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HONGKONG FOOTBALL

ASSOCIATION

PRESIDENTS APPEAL TO . “PLAY THE GAME”

Tribute To The Late Mr.

Lo Cheung Shui

“I make an oneness apponi, to playus and spectators alike, and in thår I inoluita alt vommunities, for the fault by no means lies on one side... slono, to play the game, as it is meant to be. played keenly bui¦ olnunky,” said, the Hon. Sir Thomas Southern, KRE. at the sumisi meeting of the Hong Kong Football Asso- cistión at the Sports Club yesterday, when, in the course of hia presidential addrem. Be referred to, the muglassant feature of the Connell's report for the year in which is stated that Several "camen if asisconduct came before the Emergency · Com- mittee and that three matches were abandoned through fight- ing between the playèrs:

The President also congratu'sled the Chinese Olymple Foot- ball team for their success in the Far Eastern Olympic, and the South Wales Borderers on winning the Senior Challenge Shield, the First Division of the League and the Sunday Herald Inter- - nailona) CKD

A tribute to the late Mr. Lo Cheung Shui was also made by the President.

Hon. Sir Thomas Southorn Re-Elected President

PRESIDENT'S SPEECH

and I think you will all agree that we have had a very successful season. It has been a South Wales Borderers year for the Regiment | won the Senior Challenge Shield and

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1934,

- LAWN BOWLS U. S. BASEBALL LEAGUE TENNIS BIG INTERPORT GALA

Singles Championship

Three matches in the Singles Championship were played at Happy Valley yesterday and re- sulted in, A. E. Costes, A, H. Basto and L. A. Gutierres winning from W V. Fields, A. MacFarlane and J. J. Basto by the scores of 21-13, 21 17 and 21-8 respectively.

The match between Coates and Fields was 'played on the C.B.C.C. green and at the 17th head Coates scored hide

The winning shot. winner scored on 11 heads and, the loser on 4. Each scored a four and a three,,

The match on the Police green, between Basto and MacFarlane was a close fight, game ending on the 20th head. Basto was leading by 19 to 17 on the 19th head and on the 20th head scored a two to win the match.

On the Cralgengower green Basto*was no match for Gutierrez. Gutierrez had "everything his own way and at the 18th head the match came to an end with the score of 21-8. in Gutierrez's favour.

In the pairs competition J.. Noronha and B! Basto beat Hollands and Gregory in the 21st head, the scores being 19-12.

Only one game in the Lawn Bowls "Open Championship was played in Kowloon yesterday, when E. W. Simmonds beat A. W. Gomes by 21 shots to 11 in their Open Singles Championship encounter on the Kowloon Bowling Club's green.

The Hon. Sir Thomas Southor the President of the Association. said:

Gentlemen,- Before proceeding

the First Division of the ed to Mr. Hancock's place as a with the business on the Agenda I should like to refer to the recent League, and, playing as the Welsh Vice-President. We thank him for Team carried off the Sunday his great assistance during the death of our old friend Mr. Lo

Herald International Cup. We year and particularly for his work Cheung Shui, Mr. Lo occupied an

offer them our heartiest

In connection with the revision of honoured position in the public

gratulations and hope they will the Rules of the Association.. life of the Colony and he was to many of us. Europeans and Chi-carry away happy memories of

nese alike, a personal friend. Τ know that you will wish to pass a vote of sympathy with our Vice- President, Mr M. K. Là, whose absetide from our meeting to-day we so greatly "fègret in the irre parable loss which he bas sustain

ed in his father's death.

The Report

con-

their last season's football in Hong Kong.

The Interport

We were unfortunate in Our interport matches in Stanghal but we look forward to the Interport matches here as the outstanding events of the coming season and are full of confidence in. our ability to avenge our defeats. We The Report gives, so full an

that Tientsin will greatly hope account of the year's work that make a special effort, to send an there is very little left for me to Interport team 'here next season say, You will have noticed that so that we can stage Triangular there is loss on the year's work-Interport, Football matches here ing of $2.999:21. and that our for the first time in the history of reserve fund has in consequence Hongkong. been reduced from $5.472.00 to 52.412.85 We can, however, afford to regard this with equanimity for It has been a year of unusual ex- Renses. The sending of the Inter- port Team to Shanghai involved us in an expenditure of $3,142.50. In the coming year not only shall we be relieved of this expense but we hope to behest, from, the gate receipts of, the Interport matches to be played in Hong Kong. We

Misconduct

I feel obliged to refer to one unpleasant feature of the Coun- cir's report. You will have seen that several cases of misconduct came before the Emergency Com- mittee and that three matches were abandoned through fighting between the players;

to misconduct. It is often as

The Office,

Gentlemen we now have our own office in this Club, a much IKOTE satisfactory arrangement than any we have had before.

