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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1937

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ALL-JAPAN HOCKEY ACES ARRIVE FOR SERIES OF 8 GAMES

BADMINTON OPEN REQUIRES TO BE REORGANISED

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NO PROVISION FOR THE YOUNGER PLAYERS

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP WOULD BE WELCOMED

THE

(By "ADREM”)

THE FIRST ANNUAL COLONY BADMINTON CHAMPION- SHIPS WILL BE HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HONG KONG, BADMINTON ASSOCIATION, COMMENCING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 26. ALL MEMBERS OF CLUBS AFFILIATED TO THE BADMINTON ASSOCIATION ARE ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE.

In order to make matters more interesting for the weaker clubs. teams participating in the Men's Doubles League "have been segregated into two divisions, each of which consist of seven teams.

It is an acknowledged fast in Hong Kong that the standard of hadminton played in the junior division falls a long way short of that played in the senior, but, despite this, members of the seven clubs participating in the junior division will be compelled to compete on an equal footing with the members of the other' seven clubs. What will be the result?

players will be loath to compete.

It will be argued that an in-, ferior performer at any game! improves when playing against better players. While not dis- puting the truth of that state- ment. I would point out the! comparative youth of badmin-j ton in Hong Kong, and the fact that a large number of players, although having reached quite a fair standard, have not al- together got over the inferiority complex the lack of experience in any game engenders.

junior division

Despite the

SKIPPER STATES THAT WITH LUCK THEY

HOPE TO BEAT COLONY COMBINATION Prefer To Play On PROGRAMME FOR

STYMIE TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

ARGUMENTS FOR

AND AGAINST

:

R. AND A. STAND FIRM

AGAINST BREAKING

WITH TRADITION

There are many who believe!

Jock that the Scottish golfer fact that Ted

Maclean would have won the American Amateur but for be- ing stymied at the 34th hole in the final against Fischer.

Drake, sbore, was injured in the second half, Arsenal held Everton to a one-all draw before 55,000 spectators at Highbury on De cember 26.

RACING TO-MORROW

Soft Ground

NO ENCOUNTERS WHILE

IN SHANGHAI

NOT GOING TO MALAYA

(By “ADREM")

LOOKING VERY FIT AND EAGERLY LOOK-

ING FORWARD TO THEIR HOCKEY

The incident has brought a crop PROGRAMME, THE WASEDA UNIVERSITY [of protests from those who ad- HOCKEY TEÁM ARRIVED AT 9.45 LAST

vocate its abolition. They contend

that it is not sporting, and that NIGHT BY THE S.S. TAIYO MARU AFTER A it is the outcome of sheer luck, FAIRLY GOOD TRIP FROM SHANGHAI, and that luck has no rightful place in championship golf. It is also

pointed out that golf is essentially ference from the opponent, and yet "Rapiers Facing notes will ap the stemie abrogates this funda-

a game in which there is no inter-

ipear to morrow.

University Mixed Doubles Team In Action To-night

FOR

mental law.

VISITORS

The following is the pro- - gramme arranged for the Freda University Hockey

To-day Practice at King's Park

Tomorrow t. Combined Ser- vices (U.S.R.C. groind) 4 pon

Sunday v. Colony (Nary

ground) 5.30 p.m. Monday

I

Nary (Nary ground) 4.15 p.m. Wednesday t. Army (Navy

ground). L15 DIM Thursday # University (Navy ground) 415 pm. Saturday o Argonauta

(Naty ground) 4 pm. Sunday . Civilians (Navy

ground) 4 p.M

It was revealed that although the original idea was to continue the tour to Malaya, it was now found to be impossible owing to the fact that the University term starts on the 10th of this FARCICAL month and if the former programme had been

competitors in the adhered to, they would not arrive back in Japan INTERPORT

It is noteworthy that a vote taken of the

American championship showed 80 before February 16.

cent.

