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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 1901 sportuale to see euch honoured cluba battering | yielded 8,159. Wherefore Abol advances to the away at each other in the Second Division, head of the form with the Indian as ascond bey and above all poor old Preston North End Bat before making 69 (not out) at Hastings. beaten by West Bromwich Albion by 3-1. I Abel's next three innings after passing 3,000 really have a soft placa is my affections for were 2,05 How ignoble! Could any figures, both of them, and whichever had lost was en could pages of statistics, better provothe glorious titled to my sorrow. But what shall I say of uncertainty of this glorious game. Long ty another of our old favourites. Queen's Park. Abel flourish and hit the flying ball to the Simply crusted with amateurism, of which thoy boundary with wonderous speed. The little aro justifiably proud, the Queen's" refused win makes no flesh, and despite all the talk to countenance any League. However, in about queer eyesight it may be taken that Ádel | 1899-1900, the "Spiders," as we used to describe is a finer bricketer than ever he waS them, wore induced to enter the Inter-City member William Gann once tolling me that he League, comprising four labs from Glasgow condered a cricketer had thoroughly learned and two from Edinburgh. Bat old Queen's his gamo at 35, and was in his prime. Well, were lost, and in ten games coly won fir points, Abel, Gour, Shrewsbury, Gmox, and a few reckoning on the ordinary method. Last sea others rather prove the truth of his assertion. on (1900-01) in this same Inter-City Loague they only gained one victory and three points!! Ju the Scottish League they were No. 8 in twelve clubs and made hat 17 points in 20 ratches. Evidently League football and the

A CENTRE FORWAND'S LES BROKEN, It was with unfeigned sorrow eno road of the unfortunate accidout which happened on the frst Saturday of the football campaign to W. Toman, who was at the time playing centre forward for Everton against Wolverhampton Wanderers. The game was scarce ten minutes old when Toman was injured during a rush for the Wanderers goal, with the result that he kad to be carried away to the dressing-room, where it was discovered that he had sustained a compound fracture of the right leg. Without delay he was removed to the Stanley Hospital which is about equi-distant from both the Everton and Liverpool enclosures. For a football professional to sustain such a serious accident as this on the threshold of a campaign,

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and for a club to be so severely handicapped constant training it entalls are too great a autumn meeting of the Salford Harriers last With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES.

when the directorate believe that they have ob tained a fine line of forwards, must be distressing to both alike, I draw special attention to this mishop not with the intention of pointing out the great dangers of football, for such flimsy MAISON LEVY HERMANOS,

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A footrace over hurdles, is by no means common occurrence in these days, although I bave known two professional pedestrians decide A match of this description. However, at the train for amateur footballers. For instance, Saturday, there was a genuine battle between. last Saturday the Queen's had to encounter the Edinburgh Hiberniana, and the "Hibs" won 4 yards on level terms, and the competitors, by no fewer than 8-1. Blades of the great Loalie Aubrey Burton, a young gentleman departed, what a thrashing! What to Watty from neur Birkenhead, and Alfred Trafford, Robertson, and Dr. John Smith think of this Trafford was thokhampion hurdle racer of Eag- Arnott, Charles Camplll, Johnnie Kay, Tom of Birmingham. Bot a very short time ago

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Call Flag W. which has gained every possible honour, which of Alvin Krnenstein, knocked all the hope and never had a goal notched against the defence ambition out of him. Then this young. Bartez, for the first seven years of ita existance, and who looks like a handsome Yankee, caros on the whose team has on occasion been strong enough seeno, and the rivalry which ensued ended in for Scotland, actually losing by 8-1 to the this match. Burton had enjoyed a special Preston North End centre; but in League Edinburgh Irishman, who are by no means the training which Trafford, as an engineer, soukt matches in commestion with the First Division most powerful club in Scotland. So far as I not manage, the result being that Burton Ice Ilouse Street, Top Floor. Permanent there have been very w aecidents. It is

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the only other case I can recall of a broken leg in a game under the auspices of the First Division of the League, is when George Toone, the Notte galepo, da z against Sunder land on their ok ground. Iaia not sure whether Joyes and B.on of the Bolton Wunderers were engugod in First League bat- fles when they smashed user legs; but this I am prepared to aturm, that no form of sport, enlailing as mask exertion and excitement, and played by so many, bas been so free from cain mities as Fist League football. This is a ver great tribute to the framers of the rules of the game in the first place, u self-evident testinul to the ability and firmness of the referees and last, but by no means least, strong evidence that the players themselves, authough, of course, liable to err, are far from the rufians so often

