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Sports News

JUNIOR CRICKET

NOTES.

CIVIL SERVICE START WELL.

[BL.B.W."]

Although I rather 'expected the Civil Service Cricket Club to take full points from their neighbours 0.C.C.-when they met last Satur day, I must contes i was very surprised at the way the latter' failed so dismally against the Civil Servien bowling. The only men to make anything of a showing were Bradbury and Broadbridge-the

GOLF.

CAPTAIN'S CUP AT FANLING.

Gen:

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Other scores:----

N. Croucher

D. J. Gilmore... 81-8-73

N. L Smith

and six scores of 76.

There were 51 entries.

YACHTING.

B0167

62 to 70

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1930.

THE KARAKOROUM THEFT AT KOMOR'S.

EXPEDITIONS.

INTERESTING LECTURE BY FAMOUS EXPLORER.

One of the world's best known' explorers of modern time, Mr, Ph. C. Visser, of the Dutch Diplomatic

YOUNG CHINESE CHARGED®

IN COURT.

MAGISTRATE DEFERS HIS

DECISION,

A Young Chinese named Lum Service and who is Attaché to the Chu was charged yesterday be Dutch Legation at Stockholm, defore Mr. E. II. Williams with the

R. A. Campell, 84-18-71, qualilivered a lecture last night of theft of jewellery valued at $209, the Great Hall. Tho University from Messrs. Komor & Komor, of on his "Fourth Expedition to the Chater Road, on November 13 lust. Karakoram" from which he has

Outlining the case for the pro just returned.

This expedition, scention, Detective Inspector, W. which is commonly known as the Shannon stated that accused visited

Big Expedition took the greater

Mesara. Kemor's on November 133 part of two years, and during the and inspected some rings and other course of the evening, the explorer articles. After he had left, the produced a large selection of owner of the jewellery returned and terr alides which showed conditions

was informed of the customer's in-) in the heights of the Karakorous, the glaciers, the gorges, the valley

storms, stone avalanches, snow methods of crossing rivers with makeshift bridges and last but not least, a little villago in a quiet spot about 18,000 feet above sea lovel, where the men were most very courteous and the women

THIRD LADIES' CHAMPION- SHIP RACE,

Course:-Channel Rocka (1), forner being the veteran of the side, while Broadbridge is com- Kowloon Rock (P), Mark on Line paratively new to league cricket. (P), Chanuel Rocks (S). If Bradbury plays regularly for 17.4 miles. them he ought to strengthen the Craigengower bowling a great deal,

Distance

"E" Class. (Started at 3.00 p.m.)

Time. Past He used to lead their senior eleven

· ́ F'shed. Cort'd. tion. | shy.** e tuned out) Diana (Mrs. O. and once upon a for the Civil Service, but that was K. Uarria).... 4.33.33 4.27.40-0

(Miss long, long ago, as they say in the Colleen

M. Marsscu).. 4.18.14 6.20.83 4 fairy tales. J. W. Wilson and Ed-1

Rolla (Miss T.

4.24.00 4.13.41 2 Thorp) monds did the damage for the C.8.C.C. I have not seen the La Linda (Miss

J. P. Mackie) 4.90.44 4.21.48 5 former bowling but Edmonds is tou

Norena (Mrs.

Pristall) well-known to laval cricketers to

4.90.59 4.90.53 3 need any introduction. In addition Dorothen (Mrs. D. P. Lam- to being a very useful bowler, he

bert) Halcyon (Miss .gets some runs occasionally.

J. Lack). Wings

E.4.18.25 4.10.34 4 Blunineket (Mrs.

more.

+

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As I said last week, A. E.-Wood came off with a half-century and focl sure that before the season is very much alder he will score some Wood is a rather nervous starter but once he is settled down,, he becomes one of the hardest men to shift. A very pretty late-cut is his pet-stroke-or at least it waa when he played in first division, cricket. V. H. Freeman also got a half-century. I have not seen this man play so cannot say anything about him, but from what I hear he is pretty good,

.

The Club. juniors had a rather easy tune against the Signals who they bent by about 50 Tuns. The trouble with the Club is that they

do not field the same team every week. If they did I doubt vary. much if any other team in the second division can boat them.

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4.27.10 4.19.16 1

4.19.50 4.49,50 5

L. J. Adams) 4.40.11 4.38.90 1 Boojum (Mrs. P.

Pickerus) 4.41.00 4.30.18 2 Speedwell (Mrs.