£

Contrary to general belief, no matches were played

in Shanghai as the Taiyo Maru did not stay in that port long enough to allow the team to go ashore.

per

against the stymie. Azd yet. early this year, the United States Golf As- sociation announced that, as a result of negotiations with the

Waseda University have an though none of the team have re- Royal and Ancient Club of St. An-extraordinarily fine hockey re-ceived international recognition. drews,, both organisations had de-foord Last season they won M. Sugawara, the right-wing, was clared against the abolition of the the Universities championship selected as a reserve for the stymie. However, the Western As without the loss of a game, al-įpic Games. Their finest forward sociation, an influential body, has though they drew their first is K. Kawai, the inside-right and OR the first time in the history of the Hong Kong abolished the stymie.

Mixture against Rikkyo. They their most prolific goal-scorer. An- Badminton Association a mixed doubles combination

then took part in the All-Japan other very good player is the cap- from the Hong Kong University will be seen in action to-

CONSERVATIVE R. AND A. (competition and were success-tain of the team. T. Yamada, who night, when they encounter Club de Recreio “A”, the

A stands frmful in the Final against Kyoto plays centre-half and who leads a present holders of the championship, at King's Park. Miss Ulian Khoo, who repre-

St. John's are being entertained against breaking with tradition and imperial University by seven a most reliable defence sented the Chinese Recreation by the Free Lances at the Cathe-part of the game. Supporting it are players very much superior to him-Club in the Mixed Doubles last dral Hall, but the fixture is almost

regards the stymie as an integral goal to mil!

a number of noted British ‘critics. "A" figure only in about the mid-season. will be playing her first certain to be won by the latter

“M.W.," writing in The Obser- die of the sensor table what world League match this season, being combination. Mrs. Beattie, former- be the feeling of this player, how partnered with P. K. Hui, who, y Miss Doig, will be playing er, says that the stymie is a golf beat Commercial College

according to reports. is consider again to-night after an absence of shot requiring skill and delicacy beat Meiji ever keen, at the thought of meeted to rank among the foremost almost a month,

of touch Most stymies "can beat Keio ing in the championships players!

be negotiated either by lift- THE TEAMS. of the standard set by Recreio players in the Colony.

University P. E. Bri and Missing T. C. Lee, who figured promin- liau Khoo, T. C. Lee and Miss the opponent's

over or screwing round and University "A"?... he would ently in partnership with P. E. Chos; and C. Soon and Miss L the fact is

ball Further, against the champions for 1935, overlooked that Meiji Old Boys, who were defeated

Take for instance the case of a junior member of à club like St. Andrew's, which runs a team in both divisions of the league. There are probably seven or

eight

self in the Club As St. Andrew's

The R. and

The record in the inter-Var-i sity competition was as follows: drew with Rikkyo beat Hosei

2-2

110

30

4-3

2-3

played

A

match was then

almost certainly not enter, for fear Chan, for Elliot Hall. last season | Leung. (Reserves): Misses D. Liaost stymies are the fault of the by two goals to nil.

of making himself ridiculous.

Recreio

in the Men's Doubles, will partner and J. Anderson A. Oliveira and player himself, for, if the approach Miss J. Choa, who is very fast on Miss M. Siva; J 1. Remedios and putt were properly executed, the the court, while C. H. Soon, an- Miss C. Silva: and L. A. Carvalho and possibility of a other of Elliot Hall's senior play Miss Olga Ribeiro. ers will be paired with Miss L Leung.

In the Interport match to be played next Sunday, the fol- lowing team has been select- ed:

M. Onizuka; M. Isihara and S. Kawahara; K. Kurosaka, T. Yamada and HL-Tomita; M. Sugarawa, K Kawai T. Yonemaru S. Masamura and Y: Shimoda,

SOFT GROUND PREFERRED

PRACTICE

NINE OF FIFTEEN TURN UP

SEVEN PLAYERS EXCEL

(By “ADREM”)

A more disappointing game would be difficult to imagine thai that yesterday at King's Park, where the "Interport" hockey eleven lost to the Hong Kong and Singapore Brigade, R. A. by 4 goals to 3 on the Navy ground.

The Waseda University hockey team arrived last night, so this was the last trial to be held before the Interport clash on Sunday!

it very dificult to several things.

