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Sports News
GOLF NOTES.
HOLIDAY STARTING TIMES
AT FANLING.
Members are reminded that with the Chinese New Year holidays ex- tending from January 30 to February, i, all starting lists for January 30 and 31, and Saturday and Sunday, February 1 and 2 will close at
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 1930.
INTERPORT SOCCER.
TEAM. CHOSEN TO PLAY. SHANGHAI
SHIELD COMPETITION
DRAWS.
Among the important business at the monthly Council Meeting of the 1. on Wednesday, January 20, Hong Kong Football Association and will be drawn at that time. yesterday were the final arrange For the saine dates, tifin lists willments in connection with the visit close as regards the list in the Hong of the Interport team to Shanghaj Kong Clubs and in the Golf Clubs during China. Now Year, and the ofice at noon on January 2. After draw for the local Shield Com- that time tiffin may be ordered petition. direct at Fanling on the day before they are required.
Deep Water Bay Starting Lists. The Deep Water Bay committee have received so many complaints about the long time that new comers have to wait before being able to drive off, that they have decided to after the form of the starting list by the abolition of the "old and columns and to have only *new*** one list. Players on arrival or on completion of a round of nine hoes,
A letter was read from the Club de Recreio naking permission to withdraw from the Second Division of the League, and to cancel their remaining fixtures. Mr. R. Hall, who presided at the meeting, re- marked that nothing could be done if a team wished to withdraw. Imler the circumstances the re signation was accepted, with much regret.
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Shield Competition.
The draw for the Shield · Com-
as under:-
Senior Shield, frst round, to be played on January 250 St. Joseph's Somersets, on St. Joseph's
will enter their names on the list.petition and dates arranged were Everyone will then know exactly how he stands. If there are, say four names down above n' we comer's, he will have to wait about". fifteen minutes, but will not, as ground. under the old arrangement, have to
Senior Shield, second, round, to wait for our new and-probe played on February 15: R.A. ». |ábly - four "old" couples to go
off.
Interport Match.
It is probable that the first of the series of Interport matches, Hong Kang. Shanghai will be played on
South China, at Sookunpoo; Police r. Kowloon, at Kowloon ground; Club . Navy, on the Club ground; Chinese Athletic winners in the first-round, at the Stadium.
Funior Shield, first round, to be,
HOME FOOTBALL.
FOURTH ROUND OF THE F.A. CUP.
(THROUGH HAUTER'S AGENCY.}
Walsall
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Newcastle or
York City Aracnuf Swindon.
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Aston Villa. Falkam or
1,
4
Blackburn
Bury or
$15
Clapton O. Birmingham. Tottenham or ... Manch. City. Everton.
Sheffield U.
Huddersfeld « Corinthians or
Millwall
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Doncaster or
Stoke Brighton or
Grimsby. Blackpool.
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Bradford.
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Cardiff.
Wednesday.
Portsmouth
Hull City Wrexham Derby C. Sanderland Oldham Chesterfield or Middlesbro
FOOTBALL IN 1950.
PROPHECIES BY SPORTS WRITER.
WHY GOLF GROWS IN POPULARITY.
SOOTHING TO THE NERVES.
Some time ago there was an
WOMAN SUES A BANK.
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
WITH CLERK.
Lord Hewart told the jury in his summing-up that there was no plen of justification, and that the bank were not attacking Mrs. Collinge's moral character.
After referring to the fact that Mr. Robin always lodged with Mrs. Collinge wherever she lived in Jersey, the Lord Chief Justice nak Judgment was given for the deed whether it was unrensonable to fendant in the King's Beach in the think that that might give rise to nction in which Mrs. Sybil Mary | gossip, even among people who were Collings of Brixton Hill claimed not uncharitable and in places which from the National Provincial Bank would not be described, as Jersey "whispering damages, for alleged slander, Mrs. had been, Collinge's case was that remarks gallery." made by the bank officials to Mr. Osmund Robin, a clerk at thefteling Mr. Robin that, however, Guernsey branch of the bank, were inocent it might be the close and continuous relationship between him and Mrs. Collinge tended to be com promising to both of them, and that in view of his official position it was unantisfactory to the bank.
