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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1936

Sporting Page ****

LAWSON LITTLE STATES WHY HE BECAME PROFESSIONAL

the former

above.

wil

Donald Budge. probably meet Jack Crawford. Wimbledon cham- pion and Australian Davis Cop captain, for the first time in his clash in the career when they Davis Cup context this month.

ST. JOSEPH'S

WIN GOVERNOR'S

SPORTS TROPHY

Inter-School Athletic Meeting Results TWO RECORDS GO BY THE BOARD

In spite of the threatening wea ther yesterday there was no lack

of enthusiasm or interest at the Athletic annual

Inter-School

Meeting held at Caroline Hill, in

POLICE LOSE

LAST LEAGUE

SOCCER GAME

Blackburn Scores

Into Own Net

DISAPPOINTING DISPLAY

A very disappointing First Division League football

match

was witnessed on the Kowloon ground yesterday, when the Police lost the last match of their sea- son, to the East Lanes, by the odd goal in three, after throwing away countless opportunities owing to poor finishing.

The East Lancs. gave a sound display in the opening half when' they dominated play, but it was through no fault of theirs that they left the field the winners, an unfortunate lapse by Blackburn,' the Police right-back, who de- flected the ball into his own net, being responsible for the result of the game.

Play was fairly fast through-" out, although good play was-im- possible owing to the slippery na-i ture of the ground, which caused several splendid openings to be! spoiled by the player in posses- sion slipping at the crucial mo- iment.

:

Halver Shine

wing- North and Parker, the halves, were the outstanding per- formers for the Police, while Swaia Sandford, the two backs land Steele, and Eckersley,

for the East left-winger, shone Lancs..

the

On the whole, the Police dis- played better football and their movements leading up to the East

in Lancs.' goal area the latter stages of the game were a delight Ito watch.

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Tables To Date

FIRST DIVISION

Gomis

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The Hong Kong Jockey Club has lost a very popular member the result of Lady Southeru's departure from the Colony to-day. Here Lady Southern is seen leading in her Australian pony. Halcyon (Mr. Frost), after it had placed third in good company in the Coral Plate at the Annual Race Meeting. This afternoon Halcyon (Mr. Black) will be going out in Mr. L. Dunbar's colours over a mile and is conceded a good chance. (King's Studio).

GOLF ONLY WORK HE

ENJOYS

SEVERE BLOW STRUCK UNITED STATES G.A.

BIG PLANS WITH BOBBY JONES

·

(By Stuart Cameron)

Augusta, Georgia, April 1.

LAWSON LITTLE of San Francisco, the greatest amateur golfer since the reign

of Bobby Jones, to-night announced he is turning professional. Little, whose "grand slam" of two American and two British amateur titles in succession is unequalled in the history of the! game, announced he will join Bobby Jones in a golf promotion position with a sporting goods

concern.

The man who learned how to play golf as a boy on the wind- swept plains outside Tientsin, China, will devote most of his time to a venture designed to increase interest in golf. He will play in several tournaments. however. If he wins, he will keep any prize money. This is something Jones always refused to do. Little's announcement came as a surprise to the field of America's best golfers gathered here for the national masters' tournament, which opens on Friday. Indication that he was con- sidering deserting the Simon pure ranks came last Sunday when he announced he would not go abroad to defend his British amateur title. He did say then. however, that he would seek the US. and British open championships.

"Naturally I regret giving up. my" amateur

Little status," said. "I've had a great time,

but I feel that I shall be happier and more useful in this workį

LEAGUE LAWN BOWLS than in any other I might under-

CHAMPIONS TASK.

NEEDLE" MATCH AGAINST

CLUB DE RECREIO

take."

To-night Little was indefinite! regarding plans to play in Eng- land. "I will if I can make it," he said. "I play in the US. open, provided I'm lucky enough to qualify."

Wonderful Feat

SOCCER SEASON

UNOFFICIALLY

ENDS TO-DAY

Club Much Weakened Against Fusiliers

INTERESTING JUNIOR ENCOUNTER

Max Baer, sbure, referred to as the "Livermore Adonis" has been urged

all-in to take up wrestling, but he prefers to keep out of harm's way, according to a recent statement after he had been made a substantial offer by private promoters.

