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Local Sports Reviewed

Spey Royal Cup.

BY NOMAD

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1933

U.S. BASEBALL

YANKEES RETAIN LEADERSHIP

NEW YORK, Aug. 7.

1,300 con.

PLAYING his

is interesting to note that the secutive major league baseball Chinese won both these races. Un-

game Lou Gehrig, had the distinc wikhat a treat it was to are the doubtedly a team of four Chinese tion of hitting a four-bagger to struggle for supremacy between the girls can beat any team of four enable the Yangkees to nose out Kowloon Cricket Club and Crai. In the Colony, but where would a the Senators in their second game, team of Chinese men find them- This gave the World Series cham- gengower on the Police rinks, on

Incidental-pions the double and the leader Sunday, Seldom has there been selves in such a race! such a following present in a locally, it is gratifying to see that ship of the American League once lawn bowls match. The issue was in doubt right up to the last head and it was no exaggeration to say that up to the time Fraser bowled his last wood, no one could say who was going to win. The thrill of the game however, was really at the twentieth head, when Crai- gengower was lying one and Omar with his first wood drew in to lie

more. Fraser's wood was short. With his next wood Omar put a block, but Fraser-I don't Kw whether he had calculated it or whether it was a fluke-put in his shot in an almost impossible place to knock up one of the EC.C. woods for the shot. Craigengower fully deserve their victory and now should have little difficulty of disposing of either the Club de Recreio or the Docks, whichever team they meet in the qual..

The League Games.

season is over.

tia

Craigengower games, (they are due meet twice) should be worth going a long way to see, but on the whole it does not look as it Craigengower is going. beaten.

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Results as cabled by Reuter:

Eric Railton is coming on as a again. sprinter. It is now many years since "Eric" first faced the starter in competitive swimming and in his best days he raced against some of the best swimmers in the Co- lony. That he is still going strong while many of those with whom he used to race are now out of it is a great tribute to the way in which

Erie looks after his swimming I understand he is one of the conches in the "Y."

Baseball

National Leagnë.

Boston....................................

R. H. E 8 13

0

Walters hit a bomer

5 19

Philadelphia

B. Johnson and Williams hit

homere.

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Chicago St. Louis

Cleveland

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Averill hit a homer. Detroit

Washington

New York

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9

8

6

13

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Washington New York

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig

bit homers.

ference to the result,

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HOME CRICKET

DUKE OF YORK'S POLO CUP

MIDDLESEX SUFFER HEAVY DEFEAT

London, August 8. The match between Sussex and Middlesex resulted in the former winning by an innings and 15 runs.

Scores:

Suseer, ist innings (for 3

wats, declared)..... Bowley, 953.

512

290

John Langridge, 198. Middlesex, linings Middlesex, gud inaings ... 137 James Langridge, 3 for 33. Tate, i for 20,

HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

The Monthly Meeting of the ROYAL NAVY RETAIN THE Council will be held in the Asso-1

ciation Office, 20, Ice House Street, on Tuesday next, 15th instant, at 5.30 p.m.

Business..

TROPHY

1. To confirm Minutes of Coun-

oil Meeting No, 1.

2. To receive Treasurers State- ment of Accounts for July. To receive Entries for the

3.

season 1933-34.

la the match at Ranelagh for the Royal Navy (holders) beat the "Raval Air Force by eight goals to Duke of York's Challenge Cup the

biro The Duke of York, who is Chairman of the Ranelagh Com mittee, was an interested spectator, and afterwards presented the cup ta Commander Lord Louis Mount Batten, and souvenirs to the four winners..This was the Royal Navy's fifth success since the match W. "Phillips, J. C. Vernon-Miller

and C. E. R. Duff (back),

BATSMEN HAVE A GREAT | was instituted in 1928. In 1979, one of the two years in which the match was played under handicap, i the R.A.F. had their only win.

* DAY

You cannot get away from Bill Bowes-as a good many batsmen know to their undoing.

Bowes Taken his time over a 1 over he is just about the most O leisurely of all bowlers between one bail and the next one, just as 1 Tom Mitchell, of Derbyshire, is one of the quickest but he cer tainly does get the wickets,

"The RAF. team from Halton mada a plucky stand against the sailors, Wing Commander Waller being most prominent, but their op- ponents were too strong for them Scoring a goal in each of the first two chukkers, the Royal Navy were leading at half-time by 90, and they had decidedly the best of the play afterwards.

