1937-06-28 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1937.

LOCAL

SPORTS

CHATTER

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(By “REFEREE”)

HEAR that Kwok Chun-hang,

the China National and "In- terport Breast-stroke swimming champion, will definitely be arriv- ing in the Colony a few days before the end of the current month, but that he will probably return to Shanghai in time to compete in the Quadrangular Swimming In- terport against Hong Kong, Tien- tsin and Kobe" · "during the last week in August..

HAN KI-CHUNG, a former China National' Swimming champion, is training the Chung Shing Benevolent Society swim- mers and is responsible for their fine water-polo team. is a member of the Mak Ngah Association team, which has yet to make its debut appear- ance this season in Colony aquatics.

I-

UNDERSTAND that

He

Smiles of confidence predomi team as they posed at Forest Hil ited States beating them by 5- gles champion, Manager Clifford Spro

FH. L. DOHERTY

·~· “Peanut” Marshall, who left

the Colony recently for Shanghai, "BETTER THAN

will be away for some time, though|

he hopes to be back again for the W. T. TILDEN”

Не

start of the second half of the rac- ing season and for cricket. hopes to represent the H.K.C.C. in the League.

Changing Games

D.

Wimbledon Referee's View In Book

BUT AMERICAN WAS BEST EVER

T. SMITH, the soccer referee and Central British Ass0- ciation hockey player, is taking up

London, June 2. hockey umpiring this season. The

Mr. Frank Burrow's author of is reason for this, he tells me,

Court-and Others" that, like other civilian referees,The Centre he gets very few games during (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 10s. 6d), just published," might have called the soccer season.

his book "The Inside Story of Wimbledon.” He is well qualified

the

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expressions of the members of Australia's Davis Cup ccessful challenge for the Davis Cup trophy, the Un- are Jack Crawford, Vivian McGrath, Australian sin- Quist and John Bromwich.

BOXER ACQUITTED

OF WELSHING”

Johnny Rice, Explains His Case

London, June 4. Awelshing" charge against Johnny Rice, the boxer, and an- other man failed yesterday at Surrey Quarter Sessions, Kingston. The boxer. described as John Francia Rice, 24, and Francis John Russell, 32, general foreman, were found not guilty of stealing money by means of a trick at Ep- som racecourse and: not guilty of conspiracy to steal. They were dis- charged.

R. soccer left-winger, will be leav-to tell it, for he has been referee CLOSE OF

ing for Canton and coast ports this at the championships for the last

soccer season

SCORE BOARD

TWO INTERESTING OPEN PAIRS TIES FOR TO-DAY

Logan And Meyer To Meet Omar Bros.

Six of the eight postponed matches in the Third Round of the Open Pairs Lawn Bowls Champion- ship will be decided this afternoon, weather permitting, and several in- teresting tussles should be wit nessed, among which should be the encounter between J. S. Logan and J. G. Meyer and the Omar brothers, and J. V-Ramsey and J. McKelvie and M. A. R. Souza and C. S. Ros- selet.

The following is the programme of the postponed games for the week:

TO-DAY At C.S.C.C.

week on business. He hopes to be 17 years, and has been behind the PLAY CRICKET back shortly after the start of the scenes of lawn tennis in this coun-

try for more than twice as long.

Hs personal narrative, with many incidents interwoven, should in- terest a wide public. Champions Two centuries were scored at J. Luz and R. F.-Luz v G. Perkins INDIé art comina International Miss Dod to Miss Jacobs move gramme on Saturday, Washbrook McGibson, and T. Ferguss

NDIA are hard at practice for from Renshaw to Perry, and from close of play in the first-class pro-

International Baseball

London, To-day.

Close of play scores were as fol- low;

Warwick 304 (Kilner 80, Croom 96); Northants 25 for 3.

Baseball competition and the across the screen: of each and of making 106 for Lancashire and Ar- players can be seen at Caroline their era he has something arrest-nold 172 for Hampshire. Hill every Monday and Thursday, ing to say. Among the newcomers who are To Mlle. Lenglen, in the women's showing good form are Ismail, realm, he gives pride of place as a Hassan and A. R. Abbas.

player. His comparison of men players is scaled down, after ex- amining the claims of nine, to "a two best"-H. L. Doherty and W. T. board H.M.S. Cornflower, Tilden and he gives a casting vote the Naval Volunteers' train- to Doherty.

