THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1935.
Sporting Pages
ATHLETIC BEAT R.A. BUT FAIL TO SHOW CHAMPIONSHIP FORM
lam hong-pak, above, made an excellent impression at left- back for South Chins" "A" against the East Lanes last Sat- urday-
CHICAGO CUBS
AGAIN LOSE TO
RUGBY MAKES LIGHT
HEARTED START
BRISTOL VERY LUCKY TO BEAT CARDIFF
LEICESTER COMMENCE STRONGLY
London, September 10. THOUGH I am one of those who think that Rugby starts too soon and ends too late, I must confess that the game in these September days has a certain charm of its own. There is a light-heartedness about it which, unfortunately, often disappears as the weather becomes less gracions.
The game between Bristol and Cardiff greatly pleased a large and enthusiastic crowd at Bristol, where the home side won al-
Buddy Baer, above, the young-- er brother of the dethrozed Maxie Baer, is a coming heavyweight
and is cited as one of the most likely contender for the heavy
weight crown.
CARDINALS the odds were that Cardif would hang on to the three points
most in the last minute by means of Morris' dropped goal when Saturday's Results At lead they had taken five minutes before half-time.
Giants And Braves Share Spoils
US. BASEBALL RESULTS
New York, to-day. The Chicago Cubs, winners of the National League pennant, suffered their second successive defeat at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals, last year's world champions, when they clashed yes-¦ terday, the latter nosing out victory as the result of a four- bagger by Delancey.
2
(Continued on Page 7) Results. as cabled by Reuter
were:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Perhaps Bristol were a shade lucky to win, but not even Car- diff wül begrudge them the victory, gained as it was with Kin- nersley. Barrington, Sherman, and Pattern all absent.
CHUNG NAN COLLEGE to be
AQUATIC SPORTS
Keen Competition Witnessed
Club- Fusiliers: Recreio
A Glance
S. China *A** St. Joseph's
Radio University. Athletic
ASC & R.ÃO.C. Fusiliers
↑ Cardiff are a much better side this season than I expected them The back division" con- tains several new men, but fa- miliar names. Bowcott, the old Cambridge Blue. played scrum half, and on the wings were two Welsh internationals. Bassett, who last season played for Aberavon, and A. H. Jones, who East Lanes. Keen competition was witnessed has been out of the game for a St. Joseph's
Lincolns yesterday afternoon when the season through injury.
Engineers Chung Nan College held their The two other newcomers were Railway fourth annual aquatic sports]J. J. Davies. last year's Penarth meeting at the South China Athle, captain and Cross, of Glamorgan tic Association swimming pavilion Wanderers. This Cardiff three- at North Point
quarter-line is exceptionally pow-
DIVISION I
MARKED FAILURE IN
SECOND HALF
WEAKNESS REVEALED IN BACK DIVISION
MILITARY SIDE LACK FORWARDS
WHO CAN SHOOT
(By "Scout")
"Glancy, aboers played a very good. game for the R. A. Lyemam
when the Chinese won by 2 goals
ONTRARY to general opinion, the Athleticgainst the Athletic yesterday. CON
had no easy task in beating a much-weaken- "to nil at" Sookampoo. ed Artillery side at Sookunpoo yesterday, and after being fully extended throughout a some GLUT OF GOALS what scrappy
First Division soccer
game, emerged victòrs by the only two goals of the game, both scored in the first half.
The best exchanges were seen in the first half, when the Athletic produced something approaching their old form, but they fell away KA. Stonecutters badly after the interval, and the dour Gunners forced them to fight every inch of the way for the i points.
4 Lincolns
2 Police
5- East Lancs.
$ Kowloon DIVISION I
1 Engineers
2. South China
5 Kowlook
2 Betrein 5 Club DIVISION ITT
“Darkie" Chan was his usual self, a bundle of tricks and
FEATURES START
OF LOCAL SOCCER
NEWCOMERS ALL
SUFFER
ST. JOSEPH'S VERY WISE MOVE
(By "REFEREE")
swerves, but he was given exceptionally poor support by the A gint of goals in all three divi- remainder of the forwards, Tang Kwong-sum alone playing any-sions featured the opening of the thing like good football. Fung King-yu, the Athletic outside local football League on Saturday,
left, although given innumerable openings and several scoring
2 chances proved an object failure, and with Wong Wing-hong a the outstanding tit-bit being pro- veritable passenger for the greater part of the game the forward, vided by the Police who surprised 4 Liga Portuguesa 2 line presented little of the thrust expected of them.
2 Chinese Police · 3) 2 Fusiliers
4
3 Europe Police 1
• Air Force
Yesterday's Results At A Glance
RA. Lyeman
After congratulating the win-erful. I should say they average 1ners Mrs. Ngan, wife of the Mr. 12 st, but weight in Bugby is Ngan Shing-kwan, manager of the not everything, and although in China Motor-Bus Company, Limit-the first half several battering- Eastern ed, distributed the prizes. Mr.ram assaults by one or other of Ngan was also present 21 the this burly quartette tried the meeting.
