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Week End

'VARSITY SOCCER.

INTER-HOSTEL

TOURNAMENT.

The Hong Kong University Foot- ball Club will hold its annual inter- hostel tournament during the next fortnight, starting from to-morrow. All the hostels (Eliot, Ricci, St. Johur's, Morrison, May and Lugard) are participating.

Supt. 20:-Rieci ». Lugard. Sept. 21:-St. John's . Morrison. Sept. :-May w. winners to las

morrow's match. Sopt. 27: Eliat " winners of

match on Sept. 21. Sept. 20:-Final."

There will be a match between the Champions and the Rest on October 4. It is learned that the rice-Chancellor (Sir Wm. Hornell) has been asked to referee this match and present the medals at the conclusion of the game.

The University footballers are practising hard for the coming League. They have joined the Third Division this year, and on October 1 they will meet the

Athletic in their first encounter,

U.S. BASEBALL

FRIDAY'S GAMES

[zunovan DEUTER'S AGENCY]

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 THE following were the results of

yesterday's Baseball games:-

National League.

CRICKET OLD 'AND

NEW.

OUR BIG TASK IN-

AUSTRALIA.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1932.

Sport.

BY R. C.ROBERTSON-GLASGOW.

It is the custom of the English to depreciate their own abilities' and to speak (pessimistically of their chances in all international encounters, In no sport is this more painfully evident than in cricket.

To sit, as one does from time to time, in the pavilion at Lord's, is almost to be a guest at a funeral breakfast (without the fun), or to be an assistant at a more than usually grim post-mortem,

Optimism, in that mausoleum, | flics affrighted, and to suggest that Larwood is really fast, (which be. is), to compare Hammond with A. C. Maclaren, or to prefer Sutcliffe; to Shrewsbury, is rather like laugh. ing in church. Horrified old gentle men rally round the heretic-no doubt causing a player's dismissal en passant behind the bowler's arm and regale him with the eternal clap-trap about left legs and pad. play and Grace and Kortright and all the verbal apparatus of pre- judiced anachronism.

HOME FOOTBALL

LAST SATURDAY'S

RESULTS.

Football matches in the English and Scottish Leagues played on Saturday last resulted as follows:

Division I.

1

3 Bolton W.

U.S. AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

|SOMERVILLE BEATS

GOODMAN IN FINAL

(TYROVIH REOTEN'S AGENCY.)

BALTIMORE, Sept. 17. THE Amorican Amateur Golf Somerville, Canada, who beat John Championship was won by 0.

Goodman, United States, by two and 2 in the thirty-six holes final.

Lincoln 0,

4 Leicester C.

2

Bradford

4 West Bromwich 4

Grimsby

Arsenal Aston V. Blackburn R. Blackpool Derby C. Everton Leeds U.

o Liverpool Middlesbro' Newcastle U. 1 Portsmouth Sheffield U. 1 Huddersfield 9 Wolves

1 Chelsea

Division II. Bradford 01 Swansea T. Bury

1 Spurs Charlton A. Chesterfield Fulham

3 Sunderland 1

Lincoln C.

Plymouth A. Stoke C.. West Ham

A

Manchester U.& 1

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6

Charlton 0 0. 2 4

Northampton 6 3 1

7 I £ 4

I.R.C. ANNUAL MEETING.

NEW OFFICERS ELECTED.

Mr. A. el Arculli prosided over the Annual General Meeting of the Indian Recreation Club yesterday afternoon, when the election of officers followed the adoption of the Report and Accounts.

The now officers elected were as

follows:-

President: Mr. A. el Arculli. Vice-Presidents: Messrs. Bishen

Singh and R. M. Omar. Hon. Secretary: Mr. M. R. Abbas. Hon. Treasurer: Mr. R. Nazarin. Captain of ist Eleven (Crickat):

Mr. A. A. Rumjahn, Vice-Captain of lat X1. Mr. F.

D. Pereiru Captain of 2nd XI.: Mr. M. R.

Abbas.

Vice-Captain of 2nd XI.; Mr. A.

8. Suffad,

Lawn Bowls Representativa: Mr.

B. A. Hyder.

T. Barma, A. Baker, J. Hoosen,

Prior to the proceedings members stood in silence for one minute as a tribute to the memory of Khan Sahib Nawab Khan, a former vice- President of the Club, Mr. N. M. Bux, a member of the Committee, and Mr. Ajit Singh, all of whom died during the year.

REPORTS TO SUN GODDESS.

GENERAL HONJO PAYS HOMAGE AT ISE SHRINE.