Double Win For. Chicago

New York, July 11.. In the National League, Chicago scored a double win over Boston.

The following are the results of to-day's games:--

National League'

K. C. C. Defeat South China

Playing at home yesterday, the Kowloon Cricket Club defeated the South China Athletic Association by 7 sets to 2 in their "B" Divi- slon Lawn Tennis League encoun- ter.

R. B. Lewis and G. C. Burnett were agam the only K.C.C. pair to win all three of their games..

Scores follow:—

R. B. Lewis and G. C. Burnett,

(X.C.CJ:-

R. H. E. Pittsburgh

8 Q" New York

.5 T 0. Bill Terry (New York) hom-

ered.

Cincinnati Brooklyn

4

beat Y. & Ung and C. K. Ung

5

Chicago

3

5

Q

beat M. K. Ma'and A. C.' Yung

6-2

1

9 0,

Boston.

Wally Berger (Boston) hom ered

Chicago Boston

St. Louis... Philadelphia.

beat C. H. Wong and Y. 9. Chow

6-3

R. Oppenheim and S. & Gray (K.

C.C.);

8

1 3. 1

beat Ung and Ung 8-4

28 3 8 % 0

Delancey (Philadelphiay homered.

American League

New York "Cleveland

9 7 0 7 6 Dickey (New York) hömer ed twice.

Washington Detroit

.7 12

13 15 0

-Reuter.

HOME CRICKET

Australians At Chesterfield

London, July 11...

The Australians dismissed Derby- shire for 145 runs at Chesterfield, Storer scoring 40 and Ebeling tak ing wickets for 28.

Australia scored 122 for 4, Brad- man being" 40 not out.

“DRAW"

The · Oxford and Cambridge inter-University

cricket match which concluded at Lord's to-day resulted in a draw.

The Counch will in future be able to meet in more congenial surroundings and we hope the new arrangement will lighten theXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE work of our Hon. Secretary who bears so much of the burden of running the Association. I am sure you will join with me, in expressing the Association's high appreciation of Mr. G. T. May's services.. His Assistant Mr. Logan resigned early in the year. We thank Mr. Goldenberg for the very material assistance he has render- ed since Mr. Logan's resignation and particularly for going to D. CH. Townsend, an Old Blue Shanghai on our behalf as Mana from New College, was the most ger of the Interport Team...

prolific scorer for the Dark Blues," Lastly, Gentlemen, we wish to scoring 193, while F. "G. H. Chalk, express our thanks to the Com- the Oxford skipper," contributed mittee of the Sports

Club for $108, " allowing us the use of this room A. W. Allen, an Old Etonian. and for many kindnesses during scored the only century for Cam-

At the close of play the Light" Blues, with 7 wickets in hand, re- quired only 104 to win after being set 198.

bridge, complling 115 of the first

Gentlemen, these things should not be. I

know that in keenly the past year. They have kindly also contributed $1.881.07 "towards contested matches feelings are allowed us to establish our Head Innings total of 400, while G. W. the expenses of sending the Chi- inclined to run high, but they nése Olympic Football team, in should never run so high as to lead quarters in premises belonging to Parker, a newcomer to the Lord's which Hong Kong was well re-

the Club and this propinquity will Classic, scored 9. "presented." to the Far Eastern much the fault of the spectators help to cement the cordial relaOxford: 415 (D. C. H. Townsend 193, F. G. H. Chalk 108) and |tionship already existing between Unbridled and

182 the Club and the Associationssy Gentlemen, I have much plea. sure in proposing the adoption of the report and accounts.

