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OMAR ACCOUNTS FOR
LUZ
BRILLIANT BOWLING IN COLONY'S
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP
Craigengower Players Do
Well
Yesterday's lawn bowls matcha la both, the Singles and the Pairs Championship may well be described - as ■ triumph for Cruizenpower CO, whose representatives came, through with firing colours everywhere.
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On the Civil Service green, U. M. Omar, one of the 'Colonyʻr leading players, accounted for R. F. Lux, who has figured in more "finals and semi-finals In the Singles Championship thàn any other man in the Colony. Omir won bỷ 21-18.
On the RK.F.C.) rink, D. Rumjahn accounted for W. Me- Leod in a match packed with thrills, in which the luck was all against Mcleod, who was leading 20-16 and lying two shots at one time, when he allowed" Rumjahn to snatch that head and go" on to beat him. The final point 'eluded McLeod for four consecutive beads,
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At the Kowloon Bowling green. B, W. Bradbury, another Craigengower player accounted for F. X. M. Silva.
"Playing on the "Talkoo "green, A. E. Coates and J. Medina, beat G. Buchanan and II. Beer by 21 points to 13 in the Open Fairs competition..
Consistency Wins For Omar
Consistency was the keynote of, ing the jack, the last wood carried Omar's play, agains; Luz yester- on the wood that would have day. The Indian player main- enabled him to dispute whether it twined a slight lead throughout, was a count of one or two in except in the fourteenth head, Omar's favour. It was a disap- when. Luz led by 13-12, but there- pointing end to
otherwise after Omär again took command brilliant game.
the situation +of
and emerged victorious by 21-18.
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As both players had time and again skipped the Hong Kong team in interport encounters against Shanghai and as both are first class players, it was small wonder that there was a good at- tendance at the Civil Service Club when
commenced. Came Omar began well by scoring & toucher with his very first wood.. He scored two shots in the first head, and added one more in the second head. Luz evened things up a lttle when by dint of a beautiful draw he managed to acore two in the third head to reduce the lead to only a single point. Omar drew away again in the next head where he obtained two points, but Laz was not in the least daunted" and placed his woods beautifully in the fifth head to reduce the score against him to 5-4. A single in the sixth head
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RUMJAHN BEATS MCLEOD Playing on the Football Club's rink W. McLeod was really un- lucky to go under to D. Rumjahn The Folice player appeared to have had the Craigengower man well beaten in the 18th head when. he led by 20 shots to sixteen and was lying two. An unlucky shot promoted one of Rumjahn's woods to give that player the count, and thereafter although McLeod play-
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1984.
U. S. BASEBALL
Sunday's Games
„New York, June 11. The following were the resulta of baseball matches played yester-
day
National League
New York
R. H. E
18 20 0 Mel Ott and Ryan homered.
Philadelphia
7.10.3
Johnny Moore and
Hastin
homered.
Boston
10 13 1
Wally Berger and Whitney homered. Brooklyn
8 13 2 Game went to 11 innings.
Cincinnati
4 11
0
Lombardi homered. Chicago
.7 12
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1
3 13 1
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Jimmy Collins homered.
DAVIS CUP TENNIS
France Wins By Odd Match
Paris, June 11. France won three matches out of five in the Second Rowd of the Davis Cup series against Ger- many.
The two miccesses of Ger- many were gained by G. von Cramm who accounted for Bous- sus after his earlier win over Merlin.
SAILORS' HOME
LEAGUE TENNIS
LOCAL GOLFTM
Donations Received U.S. R.C. for Mixed The Adamson Cup
The Rev. Erris C. H. Tribbeck gratefully acknowledges, on behalf of the Committee of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Hame, the following Annual Subscriptions and Dona- tions to the Funds of the Home:
Annual Subscriptions Mr. R. P. Donlop Mr. D. W. Phillips Mr. J. Barnes ........... Mr. P. D. Crawley Mr. J. C. Lang
Doubles Shield?
