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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 15, 1941.

ARMY SPORTLIGHT

ARMY BUILDING ATHLETICS TEAM TO MEET CHINESE

Preparations In Hand For Tennis

By "Squaddy"

IN the Garrison Snooker League the Medical Corps still lead by two points with only three more games to be played. The Royal Engineer Sergeants have won more games but have not won so many

frames.

Highest break of this competi- should be sent to either of the fol- tion so tu has been made by Pte Flowing Whybro,

S.CE. Dept.,

of the Medical Corps. Mr V Merrett, who scored 28 against Sgt Cha- craft of the Pay Corps 171 their match on Monday, which resulte

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121 Win for the former player's sade by five points to one

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FOOTBALL

draw

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HM. Naval Yard,

Hong Kung. HA. Wittenback, St. Andrew's Vicarage,

Kowloon,

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ATHLETICS

now preparing for the forthcoming Athletic Meet -

AT Caroline Hill on Wednesday,

Army played Navy 111 the TEAMS are need match of the Kotewall Cup sel ins The result was a goallessing which is being held on the Polo ground. Kowloon, on April Alternative dates. The Army side did not play up22, 23 and 24. to expectations and in all probe April 29 and 30, and May 1 ability there will be a few changes) Last year some good times and in their forward-line for the next match against South China,

If, in the next match, Army beat South China. they will secure thei Kotewall Cup with three points against the Chinese two, but it they draw South China win the trophy.

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Royal Corps of Signal took the; Teac in the Third Division D Wednesday by beating 36th Hvy. By., R.A., by 2-1 at Sookumpoo, and if they continue to play as at present they should be able to fin- They have four more and Air Force to play have five, with one game in hand.

ish on top. matches

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In the next round of the Junio Shield R.A.S.C. have been drawn against Navy, who are at the pre- sent finding great difficulty in The Service Corps fielding a side. should have no worries over this match, although things do happen! It will be a flue achievement for military side to retain this shield unce more; last year it was won by the 30th Hvy. Bly., RA. who were knocked-out by the Signals earlier in the competition.

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RUGBY FOOTBALL

BOTH matches due to be played in the Large Units Rugby League at Sookunpoo on Tuesday were cancelled owing to inclement weather, and will be played next Tuesday.

To-morrow at Boundary Street the Combined Services will play

the Combined Police and Club, kick-off 3.15 pan.

TENNIS

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throws were pecorded at the Com- and meeting and this year they are expected to be bettered.

The athlete meeting arranged between the Army and the Chi- nese, which is being held at Caro- line Hill on May 4, should prove; very interesting as the Army have a strong team and this meeting is after the Command Meeting when all should be in full training.

The following have been asked to frain for this meeting

110 Yards and 220 Yards-The Middlesex Tram, as in last year's meeting, and Marshall and Slade of the Royal Scots, Sgt. Marth, 8th Hvy. Regt., Bdr. Brown, 12th Hvy. Regt., and three members of the H.K.S.R.A, teum.

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440 Yards: L/Cpl. McGrady. ple. Burnaby, and Pte. Cook, ni the Middlesex: Loughrin, Marshall, Royal Scots, and three members of the 12th Hvy. Regt... RA.

Half Mile: L/Cpl. Heather, Middlesex Regt., Cpl. Sutherland Riley, of the Royal Scots, and members of the 8th and 12th Hvy. Regts., R.A.

One Mile:The first Six in the One and Three Miles races.

Discus-Pte. Lever. L/Cpl. Wookey, Middlesex Regt.. and Lieut. Skipwith, R.A.

Javelin: Ple, Lever and Set Blackman, Middlesex Regt., Capt. Skipwith, R.A. and Bdr. Pigeon. 12th Hvy. Regt. R.A.

Putting the weight:-H.K.S.R.A. team winners of last year's event, Pte. Berry, Middlesex, and Pte. Lane, Royal Scots.

