1935-05-29 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 19, 2

Sporting Page***

CIVIL SERVICE'S CHALLENGE TO CHINESE

Wilfred Lawrence, right, and Lionel Razz-Pereira, two of the Co- lony's outstanding swimmers, who will probably take a large part in the forthcoming swimming Inter- port against Shanghai to be held in the Colony. Lawrence is the pre- sent Colony champion.

ATHLETICS

BEAT LEADERS

AT BASEBALL Hank Greenberg Hits Two Homers

REDS SWAMP BRAVES

INTERESTING MATCH SGT. SMITH

IN "B" DIVISION · E.L.H. SHUTE'S DEBUT FOR HAPPY VALLEY CLUB

New York, To-day. The Athletics gained a meritori- ous win in the American Basebal League yesterday when they nosed out the leaders, Chicago, in a clash featured by three circuit clouts by) Marcum, Higgins and Bob John- son of the Philadelphians, while the Browns secured their eighth win in 29 clashes at the expense of

the Red Sox

winners.

Yan-

Detroit Tigers, 1934 pennant

overwhelmed the kees. Hank Greenberg and Rogell home-runs, each recording. two while the Indians nosed out the Senators

Only two games were played in the National League, the Pirates improving their position in the table with a win over the Phillies, while the Reda swamped the Braves by a 13 to 4 margin.

Results 25 cabled by Reuter

were:----

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Bostoc

Cincinnatti

Chicago...

Philadelphia

1 6. 1 3 11

4 11

0

13 18

0

I.R.C. AND UNIVERSITY TO CLASH

(By "Base Line")

•

CHALKS UP 102

AT SNOOKER

STAPLES RECORD

BEATEN

GARRISON SERGEANTS FIRST" CHAMPIONS

A record was created in the Steel Coulson's Snooker League last night when Sgt. Smith, of the Garrison

Sergeants Mess, scored a total of 102 shots, thus beating Sgt. Staples' record of 101. He recorded this

THE Chinese Recreation Club, holders of the "B" THE

Division League Lawn Tennis title, are likely to meet their strongest challengers in the "B"

grand, total when playing against Division this afternoon, weather permitting, Collins of the R. E Sets Mess when they encounter the Civil Service Cricket Not only did Smith break a record, but he also gave his team their Club at Happy Valley.

narrow victory over the Engineers,

for before his game the score was

two games all

Although the Chinese won by a convincing margin against the Cricket Club,-7 sets to 2- they will be meeting with much stronger opposi-son Sergeants" Mese as tion from at least two of the Civil Service pairs.

E. L. H. Shute, the Civil Service champion will probably partner J Barrow, and will constitute the Causeway Bay Club's strongest adversaries, while G. H. Fowler and J. Bendall are also likely to annex a set. or possibly two.

JUBILEE CUP- AT FANLING

W. J. S. Key's Win In Replay

Returning a card of 3 up, WJ. S. Key won the Jubilee Golf Cap in his replay against P.. Morrison, at Farling on Saturday. They had previously tied at all-square, and as Morrison returned Saturday Ker was awarded a win.

In the Bogey Par Pool, on the Old Course at Fanling, over week-end, H. Jesserand (16) turned the winning card of 4 up.

no card no

the

The weakness in team lies in the

This win now places the Garri- certain champions of the league.

Only one other game was played Warders" last night, the Prison Mess defeating the Central Police by the odd game in ive

The matches between the Chief and Petty Officers' Club and the the Valley Catholic Union, and the Dockyard Valentine Police and St. Patrick's Club were

RECREATION CLUB

→

Jim Braddock, who meets. Maxie Baer «for. the heavyweight crown next month, with his family at his Guttenberg, N. J., home. I to r: Howard (3). Jim himself, Jay (4), Mra. Braddock and Rose Marie Braddock's meteoric rise to a championship boat is the marvel of modern boxing fans.

PETERSEN-NEUSEL FOR

J. E. LOVELOCK IN

ROSEBERY CUP

Daley partnership. Although postponed. « Dr. Valentine is an old paigner, he will probably not have the necessary support from the Royal Engineers Sergeants' LONDON VARSITY'S

CamTM Garrison Sgts. Again Win.

