1936-01-23 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1936

Sporting Page

WALTER LINDRUM CHALLENGED FOR WORLD BILLIARDS TITLE?

Jack Lovelock, above, the famous New Zealand athlete, will be competing against the world's best at the Berlin Olym- pic Games in June this year.

QUEEN'S CLUB

DEFEATED IN

TENNIS MATCH

LADIES' PREVENT COMPLETE ROUT

SPORTING CLUB de PARIS IN FINE FETTLE

TENNIS STARS IN THE

WINTER MONTHS

WHERE THEY GO AND WHAT THEY DO

SECLUSION IN THE OFF SEASON

Ho

(By Stanley N. Doüst)

London, December 19.

[OW do "star" lawn tennis players spend the winter months? I am asked this question over and over again as if there were something mysterious about their seclusion in the off season.

The star lawn tennis players those men who represent

The Royal Air Force Third Division League Football team, 'above, are gradually regaining their all-conquering form of two "Bezsons aga. ("China Mail photo).

Britain in the Davis Cup or the women who carry the British fag JOCK MCAVOY'S TRIUMPH

to the United States for the Wightman Cup have a very hard season which begins in early spring and finishes in the autumn.

They need a rest from the international fray, but at the same time they prefer-in the majority of cases-to spend the winter months, or some part of them, in those lands where it is summer while it is winter here.

Always there is an invitation,

to the Lawn Tennis Association SHANGHAI

from some Dominion or Colony to send a representative tearm to play a series of matches and possibly to play in the cham- pionships of that country. Last year for instance, it was

RUGBY XI DUE

PRIMO CARNERA SAILS

FOR AMERICA

Hopes For Return Bout With Joe Louis

Genoa, January 15. Primo Carnera, huge Italian fighter, sailed for New York tor

TO-MORROW day to engage in a series of

from Australia the invitation! SERVICES. MATCH

came and this year a women's

team is to visit South Africa.

Miss Katherine Stammers and

CANCELLED

fights in the United States.

He hopes eventually to meet Joe Louis, Detroit Negro. In a previous meeting Locis defeated Carnera by a technical knockout

Miss Dorothy Round two members PEN SKETCHES OF COLONY XV LK. LADIES MAKE

of this year's Wightman Cup team

ho visited the United States last

The Shanghai Interport Rugby

August, are, however. remaining team and reserves will arrive in in England this winter. In the the Colony to-morrow morning by past two winters Miss Round visit the s.s. Rajputans and will meet ed Japan. Singapore. Australia, the Hong Kong Football Club New Zealand and other countries fifteen in their annual encounter When she arrived back in England on the Club ground on Saturday, last March Miss Round had that commencing at 3.30 p.m. bealthy, happy look of those who! The visitors' match with the enjoy sunshine. She will find the United Services' fifteen for Tues- English winter somewhat trying.jday next has been cancelled and

immersed in the Shanghai team but as she is now

will return.

THEIR SHANGHAI DEBUT TO-MORROW Hockey Game Against League Winners

FIRST EXPERIENCE OF HEAVY GROUNDS

SECRET OF

HIS SUCCESS

OVER RISKO

JOHN HENRY LEWIS LOSES APPETITE!

MAY MEET AMERICAN IN NO POCKET GAME SYDNEY SMITH'S AMAZING SNOOKER FEAT

TABLE CLEARED IN TWO VISITS

(By Geoffrey Simpson).

London, December 19. IW

HILE young Horace Lindrum has been com- manding the billiards spotlight in England, his uncle Walter, the greatest of them all, is doing a little pioneering in Canada.

The elder Lindrum's trip to Canada this winter, in fact was

the main reason why he left England out of his plans. Accom-

panying him on the tour is Clark McConachy, the New Zealander. who exhibited his quality here some seasons ago.

The pair have been busy demonstrating the art of English billiards to the folk of Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Edmonton, and the response at the box-office has been highly gratifying.