As already announced, the Hoc- In addition to the above players, key Association have not yet WELL-BALANCED TEAM M. Kawashima, T. Takeisha and selected the final eleven, but have Tournament Will Not

Waseda are stated to have 3 K. Yamamoto are travelling as re-nominated 15 players Presun Prove Beneficial

stymie cannot very well-balanced team and. al-serves, while the team is in chargeably, yesterday's game was there- St. John's G. A. Smith and Mrs. arise. The player leaves himself

of Mr. Y. Shinjyo, That is the point. The aim of

Beattie, David Kwok and Miss Peggy open for a stymie, and when it to forget that, to use the verna

with Mr. S.fore arranged with a view to de- Kojima as coach.

ciding upon the best combination the Association is presumably to

HeCaw; Roland Koh and Miss Muriel

possible. If this is correct, I find further interest in and improve changes in their team, which Mrs. Shate: A. L. Fisher and Miss M

Recreio. "A" are not making any Smith.

arises he raises his hands aloft cular, he has asked for it and got

understand Free Lances:-E. L. H. Shute and and cries for justice. Ent he seems it. In Maclean's case he left his the standard of the game. With should carry off the evening's Griffiths; J. L. Anderson and Miss A. (Continued at foot of next Col.)|approach putt fourteen inches the championships organised as they are at the moment, entries will probably be attracted from only about half the teams affiliated to the League. At this stage of the proceedings everything possible should be done to encourage be- ginners, and that is where I think the present organisation of the tournament falls

short.

honours with comparative ease.

Mackenzie.

WINNING OF TOSS COUNTS FOR

TOO MUCH IN TEST CRICKET

The THE value of winning the toss has

players who have already reached been clearly shown in the three!

a high standard are receiving the encouragement which the more in- ferior players should have.

Test matches of the present series- at Brisbane England "won the toss

and the game by 322 runs; at Sydney | she again batted first and won "by] In Malaya junior championshipa an innings and 22 runs; and at Mel- are held. Why not have them in bourne Australia won the toss for a Hong Kong? From enquiries I change and won the match by 355 have made at the various junior runs. None of the three wins were clubs, I am quite certain that the small ones and only go to prove that a ruling do away with the lock

idea would be enthusiastically reconnected with the spin of the coin ceived. Farthermore, an offer of is needed. A local cricketer suggest a challenge trophy has been made ed to me that it should be decided by a gentleman interested in the that one of the two captains should -be given the choice of batting or field- development of the game.

ing in the first Test, the other cap: What about it the Association? the fith, which would be left to the in in the second and so on until Announce the fact that entries pin of the coin. The suggestion is will be divided into two grades-it-novel, but little else, fear.

is not too late end results will justify the rearrangement.

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BROMWICH IMPROVES

Fred Fetry, abore, made "Eg

· Bit". Tiden sit up and take notice during his match with Vines last Wednesday. Vines was “murdered," not Perry!

138 at Old Trafford and 110 at the Oval. In the first Test of the present

from the hole.”

"TRICK SHOTS" Maclear himself says “This sounds the death (well of the stymie. It is my honest opinion that they ought to be abolish- ed; the sooner the better. They are not golf shots; they are trick shots.”; Grantland Rice one of Ameri-

Most members of the team state

To start with, when the game that they prefer playing on soft grounds and, in view of the fact commenced no member of the selection committee was present, that we are likely to have a cer- while several of the 15 members tain amount of rain in the next of the Colony team had received few days, they will have the ac-no oficial notification that their vantage of playing in conditions

presence was required and as a to which they are accustomed

The whole side are in the best result only nine put in an appear- of spirits and the captain told me that, provided they had a certain

ance:

Of course there may be

some

series be scored 125 at Brisbane, thus ea's leading 'golf authorities, de- Jamount of luck, they hoped to win very good reason why the remain- making four centuries in his last five clares that the stymie is an add Tests! Leyland, who has been the

Japan has never been parti-ing six players were not present, perfect foil to slow leg break bowlers, ed element of lack in a game that cularly well-known for its hockey, but the fact remains that the Co- has made the following Test scores carries too much luck already.... but I learned last night that the long side were forced to take the on the present tour: 126 and 33 The stymie that Scotland invented

hfield with two men from the Brisbane; 49 at Sydney; and 17 and 111 not out at Melbourne.

