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NEWCOMERS TO COLONY SPORT HIGHLANDERS HAVE FINE RECORD

BOXING & SOCCER PROWESS

The 1st Ba the Seaforth Highlanders, who arrived in the Colony last Thursday after a period of service in Egypt and 3 very fine Palestine, have

sports record and should be very prominent in local sport- ing circles.

Whilst in Egypt they gained many laurels in boxing, and in the

· Command, individual events had

the following splendid record:-

Welterweight--Winner, Cpl. Thom-

you.

Heavyweight Winner,

Mathieson,

L/Sgt.

Lightweight-Wisner, Cpl. Robin.

xon.

Featherweight - Kunner-up.

Greet

Pie.

Unfortunately, many of the box-

ing team have now completed their, period of service and are not at present with the Regiment. A new! team

at the

be built up will carliest possible moment and. with the talent at their disposal. one can expect them to maintain! their reputation in this particular! department

GOOD SOCCER RECORD The Seaters will be taking ever the fixtures of the East Lanes. of the in the various divisions

local Football League. In Beypt.j they were the winners of the Seri vices League and were finalists in the Command Cup, so it can con- fidently be expected that they will maintain the fine record of theiri proxiecessors in Her Kong.

It is understwod that cricket iel not very enthusiastically played by the troops, but the officers boast several fine exponents of the game.

All Hong Kong sports en thusiasts will look forward withi eagerness to the new regiment's debut appearance in the many sportin fields open to them in thel -Colony,

FEATS SINCE WAR

The following records will give some idea of the various successes recorded since the Great War.

· 1920

THE CHINA MAH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1937.

SPORTS CHAMPIONS

(Left) Loz

Ambers, Hers kimer, N. I.. who defeated Tony Conso

mark for tha world's light weight cham- pionship in New York City

(Right) Ivar Bai- langrad, Norway, winner of three skating events in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Ger many. He is chosen breaking the world's record for

~ 5,000 meters.

of

1936

Jesse Owens, outstanding uthiste of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin and highest individual scorer for the Ameri- can team. He won the 100 and 200 meter dashes, and the broad jump, and took part in other events.

(Right) Të zio Nuvolari, ace Italian racing drinks, who meet the

The

bilt Cup race on the new Roosevelt Racewer is Long Island.

BAN

YANKEES

Tony Lasseri (left) and Lejty Gomez (right), two members of the World's Champion New York Yankees, shown with Col Jacob Ruppert, owner of the term.

(Left) Alice Marble, Californi, tennis star and holder of the American Women's Singles Championship, considered one of the finest of American feminine net personalities. (Centre) Marjorie Gestring, 13-year-old winner of the Olympic springboard championship, and one of the youngest and finest of American athletes (Right) Bold Venture, winner of the historic Kentucky Derby and the outstanding thoroughbred of American racetracks in 1936. He later on the Preakness, another great classic for three-year-olds. University of Washington championship crew, which won the Poughkeepsie Regatta in America and ran away with the Olympic title.

(Extreme right)

The

NAVY TROUNCE WASEDA BY 7 TO 1 MARGIN

Winners of the "Roberts Cup" PLAY

the Army Bife Association Meeting Pirbright.

1921

Tournament.

At Olympia Royal Winners:-Bayonet Assault

Championship. Runners Stone-Tug of War.

LAYING with machine-like precision, the Navy played excellent hockey to beat an ob viously tired Waseda Univer-

Visitors Show Signs Of

*BOVE-

Team sity eleven by 7 goals to 1 yes-wards were completely bottled and the whole team was disorganised afternoon at King's Up-110 terday

Park. The winners were in and, aimless in all their irresistible form and outplayediments. their opponents in every de- Cuppartment, a feature of

1922 Ezgaged in the Irish troubles. 1973

Winners of the Machine Gun and the Kibworth Shield at North Ireland Command.

Winners

of the North Ireland Cricket Cup.