Across the border in the,

United States the championship

of the American pocketless FOOTBALL game has recently been com-1 pleted, leaving the 39-years-old Californian Walker Cochran 25

A "FEINT" WHICH WORKED the title-holder.

And the inevitable suggestion is now advanced that Lindrum and meet far the world's billiards supremacy.”

New York, December 22. John Henry Lewis, light-heavy-Cochran should weight boxing champion of the world, had no appetite for lun cheon to-day. Babe Risto, America's middle-weight cham-

ΦΟΥΣ Riko six

Lots Of Fun

McAvoy's 'sensational one-round use here. victory brought him the praise

"This Jock's the best English |

INTERPORT TO-MORROW

Colony's Chances Very Bright

NORTHERN FULL-BACKS THER WEAKNESS?

Fut

(By REFEREE"")

Tournament For Four Exxactly how the leading ex- pion, could only muster enough ponents of two different types of strength to swallow a little bread games expect fairly and satisfac and milk.

torily to decide who is the superior That lad from Lancashire, player is not explained:

However, Mr. Clyde. Storer, pre team will have to produce their The Colony Interport football Jock McAvoy, was the reason for both.

sident of the American Billiards He knocked

Association, has got to the point best form to-morrow afternoon on times in the first round of his of conferring with Lindrum and the Canidiome ground in Shang ight at Madison-square Garden McConachy on the subject of

hai, where they meet the Shang last night.

tommament with Cochran and Wii-

hai F.A. in the 16th Interport con- Paris, December 23,

Some unkind friend telephoned

lie Hoppe, former champion of the Tinited States- Queen's Club, London, suffered

test and, judging on their form in (By STICKS")

an exciting account of that whirl-

Presumably it would be played their match against the Rest 3 heavy defeat in a two-day Lawn business no doubt the time will north by the Empress of Asia next To-morrow will mark an epochwind round to Lewis, who will

under American conditions, and the Colony last Saturday, the of In her spare mo-Tuesday. Tennis match against the Sport-pass quickly.

in ladies hockey in Shanghai meet McAvoy in his next fight ing Club de Paris, which was con-ments Miss Round will take suff-

The Interport dinner and dance when the Colony's Ladies' later the date of which is to be fixed.master that Lindrum is, he could

Hong Kong team stand an excel- not possibly justify himself on a cluded here to-day, the French cient exertise to keep her muscles arranged for Saturday night has port team play the first match of

supple, and possibly do some ridbeen cancelled.

amall pocketless table with halls lent chance of repeating their -side winning by 9 events to 1.

their tour against the Sports-

nearly double the size of those in November 1932 effort, when the The Paris club gained a win-ing of which she is very fond.

There are seven new Interport girls, the Shanghai ·Ladies' Miss Stammers will doubtless"caps" in the Colony fifteen, pen champions..... ning lead of 5-0 on Saturday,

side under W. E. Holland's man- sigh when she reads of the doings sketches of whom are as follows: This will give the Hong Kong of the experts to day."

All The Points of the team in South Africa, and T. G. Robertson (captain)

agrement won for the first time was girls their first experience of the wish she were with them, as she viven a trial for the combined probable heary grounds

Sidney Smith, who is going to

on Shanghai soll. could have been had she so desired. Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Shanghai experiences at this time century, they say.

which fighter we have seen for half a play in the Daily Mail gold cup H. Harver saved Queen's from

Much of the Colony's success: But Miss Stammers feels the need Oxfordshire fifteen in 1924. This of the year and also of the intense

tournament this season, amazed will depend upon the fitness of complete route. They beat Mile..

of a rest after several years of

Jock spent to-day with his onlookers at a club in Woolwich the three Chinese players Leung J. Goldschmidt and Mlle. F. Pan-

is his third Interport He also cold which is now prevailing. little Lancashire wife, who came the other night by clearing the Wing-chin, Lee Kwok-wai and Lee netier by 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, in the lawn tennis without a break

played for the Colony against the

Like the Shanghai Interport all the way from home to be by table at snooker in two visits Wai-tong, none of whom were Versatile Sportswoman Australian Universities in 1934 team which visited the Colony in his side during his American Naturally, he is delighted with really fit when they left the Miss Stammers is a very veraa-and against the New Zealanders the early part of last year, the campaign. tile sportswoman.