Adamson Cup... June qualifying competition at Happy Valley on June 1-10-
L R. Bibinghurst 28-16-70
Though playing on their own ground at Causeway Bay, the Chinese Recreation Club, lakt year's holder of the Mixed Doubles f qualifies" League, was arounced to the tune of 8 and a half sets to half by the United Services Recreation Club..
Both teams had their full side out, and as a result of their win the USRC, are now almost cer- tain of the championship:-
Scores:-
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Mr. L. D. Hume
5.00
Mr. E. Himsworth
5.00
Mr. J. E. Richardson
5.00
Ng Bze Kwong and Mrs. Taul
Miss A. Fowler
Chun Tsui (CRC):-
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4.00
lost to Goldmian and Mrs.
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3-6
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The following were the full re- aults:
G. von Cramm (Germany) beat A. Merlin 6-1, 7-8, 6-2, 7-5.
C. Boussus (France) Nouthey 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.
J. Borotra · and J. Brugnon (France) best G. von Cramm and Denker 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 10-8,
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A. Merlin (France) beat D. Nourney 6-4, 7-5, 6-2..
G. von Cramm (Germany) C. Boussis 6-1, 6-0, 0-6, 6-4.
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Philadelphia
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In the second round of the Davis Cup, France beat Germany by three-matches to two. Merlin (France) defeated Nourney (Ger-
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The following Donations to the Extension Building Fund have also been received:
Froceeds of Busy Bee". Jumble Sale per Mrs. B. E. Maughan Sergeants, Mess, HÊ. Volur- teer Defence Corps per Edmonds,
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many) by 6-4, 7-5, 6-2; von Cramm however small, will be very wel- A GOOD 0
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NANKING AND
CANTON
Relationship To
Be Discussed
(From Our Special Correspondent
Canton, June 10.
With the arrival of General Huang Shao Hslung, Minister of Interior at Hong Kong this morn-
ed better bowls than Rumjahn, heting. General JA Chung Jen, Com- was unfortunate in again losing mander-in-Chief of the 4th Group to Rumjahn when things looked army in Kwangsi, will leave here all in his favour. Needing three to-day for the Colony for a talk shots for victory. after two con-
with his former colleague as re- secutive heads had gone to him
gards relations between Nanking by sheer chance. Rumjahn
rose and the South-west. to the occasion in the last head and put the issue beyond doubt with three. well-placed woods.
FRASER AND BRADBURY WIN
The matches at the Recreio were one sided, although the win- made things even, but once againners produced some brilliant play. Omar took the lead by scoring two. Fraser, the K.C.C. stalwart in the seventh head. Luz came proved too good for W. Mulcahy. up in the eighth with a single running away with 21 to 5. The gaining muta applause for his same result was registered in the gool judgment, but the Larning
match between Sloan and Craig, point of the game came in the the former winning. ninth head, when the Indián player scored three shots, by very clever play, to lead by 10-6.
Luz Brilliant
Bradbury had a comparatively easy time over F. X. M. Silva the Recreio player, in their game at the" Bowling Green. Bradbury this domineered in completely
This reverse seemed to do good
game, which he, deservedly won. to Luz for he immediately pro- duced some excellent play, de-
At the Yacht Club, J. Tollan livering his woods well with just beat A. F. Paul by 21-13. the right weight." "Good as Omar
OPEN PAIRS was, he found Luz better, and the Buchanan and Beer played terth head fell to Luz who scored their Clubmates. 'Coates "and two. The next two heads provid-Medina of the Taikoo rinks in ed Omar with singles, so that at
the Open Pairs competition, and the end of the twelfth head he went under by 13 shots to" 21. was leading by 12 shots to 8.
A three in the thirteenth head brought Luz within a shot of Omar's total, and two more shots the fourteenth head gave Luz the lead at 13-12. The "13′′, how- ever, proved very unlucky, tor Laz
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Buchapan was not a bit com- fortable yesterday and although Beer played well, they were no match for their opponents.
THE RESULTS
Slogica
did not score again for four heads U. M. Omar beat R. F. Luz 21-18. while Omar piled up ste: points D. Rumjahn best W. McLeod to lead by 18 khôts to 13 on 'the eighteenth head.