Some good spooker was seen at

his partner to carry them Mess last night when the Garrison through

Tsui Yun Pui Danger

newcomer

SPORTS

FORMER SHANGHAI CHAMPION IN LIMELIGHT

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(BV BEVIL RUDD)

London, May 3. The London University Athletic

WEMBLEY ON JUNE 25 WELSHMAN'S LAST

CHANCE AGAINST

GERMAN BLONDE

WHY HE FAILED TO WIN BEFORE

Sergeants Miss defeated the home team by the odd game in five. The Tsai Yun-pui and P. F. Tsni are Engineers introduced 4 дет the strongest Chinese pair, and, on¡player when they played Pettitt,

the

made present form, are almost certain to and graduate to the senior team next very promising debut by defeating |season. Tsui Tun-pai, younger Eycott, one of the visitors best

brother of the former Colony cham- men, by 38 points. pion, is a very impressive doubles The scores were:

Club began their sports yesterday LACK OF CARPENTIER'S TACTICS player, being very steady and pos- R. ESgt. Mess Garrison Sgt. Mess evening at Motspur Park with the COST HIM GRAVE BLUNDER

wide variety of sound Collins sessing a

Harris strokes.

Staplex Another interesting game should Pettit result from the meeting between Chant the Indian Recreation Club and the University Tennis Club at Sockun poo.

Indians Surprise

Total

**22 Smith

302

31

preliminaries of the 100 yards;

quarter-mile and mile, the discus. weight, high jump and quarter-

(BRINGSIDER.D

Landon, May 4

It has been decided that the re-

MR. H. HAMPTON

FAREWELLED BY

COLONY BOWLERS

PRESENTATION AT KCC

ASSOCIATION SHOULD OBTAIN OWN GROUND

Mr. Harry Hampton, former Hon. Secretary of the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association was last night paid a very fine tribute by Colony bowlers before a large gathering at the Kowloon Grie **ket Club.

Mr. Hampton was presented with a gold watch, suitably - |scribed, by Mr. H. Nish, President - of the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association, on behalf of that body, and with a silver cigarette case, also suitably inscribed, by Mr. Jus- tice R. E. Lindsell, on behalf of the ECC

Amongst those present at the function were Messrs. C. B. Hosking (Hon. Secretary of the Associa

tion), Mr. G. E. F. Thompson (Hon.

Treasurer), Mr. R. P. Phillips (Hon. Secretary of the KCC), Mr. C. J. Tacchi, Messrs. W. E. Hale, H. Beer,

MX Rakusen, J. G. Meyer, J. C.

Brown, U. M. Omar, E. Abraham, W. W. Hirst, G. Lee, H. Overy, EL C. Fincher, F. X. M. da Silva, P. E Knight, A. E. Silestone, A W. Grimmitt, AE Coates, A. W. Ramsey, J. McKelvie, E. Kern, F. E

Lawrence, J. W. M. Brown, J. Rus

sell, N. A. E. Mackay, and Capt.

Bani

(Continued on Page 5)

BOWLS A YOUNG MAN'S GAME

MANY NEW GREENS

IN PLAY

(By CANDUS)

London, May 3. Bowls is making remarkable pro- press in this country, and the tour

the

52. Digby 40 Leach 60 Eycott

21 mile hurdles. Further prelimin *21 14mm

aries will take place at 6-15 this 201

evening and the three miles and turn contest between Jack Peter- Warders Beat Police

hammer anals will also be decided, sen, the British heavyweight cham- All hopes of winning the cham-

But the big day is on Saturday, pion, and Walter Nensel, of Ger- pionship were crashed last night when the Rosebery Cup will be The Indians caused much -Sur-when the Céntral Police suffered de- re-prise last week by holding the Kow-fat by centres to the nods contested by the integral units many, will take place in the open of the South African testa nous

loon Cricket Club to a draw after of the Prison Warders on the lat-King's College, the London School of day, June 25.-

comprising London University.

air at Wembley Stadium, on Tues over here should increase being two games in arrears follow-ter's table. The best game of the Economics and Bart's can be frust-

rapidly growing interest in the game. Petersen. I understand, was ing the first round.

evening was played by Dr. Shaw, ofed to push them to the uttermost offered alternatively a

In Great Britain The University met with a check the Warders, when he defested C for the trophy.

and Ireland match with Bob Olin, holder of the pavers. England's share of that are now 324,959 bowls in their first encounter against the pile, the No. 1 Police player, by 14 holders, but their players gave pro-points.

world's light-heavyweight cham- pionship, but preferred first to total being 218.609 and Scotland's endeavour to wipe out the defeat 76.800. with Wales and Ireland

contributing roughly 30,000 he suffered against Neusel at Wembley last February when, tween them. after his left eyebrow was badly.

