1935-10-12 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAT," OCTOBER 12, 1935

Sporting Page

VITAL INTERPORT LAWN BOWLS ENCOUNTER THIS AFTERNOON COLONY MUST WIN OR WILL LOSE RUBBER

B. L. Bickford, the Club left-

winger, above."will make a re

appearance on the left-wing to-

CLUB-KOWLOON

CLASH TO-DAY

RECREIO OUT TO BEAT STRONG SAINTS TEAM

GOOD SERVICES ENCOUNTER

(By "Rover")

TO-DAY'S football programme, although not the best by a long way, should provide the

day against Kowloon in the First public with several interesting encounters. The

Division of the soccer League.

Rapier's

A. M. Holland

AN EXCELLENT

clash between the Recreio and St. Joseph's, the present leaders, and that between the East Lancs HOLLAND HAS and the Lincolns, will probably be the high-lights. The Club and Kowloon, rivals for several years, will meet in their “derbe" encounter this afternoon on the Club ground and some good cotball is anticipated. Kowioen are fielding one of their best sides and may cause an upset, although the Club are likely to start favourites-

The Fusiliers are making a bold bid for honours, and should garner two points comfortably to-day, but the other Services clash between the East Lanes and the Lincolns, promises to be one of the fastest games seen this season.

The Recreio have had their,

Selectionss and downs so far and are

RACE 1

HIGH SPEED'

MISTAKE BAY HIGH HONOUR Outsider Soldier of Peace

RACE 2

MACARONI

HETMAN

BRIGHT VIEW

Cutsider-King's Fancy

RACE 3.

BOBNIAK STAR

ALACRITY

SAUCY FACE

Outsider-Derby Day

RACE 4*,

WADEBRIDGE

DOUBLE CHANCE

BELMONT STAR

RACE S

Outsider What A Chance

RACE 6

keen to wipe out the memory of their defeat at the hands of the Police a fortnight ago. when they lost at home. In meeting the Saints this afternoon they will have to produce excellent form to penetrate the latters' defence, which, although not] much heard of, is a very fine one and at present equal to any in the Colony.

(Continued on Page 51

ROVER'S FORECAST

The following is Rover's fore cast for to-day giving the favour-

ed team in capital letters:

:

East Lancs.

To-day

First Divizion

- LINCOLNS

A. E. Contes

(Sookupoo, 4:30 p.m.)COATES IS BEST

Kowloon

(Club. 4.30 p.m.3.

v Artillery

(Stonecutters) (Military H.V. 4.30 p.m.) |

v. St. Joseph's. (Kings Park 4.30 pm) Second Division

Outrider-Sci Fa

CLUB

HARVEST VIEW

FUSILIERS

GREAT HALL

PRIDE OF TSINGTAO

RECREIO

LIBERTY BAY

RECREIO

GLADIATOR

SOLDIER OF BRITAIN -

·Eastern

RACE 7

COPPER IDOL

HEART'S GLORY

FESTIVAL EVE

Outsider-Zero

RACE 8

HIGH PRINCIPLE FLAMINGO

THE DEEMSTER Outsider-Beginner's Lack DOUBLE HARVEST VIEW

AND COPPER IDOL LONG SHOT — GREAT HALL

AND ZERO

y Kowloon (King's Park, 3.00 pm.)

▾ FUSILIERS (Happy Valley 3.00 p.m.) University ~ EAST. LANCS.

(St. Joseph's. 4.30 pm) 2.A.0.C. & RAS.C. S. CHINA

(Sookanpoo, 2.00 pm.r: VTIILETIC

Club

LEAD IN COLONY

SINCE J. LIANG

MAGNIFICENT FORM LAST YEAR

PLAYS FOR CHAMPIONS

FOR

— YEARS

"SKIP")

(Caroline Hill, 3.00 pzí). A E Coates (Craigengower) Third Division

commenced playing bowls in 1928 ST. JOSEPH'S Liga Portuguesa and has played consistently since

(St. Joseph's, 3.00 pm.))

then. Chinese Police

He was No. 1 in that year, (Chatham Road, 4.30 p.m.){when they won. the League cham- Y FUSILIERS pionship and again in 1929 and (Railway, 4.30 p.m.) 1930....

v. European Police (Railway, 3.00 pm)

LINCOLNS

Railway

AIR FORCE

To-morrow

First Division Artillery (Lyeeman) v POLICE

GUSTAVE HUMERY TO Radio

MEET MIZLER

Jeff Dickson's Very Interesting Match

(By LEIGHTON)

London, September 23. Jeff Dickson has matched Harry · Mizler, one time light

. (Sookampoo, 4.30 p.m.) Second Division

LINCOLNS

He has also played in that posi- tion during the past four years when Craigengower have emerged winners.