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J. Tollan beat A. F. Paul 21-13. In the nineteenth, Omar Tay B. W. Bradbury' beat F, X. M. da two beautiful shots with his first | Silva 21-8,
two woods, against which Luz had. Fraser beat. W. Mulcahy 21-6. kowo good back woods. Omar J. K. Sloan beat K. J. Gráig 21-5.
opened up his woods with his
Pairy
third shot while Lug agata put in A: E. Coates and J. Medina beat
back wood. Omar's last wood was narrow, but he was lying two,
and possibly three, when Luz' car- red the jack with his last wood
to count four. The score now
G. L Buchanan and E Beer 21-13.
(Germany) beat Boùssus 6-1, 6-0, come. All cheques should be made 0-6, 6-4
M. Barthon, the Foreign Minis ter, was among the large ntziber of interested spectators.-Trans- 'ocean Kuo Min.
CHANGTE NOW REFLOATED
Due in Hong Kong on Friday
payable to the Treasurer and crossed "Extension Fund Account.”
CAR-SMASH “AT TAIPO
Lucky Escape Of Portuguese
Mr. C. L. Rocha of 231, Prince Edward, Road had a miraculous escape from serious injury or per- The steamerChangte, whichhaps death on Saturday afternoon Friday en route from Australia to went aground in Manila Bay on when he just managed to steer o
his car to avoid a 200 feet fall in Hong Kong, was refloated yester- Taipo Road. day morning.
The steamer proceeded to Man- la after being refloated, and is expected to arrive in Hong Kong on or about Friday, the 15th inst.
An earlier report, it will be recalled, stated that no serious damage was done by the ground-
It is likely that General L4 Chung Jen and Minister Huang Shao Estung will return together to Kwangsi by taking a Wuchow river steamer from Hong Kong. It is learned here that Minister Huang will call on Mr. Hü Han, Min anding. explain to him the Japan policy of the Nanking Government parti- cularly in respect to the resump- tion of rallway and postal services between Peiping and Mukden;
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A GOOD SIGN
That Malaya Is Forging Ahead
"Kuala Lumpur, June 3
For a moment, it seemed that the car might dash over the em-
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FINISH AT LORD'S
Middlesex's Big Hitter
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, May 20. After a match of splendid cric- ket, and apart from the first day of brilliant warmth and sunshine, Gloucestershire beat Middlesex at Lord's yesterday by 60 runs, the end coming at 3.25.
idea in his
Other scores:-
P. Morrison 85-14-71. A. MacIndoe 91-1873.
1. W. Franks 88-13-73.
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CANTON NEWS ITEMS
Marking Out of Districts
(From Our Special Correspondent
Canton, June 10.." The Provincial, Department of Reconstruction has marked out Sai Chuen suburb. as a chemical Industrial district and Honam suburb as a textile industrial dis- trict following the government plants erected in the two precincts. The cement works, the sulphurle acid factory and the future bre- wery are located at Sai Chuen The cotton weaving factory "the alik and ramie factory, and the woollen factory are located in Honam. Representatives have been sent to Peiping to obtain raw wool for use in the local factory and to secure the service of skilled workers.
Tow-Boat Casualties Forty-eight bodies were recovered from the river as a result of the explosion on June 6 of the steam- launch Shun Lee with the tow- boat.Shun Cho alongside. Thirty- five bodies were claimed by their relatives and the other 13 were burled by the Fong Pin Hospital.
These injured by the explosion amount to 112, of which 91 were able to return home, while 21 are still under medical treatment in the hospitals. The total number of passengers was unknown.
rain.
There are 190,000 households in Canton, and this surtax means that each household will have to pay an additional $1 for this new
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four 6's; yesterday he received nine In his 35 on Thursday Smith hit
New Municipal. Tax balls and scored 29 runs, his se-
The Municipal Government will quence being the 0 was not
shortly levy 20 per cent. surcharge the result of a defensive stroke
on the present land tax in order to As he was approaching the but of Sinfield being in the way
provide a sum to repair the sewage milepost, a dog ran across the of the ball-4, 6, 6, 4, 4, 2, 3, out. road at a point where repairs are Smith has only one
in Tung Ho, the northern outskirts of the city. This section is often in progress, the road being very batting, and that is to hit the ball flooded whenever there is a heavy slippery. Mt. Rocha swerved to hard, high, and often in front of avoid the dog, and in doing so fils the wicket, preferably to. long-on- ear badly skidded.