Personal questions.
A London sports writer has been trying to visualise football twenty years hence. There are bound to Whatever may be said by oppon Losnos, Jan. 13. "
be tremendous changes, and, as be ents of the game, it cannot he The draw for the fourth round
foresees them, the must important denied that golf is increasing, in proper of the F.A. Cup Competi-will be the shifting of the centre tion was made to-day, resulting
of the game to London, with its popularity in Great Britain and in limitless scope for development, America. Several new courses have under:
Since the inception of the League been opened during the last few the clubs of Lancashire have ruled
are in the rocat, but already this northernmonths and many more Bournemouth.stronghold is beginning to wenken.
course of construction and will be
an attack on her moral character. Burnely are flying å signal of dis- ready by next spring. The game Mr. Robin, who lodged at. Mrs. tress, Preston North End are deep has becon national and inter-Collinge's house in Guernsey, and in debt, and except perhaps in the
who was a partner with her in a case of Manchester City and the national, although not perhaps in
ladies dress business known да clubs of Liverpool, the gates are the same way as cricket and foot The Stocking Box," was dismisa- dwindling throughout the county. ball.
ed by the bank after he had refused It was only the other day, on the
to sever his connection with the visit of the Arsenal, that Blackburn Rovers took as much as £1,000 at argument on whether golf should be. The enly question to be decided by the jury was whether the the turnstiles. It will be said that be classed
acuated by 1EH one of England's bank officials were circumstances are abnormal. Foot-, sports, but the debate never reach malice, the Lord Chief Justice har ball is only suffering in Lancashire e finality, as those who haileding ruled that three of the alleged because of trade depression, and golf as a national sport had to slanders were Statute-barred and that clubs will enjoy their old pro-concede mach while others had to that all the remarks were made on sperity when the mills are again acknowledge that golf lacks some of privileged occasions. working full blast. But new and far the risk attached to most sports. renching factors are entering into There is no doubt, however, that the game, and only those who have golf is a pastime which affords ex- the resources, or can commandercise to many who could not get them, will be able to meet them.it in the modern stress of business And it is not only in Lancashire affairs. The game has been the that clubs are hard up and are be salvation of many men who have ing driven to realise their assets passed the age when" aure vigorous in the form of players.
sport is impossible--probably that is the reason why it is sometimes dubbed an old man's gatue." "It 15 played at week-ends by men, who would otherwise probably take no exercise and for others it fills odu hours in which other games cannot. be played. That is perhaps why golf has become so popular. It ra quires no preparation or special clothing: it is not necessary to make up a team or even a four, and, thanks to the system of handi-
Cross-examined by Mr. Croum. capping, any two men can have huson, K., Mr. Jennison said a game on something like quality that in his report to the bank's hend Golf is a great game for men Tack office he wrote: "The presumption ed by anxiety it is one of the most is that Robin and Mrs. Collinge are
Freemasonry of the Game. questioned Mr. Robin on that point or obtained the information from There is another aspect which anyone, but he had inferred it. may account for the rapid growth Mr. Croom Johnson: Had you of golf. Mr. Leslie Henson, the come to the conclusion that Mr. famous comedian, at the Stage | Robin was living alone with Mrs. Golfing Society dinner said The Collinge ?Yes. Freemasonry of golf is the salvation of the modern actor," and he meant
2. Charlton or
Queen's P. R. West Ham. "Leeds L.
Matches to be played on January
23.
Some of the Teams,
are
seventeen
It will be seen from the above that eight replays are necessary to make the draw complete. At pre- First sent there Division teams, twelve from the Second Division, eleven from the Third, and the Corinthians in the struggle.