Tokyo, Sept. 7.-General Honjo who stopped overnight at Kyoto paid hostage at the Imperial Mau- Bolca at Monoyama yesterday 4 morning. He left his hotel at 9.90 42.. and drove to Momoyama along the route which was lined by cheering clouds,

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2 Birmingham

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Notts

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2 Manchester C. 1

Chesterfield

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3 Sheffield W. 2

West Ham

0 1 Σ

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Division III. (Bouth),

General Committee:—Messrs. A.

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S. A. R. Ismail, A, K. Minu, AR.

Brentford.. O

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Crystal P. Reading

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Luton

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Bristol C.

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Brighton & 3

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Gillingham B

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Newport

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Pts.

Division

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Halifax

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Hull

Hartlepools

Barrow ...... Walsall

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Scottish League.

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1 East Sterling 3

1 Third Lanark 0: 2 Motherwell

New Brighton. 6 2 Doncaster

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Rochdale

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Rotherham

1 Dundee

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York

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Who will deny that great players live in every aget That W. G. Grace remains the, supreme master of all time. He was the creator of cricket as a money-making spectacle,| a classical monument mare endur- E.ing than bronze. Of course, Kort-

right's speed was terrific.

But what these stagnant reaction. or try

R. H. Philadelphia Phillies... 2 A Chiengo Cubs

3 ид Hartnett hit a home run. The other matches in the National League were abandoned owing to

rain..

BLC.

aries will not to seo, is that science

moves and fluctuates, that a system of attack, as in real war, must change, American Leagua:

that the off-spinners of yesterday R. H. E. have given place to the swervers Chicago White Sox.... 1

and googlies" and leg-breaks 'of to- New York Yankees....

o day.

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Cleveland Indians......

Boston Red Sox

Detroit Tigers

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Washington Senators... 8

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St. Louis BroWUB

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Philadelphia Athletics

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A dimmons hit a homer.

LITTLE WORLD SERIES IN U.S. BASEBALL

MINNEAPOLIS IN THE

FINAL

[TRNOVCH NEVTR'S AGENCY]

Face this truth. It is no 3 merely damning, it, or crying like o old babies over the galden "past. Analyse the new technique; observe that Don Bradman is the very, soul of modern batting, Bradman who has, at the age of 23, created re- o cords which he will possibly never

surpass

New YORK, Sept. 17. MINNEAPOLIS to-day won the American Association Baseball Championship, thus qualifying to ince Newark, the International Champions, for the Little World

Series title, whith commences at Newark on Tuesday, September 1.

Passcasod of every stroke, le yet uses in the Tests only about a third of them-late cuts, leg deflections, forward pushes, defence with pads as well as bat; so armed he has defied the world. He goes to Canada and America, and there, fres from timeless battles, releases for spectatorial purposes stroke known to the game, to show that the art of a bygone day is still with us puny moderna.

every

The deduction in plain. The pri- mary duty, the unavoidablo object, in modern Test, cricket, especially in Australia, is not to get out. "Stay there," said Ranji, "and the runs will come."

When you are in Melbourne you must do as the Woodfulls and rntly armed than this last? Dour, Grimmetta was ever bowler more:

tanned, thin-faced, silent, cunning; prepared, even anxious, to bowl for deep-laid schemes; and, to counter a week, working out inexorably his

this, we are. I suppose, to send over a band of Saturday afternoon ""flickers," D'Artagnans whose

FAREWELL TO THE gilded brillianes would entertain

M.C.C.

FIFTEEN MEMBERS.

SAIL FOR AUSTRALIA

ON ORONTES

{THROVOF RECTAR'S

AGENCY.

the crowd for some brief minutes, while all the world laughed 12-

Remember what a tremendous task it is to defeat Australia on their grounds, though I fancy we bave the team to do it ---

There is the heat, often over 100deg, a hot breeze, especially at Adelaide, which stifles rather than fans the player; there is the light. brilliant, bus to some oyes always deceptive. There is the concrete: like surface hammering against the bowler's feet and leg muscles, thren- LONDON, Sept. 17.

tening strains and lameness. Thers is the entertainment, în which Aus- N'immense crowd was present at tratio, no less than America, is St. Pancras Station this morn lavish; the temptation to slake un- asual thirst. Lastly, the crowd. ¿ ing to bid a riotous farewell to the But we have overcome these diff Aftron members of the M.C.C. who gulties in the past, and we will, “Jardins Duca," overcome them Jare sailing on the Orontes for Aus

again. Aralia in an aftempt to win back the inythical Ashes."

Among the enthusiasts who were English team, interviewed prior to his departure, said: “ We have a present were the Indian touring and team and I think we shall be eleven, with Captain O. K. Naidu,just good enough to win.

