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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1952.

SPORTING SAM

BADMINTON SEASON THIS YEAR DOES NOT CONCLUDE WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

By "ARGONAUT"

Badminton will this year forego the usual custom of concluding its season with the Colony Open Championships and will continue with an extended programme of activities during the next few months.

This Sunday the Inter-School Badminton Leagoo begins under the auspices of the Hongkong School Sports Associations and during the early part of May local enthusiasts will have the opportunity of so:ing a Thailand badminton team in action here.

At the aid of May, a Hongkong contingent of players and enthusiasts will leave for Malaya to witness the Thomas Cup final and the Open Championships at Kuala Lumpur and if possible play a few friendly matches in Bangkok, Singapore and ether parts of Malaya.

in June,

Club, University and Recrela;, will consider the possibility of Including an Invitation event among their club events.

An invitation Kas already Thomas Cup, that is, possibly been sued to the Hongkong eltber Denmark or the USA, to exhibition theplay

Д series of Badminton Association by Johore Badminton Association matches in Hongkong during

Hongkong has been handi- for match against them

Locally, now that badminton capped by the lack of Individual Singapore,

It may be recalled that the is no longer regarded as an ex- competitive play, which has so Johure Badminton Association clusively winter game, a. num- far been limited only to a tour. # year the Colony boasts four

of the best ber of clubs will be continuingnement

Championships. the Open

The Malaya Wong their training practices for

season and their | mòre this is encouraged the Ong Poh-lim, next

greater wil be the rate of Im- chonships. connection with the club provoment of the Colony's Hock-leng.

Is hoped also that white the championships, a suggestion may standard. Hangitong contingent are in be put forward that some of the will belending badminton Clubs in the Malayu, negotiations

cs the Chinese started to invite the eventual Colony, such challengers to Mulaya for the YMCA, Craigengower Cricket

now shoitiers

bin Marjan and Cheongclub

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB SIXTH RACE MEETING Saturday, 26th April,

་་་་

(Held under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club)

There are 10 races. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race will be run at 2.00 p.m.

Through Tickets (10 Races-$20.00) may be obtained at the Compradore Oẞice of the Treasurers, 1st Floor, Telephone House, also tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derby" -seneduled to be run on 31st May, 1952.

INTER-SCHOOL LEAGUE

Home Soccer Review

By Reg. Wootton

Promotion And Relegation Issues Will Be Settled

By Some Of Today's Games

By DENNIS HART

Today's English League games are for many clubs the most important of the whole season. Victories and defeats can in many cases sottle promotion or relega- tion issues and there will be consequent rejoicing and walling in different parts of the country tonight,

Fulham supporters will watch anxiously the match between their club and Wolverhampton. Fulham must beat Stan Cullis' team If they are to have any hope of avoiding a drop to the Second Division.

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The appearance of Dundee this afternoon is one of the

dividends paid by the signing of Billy Steel for £20,000 from whose Y

Derby two seasons ago.

cannot Billy's

deft touches have knitted the Dundee forward combina-

The Inter-School League, hus attracted 12 entries and

They will take heart from the County should get the one point, attack and he may be a match- divided into two sections of six teams

each. The League will be

fact that the Wolves have not which will ensure their stay in winner, of one round and each match

Hangi | won one of their last seven Division II.

SCOTTISH CUP FINAL wilt consist of two singles (to

Birmingham also have 4 In Scotland it is the Cup be played all round) of one set Fames and are suffering from an

player returning to his former Final day, Motherwell | end-of-season staleness. of 21 points each and une But even-it-Fulham are auc-club. They also with them to Dundee meet for Scotland's ma dotibles-to-the-bost of three Fold

"Tommy" Briggs, for for sotter Trophy út Hampden" great effort wir Coventry" cessful, their the matches will be play-

they paid an £18,000 Park, have been in vain if Fulham are whom ed at the Queen's College, Kingsuccessful at Highbury.

transfer fee early this seBSON, George V School and King's College courts and the readiness

FEELING THE STRAIN Briggs and his colleagues need with which these schools have

four polnis to be certain of pro- put their

Injury-hit Arsenal are feeling motion, but Coventry, courts at the disposal of the the strain of attempting the last home game this is, organisers is indeed commend-League and Cup double and afford a slip. able..