Arsenal and Birmingham, Black burn and Everton, West Ham and Leeds are the First Division teams who meet each other, the first-named in each instanes being the home term. Hull City, meet their Second Division colleagues,
Doleful Prophets.
ning heavily into debt.
Indeed,
When the Arsenal paid £10,000 for David Jack those experienced in club management shook their beads and declared that it would put transfer fees up all round, and that has been the effect. they have risen to such a height that comparatively few clubs can afford to pay them without run- But the competition to have the best players is bound to go on, and of those who are mak Any Blackpooling a courageous effort to hold
Oldham. This
match is compelled to drop out. There are. interesting as the two teams are
not half a dozen clubs in the coun- leaders in their respective League 3ry outside London who dare adopt
the Arsenal's policy. To do would be sheer folly. They could not hope to regain their money. It is for this reason that the club of note of the future will only be possible in the midst of a large po-
Was the bank not justified in
!!
The jury, after ten minutes' con. sultation, returned a verdict for the. bank. Judgment was entered ne- cordingly, with cost.
RIFLE SHOOTING
A Meeting of all interested in Rifle Shooting will be held at
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Mr. Frederick fennison, an in- spector who visited the Jersey | VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS hanch of the bank, said he aster- nined that Mr. Robin was living at Sr. Collinge's house. He asked if Wednesday, Jan. 15th, Mr. Collinge was living there, and Mr. Robin replied Yes." Later,
at 5.30 P.M. Mr. Robin asked: "Do you think I am living an immoral life with Mrs. Collinge 1" Mr. Jennison re- plied: "I know nothing of your life outside the bank."
He told. Mr. Robin that a bank officer should he discreet and care-
to
Mr. arouse gossip. ful not Robin replied that the Collinge's. and been very kind to him, and that he was not going to give up living with them.
Sunday, February 2, consequently played on January 2: (1) Somer. Sheffield Wednesday are due to their own in the struggle will be nerve-soothing games in existence. living there alone." He had no: |
the best times morning and after
match.
acts . Navy. at Sookumpoo; (2) South Chinn St. Joseph's, at Carolide Hill; (3) Kovinon China Athletic "A", nt Kowloon ground.
meet
Divisions.
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o will be reserved for that Hagen and Kirkwood,, These two are likely to be passing through Hong Kong, during the Junior Shield, second round, to spring and the question of an ex-be played on February 15: Winners hibition "match has been raised." of No. 3. R.A.: Winners of No.
The committee of the Hong Kong 1 r. winners of No. 2: Club Finalists will meet at home the pulation, and that the centre of the it. for he went on to tell how the "mode of life," Mr. Jennison re-
the Club ground; Eastern, China Athletic B. Ewo, at the Stadium,.
Golf Club as a preliminary step, are inviting members and others to atate the amount they are willing to put towards a guarantee faud."
Should sufficient guarantee bo forthcoming, an offer will probably he cabled.
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Interport Selections.
Arising out of various meetings jold by the Interport Arrangements Committee, the position as dis closed in the minutes were discussed by the Council. It was found that Mr. McKelvie (Kowloon) and Mr.
The match will have to be a ranged for a Saturday, Sanday, or at public holiday otherwise it is not likely to attract, a large enough gilte. Should arrangements beloch (Club de Recreio) were un successful it is intended to throw able to make the trip, and later. the course open to everyone who Mf. Wynne (Police) also had to wishes to attend and to sell special badges at three or five dollars each. In the event of the gate failing to realise the guarantee, guarantors would be called on pro rata to make good the deficiency.
drop out."
It was reported that reservations for 17 persons had been made on the s... President McKinley leaving for Shanghai on January 28. As the result of arrangements made at Lists for guarantors are being the meeting, Lieut. W. R. George, opened at · Fanling. Deep Water | R.A.M.C., will accompany the Bay and at the office of the Royal players to Shanghai, Mr. W. E. Hong Kong Golf Club,
Hollands was appointed as the manager of the team.