The Nawab of Pataudi, Worcaster's of Indore, who has been described Bath "Indien Bradman" and brilliant young Indian bateman, is

joining the team, at 'Ceylon. Man

who is sailing-for-India to-morrow/rice Tate, the Sussex trandies, who is suffering from a nervous break-

D. D. Jardine, the skipper of the down, is hopeful of joining the team

·¿Continued at font of next column.) at Toulon, 9.

Coventry Crystal P.

Doncaster 1 Rochdale Halifax 4 Walsall Hartlepools 2 Gateshead ' Hul!

3 Darlington Wrexham Tranmere York

Aberdeen Clyde Falkirk, Hamilton Hearts

Kilmarnock Morton

◊ St. Mirren Queen's Park 4 Celtic

3 Partick Rangers

St. Johnston 3 Cowdenbeath

LEAGUE TABLES.

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Division I.

P. W. D.. Ptal

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Q 10

10

Portsmouth.. € 4 Aston Villa... 0 # West Bromwich 0 4

0 Arsenal

€ 41 1 Newcastle. 53. 9 10 18 Derby 5 3 1 17 Huddersfield...03 1 27

Division III. (North).

From Momoyama the General went to lae by tram. He arrived at Yamada nt 1,32 p.m., and im mediately repaired to the Grand Shrine to report his triumphal re- turn to the spirit of the Sun God- dess.

The city of Yamada was be- flagged in honour of the occasion,

8 and the citizens. accorded as en-1 7thusiastic welcome to the General

0 3 1 ❤ 7

28 2 0

-Madisfrold ...... 6

Barnsley Carlisle 6 ·2

B

B 2 '1 3 5

Darlington 3 0 1.

.Scottish League.

Rangers 96

2

P. W. D. L. Pia 1 “14. Celtic ......10 5 3 2 13 Motherwell..... 8 3. 0 13 Hearts B በ 1 1 13 St. Mirren 8 0 0 * 12 Hamilton 8 5

2 11

2

3

St. Johnstones. B 4 3 1 11 Aberdeen. 84 1 3 '& Queen's Park 9 3 2 3 A Cowdenbeath .. 8 3 Ayr U. & 4. 0 4 8 Third Lanark Kilmarnock..... 8. 3 1 4

3 1 5

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Leeds Chelsea Everton Liverpool Sunderland Wednesday ... ₫ 2 .1: 8 Bolton Birmingham ... Leicester..... Sheffield U Blackburn Blackpool... 0 Wolves... ₺ Manchester Co Middlesbro

13

1

0 1 2 3 4

SCOTLAND BEAT IRELAND

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENUY. Į

BELFAST, Sept 17. DESPITE brilliant goalkeeping by Scott, Scotland won mainly through the cleverness of her for wards who outwitted the Irish halves. Nevertheless, English twica Bradford 65 1

P. W D L Pts. almost scored, once just missing Plymouth; 0.4) 1

the upright. Stoke C.....

41 0

Division II,

011 19 19.

The scorers for Scotland ware

Port Vale 6 3 9 18 King, McPhail (twice) and Me

03127 Grory.

6-3 1271

Oldham... Millwall Southampton 6 31 2017 Barnley

023: Swanson, ann. 013- Fulham. 5. 22 Bury me da mo Freston 030 Notte Ini 5 1 Tottenham

(Continued on next Column.)

The teams were:-

Bootland MeLaruj Gray, Grap nell: Massie, Johanstone, Telfor; J. Crawford, Stevenson, McGrory, McPhail and King.m

Ireland Scott Cook Fulton

6 Falcoon, Fonea, Gowdy - Mitchell, Friestley, English, Millar and Kelly

as elsewhere.

RACE MEETING. CANCELLED.

AGGREGATE STAKES FOR

NEXT WEEK.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

HONG KONG LADIES' HOCKEY CLUB.

MIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERS are reminded that the

Owing to the typhoon, the ninth MEETING of the Club will be held extra rncer meeting of the Hangat LANY, ORAWF RO'S (Privato Kong Jockey Club, which was fixed Lounge), un FRIDAY, 3RD SEPT-

EMBER at 5.15 pm... for Saturday, had to be called off.

The entire programme, with the

All Members are specially requested exception of the Aggregate Stakes, to be present.

[2560 has been cancelled.

With regard to the Aggregats Stakes, the ovent will be included for the programme for this Satur- day, so that instead of there being cight races on the card, there will be nine.

The decision to cancel the race meeting was a fortunate one, as dur ing Saturday afternoon, following a heavy shower of rain, Happy Valley

Was

more suited for a swimming than a racing meeting.

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