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Sports

H.K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

RUMJAHNS ENTER SEMI- FINAL.

GOOD MATCH YESTERDAY.

As expected, yesterday's Open

News

CRICKET NOTES.

RECREIO LEAD AGAIN.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1930.

[BY "L. B. W."]

uncertaia State of weather made it necessary for mest of Saturday's cricket matches to be

The

Hong Kong at Play.

SPORTS NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[BY "BROADCASTER."}

The handicapping and classifica tion of the ponies in the forthcom-

ing race meeting at Happy Valley the will no doubt provide punters with plenty of material to muse over during the week. For the present

THE FRANCONIA

HERE.

THE BALLET OF YOUTH.

The Stars. The stars are of all magnitudes. There is tiny Mary Hayes who, dances a pas seul with complete

CREW PLAY CRICKET WITH MISS VIOLET CAPELL AND composure. Georgio Jowits who

THE GARRISON,

OVER 400 VISITORS FOR HONG KONG,

The Cunard liner, Franconia, paid her seventh visit to this part when she arrived early yesterday morning from Manila. She has a passenger list of four hundred and

Our representative went on board and was taken 'round the ship by one of the officers, who said that they

HER PUPILS.

DANCING DISPLAY AT THE THEATRE ROYAL.

Doubles tio between the Rumjahn/postponed, but the Recreio and it is difficult to nominate a singio twenty and her crew, numbers five ballet of youth as refreshing as it are Ellen Ford, in a graceful and cousins and the. Ng Brothers pro. Police tear met in their league winner, and until we hear further hundred and fivēt duced a good match, in which all game at King's Park, and the homens to form and condition, I think team won with the result that they four exponents featured favourably After an interesting struggle, the now again are at the top of the Rumjahns, who started favourites, League Table. They have, incident gained the issue by three sets to ally, completed their league pro- one, the final scores being 6-1, 3-6, gramme and are to be congratulat 61; 64. They thus enter the semi-ed upon having had such a suc- Anal where they meet C. A. cessful season. They played ten Rumjahn and J. A. Casaumbhoy sa an all Indian match

The match attracted a great dent of attraction, and on the whole, it reached a high standard, play generally being interesting to watch. Ground conditions made matters difficult for the players, but despite that, they went out for their shots, with the result that some very fast exchanges were seen throughout. Close volleys bright ened up the struggle, and at differ ent times the four scored brilliant shots.

matches, won eight, drew one and lost one, and they still have a chance of becoming champions for the season. All depends on the result of the H.K.C.C.-I.R.C. match, which, I believe, will be played this Saturday. If the Club win, they will then retain the shield for another season, but if they les then Recreio will be champions. If however, the match results in a draw, then there will have to be a play off between the Club and Club de Recreio.

the weights will be of little, assi stance. The rainfall in the early mornings of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last, happily did not in-

terfere with the training.

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An interesting entry in this week's racing is Nationalist II be- longing to Mr. "Dynasty." The pony had a fairly good record "in Shanghai and much will depend on the condition of the animal when he starts in Hong Kong. are few who think that Nationalist II will account for the Aggregate "Stakes, but personally I think the loenl stalwarts will give him a very hard race, and if Nationalist-II is going to win at all, the time will be better than that returned for the First Aggregate Stakes, which was 2 minutes and 2 secondary

a difficult task for the Dynasty animal.

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had had fine weather ever since they left Madeira,

applause.