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game has been played there for the

position.

It is not at all surprising there-

has cost Scotland the amateur past 35 years and no less than 21.KS.R.A. and Wraith, selected as championship of the United States. teams participated in the last All-an inside-right, filling the left-half names only counted, and years Maclean, proving his gameness, at Japan championship. The Japane did not, the batting strength seen tempted to negotiate the stymie ese season is very short and only in the Brisbane Press reserve, at the with a niplick, and then had to lasts from September until No fore that the team lost. first Test would give a start and beating to either England or Austra-hole a four-feet putt for a half. Ifvember, when the extreme lia in run-getting.

this is ridiculous in the way of curtails the programme. Here are the names of some of the competitive eport then I can't willow-cum-pen-cum-type-writer art-

cold

Good Combination The chief feature of a most un- interesting game was the fine 'corn- If the Waseda University's rebination displayed by Lt. Thorn-..

ists who adorned the Press seats: think for the answer. Maclean had cord is anything to go by, Hong hill, aside left, Pyara Singh, cen- C. B. Fry, J. B. Hobbs, W. M Wood-outplayed Fischer badly at this Kong will have a hard fight next tre-forward, Lt Wright, inside- fall, W. H Ponsford, A. F. Kippax, decisive hole, and he was still Sunday, when a very fine game C. G. McCartney, V. Y. Richardson,

A. E. R. Gilligan, A. Mailey, and struggling for a half when with should result.

Wendell Bill. Warwick Armstrong out the stymie he had the hole

was also there, though not

Press reserve.

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in the ready won I agree with Pre-

right, and Lt. Donald, on the right wing. These players, especially Wright and Pyara Singh, were re- sponsible for some splendid move- ments in the first half and dis- played an understanding of each At the result of the Club, who other's play that angers well for played 10 men, holding the Navy the future.

scott Busch, former president of | ^ first ball sent down by E. the United States Golf Associa- THE

McCormick in 'a Test against tion, that the stymie has no place England got a wicket at Brisbane in in golf” the first Test. It was the funt strike by Worthington · against Australia, and he was out to it.

ESPITE Don Bradman's match- winning innings of 270; I am in- clined to believe that Bammond is the greater menace, on the Australian wickets, the extra pace cứ which suit his style so well. He requires less After eliminating Adrian Quist, time to make his strokes and the TEYLAND'S century, his fifth John Bromwich, Australia's new quality of Hammond in his full glory Le springt Australia, brings to mind tennis sensation, extended Jack! ment of eye and wrist. On the other Australia he was not selected until man captain.

is due so much to the perfect attune the fact that during las fizat tour of Crawford to 64, 36 1-6, hand, Bradman finds the slower Eng- the final Test, when he scored 137 and, It was also the first time W. L 17-9,6-2 before losing the Final lish wickets idest and is unally $3 sot out! Though he batted well 'Oldheld secured a wicketfärst ball in

Test against England y It was, therefore, a first ball with a} Championship.

land, however, he scored 109 at Leeds,k history.

of the New South Wales State Bradman is the oore daring. Ham-reach three figures. In 1934 in Eng- makes his stroke-later, Of the two during his second tear he falled. to

mond the more polished.

It was the first ball bowled in a Test against England with Don Brad-

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A COMPROMISE

There are many golfers who would welcome a compromise. They say, "If the stymie must be retained, let it operate only when the player styles him- self; in all other cases the op- ponent's ball should be lifted."

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ARMY NEW CHAMPIONS

to a 3-3 draw, the Army have WOR, Gonsalves “was very good in the the Triangular Hockey Tourna-pivotal position and gave a per- formance which should earn him

Iment.

Lt. Donald and Lt. Wright (2) jhis place. - scored for the Navy and G. E R. Guest and Gosano were an ex- Divett and S, Fowler (2) for the cellent pair of bäcks, and seem to › Club.

be the best combination available.

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