(Continied on Poze 5) [cut, the towel was thrown in ber

his father.

LANCASHIRE ·

DEFEATED BY

LEICESTER

(Continued from Page 1)

Bakewell, candidate for Sut- cliffe's Test partner, and Clark, the fast left-hander,

Glamorgan revival,

checked the

while Jack

5

8.

Q

Lee's 91 failed to save Somerset!

10

1

On aggregate the Police

mise of something better once they were beaten by one point. obtain a better understanding of] leach other.

The scores were:. Prison Warders Central Police T. Pile

63 Goodwin Dr. Shaw 54 C. Pile Mason ℗ 33 Mintey McTavish 55 Willerton

៥៦.

(Continued on Page 5j

Wembley's First Big Fight-

there

be

BOWLING TEAMS FOR SATURDAY

This will be the first boxing Police Select Senior And

tournament

at Wembley Stadium since that ill-fated match eleven.

Fears ago between Jack Bloomfield

WIN WORLD TITLE and Tom Gibbons of America. It

Perry.

45 Hynes

Total

253 TABLE TO DATE

252

WAY MADE OPENTM

P. P. A. Pts. 13 45 · 20 45 13 39 26 .39

FOR FILIPINO TO

C. & P.O.'s Club Dockyard Police

.13 37 28 13 36 29 .12 34 26 34

12

The following is to-day's

pro St. Patrick's

12 21 .12 10

*B" Division

LR.C. (h)

v University

C.B.A. (1)

-AMERICAN LEAGUE

from a first innings defeat at the Marcum, Higgins and Johnson bit hands of Notts at Trent Bridge.

Greenberg and Rogell each hit

New York

Dickey hit a home.

Garrison Sgts. The Central British Association Central Police will not entertain the K.C.C. at Prison Officers

visit Requiring 274 to win Gloucester King's Park, but will

the RE, WO.'s & Sgts. were forced to concede the major, K.C.C. where they are expected to Catholic Club points in a game which was affect lose. ed by rain a Bristol

howers.

Detroit

two homers,

8. 12

RESULTS

(Continued from Page 1)

Cleveland

5 11

Q

Washington

4 12

1

Earlier Results

St. Louis

6

13

Bejma hita. homer. Boston

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11

1

S. Africans: 202 and 163 (Jack Smith)

- 5 for 40).

Chicago

Boston

Tables To Dale.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland Washington

New York Detroit

Philadelphia

St. Louis.

0 The South Africans beat Middle-

sex by 22 runs at Lord's.

Middlesex: 192 (Langton 6 for 53).

151 (Langton 5 for 59).

Kent beat Warwickshire, on first innings at Edgbaston. P. W. L. Age. 31-18 13 580 Kent: 247 and 265 fór 6.

Warwick: 186. ***

32 18 14 562

32.18 14/1562.

21 17 14 548 Brentford.

„gerandmet

HKCC. (b)

+ KCC

v South China.

Civil Service (1) ▼ CRC.

SENORITA LIZANA

WINS AGAIN

Takes Hurlingham Hard

The

Courts Title

BOBSLEIGH HOPES

118 POUND 'CLASS'

BATTLE

PUERTO RICAN'S CLAIM FOR BANTAM CROWN

Providence, E. L, May 16.

Junior Rinks

-'

The following have been selected was expected, and even stated in to represent the Police Senior and some quarters, that 80,000 people Junior rinks, respectively, against would attend that fight. The Kowloon Docks and Taikoo on Sa- actual attendance was never pub-turday:—

lished, but I estimated it at

the Senior Team"

#

time at little more than 20,000. E G. Post, W. S. Dall G. Perkins, Financially, it was a failure.

and W. E-Hollands, (Skip). However, Wembley is now a re-. Shepherd, (Skip).