B-Group............." M'ladys' Hat" B. Hallowes, P. Stringer, G. Lloyd-Jones, J. Knight, E Ferguson," P. Eccleshall, A. Ho Yu, P. Lawson, D. Jackson, D. Moss, A, Goodman, and J. Todd...

proves himself to be among other things female impersonator "of remarkable skill, and a very small girl Coleen Quin, who gravely. execites a difficult Russian dance. The annual dancing display given Jones with her dainty par seul A size larger are Gweyneth Lloyd-" by Miss Violet Cripell and her entitled. He loves me, he loves me pupils, is looked forward to, not not," and Audrey Goodman, whe only by the young performers and shows herself to be an actress as

well as

dancer when she holds their parents, but by a considerable the stage alone in the item called number of others who find this" 1829-1050." The biggest soloists,

is charming to witness. The first Dancer," Dorothy Moss who makes very well excited dance, "Street performance, at the Theatre Royal a charming wood nymph, and Stella yesterday, went well from start to Ho Iu who is, perhaps, one of the most accomplished pupils. Rachel finish, the house was full, and it Wong, whose roguish and dainer was difficult to say whether the charms deepen every year as she clever star pupils, or the wondering, her movements, takes the lead in learns a more confident control of blundering babies got the more

D very pretty quintette called n "Coquette." Phyllis Capell and Miss Capell seems to bave a most their minuet, which is very effec Jean Bird are quite delightful in very hard-and succeeding. unusual gilt of inttempting what is

She tively accompanied by the singing puts all he cards on the table=❘ of Mrs. Womack from the orchestra. all her pupils, the beginers and

Ballets and Classical Dances. stage, and she arranges an am- by the elder girls are always one accomplished-on the The ballets and classical dancing bitious programme for them, Very of the features at Miss Capell's Bernard Moore Ware.

tiny children--many of them have display and are as pleasing as ever only had four-meaths' training-hold this year. The first, the Butterfly There are two dining rooms for the stage alone for a few minutes Ballet, is charmingly dresed, but first class passengers and the larger during a pas seul, and play their perhaps even more graceful is the parts in the complicated pattern ensemble with which the second part one provides for 300 guests. Que of

of a big ensemble. She walks in of the programme opens. Both the features of the shipis the beauti-safety that dangerous middle course show that there is a grace and real ful swimming tank, 40 feet long

beauty in classical dancing which by 18 feet wide, and built in the

enn not be replaced by any other old Roman style. At one end of

form, and that it will live long after jazz is a memory of the Dark Ages. the bath is a spring board while the dressing rooms all round it are very neatly got up. The gymnasium is spacious and men tion must be made of the full size squash racquets court which stands on the left of the swimming tank, one deck lower.

The ship is one of the Boating palaces one 'so often reads about these days, and the comfort of all passengera is well catered for. The writing room is very spick and apan, and in glass cabinets are ex- hibits of old English China (Wedge- wood) and also some fine pieces of

The crew of the Franconia hag a

the

mest

between arranging a public enter tainment and seeing that each child. whatever its abilities, is given chance. The greatest charm of her displays is that all the pupils ap- pears to take pleasure in their own share and a pride in the whole.

The!

WAR

The finale, a jazz ballet, nevertheless very attractive, the movements of the bigger girls being wonderfully accurate and well. timed and the stage effect very striking and original.

The Awkward Equad. The programme opens with a pro- and stumble onto the stage. cession of tiny children who trip

E.M.B. dence is called "Coons,"

and It

Miss Violet Capell desires to upon the name, and designed the thank the undermentioned for their little stripped frocks to fit it, as she kind assistance :---

cided on the best of three games very good ericket team and yester.wondered if Miss Capell seized

Ng Sze Cheung kept his ead up

Personally I rather fancy that extremely well, and although stay the Club will retain the shield As ing behind most of the time, beat I said in my notes sometime ago, his opponents by many times by there is something very wrong with fine shota His brother. did ex the Sookunpoo lat. True they have cellent work at the net, sending the right stuff in them, but, as a over many stinging shots. They team, they simply cannot get going, did not, however, eninbine well, and And to make matters worse. I

Lawn bowlers commenced "train it was just this that accounted for understand most of them have losting" during the week-end following the difference between the two pairs.interest in cricket now-tennis the decision of the H.K.L.B.A.. GOOD PLAY BY RUMJAHNS. claiming the bigger portion of their time. The Club have yet another The Rumjahns showed their usual point ia their favour and that is good understanding, and their fine they will be playing on home efforts. in working their way up ground. together to the net pleased the gallery. They had, however, to keep alert all the time, as their opponents could always treat their Joose ahots with severity. They started off in splendid style, and by winning the first set easily, they gave the impression that they would walk away with the match, but their opponents quickly checked them in the second set, in which the Ng forced them into errors fre- quently. From two all the Chinese took the next three games, aad' after an unsuccessful attempt to win the set in the next game, even tually won it pt 0-3.

