ST. PAUL'S ATHLE-
TICS.
ANNUAL COLLEGE SPORTS
YESTERDAY,
NEW COLLEGE AND INTER- SCHOOL RECORD
ESTABLISHED,
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LAWN TENNIS.
FINCHERS' FINAL MATOR.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 5th, 1927.
The Fincher Brothers, one of the strongest pairs in the tournament, appeared for the Brst time this Fear in the Open Doubles Cham- pionship of the Colony yesterday and were matched against A. «B. Raworth and J, D. Humphreys in the second round. Weather com-
The annual athletic sports of Seditions were again far from good Paul's College were held yesterday and only a handful of spectators afternoon on Queen's College sports saw the game, ground, Causeway Bay, by the kind permission of Mr. A. H. Crook (the
Headmaster of the latter institu tion), it being found that the original venue, the Heng. Football Club
ground, Happs Valley, was not available.
The weather was fine, although cold and dull, but the ground was on the soft side, and times were inclined to be slaw.
The best performance of the after-)
noon was in the high jump, when the first two competitors broke the College and Intor-School record, the former by two inches, and the latter by one inch." Cheung Wing Kwoog was the eventual winner with at jump of 3, feet 3 inches. The former College record was feet 3 inches.
and the Inter-School record 3 feet
4 inches.
Raworth and Humphreys did not combine well together and left a number of openings for their op- |ponents, At volleying, however, they had slightly, the better of the exchanges, while Humphreys' lob- bing frequently broke up the win- ners' combination.
As a pair, the Fipabers showed the anme form as last year. Yes terday's match was not. a test for
DRAW FOR BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP.
FRESENTATION TO DEPART- ING MEMBER,
League entries in the Hong Kong
are Association Lawn Bowls follows-
P'erst Division:-
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Thikoo kecreation Club. Civil Service Cricket Club, Craigengowar Cricket Crub. Kowloon Cricket Club. Pohen Recreation Club. Kowloon Bowling Green Club. Kowloon Docks Recruation Club. Second Division': — "
Tatoo Recreation Club, Civil Sarve Cricket Uhab. Craigongower Cricket Club. kowicon Cricket Club. Club de Recreio.
SOME NEW LIGHT ON JUTLAND.
MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S
NARRATIVE.
SIR H. EVAN THOMAS'S COMMENTS.
Mr. Winston Churchill could scarcely have hoped taaay anything new about the Battle of Jutland. He has retold the familiar story with that vivid touch of which he is master. Had he been satisfied with the simple role of narrator his version would have passed un- challenged. But, as he is perforce critical as well as historical, he has done what we have just
suggested
PEER'S BROTHER IN “BURGLARY” JOKE
LAUGHED TILL HE TRIPPED OVER HIS FRIEND'S CAT
MAGISTERIAL WARNING" TO
CHAUFFEUR.
The news became known at Oak-
ham (Rutland), the other day of an early morning burglary" joke as n friend's house, which was carried out by Captain Lancelot Lowther, brother of the Earl of Lensdale.
when the fog was fairly dense, At six o'clock in the morning Capt. Lowther, who lives at Ash- well, two or three miles out, drove
inte Oakham in his car, and calling upon a local tradesman, borrowed a glass-cutting diamond. The pur- pose for which be required it, he smilingly confessed, was to commit a burglary.
ho could scarcely have expected to accomplish, and drawn a new focus of rather powerful light upon an important phase of the nation. Ad- bust Point Recreation Club: miral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas re Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.
tired from the, Nary with a well-
He secured the diamond, made the draw for the Open Champion-earned reputation for bigh tactical ship resulted as tɑdows 1-3. Drum-
ability. He is of the type of his way to the market place, and British naval oficer who sachowapperated on a window of the sit- Daves; G. McLeod-R. W. Lee; Himelight, and who thinks that the friend. Mr. J, E. Whitehouse, gun- old west; G. Wraggesh J. controversy, who has no use for the ting-room of the house of a business Buchanan A. U. Brawn; J. Hussey dignity and the interests of the ber-
smith. D. Gow; IL. Mokechrie-R. N. Whit-
service are best served by abstain foru R. Lapsley-Nicholsan;.
