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YESTERDAY'S WATER POLO.

ROYAL NAVY GETS VERDICT OVER K.O.S.B. BY TWO GOALS TO ONE.

V.R.C. A GIVEN WALK OVER.”

[BY WATERMAN. ]

At the V.R.C Bath yesterday the Royal Navy beat the K.O.S.B. "A" in a water polo game by two goals to one, the game being watched by

THE HONG KONG

V.R.C. Av. Chinese "A."

This match which was announced cancelled in the "Daily Press, yesterday, was actually not cancel-

a number of followers from bottled. The Chinese team, it is under sides, and by a number of those in stund, were engaged in a game at terested in water palo.

The Borderers were generally ex pected to win as they have in their ranks some very good swimmers, particularly Finlayson, who has com. peted with the Colony's best last year, and has shown up well. The Naval ranks were an unknown quan.

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North Point and could not turn up

and the V.R.C. took the water last night and therefore obtained the

points.

DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1929.

“PRIZES FOR CLEAN

PLAY."

SPORT IN WHICH FOULS ARE PREVALENT.

„WATER POLO MUDDLE,

The recent announcement that thu Hungarian Association will award special prizes to the team in the water polo tournament at

Budapest next August who have the least number of penity throws given against them and the least number of players ordered out of the water is an amazing departure from accepted custom.

It is a departure that directly

the Amateur Swimming Association concerns English polo players, as

have accepted an invitation to send

the tourney against France, Ger a representative side to compete in

many, Sweden, Belgiam and Hung-

ary.

Admission of Impotence. Prize-giving for observing the rules is a bombshell which shatters the basic principle of sport. In cold fact, it is an open admission be in a parlous state when & con-

COURT CAMEOS.

[BY HUMANIST."]

"He kept cycling round in circles, Your Worship."" proffered the perspiring Inspector.

Mr. Whyte-Smith made a swipe at a fly which had probably in spired the Chinese cyclist. The magistrate missed and the fly con. tinued to circle.

"

All same belong ploper side of

load, explained the defendant, disdaining the aid of the interpre. ter.

"How can you describe circles on a cycle in Nathan Road without going on to the wrong side of the road" demanded the magistrate. Defendant looked thoughtful. "Such cyclists as you are danger." went on the magistrate.

I think I will ine you $3." He did.

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"I shall call the complainant Black and the defendant White," observed the magistrate in an as- sault case. "I cannot pronounce their names."

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DRUGGIST SENT TO PRISON.

SCHOOL WITHDRAWALS,

SHOP MANAGER WITHOUT CERTIFICATE.

A TEACHER.

The objection of boys to a school A druggist who represented him-teacher was referred to ot self to be a qualified cherrist, and Wimbledon Police Court when a successfully managed a shop for number of summonses were heard three years, was sent to prison at against parents for breaches of the Tower Bridge Polico Court. school bye-laws by failing to send

their children to school regularly.

Vyrawy Jones, aged twenty-eight, of Lewisham High-road, Now Cross, was accused of obtaining money by false pretences from Mrs. Elizabeth

Wingbuld, of Ilderton-road, Bar- mondsey.

Mr. A. Bellman, school atten- dance officer, in one prosecution stated that the reason given for the

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he disliked a teacher. A number Mr. Quarrell, prosecuting for the of other boys had a similar com- Pharmaceutical Society of Great plaint regarding the same teacher, Britain, said that in April 1998 and when they were removed to on- Mrs. Wingfield, who was the widow other school they attended regular- of a fully qualified chemist, engag. | ly. ed Jones to run her chemist's shop in Ilderton-road, Bermondsey.

He represented himself to be a qualified chemist and when he came to the shop brought with him a certificate according to the Act.

The certificate produced," said Mr. Quarrell, is a genuine certi- ficate, but a piece of paper has bean pasted over the original name and Jone's name has been put on."

Jones had been earning money as a qualified chemist, and that was the false pretence complained of.

I have given Mrs. Wingåeld every satisfaction," Jones told the magistrate.

I have worked

The announcement made yester- day to the effect that the match had beea,cancelled came from one of the players, but not from the Secretary tity and from what was een vester of the Water Polo League. This day, they have a sound team, which, point must be made clear to those however, could do with a little more interested. Under the rules, three trolling body has to offer, tangible] Court at the coolie who was dress. honestly and industriously since I

practice.

The Teams. K.O.S.B.......... “' A':—Westland, Me kintosh, Bond, Faulkner, Ferguson," Finlayson and Wilson.

Navy-Haapton, Minty, Lake, Driscoll, G. T. Smith, C. Smith and

Sullivan...

The Game.

clear days notice must be given for any desired postponement,

CHINESE LEAGUE MATCHES.

Great interest is evinced by Chi- nese in water polo this year, and as

of impotence, and water pole' must

rewards to players to observe the rules of the game.