Bristol defence sorely, I got the impression that the line had not.
150 Metres Open Medley Relay the flexibility which is necessary Race: 1 King's Collège: 2 Wah Yan to defeat a resolute defence. College: 3 Chung Nam College.
B
F.
EL
Philadelphia
0
Mungo pitched
Brooklyn
2
6
Stripp hit a homer.
Philadelphia
Dolph Camilli hit a homer
Brooklyn
4
12
3
The results were:
Game called after 8 innings owing
to darkness:
New York
13
0
50 Metres Free-style: 1 Chan
Boston
9
1Chung-hong, 2 Lan Yin-ting 3
Tang Yin-chung. (Time: 316 secs.)..
New York
6
10
200 Metres Open Boys' Free-style |
Macfayden pitched
Boston
7
2
Chicago
St. Louis
Delancey hit a homer
Pittsburgh
Cincinnatti
33 12
9
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DIVENIÓN I
@ Athletic DIVISION II
·1 East Lancs
SATURDAY'S GOALSCORERS
FIRST DIVISION
The defence also was far fromr
normal standard. Mak Sai-bon and
Ho Chor-rin, although kicking
well, lacking direction. Tsui Ah-
EASTERN
DISAPPOINT
AT SOOKUNPOO East Lancs. Assert Superiority
fai was a resourceful pivot, elever with his head, and clean in tack- ling, but his distribution poor, the ball' seldom reaching ta objective His partners in the intermediate line. Ng Tak-wing and Lai Kwok-chni, positioned well, and opened the game out at | SOLDIER FORWARDS SHOULD {times with well-judged passes, but HAVE SCORED MORE OFTEN
the general play of the combined defence lacked confidence and ac-
Fang King-cheang (5. China
| CRITICAL
|
G. Singh_(St. Joseph's)
Baldry (Lincolns)
Leicester Start Strongly
Fowler (Club)
Leicester, with five internation-
Race: 1 Kwok Hon-ming, 2 Lai Kwan als playing were lo. (Time: 2 mins. 58 secs.)A V
Farrow (Club)
Chan Tak-fai (S. Chinia “A”) Stevens (Police)
too strong for Roberts (Fusibers)
100 Metres Free-style Race: 1 Chan Bedford, and gained an easy vic- Sullivan (Fusiliers) Chung-hong 2 Tang Yin-chung, 3tory at home by three goals, a Ellis (Fusiliers) 2.4 Cheung Chang-yin (Time: 1 min 23 drop.goal.
a penalty goal, and Harrison (Fusiliers) secs.).
two tries to a goal and two tries. Ridley (Lincoln) 100 Metres Open Girls Free-style Bedford lost Eidsforth early in Green (Police) : $0 Race: 1 Leung Yuk-ching, Yeung the second half, but although he Gomes (Recreio) ~~ - B. Gosano (Recreis) Kao-wa; 3 Lee Tim-fan. (Time: 3 mins. 50 secs.).
had played well, and his absence meant taking H. T. Williams from the pack, the result was already obvious.
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CROSS-HARBOUR SWIM
2 Mak Wai Ming Beats
0 Shek Kam-pui
Pittsburgh
6
15
*
Cincinnatti
9
*
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston..
12
New York
3 10
Boston
0
2
Buffing pitched ...
New York
Game called afte 475
innings
owing to darkness.
Washington...
8
16
1
Estallella bit a homer
Philadelphia
14
Jimmy Fox hit two how
St. Loui
Clevela
St Clevela
12-
8
Chi
A. Ward (St. Josephs) Fernandes (St. Josephs) Husain (St. Josephs) Sesse (Kowloen)
Leicester owed a lot to their Joanillo (Recreio)
SECOND DIVISION
forwards. Toxton hooked success- An King-fun (Athletic) fully, the second row men Juất Chin Chi-fun (Athletic) well, and the back row made con- Bamster (Fusiliers) tinual and fruitful forages Howlett (Engineers) among the Bedford backs.
Darby Engineers) Be-
Alves (Recreio)
hind them Gadney was in fine Prince (B.SC. & RAOC) form he did many good things. Worsfold (PASC. & BAOC.)
Evans (Fusiliers)
Mak Wai-ming yesterday won but Slow, though he did many Chan Man-chi (Athletic) the cross-harbour swim in the good things, often hung on to the last event of the Southern China ball too long.
0 Aquatic Championships at the Chinese Athletic Pavilion, North
Point
This youthful swimmer, who is
a member of the Canton Aquatic Club, returned the time of 27| 0 minutes 42 7-10 seconds.
AMERICANS WIN
LOCAL BASEBALL
Japanese Just Beat Chinese
Cresty (Pasiliers) Greenberg (Club) D. Hynes (Club). Omar (Radio) Y. N. Tan (University)" Lo Wing-kai (5. China) To Wai-hang (S. China) Blake (University)
THIRD DIVISION.