Olympic Games in Mantle. The as of the players. success of the team, to which we unsportsmanlike support of one offer our sincere éongratulations, side alone is able to infect the was a source of much gratifica- players and to lead to breaches of tion to Hong Kong Footballer the rules.

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The proposal was seconded by Captain C. E. Eloit-Heywood and carried unanimously.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The following were elected office-

President: The Hon. Sir Thomas Southern, K.BE.

The Association was very pleased I make an earnest appeal to to be able to accede to the replayers and spectators alike, and quest of Chinese Amateur Athletic in this I include all communities, Federation for assistance in send- for the fault by no means les on Ing the Chinese team to Manila. One side alone, to play the game "The relations between the Asso- as it is meant to be played keenly clation" and the Chinese Amateur, but cleanly. So far as the Hong- Athletic Federation and the vari-kong Football Association is con.bearers for the ensuing year:- ous individual Clubs have never corned it is determined to keep been better and this happy state the game clean in Hongkong and of affairs is largely due to the 'It will not hesitate to use all the efforts of your Vice-President Mr. powers it possesses to maintain M. K. Lo whose work both for the the true spirit of the game in this Federation and for the Association Colony, has been most helpful. He has 'been instrumental in, arranging many friendly contacts between European and Chinese supporters should like

of the game.

to

to the work of the

Vice-Presidents: Mr. R. Hall (non-Chinese), Mr. M. K. 20 (Chinese) and Capt. C, E. Eloi Heywood (Combined Services),

Chairman: Major C. M. Manners,

Cambridge: 400 (A. W. Allen 115, G, W. Parker 94) and for 3.-Reuter.

BETTER BUS SERVICE

And Opening Of Petroleum Mines

Fukien, and Mr. M. Okencki, road expert from the League of Nations. M

Tribute.

meeting of the "Highway Construc- Nanking, June 28 The two-day

Gentlemen, before I

close IO.B.E

tion Committee of the National. pay a" tribute Council members: Mr. F, H. Economic Council closed yester- Officers Barnes (Club de Recreio), Capt. day after adopting a total of 34 of the Association and to the mem-G. F. Fleetwood (Royal Artillery), resolutions. The meeting was pre Although receipts from, the League Matches were less than hers of the Council and particular- Mr. T. A. Mitchell (Kowloon Foot-sided over by Mr. Chin

Fen, ly of the Emergency Committee. ball Club), Capt. F. R. Williams Secretary-General of the. Council. we anticipated, gate receipts generally throughout the season The Council met on sixteen oc- (Lincolns), Lieut. Chapelain (and attended by over 20′ members were quite satisfactory and showcasions but that only represents a Lancs.), Mr. Wong Ka Tsun (South of the Committee including Mr. that local interest in the sport we fraction of the excellent work done China), Mr. C. A. Goldenberg (St. Chen Ti-cheng, Provincial Com

by the Council and Committee. Ioseph's), Mr. W. Pryde (Hongkong missioner of Reconstruction for are specially concerned to foster, has in no way diminished. It may Major Manners, who has occupied Football Club) and Mr. A. R. be of interest to supporters of the very responsible position of Hughes (Royal Navy.) Football in Hong Kong to know Chairman of the Council deserves

The President remarked that the our special thanks for his devo- Chinese Athletics and the Polles that in spite of our unusually tion to the interests of the As had not yet sent in their nomina heavy expenditure wa have been able during the year to contribute retirement of the Hon. Dr. R. E.

sociation. We greatly regret the tions. no less than $5,721.80 to various

Kotewall from the position of Representative of the Civilian Charities. and have in addition assisted in the organisation of Vice-President. Dr. Kotewall has Clubs in the Second and Third i ways ̋and operation "of omhibus Various Charity Matches to the one a very great deal for the Divisions: Mr. C. Guimgan

Association in. past years and his At the conclusion of the meet- very material benent of certain retirement is a real loss to us. It ing, a hearty vote of thanks, on special funds.

was fortunate for us that we were the proposition of Mr. J. Ralston The Borderers

able to persuade Mr. M. K. Lo to was accorded to the President for take his place. That enthusiastic the able manner in which he con- footballer, Mr. J. Ralston, succeed- ducted the meeting.

