FOOTBALL AROMIN SEEKING FIGHT
WITH LEN COLLINS
HIGHLIGHTS
By "REFEREE"
War Charities benefitted to the extent of another $2,000 as the re- Ault of the Charity Football Gam on New Year's day at Sookunpoo when Combined Chinese ben: "Rest of Colony" by goals to after being in arrears at the in- terval
saves
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Robinson played a grand gam for "Rest" in goal and in the first half brought off several good
He was more often action that his opposite number Cheong Wing-choy, who was badly at fault with the shot from Fox that beat him
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Since there will be no Inter-
As Preliminary To Trip To Malaya
Local Lad Looking COOMBES
OFFICIAL LEAGUE TABLES
As Royal Army Service Corps have withdrawn from the Third Division of the Hong Kong Foot- ball League all points for matches already played are expunged from the Table.
Following are the league stand- port with Shanghai this year, ings to December 31 supplied by
FIRST DIVISION
Hong Kong Football Association | Football Association. have lost no time in arranging the programme for Chinese New Year on the dates reserved for the in- terport series.
of the
Eastern
S. China The Semi-Finals
Laising Tao Wah Competition will now be Middlesex played on January 27, (Chinese Kowloon New Year Day) and the draw will Navy be made at the meeting of the Council
the Association Un
Thursday,
Advantage
Fields AGAIN AT
For Fresh
To Conquer
By "Adrem"
AT VARIOUS TIMES IN THE COURSE OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS THE NAME OF "YOUNG” AROMIN HAS APPEARED IN THESE COLUMNS F. A. PIN CONNECTION WITH BOXING. USUALLY
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following day and 11
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tures any further. Army and Navy Engineers are prepared to play their gam
un Wednesday, January 22.
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A request for between Shanghai
a charity game Chinese and
Southern Chinese on January 28, in aid of the funds of the Chinese Youth Medicul Relief Association has not been granted.
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Wednesday's Charity game will be the last additional Charity game for a long time and it will now be possible to
get on with
League and Shield fixtures so that the season will be completed by early April.
Volunteer
camps, which are
again starting shortly. will un- for(unately upset arrangements
and the sexiner the League games are played off the better.
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THIS KEEN YOUNGSTER HAS BEEN THROW- ING CHALLENGES WHICH THUS FAR HAVE NOT BEEN TAKEN UP.
CHALLENGE
CRICKET MATCH
Arising out of dis- cussion as to the merits and demerits of the Kowloon Cricket Club senior cricket eleven, has challerige Hong Kong Cricket Club for two-day game
come from
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Sing Tao are contemplating a visit to Manila early in March and 20th R.A. in order to have no games during; 35th R.A. that period are prepared to have Shell their games brough. 1orward, if A.S.A. possible. On Sunday January 26 they meet Police at Boun- dary Street. Pulice
will meet
South China on the previous day in their postponed
December 22.
game from
E. Strange, the club all-rounder, i
will be badly missed by his club
TO 4 2 4 21
13 1 2 10 10 41 4 12 0 0 12 4 51 0
168
60 30 69 345 345 168
R.E. FOSTER PASSES
for the rest of the season as he, band of cricketing brothers leaves on holiday next week,
R. E. Foster, one of the famous
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King Ka-pui signed for South China at the beginning of the sea- son and then transferred to Kwong Wah. He is now on Sing Tao's re- gister.
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N. Delgado, who has not played soccer for a season has
been practising hard recently and will be competing in the League. He has not decided whether he will join St. Joseph's or International.
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Great annoyance was caused to two clubs last week by the chosen players failing to notify their clubs, that they were not avail-1 able. Kowloon and St. Joseph's both flelded depleted teams through this, last week.
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O'Regan and Roughly will be playing at back against Sing Tao on Saturday for Navy and with Robinson, in goal, the Chinese will have to work hard to keep in running for the Championship.
who
used to play for Worcestershire, died early in December, it is an- nounced.
team against
Foster captained the English the Australians in Australia during the 1903-4 sea-
son.
TENNIS FOR PEACE
а
over
the Chinese New Year holidays, which, it is understood, has been
It is accepted.
pre- sumed that Club will call on their service ond Civil Service members in which case a really excellent
game should result.
