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́HONG KONG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1947.
FANLING GOLF FIXTURES It's On The Ice
Spate Of Cards For Handicap
Several good golf scores were handed in over the week-end at Fanling and with a spate of cards going into the 'handicap box' it looks as if the handicap committee will have a busy week.
I would appear shat some of the Hogg cards mud chase petoined for halraps were taken ust fiv pavers fon ball matches. Ar in there t this tends the slows down the field, thear is a rule against this practive
are asked her Dad members
where HereNABLY,
With the New Course
de pressar polarity, it apportime to remind
tur
that there hall and four
Barvy
meghel balls are
The
Captain's Cup competition
ant progresses most variafactorily the semi-finalists will soon be knowit it's lucky for
originat More that andicaps air and changed
the competitissa.
Foursomes
during
Cur
the
sloncy
Talking of handicaps and arming petitions, the next outing of hopeful.
gelfers will be in search of Hong Foursomes trophy (inciterally the fost posments do not appear to fallen entirely on have grommet!f. This competition is not an apen fiturvotties competition and ca try is testricted to one rompir-fram ench Bem, Governmen department, regiment or R.N. ship. Subscribers may play in this particular cumperi- !cion,
Singapore Lefts Ban On Racehorses
Singapore. Dec. 8.
The Singapore Govern ment has lifted the ban on importing race hurses, n- posed last October lo cun- serve foreign värrency,msky= sociated Press.
not allowed on the New Course in boralay or Public Holiday between
, 1 and April 1,
L'osh-
find wores have not been confined to the stronger players and Katulations are due to Mrs. Riddell who reely played a round of 78 over
class
En order to participate, however, each meer af the tearn must be in possession of a handicap and as the validity of pre-war bandicaps will lapse in Der. 31, all the prospective winners are warned that only post- war handleaps will be gnol currency. fat this rozpetition. The closing date the entries has been postponed until Der, 2 give me time to she Bajorarily,
Soup time age quite a muaber of players who had forgotten how to hit the ball straight, maligned. tu Greets Committee on the state of the tough. Now that we are hitting them Ped visiting the rough let's be quick
straight mud true and we
have
McKelvie
To Meet
Great Omars
Exciting bowls should be seen at the Kowloon Cricket Club on Sunday when Jock McKelvie's
tn first congratulate these gentlemen triple-alliance do battle
New
Course. And the lads don't alle adjustment of lies, which makes this grand sore all the more praise wonly.
Atmosphere
There was more of a pre-war atmosphere in the Clubhouses this week end and many well remember ed and many new vaiers joined the elorus of praise of the rehabilitations stutk Over hundred tiffins were served on Sunday atal with the club
its maintaining
bigk standard, it was very mork, as they tell ne in "kaluma," "Oh what
beautiful
the state of the greens. In pre-war with the "Great Omars" days, with an ample water supply. the greens by now would be baked for the Colony
We
Int action In an ice hockey match between England and Sweden.
An English player at- tempts an attack from the
rear.
The match was played ut Wembley during tha Ice Hockey International last month
England won six goals to five. APhoto.
Sporting Briefs
Open
GOLF
and worn and in and hehalt with Triples Championship.
water bust great ingenuity have today first rate puiting surfaces. Judging by last Saturday's The top dressing has kept the surface play, the three Omars should porous and has protected the young emerge victors, hut lawn bowls
sts from the sim, so when next aig ke horse racing, its prophets end.
are without honour accuracy. I
the
the
long one aves straight down the hack of the hole, remember to thank Greens Committer.
The group photographs of Scotland-England teams are now on orders at Fanling where may be placed. There are also avait ate her a views of the course and smine well known players missing their putts,
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SOFTBALL SITUATION Daredevils, U.N.'s V.V. NEEDA And Rexes Score
(By "Grandstand")
In the Junior loop the Dare-devils staged a lasť inning rally which netted them four runs to nose out the Jaguars 9-8 while the Rexes continued their winning streak-by routing the Blue Beetles 10-1. On Saturday the United. Nations downed the Rangers 11-8 mainly through stugging power in the clutches.