ing from public discussion of SAT- them and they played recklessly at
vice matters His entry into the claggan; R. Basa- times. The younger, E.F., showed el Areal; W. Glenden-
lists is, therefore, the more signi- ficant, because we may reasonably improvement in serving and smash clachlan J. Dobbie V. V. Omar;
B. M. S. Alves-W, Hin; J. N. Son assume that he can only have been ing, but he has still to develop his
A. G. Pile; B. E. Maughan. Muir prompted to break more than ten ground strokes..
hoad; A Chapman-F. Cullen; A
years of reticence by a strong senso The Finchera now meet J Cas. Holland-D. Haret; E. Kera-C.
of the desirability of historical Bennett, T. Grimes-C. Whyte; H
accuracy and proper proportions. sumbhoy and I. M. Razack.
Orery-D." Rumjahn; W. Görvis-D).
At
Jutland Sir Fraz: "R. A. Smith C. J. Tacchi; Thomas was Rear-Admiral com- Hugh - Evan
After two in decisive encounters,
An innovation was an inter-class Singles and thus qualifies to meet competition for a challenge shield. S. Green in the second round. The last set was a good struggle This was won by Class 3B with 40 points, Class being second with and there were many long base line 38 points, and the Matriculation rallies. "Class, who were "favourites," only
rocured 23 points.
The Senior Chainpionship was won by Tang Yang Shoung (Class 3B) with 20 points; while the Junior Championship was tied for by Lu Kni. Sun (Matriculation "Class); Chav Kung Chiu (Matriculation Class) and Ng Po Kui (Class 3B). with 8 points each.
Another new event was the Boy Scout race, which was a time test in bandaging and first aid.
St. Joseph's College are to be congratulated on winning the half- mile relay after a close race with Queen's College and Bt. Stephen's Collego.
The relay race between the Past and Present pupils, was 'again won: by the Old Boys.
There were over 100 competitors in yesterday's sports. The prizes
Capt Lowther's chauffeur cut a hole half an inch square in the glass, as a result of which, he was nahled to release the window catch and effect na entrance.
putting it on the chain to make it After opening the trout door and appear that the door bad not been properly shut overnight, Capt. Lowther began to make a tour of the house
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Whitehouse were away ill, but their son and his The
wife were on the premises,
husband, who, opening his bedroom door, saw in the light of a Bash lamp turned on to his face a bulky Having recovered from his shock be figure wearing a white kennel cant.
the real position. was informed by: Capt Lawiker of
R. M. Henderson beat Dr. Valen-R. McKelias J. Russell, T. D. Pemanding the Fifth Battle Squa- tine in straight acts in the Clos derod-R. E. Luz; W. Mair-C. Atkin- dros, consisting of leur War wife, hearing a noise, roused her son: W. Macfarlane-R. Sutherland spites, and by zar the most power N. McTavish-A. W. Gourlay; A. Lful ships engaged. Owing to its Wotherspoon; Whigh speed this squadron was de Shiekis W. Sword-R. Duncan. Byes: W. Bur tail
tailed to sell, D. Reid, G. Edwards, J. C. Cruiser Squadron. During the act with the Battle Brown,
Brat phase of the battle the contest was mited to a duel between the British and German battlecruisers, the Fifth Battle Squadron being in support. With such a heavy pre- ponderance of fighting power in our favour it has always been Source of wonder that Admiral von Hipper should have got back to the High Seas Fleet without receiving serious damage, whilst sinking two of our ships.
Yesterday's matches resulted as follows:-
Open Doubles.
bent . B. Raworth and J.D. Humphreys, 6-2, 6-3, 0-2.
E. C. Fincher and E. F. Fincher
Club Singles.
R. M. Henderson beat Dr. D. J. Valentine; 6-1, 6-3, 7-3.
Handicap Singlea "A."
G. W. Sewell (owe 4/8) beat
Major B. R. Edwards (res. 1/6),
6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Handicap Singles "B."-
At the conclusion of the meeting members made a presentation of a wallet and agar holder to Mr. Donald Neilson, who has retired and is leaving for Home.
THE CHEYLESMORE DIVORCE.
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RELIGIOUS CEREMONY THAT WAS NOT VALID.
