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LAWN BOWLS NOTES
Last Week's Games Reviewed
(BY "F. B.")
the K.C.C. Aitkense.
The last
Now that the destinations of Craig "were the pick of the shields for both Leagues have side. while Cullen and been won by the Craigengower, did well for the Docks. "A" and the Kowloon Bowling head, was quite exciting. The Green respectively, and with the Docks required 4 shots to tie and Open Competitions having reach. 5 to win. After the one's and ed their final stages, chief inter- two's had bowled the Docks were lying three shots but Craig with his last wood pushed one of his
est in lawn bowls will be centred on the forthcoming Interport Oames with Shangha
Last week's league games ai. turned out as expected. The only minor surprise was caused by the Civil Servants when they defeat- ed the newly
Junior crowned Champions, the Bowling Green,
C.C.C. "A" won as expected against the Indians, by 39 shots, The high score must be credited to B. W. Bradbury's tour who trounced A. Q. Madar's quartette by no less than 28 shots. R. F. Luz had an easy passage against A. R. Minu by 16 shots while A. R. Daliah beat U. M. Omar by 7 shots.
CIVIL SERVANTS BEATEN Although beaten last week by the Bowling Green, Civil Service was in no way disgraced. They put up a very good game and it luck had only swung a little in their direction the result might
have been reversed.
F. J. Jones had a great tussel with A. M. Holland. Both rinks
the mastery of Holland which won for his rink the game. J. Deakin
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woods for the shot. The Docks found. It impossible to get it out as it was well covered and the Cricketers deservedly won by 5 shots, The Cricketers complete their fixtures next Saturday when the meet the Craigengower "B".
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1935.
U.S. BASEBALL HOME FOOTBALL
"Race For Honours
New York Sept. 18.
The race for championship hari- ours in the National Basebal} League remains keen" with the Ch.cago Cubs holding the advan- age over the other teams. How ever, St. Louis Cardinals are still favourably placed while the New York Giants are not to be ignored. Once again the Cubs took their game from the Giants, whom they beat by a convincing margin. The Cardinals were engaged against the Dodgers and won by six runs to three.
Arsenal Held To A Draw
London, Sept. 18. Arsenal were held to a draw at Leeds among the series of foot- ball matches played to-day as un-" der:--
FIRST DIVISION
Derby Leeds Liverpoo: Middlesbro' .. Presta West Brom.
In the American League the New York Yankees are making a be- Fulham la.ed recovery following their mid-'chester U. season failures and to-day won a double header from the St. Louis Browns. The Yankees were able to THE JUNIORS
decrease the difference between the The Junior Champlons should two top teams by an even bigger encounter no difficulty in their margin when the Tigers failed match against the Yacht Clubth their match against the Boston while an excellent game should be Red Sox. seen on the Footbal: Culb Green Results of to-day's matches fol- Torquay when the home team entertain low: their neighbours, the. C.C.C. Jun- lors. Both teams have played the same number of games with 14 points each and.
the on
result will depend their ultimate tions in the league table.
THE OPEN GAMES
2 Brentford
1
1 Arsenal
1
2 Stoke
0
4 Wolves
2
2 Everton
2
6 Birmingham
0
SECOND DIVISION
1:
2 Burnley
2
2 Hull
0
THIRD Aldershot Brighton Bristol R. Exeter Notts C. Southend
DIVISION (South)
Swindon
2 Watford
1
4 Gillingham
3
0 Bristol C.
1
1 Bournemouth 3
1 Reading
2
3 Coventry
3
THIRD DIVISION (Nörth)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Crewe
ill Chester
R. H E.
Gateshead
4 Barrow
3
New York
3 0
4
Wrexham
1 Hartlepools
0
Chicago
15 .20
York
2 N. Brighton,
0
posi-
Brooklyn
3
6
0
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
St. Louis
6 11
2
Hibernian
2 Airdrie.
3
Kilmarnock
4 St. Johnstone 1
* 10
3
Queen O'sth. 2 Hearts.