He is regarded as the finest No- 1 in the Club, and one of the best | in the Colony, and can equal the (Soompoo, 2.00 pm) form shown by J. Laing in the

Third Division

ENGINEERS

RAMC. (Chatham Road, 3,00 p.m.),

latter's heyday.

· (Continued on Page 5)

"Dewar" Trophy Golf

Draw And Starting Times

weight champion and the talk of

Below will be found the draw 1.9.20 the town, with Gustave Humery, and starting times for the "De- of France, for an Albert Hall war" Trophy to be played over

the Kowloon cotzrse "to-mOTTOW. fight on October 2.~'

9.25

This is interesting after the Competitors are reminded that-- way Kid Berg, present British starting times must be strictly 9.40 champion, fared with dumery, adhered to.

9.35

It means that if Mizler can a0- 845 am A. Anderson & C. G.) 9.45 count for the Lory Gasbase" he will again step into line for a title 850W. Paterson battle

One of the ablest boxing critics saw Hamery in action a month or two ago in France and tèlis that he is by far the fiercest most attractive fighter he -for-many-a-long-day,

Anderson.

#9,500 &C. F.-9.55

2.55

$9.00- 9.05

Barnes GP. Murphy & E. 0.110.00 Murphy

10.05 "W. Grover & W. AherTK

BOWLS RECORD

Skip Of Rink Which Won Interport

MAKING HIS FOURTH APPEARANCE

(By."SKIP");

A. M. Holland (KBG.C) has! an excellent record. both as an In- texporter and as a singles player. He skipped the rink which took the Prentice Cup away from Shanghai for the first time.” în 1928, when they won by a single Jshol

Folland first commenced bowls în 1920 when he played for the then all-conquering Taikoo texm and did not take long to prove himself winning several competi- tions.

He joined the Kowloon BG.C in 1926 and has played for them consistently ever since.

Interport recognition first came in 1926, when he journeyed, to Shanghai in W. Wotherspoon's rink. Since then he has repre- sented the Colony on three other occasions.

He has been Colony singles champion and has won innumer-

able competitions at his own Club.

He reached the semi-final of the

Open Singles this year, but was eliminated by R Duncan, “who eventually won the Championship.

S. AFRICANS TIE AUSSIE RECORDTM

Score 31 Centuries On Cricket Tour

(By GEOFFREY SIMPSON)

· London, September 10. I was hoping to day to announce that the South African cricketer had exceeded during their tour the number of centuries scored by

CAN HOLLAND'S RINK

AVENGE DEFEA I?

SHANGHAI CONTEMPLATE RADICAL CHANGES

BUT SHOULD LEAVE FOUR ALONE

IF

(By "Skip")

J. Fraser

interest is to be maintained for the last Interport bowls fixture, to be held next Wed-FRASER PLAYS- nesday, the Hong Kong rink which will meet the Shanghai bowlers to-day on the Civil Service green, must win their match to level the scores.

Shanghai is full of confidence, remembering the 30 shots to 13 trouncing they administered to R. F. Luz's rink on Thursday, and, although rumour has it that they intend to make one or two radical changes to the successful rink, they would be well advised to leave it as it is.

On paper. at least, we are playing a strong combination. consisting of A. M. Holland (skip), 3. Fraser, No. 3, J. McKelvie. No. 2 and A. E. Coates No. 1. At the time of writing the weather seems to indicate that the green will be on the fast side.

J^McKelvis-

“JOCK” MCKELVIE'S

METEORIC RISE

+

HIS SECOND

INTERPORT

WELL KNOWN FOR HIS DRIVING

REPLACES GRIMMITT IN HOLLAND'S RINK

(By "SKIP")

J. Fraser (KCC) is the only Our players. however, should member of that Club in the Inter- not be handicapped to-day to the port team, and was included to re- extent their colleagues were on place A. W. Grimmitt as No. 3 in Thursday-on the contrary this Holland's rink when Grimmitt in- is more likely to bring forth a timated that he was leaving the favourable response.

Shanghai Lead

Since the first Interport

Colony and would be unable to

play.

Fraser played No, 3 to F. Cul len for Hong Kong against Shang- (un-hai in 1931, and this rink was the

official) was played in Shanghai in (only won to win 1918, Hong Kong has won eight

Fraser is well-known for his times to Shanghai's nine, but only driving powers, and, indeed, is

in two cases, in the years of 1928 considered to be the finest driver Land 1932. has the victory been on in the Colony.

foreign soil, and Shanghai has also He took up the game about eight won twice in Hong Kong, in 1927 years ago and has played for the and in 1931.

KC.C. and the KBG.C

He has been associated with the

Up to, and including, 1929 the honours were decided on only one former Club for the past few years game, but since 1930 the match now and is one of their most suc

cessful skips. has been decided on three official games. In the single game series each port has gained six wins, 30 it is since the triple game inno-

THIS SEASON vation that Hong Kong has failed. AN "ALL BLACK”

A FINE SINGLES PLAYER

FIRST INTERPORT IS WELL DESERVED

(By “SKIP")

having recorded only two wins against Shanghai's three.

