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LEAGUE TENNIS

ARMY SPORTLIGHT GOOD WIN

SEVERAL important

By "SQUADDY"

decisions; Monday at the Y.M.C.A. Baths,

FOR SOUTH CHINA

of the

Lawn Tennis

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 16, 1940

BOWLING ALLEY

JOTTINGS

By "STRIKE",

were made at the Annual Kowloon. General Meeting of the Army Best feat of the afternoon was

The old stalwarts, U.S.S. “Tuten" and, Bath Moore and Borg bowled well-for Football. Association last Satur-credited to Lieut. R. W. H.

In action against the Tulsa, the former player making day. One of the Willoughby, "A" Company, who,

'South China Athletic Associa- Alley Team, were Association more important in the plunging event, covered 56 tion beat Chinese Recreation Club each other on the 8th and some good 800 or an average of 161 pins per game, despite starting off badly on his first was that P.S.M. feet 9 inches, "A" Company "g" by six sets to three In "D"Ten Pin bowling resulted.

Overy of the were the Champions, with "HQ" Division Football

The match resulted in a decided winjgame to make a lowly 120. Borg's 800 Middlesex Regt. Company Inishing second. The League at King's Park yesterday, for the Alley Team by 216 pins, the for Tulsa also contributed to the Tulsa's win, his average being 160 pins per was selected to be Manager and 150 yds. Medley Relay, 800 yds. thus placing themselves in a strong individual scores being as follows:- Trainer of all the Army Teams. Free-Style Relay and 300

yds. position for the champlonship.

game. all won K. . Chen and W. H. Mok (South ALLEY TEAM Another matter that was clear-Free-Style Relay were

100 yds. China). ed up was that Army teams by "A". Company; the

Free-Style Relay was won by beat C. W. Cheng and T. L. Iu G-1 should be given mord time for

"HQ" Company, and both the beat C. W. Chu and C. N. Tsang 6-0 training together before the com-

above mentioned Companies beat Y. Y. Lain and S. Cheung 6-4 petitive

C. P. Ip and S. Y. Li (South China). season opens, allowing members of the team to get to shared, the Diving competition beat Cheng and In

beat Chu and Tsang know each other's play.

lost to Lam and Cheung An important decision was also

K. T. Ng and K. C. Wong made with regard to the Small NOW that the water-polo nets

have arrived at the new Swim-China), Units. There will not be a Small Units' League this season, but aming Baths, the Water-Polo Smail lost to Cheng and Iu Units' Lea-beat Chu and Tsang Small Unit's Knock-Out Competi-1

C.R.C. "A" v F.C. flon will be held, and each team Water-polo gue Competition lost to Lam and Cheung

should provide will be allowed to turn out its full

Chinese Recreation Club "A" beat

honours.

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Ismail and Birkett for the Argonauts scores, Total both put up good substantial

819 bowling steadily throughout the match. 775 The average per player per game for 774 Tulsa worked out at a little over 159 pins per, game, while. the Argonauts Pete Poterson 742 registered a little less than 155 pins per player per game.

U.S.S. "TULSA"

Dac. Molthen H. Blount GOJ. H. Watts

A. A. Mas. 0-4

cavage 5-7 (South

Total 950

935 777

M. O. Gray F. Spenko

E. J. Maaro

604

3326

2-0

6-1

3110

strength, i.e. all first and second us with some excellent games, Filipino Club by eight sets to one at tame, played instead of A. A. Borg for a good 200, also on his second game. Division players of the H.K.F.A. especially when the R.A.S.C. side Causeway Bay. Leagues will be permitted to get into action.

and Blount.

But it is a strange fact that although both teams played good bowls there In the unavoidable absence of. F. P. were only two individual scores of 200 or over throughout the match, Spenko- 5-7 Hollis, Mascavage assisted the Alley for Tulsa registered a good 213 on his Team, and Gray, of U.S.S. "Asheville" second game, and Watts for Argonauts It was a very close and, tense match. The latter Club only "Tulsa": Both Molthen

There was quite a good 6-game Duck played two pairs as Gonzales did not for the Alley Team, bowled as if in-Pin match played on Wednesday be tween the Alley Team and Aspirants, spired.

which resulted in a very narrow win play.