01#
HAS SOLD HIS STABLE
Mr. V. V. Needa yesterday disposed of his stable to Mr. S. W. Lee, the "China Mall" learned last night.
The additional
ponica which Mr. Lee has acquired are Cassie. Elmer, Daisy Bell and Hol Pollal.
r. Mr. Lee's stable now con- sists of eight ponies.
His original four are Hur- ricane, Alfresco, Meteor and Flight, the latter two being new Australian subscrip- tion ponies.
The Dare-devils-Jaguars tuaste until Bux's per plunked into firm- was 2 ding-dong affair with the len-1 sacker William mitt for the third changing hands almost every inning. Jout to smother the Rangers' spirited The Dare-devils were on top 53 in trut futile rally. the fifth only to see their lead wiped
The U.N. came up with the only*********** ******* with a jogar betting spree that carncil
runs, and another twin-killing of the day when first- them four In the sixth, for the score to read aseman William clamped his 5-6 in favour of the Jaguars,
araund Stevens pop fly aml Coming
*The in the seventh Nicholson off hase, Trat frame, Dure-devil Reggie Castro took-brabers Ray and Bob, at short and ed over Bruno Barradas' tosics for third dished
and
fingers
caught
Stewart
up sparkling ball a two-and-pwe count before slashing pepped the side with their chatter me through the infield. Chien Canti-hut it was keystanes Rab Heather
who furnished a fielding gem the singled and Jaguar hindanaicker Milke Dietrich hasking on to the second base while barelying on the ground stretching for,
and there-wCFC
Finued a hunt along first
1wa on.
by
line which rolled fair and the riot the apple-which he retrieveil on a started. Helped by third-acker bad throw, to retire a V.N. zunner Langenberg's fornite two Dare-devils on a force-mut,
crossed the plate with the tieing run
on third and the winning run
egund.
Tight Game
Both the Blue Beetles and
the
One Professor
Of Another
Oxford, Dec. 8,
and
Lien Hwa Due Here Today
Manila, Dec. 8.
Lien Hwa has cancell- ed its third return match with All-Manila.
The Malayan team is leaving to- Thorrow morning by air for long Kong enroute for Singapore.
1
The Malayans, had planned to
leave on Wednesday for home, but the uncertainty of the Hong Kong team's arrival, awing to immigration trouble, has caused the Malayans, to advance their departure a day ahead.
Lion Marina Bied out and Ricardo Silva dented the rubber to put the Dare-devils back into the game and Hollywood, Dec. 8.
Alfredo Malig came across with an- Actress Loraine Day other on an error
to put the Barr-drvils ahead once more. announced today that
the last of the seventh the Professor Gilbert Murray. she had given up a $150,-Jaguars still had a fighting chance. classical scholar and prominent a walk but was Liberal, yesterday paid a tribute contract Bertie Brown drew a 000 per year with RKO Studios in or-ed out in a futile attempt to to Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, steal second. Emil Leon grounded who died early yesterday morn der to be free to accom-qut and when Daredevil left gar- ing.
denes Chico Castilho froze Nelson "ile was a very great public figure, M. D. Cooper (14) and B: R. Malcolm (12) tied with 4 up any her husband, Leo Souza's high By to left, the
Ceme man
* of immense strength of charac, Durocher,
was over. manager
ter, a great upholder of enlightened and liberal causes," Professor Mur- for the Royal Hong Kong Golf
said. ray Club's bogey pool over the Old of Brooklyn Dodgers, on Course at Fanling at the week-baseball tours.