It will be extraordinary ią- deed if those in authority in Bri- tain will agree to an iconoclastic proposition which will bring forth both derision and contempt from other sports. The remedy for rough play is simple and obvious.

It lies in the hands of the referee

Although the K.O.S.B. were first stated yesterday seven teams have and the committees which govera

at the leather, faulty passing gave the Navy the advantage, and early in the game Driscoll tested West-i land with a long shot and found the soldiers's goalie reliable. Within the first minute's play, Wilson, the soldier's left forward was ordered out of the bath for punching the Lail. The soldiers, however, put up asif fight with one inun short, which is a good bit of bandicap in water polo, as it leaves one man na- marked. Lake for the Navy was free; but failed to take advantage of the fact and rather than break away from the rest of the players and wait for his opportunity as he should have done, he was seen in the thick of every scramble, with the result that the sailors could not make much of their advantage.

joined the inter-Chinese League. Three games were played yesterday, and the pools at the South China

AA, the Chinese Bathing Club and the China Athletic Association were visited by large crowds of: efthasinata.

The results of yesterday's games were as follows:-

South China "A" beat China Athletic by 3-0, at the South China"pool

Chinese Bathing Club beat South China B by 74, at the C.B.C. pool.

and

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player will not observe the establish ed rules from an ethical standard, then the only course is to take steps that will prevent that parti- cular individual from having an opportunity to break rules.

Wilful Fouls.

Apart from sporting ethics, the innovation is surrounded with pitfalls. Take an hypothetical case, Suppose England wins the tourney with, say, Sweden at the bottom of the ladder, and the latter coun- try is awarded the "clean play honours." Who will gain the grea- ser triumph, the tourney cham-

in black sniffed ex pressively as he glanced across the ed in white.

It was at a.m. this morning, Tour Worship, and they were both fighting." explained Inspector Stim-

800.

He struck me first," exclaimed Messrs. Black and White in unison.

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A fine of 56. was imposed, and the

chairman pointed put that owing to the success attending the removal of other boys this was a matter which the education committee should go into thoroughly.

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Detective Sergeant Hayman said that Jones, a married man with one child, failed in his examination. but had carried on this business you can successfully. Jones was in a des Ballantine's Liqueur Whisky. It is perate way, and took this course to excellent. obtain work.

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Mr. Oulton, the magistrate, sen-

have been at the shop. I have made tencing Jones to three months in The French Store

up more than fifty thousand pres- criptions, and there has never been (Continued on next Column.)

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Blück went to White's house and got into White's bed. He re- fused to let him turn in until he paid some money he owed so they went outside to fight it out," ex plained the police officer.

"Teil White to pay Black his "STANDARD" PRINTING MACHINE.-Size of Inside money," said the Magistrate to the Forme 35" x Monthly Instal interpreter," and tell Black he eats can be arranged. For Parti- cannot assault White because he culars please write Box No. 8025, c/o refuses to pay."

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And," he added thoughtfully, "both defendants will be bound over for 8 months in suma of 850 each."

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There is no gainsaying the fact summoned for washing clothes in FRENCH BATE BUILDING, that foul play is far too prevalent. the street. The recent match between the Eng- lish champions, Plaistow United, and the Royal Brussels Club is. ¿ case in point.

FOG AS AIR DEFENCE.

To an unbiased observer both sides

The Navy pressed from time to NEW GERMAN EXPERIMENTS. were guilty of wilful fouls from the

time and shots were quite frequent

at the soldiers' citaïlel, but West-

land was sound. On one occasion

G. T. Smith for the Navy had only"

1. Smith, who was one of the

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from the air. In order to comply

non-military in character.

with the treaty the plans are wholly

the goalie to beat, but he failed Berlin, Germany, to whom the to score. Finlayson for the soldiers Versailles Treaty denies the right broke through but when quite neurof proparing itself for war in the the goal, resorted to backhand, air, is going ahead with plans for quite unnecessarily, I thought. He defending itself against attacks failed to score.

most consistent forward for "the Navy, eventually took the ball well

Ong of the latest developments in down to the soldiers' end and sent this direction involved the testing sup hot shot which the goalie stop of apparatus, which can within a ped but did not hold. In the

lew minutes throw a dense fog over ensuing melee, the referee ordered good-sized towns, fortifications and Ferguson, the K.O.S.B. right back, jøther vital spots likely to be the out of the bath for "punching," so targets of aerial bombers. The ex- that the soldiers had to play five periments were held in East against seven a very great bandi cap. They were unable to hold their own either in the forward line or at the back and ultimately allow ed G. T. Smith to swim right into the goal with the ball.

