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Week End

INTERPORT LAWN BOWLS.

SHANGHAI BEATEN IN OPENING" GAME: COLLAPSE

AFTER SPLENDID RECOVERY.

MEDINA PLAYS A CONSISTENT-GAME: BRILLIANT WORK BY CULLEN 43 SKIP.

In the first of the three interport lawn bowls games played on Saturday, Shanghai lost to Hong Kong by nine shots. The match was played on the Kowloon Bowling Green Club gromid in cloudy weather, a drizzle causing interference shortly before. the close.

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Among the large number of spectators present was the Hon. Mr., W. T. Southorn, a keen howler, who greated the players before they started to roll up.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1931

Sport.

AMERICAN BASEBALL.

CARDINALS WIN WORLD SERIES.

(GRUTEN'N AMERICAN SERVICE. J.

LOCAL FOOTBALL.

KOWLOON BEAT RECREIO

IN FIRST DIVISION.

CLUB TROUNCES ST, JOSEPH'S

IN FRIENDLY. GAME.-

St. Joseph's Hussian; Gomex and Bowen - Delgado, Sullivan and Castilla Ab, Bautista, Leonard. Bourn and Omar,

GLUB AND XI v. ST. JOSEPH'S 2ND XI.

HOME RUGBY.

SOUTH AFRICANS BEAT: SWANSEA

(THROCON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Oct. 1. The Squth African rugby tourists won their third match by benting Swansea by 10 points to 3.

score "twice, Greenberg and Cotton getting the goals,

While their senior team wore having things their own way in their match with St. Joseph's,, the j Club accouds found thing had to At Tongue football matches exfight tooth and nail in their game copt the Kowloon-Recreo" match with the second team from the sam in the senior division arranged forclub, the match eventually result

ing in in one.all draw. Saturday wore postponed, this be.

There was "no" scoring'at 'alf in'

have opened their account | more than once. The St. Josepn's team were a very young and active lot and their speed was forover o source of worry to the Club de fence. Krilovsky scored for ethia early setback, the Reorolo Club and Azim equalised for Splayers came back with determina Joseph's hat on the whole the tion after the interval and their standard of play was not too high, efforts were deservedly rewarded. when they got three goals through Santos (F) Gonsalves and Guters

Taking the gain on the whole. it was quite well-worth watching and then swinging round to the with luck firet favouring one side

Fother."

Not in the least disheartened by:

Sr. Louis, Oct. 11.ing due to the fact that the Ber- the first half though the Club might together that they were allowed zo The Cardinals heat the Athlevices and Police teams were not ties in the last bixeball game of able to ful their fixtures on no the World Series by a score of count of various duties. 49 and klinched the pennut. Senr.

Kowloon beat Recreio by thres goals to uil in their match but the sely twenty five thousand people score was no fair indication of attended the game.

George Watkins made the game the play, the Portuguese lada put a: sure thing when he topped', a' homer, in the third. Bill Haliating up quite a good fight. han, the Cardinals' south-paw; Following their overwhelming pitched a profty game, scoring, defeat at the bands of the « Club five hits with no errors, Wilson their league fixture recently, caught.

George Ennshaw and Rube Wai. St. Joseph's were again badly bea herg pitched for the Athletics, hold-ten by the Happy Valloy team, with only one error. Mikey.. Coch-

KOWLOON END.X

END XI

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RECREIOas

team behind. Frusor tried hard to move ing the Cardinals to seven hits this time the Club winning by turned after the interval to scro

The victory of the local by the large margins of nine shots doon not indicate the run of the play, Hong Kong, scored 14 hots after elevel heads and remained standing for six hends while Shanghai raised their soure from four hota to 16, or two shots aboad of Hong Kong. The local team, hay ever, regained the lend by scoring s five"

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Shaughn's doom was scaled in the penultimate head, when they wore four shota în arrears, and the

spectators were disappointed their hopes of seeing the issuto de cided in the final head,

any

the woods, but both his woods went through without effecting change. Culton also failed to a ter the position. „

rane held down the home plate seven goals to nil, while the second for the Athletics,

strings of these teams played a orio-all draw. In the other friend ly of the afternoon Recreio Reser ves beat Kowloon Reserves by the odd goal in five.....

Visitors Collapse.

Division I.

3 Racroio.

Friendly Matches.