T. B.

wart)

Ste

4.12.17 4.40.58 3

BOXING TOURNAMENT.

BERWICK, MEDWAY,

Email But Select Band, In introducing Mr. Visner, Pro- fessor R. G. Robertson, dean of the Arts Faculty, said that the Arte Society were fortunaté indeed that they were able to persuade Mr. Visser to come and address them,

Mr. Visser had gained world-wide fame as an explorer of the Hima- layas and the Karakoroums. It often that under was not very graduates of the University were privileged ta listen to one who had journeyed to the solitary corners of the globe-one who had visited places whero nobody else had been before, and one who had come home laden with new knowledge and in- formation about those parts of the world, and one who had given us the benefit of all he had learnt under great hardships and much sacrifice and inconvenience.

Mr. Visser was one of the, select band who find their delight in going to places where instead of life and cultivation, there is solitude and desolation of the mountains.

At the end of the very interesting aand enlightening talk, Professor Robertson thanked Mr. Visser on

Followers of the fight game will be treated to some good boxing on Saturday, December 13, when tournament has bien arranged be- tween H.M.S. Borwick and H.M.S. Medway at the Royal Naval Can-

teen Theatre, Wanchai.

behalf of the Arts Society, the

University and all those who were presented, and on rising to acknow- ledge the thatcs, Mr. Visser was given an ovation.

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.

Several good scraps are on the programme which will very pro- bably include an exhibition by Rowles, the heavyweight champion | INTERESTING CHAT WITH THE of the Culony.

LA BARBA WINS FROM TAYLOR.

Kowloon again showed very poor form when they went down to Recreio by something like nine wicketa. They will have to do better if they want to win the! shield for in some quarters they are regarded het favourites for EASY VICTORY FOR FEATHER-

WEIGHT ASPIRANT. championship honours this season,

in the season.

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The University are down to meet

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EXPLORER.

spection. Tuy owner was also told that the same man had twice pre-1 viously inspected the jewellery, An examination of the showcase

subsequently showed that a jade mousted gold ring, a jade pendant and two pieces of carved jado were · missing.

On November 20, a boy employed at Menara Komor's saw the de fendant at the front of Messrs. Ullmann's, which is in Alexandrs Building, directly opposite Mesara. Komor & Komor. The boy explain- ed his suspicions to the owner of the jewellery and then ran across the road and accosted the defen

dant.

".

"The defendant," continued' In spector Shannon, denied that he was in the shop, or that he was in the Colony at the time at all, but I can prove by means of the Hotel people that he was here at the time; in fact, many days be fore the larceny: He visited the store on the 11th, 12th and 13th of last moath, between 1.15 and 1.30 p.m."

After evidence had been given by witnesses in support of Inspector Shannon's opening, the defendant was asked what he had to say.

Ho did not claim that he was out of the Cafony on November 13, but denied that he had ever been to Messrs. Komor & Komar..

Mr. Williams Intimated that he would have to consider the evideser before coming to a decision. The casa was adjourned until Thursday,

some of the higher peaks of the latter and looked down at some of the smaller ones, he noticed a strik- ing resemblance between them and the European Alpe. Then as re gards the differences; the most noticeable point was that whereas the Alps were covered with green trees and foliage up to a certain height and then capped with attow, Seen by a Daily Preak reprosen- the Karakoroums were barren-one tative carlier in the day, Mr. Visser would everlastingly see rocks, then said that actually he had been on the snow caps. Again one would three expeditions to the Kara- see lovely lakes in the Alps but koroam, but as he crossed the lakes were not known in the Kara- mountains twice during his last koroums, though they did discover expedition which took about two about six which were previously years, the last one was popularly unknown near the Tibetan border. known as his fourth expedition to The water in there lakes was ex- the Karakorouma."

tremely salt so that they did not

Scott and Byrd.'

The Indian Recreation Club tried

Mr. Visher said that the Karn-profit by the discovery, insofar as Beveral new players against the

koroums was really very dificult drinking matter" was concerned.