The contract called for one ple Rezes played tight game in the first Other scores: E. R. Mne- or much
tiva semesters of the crucial til. The the kay (9) 3 up. G.G.D. Carter ture a year fur
Rexes broke the ice in the third with
In the same improvement (Ser.) 1 up. M. R. Tighe (9) years.
statement Missa pair of runs on a hit and an error, shown by A.M. Omar, and the all square, W. G. Robertson Day disclosed that she and Dugo. and added anusher in the next
horse-collar the Blue Beetles 3-0 (12) al square, and W. A.
cher will be remarried in her fact that he had continually
Blair-Kerr (16) all square. Hollywood home on January 22 for five frames. The Rexes really played as lend to his brother, comewhat offset tht a dva ge
There were 39 entrics,
decree went in town in the sixth and un- after her interlocutory of long experience possessed by
from Mr. Ray Hendricks, nirport leashed their batting strength to add Commonwealth as a world-model for seven more runs to cinch the issue, peace; and he used to relate that opcrator, becomes Anal. CRICKET R.P. Phillips.
"I still expect
included Nick
Hussain' after the 1914-1918 War, it was he to full my which K.M. Omar is the weakest
The following have been plcture agreements with RKO, four-base
clout. The Blue Beetles who suggested to Mr. Lloyd George after the term 'British Commonwealth of COOLIES CLASH IN | link In the Omar chain.
selected to represent Hong but with the new arrangements were completely demoralised He was apt to be somewhat Kong Signal Squadron, in a I will feel free from any specifle that out-break and died in one-wa-Nations in place of the British Em JUBILEE STREET
pire."--Reuter. and three fashion in their last chance. dates nervous in a big game and, unfriendly cricket match against obligationg,
Reses receiver Mike Yusuf Five were arrested, including less he could get over this by RAP Kal Tak at 2.30 p.m. to places." Mies Day said.
Temination
contract would be base-stealers campering pular but the men's clule is fast gain. two injured. when B coolles Sunday, would he outplayed by
will were involved in a brawl ing popularity and soon
in E. Morrison, the enol customer It, Chard, Lt, Jones, Cpl. came after weeklong conferences back to their bases with his butter Гезколи with RKO's studio chied. Mr. pegs and obviuosly took well in advance for Jubilee Street, near the Central on the greens. Turk have 10
Dunn, Sign, Cockeri (Capt.), Dore Schary, who finally agreed from mentor Sabu Sammy, hind- quier restful week-end.
Market yesterday at 1.45 p.m.
The splendid exhibition given Fancus, Withers. Ford, Dean, to cancel the contract. United »natcher for the Senior circuit
Madcap. One of the injured was ad- by U.M. on Saturday, when Parker, McCall, King. mitted tn the Queen Mary he time and again took out his
Assisted by United Nations recond opponents' woods, showed him
baseman Highpockets Hitpo's sizzling bomer with one aboard in the fifth, during Reason for the dispute was to be one of the Colony's best
the U.N. outfit downed the Rangers skipa. not determined yet.
118 sussle which featured defensive play
* sentenced to death by hanging Ferocious wild bears are be both Birten
The UN, were the heavier clouters and nicked Ranger
thon multiple war crimes charges. coming a menace in upcountry The court said Takahashi was Malaya. Two Chinese vegetable Gurlers Harland Taylor and
Lino Marques for #total of eight blows, directly responsible for five gardeners were hospitalised in a while Bux who went the route for killings and 20 torturings in single day recently after boars the U.N. yielded seven safeties. In Manikina, Rizal Province, eight, attacked them at Lintang, the absence of mentor Miskin Samy miles east of Manila.-Associa- village 30 miles north of here.-
UN. ted Press. who was still honeymooning,
Associated. hindsnatcher Commando Anatorly
H
Seminarine, what
day."
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The bedroom aicommodation both clubhouses is well tumoked this month, Booth at week-ends and during the week,
The larties clubs is especially po
There
two or three rooms vacant for X'mas in the men's club so an early telephone call to the Secretary suggested, Accommodation at the Hospital. Indies club is fully booked the holidays.
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McKelvic played an excellent game against the Indian at the Recreio, but had to fully extend himself to snatch four-shot victory against a combination that was, at the highest rating, only on par with that opposed to the Omars.
Both skipa in Sunday's match are seasoned players, known for their steadiness. The result should be a very narrow vle- tory for the winners.
K.B.G.C.
SI.