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A NEW SCULLING CHAMPION- What was once a noble sport in England may receive a sort of ephemeral notoriety again by the victory which: Goorge Towns has jum gained over Jacob Gaudaur for the sculling championship of the world. The event WAR decided last Saturday at a place with the not A riven to understand is on the Lake of the very euphonious name of Rat Portage, which I

Woons, Mavitobs: Whatever sheet of water there is in this spot does not appear to me very desirable for a world's championship in the fine

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by Dr. Tim Duseran at Crewe in June, 1894. THE Considering the time of year and brosse the performance of Burton is possibly better than that of Donovan. Perhaps we have discovered another really good hurdler. London, 14th September..

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dure scarcely breathe of a great centre, is a rority nowadays. The position is so exacting, for a player requires more than ke aromage of at at the most in a row-boat against o ruan share of courage, smartness of decision, aud just under Cft. weighing 13st. and 41 țin, ronad rapidity of action. He must always be what the chest. Poor Wag" has never been heard of since. Bat-then Jake-Gaudaur,came to Bret Harte wonki describe as perfectly "kua, kook and kerlected," and have a capacity for England, and wrestel the title from Stanbury. receiving hard knocks only equalled by a block hat was on Sept. 7th, 1896, and he took the of seasoned beach. Now it is not every day the honour back with him to Upper Canada. If man of this charactor. Fou wan ed to win the selling championship Tomas was to be the long-looked for centre of the world you has to go to Canada for it.j forward: poor fellow! Ererton, I believe, have In the “stable," su to speak, of Tom Sullivan, a three other centre forwards, the pivots round very worthy man who keeps a popular riverside which teams revoire, and those include Prond- hotel at Hummersmith, was this George Towns, who eventually became champion of England, Undersigned, being closely connected foot, the old Blackburn Rover who has been at for we have nu realler now. Indeed, the Twith the feeding MILLS, at PORT

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Twelve months ago Everton defeated Wolver. Spouser Collin, the golfer and racehorio-owner, MEETING of the Board of Directors of the No. 5, DES Vacus ROAD WEST, Hongkong,

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ie heroby made. Such Calls to be paid sity, although at Wolverhampton perhaps they feat fomos whe

to the Company at their Bankers, the called it a "thorough licking fra two lade." Goadoar at home, and tackle him on his own

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORFORATION, at their Promises, Queen's By the way, the neighbours of Everton-it water. But Sullivan went with him, and Towus

Road Central, Victoria, Hougkong, on is only a pleasant quarter of an hour's walk has prevailed, although he trained very light.

or before the 15th day of Noreiber, 1901, across Stanley Park from ons ground to another Of course, Gaudaur is now 45, but he stands

Ard NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that in --I mean Liverpool, had quite another experi-over it, weighs 13 stone, and is wonderfully ence at Stoke, for the champions of lust season well preserved for his ago. Of course, defeat accordance with Article 24 of the Company's as from the said 15th day of November, 1901, were defeated in their second match-for Hig- comes to all champions, and nothing contributes Articles of Association, Interest will be charged more to the downfall of popular favourites than at the rute of $10 per centum per annen upon ginson shot a geal, whereas the Aufielders had to go empty away. That goal means two valu. Anno Domini. Still, a man who will go to all Calle remaining unpaid after the said 15th alla points to Stoke. Again at Bury the ex- America or Canada and best a native on his own day of November, 1991, up to the actual, datos champions, Aston Villa, who were playing an water at his own' game deserves all the reward of payment of the sanis. entirely new left wing in Clarke and Buche and -can scoop. Towna is 32, and stands 5ft, Blin. two fresh balf-backs in Wood and Millar,

THE OYAL WONDERWOÈKER. rather surprised the East Lancashire team by Yes He's done it! The facility with which making an honourable draw. No goals were he handles can made the way suggest that registered, whereas for several seasons past Abel had enjoyed plenty of practies since the Bury Dave triumphantly marked up two points days of dam. Well. Abel is not quite spal (1554 for this home fixture. As for the other ratches an ancit cricketer as that, but, as I said Isıt in connection with the First Division of the weak, he will soon complete his 42nd year: and League they rasnited just the same as las. now when he has concluded a long season for year, so far as the distribution of points Sarrey ho hus beaten "Raajis record and

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