7 St. Joseph's

In the 14th head, Puncheon. drew first shot and Holland the

The 20th lend, rolling from the second. Richards pushed the jack road end, was played in a stendy through to count second, but Fra shelter Glover drew the shot with drizzle, spectators having to seek ser exchanged the position. Maina toucher Holland coming in fo Kowloon ran into the ditch in attempting to "econd Richards knocked out the second wood, ind excitement van intake out the second, but he was high as the stroke had. placva successful with his next wood in Shanghai with thres woods nearest drawing for second place. Cullen's the jack. Fraser pushed away the second delivery caused a disar. third wood, while Cullen took ad Club Reserves 1 St. Joseph's R. 1

vantage of a number of back woods Kowloon Res. 2 Recreio Res, rangement to give Shanghai we to send a driver. Ho succeeded. shot after a mensuro.

in this as the moving about of the wooda gave Hong Kong two shots for certain. Main also. drova but missed his objective. Hong Kong counted four abots, including two some live feet away.

Interesting play was confined to a few heads. One of these was the third hond in which the tips drew applause. Holland was ly ing the alios with a toucher who Main drew for the shot, Cullen | turned the tables with in fine draw, j and Main retaliated with a wick off to lie against the jack and the head wont to Shanghai for a single. Cullen made a beautiful draw for the shot in the fifth hand to count out three Shanghai woods

"Joss" for Hong Kong. In the sixth hend, Medina deli. vared two good words, one hard in front of the jack and another alongside. Richards drew on Me dina's first wood, and in doing so he moved the jack nearly a foot behind. Fraser got in on the back hand and had a bit of luck in wicking off to get round for the shot, which Richards and Main tried unsuccessfully to dislodge.

Puncheon placed both his woods nearest the jack in the eight head, while Fraser and Cullen added one cach. Main tried to break up but missed. The local skip made a slip in the next head. Glover had laid two shots when Holland came in for second, and his next wood pushed up one of Punchen's against tho jack. Richards moved the wood and the jack, but not far enough to alter the position. Cullen went wide, but his next wood had the effect of giving the shot away to Shanghah

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Club

DIVISION I

Recreio kicked off and were soon

attacking, but theKowloon de fence proved equal to the occasion and cleared time and again. For

time play-way confined to mid- field and then Kowloon forced a corner which resulted in Grimwood opening the scoring for them, fol lowing a scramble outside the Re-. freio goal.

·Hong Kong Overtaken.

KOWLOON V. RECREIO, Puncheon drew for shot with a toucher in the 10th head, and Me- dinn received applause for -the With a defeit of eight shots and This match took place at Row- sime stroke. Holland drew shot one head to go, it seemed to befoon and in fairness to the Recreio with a heavy one, and Richards all over with Shanghai.

Glover

boys, it must be said that the was cheered for taking out the sent his first wood within two in- score (3-0 in favour of Kowloon) counter with a toucher and placing chen of the jack. Holland sent a rather flattered the winners who three woods in the count for toucher for the shot. Richards I had most of the luck that was gu Shanghai. Main added another dislodged the wood and posted his ing and blocked with his second after own near the jack, which Fraser Cullen had sent wide. The latter tried unsuccessfully to remove with ran into the ditch to see Shang- his second wood. Cullen hit the hai gather four shots and gain the jack to push it against one of his lead by one. The applause ne-own woods. Main drew for the corded Shanghai for their fine re- second shot, and as a last resort covery was repeated in the next he used his next wood for a drive, head when their skip drew for the but without effect. shot, Hong Kong then lying three shots, Cullen was unsuccessful in a drive to take away Main's wood. Hong Kong regained the lead in the 18th head by counting five shots. They were lying three shots some distance away from the jack when Main delivered his firat only to strike timber. Cullen moved the jack slightly to retain the three shots. Main drove with his second when it was expected that he would effect a draw, He knocked the woods about and Hong Kong counted four instead of three. Cal len added the fifth to make the score 10-16 in favour of Hong Kong.

Comment.

Medina sent quite a large num The Portuguese players were by her of touchers during the game no means disheartened by this sei- and he was the most consistent back which, if anything, only serv player on his side. Main "did | ed to give them new vigour. Kows good work as a skip, but his driv. loon on the other hand were also ing tactics brought disappointing playing hard to keep their lead results.. He made a costly error and kept up a pressure 'which guvo- in this direction when he used the Recreio defence a trying time. his last wood for this purpose anJust before the interval Kowloon the 18th head.