T. F. Lo and Choy (C.R.C.).

6-3 The Rev. S. Hinchliffe is once T is proposed to hold the Army beat A. Banker and L. Souza

Molthen's 950 was the top score of for the Alley Team by 48 pins.

a 5-game G-2 the match, his average working out at This narrow margin in more running a class to train re- Other Ranks Singles and Dou-bent J. Cho and Z. T. Sten.... ferees, and has high hopes of add-bles tournaments on Monday, T. C. Chiu and W. C. Choy (C.R.C.)-exactly 190 pins per game. As a result match shows 'remarkable evenness be 8-2 of this good score, he won the two tween both teams, as the following in- ing a few more successful can-August 26 at Sookunpoo.

7-5 books containing 30 Bowling Tickets dividual scores will show: didates to those he has trained in The Army Tennis League "A" S. T. Chan and K. N. Lee (C.R.C.). awarded by the Management for such

G-4 an accomplishment. 3G

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turn up.

bent Banker and Souza beat Cho and Sien

Division has once more beat Banker and Souza

previous seasons.

The old saying is that the best Tennis been able to get under lost to Cho and Sien footballers make the worst re-

way owing to the

ferees, and that the best referees break in the weather. are those who at the commence-

Great activity was observed at ment are ignorant of the rules Sookunpoo on Monday with the of football. This usually turns Royal Engineers beating

the 8th

ASPIRANTS

Total

ALLEY TEAM

League Table

this feat, Blount almost performed having second highest score, an excel- H. Blount lent 935 pins or 187 pins per game.

Total

553

K. E. Bellor 519

J. H. Watts

480

H. B. Wilkins 487

6 6 D

P. W. D. L. F.

0 49 5

Sets A. Pts

Gray, of "Asheville", made 810, or N. Neate an average of 164 pins per game, but G. Birkett Watts did not shine as usual, although

466

G. North

454

449

J. Gracie

440

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1900

out to be the truth! It is good Hvy. Regt., R.A., by '0 sets to 3. s.C.A.A. training, even if one does not wish The 5th A.A. Regt., R.A., beat the C.R.C. “A” to give up the playing side of the 12th Hvy, Regt., R.A., by 7 sets to C.R.C. "B" game, and it is really astonishing 2, the R.A.M.C. beat the R.A.P.C...T.C. how many First Division players by 7 sets to 2, and the Seaforths Filipino Club give ridiculous answers to the beat the R.A.S.C. by 6 sets to 3. k.C.C. questions asked when they go for their examinations.

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c.c.c.

I.R.C.

THIS season in the cricket world C.B.A.

we welcome R.A.P.C, into our ATES for the Army Swimming midst. The R.A.P.C. detachment, Meeting have not yet been though small, can call upon the decided on, but it is suggested that services of several players who the meeting be held early in

have had experience September. It will Cricket either in the Colony Swimming probably be held

or at Home, including at the new S.Q.M.S. Taylor, who has turned Queen's Road Swimming Baths, out regularly-for-Kowloon Cric- Victoria Barracks. It is regretted ket Club for the past two seasons; that the Arca mile and half-mile S/Sgt. Happe, who has a fine re- swimming races will not be held cord at home, but as yet he has this year owing to expense and been unable to turn out in the extra Military commitments. Colony, and Sgt. Murray who on Middlesex Regiment held their his only appearance contributed Annual Swimming Sports last (Continued at foot of next Col.)

GRAND GIN. THIS!"

YES ISN'T IT! TALWAYS DRINK IF AND IT'S ONLY FIVE BUCKS A BOTTLE!"

