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Hong Kong At Play.

TOPICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS ON LOCAL SPORTS.

(By"

SWIMMING.

BROADCASTER."]

the

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1929.

owing to the fall of West's rink for the third time in succession, while The opening of the Souththe other two home rinks kept a China Athletic Association's bath tight hold.

Th the match at King's Park be ing pavilion at Quarry Bay is an:

tween Club de Recreio and Kowloon important milestone on the road of C... two riaks on each side helped progress on which this association the other to even up the total, but has been travelling since its incep- the third rink led by R. F. Luz tion. In the space of fourteen, sicceeded in defeating Fraser's cink by eleven shots, which gave the years, their membership has in-home tean: a majority of nine shota creased from 30 to 4,000, figures nitogetBer. which speak for themselves, and

Two matches in the Junior Divi- their activities include practically all sion were keenly contested and it branches of sport in Hong Kong, was anybody's game until the last head. Kowloon Bowling Green The notable thing about

entertained Civil Service and won S.C.A.A. is that whatever they take by two shots. It was D. Gow, act- up, they take up thoroughly nading as deputy for skip Warren, who make a sucress of it. It is inter helped his Club to win by carrying eating to read how the bathing the other rinks with a majority of pavilion-by far the best of its kind ten. The match between the Elec- in the Colony-came into existence, tric R.C. and Recreio was another In 1926, the Assiciation held a close affair, and was won by the launch picnic once a week. This home,, team by three shots, thanks prated so popular that it was to the contribution of a dozen shots found necessary to hold pienies by Webster's rink. Taikoo, as ex- more frequently and eventually the pected, won at Kowloon C.C", and club decided to have a permanent all their rinks came out on top. bathing place. On obtaining a site Walmsley... (T.R.C.) succeeded in at Quarry Bay, they put up a mat maintaining his unbeaten rink re shed and at once interest in swiry card, though this time only by the ming increased by leaps and bounds. narrow margin of single shot, So rapid has been the growth and while the other two rinks taken an wholeheartedly has been the sup together put them shots ahead. port of the club by its wiraming The Yachtamen failed to adapt members, that the building of a themselves to the last green at permanent structure was a matter Craigengewer and dropped 16 shots

all round.

of course,

TENNIS.

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BOBBY JONES STILL "FATHER OF SPORTS

ON TOP.

AMERICAN "OPEN"

WON.

THRILLING INCIDENTS.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

SLANG."

AMERICANISMS" FROM

MAMARONECK, N.Y., June 3.. After ticing with the professional, Al Espinosa, Bobby Jones (the famous amateur) easily won the play off for the U.S.A. nationalisms. golf championship,

He began the fourth round with lead of three strokes from his nearest competitor (Gene Saramen) and four from Espinosa.

Lead Thrown Away. At the end of the 8th hole Babi Jones was six strokes ahead of a Espinosa. He was hailed as vietor, but he threw away his lead at the 18th hole (of the fourth found) with seven strokes, followed by a five at the 16th hole.

Then he stood on the home green with a heart-breaking putt of t feet to do, in order to make his score for the round (against Espinosa's 75) and thereby tie.

Bobby Jones was then labouring under a great strain. He removed his cigarette from his mouth; stamped it out on the grass: and took his putter, Calamity Jane,"

play from the caddy, to stroke in tense silence.

the

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To "kid," "faker," "pink of condition," "fan" cake-eater," to. "pony up," the "fight" is in the bag," lucky break "where did we get these terms? They have become so common, says William Henry Nugent, a sports writer, in Mercury that he philologists, amateur and profes sional, mistake them for American- But we learn as we read. that they

come from England. which the writer: assigns as the home of modera sports jargon. Even in England. says Mɛ. Nugent, erities write letters to the Times that we are corrupting -that 25 13, Americanising the mother tongue. Few seem to know that many of these words are making

retara trip to their place of origin. For it was the British

who taught them to us when they gave us our first lessons in sport. ing journalism." Chinaman's chance is an example of these farailiar phrases whose ancestry the writer traces.

"It has nothing to do with an Asiatic. It dates from the 1920s when a writer in the Weekly Dis. patch, of London, called the light. hitting Tom Spring, whom he thought likely to break in a long china man-that ia, a fight, a porcelain man. Palook, now agnifying a fifth-rate pugilist, derives from a pure Gaelic word.

Ham, a poor performer in any line of endeavour, especially on the stage or in the ring, began as an abbreviation of amateur to am," which the Cockney font-ricers and pugilists of the seventies pronoune

ham,

A Tease Moment. The ball rolled towards the cup, An anguished voice in the crowd but, grossed" He's missed it with a snel lazy tarn, the ball disappeared into the exp, releasing the pent-up hysteria in the paced Hon.