The inorning matches night per: haps take the form of three hall matches. Hagen and the best bail of our best pair and Kirkwood and our second pair. Offer them half of the sum guaranteed to come and play, and the other, half if they are both succonaful in their matches. then we should see them rently trying!
Junior Section Championship. Post entries will be accepted this year and the qualifying round with be on Sunday, January 20. The best sixteen scores qualify for the match piny stages which take place on February and 16. Semi-final over 15 holes on. March 9 and the 30 hole final on March 23 In the event of a tie. for sixteenth place the qualifier will be "decided on the kist nine holes of the card and it negustary on the last twelve holes.
Additional Competition at Happy Valley.
There will be an open medal cons petition over eighteen holes on Sun- day, February on handicaps. Handicaps limited to eighteen.
Inter-Club. Match,
The Kowloon Golf Club have in. vited Happy Valley to send a tenza to play against Kowloon on Friday, January 31.
Ponies in Training.
With the approach of the 'races, the ponies at Happy Valley are getting more and more keyed up under the rigours of training. Con- sequently they are easily scared and golfers are asked not to cross the Track when they are approaching: not to swing 'clubs when they are near aud in short, to give them every consideration. After all a pany may ultimately be carrying your own money, so "let the dog sec, rabbit."
Captain's Cup, Match Play Stogos.
The following have won their first round matches:-
R. A. Campbell w.o. J. R. Hor-
ridge.
The final selection of the team_to' present Hong Kong, in the order
their line-dut, was as under:
Gi. Rodger (Club), Vice-Captain)
Reeves (KO.S.P.. C. Pile (Kowloon),
Hedley (Kowloon).. West (81).
Hiss. (Kowloon).
1. Gosano (Recreio).
A. V. Gosano (Reerein, Captain). Goldman (Club). Scott (Club).
Butcher (SLL). Reserves: T. Pile (Kowloon), Everest (K.O.S.B.). Bewley-Bull (Somersets), and H. G. Wallington (Club).
Governor's Shield. Dodwells entered the final at the
expense of the A.P.C Neither Lawrence nor Young was able to Dodwelis produce normal form. might have won by 4 and 3 but a
series of missed putts carried the match to the last green and they now meet the winners of the Dea cons. University match.
G.M. Young Cup...
In the replays it is expected that Huddersfield will eliminate Bury, in which case the former will be at home to Sheffield United. Ports mouth, fast season's unsuccessful
winner nf the Brighton and Grimsby match.
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
TO-DAY AT 2.30 P.M.
Hong Kong League: Div, II. R.A. M.C. 7. University F.C.,
Sookunpoo ground. Referee P. O. Mellow, Royal Navy Res. 1. R.A. Res., Royal Navy ground. H.V. Referee: Q. M. S. Scott.
LOCAL CRICKET.
POLICE CRAIGENGOWER,
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Asked what he meant by a refer- ence in his report to Mr. Robin's
plied: "He was living with a marg ried lady whose husband was away."
Mr. Croom Johnson: In your re port you say that Mrs. Collinge's bungalow is in a lonely spot few
rips from, St. Helier, and that Jersey is much less conservative than Guernsey. Obviously that does not refer to politics...
Mr. Jennison: No. I meant that the people were less prone to gossip.
Mr. H. C. Le Mesurier, manager of the Jersey branch of the bank. In London said that Mr. Robin told him that'
he was "fed up with the Channel Islands, as people talked so much [about him and his friends. Ho ex- pressed a desire to be transferred to an English town where his mode of life would pass unchallenged.
Mr. Croom Johnson: Did you think Mr. Collinge would wreck Mr. Robin's life-Yes, financially.
Did you believe that he was living with her immorally-No. He as sured me that is relations with Mrs. Collinge were those of friend- ship only,
Mr. Le Mesurier said that he told Mr. Robin that the fact that he went to Paris with Mr. Collinge, whose husband did not go, was auf- ficient to cause gossip.
