68 69 37 previous generation the great Kyond the high point where it stood 40 139 16 68 75 55 S. Ranjitsinh, Duleepsinhji's in 1921, when Sleem, Fyzes, Jacob 41 12 9 17.60 63.35 135-18 47 66 34

illustrious uncle,

and Deane defeated France in

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39 11 10 18 63-76 33 India's Other Sporting Interests Davis Cup He in Paris after the 39 11 11 17 51 70 12 Apart from fed hockey, the the Frenchmen, had, in anticipation, 40" 12" 9 10 47 43 23 BRISA

39 10 8 21 58 28 28 most popular sports in India are booked their passages to the United 40 13 5 25 50 147 23 association football, pony polo, States,

G.C. "B" Second Division

Club

de Recreio v. Police RC. Civil Service C.C. v. Craigongower Kowloon C.C. V., F Yacht Club v. Taikoo R.C.

Kowloon Bowling

Police R.C... Club de Recreto Hong Kong Electric v. Hong Kong

Club:

Closing Cruise.

Hong

Kong Yacht

BUNDAY

New Discovery

HENRY COTTON BREAKS BELGIUM CLUB'S RECORD

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professional to a club, and doing an hour or so's practice every day.. all wrong. They say that a championship golfer should take Miss Fiona Morris, a slight, part in as many tournaments as ha pretty schoolgirl of 15, has com- can. Peted in the Girl's Championship, "Well, if they can show me any though never in senior golf, but successful championship golfer she won the handicap prize with a who has fallen in with their views, net score of 78, am ready to change mine, but un

She has a handicap of 18, and til then I shall keep on as I am suffered so much from the oc-doing. gave up casion that at one hole she almost Plenty Of Rest

"I shall play in only two big She had reached the turn in 46, tournaments this year, and for my a good score for a player of her health's sake I am taking things handicap and started home with a easy. Plenty of rest, and plenty birdie Z. Then cang disaster of time to eat, in, are my guiding

She was bunkered with an iron rules."

at the eleventh, topped her first at Cotton has been criticisedin to rest under the face of the bun mors English tournaments. I for tempt to recover, and the ball came some quarters for not playing in ker. She played five shots before one, do not blame him for thinking Clubs recovered, took 3 putts and 11 fire of his health

for the hole, Cotton, s

She took seven at the fourteenth first-class golfing career to last as quite rightly, wants his hole, this being obviously a case of long as possible. It would be futile nerve, but in spite of taking 18 for to burn himself out now, just for two holes she had round of 91, the sake of competing in all the and, net score of 78.

big money competitions.

| Indian R.C. Hieting idea

(Bookunpoo, 1.30 p.m.)