BOXING TITLE
Jim Brady, Dundee boxer, won the British Empire Bantamweight Boxing championship on Wednes- day, out-pointing Kid Tanner, triple champion of British Guiana, tennis tour of South America this open-air contest to be held
The U.S.L.T.A. is planning а in what was probably the firs! winter as its contribution to Pan-Britain at this time of the American solidarity.
-Reuter.
STAND-OFF
Following will represent Army against Club to-morrow in their Quadrangular Rugby Tournament fixture on the Club ground at 4
p.m.
L/Cpl. Picton (R.E.); L/Sgt. Richards (R.A.): Capt. Hook (R.A.) (Capt.): Capt. Douglass (R Scots): Pte. Mc- donald (R.A.M.C.): LL. Coombes RAM.C.); 2/Lt Wedderburn (R.A.); Cpl Sutherland (R. Scots): 2/Lt. Ford R. Scots); 2/LI Bompas (R.A.); Heath (R.A.) 2 Lt. Millar (R. 2/Lt. Pinkerton (R. Scots);
2/Li
I know for a fact that Aromin, Scota); unable to get matches in Hong Capi Duke (R. Scots); Cpl. Gillam Kong, has gone further afield and letters have been addressed promoters in Manila and parts of the Far East.
M Reg).
to
other
Reserves:--L'Cpl Foley (RE.); Pte.
Edd son Berry. 2/LI. Barclay (R.A.M C.),
(R.A.): L/SEL
Capt. Marti
Now there are some prospects of him achieving his ambition of raising himself to the status of a professional boxer of the highest rank.
Agreement Signed
An
very
RA 1.
CLUB STRENGTHEN THEIR PACK
Following is Club's team: Thompson; Bosanquet Carruthers, Aitkenhead and Stewart; Charter agreement
and Thomson; Macrae, Burford, was recently signed between Aromin and Mr.
Walkden; Gairdner, Needham; M Stanley, a manager who Is
Thomas, Taylor and Kennedy. likely to see that his charge docs
Heasman is out, due to a split gel places. Mr. Stanley is the lip sustained against Police last man who gave another local man, Saturday, and his place in the Battling Rio, to Far Eastern box-front row has
been taken by ing. Rio was taken to Singapore Walkden, whose place in the back and is now the holder of at least row is being Alled by Thomas, three titles, including the welter- who deserves his promotion.
Gairdner weight
is back in the se- Orient.
cond row and, with the exception of Heasman, Club will have their strongest pack on view.
championship of
the
Mr. Stanley has some excel. lent connections In Singapore and the Dutch East Indies and If Aromin goes down there he la assured of some good fights fly-half.
if he can make the grade.
as а
Aromin is well-known keen lad who is always willing to don the gloves even when conced- ing a good deal of weight but his manager is anxious to match him in Hong Kong before going south. Difficulty is the lack of suitable opponents. A challenge was re- cently thrown out to Len Collins, the only suitable man in Hong Kong. Aromin and Collins, some months ago, were seen in action
Aitkenhead and Carruthers are again available, and they are play- ing in the centre, with Charter at
J S Riddell will be in control of the game.
TIE IN GOLF
COMPETITION
The first competition
held by the
at Victoria Recreation Club, when Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, for the Aromin gave a very
promising Bomber Fund, for n prize presented display against the Britisher over ananymously, resulted as follows: a lively six-round bout. Since
G. M. Park (7)-3 up; G. Thompson then Collins has been to Manila
(20)-3 up. under the auspices of Jes Cortes, the well-known promoter, and scored at least one win.
Interesting Bout ?
With Aromin and Collins in full year.men would, I am certain, attract in training a bout between the two
GOLF STARTING TIMES
Following are Royal Hong Kong Golf, 10,00 Club Starting Times for Fanling:
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SUNDAY
Old Course
11.00
9.16 a.m. P. Morrison, R. R. Davies. | 11,04
A. J. Dennis, S. L. Lloyd.
R. M. Wood, J. E. Richard-11,00
I
D. S. Knight.
Evans,
H. C.
0.20
9.24
07
son.
11.12
9,20 9.32
T. J. Price, G. E. R. Divett. 11.16 H. H. Mundy. T. Low,
11.20
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9.38.