·R.AS.C. and see that at the conclusion of the game, Major New York, Nov. 28.-Fidol La country and here one does actually come across parts which have never

Would it be possible to explore Langmaid, on behalf of the Service Barba, the former dyweight cham been reached by human beings. Corps, presented M .E. Abbas with,gion of the world, to-night gained When asked how these mountains

ed our representative. explorer said that they were more

Well, it will be possible, I the ball with which he performed a decision over Bud Taylor in ten compare with the Himalayas, the the Karakoroums by air 1", vestur- answered the "hat-trick" when the tearns rouails. La Barla took six rounds dangerous and difficult owing to think, in a few years," met in their league fixture cacher of the bout, these wore declared to their extreine bareness. There was the explorer, but then that would The Police and be even, and one only wont to plenty of ice in the Kutakareums, not be anything like a walking ex- Mr. Visser added that the highest point which only want pedition." University engaged in a tis-neither Taylor. La Barin who the aggresed about 600 feet to equal the great while one could have a birdseye sor. He carried the fight to Taylor, height of Mount Everest (20,002 view as it were of practically say sido getting more than 107 mins!

place from the air, it must be borne but the battle wie slow. It was feet).

A 38-Me Glacier.

in mind that to explore a place marred by much shinching, which

Continuing, Mr. Visser said that minutely, one must always go on ho came ACTOSS many glaciers foot.

"Take the efforts of Scott and coune of his work.

Mr. during the

For instance,”

," and

compare Whereas the longest glacier in the Shackleton

to the Himalayas was 16 miles, the largest Visser went on

South Pole. Mind you, I am not one in the Karakoroums was 38 them with Bryd's Bight

The explorer said that they reach-saying that the latter is of no ed a height of some 22,000 feet on value-ob no, quite the contrary, several occasions during the course but can one really take down the of their travels, while as one stage smallest detail of any place from they spent five weeks in a place the air" Mr. Visser concluded by which was over 18,000 feet above saying that in his opinion a very zes level, and another time they careful and detalled oxpedition to travelled for 70 days without seeing the Karakoroums must needs be any signs of human being or vegets done on fout. One thing further against an expedition by air was Lion!

that there were no suitable landing grounds.

Patiala introduced.

1.

the Royal Army Service Corps in caused the spectators to jear con- their league fixture at Soskunpoo, tinually. and unless something unexpected; La Barba now is an aspirant for happens I expected the under the world's featherweight it The graduates to win though a draw is crown in that division is hold by not at all unlikely. Much will do Christophet ("Bas") Battalino of. pend on how Ers will bowl, but as Hartford, Connecticut. However, the Pokfulaan lads are used to a sincs Battalino is not rated high, matting wicket, I don't suppose ha it is the opinion of most experts that the fight for the championship will be between La Barbs in Kid Cincolate of Cuba.

will worry a them a lot.

Recreio entertain" 0.8.0.C. th friendly, while the old rivals Craigengowor Cricket Club and the Indian Recreation Club-also meet in a friendly on the former's ground. The former should be a very cloeb and interesting game but I shall be very surprised the Indians do not emerge viétora.

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“HOLE-IN-ONE."

FEAT PÉRFORMED BY THE LP.G.

The Huh. Mr. E. D. C. Wolle has joined the rapidly growing numbers of illful golfers who have per- formed the above feat, having done 1.17

16 this on Friday, the 8th instant, at .1 10.4 Deepwater Bay. Messre, Caldbeck,

The positions of the teams in the second division of the longue, up. to-date, are:-.

T. W. D. L. Pt Indian R.C.

0 0 0 18 Hong Kong Ch Club de Recreio. 3. 2 Kowloon C... 2 Craigengower

“University

$n.A.8.0.

Polico

miles.

The question of food was ex- tremely difficult and although there were only five Europeans in the party, the fact that they had over Just wait a moment please," 463 packages to carry gives an idea said Mr. Visser, and I will show of the size of the expedition.

you Patiala. With that. he left There was no big game of any the room only to return 8 fow description but small insects were minutes later with what resembled plentiful and now and again when

bar. they were near the Tibetan border, they would see a lone antelope, looking for food and water.

it Patiala said the ex- plorer.

He is Tibetan mastifi and was presented to my wife by the Maharajah of Palinta in 1926," Soms Comparazions,

"Patiala

was very friendly. He When asked how the Alps com- offered his paw, wagged his tail is if he meant to Visser looked thoughtful and then say," the said they were warten TATA Melissaz ferent ranges of moontains, though was a real helpmate during all there were times when he stood on expeditions when she looked after

the botanical work. (Vontinued on next Column.):

41, 12, 4 | Macgregor, the local ngelifs of the Ipared with the Karakoroums, Mr. and the yawned has ended."

Walker Whisky, have duly present ed him with a commemorating

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