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AMERICAN

SPALDING "TOP-FLITE"

A Racket that's built

for

Speed

The open throat makes every shot a split-second FASTER

THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1936

FLOOD-LIGHT RUGBY EXPERIMENT SUCCESS

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CHARLTON ATHLETIC

TO TOUR US.

Trip To Include Canada In Close Season

London. December 17.—Chari- Athletic, the team which made soccer history by jumping into the First Division from the Third Division after only one year in the 2nd Division, to-day accepted invitations to tour the United States and Canada dup- ing the close season.

They will play twelve matélies in these two countries. Charl- ton are at present among the leading teams in the First Divi- sion.

WEEK-END GOLF

RESULTS

Stubbs Shield At Fanling

COUNTRY CLUB JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP:

The following were the resuits of the First Round matches in the Stubbs Shield of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, played at Fan- ling over the week-ends

AP.C. beat Government Medical Department 3 and 1.

HMS. Tamar had. a walk-over from Linstead and Davies (scratch- ed).

National City, Bank best Manufac tarers Life

P. and O. Bank beat Wilkinson and

L.T.A. HANDICAPPING Grist 1 up.

REARRANGEMENT

(Continued from Page 2)

and existing champions took on the smaller fry at stupendous odds, their friends sometimes spe- calating on the result by a private wager.

Chartered Bank of India received a walk-over.

Bank Line beat Standard-Vaenom Davie Boag, and Co. beat Chinese Maritime Customs.

Harbour Ofoe best Prisons De- partiment 2 and 1

Harry Wacking and Co. beat Dod-

H. H. Whitlock, winner of the Olympic Games 50 kilometres walk, above, recently made an appeal to the British Walking Association for tional events.

more interna-

WEEK-END SOCCER PROGRAMME

S. China "B's" Return Canadian Pacific 5 Match With Fusiliers

well and Co. 2 and 1.

P.W.D. beat and 4.

beat

ILFORD WANDERERS

MAY SET FASHION

PLAYERS CAN OBTAIN PRACTICE

WHITE-PAINTED BALL EASILY SEEN

(By HALF-BACK) 2

London, December 4.

THERE was a development this week which may have far-reaching effects on club Rugby in the south. I refer to the game played at Gordon-road, Ilford, on Wednesday night be- tween Ilford Wanderers and the Old Ban- croftians

-

by floodlight..

Flood-light Rugby, of course, is nothing new. We have had it at the White City between Rugby League clubs as a commer- cial proposition, but the ford experiment was the first between amateur sides.

The Rugby Union, I understand, gave their consent to the games being played provided the Ilford club did not arrange a regular fixture list of matches by, flood-light. Mr. F. H. Kiteley, Royal Artillery" (Lyemun)

The following are the local Soccer hon. sercetary of the Tlford Wanderers, tells me that the ob Lowe, Bingham and Matthews 3 and League fixtures for the week-end:ject of the experiment was to prove that players could gain much valuable, and otherwise unobtainable, practice by flood-light. No gate-money was charged.

Education

Reversion To Old System

Department, Gibb The L.T.A. scheme of abolish-livingstone and Co., and John D. ing scale handicaps and increas-Hutchinson and Co. drew byes in

Club

The "Top-Flite" was originally designed bying the chances of a poor player the top half, and Butterfield and Recreio the world-famous W. T. Tilden and used is really a reversion to the Swire and EMS Cornflower in

tem which was altered by their the bottom. by him in all his most famous successes,

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G. M. Young Cap But tournaments and their per-

Two matches were played in the sonnel have changed, and I doubt first round of the G, M. Young whether the old bait will now Cup, the results being as follows: catch the fish. Even if the de- Chartered Bank best Jardine, mand for handicap events had not Matheson and Co diminished by the modem trend, there is the objection that longer! points mean longer matches.

The back-marker who owER 50 and gives 30 has to win six con- secutive points before he can get

APC best Linstead and Davies. Captain's Cup (1936) The following were the First Round results in the Captain's Cup (1936):

K. S. Robertsuu had a walk-over

from F. K. Elis, who was absent.

Rowell (16) 2 and 1.

J. E. Mackie (6) beat X. K. Bounds (11) 1 up.

.

Country Club Results

on level terms. A single game W. L. Alexander (14) best T. R. may last an unconscionably long time. This may not matter on aj private court or even at a club: it may prove a serious obstacle at an open meeting with limited courts and time, especially if main holds un the programITZE.

America Without Handicaps

F. J. Remedios, with 2 nett score of 65, qualified in the Cap tain's Cup at the Country Club, played over the holidays, E. Sadick, with a card of 71, also

And are these long handicap qualified. matches, entertaining though they In the Semi-Final Round of the may be to the competitors (pro-|Junior Championship. B. Basto viding the back-markers are not beat C. H. Suen 3 and 2, while A thinking about their level events J. Kew beat A. G. Botelho 7 and 6. to follow), the best stimulant for! The Semi-Finals of the Ladies' the ambitious young player? They | Championship were also decided: must inevitably encourage” cap- Mrs. F. E A. Remedios beating tion; they can scarcely feed the Mrs. A. E. EL Castro 7 and 6, and ardour of modern youth.