Shooting On "Cornflower"

ON

ing ship, there is a miniature VITAL FACTOR OVERLOOKED shooting range at which friendly "No line," says the author, "can shooting encounters between the be drawn between players separat- various warships in port and the ed by 20 years. Perhaps he might Naval Volunteers are decided. have left it at that, for in allowing his final assessment to be influenced "Cornflower” Last week

beat "Thracian" by 317 points to 217, by the opinion of J. C. Parke, the Lieutenant J. C. M. Grenham, of famous Irish player, he has over- the former ship, being the out-looked one relevant factor. standing marksman y gregate of 47 points.

an ag

Lancashire 309 for 8 Washbrook 106), vs. Surrey.

Notts 191; Yorkshire 161 for 1-(Sut- cliffe 77 not out, Barber 79 not out), Worcester 347; Leicester 44 for 1 Somerset 189 (Clay 6 for 78); Glam- organ 70 for 6.

J. S. Logan and J. G. Meyer v O. M. Omar and U. M. Omar.

At KB.G.C..

and F. Cullen.

At Club de Recreio JV Ramsey and J. McKelvie v M. A. R. Souza and C. S. Rosselet. SUGA At Taikoo Docks |--T. --Nolan and W. McLeod Eccleshall and A. W. Grimmitt.

TO-MORROW

At Kowloon Docks

R. G. Craig and E. C. Fincher v F.

V Ribeiro and C. G. Silva,

WEDNESDAY

At Kowloon Docks Kent 86 (Smith 5 for 27, Sims 4 for HF. Stoneham and C. B. Hosking 20), and 81 for 1; Middlesex 198 (Cole v J. E. Noronha and F. X. M. da Silva. 6 for 62).

Gloucester 106 (Armstrong 7 for 36); Derby 809 for 8.

Sussex 341 (Barlett 99); Oxford 102 WEMBLEY

for 3.

Hampshire 316 (Arnold 172); Cam- bridge 131 for 1-Reuter.

MATCH FOR JOE LOUIS

New York, Saturday. "Parke has told me," writes Mr. poraries of the Doherty's who play-

Sol Strauss, Mike Jacobs' lawyer, Burrow, "that he played against ed the brothers on level terms, the both the Dohertys and never con- declaration that Tilden in his hal-sailed for England: to-night M. M. de V. SOARES well-known were himself that same class cyon days could have given either close negotiations for a world-title

and that he played of them half-fifteen.

fight for Joe Louis, sensational De- _swimming exponent of the with them; Victoria Recreation club, will once against both Tilden and W. M. Mr. Burrow's easy-flowing stream troit Negro who knocked out J. J. world's heavyweight again figure in goal for the V.R.C. in Johnston and never had any feel of recollections incidents a refer- Braddock, water-polo encounters this Summer.

ing of hopelessness against either ence to the unhappy withdrawal of champion, last week. The fight in of them."

Mlle. Lenglen from the Jubiles to be staged at Wembley Stadium

BEFORE TILDEN'S ZENITH

meeting of 1926. Time is a swift some time in August. TONG Tze-bun, former "C" Division.

That may be so, but Parke's en-healer in the controversies of ⠀⠀⠀ lawn tennis player of the South China Athletic Association, is not gagements with Tilden were con- and “in drawing frailties from their tically settled, except the question taking part in any competitive tennis fined to the American's first inva- dread abode," the author generous- of an opponent for Louis. It may this season, although he is the captain sion of England, before he had ly admits, after setting out the be Jack Doyle, Ben Foord, or Len of the “D” team. Owing to pressure of work he has not even been able to come to his zenith and before he sequence of events, that they were Harvey, Louis plans to sail

had drawn from American contem- not all on the side.

London on July 15.-Reuter. get in any practice at all.

Business Comes First'

omemortis Jacobs; said everything was - prac

for