1924

In Ireland. Beaten in final North Ireland Command

of

Early Score

and

Fatigue

Wright Registers "Hat Trick"

peals from Waseda's supporters }

on the touch-line to pass him the Winners' Half-Backs And

Goalkeeper Excel

(By "ADREM")

INTERPORT SOCCER

ONLY ONE TRIAL

THIS YEAR! _

LITTLE TIME FOR PRACTICE

(By “REFEREE"}

Probably the biggest sport- ing event of the year in the Co lony is the Interport Football contest between Hong Kong and Shanghai, which will take place this year on February 11, on the Royal Naval Recreation Club ground. Causeway Bay, for the first time in the history of the series, having hitherto been held on the Club ground, Happy Valley.

Shanghai set a very fine ex- ample by selecting 16 players at Jan early date, presumably with a view- to holding several practice matches before their arrival in the Colony, bearing in mind that their last team to visit these shores. who were selected a few days prior to sailing from Shanghai, were humiliated by 7 goals to 1

The Hong Kong Football As- sociation have, for some reason quite unknown to followers of the game always been very lack- adaisical in their selection of the Colony team and with barely a month at their disposal, have not yet made a move in the right direction.

NEW IDEAS WANTED

They are holding an Interport trial on Sunday, January 31, eleven days before the actual Interport match, and a full League pro- the gramne will be decided on following week-end in which most of the Interporters will be taking part. It really is about time the Association reorganised their ideas and got down to brass tacks. It is all very well to say, "There's tons of time and, besides, chaps know each other's play so well that practices make very little difference," and that is just

OUT

where the Association, is wrong.

I have heard at the last two

Interports-players complain of their lack of understanding with their colleagues, and as a result took very nearly half the game to adapt themselves to the prevailing conditions.

The outstanding feature of the season's "big" match fixtures is that the majority of representa- tive encounters do not get into their stride until after the Inter- port match itself!

TWO CONTESTS HELD UP

ball, however, he obtained posses-

The Lai Wah Cup competition. their The Navy opened the scoring a sion, went through with a terrific

between the Civilians, the Army the game being their speed in get-few minutes after the commence burst of speed and scored with a

and the Navy, has in the past pro- ting to the ball in defence and ment of the game when DONALD drive from the edge of the circle:

vided the Interport Selection Com- perfect understanding in attack found the net following bad errors which would have beaten any goal.

mittee with an opportunity of seed- keeper in Hong Kong. the part of Tomita In distinct contrast to the Inter-jon

Waseda, quite understandably,ginally selected as a reserve, who backs, were a perfect combina-ing out the likely players, but this Boxing port match on Sunday, when the Kawarahast left-half and left-

although year the Final will take place after Championship by Royal West Best tourists lost to the Colony by the back respectively. The same were most disappointing. It is was a tower of strength at right- tion. The former, Regiment. Ton. Tug of War

Winners odd goal in five after playing sterl-player added the second with a absolutely impossible for a team half. If the left-half and the left trifle slow, positioned himself et the Interport match. Then again latter was the Sunday Herald International North Ireland Command

North Ireland Cricket Cap. ".. ing hockey, nothing would go right scorching shot from a difficult an- having played two games at the back had performed half as cre- cellently, whilst the

pace with which the Services and ditably as their opposite numbers speedy and broke up any attacks Charity Cap competition, which 1925

with them yesterday. The defence gle on the edge of the circle. Ireland

· were | brings together the cream of the Cross made numerous errors,

on the right side of the field, almost Winners:-AA

Shortly afterwards WRIGHT the for-

the Colony games were played to Win- Country Team Championship.

the chisined possession af

Colony's talent, and which compete with the fast bustling Waseda would not have met with initiated. 110 Bers:North Ireland Command

numerous occasions has unearth- Chukkers had been! half-way mark, took the ball tactics of the first-class side they such a heavy defeat. stope and 130 stone Tug of War. until 2. extra

ed hidden talent, has only seen into the circle with the Japan- were pitted against yesterday. Winners:--Xorta Ireland Command played

ese halves retreating before They tried very hard in the j Bayonet Fencing.

him, and had actually placed

year in

succession) North

.1927

Shooting

the ball in the

net before any

move was made

to tackle him.