The Rumiahns quickly re-gained the ascendancy in the following set by a good all round performance, and led by the odd set again. A good struggle followed for the fourth set, in which play sometimes became exciting. The Rumjahns led by the add game all the way, till when after a final effort by the Ngs to draw level, they won al 6-4.

RESULTS:

Open Doubles,

IL. D. and S. A. Rumjahn beat Ng Sie Kwong and Ng Ste Cheung G-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Club Championship.

L. Forster beat T. J. Price G-4,

Handicap. Singles “B."

G. E. R. Divett (owe 1/6) heat N. L. Railton (owe 3/4) 4-3, 3-0, 0-3. TO-DAY'S MATCHES, Open Singles.

E. C. Fincher . Ho Ka Lau.

* Handicap Singles "A."

That will be the only league match down for decision, and I feel sure it will attract quite a crowd of spectators. The Indians might bring off a surprise win, if they bat first, otherwise their chances are very remote.

D. M. Macdougall (owe 4/6) v.

L. Forster (owe 16).

E R.. Price (res. 2/6) v. H. Owen

Hughes (owe 4/0)..

Handicap Singles "B."

Handicap Doubles.

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R.A.O.C. will meet the Craigen- gower Cricket Club in a friendly at Sookunpoo, and I expect the visi tors to win. The positions of the teams, up-to-date, are:-

G. E.R. Divett and E. J. R. Mitchell (rec. 2/6). D. S. Green and S. E. Green (owe 4/6).

P. W. D. L. Pts. ......... 10 8

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meeting to open the League season on May 3. An important sugges tion made at the meeting was that the annual Interport should be de- instead of one game, as has been the practice since the tests com- meneed twelve years ago. As the hint about such a method was first thrown out by Mr. Phillips of the Shanghai team three days be fore the last Interport during after- dinner remarks on the adverse effect of too auch entertainment at the official matches, there is every reason to hope that this year's meeting in Shanghai will be decid. ed on the basis of the new method. Club matches will, therefore, be curtailed, but in their absence, more than one Interport match (which generally commands more

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day they tried conclusions with an Army Cricket Club ground. The match Kowloon resulted in a win for the hosts by joyable affair, 38 runs, and was a thoroughly en

The Franconia stay here till 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday when she will sail for Keelung, R.N.R., is in command,

Captain E. T. Britten; R.D.,

MODERN DANCING.

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HOME RUGGER. BRITISH ARMY WINS IN FRANCE.

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same time it may be hoped that under the new system more players will get an opportunity of being chosen to play when there are 5 three tests in which the same four need not necessarily be played. The presentation of a small souvenir, such as a badge or a medal, to the individual players among the League winning teams was a useful idea which was adopted by the meeting.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.}

PALIS, March 30. A rugby football match between the British and French Armies was played here to-day. The British Army won by five points to il

SOCCER VETERAN.

CAPPED IN 1019; STILL

PLAYING.

Possibly the must remarkable ex- ample of football longevity among Association professionals in the game to day is afforded by David M'Lean, who, when with Sheffield Wednes

Dr. C. H. Burton (rec. 13). 31. day in 1912, played for Scotland D. Scott (scr.).

against England, M'Lean had left his native place, Forfar, for Glasgow some years before, but the then redoubtable James Quinn kept him out of the Celtic team, and M'Lean continued his peregrina tions, which took him to Sheffield, by way of Preston, and eventually hack to Scotland by way of Dar lington. M'Lean in the first round of the current Scottish Cup ties scored three goals for his first love, Forfar Athletic.