The R.A.F. hit their first goal in the fourth period, when in the awarded against the Navy," and with a hit from the spot where the

4. Correspondence.

Any other.

ROEHAMPTON MATCHES

Two friendly matches were played at Roehampton. In the first, a Club aide just managed to scrape home ahead of Foston Hall by the odd goal of nine, after a hard game. Right up to the middle of the last chukker it was "anybody's game. It was not until nearing the and that Roehampton scored the de cisive goal. Mr. Blair and Capt. Crosfeld worked hard for the wine nera, and Capt. Morrison was best

HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE

(Orders by the Hon. Mr. E, D. G. Wolle, OMG., LGF.)

* AQUATIC SPORTS.

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The attention of all Police Reservists is drawn to the pro grammes of the 12th Annual Aquatic

Sports of the Police and Prison Departments to be held at the V.RC. on Saturday, September 23, It includes two special races open to members at the Hong Kong Police Reserve. Further particulars can be obtained from Sub-Inspector R. J. Hunt, to whom all, entries must be sent before September 6, 1933

Chinese Company.

Training Course-Part II: All recruits will attend at the Chinese Company's Headquarters on Tues day, August 8, at 5.30 p.m. for in- struction...

Revolver Practice.—A___ revolver' practice for the Chinese Company will take place on Wednesday, August 9th at 1.30 pm, under Sub Inspector Hopkins at the Kennedy Road Range. Only those detailed

When Yorkshire wanted a per 1formance against Surrey, at Shef field, he brought his innings record to seven för 69 runs. D.. R. Jar- course of a hot attack a cross was for Foston Hall. In the Inter will attend. 1 dine was in his bag. Surrey were 1 out for 134. It was good to see shat Herbert Sutclife got top score, (81) when Yorkshire batted

the second time.

His Lew England partner, the at- tractive O. F. Walters, took a hundred off Gloucestershire's bowl ing for Worcestershire. It was his fourth century of the season, & knock full of fine driving, and with nine boundaries in it. Facing a total of 541, Worcestershire did excellently to save the follow-on.

6'6.

Bakewell's Thousand,

Bakewell also made a hundred against

I see that a baseball match on Sunday ended up in a free-for-all, although the game was put down as a friendly one" to test the strength of the local Chinese and the Honolulu Chinese in Hong Kong Well, boys.will be boys, but "the question that comes mind is this: In a place, like Hong Kong, is baseball worth while? It Froin their comparatively secure seems to me (I may be wrong) that the "old ball game" is not suited. positions, the Kowloon. Bowling to the Chinese temperament. It is Green and the Craigengower C.C.

a gaine where a lot of nrgument is have now, by virtue of a defent

sure to arise, but while in the each during the week, admitted a

United States arguments are as hot The league positions in the "A" dow rival in the Civil Service C.C.

are interesting." South Each of these teams have dropped as ever, everyone taking part in Division

the "rooting" does so in good China are at the head of the table foar games during the season and it would be no surprise to des spirit, and argues for argument's with a record of seven matches them go further down before the sake. Here, however, argument is played, six won, and one drawn. generally very heated and it is a C.R.C. are next with 100 per cent For one thing the wonder that bad feeling has not record in five games. It will be Bowling Green still have yet to had to fisticuffs more often. A few seen, therefore, that should CR.C. Visit Taikoo and I am not sure that they will get away with full years ago when the Japanese and make a slip in any of their points. The Civil Service and the Chinese were fighting for prematches, it will greatly prejudice for Northamptonshire

mier honours, there was a "good their chances for the Shield in Essex and so put himself, among deal of bad blood between the two their last match of the previous the thousand runs batamen of the teams and their supporters, 50 week, however, they showed that season. He had a couple of 6's in much so that the Police had to be they have no intention or permit his innings. So did V. W. C. Jupp in attendance at Ball games, In ting any slip of that kind. Their in making 8.

Kettering is a good ground for view of repeated disputes, argu- opponents were the Club de Re ments, and now this fatest demon-ereio, but although the latter, had

well ahead of stration, would it not be in the not the slightest chance of beating Essex, who will have to look out

the

nevertheless Chinese interest of sportsmanship. to drop them,

if they are to keep themselves baseball altogether.

treated them seriously and giving of their best, to beat them by 9 among the big six of this season.