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Parker (rec. 15), 6-4, 6-1.
W. R. Coulson (scr.) beat H. v. Cheyleamore.
TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
Open Singles, If. D. Ramjahn v. H. Akiyama.
Club Singles..
Major W. B. Stevenson . H. Armstrong..
Bandicap Singles B.”
C. W. E. Bishop (ose 15/3) z.
were not distributed immediately J. F. Kennedy (rec. 15).
after the sports, as is the usual custom, but were later handed to. the successful competitors at the -College.
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The Ocials.
Tas President of the Sports was the Rev. A. D. Stewart (Hezil of the College), whole the bard work- ing secretanes were dr. S. S. Leung and Mr. E. G. Stewart. The duties of judges, tinic keepers and clerks of the course, et, were ably car- ried out by other Masters, and Pre- fects. The starter, Mir. Ko sik Wal carried out his duties with Rumir able promptitude and despatch, and would be an acquisition at any local
sports meeting. He was assisted by Mr. Wong Satu Pun.
Prize Donors.
HOCKEY.
CLUB BEATEN YESTERDAY.
The Chauffeur's Tribüte, Describing the adventure, Capt. Lowther stated:-
My chauffeur said, You enter ed the house very well, and I told him, You silly fool, I'm a magis- | trate. You'll get six months for this job." He vanished, and I laughed till I cried.
I went upstairs, and I heard someone, say, Harry! Harry! There's a burglar down there!
"I said, "Yes, it's me-Captain Lowther.
Admiral Evan-Thomas's Testimony. What Admiral Evan-Thomas says Mr. Justice Hill, in the Divorce comes aa a revelation upon this Court granted a decreu nisi to Ladypoint. Commenting upon what has
My friend came out, "How did Cheylemore on the ground of the heretofore been published concern- misconduct of her husband, Lording this stage of the conflict, he you get in 1' he asked, and I said,
IF it appears peces-
A man can't shut his house up Lady Cheylesmore filed a petitionary for another and mere detailed at night, what can you expect?'
Of course, ita abut account to be given of the time The Leen sighted by Gatusca.
flower- signal for steam for full speed had been made and all the battle cruisers were drawing their coal Eres forward and making a tremen- dous smoke which made it impos sible to distinguish flag signals from
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at the end of 1925, and this when German light craft had just up.' I took him to the window, bat followed by proceedings. to decide
I had been careful to put whether the English or the Cana dían courts had jurisdiction, Lord
pot there, and he remarked, You Merrivale holding that the English
can't have got in that way, couldn't make it out. Jurisdiction applied.
A supplemental petition was afterwards filed, and it was upon this that decree nici was granted, there being no defence.
Lord
Wa: Marriage.. and Lady Cheylesmore were married at Paddington Regis ter Office on November 25th, 1015, Lady Cheyleamore being then Miss. Norah Mary Parker, and her hus hand the Hon. Francis Ormond Henry Eaton. This was followed by a ceremony at St. Margaret's Westminster, in 1916.
Playing on the United Services
Lady Cheylamore, gave evidence, Recreation Club ground yesterday"
and denied the charges which had evening, the Hong Kong Hockey been made against her in proceed. Club were beaten by the 5/endings brought by her husband. Punjabis team.
The winners had most of the play goals to 1. in a good game, mad won by u
To-morrow afternoon the Club again meet a 5/2nd Punjabi team on the U.S.R.C. ground,
Small Boys 1gh Jump-1st, Ching Wing Kong; gad, Yang Ki Fong; 3rd, Wong Ju Kuen. Height:
ft. 1 ins
Chiu; and, Lee Kai Sun; 3rd Wong Junior Mile.-1st, Chan Kon Chee Sang. Time: 65 3008.
the Fifth Battle Squadron, station- ed five miles cf, except possibly en very rare occasions. Had signals been made by searchlight, as they had been on other occasions on the same day, they would have been seen immediately."