INTERNATIONAL POLO.-

BRITAIN'S CHANCES THIS YEAR.

As a result of Säturday's foot- ball games, a change of leadership in the senior league table has been effected, the Navy displacing K.0.8.B. by virtue of their narrow victory over the Police. The tussle for the championship now resolves itself between the sailors and the Chinese Athletic team, who are two points behind, with one match in hand. Both teams have to meet. the Kowloon F.O., but the Chinese team is sat the more difficult task as they have also to meet the Somerecta, who, although they have little interest in the League, are Shield Finalists. The match be- tween the Athletics and the Somer- seta should result with honours

even.

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Thanks.

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6.-Solo....... Our Baby Wonder." 7.-Tric

" Waltz " S. Ho lu, P. Gittins, and H. Ho Iu.

&-Pas-de Seul 1820-1930"

(A. Goodman).

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ward squad I seem to remember Ramsey, Mra S. E. Green,, Mrs. P. watched the progress of the "awk- Mrs. L. G. Bird, Mrs. W. L. dancing something very similar in Jowitt. Mrs. W. Goldenberg, Mrs. my nursery days when it was call- Arnold, Mrs. Griggs, Miss E. does not matter. The bright eyes Rose, Mr. H. Leung, Mr. Guterres, ed" The Babies Polka"! But that Remedios, Miss M. Braga, Miss E. and flushed cheeks, the earnest Br. Jeeves, Mr. Leniestey, Mr. endeavour, interrupted sometimes Ramsey. by a fit of shyness, make a charm- ing effect. After a minute or two, when confidence, is restored, the babies dance with beaming smiles. Most of them forget the careful

drilling of weeks in their real

enjoyment of what they are doing, but here and there is one-a little

older than the rest who gives the necessary admonishing push or pull to keep the ball rolling,

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The Anderson Music Store. The A.D.C. for loan of scenery. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul for the loan of baskets.

Programme-sellers.

......"Toy Town Carnival" Horn Pipe.-B. Hayes and G. Jewitt.

Irish Jigg.-B. · Goldenberg and D. Choa

Russian-C. Quinn,

Japanese. C. Carvalho, F. Carvalho, M. Shand, and D. Ho Iu.

Clown-D. Jackson, A. Ho Iu, P. Lawson, P. Eccleshall. A Glendinning, and I. Wool- ley.

Bacebante-R. Wong- Policeman.-O, Womack. Bunny.-D. Woodward." Fancy Doll.-B. Hallowes. Fairy.-H. Monië, Bell Boy.-P. Capell. Russian-E; Rose. Jass.-A. Goodman and G. Lloyd-Jones.

M. Moraes, E. Ferguson, M. Ferguson, D. Moss, P. Strin- ger, J. Knight, J. Hutson, and D. Barfett.

Part II.

10.Ensemble *ས་སནྟཾ བྷིནྣཱ ཡེངསན

Costumes worn in item 14 and by Miss Violet Capell made by Madame Eunice.

Cover Design by Mr. G. Arnold. PROGRAMME.. Part I.

"COOTS" Boys.-G. Jowitt, W. Wong. O. Womack, D., Choa, T. Lack, P. Ho, R. Schwob, M. Fergu- son, M, Cuvillier, F. Carvalho, C. Carvalho, M. Shand, and D. Ho.

1---Group A

Last night a wireless talk fromi the Hong Kong station was given

They appear again in an ensemble by Mr. Albert Barnett who, with called The Babies Playtime his partner, is leaving for Austra delightfully natural arrangement, lia this week to fulfil a number of and with some of the older girls, engagements already booked in the in "The Town Carnival.” This is, Commonwealth.