The father of sports slang, we This was one of the greatest

are told, was Pierce Egan, of Life strokes which ever haled out and

in London and Sporting Guide, it was one of the most thrilling This later became Bell's Life in All roads led to Quarry Bay on

London, and was edited by Vincent In the A Division the Indian moments of the tournament. Saturday and those who had to Recreation Club me: their Watering

Another was at the 8th green and George Dowling, who were also travel by tram-car. found it dif

These terms, at the hands of Kowloon C.C., and going out after lunch tir, in the influential.

it is ficult even to obtain standing room, this defeat-their third consecutive fourth round or the 62nd bale of added. may be found assembled in From p.m. awards every public one-has placed them ont of the the tournament) when Bobby Ja half-forgotten lexicon that Egan dered by these who were going to running for championship honours took seven strokes "like a dutier compiled in 1523, the third edition

this season.

Although the match handling a club for the first time.

The Flay-Of see the official opening of the Club and the scenes at Chuseway Bay was won by the narrowest possible ail on the read between Causeway margin, it struck my that if the Indians had played the same team'

motorcar and taxi was comman

LATER.

The play-off (36 holes) was played to-day, Bobby Jones winning by 23 testimony to his superiority:*

"

TENNIS LEAGUE. .

UNIVERSITY . M.B.K..

The M.B.K. further.' improved their position in the "A" Division by boating the University on their opponents' courts yesterday, the result being 6-3 sets in their favour.

Scores:-

Souza and T. W. Chong

lost to T. Honda and T..

Akiyama

heat T. Yamada and H.

Yoshida

beat Kikuchi and Imura

G. S. Lam and W. Y. Yau

9. J

6. 0 "3. 6

last to T. Honda and T.

Akiyama

1- 6

best T. Yamada and E

Yoshida

6

3-8

lost to T., Honda and T.

Akiyama

lost to Kikuchi and Imura... L. Forster and G. E. Yeoh

2-6

3- 7

GERMAN MUSICIANS AT CRAIGENGOWER.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON BAND CONCERT.

A rare musiest treat was provided at the Craigengower Cricket Club on Sunday, afternoon by German musicians from the s., Derillinger. Several lawn bowls rink competi

tions were 10 progress" when the party announced their presence from the verandah to the players, who appeared to have been taken by surprise as much as residents in" the neighbourhood. The visit of the musicians had been arranged by a member of the Club, who kept the secret until ten brass instru- ments and a drum set broke the silenea

Selections were given from Ger man composers with short intervals between each item. The volume of sound was rather powerful for in- Joors and would have been hetter at an open air party, but the music was nevertheless enjoyed by all Club members were not' present.

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Willesden magistrate: Was your players" WЯa 11 brilliant young pianist. He was as willing as he husband under the influence of was talented and gave a generous drink? Wife: No, under the in- number of encores which elicited fluence of another woman. much applause. It was with great

Coster at Willesden: The police reluctance that he, and the other!

in the morning," members of the party were "ro-summoned me leased" when it was time for them then again in the afternoon, and to return to the ship. The concert at night bothered if they did not lasted from

to 5 pm.

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Jones....

27 35 36 33 141 Chi- Chinese take in swimming.

times, they lacked that understand.

Espinosa 29 45 40 40 181 nese women are as keen as the men

a doubles game. had the day seems not far distant is necessary in

At the end of the first round of "when ram amongst the great num

Candidly I had expected S. H. 18 holes, Jones led by 12 strokes, ber of women swimmers there will emerge, not only a local champion, Ismail to be dropped from the A scoring 37 for the first 9 to his With opponent's 38, and 35 for the other but one who will do well amongst team a couple of weeks ago.

to Espinosa's 45. the best in the Far East.

all respect to the player in ques- tion. it is my belief that his days as a Brat division player are over Ismail ranked among the leading 1.R.C., players some years ago but Heems to have lost recently he his form altogether. Against the M.B.K. he was distinctly disappoint- ing.

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Espinosa lost complete control of the ganze after a good start. In the second 18 holes, Jones did even better than in the morning and sustained his lead.

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The exhibition which the mem- bers of the S.C.A.A. staged for the entertainment of H.E. the Governor and guests was a happy idea and it proved most interesting and success ful, being very much enjoyed by one and all. Those who did not understand how some of the stunts were performed were delighted by While on the subject of form I OUTLAWED FOR 3 YEARS. "cheese it," "cut it," "to hike," them and for the expert swimmer may mention that in many cases

the perfection or execution of any the display provided an interesting players who show consistently good

Mr. Mead. the Marlborough intended matter or business by say-. study. The exhibition proyed that form at the H.K.C.C. tournaments street magistrate, recently bounding anything offensive or unplea not only have the Chinese taken to are deplorably inconsistent in league over Dennis O'Neill, a groom, in £3 int). A racket" or "rig" was swimming wholeheartedly, but that gues. This seems to be the case

for three years and ordered him to,

"a particular kind of fraud or many have made a close study of its with many of the players who have remain outside the County of Lon- robbery. To cheat was to trim," advanced forms. I have read taken part in the recent Club

to sting." A dishonest man was "Waterman's" notes on tow some tournaments and it is not copined don during that period unless he

returned with a magistrate's con- "sharp"; au honest man to one or two particular players.

aquare core, was dust, of practice. To perform stunts in scored another win over the week

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""Even stephen": water, it is not enough to be a good end-at the expense of the Univer-