Mrs. A. J. Kew beating Miss Ablong 5 and 4.

zot

America has

handicap! events at her open tournaments,

and the supply of recruits to the COTTON'S GOLF

first-class ranks is, much richer{+

over there than the supply in thisį country. The disparity may be due in part to school facilities; is mainly caused, I believe, by the keener competition of level match play.

No Excuse

The truth is that, under modern

conditions, bandicap events may

ASSISTANTS

Robertson And Laidlaw To Help Him

London. December: 4. When Henry Cotton comes to his. new club at Ashridge at the be

Police

SATURDAY

+ EAST LANGS.

FIRST DIVISION

(Club, 4 p.m.).

Y NAVY

(King's Park, 4 p.m.).

→ E. CHINESE

(Kowicon, 4 pm.).

- KOWLOON

Why I suggest that this small beginning may have in-

portant results is that the MACAU GUNNERS

experiment was a complete suc- cess. It is, I fancy, going to be (Causeway Bay,.4 p.m.). difficult for the governing body

Eastern

South China "B"

Mub

S'Cutters

Lyem.un

Furiers

(Caroline Hill, & pm). to restrain clubs from playing by flood-light once its practic- ability has been proved.

SECOND DIVISION

EAST LANCS. (Cab, 2.30 pm.). NAVY

(Chatham Road. 4 p.m.).

YENGINEERS

In Five Years

"My own view," said Mr. Kite- ley, "is that matches by flood-light

LOSE AT SOCCER

TO ENGINEERS

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Lobato was camly the best back Fon the field. His clein kicking

(Military, Happy Valley, 4 pm.). will be a regular thing in about and timely tackling then saved

C. POLICE

Kowloon Chinese five years."

| his side, while his covering and (Kowloon, 230 pm). The matter of cost need not anticipation was sound, SOUTH CHINA ▼ Pusiliers

Recreio

LIGA

Medicals

7 FUSILIERS (Military, Happy Valley, 2.30 pm.)

SUNDAY

In goal, Ferades displayed

(Caroline Fill, 230 p.m.). prove insuperable; most big Arms THIRD DIVISIÓN

are sufficiently enteprising to great coolness and brought T ORDNANCE

take a chance. It is certainly a many good saver. (King's Park, 230 p.)fact that Wednesday's attendance

Air Force

Brown came into the Engineers" (Chatham Road, 230 pm).at Ilford was more than five times team in place of Woods and this the average. And no gate is ever was the only change. Bowling, the charged by the Ilford Wanderers right-back, was very sound in de

fence and was well aided by Col- After the game the players said man, and in the half-back line they were a bit bewildered for five Dewell and Callard performed for six minutes. After that there! well.

was no dificulty at all. The ball, Brown, at inside-right, though painted white, could be seen easia hard worker, did ly in the set scrums and in the much. He missed open.

FIRST DIVISION

St. Joseph's

RIFLES

RIFLES

▼ S. CHINA "A" (Sookumpoo, 4 pm.).

Athletic

(Caroline Hill, 4 pan.). SECOND DIVISION * Athletic (Caroline Hill, 230 pan.). THIRD DIVISIÓN

St. Joseph's

C. Police

E. POLICE

Kwong Wah

♥ ENGINEERS (Sockenpoo, 2.30 pzz).]* ▾ SERVICE CORPS

Kumaon Rifles

for afternoon games.

Up In The Air

not achieve a "sitter" in the first half, but worried the Macau defence throughout the Howlett did not play his

The chief lesson learned was game. (Kowloon, 230 p.m.). that several additional' lights)-tzemal game. He was very casual.

to should be provided

shine in his efforts, though his head- (Kowloon,pm) straight up in the air, to show the work was good.

EAST LANCS. (Chatham Road, 4 p.m.).

GLOUCESTER'S BIG DEFICIT

Goddard's Benefit Realises £2,088

ball when it has been posted The Engineers scored in the above the level of the ordinary first half through Darby. In the second-half. Silva, the right-back, Lamps

It was announced yesterday that in attempting to clear a high ball, H. S. Sever had had to drop out kicked it against the on-rushing of the England team for to-mor- Brown, and the

ball rebounded row's Workington trial. I hope the into the net. Darby scored the selectors will decide to substitute Sappers third goal off the upright E. J. Unwin, the strong-running and Santos netted Macau's only Army and Rosslyn Park wing. He point London, December 4.

is playing in the form which earn Owing to the unfavourable wea-led him a trial last year.

tend to depress the British stand ginning of the year he will have

as his two chief assistants, Wther for their early home matchesį ard rather than exalt it. For a

last season, the Gloucestershire young player of promise advances Robertson and W. Laidlaw.