the feat, never having been near Colony. She is taking LR McGilchrist, who played Hong Kong visitors may make "This is the first Christinas WO Des-lessons at golf, playing hockey, for Old Cranleighians and the several changes at the interval in have spent away from England such a performance before.

riding a good deal, and generally Bank while in England, is max-order to give all their players an Fature, Davis Cup player, in

I know, too, that Missing his first Interport appearance, opportunity for a work-out his

Stammers has just started a basi though he represented the Colony, match against E. C. Peters. The

Must Produce Best ness career as a sports-dress de- against the New Zealanders. Englishman was outclased br

The Sportsgirls are

a very night," interrupted her husband. H. C. Meeke played for the Old strong team and the Colony ride Destreman, who conceded on-signer which will not interfere

"It has been some time since with her tennis.

Paulines while in England. He is will have to be at their best to finished them in the first round. The unincky opponent must now In the other men's single E- Eiss Nancy Lyle, Miss E. Dear-pearance, after having played for soil

The team for South Africa Is: making his third Interport record their first win on foreign but I hurt my hands some time be wondering what he was there Avory lost to P. Landry in three man, Miss Freda James, Miss M. the Colony against the Australian

ago, and I just had to stop being for! But he need not

Li Ning, the Shanghai left- sets after a good fight. He and Scriven and Miss M. Hardwicke Universities in 1934.

To-day the Hong Kong team a fighter and become a boxer. Worse has happened W

back is no stranger to the Colony will probably be the guests at a

· “Well, my hands were feeling Horace Lindrum, after seeing as he has played in two previous Nearly every one is an all-round the singles and were player of games.

luncheon to be given at the Park better last night, and I thought his opponent break off, has cleared Interports, but he does not com- would give them a text. They the entire board in one innings stood up to it pretty well

and he has done so twice*

and they lost only one of yester- day's five matches.

Mrs. D. C. Peters and Miss E.

final match.

Destreman Skines

A feature of Saturday's play

was the excellent form of B.

tremau, who is regarded as 7 relaxing.

seven games

Peters were tired after their efforts in

E C. Peters 6-2, 7-5.

DOUBLES.J. Borotza and

Miss Lyle is

Hutchison's Second Cap

Hotel"

she told me to-day.

- "It feels strange lots of fun." "It was certainly fun

His opponent broke the reds, The Colony have nothing

and yet it's without scoring and Smith got in fear from the Shanghai defence, with a 68 break. Another profit although Harry Madar's terrier- last less shot by his rival let Smith injlike methods are likely to give

again, and he sank all the remain-Bertie Gosano ing balls in a run of 58-

beaten in straight sets by J. Bero-playing some golf and squash as a J. Hutchison, who is playing In- tra and Destremau. Eesults: variation to her lawn temis prae- tarport Rugby for the second On Saturday the Colony. Ladies

Saturday

tice at Wimbledon on the hard time, was a member of the Green- meet Shanghai in the second IL-

"My Cue" SINGLES. Destreman (Paris) courts Miss Dearman prefers ock Wanderers Afteen twó sea-įterport contest, the first of which beat E C. Peters 6-3.6-4; P. Lan- golf to squash.

Dave Lumiansky, my manager, |sons ago. He also played for the was played here in the early part and I went to Philadelphia the dry (Pariz) beat E E Avory B6, Miss Freda James had a few Colony against the New Zea of last year resulting in a lonelother day and watched Babe Ris- 6-2, 6-4 M. Pannetier (Paris)

goal victory for the Colony. beat Miss E. H. Harvey 7-5, 6-2; lessons from one of the Ryder ders.

ko fight. He was floored for the Kile. Goldschmidt (Paris) bext Mrs. Cup team in the steamer coming J. Powell, who has been ous The following is the Colony side:

from America. Those lessons have East only four months, played at Mrs. F. J. Lanson (HK); Mes Erst time in his life by a right.