Stoke are battling desperately With

Colony Schoolboys' for points, Neither should it Their new recrulis, centre-line into a formidable champion in Robert Heng and be overlooked that last season forward Eddie Brown, formerly tion and, what la more, he has and Norman scored eight Cup goals himself. of Southampton, In E, Marquez-Lim, they completed the double over THERE WILL BE NO SPECIÁL CASH SWEEP ON THE runner-up

fitted But Dundee

today may looks as if Ln Salic College Arsenal and this season have Kirk, from Leeds, have

Into the Bide extremely well without centre-forward Fatvell, To avoid congestion at the Club's Offices at Telephone House, will start favourites in

this

already beaten them at Stoke,

and should enable Coventry to who has been on the injured list non-members are requested to purchase_their_sweep tickets at the League, but the Colony Cham-But it.

and his absence would be a bit- pionships were limited to boys with all thou really..wont.games pull away from the foot of the

the added fire of promo- table. Club's Branch Ofilees at:

tor blow. 5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong

of 17 years of age and under tion and relegation, interest In

lave and in view of the fact that 21 the Second Division is in place. Is the age limit for this League, The leaders, Sheffield Wednes- Lo Salle may yet meet with day, and Birmingham-both so sume serious opposition from near and yet still so far-travel other schools. There is Keto Notts County and Coventry

of Wah Yan and also respectively. Wai-bons.

stylish youngster, Sonny Hsi, to mention a few.

THAI TEAM'S VISIT Confirmation

Through Tickets reserved for this meeting but not paid for by 10.00 am, on Friday, 25th April, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future meetings.

LAST RACE.

or

382 Nathan Road, Kowloon. TOTALISATOR

The attention of Totalisator Investors la drawn to the following rules:-

Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies sa declared by the Stewards when the "All Clear" is given. The "All Clear" signal will be indicated by a white light at the Totalisator Tower. BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EX- HIBITED.

Totalisator Tickets should be examined and checked be- fore leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any descrip- tion cannot be rectified later.

Cash received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters as no claim for short payment of the volue of tickets presented can be entertained once Investors have left the Counters.

All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be bru sented for payment at the Race Course on the day to which they refer, but none will be paid later than one hour after the time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled

to be run.

'In no circumstances will any Dividends be paid or refunds nade unless a ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be mude on torn or disfigured tickets.

MEMBERS' BADCES AND ENCLOSURE Members and guests are reminded that they and their Indies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A RADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Brooches or

that

WILL BE HAND PRESSED

been rе- has

Wednesday, who require three celved by the Hongkong Bad-points to be absolutely certain of minton Association that the promotion, will be hard pressed Unity Bedminton Club

from at Nottingham. Jackie Sewell, Thailand will arrive in Hong- back on the ground where he toward the end of this made his professional debut, and one-week tour of Derek Dooley, leading English Hongkong.

marksman, will be carefully Though comprising mostly looked after by Leon Leuty and Chinese players, the visitors

for

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will include in their team the official Thailand Singles Cham- Chuire Keepresert, and plon, the

Thalland Doubles official Champions, Keopresert and Pinich Pattapongsa.

The standard of the visiting team is as vot An unknown quality, but is believed to be higher in the Doubles than in the Singles.

petition last year, and lost in

City are

At Luton, Card!! the visitors. After today's game they enter the final straight with a run of three home games. As they have the best home recard in the Division they confidently

maximum expect paints from these matches.

give themselves an But to

of promotion outside chance they must get at least one point away re- from Luton. Their cord of only two victories in 20 games does not hold out great hopes, but since signing Ken Chisholm from Coventry they have shown far more punch in

DELAWARES MADE GOOD THEIR BOAST

By "GRANDSTAND”.

Far and wide could be heard the Delawares' song of victory as they wound up their season by dishing out a humiliating 2-1 victory over the champion Blackhawks during the week and thus made good their boast of grind. ing their avowed enemy to the dust.