R. P. Morris, H. A. Mills,
0.40
J. E. Potter, W. A. Mac 11.24 kinlay.
9.44
E. G. Price, P. V. McLane. | 11.28 F. N. Merritt, A. C. Merr.; dith, D. Loneraine,
Lloyd..
BOXING BEAUTICIAN 9.48
Jimmy Perrin, featherweight 0.52 contender, owns a New Orleans! beauty shop and works at the 9,56 trade when he isn't in training.
OCEAN? Golfer's Policy
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Public Liability,
Breakage of Clubs,
10.00
10.04
10.00 10:12
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former played on the old course and The tie will be played off later. The the latter on the new course,
Other scores were:→→→
Old Course: W. S. Hilfer (10) and L. R. Andrewes (5), 2 up; Major W. G. Hamey (10), 6. L. Lloyd (10), J. Harrop (16)-one up; and New Course
scores all square.
New Course: F. N. Merrick (10), Li-
cal, F. D. Matthews (16), T. Megarry a lot of attention and would do (9)-2 up; Capt. A, C. Drew Wilkinson much to stimulate local interest in, (15), S. L. Lloyd (10), G. W. Tate (22) boxing. never at a lower state J. H. B. Lee (11) one up; and New in the history of the Colony.
Course scores all square..
Mr. Stanley told me yesterday the s.C.M.P. War Fund.
A cheque for $382 has been sent to that although he knows that Col- D.lins in the Colony he has been unable to trace him and, if inter- D. MacAlister, J. A. Ritchie.ested, the latter is asked to com- H. N. Williamson and part- municate with him as soon as pos- sible with a view to arranging terms.
ner.
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J. A. Parrish, G. M. Park. A. Mabb, R. L. S, Webb. B. D. Evans, G. E. Costello. Capt. Barclay, Surg. Lt. Cdr. Page,
Major White, Lt. Col. Mac- pherson.
Majur Burn, D. Finkerton.
New Couraa
9.24 a.m. I. H. Gearo, K. S. Morrison.
A. Sommerfelt, F. D. Hun
L. M. 5, 0.32
D. J. Valentine; A. V. 9.40 Greaves.
J.:E. Jensen, J. J. van Muh- 9.44 jen.
A. H. McBride, L. Jackson, 9.48 J. Linaker, E. D. Matthewa
R. G. Parker, J. C.. C. Mat 0,50 thews.
10.16 05, T.G, C, Knight. Capt. 10.04
Thursby.
10.20
10.24
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W. Stoker, D. L.. Prophet. ·10,03 3. C. Taylor, R. D. Gules: 10.10 pic.
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A. D. Humphreys, F. A. Red- 10.24- mond,
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T. Megarry, W. W. C. She-
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ANNUAL RACE MEETING
The programme for Hong Kong Jockey Club's Annual Race Meet- ing, 1941, which will be held at Happy Valley on February 15, 17, 18, 19 and 23, contains eleven races for an entirely new class-of pony. the Australian Griffins."
The Hong Kong Derby will be run on the second day and the Cup on the third day. Rooty Hill Derby and Sports, Club
LEARN TO BOWL FOR HEALTH AND FUN!
We'll give you lessons any day or evening in this popular, con- genial, and easy-to-learn sport. Bowling keeps your body At and mind alert and provides you with a congenial pastime. Try 11, 10-day!
Ma-or Temple, Major Pe -fold.
F. A. Howard, A. W. Bourne, A K.-Mackenzie, R.Young. G., R. Horridgė, J; Hackney. Chartered Bank v H.K. Banks (GM. Young Cup), Chartered Bank HK, Bank (G, MyYoung" "Cup); {\"s Chartered Bank v H.K, Bank
The Australian Champions and (G. M. Young, Cup),(ES
Hong Kong Champlans will take Mrs. Park. "Mra"- Fleming
place on the fourth day while BOWLING ALLEYS F. A. M. Ellatt, R.AC. Ste- the Professional Cup and Auxtra- Lt. Cara Tollemache, Dr. nions will be held on the Inst SELANGOR Hán Subscription: ponies-Cham-
wart;
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day
HONG KONG
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