SPORTS SHOTS

AT the annual tennis meeting of HERE & THERE

the Army Tennis Committee |

By Henry McLemore Putting the sports shot here and there

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it was decided that the Committee for this season should consist of a senior officer. two members from the Large Units and three from the Small Units.

Gene Mako, who is making a This year an additional com- tennis comeback after his “layoff“ petition will be heid, thus ben by the USLTA, has announced Army Shgles Tournamen' that he scon will have a open to all ranks of the Garrison. vastating, cannonball service,

The other two tournaments, the instead of the aunt Pitty Pat de- Offer Raules Singles Tournament livery that has handicapped him' and the Other Ranks Doubles in the past.

We will know Tournainent, will be held as be- the revolution has arrived when Mako finally does come up with a real service and Frankie Parker, develops a decent forehand, The Pacific Coast Football con- ference, after all these years, has decided that good eye-sight is im-| portant in its officials, and will make the arbiters got an okay, from an optician beföre being as-1 signed work next autumn,

fure.

In the Command Small Units' Tennis League there IS a slight alteration as from last year.

The No. 1 pair will play the No. 1 pair of the opposing side, the No. 2 pair will play the No. 2 pair of the opposing side, and the No. 3] pair will play the No. 3 pair of the opposing side..

This should greatly improve the ståndard of play and give players. more opportunities.

MARATHON RACE

THIS year the annual Kowloon Marathon Race will be held on Friday, March 21 at 5 p.m., starting from St. Andrew's Church, Nathan Road.

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Now that Sam Snead has won; another golf tournament, his fel- low pros are on his bandwagon| again, . half a dozen of them told me that in a 72-hole tourna- ment Snead, rated on his ability to hit the ball, should spot the field four to five shots ... note to Don't come out Tony Galento: to fight Turkey Thompson... The big fellow will knock your head the head off a stein of boer Uncle Sam owes Steve Owen and the New York Giants a debt of gratitude. The Glants spent all last autumn getting Granny Lansdell, former All-American from USC, in shape, and now the army has him.

WEEK-END

SOCCER PROGRAMME

Following are the soccer Bxtures or the week-end:

To-day

FIRST DIVISION

Royal Scots

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Kowloon (Sookumpou. 430 pm

St. Joseph's

Navy Navy ground. 4:30 pm) Club

Eastern club., 4:30 pm

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SECOND DIVISION

V

Kwong Wah

Club (Chatham Road, 4.30 pm South China

Y Royal Scots (aroline Hill, 4:30 pms !

Middlesex Kit Chee

(Club, 3:00 pm) Engineera

V 30th R.A. (Sookunpoo, 3.00 pm)

V Sing Tao (Navy ground. 3.00 pm a Ordnance

Police caroline Hill, 3:00 pm)

Navy

7th

R.A.M.C.

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THIRD DIVISION

Air Force

V 20th R.A. Chatham Road, 3:00 pm) 35th R.A.

V 24th H.A. (Stanicy, 3.00 pm.)

R.A.

Engineers Military 4 30 p.)

36th R.A. Military, 3.00 pan.) International

12th R.A. (St. Joseph's, 3.00 p.in} A.S.A.

V Shell Kowloon. 3.00 p.m.)

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To-morrow

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Amateur

GOVERNOR'S CUP Hong Kong Football Association

Hong Kong Chinese Athletic Federation. (Causeway Bay. 3.30 p.m.)

TO-MORROW'S SOCCER TEAMS Following are the soccer teams for to-mrorow's Governor's Cup game:

FELLER'S HUGE SALARY TOPPED

YOUR VOLUBLE pal, Louie “Buck” Newsom, who pitches baseball for the Detroit Tigers, now seems to have the authority for his biggest boast of all, and Buck has to keep silent, writes a correspon- dent from Detroit, U.S.A.