W. McLeod, T. Hunter, F. Nolan, and cognised centre for boxing and

J. C. S. Fender, T. Tallon, W. Me- Hardy, and G. 31oss, (Skip)," Junior Team:

An announcement to-day by Ed other sport, and there is no doubt Ward Foster, president of the that this fight will be a big at-

W. L. Claric, W. N. Headridge, G. S traction National Boxing association, gare

Alexander, and S. Logan, (Skip). promise of clearing up clashing

Worn Down By German sadell, 2nd W. S. Glendining. (Skip).

A G, Channings, A. J. Johnson, de Jan title claims in the bantamweight

Petersen was favourite for the

A. Wright, W. J. D. Cameron, J. R.

Leader Impressed By boxing division and opened the way last fight with Neusel, and was MeWalter, and A. W. Smith, (Skip).

Latest Try Out

for another Filipino to win

| cognition as world champion.

very close to winning early in the London, today.

Foster stated that the winner of second round. For all his punch FOOTBALL CLUB BOWLS RINKS

jing, however, he could not floor the

FOR SATURDAY Lord Derby's Bobsleigh did a a return match at Los Angeles on London, May 11

half-speed gallop over six furlongs Thursday night between Pablo strong German, and eventually he

suffered his eye injury and was. The following will represent the Chilean tennis prodigy, yesterday, and trotted out so sound-Dano and Speedy Dado would bej

Leader expressed recognized as "the world's outstand down by sheer weight and Football Club against Craigengewer Senorita Anita Lizana, won another (ly that Trainer

strength

in the lawn bowls league on Satur- English title to-day when she de-satisfaction. There is evidently ing 118-pounder," but that the fight

Where a Carpentier, would have day: Derby beat Essex by 4 wickets at feated Mrs. Strawson in the final still hopes that Bobsleigh will run would not be recognized as a world

made such, use of his swift, crisp

E Tack, G. S. Graver, A. Hum- of the Hurlingham hard courts in the Derby on June 5, but no championship title teat.

punching as to have ended the phrey, and A. Brooksbank (skip). (Continued on Page 5) 35 19 16 545 Essex: 116 (Copson 5 for 29) and 219 championship. The score was 6/5, confidence can be placed in a horse

fight quickly, Petersen's limitations and A. Jackson (skip),y)

G. Stephens, P. Morgan, J. Russell, 34:17 17 500 Derby: 150 (Eastman 5 for 36) and 7/5.

in this direction led to his defeat 83 13 20 393) 186 for 6 (Eastman 6 for: G0).

He exhausted himself 29 8 21 275

There will be accommodation It is probable that Jackie Brown, for 100,000 spectators at this fight, the world's fly-weight champion, jand I think many will go in the ITALIAN EIGHT FOR HENLEY will meet Midget Wolgast, of Amer-hope of seeing the popular Peter- ica, at Glasgow shortly. Wolgast sen seize this last chance to re-

"A" spoon game will be played at 31 16 15 516 Yorkshire beat Sansex by an in Gandar Dower took the men's Bome, May 3-An Italian eight, has accepted the terms offered by a establish himself in international the Hong Kong Football Club next championship by eliminating the the Canottieri Aniene, of Rome, is Scottish promoter and Brown's boxing. Defeat would finally re Monday, commencing at 3 pm. It South African, Spence, by 3/6, 6/1, expected to take part in this

are considering the legate him to the purely domestic is hoped that all bowling members year's Kelley Begatta.

[zone

of the Club will be in attendance.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York

Brooklyn

Pittsburgh

Chicago

Cincinnatti

St. Louis

Philadelphia Boston

.

Worcestershire beat Hampshire

who trots soundly one day and then: The Chilean girl has so far let day, Peuter

reveals signs of lameness" the next

only one match in England—in the British hard courts championship at

32 21 11 677 by 6 wickets at Southampton.

36 21 15 583 Harpshire: 136 (Howorth 6 for 58) Bournemouth when she succumbed

39 22 17:564 sand 97 (Perka 0 for 36).

31 16 15 516 Worcester: 133 and 101 for 4

33 17 16 515 nings and 122 runs at Leeds.

34 12 22 258 Yorkshire: 481

to Mrs. Fearley Whittingstall by 16/3, 4/6, 6/4 in the third round,

32 8 24 250 m) 36 (Verity 4 for:16) and 212, 6/3-

· JACKIE BROWN-WOLGAST FIGHT?

A. McKellar, S. Stange, E. J. Ed- words, and N. Currie (skip).

BOWLS AT FOOTBALL CLUB

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