The results of the various com- petitions are given in the Report

solutions adopted were those for Among the more important re-

the speedy establishment of auto- mobile works, opening of petroleum mines. the construction" of high-

services by private enterprise.

The proposal of General Chiang Kai-shek, who is a member of the Standing Committee of the N.E.C., to raise a larger fund for road construction was also exhaustively discussed-Kuo Min.

beat Ma and Yung 6-3.

lost to Wong and Chow 2-6

C. I. Stapleton and 'T. Zimmern

(K.O.C)-

-beat Ung and Ung 6-4

beat Ma and Yung 6-2 lost to Wong and Chow 2-6

H.K.C.C. v. C.R.C. Visiting the Hongkong Cricket Club the Chinese Recreation Club scored an outright victory, defeat ing the home team by nine sets

to rill.

Scores:

FOUR CITIES TO COMPETE IN

SHANGHAI IN SEPTEMBER

Preliminary Arrangements

Being Made

Hongkong, Shanghai. Tientsin and Yokohama will partici- pate in the interport swimming contests to be held in Shang- hain September.

That the Colony will exert", every effort, to send up as repre- sentative a team as possible to Shanghal was indicated at a preliminary meeting held at the V.R.C. yesterday in which, dela- rates from the various clubs in the Colony were represented

The discussion was mainly confined to the question of the size of the team which Hong Kong should sand, the appoint- ment of a selection committee, the question of financing the trip and that of holding appropriate trials to assist the selec- tors.

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Trials Open To Hong Kong

the

Any swimmer in

Colony may compete in the trials which will be held during the end of this month and in August. The final selection will not take place until the very end of August or passibly at the beginning of Saptersher, and the selected team will give an ex- hibition in the Colony on Septem- ber I before sailing for Shanghai, lost to Y.. W. Lee and C. Y. TSC D'Almada e Castro, junior; took the At yesterday's meeting, Mr. F. X.

chair, and there were present the lost to P. F. Choy and M. Y. following V.R.O. members: . M.

Lau 2-8 "

Alves, C. Roza Pereira. H. Hynd

D. L. Dunham and A. S. Traill

(H.K.C.C.):

+ 4-6

:

aj

lost to L F. Hon. and F. Kman, J. Ross and C. J. Cooke.

Laus 2-6,

The Y.M.C.A. was represented by

are competing that accommoda- tion would be difficult and that if possible members of visiting teams should stay with friends. It is hoped that fresh men will repre- sent Hong Kong in different races, except where such a policy was against our chances of success..

An Interport committee consist- ing of one member from each of meeting and two from the V.R.C. the Club represented at last night's

was formed. The question of an

left in abeyance. Interport selection committee was

Preliminary trials will begin as soon as possibe and by the end of G. 8. Gamble and Monaghan (HMr. A. G. Donn, the South China

A.A. by Leung Tit Sang, the Chin-August it is hoped that the various ese Athletic Association by La G.swimming teams will be picked. Hin and the Army by LL. Moon.

The idea of staging some of the

K.C.C.):-

lost to Lee, and "Tso 1-6 lost to Choy and Lau 4-6 lost to Hon. and Lau 4-6

v. R. Gordon and J. Pote "Hunt

(HKC.C)):-

lost to Lee and Tao 0-5 lost to Choy and Lau 3-6 lost to Hon. and. Lau 4-8'

Match Postponed The match between the Gradua tes Association and the Club de Recrelo, which was to have been played yesterday at Pokrulum was postponed.

The

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The Shanghal end of the inter- trials at North Point *** d port is in the hands of Mr. "Ilm- : couraged by the Chinese represen- my Lyon, who, knowing Hang tatives present who explained that Kong so well, is in a good position to handle affairs. His correspond ence with the V.R.C. was read to the meeting and it was disclosed that the Shanghai team invited all Hongkong through the V.R.C.

as these clubs had such large membership that the "gate" would be affected. Members went to swim every night and could not very well be stopped on the nights of the gaiss, ``·

The selected "members of the Hongkong team will have to pay their own passage, and accommo- dation in Shanghai will be provid- ed by the Northern port. It was pointed out that since four teams wards on days to be selected.

It was agreed that "the various clubs were to assist in trying to cell as many tickets as possible for the trials which will be exhibited in the evenings from 6. p.m. on-

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