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farthing.WSTENOGRAPHER for AOY. "jack" the S.C.A.A. are to be congratulat tie was another close affair. It was

Terms of male disapprobation in: Reply: SECRETARY, R.O. Box 22. left to Noronha and Yvanovich ed on Saturday's programme

cluded "booby," "youkel," "stiff"

• (Recreio) and Leonard nad Ismail

(a dead one), "kiddy" (a young The Chinese have not so far pro- to decide, the issue. The final set

thief), "dummie," "collegiate" (a vided on local champion in long or was full of thrills and eventually

The decision of the Hong Kong gaalbird, an inmate of Newgate short distances in speed swimming went to the latter pair at 80. The Football Association to fix league Prison, often referred to as the and it seem that what they lack in most exciting game in ween the positions on goal average when two college), "gollumpus," "quer good coach-one who could give Division was that between the

or more teams tie on points will "sucker," "cake," The both theoretical and practical" in- M.B.K. and the H.K.C.C.

undoubtedly be welcome news to foolish fellow), "fish" (a seaman), struction. I have in mind a gt Japanese playing at home fully ex all levers of football. It is a step "lobster" (a red-coat), lame duck" tleman who could fill this piner ad- tended the Hong Kong C.C. aix.

in the right direction and the adop-(a defaulter at the Stock Ex- irably and if the authorities of the Kitajima and Fujimori did well Association 10 desire, I could put winning all their three sets but this tion of this system will tend to im- change),

Here are some synonyms Egao did not wipe out the deficit of the prove the standard of football in belly." them in touch with him

other two home pairs and the Hong Kong as it will make winning visitors eventually won the match by minute of actual play for fear that

or losing teams contend every used in his boxing stories:-Head:

Knowledge-box,

tea canister," "ean," "block," "nob," "phreno- After an interruption of three the odd set.

their goal average will be pre

pimple," "dome." weeks caused by bad, weather,

nuffer-tray." There was no surprise in the "judiced. Although it does not fre- logy-box,

Nose: "Conk," clubs in the Lawn Bowls League

"Sporer," "bugle," were able to carry out their regular Division matches, H.K.C.C., I.R.C., quently happen, there is

"smeller." Eyes: "Peepers, programme of matches on Satur and R.E. and R.S., all scoring fairly dency to give up the struggle long beak,"

C.B.C.C., before the final whistle, when a 14 day. One of the two popular fix easy

team is several goals down, or con- squinters," "shutters." tures in the Senior Division was the Craigengower, and R.A.0.C., res versely, to relax the pressure of kers," "amps." A black eye was Dock "Derby" at Taikoo. Kow-pectively. loon Dock fully avenged their home] League tennis has now come to attack when a team is several goals touch of the blue-bag under the

This will be peeper." A blow might be a

leveller, defeat by winding on all rinks, and very interesting stage though it on the right side. it was the first time that Taikoo looks pretty certain that the Hong altered by the introduction of the or a "wisty-castor or a had been defeated at home this Kong C.C, will run away in the "A" goal average ruling and supporters His dictionary of nicknames for season. An interesting feature of Division. It might be of interest of football can look forward to milling coves that is, boxers-in- Hickman, the "Fighting Quaker," the unexpected fall of Taikoo is it to state here that the Fincher better and brighter football this cluded "Young Sky Blue," "Gas places the two Docks on level terms brothers for Kowloon Cricket Club winter. at the top of the League, which suffered their first reverse at the will make their future doings parti- hands of S. A. Rumjaha and 8. A. cularly interesting. Craigengower's Businin last Saturday at Sookun

Competition in the Second hopes of getting even with their noo. neighbours failed, as the Civil Ser Division is more open-both the vice string had one rink that roso Chinese and the Cricket Club teams to the occasion. Grimmitt's rink have yet to suffer their first defeat. of minney is taken at the gates and carrying on the siang tradition, was responsible for consistently Personally I would tip the former by way of subscription and it is only printed this bit in 1856 in telling good play while Omar's rink seemed as likely champions but anything right that such a step should be how Tom Bayers defeated the Tip- to be good on and off. The margin might happen. Recreio heads the taken. The appointment of Char-ton Blasher for the championship

As Treasurers of England: of 10 shots secured by Grimmitt "C" Division table with four wins tered accountants was the highest this season or any out of as many games played while does not, by any stretch of imagine-Sayers danced lightly out of the. one Civil Service rink It was a the only other unbeaten combination, mean that the officials of the harm's way, and then, stepping in, record defeat soon se boste this divisioninthefouth Association will be deprived, of the repped a tidy smack on The latter have only right to control the sabciation spectatle bean got c

After dancing around of the visitors. The Police tried China six. hard in receiving the Bawling played two matches and, it will be fund and I am glad to see that the laughing. Green Club to break their spell of interesting to see bow they fare alternative suggestion to appoint a his man and easily avoiding several aub-committee to assist the Teca more lunges, Tom again got home

(Continued on nest Oolumn). bad luck, but were again unsuccess- later.

sprers was not carried. ful Victory went to the visitors (Continued on next Column).

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