A. M Holland's rink (J. Laing, A W Grimmitt and J. C. Brown) was the first rink to visit Shang- hai and return with the Prentice Cup that was in 1928, exactly 10 years after the first match had Ibeen played.

J. McKelvie (KDRC), who bas

R. C. Aitkenhead was the first been one of the most enterprising Shanghai skip to record a victory and successful skips this season, on Hong Kong soil, and he accom commenced his bowling career plished this feat by beating when the Dock green was opened. Wallace's four by the convincing Many great bowlers have been pro-margin of 14 shots. daced by Kowloon Docks in past. The honour of having had the year and McKelvie certainly ranks biggest victory goes to Hong with the best of them

Kong, through J. Ferguson's rink McKelvie obtained his place in winning by 20 shots in 1925. the Dock team right from the start and continued to play lead or No. 2 for them up to the time when they became champions” of: the senior division în 1926.

in 1931:

RECREIO TEAM FOR HOCKEY FRIENDLY

represent

FAILS TO HIDE

HIS COLOURS

Amusing Scene At

Newton Abbot"

AUTOGRAPH HUNTER WHO

WON THROUGH

Lambourn, the burly hooker with The joke is distinctly on Arthur the party of New Zealand Rugby

tourists at Newton Abbot.

Ever since they arrived in De von they have been besieged by... autograph hunters and one band

of enthusiastic youngsters camps outside their hotel every day. ready with books and pencils to pounce upon anyone emerging who looks like a Rugby footballer.

Limbourn's Mistake -

~

Some members of the team have

bourn, when he tried the dodge, made a mistake.

His skill as a singles player, was

The following will proved when he won the K.D.R.C Singles Championship two years the Club de Recreio against the shaken off the hunters by saying in succession, the first time being Punjabis Regiment in a friendly they are not All Blacks; but Lam

hockey match next Monday, Sat McKelvie played No. 3 to S.King's Park, at 5 pm: the Australians when they were Gray in the Kowloon Dock rink H Britto, A. A. des Remedios and here last summer, but luck was that took an "eight" of the A. J. Basto; J. Gonsalves, WA against them.

Shanghai Interporters led by co, M. Xavier, B. Goeano, N. Bel- NEW ZEALAND TURF E. A Rowan was out when he Dorrance in 1929. seemed well on the way to his

hundred in the last match of the

tour, at Scarborough. "NAS

The three-figure / innings by

Beed and A. A. R. Botelho, F. Nolas-

rrao and A. S. Xavier.

W. C. Simpson & W. A Stewart H. Longbottom & A. I the Minor Counties at Skegness Coales.

last week enabled them to tie with J. W. Martin & Geo. Mine the Australians at 31. LD Purves & J. McKelvis They also tied in the number of E. Christensen & EL D. men to score hundreds-eight ---

- A team of Ladies from the [1042-Miss Ablong, Mrs. Silkstone Ganzden

Rowan heading the list to equal Country Club, Fanling. are enter 10.48 Miss Williams, Mrs. Boyce

10.50--Mrx. da Roza, Mrs. Andrews taining a ladies team from the 10.54 Miss A. Roza, Mrs. Bardie Kowloon Golf Club tomorrow 10.58-Mrs. Urquhart, Mrs. Jack morning on the former's course, commencing at 10.30 am.

MUNDY WINS BOGEY POOL

Rowan and K. G. Viljoen against Country Club Ladies V.

Kowloon Golf Club Ladies

A. J. Dennis & W. Taylor the seven by McCabe, and Viljoen, A Andrews & A. A. Lopes like Bradman, running up with six.

E. K:Collines,& E. H Watts. Jede

INTERPORT CRICKET TRIAL

W. Stoker & L. Jack. KH Mandy & J. D.. Thomson.. 23.10 GOW. Kérateur & A Postman.

D. C. Wilson & W. H. & pa

Course “Stewardi, W.-A. Stew and D. C. Wilson.

er & FL. C. 10.15

Chariton & R-Hen

The second Interport Cricket will be held at the Hong

Crick

The following, is the draw and starting times, the Country Club players being mentioned first:

10.30—Mrs Kew. Mix. Alinaon 10:24

Remedios, Liza: Brown 103

Mrs. McCaw

(Continued on Page 6)

IN BAD WAY

Taxation Must Be Fased

Racing in New Zealand is in a deplorable state according to Mr. A. D. Webster, a well-known New Zealand owner-trainer, who has also a number of horses in train- ing in Australia

"It will continue to get worse." he said in an interview, “until bookmakers are licensed and taxa.

In the Bogey Fool played over tion is eased.

the Kowloon Golf Club course last⠀ “Ninety per cent of the racing Thursday, H H

public, trainers, and owners:

card of 2 down

[Sixteen cards were

licensed bookmakers,

annot get them