Chamed

Winners:-(3rd) Inniskilling Cup. Winners in Ireland final beating 3rd Grenadier Guards

Boxing Cricket Cup. Winners: AA Ire-

Individual welter weight Egypt land Boxing Team Championship.

It is a noteworthy record that in Command. Winner:-Cpl Thomson. the Re- Egypt, Palestine, and Iraq Inter- 1925 the 2nd Battalion of

Indivi- Championships. the winners

the Services of giment were

Weight Winners:- Northern Command, India, Boxing dual Bantam Championship and that the team of L/Sgt. Sutherland.

The teams cross- the Regimental Depot, Fort George

of the Scottish Shooting Egypt Command Small

with were the winners

over Individual Arms Meeting. Command Boxing championships.

1926

pionship. 2nd place: Sgt. H. Bell Waseda three goals

1935/36

in arrears. Early in Reached final of Aldershot Com-

Boxing mand Boxing Championships.

Egypt Command Individual Chamthe second half it likely Winners-Aldershot Command pionship. Cpl. Thomson winner Wel-appeared

the Navy Boxing Championships. Semi-finalists ber Weight L/Sgt. Mathieson win-that

Cpl. Robinson would compile a in Army Team Boxing Champion- ner Heavy Weight ships.

1928

runner up Feather Weight.

just what Egypt Command Team Champion-did- Beached final of Aldershot Com-

lixed, Last Semi-final to Middlesex t be y Lost ship. mand Boxing Championships.

Regt, by one point.

WRIGHT added the Football Winners Services League beating fourth goal with a beautiful flick, Royal Horse Artillery in Final

Egypt Command Cup: Lost final WRAITH the 5th,

with

de the to Royal Scots: Fusiliers. Tug Of War Winners Egypt Command 130 stone fence spreadeagled

WRIGHT Tue of War.

pleted his

to Royal Corps of Signals.

1929 Olympia Royal Tournament, Eeach ed zemi-inal-110 stone Tug of Lost to 2nd Cameron High- War. landers.

1930 1931 1932 Produced no noteworthy records. 1933 Lost firul of Eastern Boxing Team Championship to Royal Ft

Fusiliers

winner Light Weight Pie. Green cricket score. They

Buliards

COM-

It will be noticed that all the goals scored by the Navy

were initiated on

LOOKING BACK TEN YEARS JAPANESE SHOW ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT

A. BAND, one of the finest hockey players in the

A. Colony during his day, told me after the Hong Kong v Waseda match on Sunday that the Japanese had made rapid progress and had improved their game all round.

Dand played for the Club against Waseda some 10 years ago, when the local side won by 3 goals to 2, the same score as that on Sunday, when the Japanese visitors met the cream of the Colony's talent.

Dland, however, said that the visitors would have to devote more time to seeking understanding and combination.

"hat-trick and early stages but later they ob Command

the Winners of Institutes Junior Ranks WRAITH' netted the seventh to viously became disheartened:*

Team Championship..

Individual Championship. Runner complete the Navy's tally. up L/C. Reid

Winners:-Army Bayonet Fenc ing Championship at Olympia. Lost final of Inter-Services Pool to Royal Marines. Set E Bell reached Army Hundred at Bisley Army Rifle Asso ciation meeting

the right and

were scored by the centre-for- ward, inside- right and right wing, who were by no means bet- ter than Thorn- hill and Bower- man on the left. There WES no apparent weak link in the Navy team. and it would have been very interest- ing to have seen them in action earlier in the series when the opposi- tion

would have been

very much

better.

as soon as they

Perfect Trio

"McCoy, Malcolm and Collier, in one round played, the Second the intermediate line, gave an ob Round taking place on February clasa ject lesson on the duties of halve 21, or 10 days after the in attack, which Waseda would do with Shanghai. It is truly a re- well to note. Their tackling was markable state of affairs.

(Continued on Page 3 they

GOVERNOR'S CUP

quick and unbesitant and were invariably.on the heels c their forwards when the latter were within shooting distance.

