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ARMY SPORTLIGHT

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 11, 1941.

ARMY INDIVIDUAL

BOXING

CANCELLED

Q.T. HOCKEY

MATCH TO-DAY

THIS

AFTERNOON the Army (British team) are expected to defeat Hong Kong Hockey Club in the Quadrangular Hockey Tournament which will be played at King's Park, bully-off 4.45 p.m.

The team representing the Bri- | Battery, H.K.S.R A. and the Hong Kong Signal Company at Sookun- tish Army will be as follow...

poo, bully-off 4.30 p.m. How they reached

L Cpl Dove (Royal Signals) Cpl. Neve (Royal Scots)

Bdr. Anderson (12th Hvy Regt.

Spt

Spt. Sgt.

Crowley (Middlesex Regt) Croston (Royal Engineers) Waldron (Middlesex Regt.)

Cpl

Singleton (Royal Engineers)

Pir

Pte

Sheehan Muddlesex Regt.) Hilchott (Royal Scots)

Cpl.

R.Anal

Shaw (Royal Engineers) Homberg (Royal Engineers) RESERVES: Cpl. Alsey (Royal Scots)

and L Sgt. Taylor (Royal En. gineers).

This same team will play against the ladian Army team on Friday. at Marina ground, bully-off 4:30 D.?!

A good match should be wil nessed this afternoon in the semi-

final of the Small Units Knockout

competition between the 3rd Med

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EVENTS FOR WEEK HAD SYSTEM

TO WIN RACES

TO-DAY LARGE UNITS RUGBY LEAGUE Combined Smail Units v Royal Artillery

(Sookunpo0, 3.00 p.m.).

Middlesex Regt. v Royal Scots (Sookun.

poo, 4.30 p.m.).

Pancho Villa had the only system for beating

LARGE UNITS HOCKEY LEAGUE Middlesex Regt. v H.K.S.R.A. (Marina!

ground, Chatham Read, bully off the races.

3.00 p.m.). SMALL UNITS HOCKEY COMPETI. TION-SEMI-FINAL

the semi- 3rd Med.

Beat 7th A.A Bty.. R.A. Beat H.K S.R.A. (H.Q. Coy.). Beat 40th (F) Cay.. R.E.

34 MED. BATTERY, H.K.S.R.A.

Beat 20 h Hvy. Bty, R.A. Beat 35th M.C.D. Bty.. H K.S.R.A. Beat 30th Hvy. Bly.. R.A.

The 36th Rvy ty, R.A. have already entered into the final of this competition by defeating H.Q. Coy, Middlesex Regt

& EN t

Battery, H.K.S.R.A. W H.K.

GOLF

·GOSSIP

Our golfers younger than 60 are satisfied now that when Harry Vardon was burning up British and American courses with breath- taking 77's, in Queen Victoria's reign, the feat was equivalent to beating par to-day, writes a cor- respondent.

It wasn't only that Vardon, J. H. Taylor and other old-Emers play- ed in tweed jackets reaching below the hips and used timber-shafted clubs. The big difference, as shown recently by an Australian match for the soldiers' comforts fund, was that the ball was solid gutta- percha.

Somebody found a few of these links with the past, brushed the dust off them, and gave them to two leading professionals for use in a match against two older pros, who played with modern rubber-

cored balls.

The old Mexican rough rider simply said: "The Beaten 2 And 1 Signal Coy. (Sookunpoo, 4.30 p.m.). horse mus' win," as staff members carelessly fondl- ed their holsters, writes Amercian correspon-

QUADRANGULAR HOCKEY

TOURNAMENT

British Army Team v Mong Kong Hoc. key Club (King's Park, bully off 4.30 p.m.).

TO MORROW KOTEWALL CUP Army v Navy (Caroline Hill, Mick off

4 30 p.m.).

Briligh

FRIDAY

QUADRANGULAR HOCKEY

TOURNAMENT

Army Team Team (Marina

4:30 p.m.)

an

dent.

Villa took

possession of

New South Wales pro champion Bill Bolger (who won the national swinging Sam

open in 1936 with 283) and easy- Richardson (1935 teed up

N. S. W. pro champion) the hard gutta-percha specimens and were beaten, 2 and 1, by Fred

open the Popplewell (1925 and 1928

Juarez track, across from El champion) and Victor James.