A Serious Omission. Evan-Thomas knew that two enemy The position was that Sir Hugh lighteruisers had been sighted, and that the battlecruisers were turn- ing. but to what course it was in Feasible to see amidst the smother of their smoke. They simply rush Evidence was given by a Frenched off into space, leaving the Fifth
Battle Squadron private detectivd
neither gueraing search-light nor wireless being used by the Lion. In such a position un Admiral is heavily handicapped by perplexity. He can only divine the intentions of his senior officer, and his conclusions may prove quite wrong. Sir Hugh Evans Thomas surmised that the purpose of Ad- miral Beatty was to maneuvre so
The judge said he found the mis conduct proved, as alleged in the upplemental petition, and he dis- issed the charges in the original petition. As Lady Cheyleamore desired it, he would allow the re- ligious ceremony that had been gone through to be mentioned in the decres
- Laughed Till As Fell,
Then I started to laugh. I fell down the staircase, tripped over the eat and upset the milk with laugh- ing."
Capt. Lowther explained that, having got home, he rang up the and a constable went round to see police, told them what he had done,
the friend's place.
The policeman," he said, ex- amined the window and said he had Dever seen anything done better. An expert burglar could not have dane it finer. It was a proat joke.
I can get into any house in the world want to, but I am not in the habit of doing so."
Capt. Lowther, who is 39 years of age, formerly held a captaincy in the Border Regiment. He is a magistrate for Hutland and for Cumberland and Westmorland.
The Family Motto. Capt. Towther's family moto is Magistratus Indicat Virum "- The Office Shows the Man." Asked if there was likely to be
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The Commitee wish to thanks the following who subscribed to the Senior High Jump-1st, Chen Peize Fund:-Dr. S. W. Tso, Sir Woon "Cheung, 2nd, Chan Fook J. H. Kemp, N. L. Smith, Sir Chor; rd, Los Pui Long. Height: Robert Ho Tang, Ip Lam Chuen, 5 ft. 5:08. Kwok Siu Lam, Chan Chee Wai, Lo Chang Kui, Dr. Ma Luk, B. Wong Tape, Li Kai Fai, Kum Cheung Yan, Chin Wing Yung, Ohan Wai Sang, K. C. Luk, Li Yau Taun, KL Ho, Mok Kon Sang Wong Kam Ying, W. L Pattenden, G. Goa Hin, Miss Steele, Leung Yan Po, Wong Oi Kut, Pang Siu Sheung; 3nd, Chan King Chor; 3rd, Ki, J. M. Wong, Chan U Chuen, Ip Shia Lung Time: 1 socs. B. C. Cheng, Chin Kwong Yan, Jam Cheuk Fun, Mok Wing Yu,
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THE RESULTS.
The results of the various events are given below:-
Senior Long Jump.-1st, Chan Fook Chor; 2nd, Kong Yau Mong; 3rd, Chan King Chor. 17 ft. 2 ina.
Distance:
Junior 100 Yards.-1st, Lee Kai Suo; 2nd, Chau Kon Chiu; ord. Wong Che Sang. Time: 23.3-5 aces. Small Boys' 100 Yards-ist, Yung Keo Fong; 2nd, Lee Yue Fong; 3rd, Chung Sau Chuen Time: 14 secs.
Senior 100 Yards.-1st, Tong You Sheung: 2nd, Chan Fook Chor; 3rd, Chan King Chor. Time 11.1-5
BOCS.
Inter-Olas Relay Race. 1ft, Class 3B
Janior High Jump-1st, Ng" Po Kai; 2nd, Ching Sik Fan; and, Chong Bun Lam Height: 4 ft. 8 ins,
(Cantinyed on next column.)
Seniore.-1st Targ You
Old Boys' Race-1st, Eric Wong ||
SHOCK FOR BRIDE-TO-BE.
TOLD ÄN HOUR, BEFORE WEDDING THAT FIANCE HAD SIX CHILDREN.
י.
intended wedding learned that her A girl who within an hour of her
fiancé was married and the father
Court:
She was Miss Helen Taylor and 2nd, Chau Han Leung; 3rd, Here recently obtained judgment against Mr. Frank Whaley, the the Sheriff's Court jury. asserament of damages being left to Whaley did not appear and was not Mr.
Sun Hee. Time: 25 accs.