Fame will be London. In the dren-modern actor spends a great deal ching rain there were nearly fifty of his spare time on golf courses thousand spectators at the Arsen- when on tour.. He said that wher Al's match, and the receipts were ever there was a good golf course close upon £3,000. Compare this good fellows were to be met, not with the experience of Bolton Wan- As actors but golfers, and in a derers. For their game with strange town a playze would soon Grimsby fewer than 7,000 feople make friends. passed through the turnstiles. Is
Whatever may be the cause of the it any wonder that the London game's "popularity the effect is ob- club can afford to pay £10,000 for vious. Apart from the reconstrue Jack and £9,000 (it may be more) tion of old courses and the "design- to Hamilton Academicals for a foring of new there are golf schools ward? If it is found that there, in all the big cities sults do not come they will have there is a golf school just outside c. venture forth again ready to Liverpool Street Station, there is one in Fleet Street, an outdoor spend still more.
school in Regent's Park, and at almost every store there is. a golf STEEPLECHASER KILLED, school with a professional who is kent busy Business men frequent- Top Light, the well-known steeple ly spend half an hour at the nets chaser, who was brought down in | during the day, and a popular is the Middlesex Steeplechase at indoor practice becoming that many Kempton Park last month, was of the professionals attached to found to have broken his back, and Į clubs have built indoor schools had to be destroyed. Top Light where the club buildings permit. The following team will repre- was a grey son of Senseless and was The only thing the professional has sent the Police against Craigen- 11 years old. At his best he was a to say against this sort of practice (Capt.), W. Le Bart Sparrow, A. gower on Saturday:-T. H. King very useful horse. He had twice is that he can seldom get on to the won over, the Aintree fences, win-course this weather because so many Reynolds, C. F. Alexander, Ening the Becher Steeplechase in wish to take lessone indoors, Post, A. Kirby, T. Hunter, F. W. 1928 and the Champion Steeplechase Sherry, B. G. Baker, W. Meadows,last year. In 1926 he' won the
County Competitions,
The Jury's Note. L. Waglan. Reserve Danbrowsky, Grand Allies Steeplechase and the It has long been the view of some Lord Hewart said that be had A. V. Bater. Umpire: W. Kent. Five Hundred Steeplechase at Man-professional golfers that there received from the jury ✡ note Scorer: 8. Smith.
chester. He had also won over should be county or district cham- which read: "The jury are unnai- pionships all over England. Amer-mously of the opinion that the bank ican golfers have State champion was privileged to say what was ships all over their country, and aaid, and there was no malice. Mr. Eric Errington, who pro, these events have brought to light Plaintiff has not made out her secuted, said that on September 11the ability of golfers who might
case." Barcia and Rojas were 'working in otherwise not have been heard Mr. Croom Johnson contended the stokehuid together, and pri- about in national events. There is that he was entitled to address the soner called to Barcia to get on little chance of a great golfer being jury and to cross-examine a witness with his work. Barcia replied that lost in this small country of ours, who had not yet been called, as the he was working as fast as possible, but there are many players who jury could not decide the question and stooped over a bucket. He cannot afford time or money for the of malice until they had heard all was then struck heavily on the head nutional championships. Most of and lost consciousness, afterwards the counties have their amateur
the evidence. recovering suficiently to craw! championships, but it is not gen- away. When the ship put in toeral to hold professional cham hospital, where an operation, was season for such tournaments. Leeds Las Palina Barcia was taken to pionships. This would be a good recently held its first district pro- Mr. Errington, Barcia has a wound' duced some remarkably fine play at
As a result of these injuries, said fessional championship, and it pro jury. on the back of the head two inches Moortown, Probably there are few by two and half, and there is a counties which have such a power. hole in the man's skul the size of ful brigade of amateur golfers as shilling. The injury is permanent Surrey, and there is something to probably, and there is some danger, be said for continuing the expan-
"I can conceive of no case, short scheme, in which Lancashire was of murder, in which such terrible one of the pioneers. injurice could be inflicted."
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QUARREL. IN SHIP'S STOKEHOLD.