HOME CRICKET

SEASON OPENS WITH 6 MATCHES

Worcester At Home To All-India

CHAMPIONS AT LORD'S

'The Home cricket season wil}

of watching the All-India team in

be officially opened to-day with a Unofficially, the League football TEATHER permitting, a full programme of lawn bowls

programme comes to a conclusion programme of six matches and, though followers of the game League matches will be carried out to-day and followers

Little, the only amateur to win this afternoon with a small pro- The

have already had an opportunity of the game should be treated to some very good bowls. "needle" match of the afternoon is that between Craigengower four major tournaments in suegramme of five First and three! P W LDFAPA and Recreic and, though the former won by a comfortable cession, will leave behind him a Second Division matches, although

·which St. Joseph's College regis.] S. China “A"..26′ 19 6 2 79 31 40 margin last season, the Kowloon team, who are tipped as one of record liable to stand for all time several of these teams will be en-

titles in 1934 and 1935-a

season, during the forthcoming 24 12 5 7 61 36 31 the Clubs likely to win the championship, may be depended upon He won the British and American gaged in their last games of the against Fusiliers tered a convincing win over the

week other teams, beating their nearest S. China "B".25 11 5 9 50 36 31 to extend their rivals.

Despite their lapse against Craigengower last week, Kow-which Jones never was

(Continued on Page 3) .24 11 4 9 58 31 30 rivals, Wah Yan College, by 27 Police

24 15 9 0 64 50 30 loon Bowling Green, the junior champions, are favoured to take perform. points, to

23 12 6 5 54 34 29 the points from the Civil Service Cricket Club. Shield.

Athletic

.26 14 3.9 46 26 37

win the Governor's Navy

Club

Rifles

25 8 6 9 47 38 25

St. Joseph's were placed in every

East Lanes.

23 109 447 42 24

Recreio

24 7 12 5 34 45 19

event with the exception of the St. Joseph's ..24 8 14 2 4071 18 CIVIL SERVICE (32) Hurdles race, where their repre- Kowloon

......23 6 16 3 27 54 15

sentative actually came in second. R.A. (Lyemun) 24 3 19 2 40 74 but was disqualified for knocking RA. (S'ters)..25 1 21 3 16 10 5 over three hurdles.

Two records went by the board during the afternoon. J. Woo, (St.! Joseph's) broke the Pole Vaulti

CLUB DE RECREIO (58)

KOWLOON CC. (68)

CRAIGENGOWER "E" (-)

Below is a forecast of to-day's matches:

FIRST DIVISION

KOWLOON B.G.C. (62)

CRAIGENGOWER "A" (80)

Y

POLICE R.C. (47)

"

Totals ..342 137 137 68 673 673 342

TAIKOO R.C. (−)

*

INDIAN R.C. (54)

SECOND DIVISION

KOWLOON BG.C. (62)

V

CIVIL SERVICE (64)

T

ELK.F.C. "A". (49)

POLICE R.C. (36)

record by three inches when he GERMANY NEARLY

cleared 9 feet 9 inches, while the La Salle College relay team clipp-

ed 1 2/5 seconds off their previous record.

Knox injured

to D. An unfortunate injury Knox, the Diocesan Boys" school) star prevented him from parti- cipating in the High Jump and Hurdles--he was a hot favourite for both these events!

BEAT ENGLAND

International Hockey CLUB DE RECREIO (75)

Encounter Drawn

LAST MINUTE RALLY FAILS TO BRING VICTORY

London, April 9. Germany has still to win her

a first victory at hockey against The High jump produced

The match on the triple tie, the height cleared being England.

ground on only half an inch lower than the Warwickshire County

rousing March 28 produced a record. *

The prizes were distributed by game, and the result was in the Mr. G. P. Sayer, the Director of balance to the final whistle. Education,

Detailed Results

With only three minutes to go,

the Germans made the scores two

KOWLOON C.C. (60)

HK.F.C. "B" (~)

H.K. ELECTRIC (49)

T KOWLOON DOCK (52)

YACHT CLUB (—)

CRAIGENGOWER (59)

Figures in brackets denote the result of the corresponding game last season and underlized teams are favoured to win.

all, and although the English made]. "E. D. ANDREWS DEFEATED Detailed results were as follows:-strenuous efforts to snatch a vie [tory, the German defence prevail- 100 Metres.

1. G. Sequeira (St. Joseph's); 2. D.jed. Knox (D.B.S.); 3. C.

Hosegood

(C.B.3.). Time: 11 4/5 sers,

Long Jump

1. D. Knox (D.B.S.); 2. Mak Wai-jmany.

BY LEWIS CARSON

引

LOU AMBERS FEATURED

IN CLEVER DISPLAY

Detroit, April 22-Lou Ambers, 135 lb., a contender for the light- weight championship of the world, wos a 10 round decisioni here to-i night over Orval Drouillard, 132, ib., of Windsor, Ontario. Ambers! fought a cool, clever bout and was never hard pressed-Asso-

Shanghai, April 27-Steadiericiated Press.