0
Pittsburgh
3
19
2
FRIENDLY MATCH
Philadelphia Cincinnati
5
6
1
Glas Rangers 2 Wednesday Reuter,
0
B 9
2
1.
R
H.
E.
7 9
4 9
2
Two finals were layed off in the" course of the week, The Indians,
defeated the Malayans in the
Final of the International Shield by 24 shots to 12. On the day's play there was no doubt about the
were playing well and it was only superiority of the Indians. Man to man they were the better and to U. M. Omar, the Indian skip. much of their success Dallah did not receive much sup- was, due.
port from his men with the result that was not given much
and J. C. Brown both skipped their respective tinks, admirably and the difference of only 3 shots speaks volume for the standard of plax. A. W. Grimmitt was de- cidedly unlucky to have lost to L.
ard Guy, by a solitary shot
the difference of only 10 shots on the
day's play was no criterion of the run of the game.
After their splendid victory over ..the...Police a week ago the C.G.C. **B, were truly and properly troun-
ced by the Recreio by 22 shots.
Play was very much one sided with, the exception of H. A. Alves' rink and Arcull's four which the C.C.C. won by a single shot, Bome good bowls was seen in this match and both skips were called to deal with some intricate situations. The two glivas, C.G., and won as expected.
runners--up
F.X.M.
MAD
!
da
scope.
Great" credit should be given to these two teams for the way they have reached the final in the face of such opposition as Portugal. England and Scotland. They have not as many players on which to cat upon and that is why their success is so thoroughly deserved
Champion Ommitted "Strange as it may seem the Col- ony Singles Champion is omitted I refer to in the Interport teams. R Duncan who on Wednesday "de- feated B. W. Bradbury by 21 shots to 17 after a thrilling encounter. There is no reason why. Duncan
should not have been chosen
Boston
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis New York
(Hill scored a home run for the Yankees).
St. Louis
3
9 2 New York.............
6 10 1 (Lary and Colemand scored home runs for the Browns while Dickey and Selkirk scored for Yankees),
the
Detroit Boston
3 13
3
4 8
2
Chicago Washington
Chicago
4 11
2
5 8
D
1
9
1
Washington
9
1
*11
Cleveland
10
13 : 0
Philadelphia
5 12 3
the first place. He has been play- ing consistently good bowls right' through the season and has quall- fed in the finais of all three of the major Championships. In the interport teams selected there are no less than" skips and I am sure Duncan is about the best 12 not one of the best No. 2 the Colony possess at the present moment. His exclusion from the team is to be deplored.
THIS WEEK'S GAMES The most interesting game down for decision on Saturday wil un. between doubtedly be the match
and the Champions C.C.C. the Bowling Green. The result will have a strong bearing on the Should position. Bowling Green win the day they will automatically be shifted, to the second position, as, at present
The Altkenhead Shield between they have the same number of points, as the Recrelo with this the Island and Mainland wih
played in October -game to play.
The chances are slightly against tain for the Lawn the Bowling Green. They wil be will be rung down, playing away in the first place mittees have been and with the C.C.C. A skips everything points to a playing on top form the, Bowling
day for bowlers Green will certainly have an up- hill fight. But in A. M. Holland, JC. Brown and L. Guy they have
afso three very dependable skips
and if they can strike their:true
form anything is liable to happen.
Another good game should be scen on the C.B.C.C. green when the home team is entertaining the Police. Both teams are of about the same strength but they have both been Bb erractic that he would be a bold man.
K.C.C. is entertaining the C.C.C. "E" Again the forth of the Val- lez Club is so unreliable that one
20
(Richards scored a home run for
the Athletics).
POLO
The final match of the "K.O.Y. LLI. Cup" Tournament will be played at the Hong Kong Polo Club Ground. Kowloon Tong, on Wednesday, September 25th.