Resuming the Navy tried to in-

Prussia, with the Friedland water. power works, which supplies all that section of Germany with light and power, selected as the subject to be defended,

fog

Fire Extinguishers. The devices used resembled over. crease their lead by long shots, but size fire extinguishers and, as a the K.O.S.B.'s full team was tou matter of fact, had formerly been much for them and play was con fined in the sailors' area. A series extinguishers which z Berlin fac of bombardment followed, but the tory had transformed into

makera Only one or two changes equaliser was not forthcoming in the original device were neces

though Ferguson on one occzaion struck the horizontal on the underry and these, it was said could side and all but sent the., leather in. At half time the score was 1-0 in favour of the Navy.

Second Half,"

Resuming the soldiers pressed the sailors and Ferguson and Finlayson both looked as if they were going to get the equaliser, but although

How long have you been in the Colony" demanded the magistrate.

Four years."was the reply. "Then pay 84,"" snapped, the harassed Bench.

start to the finish of the game.

Two ragged coolies gazed apathe- Retaliation was rife, and the clostically up at the. Bench from the ing stages of the match degenerated dock.. to such an extent that blows were given and exchanged.

In my opinion the root cause of the trouble in the water pola world to-day is weak refereeing

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The countess before her second divorce in Connecticut, alleging cruelty on the part of Mr. McCrindle, and the question now before the court was whether the decreo was valid in this country. Mr. McCrindle, who now petitioned for divorce, contended that the decree was not valid here, and in support of that contention asserted that he was domiciled in this country.

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Was he alone?" "I was

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"He had ten men with him," asserted a Chinese detective.

"No, many tens," persisted the complainant.

The magistrate sighed. "Where are the other nine-or the ninety-nine ?" he demanded.

"They scattered," said the de tective.

"I tried to make him see rea- top," explained the defendant.

By hitting him in the eye observed the imagistrate grimly, ¦ "Pay, 85."

inade in a few minutes. While the artificial fog produced by this apparatus completely con- cented the hydro-electrié plant and the surrounding countryside,' the officials conducting the tests were not wholly satisfied with the results.

Connsel's Statement. They declared that wind and at- Mr. Russel said directly the case mospheric conditions would play was called on, that he wished to such an important role in "fog say on behalf of Mr. McCrindle that because the complainant threatened "These two fought each other they used all their tactics, they making" that under certain cir nothing was further from his in- found the net evasive. Finlayson cumstances the value of the ap- tention than to embarrass the coun

to get an injection order trom the Court," said the interpreter, whe he was domiciled in England, but had visited England on one or two

occasions. owing to the evidence given he had been advised that he was no longer magistrate.

A what?" queried the puzzled in a position to dispute the fact that he was domiciled in New York the defendant from his cubicle and "The complainant had ejected at the material time. He did not the defendant threatened to come now proceed with the case owing to the Court to get su order to to that fact.

Mr. Justice Bateson accordingly inject him back again," explained

the interpreter, held that the parties were domiciled in America, and that the American decree of divorce was valid in Eag-

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that would have certainly beat the The beat wind was found to be one goalie if it had not been too high blowing between two and three When the soldiers were thus press meters a second. Absolute calm was ing, one of their side was ordered declared, to offer a distinct dis out of the bath for waiting inside advantage because of the uneven the two yards limit." Thus again distribution of the fog, while a wind the sailors had an extra man to blowing as much as nine meters, à play with and Minty, who had been second drove the cloud-cortain away playing & useful game so far, proved quicker than the fog could be Lis worth by increasing the lead. duced.

The soldiers were not dismayed Barometric pressure is also im and played together very well in portant, it was added; although not deed from this point onward. Mae to such a great degree as that of the kintosh who was playing back, strength of the wind. At the Fried- found himself unmarked and awam land experiments the atmosphere down the length of the bath. He was humid enough to hold the fog was fouled, and given the throw in, without difficulty. For more than passed to Finlayson, who scored 20 minutes after the curtain was with a lighting shop.with the back laid down the plant was completely hidden from the eight of aviators flying overhead. At the same time the fog close to the ground was not Mr. Justice Bateson, at the re think arrozpomalopes of Sir Patrick, and with the tions or the ordinary daily activi-consent of Mr. Russell, also die ties of the people of the neighbour- missed Mr. McOrinle's petition for

divorce. hood from being carried on.

"hand."

There was little time for the soldiers to make good the deficit of two genre, however, and the fact whistes sounded with the Navy lead- ing by two goals to one.

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Mr. Knott called the Court Officer when one of 40..summonses Bir Partrick Hastings, K.O., for | For motoring offence was about to the counters, said that it was the be heard. counteas' intention that the child of her first marriage should be brought up to respect his father. There- fore, as the child got older, ho would be allowed further access to his father.

"Knott here!" called pice from the corridor and a European pushed his way forward.

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"He is Knott," replied the Court Officer.

Then she is he?" demanded. the magistrate.

"I am Knott," replied the defen dant amid loud laughter!.

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