If he could learn to use his feet, to move them even a fraction of an inch, there is no telling to what reign of terror he might not sub-levy in a year. fect the unfortunate bowlers. How- ever, if he did start to think in terms of science, rather than good, nonest clouting, he might not hit at all, and that would be a major tragedy. If he plays many more innings like the two in this match, he will be in danger of becoming as much of a popular attraction as Bradman himself. Hammond did not bat or feld yesterday, and it is improbable he will play at the Oval to-day.
bankment at a point where there was a sheer drop of some 200 feet, but showing great presence of mind, he managed to keep it on the road and steer it straight into the wall of a cutting.
The front part of the car was badly damaged, whilst Mr. Rocha suffered injuries when the driving wheel was forced against his chest. His face was also badly bruised.
Luckily, an unknown motorist who was proceeding in the op-
However, It appears that the Kuomintang veterans here and Mr. Hu Han Min at Hong Kong are firm in opposing the resump- tion of railway and postal services with "Manchuria. Mr. Hsiao Fu Chen, veteran member of the Kuomintang C.B.C4 stated in an interview that the question of resuming railway communications The largest and most compre-posite direction turned back and has ready been decided by thehensive display of the industrial rendered assistance to Mr. Rocha, Nanking Government.
products on which the prosperity
who was later taken to hospital for treatment. He has since been "It is no use to raise further of Malaya depends is placed be- objection by issuing a dircular fele fore the peninsula in the exhibi-discharged. gram," Mr. Eslab said. What the tion which has now been open South-west will do 15. to exhaust for two days. its best efforts in doing effectivē things. Mere gestures do not help
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Mr. Hsiao,, went on to say that General Chiang Ka shek, Chair- man of the Military Affairs Com mission, has ordered his troops in Fukten and Kiangat to clean up the Reds in three months. When this is done, Mr. Hao added, General Chiang will next, suppress those he deems reactionary.
GEN. CHIANG'S TRIP TO NANKING
Due At Capital On June 15
By Aeroplane
As befits such, a large exhibition, representatives of all communi- ties and from all over the penin- sula have come to see it-end buy, a very good sign that, to quote Mr. F. W. Douglas, the. president of the Exhibition, "Malaya is once more forging ahead to prosperity.
An interested visitor was His Highness the Sultan of Selangor who made several purchases par- ticularly in the Village, Industries section
Mr. Rocha wishes to express thanks to his helper, who not only rendered him personal aid but also arranged for the damaged car to be towed back to Kowtoon.
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CHINA TEA EXPORT
Merchants' Plan
SOCCER IN ITALY
(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally
Press" (Ogpyright.
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Rome, June 10. In the world soccer champion- ship contest on Sunday, Italy "de- feated Czechoslovakia by 2-1 after a ding-dong struggle. The score was one all when the time fixed for the game was concluded, so that extra time was needed..
Among the large number of cis- tinguished guests were Mussolini and his sons-Transocean. Kuo Min.
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The Gloucestershire innings WES finished off for the addition of only tour runs to the overnight score of 115, and I. A. B. Peebles, whose bowling, in this match has been extremely interesting
to watch and who seems to have recovered his leg-break, came out with the satisfactory analysis of five wickets then settled down to a sixth-wicket for 53 rums. Middlesex were left to get 258 runs in order to win on a pitch which promised to hold an even balance between bateman and bowler--a difficult but not an Impossible task. “
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stand which brought victory · back within the bounds of possibility. Robins, at the beginning of his innings, was too inclined to make op his mind to hit Parker before the ball was in the air; but after Parker Bows Well
wards he used his feet beautifully, Price and Hart began quietly hit four 4's in quick succession, and safely enough against Sinfeld two off Parker and two off Barnett, There have been, and still, are
and Barnett, but at 18 Parker came and generally played like the ex- a great number of people in this
oh Tor Sinfeld at the Nursery end, citing and talented cricketer he is. country who have, adopted a cer- (From Our Special Correspondent and Middlesex were immediately At luncheon he had scored "42 tain attitude towards 'agricultural
Canton, June 10.