Should weather conditions pre- vent, play, the match will take place on the next Friday, Monday, of Wednesday upon which the ground is open for play, and it is hoped that this invitation will be taken as holding good
THE RACING SEASON
To Be Resumed To-morrow
FORM AND CHANCES
(By "BLACK ROCK")
zie tücing season will be reaum- ed to-morrow afternoon as happy Valley when the Eighth Extra Meeting will be held. Given fine weather the meeting ought to be a success in every way · for very elaborate preparations have been made with the view to giving racing enthusiasts a good afternoon's sport.
י
Taking in.o consideration the fact that a number of ponies are still away and some "on the fat- side," the entries received have There is been very encouraging. bound to be some class finishes and as may be expected at the "open ing meeting" a number of upsets would not me tota ly unexpected.
THE FIRST EACE The afternoon's sport opens with the Big wave Bay Handicap over six furlongs. The probable starters and weights have have already. been published and my selection for this event is Furt who will be taken of by Mr. Leo Frost, our champion
The jockey.
other ponies worth watching are Fox- bridge, Bonny Dundee and. Pacific Hall.
care
E:
·ABLE AMAZON
WORLD MARKS
For Any Distance
DISCUSSED George
The Australian
Pony "Able Amazon” will not be barred from the betting at to-morrow's Extra Race Meeting.
tickets, 'dispõsea Kwangtung Handicap Sweep ex- ceed 33,000.
THE NOVICES
Salt Lake City, Sept. 18. The official figures of Captain Kyston's world record speeds recantly achieved here,' are announced as follows:
2,000 kilometres.-144.159 miles per hour.
2,000 miles-142705 miles per hour..
3,000- Elomètrea-1440885 miles per hour.
3,000 miles-140.750 milles per hour,
4.000 kilometres-142,156 miles per hour.
5,000 kilometres.—140.434 miles per hour.
12 hours-143.977 miles per hour; distance '1,727.7202 milles.
24 hours-140.522 miles per hour; distance, 3,872.5252 miles.
la the fourth race, Clear Water ! Reuter. Buy Handicap, for non-winning subs ridden by novices over dve furiongs, the pontes are very even-ridden by Mr. Norman Delta, will
ay matched with Flain.ngo (Mr. F. B.) as my choice for the fest place and High Principle (Mr. Tang) and High West (Mr. Cheapė) as the place ponies.
:
make a good outsider.
AN OLD FAVOURITE Providing the second leg of the Delly Double, the seventh race will find many backers and I expect Valarous, an old favourite who will be ridden by Mr. Frost, to win. Jungle Jim (Mr. Liang), High Speed (Mr. Pih) and Soldier of Peace (Mr. Deltz will very likely Balsh in the order named..
DAILY DOUBLE The Afth race, which will no doubt be eagerly awaited as it is! the first leg of the Dally Double, will And quiz a large feld facing the starter. What A Chance will probably followed by Tulicam (Mr. Proulx), and Budga (Mr. Liang). My ; selection of What A Chance (with In the second race Able Amazon Mr. Pil up) is prompted by the should have no difficulty in show-fact.hat this pony is famous for ing a clean pair of heels to the its "ying start and he hande rest of the field, seeing that he will lead the field from the very be- be in the capable hands of Mr. ginning.. Frost. In my opinion the second and third places will be occupied by Derby Day and Shooting Star respectively.
JUNK BAY HANDICAP Junk Ray Handicap (Second Sec- tion) will provide us with some excitement. Copper Idol will pro bably win this race although his jockey has not been named yet. Mr. Black on Belmont Star should follow closely with King's Parade (Mr. Frost) taking third place.
BEST RACE OF DAY?
A keen
VAUCLUSE HANDICAP : The Vanchise Handicap for Aus- tralian ponies of any season will tużale between Bobniak Star (Frost) and Sauty Face (Pb) as both of them are in the pink of condition and starting at top weight. Atlas, Australian Boy and Streamline are others who wil: probably go to the gate.