were awarded a penalty and tnk- ing the kick, Tanson found the net to give his side a 2-uil lena. had definitely the better of the ex When play was resumed, Recreid the luck was all on their side.changes but luck was against them Another shot came for Hong Cullen was the outstanding player, and although they were favourably A good stroke was effected by Kong in the 10th head. Medina and his work on the whole was placed on more than one occasion. Medina in the 12th head when had a toucher and his second wood brilliant. knocked away Holland's wood to

both in the count when Cullen As an interport game, the stan. they did everything but score. This count the second wood hiraself, drew, with his first, measure for dard of play was disappointing.py play until Kowloon again go. and Main added a third. Cullenshot." His second wood made the many of the heads providng large-going and made a raid on

shot certain for Hong Kong, they scattered woods, score being 20-10.

failed in a drive. Glover place a toucher on the jack in the 13th head. Modina drew second a foot

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The Hong Kong players did good work occasionally to deprive Shang hai of many shots, and on two or, three other occasion it seemed that

Scores in Detalis,

The following were, the head by head-

Hong Kong.

J. Puncheon

J. Fraser

scores Shanghai C. W Glover A. M. Holland -F. Medinu

JC. Richards

T. C. Culleon (Skip) T. G. Main Heads. Shots Total Shots Total

1.

J

10.

11.

12.

14

7

13.

14.

14

10

13.

11

.10.

14-

15

.14:

10

18

20

10.

· 20,

4. 24

10

21.

.1

28.

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Interport

ort Diary.

The second interport game avill be played on Wednesday at Taikoo,

was followed by a period of scrap-

the

Recreio which resulted in Simpson finding the net with a low drive In making this shot, Eimpaon twisted his knee and had to be carried cut and although Kuw- loon had author chance to score. again when they were awarded the second penalty, Ianson's shot went wide.

The teams were :- |

Kowloon Nicholls; Martín, Dowman; Hedley, McKelvig, Bliss; Simpson, Dominy, Timber lake, Grimwood an-I. Ianson,.-.

RecreioMarques: Bilva-Nello, Sousa: Victor, A. V. Gosand, He medios; Gomes. Beltrao, Ward, B. Gosano and Brown."

FRIENDLY MATCHES.

CLUB v, BT, JOSEPH'S)

The Club had another, opportun

ity of proving their superiority. |'over St.. Joseph's when these terms met for the second time thin sos- son, the former again winning, by an easy margin

Definitely the better combination, the Club bad things pretty much their own way and monopolished play in the first half when they

the following being the full,pro-scored four goals, the players res gramme for the work To-day-Victorin

Shanghas

pohaible for then reing Ball (2). Howe and Railton

on the Craigengover CC ground. The second-half, was a repetiti

Tuesday: Billycocks. Bhang of the first, and although St. hat on the Yacht Club ground. Joseph's were awarded a corner.

Wednesday :-Second interportently in this stanza; it resulted in kame on the Taikoo B.C. ground, nothing. Playing a good combin ed, game, the Club forwards yo going once again and before the whistle sountled they added another three quals to their total through, Bell Boardinas, and 6

Strange "The teams were 1

8 p.m.

Thursday: Second Division Hong Kong. Shanglini on the H.K, Electric B.C, groundW

Friday Happy Valley team Shanghai on the Police ground,

Baturday :-Third interport game out the Club de Recreio ground, p.m. Interport dinner at Penin sula Hotel

|| Club-Fogwill! Strange, anil Pile, Railton, McFarlane and Boardman; Alexander, Bell, Howe, E. Strange, and Jackson,

After being two goals down in the first half in their inatch with Kowloon, the Recreio puntors re three times and win the match by the odd goal in five,

Kowloon and everything. their own way in the first half and it was partly due to the fact the Reureio team could not get going

· (Continued on next Column.)

The teams word.:-

Kowloon-Cameron Williams London verest, Gilchrist, ***I Grornberg: M. Groenberg, Wella, Cotton, Bickford and Noonan.

Recreios McGrann Britto, Gaan; C. Gosano, Figueiredo, E. Alemao, Lawrence

Gonsalves, 1 Guterres, J. Santos and F. Santos

CONCERT AT HOTEL CECIL

· COME-AS-YOU-PLEASE

COMPETITION

A very successful. “ Come as you please" Competition Concert was hold at Hotel Cecil on Saturday, night a novelty of the programme boing the faut that the audienco The prizes, were awarded by the acted as judges,

management na follows;

1. Mr. W. McMichael for sing. ing two beautiful love soren- ades which weris well rondered and received by a very appro einted audience,

2. Mr. W. Price with a comic not, which.'" was also Well. applauded.

3. MF, J. Walsh for his excellent

singing.

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