Speaking of the in some respect, the most attrac Barnett. said:- dance known as the "Trebla," air. tive item of the programme because of its apparent artlessness. A band "We originated the Trebls be. 1 of children of all ages, in a variety cause my partner, Miss Nora Chile, of gaily celoured costumes, run and I felt a change of music was

onto the stage and dance round in required in our ballrooms. will admit a programme which con: which is received with applause by You ring. Then two tiny people come forward and dance a horopipe, sists of from fourteen to fifteen their follows, who are wandering fox-trots, and about two waltzes, may become somewhat monotonous. freely about the stage. Two other small people follow them with an Firstly we inspected all pre- vious dance rhythms--it is quite Irish Jig, a group of clowns de impossible to invent a new one.

some tumbling, and three little Japanese maidens, flirt charmingly and finally decided that the most suitable one was the mazurka, with with their fans. At precisely the its wonderful wealth of good music. right moment the curtain is run Think of the marvellous mazurkas down on a flushed and laughing | composed by the immortal Chopin, group of children. the mazurkas of Delibes, Gannes and the brothers Strauss,

The game between the Club de Recreio and St. Joseph's was not productive of good football, as both teams were not at full strength, St. Joseph's, especially, playing with several junior men. The game was fairly even, but I expected Recreio to win in view of the good work done by them during the last few matches. I understand, however, that had the College" forwards not been so shaky, they would have taken full paints from the Portu- guese team. Saturday's guide was a return match, the result of the

Joseph's. first one being in favour of St.

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should have run so high in two of It is regrettable that bad feeling the junior matches played last week. The Athletic "A." who are better placed in the league table than the Somersets, lost hy two to the soldiers on

Two veterans associated with In view of the forthcoming series more noted clubs that M'Lean were of international matches for the in the thick of Cup-tie strife this Westchester Polo Cup between Eng month, when Peter Kerr captained land and the United States, at the Heart of Midlothian at Dundee Meadow Brock, it is interesting to and Patrick Gallagher took the note that, although our attempts to field for Falkirk. When the Celtic regain the cup since the war have signed Gallagher in December, 1011, failed, polo statistics show that wo it was stated that it was feared have many more good players than that, he had not the physique for there are in America. The latest senior football" Now, 19 seasons clear goals list of handien pa issued by Hurling later, he has played in his fourth Wednesday last, and it was in this ham contains 1,455 names, of which hout of Cup-tie football in 12 days. game that a Somersets player wa! 80, excluding foreignera, appear in As for Kerr, he was already well- the top half-that is to say, handi- established in senior football when

sent off the field. The Chinese "A" capped at fire points or over. The Gallagher was recruited from the

team is making a strong bid for latest United States list shows that juniors by the Celtic. The pair division, and, the defeat rather the championship of the junior they have 2,766 players, of whom

affected their chances. It is note- only 52 are rated at over four met in a Cup final as long ago as

April, 1914.

worthy, however, that they have only lost twice out of 20 matches which they played. In the match between the Club juniors and the Ewos, which the latter won by, a single goal, a player was ordered off.

points, a very much lower percent- age indeed.

The Hurlingham list of course, does not include the British play the two countries there are 197 ers who appear in the Indian Polo players among the higher-handi "Association's list, and who are capped ones, and 145' of them be- eligible to represent the home coun- long to Britain From these figures try. They number po fewer than it would appear that polo is four- 1,267, and 50 of them are worth ave ishing at Home, and our chances of points, of better, not counting four-winning back the Westchester Cup teon native Indians. Thus between this year may well be brighter than (Continued at. foot of next column). they liave been for a long time.

Having selected our rhythm, the next thing we had to invent were the steps to harmonise with it. These had to be easy as well as picturesque. It was useless to in- corporate any movement that only professional experts could accom plish. We wanted a dance that any of you could learn in three lessons, and feel perfectly comfortable when you were on on the ballroom floor for the first time,

The Navy juniors lost a valuable point on Saturday last when they failed to account for the Eastern (Continued at foot of next column),

"After working many months we evolved the Trehla in its present form, and it consists seven stan- dardised figuren, The Treble step, right and left-hand turns, the Chilo step, the promenade, the point step, and the glide-through. You can dance these figures in any order; you can omit or repeat any of them; if only three of them aro" learnt you can have a really en- ful music." joyable little dance to really beauti

description of several of the steps. Mr. Barnett then gave a détailed

aed by means of gramophone re- cords gave some splendid exemples of mazurkas, including Chopin's mazurki in B flat.