Paso, in 1912 jagraman rebel Army There were bully

offumlar names

Indian

ground,

SATURDAY

THE Medical Corps are sti leading by one point in the

Garrison Snooker Army & Club

fron the

Snooker League

Royal Engineers

RUGBY FOOTBALL

V Navy & Police (Club ground, kick of 3.15 p.m.).

SUNDAY

GOVERNOR'S CUP

v Combined Chinese (Cause. way Bay, kick off 3.30 p.m.).

Sergeants.

Both have played 10 games and H.K.F.A. the points are: -Medical Corps 39 points, and R.E. Sergeants 38 points.

MATCHES PLAYED DURING

LAST WEEK

B.A. Spts. Stanley 4 points-C.M. Police

2 points.

R.E. "A" Team 2 points--R.A Spts.

Stanley 4 points,

Signaje "A" Team 2 points-R.A. Sgta.

Stanley 4 points.

R.E.

Sgt. 5 points-R.E. “A” Team 1 paint.

R.A.P.C. 4 points-Signals Cple.

points.

2

C.M. Police 3 points-R.A.M.C. 3 points.

LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE

R.A.M.C.

R.E. Sergeants

R.A. Spts. Stanley

C.M. Police

R.A.P.C.

R.E. "A" Team Signals "A" Signals Cpts.

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P.

10 5 1 4 39

10 6 2 2 38

LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE

Royal Engineers Royal Artillery Royal Scola

Middlesex Regt.

P. W. D. L. Pts.

0 10

5 5

4

3

1 6

4 9

2 T

3

Combined Small Units 4

5 1 0 4 2

One day the i made a $500 bel twin horses with Patchitu Lady and Panzareta. The seller gave hum lekets un Lady Panchita Patzareta wen.

Swinging hickory-shafted clubs, Bolger nudged the solid ball around Bonnie Doon course in 79, eight over par. Richardson, with steel clubs, took 81. At the 14 holes longer than 360 yards they had to play two full woods. Against

Villa appeared at the cashier's the wind, a 540-yard hole took

window.

"Pay me." said be.

"But you bet un Lady Panchita, general," replied the mutuel clerk.

"No. No. Pay me. I bet Pun. zareta," insisted the insurrecto chieftain. His staff members commenced to appear nervous. They paid Villa, Gladly.

"Mus' Win”

0 1 3 1 Villa was

In the Colony Seven-a-Side thing.

touted on a good

Rugby Tournament, 8th Hvy. Regt. | "I'll bet, yes," the old boy told "A" were badly defeated in the them. "The horse mus' win." Final by the Club "A" to the turfe He was no sucker.

of 21 points to nil; they did well! Col. Phil Chinn and Pat Kne- up to the Final, defeating Tamar gelgamp laid the general for a

W. D. L. Pts."A" by five points to three in the large wager... then got to think- Quarter-Finals, and B. & S. in the ing about his remark-"The hotse Semi-Final by three points to nil mus' win." after extra time. They lost in the; Final by 22 points to nil.

10 5 1 4 34

10 2 3 5 29

10

10

3 4 3 27

2 4 2 27

10

10 3 7 0 23

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So the horse which "mus' win" was scratched. It was one time the bookmakers couldn't win. Villa got no action... his money 2 23 LAST week Middlesex Regiment back.

held their Inter-Company The boys at Caliente recall one Open Boxing competition, and fellow being ruled off the turf for several of the Bat- touting Villa on a steed which

4.30

TO-MORROW at Caroline Hill Army will play Navy in the Kotewall Cup Association kick - off Football This should be a good game, in view of the fact that Navy beat Kowloon Football Club on Satur- dav by four clear goals.

The Army team will be as fol- lows:-

Boxing talion boxing belts didn't win.

changed hands.