The Best of Gin

Yet compare $500

per

the price bottle

FINDLATERS

DRY GIN

Findlater's

APD4

4 4 0 0 282 72 & 5 4 0 1 29 10

777 or an average of 156 is fair enough, There were only three scores of over

8

800,

5 2 0 3 172 272 4

B 2 0 3 17

Feature of this match was the bril-

Scores of 200 or over were registered Htant and steady bowling of Blount for оп his fourth the Alley Team, and Bellor, of the playing for the Aspirants:

4. by Doc. Molthen-200 24

5 2 0 3 17

28

B 1 0 4 10

29

8 1 0 5 17

37

3 0 0 3. 3

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ARMY. TENNIS

ONNADAO

game and 219 on his fifth game-Cpl.{ "Tulsa", Blount 204 on his fourth game, and Blount was easily top scorer for the match with a good 553 or an average

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M. O. Gray 202 on his fifth game.

On August 9, veteran Ernie Hearther of a little over 110 pins por game. top scorer was in action against B, Godkin. This while Bellor was second occasion was a Ten Pin match in the with 519, which averaged 104 pins per fourth round of the Singles Handicap game.

The scoring all-round on both sides Competition.

Hearther's handicap was plus ten and left nothing to be desired; it was of, a Godkin's plus 26 so Hearther was con- much higher standard than usual and ceding 14 pins per game or 43 pins for it was a pleasure to witness the pro- the three games played. Hearther wongress of the match from game to game. quite comfortably by 79 pins, the in-Į dividual scores being as follows:-

E. Hearther (plus 10) 206, 162,

185, Total

-B.Godkin-(plus-20)–158,141,130,

received 48, Total

The Alley Team's average worked out at 97.4 pins per player per game, or nearly 100 pins, while the average for the Aspirants worked out at exactly 553 05 pins per man per game.

There were no fewer than 13 scores 475 of over 100 recorded during the match.

and I do not remember this ever hav- Hearther's average per` gamo worked ing been accomplished in a Duck Pin out at approximately 185 pins, not up match previously, and, I should ima- д record for the to his usual standard. Godkin's 475 for gine, constitutes

Alleys. Two matches in the Second Di- the three games was fairly good, hay-

The Aspirants bagged eight of them. ing regard to the fact that he is not vision of the Army Tennis League the experienced bowler that his oppon- and the Alley Team recorded the other were decided at Sookunpoo yesent is. His average, including his han-five. as follows:-For Aspirants: H. B. Wilkins 102, 107 and 102; K. E. Bellor terday, when 8th R.A. and Royal dicap, worked out at 158 pins. Engineers overwhelmed the Royal The Singles Handicap Competition is 102, 106 and 123: G. North 105 and J. final stages. The Gracle 104; while for the Alley. Team: Army Pay Corps and Royal Army well towards its

H. fourth round being now completed, Neate 112; J. H. Watts 115 Ordnance Corps, respectively.

there only remain the semi-finals and Blount 108, 149 and 111.

Blount's 149 was truly 0 brilliant the final.

R.A. v R.A.P.C.

In a Second Division Army Ten- nis League, 8th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, beat Royal Army Pay Corps by nine sets to nil.

Pitcher and Parnell (R.A.). ~

beat Reed and Stone beat Norrell and Chalcraft beat Luckhurst and Pender-

gast......

and

SPECIAL DAILY- PRIZES

The semi-finalists are J. S. Landolt, effort and he now ties R. D. Ayers, of with a handicap of 20, who plays Doc. U.S.S. Tulia" who also made 148 on Molthen, also with a handicap of 20, August 6, this being the highest Duck and Ernie Hearther, with a handicap Pin score in the Alley for the month of 10, who plays G. Birkett of Royal up to the time of writing theso jottings, Signals with a 43 handicap. As accord- ing to the rules of this Competition 6-0 there are five games to be played in 6-the semi-finals and final, Hearther will be conceding 33 pins per game or 165] pins for the five games played.

A special daily prize offer com- There should be a very tight finish mencing on Wednesday August. Maynard and Bowditch (R.A.). when the games are played off next 14, and until further notice has beat Reed and Stone

8-6 week. The finalist shall have his name been made by the HK. Bowling will beat Norrell and Chalcraft 6-2 engraved on a silver-encased Ten Pin beat Luckhurst and Pender--

gast Casey and Stone (R.A.). beat Reed and Stone

beat Norrell and Chalcraft beat Luckhurst and Pender-

gast

R.A.O.C. v R.E.