The Navy forwards are now so well known for their combination that further plaudits seem | 17° necessary. Suffice to say they did all one has learned to expect of The following have been chosen them, although Wraith appeared to to represent the Hong Kong Foot- be suffering slightly from the tfball Association against the Hong fects of his efforts in the last Kong Cainese Amateur three days.

ASSOCIATION TEAM

NOMINATED, –

Athletic

Federation in the first Eound of

I understand that this will be the Governor's Cup competition on which the at Caroline Hill on Sunday, Janu- the last occasion Navy team which did service yes-ary 24:- terday will perform in Hong Kong)

Bowlands (Fusiliera); A. V. Gosano for some time as a great many of (Becreio) and Stevens (Rifles); North them will be leaving the Colony (Police) (Capt.), Beltrao (Recreio), to-day.. They will leave behind in Bliss (Kowloon); Erwin (Rises), D. Hong Kong many lessons which Leonard (St. Joseph's), D. Knox cannot, fail to have the effect of (Kowloon), Wilson (Cinb) and B.

Bickford (Club). raising the standard of local hoc-

Reserves: Talbot (Fusiliers), key in the future.

Campbell (Rifles), E. Strange (Club),

Garwood Excels Despite the huge score against Garwood, is goal, displayed met him, Oniziku in goal, maintained hods that any aspirant for that Sugarawa Starved his form of the previous games position in representative hockey

and saved his side on numerous would do well to note. Most goal- Waseda M.- Onizuka: M. Eisckburn (Police) and-- Costa (St. Waseda now made desperate en-occasions. Yamada, at centre-half, kepers in the Colony are far too deavours to vindicate themselves, was also good and when in posses infined to remain rooted to their Ishihara and S. Kawahara: Joseph's).

Tomita:M. Sugawara, K. Kawii, Since the inception of the 8th An- but spoiled many movements by sion never failed to find his for-ral and wait for the shot. Not Kawashima, T. Yamada and H drews Challenge Cup (Inter Behanging on to the ball far too wards with well-directed passes.

T. Yonemaru, S. Masamura, and Y. gimental Team Race).

Shimoda The Seaforth Highlanders have long. The halves and backs again. Lost been the winners on six occarions gave evidence of their penchant

In December. 1333, the Battalion left United Kingdom for service abroad,

1934/35

Football

Final of Services LeagUB.

to Royal Horse Artillery.

Folo Infantry Cup. Won final 3rd

5 Grenadier Guards.

Highland Brigade Point to Point Meeting

Danger From Right

Lost final in 1228, 1929, 1981, 1932, 1934 and for clearing up the centre, and Isahara, at right back, wor

time after time SUGARAWA, with like a Trojan and proved, a..

off Egypt Command Cup to Royal 1938, Scots Fasliersen ....

Pals-Infantry Cap, India

Polo

It may be noted that during its no Navy man within yards of him, in the side of the tricky. Final of Infantry Cap lost to Royalf term of suice in India between on the right wing was overlooked hill. The only other maria.

Fusiliers,Śx 1920 and 1931 the 2nd Battalion. Northumberland “ Chakker Tournament the deciding The Seaforth Highlanders on the when he had a clear run in front side who gave anything in good goal in the final not being scored Infantry Polo Cup on five oocations: of him. Following repeated ap- performance was Kawir, na, ori-

with Garwood."

CLUB PLAYER SUSPENDED

At the Emergency meeting of He is a firm believer in attack]

the Hong Kong Football Associa being the best form of defence and in the face of an attack was al Navy-Garwood: Lt. Green and tion held last night, J. Fleming, ways on the edge of the circle tol Comdr. Broome Lt. McCoy, L. the Club inside right who was meet it. He kicked Justly and hit Msicolm and It Collier ordered off the field of play dur with tremendous force in a most Donald, Lt. Wraith, Lt. Wright, Léing the charity match on New Thornhill, and, L& Bowerman, *** Year's Day, was suspended for the

remainder of the season. (Continued on Page 33. spectacular display

Broome and Green, the two