Though the Thailand Bad- minton Association wag only in 1950, Thailand formed entered the Thomas Cup com-

-the first- Found to India. Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the

Though the score WRS 0-0 Members Enclosure and the Club Rooms at $10.00 including tax, against them. Thailand extend- for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary ated the Indian team to three Telephone House, on the written or personal introduction of a sets in two doubles matches. Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors introduced Plans are being made for the by him, an for payment of all

chita, etc. Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' Ex-visitors to play two matches in mound, the former pitching the Delawares to a creditable

closure will be on sale at the Race Course.

The Branch Ofees and the Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11.00 am, and the Secretary's Office ut 11,45 p.m. The

Secretary's Treasurers Compradore Office and tho situated at 1st Floor, Telephone House,

A limited number of tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE- MISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The Price of admission to the Public Enclosure will be $3.00 Including tax for all persons including Ladies, and will be payable at the Gate.

BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC., WILL NOT BE PER- MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB:

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It was a battle royal with the pace fast and furious

as Terry Lucido and Rennie Barretto duelled on the

win.

to

·

them in

Hongkong, one In Kowtoon egainst Hongkong Selection team on May 2 and the other Delawares started the scoring Molthen.. It'll be a great day against a Hongkong unofficial in the first frame when Letty for the diamond mites,

elout Office are interport team in Hongkong on Tony Rodrigues mighty

The Ladies Junior Leaguo May 5.

to left Aeld drove Dĺčký Chaves starts this afternoon with three the one- MALAYAN TRIP

peross the plate and for the outfits lined up for Already about 15 local next four innings nothing but a Tound serles. enthusiasts

the and players have string of eggs decorated

Arc Marvels, who

being | sign|Aed

their Intention of scoreboard, making the trip 10 Maluya The Delawares added another coached by Rene Sequeira, are to the pastime, under the auspices of the Hong-tally In the sixth on another pow adherents

Association,

powerful drive by Tony and, although they lack the kong Badminton

score Joaquim playing experience of Fooi To Among them are the two reign Rocirigues Ing Colony Champions, Ramon Callaco, but the Hawke

and South China, who are the came other contestants, their devout Young und Miss Ullan Khoo.. fighting back and dented the

It is not known for certain rubber once, leaving a runner practices will serve yet whether Hongkong players stranded on base as the side will be eligible to compete in went out. MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN | the Kuala Lumpur Champion- With the seventh inning THE HESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

ships from Jun 3 to June 7, but coming up.

Rese mentor PASSES

attempls are being made to Sequelra

in Eddie Hongkong players Loureiro to pinchhit for Eddie League rivals, Pool To

China Servants pouses will be lasued to private box holders only, enter some

this

World Remedios, unofficial who are requested to diatribute them with discrimination and to for

Championship which will see succeeded in stirring the breeze. endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes are not the cream of Malayan, Danish, permitted in the Members Enclosure except for passing through American and possibly Indian

MIDGET LEAGUE

As a result of the mumerous on their duties and must remain in their employers' stands.

stars in action.

members of aminted Owing to the congestion In the Members' Betting Hall and at

requests for informatics on the The Midget League winds up Booths adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Room; Box-holders and clubs who intend to make the tomorrow when the Dodgers, Inter-Hong and Summer Lea- Members are requested to ensure that their servants' make use

have revealed trip arc requested to

winners of the regular series, gues, inquiries com- only of the Publie Betting Hall. Military Police will be posted at muniente with the Hon. Secretake on an all-star side at 2.00 that these two tournaments will various points in the enclosure to ensure that this regulation is tary of the Hongkong Badmin-, after which prizes to the commence after the Presenta. adhered to.,

ton Association without delay so winners of the regular Lengue tien Dance, In view of the con-

ne- nerd tho that applications for the

the geated programme which must cessary papers can be inade as knockout tournament will be be completed before the tradi

distributed soon as possible,

Commissioner tonal season-ending function.

SERVANTS'

By Order,

H.

MISA,

Secretary.

Any

POP

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but- Eddle only

Winners

by

Stargazers

of

good stead, and it will not be mitprising to see them register n Win

Marvels play Pool To this on South ofternoon and talke

while the tomorrow,

and South China, meet on Monday in a decisive game.

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If they can play the type of football that accounted for Hearts in the semi-final, they have a good chance of avenging last, you'final defeat at the hands of Celtic..

(London Expressi Service)

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