CAMSELL BALIS AND DISLOCATES THUMB

by contact with contemporaries of Robertson has been described club had a serious decrease in equal or superior merit. When as Cotton's "mirror,” and invari-gate money. This will not be coun- handicap events were popular in ably before a championship Cotter-balanced by an increase of this country-and in their proper ton plays several rounds with him £260 in members' subscriptions.

Mr. Frank Wilis, presiding over¦

London, December 4-Camsell setting they may well remain so Robertson has been with Cotton at

at Middlesbrough's international cen-| -the opportunities for continuous Waterloo, Belgium, for several & meeting of the committee

Bristol yesterday, stated that the tre-forward, may be out of the practice were much less To-day years.

accounts would not be made up un-side for a month. While training they are legion There is really

W. Laidlaw, z tall Scot, present-til December 31, but they already at Ayrsome Park yesterday Cam no excuse for a lack of good talently engaged with George Gadd at showed a heavy loss-

sell fell and dislocated a thumb capable of defending the Bavis Malden, is one of the young school He stated that the whole of the He was taken to North Riding In Cap and regaining the Wightman who has done well since coming professional staff had been offered firmary and was detained. This is

¡to Londori from Gleneagles.

engagements for next year. God-the second time that Camsell who dard's benefit has already realised has been singularly free of in-

juries, has injured a thumb.

Cup.

MINOR COUNTIES HELP FOR SUSSEX 22088.

SCORING

Bedford's Motion Defeated

Lordon, December 1.

A suggested change in the ay

sociation.

CRICKET CLUB

Huge Overdraft Must Lord Granard Elected

Be Cut Down

Silva and F. Lobato: A. Gomes, H. Macan Artillery:--Fernandes; C. de

Niza and A. Silveira: Morais, Veizs, A. Santos. F. Axis and J. Santos.

RE-Sellick Boyling Colman, Wilford, Ferris. Dewell. Callard, Brown, Darby, Howlett, Creizb.

JOHNNY KING'S BAD KNUCKLE INJURY

World Championship

Prospects

>

London, November 30, Johnny King, of Manchester, the British "bantam-weight boxing champion, is suffering from konekle injury to the left hand.

For this reason Mr. Harry Flem ing, King'e manager, is delaying bis reply to the cable from Mr.

match-maker, offering King & world title fight with Sixto Esco-

"I hope to be able to cable Mr.

New Arsenal Chairman Jolinston, the New York

for the "honour, felt himself 回

London, December 4-The Eari, tion he accepted... London, December 4.

"Lord Gizzard proposed Mr. Jar of Granard was yesterday elected Besides the voluntary reduction chairman of Arsenal F. C. in place! J. Edwards, the vice-chairman, as of salary of the Sussex players and of the Earl of Lonsdale, who re-chairman of the club, but Mr. Ed-Johnston later this week, asking stom of scoring in the second officials, it is intended to appeal signed and was appointed pre-wards, while thanking the board for further particulars," Mr. Fle class competition found little fav to members of the club to increase ident of the clab. our at yesterday's annual meeting their subscriptions by 10 per cent. This was knows in the following able to accept. Thereupon the ing said to-day, there is every of the Minor Counties" Cricket As In addition, Horsham, East statement lasted by Arsenal F.C.: Arsenal board unanimously elect prospect of the match coming off »

Dourne, -and Hastings are to be, Lord Lonsdale, in consequence ed Lord Granard chairman.” Bedfordshire's proposal that the asiced to forego their percentage of of his inability to attend meetings

HK WOLF CUBS ANNUAL pointe awarded for a win be in- gate receipts for a period of three of the Arsenal bound, has reluct

ATHLETIC MEETING- creased from six to 10, as an ex-years, and the rents of all schools antly resigned from the chainman- periment for one sex, was de-and-clubs using the ground are to ship. The board accepted the re- fested, by 11 votes to five.

be raised by 10 per centi.

*signation with the deepest feeling; VA Me, W. B. Frankelfer (Backu) was} - In 1985, Sumsez suffered a loss of sorrow and gave a condial vote olestad ås one of the association?) of £1,500-A loss of about £2,000 in of thanks to Lord Lonsdale for the In a friendly rugby encounter representatives on the Advisory 1996 entices an approximate deficit, splendid serricos he had rendered at the Valley yesterday after

icket Committee in place together with the previous over to the club. They also nanimous-HMS. Lowestoft beat HMS

draft, of $5,900,

ly elected him president, a posi] Capetown by 11 pofats to

LOWESTOFTS RUGBY WIN OVER CAPETOWN:

The Hong Kong Wolf Cube are |holding their second annual athie- tie meeting on the Hong Kong FC ground (by kind permission) to-day at 2.30 p.m. Parents and friends are cordially invited · So Fattend.