Senior Hurdles 100 Yarda-1st. Tang You Sheung; end, Chan Feck Chor; 3rd, Lee Kam Ming. Time:
18.2-5 secs.
represented,
plait, the Chief Constable of Rut- land (Mr. F. W. Golder) said that ng it was only a joke, and there was felonious intent, proceedings were not justified.
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Battle Squadron. But no word between his own force and the Fifth came from the Lion until the Tiger asked her by wireless whether the signal to the Barham to turn was. to be made. In other words, she was reminding the flagship of au extraordinary omission. The con- BRITISH FARMERS AND RED sequence was a loss of time, which, as Sir Hugh Evans-Thomas puta it, "tarned out afterwards to be a most serious matter." "It was the
PREFERS INDEPENDENCE TO more serious in that, the battleships · STATE MEDDLING. being slower than, the battle-crui- sers, they could not hope to con- Nobody who talks much to English form to the movements of the Int farmers will be surprised to hear ter in a long start upon a stern that the Agricultural Credits Act Admiral of the Fifth Battle Bqua- any other class that of the agricul has not been popular. More than case. "After all," writes the Rear- dron, isn't it one of the fanda turist is irked by the elaborate re- mental principles of naval tactics gulations and filling of forms which that an Admiral makes sure that Government interference entaila. his orders are understood by the Many a farmer who could have done distant parts of his fleet before with a few hundred pounds to lay rushing into space, covered by out in his own way must have de lieve, he knew that German heavy smoke screen 3. Also, if, as I becided that he would rather struggle
on independently without it. ships were at sea, should he not ships were close at hand 1” * have seen that his most important
Junior Hurdles 190 Yards-ist, met Whaley in October, 1824, and It was stated that Miss Taylor Wong Kee Sang; End, Ng Po Kul; he said that he was a widower with
"A Terribly Partisan Account.” 3rd, Chong Shu La
Tane: 0 three children. Their friendship
In the preoccupation of battle the and alter many, requests abo agreed to marry him.
ablest leader may overlook even the She intro- duced him at her home and took obvious, But the significant point out the three children:
about this omission on the part of
BCCS.
Brow Challenge Relay Race (Present Old Boys)-1st The Old Boys.
Hall Mile.1st, Chan San Hok 2nd, Ip Siu Lun; 3rd, Lee Kam Ming. Time, 2 min. 40 Boes.
Invitation Relay Race-1st
Townsfolk are still apt to suppose that red tape never infeate the peaceful English countryside, but in fact the farmer has in the ordinary way a great deal to do in the way of elaborate form-filing.
Mr. Ivor Brown wrote an amusing little play some time ago about a man who went to live a free, primi. the Fifth Battle Squadron is that tive life on the land, and found him-
the Lim to give any direction to
An hour before Miss Taylor was to have been married, a man en- Joseph's 2nd, Queen's College; visited her and told her that Hugh Evans Thomae writer St.ployed by the same firm as Whaley it has never been recorded before. 3rd, St. Stephen's College.
One Mile (Handienp). 1st, Loh lived with his wife and six children Whaley was already married and
Chi Hing; end, Cheung Shu Kwai; at Harrow, 3rd, Cheng Yak Kwan. Time: 3 min. 45 secs.
Whaley had told me that his wife died when the little girl was born," said Miss Taylor.
One Mile Bicycle.-1st, Hung Man To; 2nd Toh Chung Kond, Miss Taylor's solicitor Raid Tang Fong time: 4 min. 13 seca. Whaley fled his petition in bank Boy Scouts' Race (10th Troop).- ruptcy on February 15th, so that ist, Eagle Troop; 2nd, Bull. Dog, they could not hope to recover
damages.
Troop..
eventually fed to sequestered, in- self in an atmosphere of inspection and card indices from which he dependent life in London.-Evening Standard.
Evans-Thomas been called for by eilber the Chief of the Naval Staff or those under him, who, I presume, have written the so-called official history,"
Mr. Churchill's description of Jut-partisan account "but it is rather land is written to the glory of his questionable as to whether it haa partidar hero-which is probably altogether served its purpose in this the explanation why Sir Hugh Evan respect. History demands the whole Thomas describes it as “a terribly facts as a basis for forming judg. {Continued at foot of next column). ' ment.-Naval and Military Record.
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