Football Club. The sailors attack-. ed most of the time, but the Ear- terr

team have been practising hard for their shield game and found no difficulty in keeping the sailors out, strong though the lat- ter's forward line was. The attack on the Navy's goal the begin- ning of the second half of the match led supporters of the Eastern team to entertain high hopes of a lead, but the sailors were also sound in their defence, and a goulless draw was about the fairest indication of the strength of 'the two sides..

UNDERWOOD

Classical"

P. Stringer, A. Ho Iu, D. Moss, R. Wong, S. Ho lu, H. Hp fu, P. Gittins, P. Capell,

Rose, J. Bird, M. Glendin

Solo Street Dancer"

ning and I. Woolley.

12-Group......." Babies' Playtime" Ellen Ford.

Girls-D. Woodward, M. Morges, H. Mohie. M. Purvis, P. Arnold, D. Barrett, B. Goldenberg, P. Drummond, ML Cavillier, J. Hutson, C. Quin, A. Funn, C. Ho, and M. Hayes. 3-Solo." He loves me, he

loves me not

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(Gwyneth Lloyd-Janes). 3-Ensemble... Butterfly Ballet"

P. Capell, E, Rose, J. Bird, E. Ford, M. Glendinning, S. Ho Lu, H. Ho Iu, R. Wong, and P. Gittins.

Boys.-G. Jowitt, W. Wong, O. Womnek, D. Chen, B. Goldenberg, M. Hayes, M Mornes. T. Lack, D. Wood- ward, H. Monie, 31. Purves, C. Quin, D. Barrett, P. Drum- mond. J. Hutson, and P. Arnold.

13.-Solo...

14.-Duet

-Paade Scul....." Mary Hayes."

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HOPE'S

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"Wood Nymph "

(Dorothy Moss).

"Minuet "

15-Solo...

(Phyllis Capell and Jean Bird).

"Stella Ho Tu" 16.-Duct......" Buttons and Nippy" (J, Knight and P. Stringer), 17.-Quintette.

"Coquette (Racheal Wong).

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P. Gittins, J. Bird, E. Ford," and 31. Glendinning."

"Jazz Ballet *** Seniors.-P. Gittins,

I. Woolley, M. Glendinning, R. Wong, H. Ho Iu, J. Bird, E. Ford, P. Capell, E. Rose, S. Ho Iu, and D. Forbes.

Juniors.-D. Moss, D. Hal. lowes. P. Stringer, G. Lloyd. Jones, J. Knight, M. Marty. A. “ Vernon, P. Eccleshall, E. Fer." guson, A. Ha Iu, P. Lawson, D. Jackson, A. Raworth. Y. Doyle, A. Goodman, J. Todd; A. Newhouse, B. Prossor, B Richards, M. Doys, and M. O'Hare.

Fables.-D. Woodward, M. Moraes, M. Ferguson, H. Monia, M. Purves, P. Arnold, Y. Browne, D. Barrett, B. Goldenberg, P. Drummond, J. Hutson, C. Quin, A Funn, C. Ho, W. Wong, O. Womack, D.. Chon, F, Carvalho, G. Car valho, M. Shand, D. Ho la, P. Ho, R. Schwob, M. Cuvil- lier, F. Butcher, M. Sorby, T. Lack, D. Shenton, D. Belth, J. Belth, M. Cuvillier, Y. Perry, J. Douglas, M. Wynne-Jonas, E. de Rome, M. Wallace, H. Lauder, and S. Wong.

Soloists: "George Jowitt.. Miss Violet Capell.

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