Following are the teams for the annual bowls match between St. Andrew's Society and George's Spelety, at K.B.G.C, on Saturday at 2.40 p.m.
St. Andrew's Society:-J. V. Etamsay, 3. G. Craig, H. Nish, The Chieftain, J. F Macgrefor (skip).
morrow:-
Press.
as to
of the
BEATS
SCHMELING (42)
DRAEGESTEIN (27)
Hamburg, Dec. 7.
Although giving away 15 years in age, Max
Schmeling, 42-year-old former world heavy weight, had little difficulty in winning the second fight of his comeback here today when he outpointed another German, 27-year-old Hans Draegestein of Berlin, over ten rounds.
"Clara" Asks For Safety Guarantees
Shanghai, Dec.. B.
W. Melrose, W. McKie, J. Wat- A demand for a guarantee of
Schmeling, who was the favourite for the fight, was expected to win by a knockout and he was trying for [this throughout the contest.
Officials of the Manila Football League and the. Philippines Ammeur Athletic Federation gave a farewell "In some ways, he was an over. powering personality, lie was more party this evening to the victorious of an administrator than a scholar," visitors, who had won all their gamer
in Mauila-Reuter. Professor Murray called that including many British universiche Oxford, Cambridge, 10
Glasgow, honoured Dr. Butler and that he CHINA “UNAWARE” came to Britain regularly,
"He once described the British OF U.S. HINT
Nanking. Dec. 8.
current press Regarding the report that the United States has sounded cut China about tha possibility of dispatching a cer- tain of Chinese troops to Pales- tine as part of an international police there, a spokesman of the Ministry.
-of Foreign Affairs. do-- Manila, Dec. 8.
that cinred today
neither the
Foreign Sandakichi Takahasi, a 37- Chinese Ministry year-old Japanese gardener Affairs par the Chinese delego- who
tion to the United Nations has turned interpreter and any knowledge of this matter. torturer for the Kempeltal dur-Central News, ing the war, wept audibly as he stood before the Philippine Army war crimes court this
had
took over the reins, and at one time threatened to give hurler Bux walking papers, but for the fact that a relief who could execute s legal pitch could not be found.
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in
The Rangers were blanked- Dracgestein begin by forcing the their first batting attempt, lead-off pace
the first three rounds but fan Stewart grounding out, Harlle after being shaken by several hard Taylor popping out on a foul and
winging the head, Schmeling, who Ray Stewart went down rights was fighting calmly and confidently, for the first strike-out of the tift. The UN. eked out a run in their.
in their took command of the fight.
half deal' of Schmeling showed"a great.
of walk" apponent
op
FLOODS OF TEARS
morning and heard himself
of
Ipoh, Malaya,8.
Protest On Louis Win Will Lodged Today
Be
New York, Dec. 7.
initial atte. Ranger eft Backed by one of the most remarkable outbursts
and a a ringle,
Nicholson hauled down
high fly while
Tiny story' Harlan Taylor on the rubber showed he had plenty of
of stuff an Buz by whitling and Ismail. Rangers
son, J. C. Chalmers (skip). safety of the personnel of the his old skill and had his
of public protest ever to result from a national P. Kennedy, W. McMaster, M. China Liberated Areas Bellet constantly on the retreat, covering Ferguson, R. Morrison (skip). Association (CLARA) the against the former champion's fast
sporting event, Jersey Joe Walcott's manager, W. WE Fraser, faldini, before, and during repatriation..
W. Cunning-Communist rellef organisation right hand,
Schnieling was stalking his
Joe Webster, will go to the office of Eddle ham, J. **J. Gellatley, B, Pollock, J. M. Was, piade to UNRRA today by}ponent with a smile on hii, lips and the ball by staged an uprising
The Mr. Ling Chung the acting unable to land the decisive punch in the neat canto with two markers on
Eagan, chairman of New York's Athletic Forrest, J. C. Altken (skip).
Commission, tomarrow to lay formal claim to JS. Dinnen, W. Rovaird, H. director of the Shanghat Office the final round,
of CLARA, which had just been This was chiefly due to the good back to knot the count 2-all with
two safetler, but the U.N. came right Joe Louis' world heavyweight title.^{\ G. Cooper, J. McKelvio (skip) wound up..