Sussex are out after another win sots to nil.

in their match with Kent at Tun- bridge Wells. James Langridge took his score to 81; R. S., G. Scott nade 38, and Sussex got a first in- The Indian Recreation Club's ninga lead of 177. Todd, whose third string have lately struck a left-handed batting has a great very bad patch and have made a deal to be said for it, did best practice of losing matches to opwhen Kent batted again. He made ponents obviously weaker than 83 (not out). themselves. This "rot" set in after their defeat by the Army Tennis Club two weeks ago and since then they do not seem to be Young Washbrook, of Lanen- able to do anything right. A con- shire, who has the making, of a tributing factor to their repeated first-rate batsman if he is not defeats no doubt is the fact that coached"

out of his natural they do not appear to be able to ways, just missed his second cen- settle down to anything like a retury in his few weeks' old county gular combination-an important career. point if a team is to get good re sults. They are definitely out of the running, but the Army Team is a few and unexpected rival that the Chinese will have to beware of, although it is not likely that they can seriously challenge last year's Champions.

The V.R.C. Sports.

Tennis

It was gratifying to see several clubs swimming in the team race at the V.R.C. night fete and when the Annual Sports come to be The 1933 Mixed Doubles League Third Division heid, it is to be hoped that the programme was completed on the Swimming Association. So fer 3th when the Indian R.C went to from abstaining from the sport, King's Park and returned home will make it a special point to en- victorious. This result meant that courage their members to

take the Portuguese team remain at the Dart.

It is only by a policy of bottom of the table, and that the this sort that the irritation be- Indians go one step up, exchang tween the premier swimming Club ing places with the L.R.C. United and the Association will be soothed. Services, with, one game lost to It was good to see Lawrence figur-the new Champions are runners-up ing in competitive swimming once while C.R.C., the Champions, have, again, the more 90, 16

W&S ho

of course, a 100 per cent. record. not well enough at the beginning of the season to take part in any

Late Victory"

competition. Lawrence is one of

the best short distance swimmers in' the Colony and it is hoped that he will have recovered sufficiently by the end of the season to com. pete in some of the sports meeting.

The Y.M.C.A. Sports

The feature of the tennis games played during the past week was the win of the Indian R.C. against Hong Kong Club when playing away, but this victory came after too many defeats for it to make any difference to the Indians I standing with regard to the Lo From all accounts there was an Cheung Shu Shield. In fairness enjoyable time for all at the YMCA. on Saturday. The idea to the losers it must be pointed out ladies and the men from the "by the absence of "Lolly" Gold of holding team races between the that they were greatly handicapped man, but the margin against them. and from the Chinese Clubs was did not suggest that Goldman's certainly a good one and this is the sort of thing that will promote presence would have made any cit. understanding and good feeling. It (Coltinued on next column).

DIFFICULT DECISIONS

broth

Did you share that package of

equally with

your little Brother 7"

"Yes, But I had to eat one stick first to do it."

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

Northants are

Watch Washbrook.

"

He made against the West Indies, pulling and hitting to leg strongly. Watch Washbrook!

Hopwood did make a hundred in this match at Liverpool, where runs flowed as freely, as words at the Economic Conference.

LEAGUE CLUBS WANT HEADLEY

Rishton, and HASLINGDEN,

Church, three Lancashire Lea- gue cricket clubs, were represented

Liverpool, at Aigburth,

when efforts were made to get George Headley, the West Indies star bats. man, to throw in his lot with League cricket.

It is understood that Headley is amenable to playing in that class of gricket, but he declined to see the representatives of the clubs con- cerned, and left, his affairs in the hands of a friend.

foul occurred, close in front of the Navy's goal, Air Commodore Bald win. scored. The losers' second goal was hit early in the last period Squadron-Leader Haamer. by Lord Mountbatten played best for the winners, for whom, each mem- ber of the side scored twice. Sides: Royal Navy.Commander H. W. Williams, Lieut. Hon. Keith Rons, ten, and Lieut. E. G. Heywood Commander Lord Louis Mounthat. Lonsdale (back).

