1937-06-23 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 23, 1937.

KINGS OF ENGLAND, KINGS OF SPORT

GEORGE EVI DOUBLES

TENNIS STAR

DUKE OF WINDSOR WAS

FINE GOLFER

LATE KING BRILLIANT SHOT

(By PETER WILSON)

IT is a truism that the Kings of England have always been interested in sport. One has only to think of the Duke of Windsor's golfing and hunting activities; of King George V's prowess as a shot

at one time he was one of the best half- dozen in England; and of Edward VII, who won the Derby in 1909 with Minorụ, having previously. carried off the Turf's greatest prize when he was Prince of Wales with Diamond Jubilee nine years earlier.

OUR PRESENT KING IS A LAWN TENNIS PLAYER OF SUFFICIENT CLASS TO HAVE COMPETED IN PIONSHIPS AT WIMBLEDON

THE CHAM- AND IN LAWN TENNIS HE IS PLAYING THE GAME WHÍCH HAS DEVELOPED FROM REAL OR ROYAL TENNIS.

His Late Majesty King George V. was acknowledged one of the finest shots in the British Isle and a very keen pigeon racer.

MISS C. BOTELHO TO PLAY FOR CHINESE R.C.

Mixed Doubles League Team Strengthened ·

V.R.C. TROUNCE RIFLES AT WATER POLO

H. L. OZORIO SCORES HAT TRICK -

Playing their first water-polo match this season yesterday even ing the Victoria Recreation Club beat the Royal Ulster Rifles by six goals to nil in the V. R. C. pool.

H. L. Ozorio opened the scoring, and this. was followed by goals from C. E. Roza-Pereira and W. Lawrence.

The match was disappointing, the losers failing to put up a strong opposition. Lt. D. Lincoln and Bdms. Putley, at back, played very well and prevented the Rifles. from suffering a heavier defeat.

M. M. de V. Soares, in goal for the winners, was rarely tested dur ing the game.

H. L. Ozorio (3), C. E. Roza- Pereira (2) and W. Lawrence were the goal-scorers.

V. R. C.-M. M. de V. Soares; N. Delgado and W. Kerr; W. Lawrence; D. Remédios, H. L. Ozorio, and C. E Roza-Pereirà.

R. U. R.Bradford; Lt. D. Lincoln and Putley; Braney; Edwards, Hamil-

Players in the mixed doubles ten-ton and Chivers.

Real tennis once helped international diplomacy, so they say. [nis league will be pleased to learn For when Henry VIII, who was a jovial sportsman in more ways that Chinese Recreation Club will than one, met Francis I of France on the Field of the Cloth of Gold continue to compete in the League in 1520, among the celebrations and believe me there was no this summer. Dora in those days was a match between the two monarchs.

court

EDDIE MYERS Although at one time threatened. And Henry, who had his own, the Abbey, George IV recognised withdraw owing to the scarcity of

with the possibility of having to HONOURED tennis court I mean-at Jackson and gave him such a plea-lady players, the C.R.C. have now Hampton Court made Francis sant look that the commander-in-been able to compete to the team.

BY HIS CLUB look like a handicap player. chief of, the "pugs" was convinced And it's only human nature to that the King still remembered him Recreio player, has agreed to play Miss Cissy Botelho, well known feel very much better disposed to from the days when he used to go for the Causeway Bay club, whose

London, May 28. Former England Rugby fly-half, someone after proving your te superiority in the field of sport.

the boxer's, rooms in Bond-team is now expected to comprise

Eddie Myers, who is to be next pre- street.

sident of the Bradford R.U.- Club, W. C. Hung, Iu Tak-cheuk, and awill be the first former playing mem Tom Spring and Tom Cribb

successor to Lee Wai-tong, who is ber of the club to occupy this office. At Hampton Court you can still champions both-habited as pages, away from the Colony; Mrs. Chiu see Henry's court which is in use were guarding the entrance to: Chun-chiu, Miss R. Rumjahn and Myers holds a record likely to at the present time. Then later Westminster Hall, and the manly Miss C. Botelho.

take some beating. By playing Henry also played the Emperor appearance of the "big 'uns"

It is expected that this new team eighteen times for England he has Charles V and let us give Bluff tracted the attention of most of the will appear against K.C.C. (2) at more caps to his credit than any King Hal credit for the sportsman-great folks who were present

Kowloon next Monday.

other Yorkshireman. ship took him on not in one of the gorgeous ceremony: his own courts at Whitehall or St. James's Palace but at a placed call- ed The Bayne.

HENRY'S COURT

JUST AN IDEA -

at-

at

Other times, other customs. But Tennis has always been a great what fun it would be to have had 'game for

the Kings of England. Tommy Farr and Buddy Baer on Charles I played a good deal at duty at the Palace with Hampton Court, and tradition has Gains on the route-all dressed as Larry it that he was the best of all the pages. English Kings although history does not relate whether he kept his coronation medal was presented to After the ceremony one gold head at the game.

Charles II kept up the tradition ja dinner which was given to them the boxers. They raffled for it at when he built a new court at White-and Tom Belcher, the Bristol man hall, and throughout the years right and brother of the great Jem Bel- up to the reign of King George V cher-perhaps the mightiest of all it has been played and watched by the old-time champions-won it and Kings.

wore it for the rest of his life.

SPORT'S GREATEST SERVICE

are

DEMOCRATIC TIMES › But perhaps the greatest service -which sport ever performed in aid democratic times, monarchs

Nowadays, with the growth of of a Coronation was in 1821, when not solely interested in "The Sport «George IV came to the throne. It had been feared that there might one of the largest pigeon racers in of Kings" for King George V.-wäs be trouble on the route to the Ab-the country. bey, and Gentleman John Jackson,

retired undefeated heavy-weight However, horse racing naturally champion of Great Britain, was ap- captures the public imagination -proached to furnish an unarmed more than anything else and the -force to "preserve order,'

present king, who had a win only Some twenty pugilists, Including Chester, is hoped to, win this week Jast week with Curraghmore at several champions and at le one. -coloured

at Newmarket with Jubilee. boxer, formed the corps, -with Jackson at their head, and

Jubilee is one of the were dressed as royal pages.

year-olds seen out this

year has already won a couple of races. AT ENTRANCE

What a great win for Coronation

And as he passed on the way to week!

best two- and

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