in trouble. In his second over he out of the total of 111, but after- shows and look upon them as Tea merchants have formulated bowled both Price and Beveridge, wards he had not added a run be- places of amusement staged for a plan to improve the export of Price being lured forward by the fore he played over a wellpitched- their benent,instead of as an ob- this commodity and have requested fight of the ball and being beat-up ball from Goddard and was ject lesson. A visté to the present the assistance of the authorities in en by the spin. and Beveridge bowled. Enthoven, who was keep-: exhibition certainly proves that is carrying out their proposals. making up his mind too late about ing a straight and careful bat and General Chiang Kal Shek,
a wrong view to take.
Among the details of the plan is a ball of which he knew little. showing himself particularly adept. Chairman of the Military Council Agricultural exhibitions are con- the establishment of a bureau to Hendren began as though he were at placing Goddard's on-breaks who is in Nanchang directing the sidered extremely important when enable direct buying and selling of determined to show that the pitch through the leg-side field, remain- anti-Communist campaign, is due coupled with that phrase which tea. A publicity organ has to be was not made for Parker as, in-ed, and he and N. Hals kept in- Sven ofice, again at 18 Omar Special $2 Cash Sweep to arrive in Nanking by aeroplane Dr. H. A. Tempany, the Director formed to spread information deed, it was not bat after he had terest very much allye by raising. on June 15 to attend the com- of Agriculture, is credited with abroad concerning the quality of hit two 4's, he mistimed a forcing the score to 154. Halg was then mencement exercises of the Cen-haying coined "broadening the Chinese tep. It is deemed neces- stroke off Barnett and skied the easily caught and Smith came in tral Military Academy,
basis of Malayan agriculture," sary that foreign buyers should ball to Sinfield at cover-point. to produce hte, monumental, series. Mr. T. V. Soong, member of the because they definitely enable the know the high quality of Chinese Seven runs later, at 48. Hulme of blows. At the same total, 187. Standing Committee of the Nation- urban public to see what is being tea."
played over a yorker and had his as he had his off-stump knocked al Economic Council, is also to produced, and in addition, stimu- Chinese tea was at one time off-stump knocked out of the flat by Parker-this was the first leave for Nanking to attend & Inte competition and so stimulate dominant in the world markets, ground, and at 59 Barnett. who had ball he received from Parker, as meeting of the Council at which improvement in the quality of Then there was competition, from bowled well and perseveringly at he had scored his runs off Bindeld General Chiang is also expected the foodstins produced. This Japan, India, and Ceylon Tea and the Favillon end, bowled Price with and Barnett-Enthoven was caught to attend. During the meeting, question of quality is a most im- slik are the principal exports of a ball which came quickly of the at long-ch. and the match of Mr. Boong's report on his recent portant factor in relation to China. The revival of their de pitch. The match at this point many adventures and vicissitudes inspection tour in the north-west peasant produce in Malaya to mana in foreign markets will bring seemed as good as over,, but R came to an end a few minutes will be discussed.
prosperity to the country, it is said. W. V. Robins and H. J. Enthoven later.
read 18-17 in favour of Omar.
The Finish'
Za the twentieth bead, Lus senrød à"single, to make the score
obtained a single in the neze head
to lead 19-18. The last head was the poorest of the lot.
All the
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woods were not within a yard of at the Jack bat Omar lay the shot after his last wood and there was a possible measure for two, which would have given him the match. Nos.: 13681, 28714. 12257,712296, Luz ascertained the position and 13346, 10641, 10554. 41700, 3067, decided to trall the jack which 28585, 32244, might have given him three, if
The drawing was not completed he could carry the white, but bis in time for inclusion in yesterday's effort falled and instead of carry-report of the races.
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