Royal Air

Force.-Squadron Leader R.A. George, Wing-Com- mander H. I. Hanmer, Wing Commander W. H. de W. Waller, and Air-Commodore J. E. A. Bald- win (back). matches. In one a Ranelagh, tenzi boat Wykham by five goals to four, on the old ground. On the Barnes ground, the 11th Hussars defeated the 8th Hussars by six goals to one. Sides:

There were. also two evening

Ranelagh A. David, Capt. C. T. I. Roark, Lt Col. Hon. J. DY. Bingham, and Major Sir H. Lyons (back).

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game, Hr, W. H. Whitbread's Nor ton Bavant team defeated the Scarlet Runners by seven goals to three, after leading 5-1 goals t

half-time Teams:

Roehampton-L H. Storey, Capt, E. 0. Crosfeld, J. P. Robinson, and M. D. Blair (back).

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Indian Company.

Training Course-Part 1. All recruits of the Indian Company re-

siding in Kowloon will attend 3, Chi Woo Street, Kowloon on Wed.

Foston Hall.-H. Nelson, N. H.nesday, August 9th. at 3.30 p.m. for

instruction Docker, Capt. H. G. Morrison, and Col. L. H. Hardy (back).

All recruits of the "Indian" Com- "Norton Bavant.-N. Dugdale, the

pany residing at Hongkong will at- bread, and J. G, Morrison, (back).

quarters, 17, Queen's Road Central, Hon. John Pearson, W. H. Whit-tend Chiness, Company & Head Scarlet Runners Capt. H. Jon Thursday, August 10th at 3.30

Ferguson, Hardy, Capt. A H.

p.m. for instruction. Capt. F. E. B. Wignall and J. A., E. Traill (back).

#

A Regular Boulevard. An auto came puffing labouriousis along the road (or the place where the road was supposed to be) in one of the back districts.. Finally the driver became discouraged, when the boughs of the overhang- ing trees threatened to, stop his auto even if he was able to pull through the slippery ses of mud. He saw a native and said to him: "You don't have many automobiles come this way, do you?". Wykham-A T. Smith-Bingham,

The native took plenty of time to Count J. de Pret-Roose, Capt. P.spit, and then said: Certainly W. Dallar, and Col. V. N. Lockett we do. What about it t (back).

"How many autos have come past lately the man then asked. "Well," responded the moun- taineer.there was one last year, and one the year before-and now you're hera."

fith Hussars-W. Wainman, J. F. C. Dugdale, R. A. G. Bingley, and D. S. Schreiber (back).

3th Hussars.-N. G. F. Dunne, J.

(Continued on next cotuan)"

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AND

Revolver Practice. A revolver practice for the Chinese Company will take place on Wednesday, August 18th at 8.30 p.m.. under Sub Inspector Hopkins at the Ken- nedy Road Range. Only those de- tailed will attend.

Sgd. D. L. KING,

D: S. P. (R). Hongkong, Tues., Aug. 8th, 1933.

He had gone into the library to pub the thing up to her father and she was anxiously waiting on the front porch.

"Well," said the suitor when he returned," he asked me how I was fixed and I told him I had $3,000 in the bank."

“And what did he say to that?” "He borrowed it".

COST LESS!

KNOTTY PROBLEM OF PROCEDURE ARISING WHEN A STRANGE DOG, OF UNCERTAIN LOOKING, DISPOSITION, AP- PROPRIATES THE TEAM'S ONE AND ONLY BALL

GOLF

Captain's Cup, August qualifying competition

Played at Fanling 07th. August.

H. B. Mundy

09.11

78

qualifies

Other, scores:

L. Neston

T. Megurry

84-3

93-14

There were 28 entries.

THE LADIES' SECTION.

Mrs, Mackenzie qualified for the Captain's Cup for July st Happy Valley with a score 0912587

The Eclectic Competition held at Deep Water Bay during. July was won by Mrs. Mackintosh, Score 34-34-30

The "One Club" Competition held at Deep Water Bay on August 1st was won by Mrs. Mackenzie with a score of 79-3-76 The 'hidden number" as won by Mrs. Harrop 94 gros).

A running Medal, Pool will be hala during August at Deep Water Bay Nine holes at: 20 cents per

The Annual Ladies' Day at Deep Water Bay will be held at on Tues- day, September 98th,

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