Reserves--A... Macfarlane, J.
defence of Draegerstein, who often to In a letter to Dr. Harlin Cleve-threw Schmeling out of his ride sides were shut-out in the third but to reverse the decision which en forquilting the ring, have been tally in their half of the inaing. Both His chances of persuading Eagan plan the champion had enterainet Russel, J. R. Leitch, W. Russe tand. Mr. Ling
Chung charged with a Burry of punches but never in the fourth the U.N. broke the abled Louis to retain his crown-a abandoned. He is now seeking an St. George's. Society: E,
ihat Greenwood, C. Labrum, J. G. "special agents" were molesting
armed policemen Fund seriously troubled him. Moyer, The President, PS. Cas-
Schmellug returned to the ring deadlock with a pair of allies on decision which has received avers oudoor return bout in a June match
condemoption—are - con- which is already, being" boosted". aldy
and shadowing CLARA person last September, after eight years at two bingles and routed the Rangers helming (skip); 2. W. Simmonds, S. H. Strange, and said that this was a sente, and won his first fight, by with cluster of five runs in the sidered, however, to be very slender poulble: $1,000,000 gr-Reuter,
most serious violation of the knocking om Werner J. F. MacGowan, M. N. Hakusen
stating that relief Her... agreement
Vollmer Retext (skip).
3. A Mansell, TColeman, W. Personnel should be guaranteed
ment"
C. Simpson, B, W. Bradbury ety, and freedom of move (skip)
After lodging the "strongest R. P. Phillips. L. G. Coombes, ALG. Eastman, F. Goodwin Protest" and demanding the im
mediate withdrawal of police (skip).
H. F. Shileds, C. Dowman. SUNRRA guarantee in an official supervision. Mr. Lingasked Randle, AJ; Hall3, (skip).
letter, the safety of ACLARA
TRAIN CRASH IN
INDIA
" Calcutta Dec. 8.
N
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frame, Two more runs in the sixth gave Eagan is already reported to have them a lead of 11-3 as the Rangers said that the Boxing Commission de- came up for their last turn at bat pends entirely on he officials for alt Tiny Toylar laid down one alout ring decisions, good or bad... fire boss and made it on U.N. Beat
Rambil too la receiver”
SIMPLON LINE BLOCKED
ASTANAKA Milan," Dec. 8. T A-number of smashed conches
scker William's famble. Ray Stewart Walcon's claim is not based on looked over Bux offerings and public sentiment. His case will be drews pass while Bogle Regie batting that one of the judge while grant blocked the Trans-Continental ing more rounds to Louis, actually Simplon Line north of Milan from the left side of the box angled warded more points to Walt tosay after pankenger train EF. Pope E A Alkind G. E. members before, and during re- 30 injured when the Calcutta
persons were kliled and in chete the lily path der This judge's vote; it is contended, collided in fog, with (a alationary Soven F. Thompson, L. Sykes-(skip);
Reserver: LA Collyer, J. Patriation and to take immediate bound North Benzal exprega Hendenen droves two runs while should have been given to the chair
to ensure this, an Skinner, W. Greig, AE Partier added that if the collided with a goods train naar keystoner Bob Hearther, pushed and lenger, the drop train - át :/ Canegrato
Pubile clamnor against the verdict In order, rớt to delay the stort, demands are not met, CLARA Kancharapara 28 miles from other over with bunt. Two more Public
jured, some seriously players who are not prosent af personnel will not leave Bhang Calcutta on the East Indian alles crossed the rubber by the hat even spread to New York, Siste Eightoon passbarers,
Ballway todayRestore with two AWAY.
Luthe Rangers batted around Governor Thomas B. Dewey. Many 2.45 pm will be repl
Indignant cilyong ** bays telephoned heduled to wish result ofe
alice at Albany, requesting him
Trave
* Mr. Ling and... bla Communist
relief workers: are? Shangha
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