M.. Gray (ELK.) (Captain) and Miss That was my cue. While the (Paris) Beat Peters and spurred her on to attempt big scrum-half and tentat are done A. Fowler, ("Y"); Miss 3. Wong (St. Babe's spies were watching my Avery 6–3, 6

things on the golf course: So the ter for the Wasps while at Home Andrew's), Miss E. M. Bryson (C. E. training I led with my left Sunday

is often to be seen on a go" course AER. Butcher, who has play-A.) (Vice-Captain) and Mrs M. Bell SINGLES J. Jamin (Paris) best Bear Nottingham, where she lives. sd for the Harlequins and the (HK); Miss M. Smith (CBA),

Miss S. Dalziel (“T”), Miss P. Git-i Miss Mary Hardwicke is one of United Banks, has represented tins (St. Andrew's), Miss J. Adey Avory 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; P. Pelizza (Paris), beat Peters 6-1, 6-1, those whose keenness for lawn Yokohama in Interport, Rugby (Y) and Miss M. Westcott (""),

DOUBLES MI Beogner and tennis is so great that she spends This is his first appearance: for

Reserves: Back Miss J. Smalley (Paris) beat Miss Harvey and Avory 4-5. 60, 6-2, Mrs. Pe most of the winter months ptac Hong Kong, though he played for CLK), half-back. Miss L Wooley ters and Mist Harvey (Queen's) beat tising and receiving coaching at the Colony against the New Zea (CBA) and forrard Miss J. Dal-first Mlle. Goldschmidt and Mille. Panne-Wimbledon, tier: &-3, 4-8, 63.

Borotca

HIFRA CANCEL·

ANGUAL DINNER.

MOORE INJURED

Gwyn Moore, the Neath centre threequarter, may not play fil

landers.

J. L. Bonnar, who is making his third appearance for Hong Kong, played for Old Stortfordians while st Home, and represented. Singa pore in the Malaya Cup.

Ex-Shanghai Players

The sunnal dinner of the Hong the new year owing to an ankle G. S. Chambers, who has ply” Kong Football Referees Associa- injury, and W. B. J. Jones, the ed Interport Rugby for Shanghai tion, arranged for Monday need. Llamelly centre, is in hospital on two occasions, represented the has been cancelled. The annual with a facial injury which may Colory against the New Zealan meeting, however, will take place keep him out of the field forlders. at the Sports Club at 6:45. pim. montha.

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ziel (HK).

The following is the tentative "pro- gramme for the Hong Kong Indies In- terport hockey team, who will amive in Shanghai to-morrow morning:

Me Todayke Luncheon Party at Park Hotel

To-morrow H. K. Sportsgirls

(AM, Hongkew Park), Interport Soccer Match

Saturday

Shanghai

Supper Dance at Cternational

Recreation Chr.

HLY Best of

"When I went into the ring last might I let go a straight right for the Babe's jaw.

"It was lucky. It had the effect w thought it would "He never recovered from that

surprise.”.

BEST

ISMAN”.

Eric Clark, aged 13, a pupil st Christ March elementary school, Surbiton, has been chosen by his

fellow pay

has visited-a ver and changed his Whe

best sports

Three times

old boy

despair.

HAPPY EVENT AT STABLES

Nokomis, ar Australian sub- scription grifin belonging to Mr. Dunbar, fosled a bay filly early yesterday morning.

right wing

rest on the

Shanghai Weakness?

pare with Pile, and the Colany forward should encounter no-di- ficulty in this direction.

SHANGHAI ASK HONG KONG FOR PLAYING ADVICE

The Shanghai Football As anciation cabled the ELXFA on Tuesday as to whether the Interport contest scheduled for to-morrow should take. place, and the latter body plied in the

Albert Howe, Bois- and Darkie Chan have al seed in action in Hong Kong the Colony's defence should to cops with all four gue- bat Foyn is a newcomer ht wing

15 Interport games