UNUSUAL POINT FOR DEFENCE.
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An anasua. point was raised in defence of a Chilean seaman who was charged at Home recently with causing grievous bodily harm to a fellow-seaman by striking him with
a shovel.
It appeared from a log-book pro- duced in court that the prisoner, Jose Rojas, had heen fined 5. in respect of the offence, which, the In the first round, Dodwells, whe log book stated, Rojas had admit are the holders, beat the Hong ted. Mr. Fleming asked that the Kong and Shanghai Bank after a plea of not guilty" might be Each side amended to one of autrefois con- most exciting match. won three singles in the morning vict." The master of the chip, he when:-
claimed, was acting in judicial capacity when he tried, convicted, and fined Rojas.
E. D. Black (Bank) beat L. G. S.
Dodwell (Dodwell's).
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J. M. Raikes (Bank) lost to E. C.
** Holmes (Dodwell's). W. J. Clark (Bank) lost to W. J
Valentine (Dodwell). H. O. Hegarty (Bank) beat J. P.
Warren (Dodwell's).
N. G. Milla (Bank) beat A. D.
Humphreys (Dodwell's).
R. A. Green (Bank) beat A. C. I
Bowkeen (Dodwell's).
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In the afternoon, in the first four- Homes, Raikes, suffering from chronic cold could not pull his weight and Dodwell and Holmes won on the 15th green. Humphrey and Bowker were also successful to Cowgirlwallethinkers
A. O. Brawn beat R. Young, 2
up
Brezishokant for
tello, 3 and 2.
(Continued on next Çolumn.)
the
odd match, the Bank winning the last foursonce.
hurdles.
performed.
After evidence had been given by Mr. Victor Carey, a member of the local board of directors of the bank animosity against Mrs. Collinge, in Jersey, who said that he had no Mr. Croom Johnson addressed the
the brain being still exposed, sion of a county championship YOU KNOW
When Rojas was arrested at verpool the ship was bound from Manchester to Buenos Ayres, and the trouble occurred near St. Via cent). He replied: "That is all right. He was making trouble the whole trip. I did not want any trouble.
Barcia, whose head was wathed seaman stated that he saw Rojna strike Barci with a shovel.
Rojas stated in evidence that he Rojas (aged 44) was alleged to and Barcia quarrelled, and that have struck a follow-fireman, Can- when the latter picked up shovel dido Barcia, of the Britisa ship to hit Rojas accused inflicted the Lucelle de Larrinaga, when the blow in self-defence. from Manchester to Buenos Ayres. guilty, and in passing sentence of vessel was near St. Vincent, bound The jury returned a verdict of Bath, Barcia, and Roine gave Crimsix the murkanmant the Judas dence through an interpreter. said he wild recommend Rojas for
deportation.
The Judge ruled that he could nos accept the amended plea, which should have been eatered at the commencement of the trial. In his view the fine of 5s. was inflicted not for an offence against the statute, of which the master was very likely unaware, but in exer-in bandages, gave evidence and a cise of the master's control of the ship.
(Continued on next Column.)
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On the arrival at Sydney, Novia Scotin of the Dutch steamer Stad- vladinger, her captain, M. Wyrd- mann, reported that the bantswain and three seamen were swept over- board and drowned by a huge wave outside the Atlantic entrance to Belle Isle Straits. One seaman was injured sent sent to hospital. The ship was on her way from Holland. She was caught in a hurricane, and a wave of appalling proportions engulfed the vessel, sweeping over- board a working crew engaged in damaged by a previous heavy sea repairing a hatch that had been
Officers on the bride belicyed that the ship was foundering, but she gradually come to the surface.
for the purpose of reviving THE HONGKONG RIFLE LEAGUE, " particularly with a view to en- tering for the Interport Shoot. BUSINESS:-
Passing of Accounts, Election of Officers, Programme for 1930.
B. WYLIE, Chairman (pro, tem.)
January 9th, 1930.
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