SOCCER SEASON NEARS END

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Heliable sources disclosed to-d. that Newsom not Bob Feller the Cleveland Indians---has come the highest paid twirler in the game's history at a salary in excess of $30,000. Buck will draw pay checks for that tidy sum fr the 1941 genson,

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In keeping with on unwritten law of the Tigers that salaries are Pover mentioned publicly, the By "Referee”

doughty Newsom won't

suy word. It was established, how- The First Division

ever, that Buck will draw a fal.- soccer programme is fast cier salary than that to be pad drawing to an end and Feiler, whom the Indians signed

recently for a reported $30,000. this afternoon several Winner of 13 straight Kumur - postponed games will be and a World Series star, Newson in 1940 enjoyed his finest season played, while to-morrow in a long career in the big leagues. won 21 and lost five during the regular season and, in pitching

at Causeway Bay the He second game of the Gov-264 innings. was surpassed only ernor's Cup competition by Feller, John will be decided.

Rigney of White Sox and Dutch Leonard of Washington.

Owner Walter (). Briggs of the Tigers, reputed to be baseball's highest paying club owner, has let it be known that he pays off "on performance." Some irony there- fore creeps into the Tiger situa-

Both St. Joseph's and Eastern will complete their fixtures, and while Eastern is not expected to be extended at all by Club, a good game should be witnessed between Navy and St. Joseph's, two of the teams remaining in the Seniortion.

Shield competition.

Both teams will be

full at strength in preparation for next);

With Newsom given i boo Hank Greenberg likely to retain his reported $36,000, and rewards

week's Shield game and in spite to others due for the 1940 chan- of the recent improvement of St. pionship, the Tiger salary index un the uptrend. Joseph's, they are expected to be apparently is

(Greenberg, however, may be in Tully extended by Navy.

office: the Army. Draft board Engineers

said he would receive his ques- tionnaire very shortly.)

the Tigers, Pay goes up, but say the experts, are going down. The winter season's forecasters don't give them, much chance for as titlists. repeating

For the Tigers are getting further along in years.

I Second Division, meet 30th RA, and should win as The latter have lost the services of Guy and Flanders, who are now playing for St. Joseph's.

The best game in Third Division should be between Air Force and 20th Royal Artillery.

Le (Club).

Page (Police). Ferrier

dlesex); Fowler (Navy), (Police) and Riertsen (Club).

Howlett

Barred from trading with other American League clubs, the cham- Reserves:-Lapsley (Kowloon), Black-pions at this date plan to go along burn (Pollee). Pope (Police), Barberin 1941 with virtually the person- (Navy), Hossack (Royal Scots). Shee- net of 1940. Rookies will be at han (Middlesex) and Hendy (Navy). hand, but in no great number.

Team Manager:-Captain R. E. Guest, H.K.C.A.A.F.-Lee Kwok-kee (Kwong

Wahl: Ng Kee-cheung (Eastern) and ATHLETIC MEETINGS

Tsang Chung-wan (S. China); Lo Wal- kuen (Eastern). Hsu King-shing (East- ern) and Lau Hing-choi (S, China); Hau Ching-1 (Eastern). Lau Chung- sang S. China), Hsu Man-ful (Eastern). Cheung Kam-hot (Eastern) and Tso Chow-ting (Eastern).

Three athletic sports meetings. weather permitting, will be held this afternoon, by Hong Kong Stephen's and University, St. Queen's Colleges.

The undergraduates' meeting will be at Pokfulam, St. Stephen's

Reserves:-Chow Man-chi (S. China), H.K.F.A. Bankier (Royal Scots): Chan Tak-fai (S. China), Lau Hin-hon Roughley (Navy) and Fraser (Royal Eastern), Chung Yung-sum (Eastern),, at Stanley and Queen's at Cause- Bay, all commencing at Scats) (Capt.); Freshwater (Middlesex), Cheuk Shek-kam (Kwong Wah) and Lee way Bright (Middlesex) and Thomas (Mid- Wallam- (RE.),

2 p.m.

C. Ingenohl's Cigars

tance of about. 64 miles and the off quicker than you can knock CNGENOHL'S

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The course extends over a dis- race is open to all ranks of the Garrison,

The entrance fee is One Dollar and as many Service Men as pos- sible entered would make it very interesting.

Entries for this race close on Tuesday, March 18, 1941 and

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