Villa demanded payment. The Pte. Cooper, who won his divi- bookmaker paid. For 10 years sion in the Battalion this year as that widely known race, tracker

Exciting Days

a novice, beat L/Cpl. McGrady wasn't restored to good standing last year's winner of the middle- because he started something too weight belt; Pte. Fawcett beat Cpl. hot to handle. Fox for the light heavyweight belt; Drum-Major Holdfor retain- ed his pelt in the welterweight class; Pte. Noble, who was the bat- Those were exciting days on talion featherweight holder this the border. L/Col. Bankier (Royal Scots); Pte year, won the lightweight

It perhaps was the Naysmith (Royal Scots) and Sgt. Fra Pte. Hills gained the featherweight called off while

belt; only time a race meeting was ser (Royal Scots); Cpl. Birrell (Royal

armies battled. Engineers), L/Cpl. Bright (Middlesex belt, and Ple. Hope retained his The Villaistas demonstrated they Regt.) and Set, Freshwater (Middlesex bantamweight belt.

could shoot 'cannon straight Regt.): Sgt. Owens (Royal Artillery),) Owing to there being insufficient with track buildings as their tar- Spr. Fox (Royal Engineers), Pte. Hos- entries for the Command Indivi- gets. The Federals retaliated. sack (Royal Sco's), Cpl. Weir (R.A.S.C.) dual Opens. this competition, will there was much sniping. The and S/Sgt. Duffield (R.A.0.C.) (Capt.). Į not be held this year, so the next randstand steps were stained main boxing competition for Army with blood. It was two weeks Aiking (Royal Artillery) and Pte. Munro boxers will be held in April at store Cul. Matt Winn could re- Murray Barracks, when the Inter

ums operations. Unit Opens will take place.

RESERVES:-L/Cpl. Reynolds (R.A. O.C.), Bdr. Guy (Royal Artillery), Gnr.

(Royal Scota).

Royal Army Service Corps are still piling on the goals and last Saturday they gave no mercy to their

Wah, . opponents. Kwong whom they defeated by eight goals to two, this bringing their goals scored so far this season to 105.

They are one point behind Royal Engineers, but have played game more,

one

HOCKEY CLUB SELECTIONS

Meanwhile, Villa had his fing at the races.

And

when Pancho Villa bet, "the horse mus' win."

4.45 p.m. to-day:

V. M. Benwell; V. C. Bond, A.

F. P. Guest: R. Marques, W. A.

The following will present Hong Reed, N. V. M. Whitley; D. T.

the Smith. T. S. D. Whitley, E. Fol- British Army in the Quadrangu-wer, H. L. Ozorio and J. M. Mor- lar Tournament at King's Park at gan.

Both the senior military teams Kong Hockey Club against had a win on Saturday and this was the Diehards" third successive win.

Royal Scots won their first match for a long period by beating the Club on Sunday by two goals to nil.

Royal Scots and, Kowloon, in Second Division, d'd not play owing to Volunteers' Camp · and they will not receive the points as mentioned in the paper on Mon- day morning.

HEATS FOR UNIVERSITY SPORTS MTG.

220 Yards: Heat.. 1-1, S. H. Leung (Ricci), 2, J. Fenton (Mor- Further heats in the University rlson): Time: 25 secs. Heat 2-1, Sports to be held on Saturday W. S. Gegg (Lugard), 2, E. Ma-l TO-DAY at Sookunpoo there will were run off yesterday at Pokfu- zuza (Lugard): Time: 25.2-5 secs. lum. The results were as fol-Heat 3-1, S. Malamood. (Lugard), be two matches in the Large lows:

2. V. Zäitzeft (Lugard): Time: 25 Units Rugby League, between 100 Yards Heat 1--1, V. Zalt-2-5 secs. Heat 4-1, K. M. Au Royal Artillery and zeff (Luzard), 2, S. H. Leung.Morrison), 2. Wong Kok-see (El-

Rugby the Combined. Small (Ricci): Time: 10, 4-5 secs. Heat 2 lot): Time: 26 1-10 secs. Football sex Regt, and Royal Pak-huen: (Ellot): Time: 10 2-3 Long Jump 1, E. Mazozu thu-

Scots.

secs. Heat 31, T. T. Chin (El-gard), 2, T. T. Chin (Ellit): Length, In this League. Royal Engineers ilot), 2, Xayler (Ricol): Time: 1010 ft. 4 ins. have a fine lead of four points 4-6 secs Heat, 41, W S. Gegg Tug of War-Section "A". Won from their nearest opponents, (Lugard). 2. E. Mazuza (Lugard): by Ricci Hall. Section "B" Won Royal Artillery.

Time: 10 4-5 secs.

by Elliot Hall,

Units, and Middle-|—1, 1 Fentor (Morrison), 2, Lum

Richardson three woods to reuch the green, each a superbly-hit shot. (Continued on Page 15)

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