This was the third official meet-and more confident than his op- jing between England and Ger-ponent, Lewis D. Carson, local In 1913 England won at tennis singles champion, defeated: fong (St. Joseph's); 3. Chan Kwok-Beckenham by -3 goals to 1, while E. D., "Buster" Andrews, New hang (D.B.S.). Distance: 21 %. 7 ins. in 1931 the teams played to a draw Zealand Davis Cup captain, by! 800 Metres

at Hamburg, each side scoring 64, 4–6, 6–4, at the Cathay LE. Petrove (St. Joseph's); 2, once. Wong Yan-hing (Wah Yan); 3. A. Sequeira (St. Joseph's).

minx. 20 1/5 secs.

Time: 2

Pole Vault

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Tennis

R. Whitlock (Midlands) obtain-noon.

Club yesterday

STANDING LONG JUMP

RECORD BROKEN

Tiflis, April 27-At the light! after-athletes contests, the sportsman In # Zoubles match, M. Losseliani set a new All-Union ed both of England's goals and however, Andrews and W. A. EL and world record, for the standing defeated Lewis long jump without atart, of 326 Carzon and Koke by 6-2 6-4 centimetres.--Tass.

Weiss and Huffman scored for "Stick" Duff, Germany.

feat

able to

a 12-a-side game at Gravesend 2 team captained by "Tich" Freeman, they will no doubt turn out in their numbers to watch the tourists open their first-

Jones, who won the British and The following is the forecast class programme against Worces-

the At Lord's,

Champion American amateur and open titles for to-day's fixtures, giving "theter.

County. Yorkshire, will engage an in 1930, was able to capture the favoured team in capital letters:-

FIRST DIVISION British title only once, although he

M.C.C. eleven, while Oxford Uni- v Navy made three attempts.

Little, in RIFLES

(Sookampoo, 4.45 p.m.)versity, who have some excellent winning his four titles, hung up a South China "v EAST LANCS talent this year, will be at home

(Caroline Hill, 445 p.m.)

FUSILIERS (Club. 4.45 p.m.)

mark of 32 consecutive matches~~ the greatest sequence on record.

Club

y KOWLOON inde-S'cutters (RA)

(Chatham Road. 4.45 p.m.)

Little said his plans are finite. This is because the job it- self is indefinite. Jones made theLYEMUN (RA) v St Joseph's announcement of Little's decision and explained that the plan is for Jones, Little. Thomsen and Horton Smith tour the country.

general ISILIERS

Jimny

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(Causeway Bay, 445.p.m) SECOND DIVISION

Eastern (Chatham Road, 3.15 p.m.). ▾ Athletic (Sookunpoo, 2.15 pm);

to RIFLES

ENGINEERS

v Kowloon

to Gloucester.

The full programme is as fol- lows:-

Lord's-M.C.C. v. Yorkshire. Cardiff. Glamorgan v. Kent. Leicester.-Leicester. Surrey. Worcester-Worcester v. All-India. Cambridge The Seniors' Match. Oxford Oxford v. Gloucester.

(Kowloon, 3.15 p.) IMPORTANT MAMAK

Our picture shows one of the torch holders to be used in the Torch Relay Race from Olympia to Berlin. It is manufactured of rust-proof steel and will be retained by the runner as a souvenir. The shield bears the 'words: "With thanks to the beares-The organising The Krupp frm of committee for the Xith Olympiad, Berlin, 1936." Pasen was responsible for the manufacture, and has kindly donated the 3,400 holders required for the Relay Race.

HOCKEY MATCH

K.I.T.C. And Radio In "Needle" Game

RESULT WILL DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP

The

the

long-awaited

Mamak

hockey tournament clash between Kowloon Indians' Tennis Club, the champions, and the Radio Sports Club will take place this afternoon at 4 p.m. on 'the Marina ground.

The result of this game will be watched with great interest by the Engineers, who have now com- have pleted their fixtures and

A win for secured 17' points." the Kowloon Indians. will require a play-off with the Sappers for the championship, while a win for the Radio will give the R.E.'s the championship.

No Changes For K.LT.C. The Kowloon Indians are mak- ing no changes, in their team, but (Continued on Page :)