THE LAST RACE
The sixth race will probably fad all the entries accepting and there is going to be any excitement at all during the
afternoon it should be found in this event.
The day's sport will be brought Rose Queen, with 157 lbs. to carry to an end by Island Bay Handicap and ridden by Mr. Pia, will be in which I expect Gold Coin with heartly backed for a win although Mr. Hoza up to win. The ponies Hetman (Mr. Fros,). Macaroni (Mr.) who should be prominent in the Black) and Bright View (Mr. Liang) † finish will be Mayflower (Mr. Deita) will all command a good following. Racing Boy (Mr. Pih) and Great Soldier of Germany, which will be' Hall (Mr. Frost),
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KILLED
Air Field Tragedy
Mrs. R. H. S. Stevenson, former
sharp:-
F. M. el Arculli (Dally Press) Capt.; F. D. Pereira (Morning A. E. Markar (Dally Press), J. 17. Luke (Morning Post). G. W. Giffen (Telegraph), S. MacNider (Daily
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EX-RECTOR NOT GUILTY
Harold Francis. Davidson, aged sixty, the Yormer rector of Btin- key, Norfolk, was acquitted at Preston Quarter Sessions accused of unlawfully starving himself
suicide:
He had been committed. from Blackpoo, Police Court.
is prone to think that the Cricket British woman chess champion with the intention of committing
at the ers will have an easy day. But was killed this evening such will not be the case as out Fosen (Poland) air field when she of the three skips at least two of ran into the propeller or an air- them are quite reallable and wiplane which was to have taken her give the best KC.C. skip a night to Warsaw for the international for the points: All in all a good chess tournament. game is expected with the char-
ces very evĒJI, A
K.C.C.. KOWLOON DOCKS
She was changing airplanes on her way from Berlin.
"Mra. Stevenson," a Posen air-
Mr. E. Rowson, prosecuting said that following his disposses sion by the Church authorities, Davidson set about airing his case in different ways up and down the country-by... writing
A very pleasant game ending in port official said to me over the pamphlets, by exhibiting himself
outside
a narrow vicicry for the Cricket-telephone to-nighhe was about to and making speeches, and by ers by 5 shots. Mckelvie's rink did enter the airplane when she sud- having placards put up very well to finish level with Beb-denly stopped and began to come the place where he was exhibit blugton's rink after being a little back to the airport building. She tng himself.
ran straight into the propeller be- behind most of
time. Me- Kelvie and Hyde were the pick of fore anybody could stop her." the two teams. Bebbington also
Mrs. Agnes Stevenson was the death? played well at times. Fraser's rink were well up on Lapsley's wite of Mr. R. H. S. Stevenson. a
the
Mr. Kenneth Burke, defending, asked Davidson: Was it your in- tention to starve yourself to
Davidson, smiling: Certainly
portant that I should five until When a "Daily Express" repre-i have secured the repeal of the j sentative, called at their home late Clergy Discipling Act of 1892. L last night Mr. Stevenson had not wish to live to harass the Archs
bishop and the Church authori heard of the accident.
ties to do so... her pare
rink having a lead of 12 shots to themist, of Gauden-road, Clapot. I consider if far more im one after the 8th Head. From ham. London, S.W. then on however, the Docks found the Kreen and played very well erpecially Lapsley, eventually win ning by 3 shola Ramsey; seemed out of place at three but had his opponent beaten, Sikstone and Pincher played wed up to tas time but after that they potila not get robag dagain. Fraser was no playing well. Fidjimatch was ready. won By Hyde Lay's rink who go by 8. shots from Cooper,
"My wife left here early this morning to catch an air liner, from Croydon, and she was due,to reach Warsaw to-night" said Mr. Stevenson.
This was her first flight. She thought she would go by air to see what it was like. The other mem
bers of the British party went
Mrs Stevenson, was, man chear champion in 1926 and 1930.
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