Beal (Engineers) Singleton (Fusiliers')
Jones (Fusiliers)
Mody (Lincoln):
Shek Kam-pul of the Mak Ngah Association, was second and Ng Kim, of the Thống Sing Benevolent Society, was third.
Chan Wing-hen (Chinese Poller) The Hong Kong Americans Elliott (E. Lanes,) Mang theo Wona King of the Chinese Athletic Association, was
yesterday won the local baseball Powell (Engineers)
Manning Police the first lady competitor to reach league championship as a result Ewart: Air Force) home, her time being 35 minutes of the Japanese beating the Brixton (Air Forus) 29 1-5 seconds Miss Chan Tak Chinese in a thrilling clash by 10 Farmer (Air Forces WL Pere king, a Club colleague, was second, to 8 before a very large Delgado (St. Joe) 141 88 43 635 while Miss Up Chol-wan, of the Fathering of spectators at Caro-Sucine (St. 700
line Hill..
Tables To Date
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St
New Yor
151-96 55 634 Chung Sing Benevolent Society,
150 90 60600 $149 82 87 550 153 70 33 457 150 63 82453 149 64 8542 149 36.113241
· HUGHES WINS POLISH:
TENNIS TITLE
The Japanese secured their A. Sous. (Liga) Chan Chef” (Chines Sousse (Liga). scoring Crooks, E.
Grant (E. Lanes")
victory as aren
six runs in the second innings.
Matty Chang, Kit Ching and A Chin struck four-baggers
-LEAGUE STANDING TO-DATE
"(By "SCOUT") Eastern failed miserably in
were
their sternest critics by beating the Recreio by 5 goals to 2, while the Lincolns held by Fusiliers to drawa encounter, sharing eight ma clash featured by four
South China A, League Champions, commenced their season in characteristic style. trouncing the much improved East Lancs team by five clear goals, while the Club treated the B.A. Stonecutters team in similar manner, winning by
*
*
After a bad start, the Artillery their opening angich of the season our clear goals. got into their stride well, Morton at Sookumpoo yesterday, proving proving a tower of strength in the easy victims to the Ively East pivotal berth, where his clever Lancs.
who outplayad them
Better
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St. Joseph's showed their teeth at Causeway Bay, which, inciden- the right place, Morton worked practically throughout the game, tally, is their new headquarters, untiringly to keep the ball among winning comfortably by 3 goals to his forwards and his thoughtful 1. distribution should have met with better response. Slowness mark the East Lancs forwards would
marksmanship among ACTON'S FIRST ed all the movements of the Gun-have seen a larger score, and the ner forwards, and, coupled with a final result in no ways indicates strange hesitancy to shoot, wasted the vast superiority of the sol all their fine approach efforts, diers which at times overwhelmed the| Athletic defence.
(Continued on Page 7)
ARNOLD'S "FUSS”..
WITH FULHAM AND
HAMPSHIRE
(Continued on Page 7)
IRC. MAKE PROFIT YEAR
Annual
1 Meeting Well Attended
At the animal general fineeting of the Indian Recreation Club
WANTED BY BOTH bed yesterday, the President, Mr. A. el Arvalli, stated that the Club had gone through an
very successful year and the
·BUT
AMUSING SEQUEL TO CLAIMS sheet showed a profit of
on the year's working. The meet London ptember 3. ing was largely attended. Following on the fuw mede
New Comm concerning whether {should play football for
or cricket for Hampshire me the facts that, Falkenny without Arnold, lost by an innings
All that—and the fact that Arnold got only half
in two innings 25-
one: gam
than a coin
Strong Rival
Arnold is on the fringe of inter-
national class at both games. He
YESTERDAY'S GOALSCORER
The following were elected amicisë of the Club for the ensuing yesi
President Mr. A. el Arent Vice-Presidentams Messrs. Singh and Abb
Hom
General Committee. He
VICTORY IN
RUGBY LEAGUE
ADDISON KICKS SEVEN GOALS
· NEW LONDON- TEAM'S SPLENDID DEBUT.
London, September 6.
ntertaining... game at Acton and Willesden, new London clubs, first victory of the 7 deserved their sucë they fought back splen- eing four points de- five minutes of the
ach to the splen- dison and their forwards, Son, Murphy and. anding/The- indifferently in
inability
of causing
don team did Cutbush show and Veysey con-
Ward, at
ith, at left-centre,
“AG.
Morris and Taylor, forward, the
of the visiting side. Lockwood dicked two penalty.
nevertheless, has a strong rival in Suffiad, Dr. H. el Arculli, HAT.
who took his place in the Barna, R. Nazarin, S. A. E. Immail, goals for the Eovers soon after A. Rahmin, MS A. Khan and U. the start, but the home side scored
tries
Versey
JAPANESE ICE HOCKEY
TEAM FOR BERLIN
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