6-4

+

The management;

Ball on view in the Alleys and will also Alleys. receive an engraved replica, both be-award a dally prize of the free ing presented by the Management of games to the player who registers the Hong Kong Bowling Alleys. The the highest score at Ten Pins be- 6-2 runner-up, and the two losing semi-an- tween the hours of 10 am, and 6-4 allats will receive a supply of Clipper 6 p.m. on week days (Saturdays, Cigarettes very kindly presented by the Sundays and Public Holidays ex- 64 British-American

Company

Tobacco

and a supply of Schiits Beor presented cepted. No person can win this 4 week. by Messrs. L. Rondon Company Limit-prize more than once

ed. There will also be a prize consist- The winner's name will be post- ing of a supply of Schlits Beer and cd daily on the Alley Notice In another match in the same Clipper Cigarettes for the highest, In-Board, and prizes can be obtain- division, Royal Engineers beat dividual score throughout the Competed from the manager. Royal Army Ordnance Corps by tion

8 sets to one.

6/Sgt. Potters and Sgt. Harding (R.A.O.C.).

lost to Capt. Bird and Capt.

Freeman

flost to Q.M.S. Rivett and

S/Sgt. Quinnell

lost to Sgt. Spencer and

L/Cpl., Shaw

There was

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The man-

a very interesting and gers decision in all cases will be

final. closely-tought five game Ten Pin match played on, August 13, between Spenko. and his Tulsa, line-up and the, Argonauts. The Tulsa won by the narrow margin, 36 of 87 pins, the individual scores, being

as follows:-

36

36

S/Sgt. Hunter and Cpl.Adinson (R.A.OC).

flost to Bird and Freeman. 3- lost to Rivett and Quinnell 1- lost to Spencer and Shaw

Sat. Pitt and Cpl. Pinder (R.A.O.C.).

beat Bird and Freeman.

lost to Rlyett and Quinnell 5-7

lost to Spencer and Shaw

DRY GIN Judge from one's appearance, more

Gilman

CO., LTD.

WINES &

SPIRITS Depl

TULSA

Total Spanko

895 J. Neare BOB [A, A, Borg

DL Cartwright 429 Pete Pelorson

3183.

ARGONAUTS

J.-H. Watts 823

Totall

FREE OFFER

G. Birkett. 779 A special prize of 10

5. A. Tomali 779 J. Gracie 710]

gomes will be given to

3094 the highest scorer at Ten-

Peterson, unfortunately could only!;

play two games for the Tulsa and Cart pins recorded between. wright very kindly finished the remain-

Ing three games for him. Spenko for

Tulsa was easily top scorer with 80510 a.m, and 6 p.m. daily,

pins or an average of 170 pins per

Holidays excepted).

a lively 40 odd runs and kept wic-game. He was his usual steady self (Saturdays, Sundays and ket remarkably well. If one can and never seemed to be at a loss when he had several bad splits left for him, Beveral of which he managed to sur should be heard of this player mount to make spares with his usual, during the forthcoming, season, is "san Froid" and coolness. In pass- well as Cpl. Ingélby who has turn-ing. In this respect, I would like to ed out for Norfolk (Minor Coun-advise, several of the younger bowlers, tles) and in his only appearance to take a leat out of his book with re- last season gathered. 25 runs in gard to coolness.

Watts for Argonauts, as usual, was BOWLING ALLEYS fine style and revealed himself

not far behind for second high score, as a bowler of great promise. his 832 being a little better than, what!

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HỒNG KONG

It has been suggested that the he has been doing lately, and his aver Lockhart Road, Army Cricket Knock-Out Com-age of 165 went a long way to help petition should be held towards his team to keep close to the redoubt- the end of the season.

ablo Tulag,team.”

Tel. 21800.